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                                   5288
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2019
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 Introduced  by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABINAN-
   TI, BARRON, BICHOTTE, COOK, DILAN, DINOWITZ, GANTT, GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,
   HYNDMAN, JAFFEE, LENTOL, MOSLEY, NIOU, NOLAN, O'DONNELL, ORTIZ, PERRY,
   QUART, RICHARDSON, RODRIGUEZ, ROZIC, SEAWRIGHT, SIMOTAS, TITUS, WEPRIN
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities

 AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to materials submitted
   in  support of applications for an identity card issued by the city of
   New York
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that
 the  city  of New York issues a New York city identification card, which
 provides government issued identification to any resident  of  the  city
 who  files  an  application  with sufficient proof of identity and resi-
 dence. The legislature  further  finds  and  declares  that  information
 submitted  when  applying  for  such identification card is protected as
 confidential by the city of New York. The legislature further finds  and
 declares that in order to adequately protect the confidentiality of such
 applicants,  such  documents  fall within the personal privacy and other
 exemptions of the freedom of information law,  and  would  therefore  be
 exempt  from  disclosure.  However,  due  to the great importance of the
 privacy interests of such applicants, it should be made clear that these
 materials are not subject to disclosure under the freedom of information
 law. Accordingly, the legislature hereby finds and declares that  it  is
 necessary  and  appropriate  to  prevent  such documents from being made
 available for inspection and copying under the  freedom  of  information
 law and comparable provisions of the New York city charter.
   § 2. Subdivision 14 of section 20 of the general city law, as added by
 chapter 247 of the laws of 1913, is amended to read as follows:
   14. (A) To create, maintain and administer a system or systems for the
 enumeration, identification and registration, or either, of the inhabit-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ants of the city and visitors thereto, or such classes thereof as may be
 deemed advisable.
   (B)  ANY  MATERIALS  SUBMITTED  IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEW
 YORK CITY IDENTITY CARD ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3-115 OF THE ADMINIS-
 TRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL  BE  EXEMPT  FROM  DISCLOSURE
 UNDER  ARTICLE  SIX  OF  THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS LAW, SECTION ONE THOUSAND
 FIFTY-EIGHT, AND SECTION ONE THOUSAND FIFTY-NINE OF THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
 CHARTER.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to any
 request submitted under article 6 of the public officers  law  or  under
 section 1058 or 1059 of the New York city charter made on or after Janu-
 ary 12, 2017.