Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/17/2015 1:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, Hearing Transcript of the Stated Meeting, Minutes of the Stated Meeting Meeting Items (159) 159 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 File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia       1.             Roll call Video       2. Delivered by: His Eminence Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, 1011 First Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. Motion to spread the invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Vallone.           Video       3. Motion that the Minutes of the Stated Meetings of July 23, 2015 and August 13, 2015 be adopted as printed by Council Member Lancman.           Video       4.             Video M 0333-2015 *     Preconsidered - Rules, Privileges and Elections Shampa Chanda, Board of Standards and Appeals Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available       5. None           Not available       6.             Video M 0334-2015 *     Preconsidered - Rules, Privileges and Elections Helen Arteaga, Health and Hospitals Corporation Board of Directors Communication   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0335-2015 *     Preconsidered - Rules, Privileges and Elections Arva R. Rice, Equal Employment Practices Commission Communication   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available       7.             Video M 0336-2015 * Inez D. Barron   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Landmarks, 10300 Foster Ave, Brooklyn (C 150318 PQK) Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0337-2015 * Margaret S. Chin   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Zoning, Sidewalk café, 221 West Broadway, Manhattan (20165108 TCM) Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0338-2015 * Corey D. Johnson   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Zoning, Sidewalk café, 356 West 44th St, Borough of Manhattan (20165009 TCM) Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                   Pass Not available       8.             Video       9.             Not available       10. None           Not available       11.             Video                     Not available Int 0850-2015 A Costa G. Constantinides   Amended and Coupled on GO Use of air conditioning systems. Introduction This bill would expand to small stores (retail or wholesale establishments under four thousand square feet) the prohibition against propping open outside doors while an air conditioner or central cooling system is operating. It would also require that stores which are part of a chain post a notice on each door stating that violations may be reported to 311. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Res 0846-2015 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO Approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0279-2015 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland     Tremont Renaissance, Bronx Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0857-2015 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO LU 279 - Tremont Renaissance, Bronx Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 0643-2015 A Elizabeth S. Crowley   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring the dept of correction to provide reports regarding the number of inmates who are on waiting lists for placement in or transfer to alternative housing. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Correction to post a monthly report on its website indicating the number of inmates waiting for placement in restrictive housing and clinical alternative to punitive segregation housing. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0706-2015 A Daniel Dromm   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring the commissioner of the department of correction to post a quarterly report regarding the visitation of incarcerated individuals. Introduction The Department of Correction (“DOC”) houses inmates in a variety of facilities, some on Rikers Island and others in various borough facilities. This bill requires the DOC to publish a quarterly report on the number of visitors in both Rikers Island and in borough facilities, and to differentiate between attorney visits and other types of visitors. The bill also requires the DOC to report the number of visitations in which the visitor unable to visit their inmate, and to record and report the reason the visit was unsuccessful. The DOC must report the total number of visits and the rate of visits per inmate. All reporting differentiates between Rikers Island and borough facilities. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0753-2015 A Helen K. Rosenthal   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring the office of criminal justice to post on the office’s website an annual report regarding bail and the criminal justice system. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (“DoITT”) to report on a number of issues pertaining to the inmate population of the Department of Correction (“DOC”). The bill would require DoITT to report information on a quarterly basis regarding the number of inmates in DOC’s custody, based both on the average daily inmate population for the quarter and for the total number of inmate admissions that quarter. For those inmates detained pre-trial, the following information must be reported: the charges they are facing, how serious those charges are, how long these they have been detained, how much bail has been set on them, and their criminal record if any. For those inmates who were sentenced, DoITT must report the length of these inmates’ sentences. The bill also requires DoITT to report on the court system’s impact on the DOC inmate population. For both felony and misdemeanor cases, DoITT must report the number of cases in which bail was set and the number of cases in which the defendant failed to appear for a court date, both for cases in which the defendant posted bail and for cases in which the defendant was released. The bill also requires DoITT to report on the number of cases in which defendants were released under specified conditions such as supervised release programs, the number of cases in which forms of bail other than cash or bail bonds are imposed, and the number of defendants who post bail. Finally, the bill requires DoITT to report on the outcomes of cases in which defendants are incarcerated pre-trial, and to report certain key information differentiating between boroughs, and comparing that borough-specific data to borough-specific crime rates. