Section 2700.
§ 2700. Declaration of intent. It is the intent of this chapter to
encourage and facilitate coterminous community districts and service
districts to be used for the planning of community life within the city,
the participation of citizens in city government within their
communities, and the efficient and effective organization of agencies
that deliver municipal services in local communities and boroughs.
Section 2701.
§ 2701. Community districts. a. Each community district shall:
(1) Lie within the boundaries of a single borough, except as provided
in subdivisions d and e of this section, and coincide with historic,
geographic and identifiable communities from which the city has
developed;
(2) Be suitable for the efficient and effective delivery of those
services of municipal agencies required to be made coterminous with the
community districts, pursuant to section two thousand seven hundred
four, including particularly the service and districting requirements of
the police and sanitation departments; and,
(3) Be compact and contiguous and have a population of not more than
two hundred fifty thousand persons.
b. Community districts shall be as nearly equal in population with
each other as is possible under the criteria in paragraphs one, two and
three of subdivision a of this section.
c. With respect to the city's central business district in the borough
of Manhattan from fifty-ninth street south, the council may adopt as
part of the community district map, districts which shall reflect its
unique character as the city's financial, business and entertainment
center. In so doing, the council shall take into consideration the
residential, working and other daytime populations as well as the hotel
and transient or other nighttime populations and adhere as nearly as
possible to the provisions of paragraph three of subdivision a of this
section.
d. The community district map for the borough of Manhattan shall
include Roosevelt Island, located in the east river, as part of a
community district in the borough of Manhattan, immediately opposite and
to the west of Roosevelt Island. However, for the purposes of meeting
the requirements of section twenty-seven hundred four relating to
coterminality of local services, section twenty-seven hundred five
relating to district service cabinets and section twenty-seven hundred
seven relating to agency budget and service statements, Roosevelt Island
shall be deemed included within a community district of the borough of
Queens immediately opposite and to the east of Roosevelt Island. The
chairperson of the community board of the Manhattan community district
which includes Roosevelt Island, or his or her designee, shall be a
member of the district service cabinet of each of the community
districts in which Roosevelt Island is included in the respective
boroughs.
e. The community district map for the borough of the Bronx shall
include that portion of the borough of Manhattan which lies north of the
Harlem River.
Section 2702.
§ 2702. Preparation and adoption of map. a. The map of community
districts in effect as of the seventh day of November, nineteen hundred
eighty-nine shall be continued until modified pursuant to this section.
Not later than the first day of May nineteen hundred ninety-four and
every tenth year thereafter, the mayor shall, and at such other times as
the mayor deems appropriate, the mayor may, prepare and present to the
council a report reviewing the community district map then in force and
presenting such recommendations for changes in the map as the mayor
deems appropriate. Such review shall consider shifts in population shown
in the most recent decennial census that may require adjustments in the
community district map to conform to the criteria in section
twenty-seven hundred one. Such review shall also consider whether
reducing the size of any community district would provide more efficient
and effective service delivery within the district or districts
involved. If the mayor's recommendations for changes in the map would
produce a community district with a population below seventy-five
thousand persons, the mayor may consider whether partial suspension of
coterminality within the district is likely to provide more efficient or
effective service delivery of one or more of the services for which
coterminality is required, and may recommend that coterminality for one
or more designated services within the community district and any
adjacent district be suspended. The mayor's recommendations for changes
shall be referred to as the preliminary revision of the community
district map.
b. The borough presidents, city planning commission, community boards
and other civic, community and neighborhood groups and associations
shall be consulted and their recommendations considered in the
preparation of the preliminary revision of the community district map.
c. The mayor shall publish the preliminary revision of the community
district map in the City Record and in each borough of the city and
shall, jointly with the borough president, conduct one or more public
hearings on it in each borough of the city. Within sixty days after the
last such hearing, the mayor shall submit to the council such
preliminary revisions of the community district map as he or she deems
appropriate.
d. The council shall conduct public hearings on the preliminary
revision of the community district map submitted by the mayor and it
shall, by resolution, within one hundred twenty days of such submission,
adopt, adopt with modifications, or disapprove the map as submitted. If
the council adopts the proposed map without modifications, or if the
mayor concurs in any modifications adopted by the council, the new map
shall be effective as of the date specified in the mayor's proposal or
in the modifications adopted by the council and concurred in by the
mayor. If the council disapproves the map as submitted by the mayor, or
if the council fails to act within the one hundred twenty day period, or
if the mayor does not concur in any modifications adopted by the
council, the community district map then in force shall remain in
effect.
