New York CIty Council Member Ben Kallos

New York Daily News Councilman Ben Kallos wants city to publish government notices on its website by Erin Durkin

Councilman Ben Kallos wants city to publish government notices on its website

Under legislation to be introduced by Councilman Ben Kallos (D-Manhattan), the city would be required to post all government notices on its website — from announcements of a community board meeting to an application for a new sidewalk cafe.

“There’s literally hundreds and hundreds of places where the government has to make a public notice — but nobody knows what the government is doing, because the public notice requirements are so arcane,” said Kallos, chairman of the government operations committee.

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