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0758-2015 A Inez D. Barron   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring the commissioner of the dept of correction to post a quarterly report regarding the department's grievance system. Introduction The Department of Correction operates a grievance system in which inmates may file formal complaints regarding the conditions of incarceration, pursuant to state mandates. This system has multiple levels of review, from the initial filing of the grievance through multiple phases of review and appeal. Grievances may be filed through a grievance office or through a box in which grievance forms may be deposited. This bill requires the Department to report on the number of grievances filed at every step of the grievance process, and the outcome of such grievances at each state of the grievance system. The bill also requires the Department to list separately the system’s functioning in those facilities in which grievance offices or grievance form deposit boxes are not available, and to list separately whether grievances are filed through the grievance office, the grievance form drop box, or through grievance program staff members. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0766-2015 A Daniel R. Garodnick   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring the dept of correction to post a quarterly report on the population demographics of the city's jails. Introduction The Department of Correction (“DOC”) currently tracks certain demographic information regarding its inmates, including their age, gender, race, and the borough in which they were arrested. This bill requires the DOC to publish this information quarterly, based on the average daily population of the city’s jails for the preceding quarter. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0767-2015 A Daniel R. Garodnick   Amended and Coupled on GO Publication of the dept of correction's policies on the use of force. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Correction to publish their rules and regulations/directives regarding the use of force by Correction staff on inmates, including describing in what circumstances the use of force, or the use of certain equipment, is warranted. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0768-2015 A Daniel R. Garodnick   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring the dept of correction to report on enhanced supervision housing. Introduction The Department of Correction is currently required to report on certain conditions in their punitive segregation facilities and other specialized facilities in which inmates are punished for committing certain infractions while in custody. This bill expands the list of facilities for which such reporting is required, adding any facility in which inmates are regularly kept to their cells for more than the maximum number of hours allowed by the jail standards, regardless of whether such placement is due to a punishment for committing an infraction or not. This would mean that the Department’s new Enhanced Supervision Housing would be included in this reporting requirement. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0784-2015 A Elizabeth S. Crowley   Amended and Coupled on GO Creation of an inmate bill of rights. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Correction to communicate to every inmate their rights as inmates in plain and simple language, both in writing and orally. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available LU 0275-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, 4312 2nd Ave, Brooklyn (C 150188 PCK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0858-2015 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 275 - Landmarks, 4312 2nd Ave, Brooklyn (C 150188 PCK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0276-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, 4312 2nd Ave, Brooklyn (C 150305 PCK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0859-2015 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 276 - Landmarks, 4312 2nd Ave, Brooklyn (C 150305 PCK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0277-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, Henry and Susan McDonald House, Brooklyn (20155771 HKK (N 150445 HKK)) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0860-2015 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 277 - Landmarks, Henry and Susan McDonald House, Brooklyn (20155771 HKK (N 150445 HKK)) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0278-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, M.H. Renken Dairy Company Office Building and Engine Room, Brooklyn (20155770 HKK (N 150446 HKK)) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0861-2015 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 278 - Landmarks, M.H. Renken Dairy Company Office Building and Engine Room, Brooklyn (20155770 HKK (N 150446 HKK)) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0280-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, Public School Facility, East side of 6th Ave between Pacific St and Dean St, Brooklyn (20165028 SCK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0862-2015 * David G. Greenfield   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO LU 280 - Landmarks, Public School Facility, East side of 6th Ave between Pacific St and Dean St, Brooklyn (20165028 SCK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available M 0333-2015 *       Shampa Chanda, Board of Standards and Appeals Mayor's Message   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0863-2015 * Brad S. Lander   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO M 333 - Shampa Chanda, Board of