Section 2704.
§ 2704. Coterminality of local services. a. The head of each agency
responsible for one or more of the services listed below shall organize
the local service delivery districts of such agency as follows.
(1) To be coterminous with each of the community districts: local
parks services; local recreation services; street cleaning and refuse
collection services; the patrol services of the police department; and
social services, including community services, community development,
youth services, child development, and special services for children;
and
(2) To be coterminous with one or more community districts or
aggregates of them: housing code enforcement, highway and street
maintenance and repair, sewer maintenance and repair, and health
services, other than municipal hospitals.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision a, the requirement
that patrol services of the police department be coterminous with each
of the community districts in any borough shall not apply to any
community district where the mayor, after consultation with the police
commissioner, shall determine that establishment of such coterminality
would be inconsistent with the most effective delivery of such services.
The mayor shall promptly notify the council of any such determination,
and the council may, by majority vote, disapprove such determination
with respect to any community district within sixty days after the first
stated meeting of the council following the receipt of such notice. If
the council shall disapprove such determination with respect to any
community district, the police commissioner shall organize patrol
services to be coterminous with such district within ninety days of such
disapproval.
c. The council, by resolution subject to the approval of the mayor, or
the mayor by executive order, may direct that city services in addition
to those specified in subdivision a of this section be made coterminous
with one or more community districts or aggregates of them.
d. The head of each agency whose local service delivery districts are
not required to be coterminous with community districts pursuant to
subdivision a or c of this section shall organize the local service
delivery districts of the agency to coincide as closely as possible to
the boundaries of the community districts.
e. For purposes of this section, coterminality of services shall mean
that the boundaries of the local service districts of each agency
service listed in subdivision a or required to be made coterminous
pursuant to subdivision c shall coincide with the boundaries of
community districts.
f. The head of each agency responsible for one or more of the
services listed in subdivision a or required to be made coterminous
pursuant to subdivision c shall: (1) assign to each such local service
district at least one official with managerial responsibilities
involving the exercise of independent judgment in the scheduling,
allocation and assignment of personnel and equipment and the evaluation
of performance or the management and planning of programs; each such
official shall have operating or line authority over agency programs,
personnel and facilities within the local service district; (2) assign
to each borough at least one borough commissioner, or official with an
equivalent title, who shall have line authority over agency programs,
personnel and facilities within the borough related to such services;
such official shall consult regularly with the borough president and
shall be a member of the borough service cabinet established pursuant to
section twenty-seven hundred six of the charter; and (3) publish
semi-annually in the City Record and make available to interested
parties a list, by community district and borough, of the name, title,
office mailing address, and office telephone number of the officials
appointed pursuant to paragraphs one and two of this subdivision and to
subdivision a of section twenty-seven hundred six.
g. The head of any agency may assign or reallocate personnel,
equipment or other resources outside a community district to meet
emergency needs, special situations, or temporary conditions.
h. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any agency from maintaining
sub-districts within a community district for purposes of efficient and
effective service delivery so long as the combined sub-districts shall
coincide with the boundaries of the community district. Nothing
contained in this section shall prevent the establishment of any special
district authorized pursuant to federal, state or local law, the
boundaries of which do not coincide with the boundaries of a community
district.
i. Each borough president may publish an annual report evaluating the
delivery, within the borough, of the services which are listed in
subdivision a, or are required to be made coterminous pursuant to
subdivision c, of this section.
