§ 105-06 Petitions for Rulemaking.
RCNY § 105-06
(a)Definitions.
(1)Person. "Person" means a natural person or a business entity, including but not limited to a corporation, trust, estate, partnership, cooperative, association, firm, club or society.
(2)Petition. "Petition" means a written request or application for the Department to adopt a Rule.
(3)Petitioner. "Petitioner" means the person who files a Petition.
(4)Rule. "Rule" has the meaning set forth in § 1041 of the City Administrative Procedure Act.
(b)Procedures for Submitting Petitions.
(c)Procedures for Consideration of and Responses to Petitions. If a Petition is submitted in proper form, the Department will deny or approve the Petition within 60 days from the date it was received. The Department will either deny such Petition in a written statement or state in writing the Department's intention to initiate rulemaking by a specified date. The Department is not required to grant the entirety of a Petition and is not bound by the language proposed by Petitioner but may amend or modify such proposed language at the Department's discretion. (Added City Record 12/1/2021, eff. 12/31/2021)
