Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/26/2014 1:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Hearing Transcript of the Stated Meeting - February 26, 2014, Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 26, 2014 Meeting Items (213) 213 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items Data pager Data pager 12  Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 200 of 213. File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia Data pager Data pager 12  Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 200 of 213.       1.             Roll call Video       2. Delivered by: Rev. T.K. Nakagaki, The Interfaith Center of New York, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115. Motion to spread the invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Levine.           Video       3. None           Not available       4.             Video M 0021-2014 *     Received, Ordered, Printed and Filed Submitting Preliminary Mayor’s Management Report (PMMR) for FY'14. Mayor's Message   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available M 0022-2014 *     Finance Submitting Preliminary Expense Budget for FY'15. Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0023-2014 *     Finance Submitting Financial Plan Detail and Summary Book, Volumes I and II for FY's 2014-2018. Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0024-2014 *     Finance Submitting Geographic Reports for Expense Budget for FY'15. Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0025-2014 *     Finance Submitting Departmental Estimates Report, Volumes I, II, III, IV and V, for FY'15. Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0026-2014 *     Finance Submitting Contract Budget Report for FY'15. Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0027-2014 *     Finance Submitting the Preliminary Capital Budget, FY'15. Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0028-2014 *     Finance Submitting the Capital Commitment Plan, FY'15, Volumes 1, 2, & 3 and the Capital Commitment Plan, Financial Summary. Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0029-2014 *     Received, Ordered, Printed and Filed Submitting Preliminary certificate setting forth the maximum amount of debt and reserves which the City, and the NYC Municipal Water Finance Authority, may soundly incur for capital projects for FY'15 and the ensuing three fiscal years. Mayor's Message   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available       5. None           Not available       6. None           Not available       7.             Video M 0030-2014 * Margaret S. Chin   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Zoning, Sidewalk café, 98 Kenmare St, Manhattan (20145310 TCM) Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0031-2014 * Margaret S. Chin   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Zoning, Mixed use development, 688 Broadway, Manhattan (C 140055 ZSM) Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0032-2014 * Margaret S. Chin   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Zoning, Mixed use development, 688 Broadway, Manhattan (C 140056 ZSM) Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0033-2014 * Corey D. Johnson   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Zoning, Sidewalk café, 567 Hudson St, Manhattan (20145268 TCM) Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0034-2014 * Paul A. Vallone   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Zoning, Sidewalk café, 22-30 154th St, Queens (20145354 TCQ) Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                   Pass Not available       8.             Video       9.             Video       10. None           Not available       11.             Video                     Not available Int 0001-2014 A Margaret S. Chin   Amended and Coupled on GO Provision of sick time earned by employees. Introduction   Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0098-2014 * I. Daneek Miller   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO Health insurance coverage for surviving family members of certain deceased employees of the dept of environmental protection. Introduction   Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available LU 0011-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, 2nd Avenue Text Amendment, Manhattan (N130232ZRY) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0096-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 11 - Zoning, 2nd Avenue Text Amendment, Manhattan (N130232ZRY) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0012-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, North Conduit Avenue Rezoning, Queens (C070194ZMQ) Land Use Application   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0097-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled to be Filed Pursuant to Letter of Withdrawal LU 12 - Zoning, North Conduit Avenue Rezoning, Queens (C070194ZMQ) Resolution   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0013-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, North Conduit Avenue Rezoning, Queens (C090033MMQ) Land Use Application   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0098-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled to be Filed Pursuant to Letter of Withdrawal LU 13 - Zoning, North Conduit Avenue Rezoning, Queens (C090033MMQ) Resolution   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0014-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Planning, 793 Fairmont Place, Bronx (20145276 HAX) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0099-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 14 - Planning, 793 Fairmont Place, Bronx (20145276 HAX) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0015-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, Sidewalk café, 922 3rd Ave, Manhattan (20145204 TCM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0100-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 15 - Zoning, Sidewalk café, 922 3rd Ave, Manhattan (20145204 TCM) Resolution   Approved, by Council   Action details Not available LU 0016-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, Sidewalk café, 310 Malcolm X Blvd, Manhattan (20145231 TCM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council   Action details Not available Res 0101-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 16 - Zoning, Sidewalk café, 310 Malcolm X Blvd, Manhattan (20145231 TCM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0017-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Planning, UDAAP 51-21 Rockaway Beach Blvd, Queens (C 140077HAQ) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0102-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 17 - Planning, UDAAP 51-21 Rockaway Beach Blvd, Queens (C 140077HAQ) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available       12.             