Standards and Appeals Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0334-2015 *       Helen Arteaga, Health and Hospitals Corporation Board of Directors Communication   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0864-2015 * Brad S. Lander   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO M 334 - Helen Arteaga, Health and Hospitals Corporation Board of Directors Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0335-2015 *       Arva R. Rice, Equal Employment Practices Commission Communication   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0865-2015 * Brad S. Lander   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO M 335 - Arva Rice, Equal Employment Practices Commission 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       ~coupled             Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 0850-2015 A Costa G. Constantinides ~coupled A and GO Use of air conditioning systems. Introduction This bill would expand to small stores (retail or wholesale establishments under four thousand square feet) the prohibition against propping open outside doors while an air conditioner or central cooling system is operating. It would also require that stores which are part of a chain post a notice on each door stating that violations may be reported to 311.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Res 0846-2015 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~coupled Preconsiderd - GO Approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget. Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0857-2015 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 279 - Tremont Renaissance, Bronx Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 0643-2015 A Elizabeth S. Crowley ~coupled A and GO Requiring the dept of correction to provide reports regarding the number of inmates who are on waiting lists for placement in or transfer to alternative housing. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Correction to post a monthly report on its website indicating the number of inmates waiting for placement in restrictive housing and clinical alternative to punitive segregation housing.     Action details Not available Int 0706-2015 A Daniel Dromm ~coupled A and GO Requiring the commissioner of the department of correction to post a quarterly report regarding the visitation of incarcerated individuals. Introduction The Department of Correction (“DOC”) houses inmates in a variety of facilities, some on Rikers Island and others in various borough facilities. This bill requires the DOC to publish a quarterly report on the number of visitors in both Rikers Island and in borough facilities, and to differentiate between attorney visits and other types of visitors. The bill also requires the DOC to report the number of visitations in which the visitor unable to visit their inmate, and to record and report the reason the visit was unsuccessful. The DOC must report the total number of visits and the rate of visits per inmate. All reporting differentiates between Rikers Island and borough facilities.     Action details Not available Int 0753-2015 A Helen K. Rosenthal ~coupled A and GO Requiring the office of criminal justice to post on the office’s website an annual report regarding bail and the criminal justice system. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (“DoITT”) to report on a number of issues pertaining to the inmate population of the Department of Correction (“DOC”). The bill would require DoITT to report information on a quarterly basis regarding the number of inmates in DOC’s custody, based both on the average daily inmate population for the quarter and for the total number of inmate admissions that quarter. For those inmates detained pre-trial, the following information must be reported: the charges they are facing, how serious those charges are, how long these they have been detained, how much bail has been set on them, and their criminal record if any. For those inmates who were sentenced, DoITT must report the length of these inmates’ sentences. The bill also requires DoITT to report on the court system’s impact on the DOC inmate population. For both felony and misdemeanor cases, DoITT must report the number of cases in which bail was set and the number of cases in which the defendant failed to appear for a court date, both for cases in which the defendant posted bail and for cases in which the defendant was released. The bill also requires DoITT to report on the number of cases in which defendants were released under specified conditions such as supervised release programs, the number of cases in which forms of bail other than cash or bail bonds are imposed, and the number of defendants who post bail. Finally, the bill requires DoITT to report on the outcomes of cases in which defendants are incarcerated pre-trial, and to report certain key information differentiating between boroughs, and comparing that borough-specific data to borough-specific crime rates.     Action details Not available Int 0758-2015 A Inez D. Barron ~coupled A and GO Requiring the commissioner of the dept of correction to post a quarterly report regarding the department's grievance system. Introduction The Department of Correction operates a grievance system in which inmates may file formal complaints regarding the conditions of incarceration, pursuant to state mandates. This system has multiple levels of review, from the initial filing of the grievance through multiple phases of review and appeal. Grievances may be filed through a grievance office or through a box in which grievance forms may be deposited. This bill requires the Department to report on the number of grievances filed at every step of the grievance process, and the outcome of such grievances at each state of the grievance system. The bill also requires the Department to list separately the system’s functioning in those facilities in which grievance offices or grievance form deposit boxes are not available, and to list separately whether grievances are filed through the grievance office, the grievance form drop box, or through grievance program staff members.     