A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the establishment of community hiring and compensation standards for city assisted housing development projects

Summary

This bill would require that any housing developer on a housing development project, which receives city assistance, pay their workers a minimum combined wage package of at least forty dollars per hour with no less than twenty five dollars of that package being wages. It would also require a best effort that at least forty percent of the hours worked on the project are worked by residents of a zip code where at least 15% of the population is below the federal poverty rate or be residents of a New York City Housing Authority development. This bill would require a public database and annual reporting on the program. The bill would give the comptroller enforcement of these requirements with the ability to levy civil penalties as well as provide for a private right of action for worker are subject to a violation of the bill.

Official summary of legislation · NYC Council