Video T2014-0002 *   ~coupled Coupled on GO Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 0001-2014 A Margaret S. Chin ~coupled A and GO Provision of sick time earned by employees. Introduction       Action details Not available Int 0098-2014 * I. Daneek Miller ~coupled Preconsidered - GO Health insurance coverage for surviving family members of certain deceased employees of the dept of environmental protection. Introduction       Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Res 0096-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 11 - Zoning, 2nd Avenue Text Amendment, Manhattan (N130232ZRY) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0097-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled Filed LU 12 - Zoning, North Conduit Avenue Rezoning, Queens (C070194ZMQ) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0098-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled Filed LU 13 - Zoning, North Conduit Avenue Rezoning, Queens (C090033MMQ) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0099-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 14 - Planning, 793 Fairmont Place, Bronx (20145276 HAX) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0100-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 15 - Zoning, Sidewalk café, 922 3rd Ave, Manhattan (20145204 TCM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0101-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 16 - Zoning, Sidewalk café, 310 Malcolm X Blvd, Manhattan (20145231 TCM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0102-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 17 - Planning, UDAAP 51-21 Rockaway Beach Blvd, Queens (C 140077HAQ) Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available T2014-0002 *   ~coupled GO Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds       Action details Not available                   Pass Not available       13.             Not available       14.             Not available       15.             Not available Res 0002-2014 A Melissa Mark-Viverito   Amended and Adopted by the Committee on Education Supporting the City's plan to establish high-quality universal pre-Kindergarten for all eligible four-year olds and high-quality after school programs for middle-school-aged youth. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available       16.             Video       17.             Not available                     Not available Int 0045-2014 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Transportation Providing for-hire vehicles with an initial thirty day inspection grace period. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0046-2014 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Transportation Traffic control signals. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0047-2014 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Transportation Removing the off-street parking requirement for base station licenses. Introduction Under the bill, for-hire vehicle companies would be allowed to park their vehicles on the street outside of their center of operation or “base station”. This bill would eliminate the law that the base have off street parking capability for one half of its affiliated vehicles. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0048-2014 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Rights and responsibilities guide for tenants and owners. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0049-2014 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Provision of notice to council members and community boards of applications filed with and rejected by the department of buildings. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Buildings to notify the appropriate Council Members and Community Boards whenever an application for a new building permit or for an alteration that will require a new certificate of occupancy for a building is received or denied. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0045-2014 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Civil Rights Calling for the condemnation of Barneys New York and their prejudiced security policies. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0046-2014 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor Establish a Recovery and Opportunity Trust Fund. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0047-2014 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Transportation Open all municipal garages and parking lots, when a snow emergency has been declared, for a fee not to exceed twenty dollars per day. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0050-2014 * Margaret S. Chin ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to notify community boards and council members regarding applications to operate methadone clinics. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0051-2014 * Margaret S. Chin ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to issue an annual report regarding hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Introduction The proposed legislation would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to issue an annual report regarding Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV). HBV and HCV can cause chronic, persistent infection, which can lead to chronic liver disease. The information required to be reported by the proposed legislation would include: • The number of new cases and the prevalence of HBV and HCV infections, and the top five causes of HBV & HCV in new cases; • Demographic information (e.g., age, gender, neighborhood, borough, national origin, race and ethnicity) of persons infected with HBV and HCV; • The number of deaths where HBV or HCV was a factor, the number of new liver cancer diagnoses, and the number of liver cancers diagnoses that overlap with HBV or HCV; • The number of people in a DOHMH-operated or contracted program or a Council-funded program who are receiving care at various stages; • Information relating to the number of HBV vaccine doses given and completed; and • Information relating to DOHMH’s HBV and HCV-related funding, outreach efforts, and program outcomes, as well as best practices in addressing HBV & HCV prevention, treatment, care, outreach and education. Some of the above information would not be required to be reported every year. Additionally, some of the demographic and other information would only be culled only from persons who are involved in certain DOHMH-operated or contracted programs or a Council-funded program. Annual reports would be submitted to the Council and available on DOHMH’s website. