NYC Council Introduction 843

intro.nyc/0843-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Establishing a digital inclusion officer at every city agency
Status: Committee Committee on Technology
Sponsored by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Introduced: April 18, 2024

This bill would require that each agency designate at least one employee as a digital inclusion officer who would be responsible for coordinating efforts to ensure accessibility of websites and other digital content made publicly available by such agency. Each digital inclusion officer would receive training from the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities at least annually. In addition, the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities would be required to have at least one employee with expertise in digital accessibility who would be responsible for coordinating with the digital inclusion officers to monitor and improve the accessibility of city websites and other digital content.