Skip to main content

Agora
Sign in

Local law · Int 0720-2026

A top-level domain name requirement for websites maintained by city agencies

New York City Council

Latest action Feb 24, 2026

Sponsor: Yusef Salaam (Council Member, District 9, Democratic)

Official titleShow

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a top-level domain name requirement for websites maintained by city agencies

The heading above is this same sentence with its legal opening removed. No words were added, changed or reordered.

Follow

Following needs an Agora account. You will sign in first, then come back to this page.

From the NYC Council's legislative record (Legistar) and official rosters. This record was last updated Aug 1, 2026. About our data

Summary

This bill would require every agency that maintains a public-facing website to utilize the “.gov” domain name in the uniform resource locator of the website. The department of information technology and telecommunications or other agency designated by the mayor would be required to submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council two compliance reports.

Summary from NYC Council (Legistar). How we handle summaries

Where it stands

Assigned to a committee for review.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Committee on Technology

Your position on this bill

Choose the position closest to yours. You'll sign in or create an account to save it.

Sign in or create an account to give your position

Cosponsors

5

Cosponsors in the order the New York City Council lists them.

  • Democratic5

Shown in neutral colors by design; Agora is non-partisan.

Full history

  1. Feb 24, 2026

    Introduced

    This Introduction was Introduced by Council

    NYC Council

  2. Feb 24, 2026

    Referred to committee

    This Introduction was Referred to Comm by Council to the Committee on Technology

    NYC Council

Read the record