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0048-2014 * Margaret S. Chin ~SPONSOR Education Establish the Asian Lunar New Year as an official holiday for NYC students. (S.160/A.276) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0052-2014 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Requiring that all public waste receptacles be emptied by the dept of sanitation at least once per day. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0053-2014 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Transportation Repair of street defects. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0054-2014 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Transportation Use of alternative fuels and alternative fuel technologies in the city ferry fleet. Introduction Proposed Int. No. 54-A would require that the Commissioner study the feasibility of using alternative fuels, including at least 5% biodiesel, renewable diesel and alternative fuel technologies including hybrid electric, battery electric and fuel cell electric power trains. The Commissioner must submit a report on the results of the study by December 2019 and then, to the fullest extent practicable, implement the use of such alternative fuels or technologies. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0049-2014 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Declaring March 2014 as Greek-American History Month. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0055-2014 * Elizabeth S. Crowley ~SPONSOR Health Regulating pet shops. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0056-2014 * Elizabeth S. Crowley ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring photoelectric smoke detectors in residential buildings. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0050-2014 * Elizabeth S. Crowley ~SPONSOR State and Federal Legislation Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act (S.395/H.R.847) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0051-2014 * Elizabeth S. Crowley ~SPONSOR Public Safety NYS Legislature to remedy several deficiencies in the law regarding leaving the scene of an accident. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0052-2014 * Laurie A. Cumbo ~SPONSOR General Welfare Allowing the NYC Human Resources Administration to grant day care assistance to parents who attend four year educational institutions. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0057-2014 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Imposing fines for publicly accessible collection bins. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0058-2014 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Juvenile Justice Requiring adolescent development training for correction officers. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0059-2014 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection The sale and use of gas-powered leaf blowers. Introduction Prohibits use of gas-powered leaf blowers before noon on weekends and on state and federal holidays; and between the months of May and September. Prohibits use of gas-powered leaf blowers that exceed 65dB(A) of noise. Prohibits the sale of gas-powered leaf blowers that exceed the 65dB(A) noise level. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0053-2014 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Fire and Criminal Justice Services Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0054-2014 * Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. ~SPONSOR Education Dept of Education to provide a halal lunch menu option to students at NYC public schools. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0055-2014 * Mathieu Eugene ~SPONSOR Youth Services Increase funding for the Summer Youth Employment Program to prevent the elimination of 3,700 slots due to the minimum wage increase. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0060-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Civil Rights Prohibiting employment discrimination based on an individual’s actual or perceived status as a nursing mother. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0061-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the police department to notify schools of crimes against children within 1,000 feet of certain schools. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0056-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Education Dept of Education to regularly review the use and condition of transportable classrooms and to limit the amount of time that transportable classrooms are used in NYC public schools. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0062-2014 * Daniel R. Garodnick ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Requiring notice on former poll sites. Introduction This bill would require the NYC Board of Elections to post a notice on each building that was used as a poll site in any of the four calendar years prior to an election day if such poll site covered one or more election districts in which an election is being held on such election day. Posted notices would include (1) notification that the building is not being used as a poll site, (2) the addresses of the poll sites being used for such election, (3) information about the website containing the poll site locator, and (4) contact information for the BOE. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0063-2014 * Vincent J. Gentile ~SPONSOR Transportation Issuing all community board chairs an official NYC parking placard. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0064-2014 * Vincent J. Gentile ~SPONSOR Health Limiting the issuance of notices of violations to food service establishments during certain times. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0065-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Public Safety A program to reimburse nonpublic schools for the cost of security guard services. Introduction This bill would require NYPD to assign school safety agents to public and nonpublic schools. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0066-2014 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Decreasing the Campaign Finance Board’s public funding matching funds rate during times of fiscal emergency. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0067-2014 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Increasing the minimum thresholds for eligibility for public funding for candidates for city council. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0068-2014 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Transportation Posting of a sign indicating that a traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring system is in operation. