Eliminating certain reporting requirements selected for waiver by the report and advisory board review commission and amending certain outdated and unnecessary reports and studies.

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to eliminating certain reporting requirements selected for waiver by the report and advisory board review commission and amending certain outdated and unnecessary reports and studies, to repeal subdivision b of section 314 of such charter, relating to a report on small purchases, to repeal section 613 of such charter, relating to a report on transitional housing inventory, to repeal subdivision c of section 1063 of such charter, relating to a proposal for cablecasting council and city planning commission proceedings, to repeal subdivisions b and c of section 1075 of such charter, relating to service request calls and directory assistance calls, to repeal paragraph 5 of subdivision e of section 1304 of such charter, relating to an annual report of the commissioner of small business services regarding the activities of the division of economic and financial opportunity, to repeal paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 3-706 of such code, relating to a report of the campaign finance board regarding expenditure limitations, to repeal section 4-207 of such code, relating to an assessment and report of certain clean on-site power generation technologies, to repeal section 5-102 of such code, relating to the comptroller’s annual statement of funded debt of the city, to repeal section 5-605 of such code, relating to the director of management and budget’s annual report on year-end spending of the criminal justice account and status of implementation of the safe streets-safe city omnibus criminal justice program, to repeal paragraph 3 of subdivision c of section 6-139 of such code, relating to a report on development of worker cooperatives, to repeal section 16-316.2 of such code, relating to a study of the economics of recycling and composting, to repeal subdivision b of section 16-428 of such code, relating to a report on electronic waste, to repeal subdivision i of section 17-196 of such code, relating to a report on an electronic death registration system, to repeal paragraph 2 of subdivision d of section 19-177 of such code, relating to a neighborhood slow zones report, to repeal section 19-178.1 of such code, relating to a study of truck driver compliance with truck route rules, to repeal section 19-179 of such code, relating to a study on the feasibility of installing traffic calming measures, to repeal section 19-180.1 of such code, relating to safety audits of crash locations involving pedestrians, to repeal section 19-192 of such code, relating to a study of pedestrian and bicyclist safety on truck routes, to repeal subdivision j of section 19-307 of such code, relating to a report on fuel used in city ferries, to repeal section 20-9017 of such code, relating to a shipboard gambling report, to repeal section 22-226 of such code, relating to a report regarding crime and regulation of the seafood distribution areas including the fulton fish market, to repeal section 22-269 of such code, relating to a report regarding to crime and regulation of wholesale markets, to repeal section 24-504.1 of such code, relating to a study of medical debris in the sewerage system, to repeal paragraph 4 of subdivision b of section 24-526.1 of such code, relating to a report on a sustainable stormwater management plan, to repeal section 28-214.1.6 of such code, relating to the issuance of reports and notices regarding the closure of a building, structure, enclosure, place or premises, and to repeal section 28-420.5 of such code, relating to a report recommending criteria for commencing a proceeding to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a safety registration number

The proposed legislation would repeal 27 provisions of the Charter and Administrative Code requiring certain reports and studies. Such provisions would be repealed for at least one of the following reasons: the due date for submission of the report or study has passed and no further reporting has been required; the report is duplicative of other mandated reporting; the report is no longer necessary in light of changing circumstances; or the provision was waived by the Report and Advisory Board Review Commission.