j. On or before the first day of December, nineteen hundred ninety,
the mayor shall appoint a task force on service delivery, consisting of
no more than ten members, to review the requirements of subdivisions a,
c and f of this section. Such task force shall include members appointed
upon the recommendation of the council, comptroller, public advocate,
and borough presidents. The membership of the task force shall include,
but not be limited to, community board members, district managers, and
representatives of the agencies subject to the requirements of this
section. On or before the first day of December, nineteen hundred
ninety-two, the task force shall submit a report to the mayor and
council summarizing its conclusions and presenting such recommendations
for changes in the list of services made coterminous pursuant to
subdivisions a or c, and in the requirements for such services contained
in subdivision f, as the task force deems appropriate.
k. The mayor shall report biennially to the council on the
implementation of the requirements of this section. Such report shall
include: (1) an evaluation of the quality of the services delivered to
community districts pursuant to subdivisions a and c of this section
during the preceding two fiscal years, (2) a review of the agencies'
implementation of subdivisions d and f of this section, and of
subdivision a of section twenty-seven hundred six, and (3) any
recommendations for changes in the services listed or in the
requirements for those services which the mayor deems appropriate.
Section 2705.
§ 2705. District service cabinet. a. There shall be a district service
cabinet within each community district established pursuant to this
chapter. The members of the district service cabinet shall include:
(1) The agency officials designated pursuant to paragraph one of
subdivision f of section twenty-seven hundred four;
(2) Representatives of other agencies that provide local services on a
regular basis in the community district, who shall be the ranking line
official assigned to the district;
(3) Each council member whose district comprises all or part of the
community district;
(4) A representative of the department of city planning designated by
the director of city planning;
(5) The district manager appointed pursuant to subdivision f of
section twenty-eight hundred; and,
(6) The chairperson of the community board for the community district
or his or her representative.
b. Each district service cabinet shall:
(1) Coordinate service functions and programs of the agencies that
deliver services in the community district;
(2) Consider interagency problems and impediments to the effective and
economic delivery of services in the district;
(3) Plan and recommend joint programs to meet the needs and priorities
of community districts and their residents;
(4) Consult with residents of the community district and their
representatives about local service problems and activities; and
(5) Keep a public record of its activities and transactions, including
minutes of its meetings.
Section 2706.
§ 2706. Borough agency managers and borough service cabinets. a. The
head of each agency delivering services in the boroughs shall designate
one or more senior officials of the agency with line authority as
borough representatives of the agency with such coordinative or other
duties and responsibilities as the head of the agency may specify in a
written statement filed in the agency and with the director of
operations and the appropriate borough president.
b. There shall be a borough service cabinet within each borough whose
members shall include the borough representatives designated pursuant to
subdivision a of this section, and the borough president, who shall be
the chairperson. Each borough service cabinet shall:
(1) Coordinate at the borough level service delivery functions and
programs of agencies that provide services in the borough;
(2) Consider interagency problems and impediments to the effective and
economic delivery of services in the borough;
(3) Plan and develop programs addressed to the needs and priorities of
the borough and its residents;
(4) Consult with residents of the borough and representatives of the
community boards about service problems and activities; and
(5) Keep a public record of its activities and transactions, including
minutes of its meetings.
Section 2707.
§ 2707. Agency budgets and service statements. a. Each agency with
service districts within the community districts and boroughs shall
prepare annually a statement of its service objectives, priorities,
programs and projected activities within each community district and
each borough for the new fiscal year, if requested by the respective
community board or borough board.
b. In preparing such statements for community districts the agencies
shall consult with the respective district service cabinets and
community boards. In preparing such statements for the borough, the
agencies shall consult with the borough service cabinet and borough
board. The statements shall be filed no later than the fifteenth day of
August with the mayor, council, borough president, community board and
borough board.
c. By no later than four months after the end of the fiscal year, each
agency with service districts within the community districts and
boroughs shall report to the respective community and borough boards the
amount of expenditures within each service district for each unit of
appropriation for the preceding year.
Section 2708.
§ 2708. Agency information. Each agency with service districts within
the community districts and boroughs shall make available to each
community board and borough board and to the respective borough
presidents current information on its operations and programs within
each community district and borough.
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