Law new is a term that has been used to describe the increasing number of companies, startups and law firm subsidiaries augmenting traditional legal services with technology. These firms have a common feature: they use a data-driven approach to help their clients understand and navigate the law.
Changing the laws of New York requires a special process called bill drafting. Attorneys who are members of the Legislature draft bills, but interest groups sometimes submit their own ideas for legislation in bill form. The lawmaking process culminates in the Mayor’s decision to sign a bill into law or take no action on it (a “veto”). If the Mayor takes no action within 30 days after a bill is passed by Council, then it becomes law. If the Mayor vetoes a bill, it can be overridden by Council with a 2/3 vote.
This bill would require third-party food delivery services to be licensed. It also repeals the subchapter of the Administrative Code that contains existing laws regulating third-party food delivery services and incorporates the requirements of recently passed Introductions 2311-A, 2333-A, 2335-A and 2356-A into this bill’s licensing scheme.
To make the City’s data breach notification laws more consistent with State law, this bill expands the circumstances when City agencies must disclose a security breach that involves persons’ private identifying information to affected persons. It also amends the definition of “person” to include government agencies and other entities for which New York State has authority.
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