N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 3-170: § 3-170 General.

a. As used in this subchapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

Agency. The term "agency" means any agency, office, department, division, or bureau, the head of which holds office upon appointment of the mayor and those units within the executive office of the mayor designated by the mayor to be covered by the provisions of chapter 16 of the charter. Such term does not include agencies headed by boards, commissions, or other multi-member bodies, whether appointed by the mayor or otherwise, nor to elected officials, nor to other agencies the heads of which are appointed by officials other than the mayor or by multi-member bodies.

Censored data. The term "censored data" means any data which is subject to redaction or withholding due to concerns that it may reveal personally identifying information, or any other legal concerns that may prohibit its distribution.

Director. The term "director" means the director of the office of data analytics.

Machine-readable format. The term "machine-readable format" means a non-proprietary format that permits automated processing.

Office. The term "office" means the office of data analytics.

Open source analytics library. The term "open source analytics library" means the website, and any other platform, where the source code for data analytics projects are shared and maintained by the mayor's office of data analytics.

Sanitized data. The term "sanitized data" means any data generated with or without the use of censored data that does not reveal personally identifying information and is not legally prohibited from publication for any other reason.

b. All agencies shall cooperate with the office as may be necessary and proper to ensure compliance with this subchapter. The office may request information from any agency it deems necessary to enable it to properly carry out its functions.

c. The director may promulgate such rules as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

(L.L. 2019/018, 1/20/2019, eff. 1/20/2019; Am. L.L. 2023/029, 2/21/2023, eff. 2/21/2023)