Action details Not available Int 0766-2015 A Daniel R. Garodnick ~coupled A and GO Requiring the dept of correction to post a quarterly report on the population demographics of the city's jails. Introduction The Department of Correction (“DOC”) currently tracks certain demographic information regarding its inmates, including their age, gender, race, and the borough in which they were arrested. This bill requires the DOC to publish this information quarterly, based on the average daily population of the city’s jails for the preceding quarter.     Action details Not available Int 0767-2015 A Daniel R. Garodnick ~coupled A and GO Publication of the dept of correction's policies on the use of force. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Correction to publish their rules and regulations/directives regarding the use of force by Correction staff on inmates, including describing in what circumstances the use of force, or the use of certain equipment, is warranted.     Action details Not available Int 0768-2015 A Daniel R. Garodnick ~coupled A and GO Requiring the dept of correction to report on enhanced supervision housing. Introduction The Department of Correction is currently required to report on certain conditions in their punitive segregation facilities and other specialized facilities in which inmates are punished for committing certain infractions while in custody. This bill expands the list of facilities for which such reporting is required, adding any facility in which inmates are regularly kept to their cells for more than the maximum number of hours allowed by the jail standards, regardless of whether such placement is due to a punishment for committing an infraction or not. This would mean that the Department’s new Enhanced Supervision Housing would be included in this reporting requirement.     Action details Not available Int 0784-2015 A Elizabeth S. Crowley ~coupled A and GO Creation of an inmate bill of rights. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Correction to communicate to every inmate their rights as inmates in plain and simple language, both in writing and orally.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Res 0858-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 275 - Landmarks, 4312 2nd Ave, Brooklyn (C 150188 PCK) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0859-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 276 - Landmarks, 4312 2nd Ave, Brooklyn (C 150305 PCK) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0860-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 277 - Landmarks, Henry and Susan McDonald House, Brooklyn (20155771 HKK (N 150445 HKK)) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0861-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 278 - Landmarks, M.H. Renken Dairy Company Office Building and Engine Room, Brooklyn (20155770 HKK (N 150446 HKK)) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0862-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 280 - Landmarks, Public School Facility, East side of 6th Ave between Pacific St and Dean St, Brooklyn (20165028 SCK) Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Res 0863-2015 * Brad S. Lander ~coupled Preconsidered - GO M 333 - Shampa Chanda, Board of Standards and Appeals Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0864-2015 * Brad S. Lander ~coupled Preconsidered - GO M 334 - Helen Arteaga, Health and Hospitals Corporation Board of Directors Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0865-2015 * Brad S. Lander ~coupled Preconsidered - GO M 335 - Arva Rice, Equal Employment Practices Commission 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.             Video       15.             Not available Res 0801-2015 A Paul A. Vallone   Amended and Adopted by the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Praising Pope Francis for his lifelong pursuit of peace among all peoples and commends him on his upcoming historic visit to NYC. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available       16.             Video       17.             Not available                     Not available Int 0885-2015 * Melissa Mark-Viverito ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs Revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew a cigarette dealer license due to the sale of synthetic drugs or imitation synthetic drugs. Introduction This bill would mandate the suspension of a cigarette dealer license for any licensed cigarette dealer who violates the provisions of the proposed synthetic drug prohibition. It would create a mandatory revocation for a second violation of such proposed prohibition. It would allow the Department of Consumer Affairs commissioner to take such violations into account as they consider whether to grant future cigarette dealer licenses to such violator as well. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0836-2015 * Melissa Mark-Viverito ~SPONSOR State and Federal Legislation Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known as the “Jones Act.” Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0886-2015 * Inez D. Barron ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Identifying and addressing environmental justice issues. Introduction Environmental Justice (EJ) means the fair treatment and involvement of all persons, regardless of race, color, national origin or income, with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, policies and activities, and with respect to the distribution of environmental benefits (such as financial assistance for environmental projects). The City currently does not have a comprehensive law relating to EJ. The bill requires the Mayor to establish an Interagency Working Group (IWG) consisting of representatives from City agencies relevant to EJ, including DEP, DOHMH, Planning, DOT, DSNY and DOB. The IWG will be chaired by a special coordinator of EJ, who will be appointed by the Mayor. The bill requires the IWG to develop a comprehensive Environmental Justice Plan (EJ Plan) that provides guidance on incorporating EJ concerns into City decision-making, identifies possible Citywide initiatives for promoting EJ and provides specific recommendations for City agencies to bring their operations, programs and projects in line with EJ concerns. The IWG must update the EJ Plan every five years. The bill also establishes an EJ Advisory Board (AB) consisting of Mayoral and Speaker appointees, all of whom must have EJ qualifications. The AB will make recommendations to the IWG concerning ways to promote EJ, will hold public hearings to fact-find and will closely consult the IWG during development of the EJ Plan. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0837-2015 * Inez D. Barron ~SPONSOR Higher Education Support of President Barack Obama’s Second Chance Pell Pilot Program. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0887-2015 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Transportation Suspension of parking meter regulations on days that NYC public schools are closed because of inclement weather. Introduction This bill would suspend parking meter and muni-meter regulations during days that the mayor has declared the city’s public schools closed because of inclement weather. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0888-2015 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Removal of inoperative or decommissioned fire hydrants. Introduction This bill would require the department of environmental protection to remove from public sidewalks any fire hydrant that has been inoperative for more than two years and for which no repairs are scheduled, as well as any fire hydrant that has been decommissioned with no planned reinstatement. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0889-2015 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Public Safety Banning the sale of green lasers in NYC. Introduction This bill would ban the sale or possession with the intent to sell green laser pointers. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0890-2015 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Technology Retention of data on the open data portal. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications (DoITT) to preserve row data that is subject to permanent removal or replacement. It would also require DoITT to create guidelines on the dividing of large data sets into smaller data sets, when archival, technical or practical concerns require such division. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0838-2015 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Technology Condemning the inequitable contract between NYC and LinkNYC which will provide better Wi-Fi access to areas throughout the City. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0839-2015 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Health Congress to introduce and pass legislation to allow states and municipalities to expand upon the FDA’s nutritional labeling requirements on menus and menu boards. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0891-2015 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. ~SPONSOR Small Business Notifying a business when the city has received a request for service or complaint about its operation. Introduction This legislation will require the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to create a notification system, whereby business owners can be informed of any complaints lodged against them. Participation is voluntarily, and notification can be received via text message or email. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0840-2015 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. ~SPONSOR Small Business Allow limited liability companies formed in NY to fulfill their publication requirement by publishing on the NY Dept of State’s website or on an online news site. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0892-2015 * Elizabeth S. Crowley ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Conduct a survey of city contractors in relation to paid family leave policies. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services to conduct a survey of all city contractors to determine whether city contractors have paid family leave policies, and if so, to request disclosure of the terms and conditions of such policies. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0893-2015 * Elizabeth S. Crowley ~SPONSOR Transportation Locating electrical conductors underground. Introduction This bill would require all electrical conductors located above ground throughout the City be placed underground. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0841-2015 * Elizabeth S. Crowley ~SPONSOR Finance Authorize NYC to institute a tenant rent increase exemption program for tenants who pay over fifty percent of their incomes in rent and who reside within certain rent-regulated properties. (A.7938 / S.5056-A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0894-2015 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Contracts Opportunities for LGBT-owned business enterprises in city procurement. Introduction As of June 2013, there were more than 1.4 million LGBT-owned small businesses in the United States. However, there are a limited number of studies that indicate whether there is a need to assist such businesses in obtaining government contracts. Because New York City is a leader in providing equality and fairness to all people, this bill would require the New York City Department of Small Business Services to conduct a study to determine whether LGBT-owned businesses in New York City face difficulties participating in the City’s procurement process. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0895-2015 * Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Penalties for electronic waste littering. Introduction This bill would require a higher penalty for electronic waste littering. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0842-2015 * Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. ~SPONSOR Education DOE to include a check box on school lunch forms to enable parents to indicate whether they want regular or vegetarian meal options for children during the school year. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0843-2015 * Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs Increasing the minimum gross registered vehicle weight requirement for tow trucks to decrease illegal tow truck chasing. (A.7272/S.5823-A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0844-2015 * Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. ~SPONSOR Transportation Transfer of motor vehicles as scrap. ( A.8186-A/S.5886-A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0845-2015 * Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. ~SPONSOR Education NYS Education Dept to expand the State’s financial literacy and personal finance education curriculum to all grades K through 12. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0896-2015 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Contracts Opportunities for disabled-owned business enterprises in city procurement. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Small Business Services to conduct a study to determine whether disabled-owned businesses in New York City face difficulties participating in the City’s procurement process. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0846-2015 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0847-2015 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Education DOE to expand vegetarian lunch menu options for students at NYC public schools. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0897-2015 * Daniel R. Garodnick ~SPONSOR Public Safety Declaring nuisances related to the sale of synthetic drugs and imitation synthetic drugs. Introduction This bill would add violations of a proposed synthetic drug prohibition to the factors that allow the declaration of a public nuisance under the City’s Nuisance Abatement Law. It would allow a court, under the Nuisance Abatement Law, to issue restraining and closing orders against premises that repeatedly violate the proposed synthetic drug prohibition. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0898-2015 * Vincent J. Gentile ~SPONSOR Technology Requiring a data dictionary for every data set on the open data portal. Introduction This bill would require every data set on the open data portal to be accompanied by a plain language data dictionary. This data dictionary would include descriptions of each column header in the data set, as well as contextual information to aid users in understanding the data being presented. The data dictionary for each data set shall be accessible directly from the portal. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0899-2015 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Fire and Criminal Justice Services Procedures and reporting for the Rikers Island nursery program. Introduction State law requires that children born while their mothers are in city jails be housed with their mothers during their first year, with some exceptions. This bill creates procedures the Department of Correction must follow in determining when these exceptions apply, requires all female inmates to be informed of these housing options, and requires a yearly report on the use of this housing. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0900-2015 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Technology Standardization of address and geospatial information on the open data portal. Introduction This bill would require that every public data set containing address information will present that information in the same format, along with geospatial reference data, such as latitude and longitude. It would also require the convening of a working group to develop that format standard. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0848-2015 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Amending the Election Law to establish same-day and online voter registration. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0901-2015 * Mark Levine ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Testing of methane gas emissions before the planting of a new or replacement tree. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to test for methane gas emissions before planting a new or replacement tree. If methane gas emissions are found at a proposed tree planting site, DPR must notify the responsible utility about the immediate repair of the leak. The bill also requires DPR to keep a record of all detected emissions and post on its website the locations of any detected gas emissions that have not been repaired within 14 calendar days after DPR has notified the responsible utility of the detected gas emissions. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0849-2015 * Mark Levine ~SPONSOR Education DOE to make optional a coding class in grades 6-8 and make compulsory coding class during grades 9-12. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0850-2015 * Mark Levine ~SPONSOR Education DOE to offer kosher and halal meals in the Summer Meals Program. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0902-2015 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Health Requiring defibrillators at baseball fields where youth leagues play. Introduction This bill would require the City to provide automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to youth baseball leagues playing on City-owned land at no cost. It would also require the City to provide training in the use of the AEDs at no cost to coaches or umpires. These leagues would be required to bring an AED to every game and practice, and to make efforts to ensure that a trained coach or umpire is present as well. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0903-2015 * I. Daneek Miller ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor Health insurance coverage for surviving family members of certain deceased employees of the dept of sanitation. Introduction This local law would extend health insurance coverage to the surviving spouses, domestic partners and children of employees of the sanitation enforcement division of the department of sanitation who died on or after July 29, 2015. