Section 831. Duties and powers of the New York city equal employment practices commission

a.  The  commission:  (i)  shall   monitor   the  employment  policies,  programs  and  practices  of  each  city, county,
  borough or other office, administration,  board,  department,  division,
  commission,   bureau,   corporation,   authority,  or  other  agency  of
  government, where the majority of the board members of such  agency  are
  appointed  by the mayor or serve by virtue of being city officers or the
  expenses of which are paid in whole or in part from the  city  treasury,
  including  the  board  of  education,  city  and community colleges, the
  financial services corporation, the health and hospital corporation, the
  public development corporation, and the city housing authority; and (ii)
  monitor the coordination and  implementation  of  any  city  affirmative
  employment  program  of  equal employment opportunity for minority group
  members and women who are employed by or who seek employment  with  city
  agencies,  including  the  activities  of  the  department  of  citywide
  administrative services, and the civil service commission,  pursuant  to
  chapter  thirty-five,  and  any  other agency designated by the mayor to
  assist in the implementation or coordination of such  efforts,  and  all
  city  agencies  required  by  section eight hundred fifteen to establish
  agency programs.
    b. The commission may request and shall receive from any  city  agency
  such  information, other than information which is required by law to be
  kept  confidential   or   which   is   privileged   as   attorney-client
  communications,   attorney   work  products  or  material  prepared  for
  litigation, and such assistance as may be necessary  to  carry  out  the
  provisions of this chapter.
    c.  The commission shall communicate to the commission on human rights
  any information regarding suspected or alleged violations of chapter one
  of title eight of the administrative code.
    d. The commission shall have the following powers and duties:
    1. to review the uniform standards, procedures, and  programs  of  the
  department  of  citywide  administrative services pursuant to paragraphs
  twelve and fourteen of subdivision a of section eight hundred  fourteen,
  and  to review the plans adopted by city agencies in accordance with the
  provisions of paragraph nineteen  of  subdivision  a  of  section  eight
  hundred  fifteen,  and  to  provide any such agency or the department of
  citywide administrative services with such comments and  suggestions  as
  the commission deems necessary and appropriate;
    2. to recommend to the department of citywide administrative services,
  all  city  agencies, or any one or more particular agencies, procedures,
  approaches, measures, standards and programs  to  be  utilized  by  such
  agencies  in  their  efforts  to ensure a fair and effective affirmative
  employment program of equal employment opportunity  for  minority  group
  members  and  women  who  are  employed  by or seek employment with city
  agencies;
    3. to recommend to any city agency actions which  such  agency  should
  consider  including  in  its  next  annual plan as required by paragraph
  nineteen of subdivision a of section eight hundred fifteen;
    4. to advise and, if requested, assist city agencies in their  efforts
  to  increase  employment  of  minority  group  members and women who are
  employed by or who seek employment with city agencies;
    5. to audit and evaluate the employment practices  and  procedures  of
  each  city  agency  and their efforts to ensure fair and effective equal
  employment opportunity for minority group members  and  women  at  least
  once  every  four  years  and  whenever  requested  by the civil service
  commission or the human rights commission or whenever  otherwise  deemed
  necessary by this commission;

    6.  to  make such policy, legislative and budgetary recommendations to
  the mayor, council, the department of citywide  administrative  services
  or  any  city  agency  as the commission deems necessary to ensure equal
  employment opportunity for minority group members and women;
    7.  to  publish  by the fifteenth of February of each year a report to
  the mayor and the council on the activities of the  commission  and  the
  effectiveness  of  each city agency's affirmative employment efforts and
  the efforts by the department of  citywide  administrative  services  to
  ensure equal employment opportunity for minority group members and women
  who are employed by or seek to be employed by city agencies;
    8. to establish appropriate advisory committees;
    9.  to  serve  with  such  other  agencies  or  officials  as shall be
  designated by the mayor as the city liaison to federal, state and  local
  agencies  responsible  for  compliance with equal employment opportunity
  for minority group members and women who are employed by or who seek  to
  be employed by city agencies; and
    10.  to  take  such other actions as are appropriate to effectuate the
  provisions and purposes of this chapter.