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0069-2014 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Contracts Review of patterns of contractual spending by the city agencies with not-for-profit organizations. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0070-2014 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Contracts City contracts with not-for-profit organizations in the amount of $100,000 or more. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0071-2014 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Transportation Pedestrian countdown signals. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0072-2014 * Corey D. Johnson ~SPONSOR Health Reporting and posting online information pertaining to mobile food vendors. Introduction This bill would require DOHMH to post on its website information pertaining to the number of mobile food vending permits issued for a pushcart or vehicle for city-side vending, borough-specific vending and city-wide vending specifically reserved for disabled veterans, disabled persons and veterans. Such lists would be updated at least monthly. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0073-2014 * Corey D. Johnson ~SPONSOR Health Updating the definition of “pet shop” within the animal abuse registration act. Introduction This bill would change the definition of pet shop in the Animal Abuse Registration Act (AARA) to include pet shops that sell cats and dogs. The AARA mandates the establishment of an animal abuse registry listing persons 18 or older who reside in New York City that were convicted of animal abuse crimes. It requires pet shops to consult the registry before selling an animal to any prospective purchaser and prohibits the transfer of any animal to a person whose name appears on the registry. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0074-2014 * Andy L. King ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Removal of trees downed or damaged as a result of a severe weather event. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0057-2014 * Andy L. King ~SPONSOR Public Safety Amend the criminal procedure law in relation to protecting against unwarranted surveillance. (A.2683/S.1841) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0058-2014 * Andy L. King ~SPONSOR Public Safety Support of granting the officers of the Co-op City Department of Public Safety peace officer status. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0075-2014 * Peter A. Koo ~SPONSOR Transportation Suspending alternate side parking regulations on Lunar New Year’s Eve. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0076-2014 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Exempting licensed plumbers from registering with the business integrity commission. Introduction The bill would exempt licensed master plumbers from having to register with the Business Integrity Commission when opening or removing the pavement of a public street pursuant to a permit issued by the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0077-2014 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Replacement of all uncovered street litter baskets. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0078-2014 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs Requiring food vendors to post prices. Introduction This bill would require mobile food vendors to post the total selling price of every item offered for sale, either in print or digital format, and would prohibit the vendor from charging more than the amount displayed. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0079-2014 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Health Revoking a food vending license for certain violations. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0059-2014 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Aging Raising the senior citizen rent increase exemption (SCRIE) threshold and providing for increases per changes in the consumer price index. (A.2257) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0080-2014 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Transportation Work zone safety on bridges. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0081-2014 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings OSHA notification act. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Buildings (“DOB”) to notify the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of any violations of the Construction Codes that would potentially endanger workplace safety. Further, DOB would be required to report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the City Council on the violations it reports to OSHA. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0082-2014 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Transportation Requiring signs regarding penalties for assaulting taxi and livery drivers. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0083-2014 * Stephen T. Levin ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the NYPD to publicly post reports concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training. Introduction This bill would require the NYPD to publish an annual report on the number of officers in the patrol precinct, transit district, police service area and school safety agents trained and re-trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillation in the past calendar year. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0084-2014 * Stephen T. Levin ~SPONSOR Technology Requiring monthly and annual reports concerning film shoot permits. Introduction This bill would require monthly and annual reports on film and television production permits approved by the City, including the filming locations, filming durations, if on-street parking was removed, identity of company producing the film or television shoot, and economic data. Also updates definition language. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0085-2014 * Stephen T. Levin ~SPONSOR Health Health and safety of youth football teams. Introduction This bill would require the presence of a doctor at youth tackle football games, and the presence of a doctor or athletic trainer at youth tackle football practices, and reporting to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on any injuries or concussions occurring at the game or practice. It would prohibit the participation of an individual under the age of 18 in a tackle football game or practice if they have been administered a concussion test. It would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report on the number of concussions and injuries sustained in youth football, along with related data. It would require a permit from the Department of Parks and Recreation before any youth tackle football game or practice could occur on City-owned parkland. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0086-2014 * Stephen T. Levin ~SPONSOR Health Creation of a youth sports health and safety task force. Introduction This bill would create a one-year, seven-member taskforce to study injuries occurring in youth sports in New York City and how these injuries affect educational performance and behavior. It would make recommendations on preventing and alleviating these affects. Four members would be appointed by the Mayor or their appointees and three would be appointed by the Council. It would be required to issue its report no later than one year after its appointment. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0087-2014 * Stephen T. Levin ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the police department to post certain precinct-related information on the department's website. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0088-2014 * Stephen T. Levin ~SPONSOR Public Safety Prohibiting damage to religious property located on or within a private home. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0089-2014 * Stephen T. Levin ~SPONSOR General Welfare Requiring the department of social services to provide semiannual reports to the council regarding referrals to adult protective services. Introduction This bill would require the Human Resources Administration to provide semiannual reports to the Council regarding adult protective services. The bill would require the reports to include the total number of referrals received, the number of referred individuals who were determined ineligible for services, disaggregated by the reason such individuals were determined ineligible, a general description of the source of the referrals, and the council district, community board, and zip code of the referred individuals. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0060-2014 * Stephen T. Levin ~SPONSOR Education Dept of Education to institute a moratorium on the opening of all new charter schools in NYC until the DOE produces a detailed report of how the funding levels for charter schools will grow over the next 5 years. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0061-2014 * Stephen T. Levin ~SPONSOR Transportation NYS Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation that would lower NYC’s speed limit. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0090-2014 * Alan N. Maisel ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Requiring certain agencies to be capable of issuing warnings. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department of Buildings, the Department of Sanitation, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of Consumer Affairs to make available to their inspectors equipment that would be capable of issuing first-violation warnings, where permitted by law. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0091-2014 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Requiring an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all council members for the passage of any local law or resolution that raises taxes. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0092-2014 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Procedures to be adopted by the 311 call center for responding to certain repeat anonymous complaints against the same property. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0093-2014 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring the use of mold-resistant gypsum board and cement board in moisture-prone locations. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0094-2014 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Issuance of building permits for areas in which a certified rezoning application is pending. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0095-2014 * Darlene Mealy ~SPONSOR General Welfare Designating community liaisons for transitional housing. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0062-2014 * Darlene Mealy ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Granting additional real property tax exemptions for certain affordable housing developments (Harry Silver Housing Company, 811 Rutland Rd., Brooklyn). Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0063-2014 * Carlos Menchaca ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Require the Federal Aviation Administration to promulgate regulations on air quality and noise for tourist helicopters flying over NYC. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0096-2014 * Rosie Mendez ~SPONSOR Aging Providing legal counsel for senior citizens subject to eviction, ejectment or foreclosure proceedings. Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner for the Aging to appoint a civil justice coordinator to establish and implement a program to provide free or low-cost legal services to low-income individuals 62 years of age or older who are facing eviction proceedings. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0097-2014 * Rosie Mendez ~SPONSOR Transportation Student pedestrian safety near schools located in proximity to parking garages. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0098-2014 * I. Daneek Miller ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor Health insurance coverage for surviving family members of certain deceased employees of the dept of environmental protection. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0099-2014 * Annabel Palma ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management The distribution of recycling outreach and education materials to residents by the department of sanitation. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0100-2014 * Annabel Palma ~SPONSOR Contracts Publication of concept reports regarding requests for proposals. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0101-2014 * Annabel Palma ~SPONSOR General Welfare Requiring the Department of Homeless Services to report information regarding veterans entering and exiting shelter. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0102-2014 * Annabel Palma ~SPONSOR General Welfare Families’ eligibility for shelter. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0103-2014 * The Public Advocate (Ms. James) ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the NYPD to report on arrests of individuals under 18 years of age. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0104-2014 * The Public Advocate (Ms. James) ~SPONSOR General Welfare Collecting and reporting data related to youth aging out of foster care. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0105-2014 * The Public Advocate (Ms. James) ~SPONSOR General Welfare Requiring signage regarding application processing and fair hearings at job centers, SNAP centers, and Medicaid offices. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0106-2014 * Deborah L. Rose ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring a sign at inaccessible building entrances indicating that a portable ramp is available when such a ramp exists. Introduction This bill would require building owners to post a sign that a portable ramp is available for access to the building at inaccessible building entrances, where that ramp exists. The New York City Building Code already requires directional signage at inaccessible building entrances indicating the route to the nearest accessible entrance. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0107-2014 * Deborah L. Rose ~SPONSOR Mental Health, Developmental Disability, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Disability Services Requiring that all restaurants have Braille and large print menus available upon request. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0108-2014 * Deborah L. Rose ~SPONSOR Civil Rights Prohibiting employment discrimination based on an individual’s actual or perceived status as a caregiver. Introduction Many employees throughout New York City, as well the nation, have caregiving and familial responsibilities that include assisting with the care of children, parents, spouses, and other family members. Under section 8-101 of the New York City Human Rights Law, there are a number of protected classes defined, including, but not limited to, “gender,” “sexual orientation,” “partnership status,” “national origin,” “disability,” and “alienage or citizenship status.” These protected classes are covered under Section 8-107 of the Law, which prohibits employment discrimination. This bill would include “caregiver” as a protected class; prohibiting employers from discriminating based on one’s status, or perceived status, as a “caregiver.” Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0064-2014 * Deborah L. Rose ~SPONSOR Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Current owners to protect and preserve, in its current form, the land known as “Mount Manresa” on Staten Island. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0109-2014 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Education Requiring notice of building code, fire code, and health code violations in public schools. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0065-2014 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Education Dept of Education to review the use of the “Rainbow” experiment in NYC public schools. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0110-2014 * James Vacca ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Notification to community boards of pilot programs. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0111-2014 * James Vacca ~SPONSOR Transportation Prohibiting the selling and buying of gasoline by certain persons. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0066-2014 * James Vacca ~SPONSOR Aging Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0067-2014 * James Vacca ~SPONSOR Public Housing Congress and the President to provide a specific allocation of funding for video security systems at NYC Housing Authority developments. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0112-2014 * Paul A. Vallone ~SPONSOR Transportation Suspending meter parking regulations on the Asian Lunar New Year. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0113-2014 * James G. Van Bramer ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Establishment and development of school gardens. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0114-2014 * James G. Van Bramer ~SPONSOR Finance Appropriation of funds for the operation and maintenance of the library systems. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0068-2014 * Mark S. Weprin ~SPONSOR Transportation Increasing the penalty for driving on the sidewalk. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0115-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Provision of sufficient receptacles for the storage of solid waste and increasing certain fines. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0116-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings An owner's right of access to make repairs. Introduction This bill would allow an owner to enter a unit during evening or weekend hours to make repairs. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0117-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Fire and Criminal Justice Services Creating an interagency task force to be charged with studying the obstacles faced by children of incarcerated parents, from arrest to reunification. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0118-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring owners to notify tenants of unsafe conditions of exterior walls of buildings. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0119-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Evaluation of civil actions, claims, complaints, and investigations alleging improper police conduct. Introduction The bill would require the Inspector General for the Police Department—working with the Law Department, the Police Department, the Comptroller, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, and Commission to Combat Police Corruption—to review information on police misconduct and develop recommendations related to the disciplining, training, and monitoring of police officers. To facilitate this review, the Law Department would be required to publish information on civil actions every six months. In addition, the Police Department would be required to study determinations by judges that an officer’s testimony at a trial is not credible. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0120-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Education Requiring the DOE to donate school meals that have not been consumed. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0069-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Fire and Criminal Justice Services Adopt and disseminate a bill of rights for children of incarcerated parents. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0070-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Education Education Commissioner to conduct a statewide audit of compliance for arts instruction and report which schools are not in compliance with State arts education requirements. (A.5835/S.1029A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0071-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Health SUNY and DOH to work with stakeholders to keep SUNY Downstate Medical Center open as a leading public medical institution. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0072-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Education Dept of Education to take full advantage of the Community Eligibility Option offered by the US Dept of Agriculture. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0073-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Health Require warning labels on sugar sweetened beverages. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0074-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Health Add an excise tax on sugar sweetened beverages. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0075-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Support of the "2013 Fair Elections Act" (A.4980-C/S.4705-A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0076-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Education Successful, Safe and Healthy Students Act of 2013. (H.R. 3122) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0077-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Education Require school districts to provide supplemental educational services to low-income students in failing schools. (A.4205) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0078-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Civil Rights Requires ex-felons to be fully informed of their voting rights. (A.4830) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0079-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Veterans Support of the creation and presentation of a ticker-tape parade to honor the veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0080-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Enact a law that will expunge misdemeanor convictions from the criminal record of any individual who committed such misdemeanors before the age of 20 and is not rearrested for at least 10 years from the time of such misdemeanor convictions. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0081-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Fire and Criminal Justice Services Establish child-sensitive arrest policies and procedures. (A.1507/S.1416) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0082-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Granting the NYS Attorney General jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute police misconduct upon the request of the Governor or the District Attorney of the county wherein such misconduct was committed. (A.2803/S.1043) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0083-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety NYPD and the Dept of Correction to adhere to their current strip search procedures. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0084-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Transportation MTA to institute a public recycling program in all of its transit facilities within NYC. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0085-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Amend the NYS Executive Law in relation to the duties of State Police when an offense is committed by a police officer resulting in serious physical injury to another person. (S.2872) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0086-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Create a review process for Individual Apartments Improvement rent increases and make such increases a temporary surcharge rather than a permanent rent increase. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0087-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Repeal the Urstadt law. (A.8393/S.1492) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0088-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Veterans Congress and the President to raise the minimum age for enlisting in the military to age 21. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0089-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Immigration Make Haitian recipients of Temporary Protected Status eligible for federal public benefits. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0090-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Immigration Dept of Education to assist the Caribbean international teachers it recruited to attain citizenship and the US Congress to include a discussion of the needs of international teachers recruited to work in the US in the comprehensive immigration reform deba Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0091-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety NYPD and the MTA to stop arresting people for committing minor infractions in the transit system. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0121-2014 * Andy L. King ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Suspension of the issuance of violations for littering. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0122-2014 * Rosie Mendez ~SPONSOR Health Requiring food service establishments to provide hand sanitizer dispensaries in close proximity to buffet stands. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0123-2014 * Vincent J. Gentile ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Waiving fees for the use of city facilities by city elected officials for constituent events. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0124-2014 * Andy L. King ~SPONSOR Education Requiring the dept of education to consider alternate forms of academic assessment for students displaced due to superstorm sandy or any other natural or weather-related disaster. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0092-2014 * Vincent J. Gentile ~SPONSOR General Welfare Create a process for community notification and a community board public hearing prior to the siting of transitional housing for the homeless. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0093-2014 * Rosie Mendez ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs NYS Liquor Authority to require grocery and drug stores licensed to sell beer and/or wine for consumption off-premise, to locate all alcohol and related products in the furthermost area away from the entrance of the store. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0094-2014 * Vincent J. Gentile ~SPONSOR Health Protecting Our Youth From Dangerous Synthetic Drugs Act of 2013. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0095-2014 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Public Safety Increasing penalties for the unintentional discharge of a firearm resulting in an injury to an individual. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0018-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, Sidewalk café, 567 Hudson St, Manhattan (20145268 TCM) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available