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0904-2015 * I. Daneek Miller ~SPONSOR Transportation Expanding and increasing penalties for drivers who flee TLC enforcement agents. Introduction This bill would expand and increase the penalties for licensed Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) drivers who flee TLC enforcement agents or police officers by making the penalty applicable to all TLC licensed drivers and by increasing the fine to not less than $1000 and not more than $2,500, from not less than $750 and not more than $1,000. The imprisonment of up to 90 days for each offense would remain unchanged. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0905-2015 * I. Daneek Miller ~SPONSOR General Welfare Studying the elimination of the work experience program. Introduction The proposed legislation would require the Human Resources Administration (HRA) to submit to the Council and post on its website quarterly reports regarding the work experience program (WEP) through December 31, 2018. The reports would include the total number of individuals in WEP placements disaggregated by the relevant City agency. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0906-2015 * I. Daneek Miller ~SPONSOR General Welfare Requiring community notification prior to the siting of certain social services facilities. Introduction The proposed legislation would require agencies operating social services facilities, including Department of Homeless Services shelters, Human Resources Administration HIV/AIDS Services Administration facilities, Department of Youth and Community Development shelters, Department of Housing Preservation and Development shelters, Administration for Children’s Services juvenile justice facilities, and supportive housing facilities overseen by City agencies, to disclose the names of property owners, developers and service providers to local community boards, council members, and on NYC Open Data 30 days before the relevant agency enters into a contractual arrangement or similar agreement with the social services facility provider. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0907-2015 * I. Daneek Miller ~SPONSOR Transportation Requiring all persons under the age of 18 to wear a helmet while operating a bicycle. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0851-2015 * I. Daneek Miller ~SPONSOR Contracts Require government entities that receive funds from the NYC treasury to submit to the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services a plan detailing its anticipated contracting actions for the upcoming fiscal year. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0852-2015 * I. Daneek Miller ~SPONSOR Transportation Preventing the diversion of funds raised to support the MTA. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0908-2015 * Annabel Palma ~SPONSOR Technology Review of data requested through FOIL for inclusion on the open data portal. Introduction This bill would require agencies to review freedom of information law requests that include the release of data for inclusion of that data on the open data portal. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0853-2015 * The Public Advocate (Ms. James) ~SPONSOR Public Safety Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015. (H.R. 1217) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0909-2015 * Antonio Reynoso ~SPONSOR Transportation Acceptance of dispatches by for-hire vehicles. Introduction The bill would prohibit the Taxi and Limousine Commission from restricting the acceptance of trip dispatches by for-hire vehicles from non-affiliated bases. However, bases would continue to be prohibited from “cross-dispatching” to vehicles of a different classification (i.e. a black car base may not dispatch a livery vehicle). Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0910-2015 * Donovan J. Richards ~SPONSOR Small Business Requiring the dept of small business services to report on the services provided at workforce1 centers. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Small Business Services to produce an annual report on the services provided at each Workforce1 center in the City, including the number of new registrants, the number of job placements, job retention statistics for registrants who obtain employment, and the number of registrants provided job training. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0911-2015 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez ~SPONSOR Transportation Improving safety along bus routes. Introduction The bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a study on the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists along bus routes. Based on the study, the DOT would institute measures to decrease incidents involving buses and pedestrians or bicyclists along such routes, including allowing left turns to be made only on a green left arrow signal indication and other restrictions on left turns, use of curb extensions, lane narrowing and/or removal, leading pedestrian intervals, and traffic calming devices. DOT would post online and submit to the Council the study—which must include the locations of such measures and if DOT declined to implement measures, the reasons why—to the Council no later than May 1, 2016. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0912-2015 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez ~SPONSOR Transportation Requiring curb extensions at certain dangerous intersections. Introduction Curb extensions prohibit parking near crosswalks at an intersection, increasing pedestrian visibility. Under the bill, the City would be required to identify intersections that pose the greatest danger to pedestrians, based upon incidence of traffic crashes involving pedestrians, and implement curb extensions prohibiting parking within 15 feet of a crosswalk in at least five such intersections in each borough per year. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0854-2015 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez ~SPONSOR Transportation MTA to study ways to eliminate blind spots on all MTA buses. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0913-2015 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Requiring property owners and the Department of Sanitation to use a salt substitute to remove snow or ice from streets, roadways and sidewalks. Introduction This bill would require property owners and the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to use alternatives to rock salt when clearing snow and ice from sidewalks and streets. