N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 1994/027: L.L. 1994/027

Enactment date: 7/7/1994

Int. No. 225-A

By Council Members Robles, Clarke, Pagan, Warden, Cruz, Malave-Dilan, Robinson, Rosado, Fusco, and Stabile; also Council Member Fields

A Local Law to amend the charter of the city of New York, in relation to the interagency coordinating Council

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Declaration of legislative findings and intent. The Council finds that the Interagency Coordinating Council ("ICC") has repeatedly failed to fulfill all of its charter-mandated responsibilities, such as compiling an annual breakdown of each member agency's allocations for services to youth during each fiscal year. Although the ICC is required to hold quarterly meetings and one public hearing each year, only two such meetings and no hearings were held in fiscal year 1993. In addition, although the ICC is required to issue a comprehensive annual report in October of each year, the last annual report was issued for fiscal year 1992.

The Council finds that the repeated failure of the ICC to meet its charter-mandated requirements has compromised its effectiveness as well as the intent and goals behind its creation. At the same time, however, the Council recognizes the significant potential for cross-agency collaboration that still remains in the structure of the ICC. Such collaboration has the potential to reduce the duplication and fragmentation of service delivery to youth that currently exists among the twenty-four agencies that provide youth-related services, which can result in an integrated, comprehensive and cost-effective youth services system in the City of New York.

It is the desire of the Council to make the ICC a more viable and responsive entity that will more fully serve its intended function. Accordingly, this legislation would include a representative of the Council of the City of New York, to be appointed by the Speaker, as a member of the ICC.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.