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0914-2015 * Ritchie J. Torres ~SPONSOR Technology Establishing response timelines for public requests on the open data portal. Introduction This bill would require that all requests for the inclusion of a data set on the open data portal shall receive an initial response from the Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications within two weeks, and a final determination from the relevant agency within two months. It would also require that any requests for the inclusion of a data set that were already posted to the open data portal before the enactment date of the bill be treated as if they had been received on the day of enactment. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0855-2015 * Eric A. Ulrich ~SPONSOR Recovery and Resiliency Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act (H.R. 208) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0915-2015 * James Vacca ~SPONSOR Technology Timely updating of certain public data sets on the open data portal. Introduction This bill would require that any public data set that is made available on both the open data portal and through a city or agency website should be updated on the open data portal so as to keep it current with the other publicly available copy of the data. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0916-2015 * James Vacca ~SPONSOR Technology An open data law agency compliance examination. Introduction This bill would require a series of examinations and verifications on the compliance of agencies with the open data law’s public data set requirement. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0856-2015 * James Vacca ~SPONSOR Technology Requiring a warrant before Internet Service Providers would have to disclose the contents of e-mail communications. (S.356/H.R.699) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0917-2015 * Ruben Wills ~SPONSOR Public Safety Imposing penalties for the manufacture, distribution or sale of synthetic cannabinoids and synthetic phenethylamines. Introduction This bill would prohibit the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, display for sale, knowing distribution for sale, or possession with intent to sell a variety of synthetic cannabinoids, phenethylamine, and cathinones, and imitations of these substances. In addition to criminal and civil penalties, it would authorize the sealing of businesses that violate the provisions of this bill twice in a three-year period. It would not criminalize possession of these substances if such substances are not manufactured, being sold, offered for sale, displayed for sale, knowingly distributed for sale, or possessed with intent to sell them by the possessing individual. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0279-2015 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Tremont Renaissance, Bronx Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0280-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Landmarks, Public Siting, and Maritime Uses Landmarks, Public School Facility, East side of 6th Ave between Pacific St and Dean St, Brooklyn (20165028 SCK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0280-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, Public School Facility, East side of 6th Ave between Pacific St and Dean St, Brooklyn (20165028 SCK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0281-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, Sidewalk café, 356 West 44th St, Manhattan (20165009 TCM) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0281-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, Sidewalk café, 356 West 44th St, Manhattan (20165009 TCM) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0282-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, Sidewalk café, 221 West Broadway, Manhattan (20165108 TCM) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0282-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, Sidewalk café, 221 West Broadway, Manhattan (20165108 TCM) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0283-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Siting, and Maritime Uses Landmarks, 10300 Foster Ave, Brooklyn (C 150318 PQK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0283-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, 10300 Foster Ave, Brooklyn (C 150318 PQK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0284-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Siting, and Maritime Uses Landmarks, Corbin Building, 11 John St, Manhattan (20155773 HKM (N 150459 HKM)) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0284-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, Corbin Building, 11 John St, Manhattan (20155773 HKM (N 150459 HKM)) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0285-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Siting, and Maritime Uses Landmarks, Stonewall Inn, 51-53 Christopher St, Manhattan (20155774 HKM (N 150460 HKM)) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0285-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, Stonewall Inn, 51-53 Christopher St, Manhattan (20155774 HKM (N 150460 HKM)) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0286-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Siting, and Maritime Uses Landmarks, Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II, Manhattan (20155772 HKM (N 150458 HKM)) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0286-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II, Manhattan (20155772 HKM (N 150458 HKM)) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0287-2015 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Planning, Dispositions, and Concessions Planning, UDAAP - 115 Williams Ave, Brooklyn (C 150380 HAK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0287-2015 * David G. Greenfield     Planning, UDAAP - 115 Williams Ave, Brooklyn (C 150380 HAK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available