Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 12/11/2017 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 - Stated Meeting, Minutes of the Stated Meeting Meeting Items (166) 166 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: Rev. Dr. Jacques Andre DeGraff, Associate Pastor, Canaan Baptist Church, 132 W. 116th St. N.Y. 10026. Motion to spread the invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Perkins.           Video       3. Motion that the Minutes of the Stated Meeting of October 31, 2017 be adopted as printed by Council Member Cabrera.           Video       4.             Video M 0562-2017 *     Preconsidered - Rules, Privileges and Elections Anne Holford-Smith, Landmarks Preservation Commission Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available       5.             Video M 0563-2017 *     Preconsidered - Rules, Privileges and Elections Alameda Sky Chapman, Youth Board Communication   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0564-2017 *     Rules, Privileges and Elections Sylvia Di Pietr, Office of Commissioner of Elections of the Board of Elections Communication   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0565-2017 *     Received, Ordered, Printed & Filed Submitting the Certifications of the Members of the City Council. Communication   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available       6. None           Not available       7. None           Not available       8.             Video       9.             Video       10. None           Not available       11.             Video                     Not available Int 1186-2016 A Daniel Dromm   Amended and Coupled on GO Amending the definitions of sexual orientation and gender in the New York city human rights law. Introduction This bill would amend the definitions for sexual orientation and gender in the New York City Human Rights Law. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 0752-2015 C The Public Advocate (Ms. James)   Amended and Coupled on GO Information regarding employees of city contractors. Introduction This bill would require covered developers to submit workforce disclosure records to an agency designated by the Mayor on the number of hours worked, job title, full or part-time designation and gross wages of individuals working on covered projects. Covered developers would also need to provide workforce disclosure records for the gender and race or ethnic group of employees when such information is voluntarily provided for the purpose of reporting to the city. By no later than October 31, 2021 the mayoral agency designated to administer this program would be required to make such information available online only when it could be sufficiently anonymized, and, beginning no later than October 31, 2022, publish such information in a report every five years. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 1486-2017 A Ben Kallos   Amended and Laid Over Requiring the DOE to report information on school applications, offers of admission, enrollment and school seats available. Introduction The proposed legislation would require the Department of Education (DOE) to issue reports on the number of individuals who applied for, received offers for, and enrolled in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, sixth and ninth grade in DOE schools. The information would be reported by community school district and by individual school. The information would be disaggregated by grade level, community school district of residence of individuals, primary home language of individuals, and zip code of individuals. The bill would also require DOE to report on anticipated seats available at each school in the following school year. Laid Over by Council   Action details Not available Int 1538-2017 A Daniel Dromm   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring the DOE to post contact information for each school related to reporting incidents of bullying, harassment, intimidation and discrimination. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to report information on its website regarding how to report incidents of bullying, harassment, intimidation or discrimination, including information about to which school staff such reports may me made; email addresses designated by DOE to receive reports of such incidents; and information guiding students, parents and staff members to visit their individual school websites for more information. The bill would require DOE to include on each individual school’s website information regarding how to report incidents of bullying, harassment, intimidation or discrimination; the name, email address and phone number of the school’s dignity act coordinator; and any email addresses designated by DOE to receive reports of such incidents. The bill would require the DOE to update the names and contact information posted on the websites at least twice per school year, as necessary. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 1757-2017 A Mark Treyger   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring DOE to report information on student-to-student bullying, harassment, intimidation and discrimination. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to report every six months on the number of material incidents of student-to-student bullying, harassment, intimidation or discrimination in violation of Chancellor’s Regulation A-832, as well as the number of complaints received, disaggregated by community school district and individual high school. The bill would also require the DOE to annually report on supports it provides related to preventing, reporting, and addressing such incidents, any trends seen in the data, any recommendations the DOE has to address such trends, and, for each school, whether the school has completed the training required pursuant to Chancellor’s Regulation A-832. Beginning with the report due on May 31, 2020, the bi-annual reports would be required to include information on the total number of notices provided to parents and the average and median number of days between the receipt of a complaint and the provision of a notice. Additionally, the bill would require the reports to include information on the number of students who have been determined by the DOE to be involved in two or more material incidents within a school year, and of those students, the number of students for whom follow-up action was recommended, and a description of the follow-up action recommended. The information required by the reports beginning in May 2020 would be required to be disaggregated by whether students were targeted by bullying, harassment, intimidation or discrimination, or were engaged in bullying, harassment, intimidation or discrimination. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 1651-2017 A Costa G. Constantinides   Amended and Coupled on GO Monitoring electricity and fossil fuel usage in certain facilities. Introduction Proposed Int. No. 1651-A would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to provide an annual report on electricity and fossil fuel use in certain City-owned buildings, including identifying whether such buildings have been fitted with equipment for monitoring energy usage in near real-time. This bill would also require DCAS, in conjunction with other appropriate city agencies, to coordinate the installation of energy usage equipment and any necessary software in all city buildings that DCAS identifies as appropriate to receive such installation. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 1737-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland   Coupled on GO Morris Park Business Improvement District, Bronx Introduction This local law would establish the Morris Park business improvement district (BID) in the borough of the Bronx. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 1783-2017 * Daniel R. Garodnick   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO Amending a definition related to a credit against the commercial rent tax. Introduction This local law would amend the definitions of base rent and total income for purposes of the Small Business Tax Credit against the Commercial Rent Tax. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0826-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland     Saint Marks, Brooklyn Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1763-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO LU 826 - Saint Marks, Brooklyn Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0827-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland     Cooper Square Senior Housing, Manhattan Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1764-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO LU 827 - Cooper Square Senior Housing, Manhattan Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 1062-2016 A Margaret S. Chin   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring a study on the feasibility of providing language classes to certain children in foster care. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to complete a study regarding its ability to provide access to language classes for any child between the ages of 3 years and 12 years who was removed from the custody of parents or guardians that are limited English proficient individuals and who has been in the custody of ACS for at least 6 months. The bill would also require ACS initiate a process to identify and track whether parents or guardians of children in foster care are limited English proficient individuals. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 1241-2016 A Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.   Amended and Coupled on GO Diaper changing accommodations. Introduction This bill would require that new or renovated buildings that contain places of public accommodation include diaper changing tables that are accessible to persons regardless of their gender. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 1678-2017 B Peter A. Koo   Amended and Coupled on GO Amending the definition of harassment to include discriminatory threats and requests for proof of citizenship status. Introduction This bill would add discriminatory threats and requesting additional identification where the person has already provided an owner with a type of government-issued identification to the definition of harassing acts. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 1764-2017 A Barry S. Grodenchik   Amended and Coupled on GO J-51 benefit eligibility Introduction This bill would increase the assessed value limitation for eligibility of J-51 improvements to $32,000 per dwelling unit, and would increase each year by the cost-of-living adjustment percentage. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 1533-2017 A Margaret S. Chin   Amended and Coupled on GO Reporting requirements for summary actions involving urban renewal plans. Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) notify relevant community boards, borough presidents, and council members when an urban renewal plan is going to expire and report to the mayor, the council, the affected council members and community boards information about all urban renewal areas currently or formerly designated in the City. The bill would also require HPD to post online information about the status of urban renewal plans, including any approved or pending extensions of expiration dates. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 1661-2017 A Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring the dept of city planning, dept of small business services, and the dept of parks and recreation to develop urban agriculture website. Introduction This bill would require the City to develop an urban agriculture website to promote the expansion of urban agriculture in the City. The website would be required to be active by July 1, 2018. The Department of City Planning, the Department of Small Business Services, and the Department of Parks and Recreation would be required to prepare content for the website. Agencies responsible for the construction and maintenance of the website would be required to issue a review of the website’s efficacy to the City Council by January 1, 2019. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1761-2017 * I. Daneek Miller   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO Support NYC's application for funding for a capital project under the Restore NY Communities Initiative pursuant to the NYS Urban Development Act, for Station Plaza, Queens. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0785-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, Special Harlem River Waterfront District Expansion, Bronx (C 170413 ZMX) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1765-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Coupled on GO LU 785 - Zoning, Special Harlem River Waterfront District Expansion, Bronx (C 170413 ZMX) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0786-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, Special Harlem River Waterfront District Expansion, Bronx (N 170414 ZRX) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1766-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Coupled on GO LU 786 - Zoning, Special Harlem River Waterfront District Expansion, Bronx (N 170414 ZRX) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0800-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, 1965 LAFAYETTE AVENUE REZONING, Bronx (C 170392 ZMX) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0801-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, 1965 LAFAYETTE AVENUE REZONING, Bronx (N 170393 ZRX) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0802-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, 1776 Eastchester Road, Bronx (C 170445 ZMX) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0803-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, 1776 Eastchester Road, Bronx (N 170446 ZRX) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0804-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, 1776 Eastchester Road, Bronx (C 170447 ZSX) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0805-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, NATIONAL BLACK THEATER, Manhattan (N 170442 ZMM) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0806-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, NATIONAL BLACK THEATER, Manhattan (N 170443 ZRM) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0807-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, NATIONAL BLACK THEATER, Manhattan (C 170444 ZSM) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0817-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, SELF STORAGE (Designated Areas in Manufacturing Districts). (N 170425 (A) ZRY) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0825-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Planning, SMALL HOMES REHAB-NYCHA - SOUTHEASTERN QUEENS VACANT HOMES-CLUSTER II, Queens (20185130 HAQ) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1767-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 825 - Planning, SMALL HOMES REHAB-NYCHA - SOUTHEASTERN QUEENS VACANT HOMES-CLUSTER II, Queens (20185130 HAQ) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0828-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, 1965 LAFAYETTE AVENUE REZONING - PARK LANE FAMILY APARTMENTS, Bronx (20185128 HAX) Land Use Application   Laid Over by Council   Action details Not available Res 1768-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Preconsidered - Approved and Laid Over LU 828 - Zoning, 1965 LAFAYETTE AVENUE REZONING - PARK LANE FAMILY APARTMENTS, Bronx (20185128 HAX) Resolution   Laid Over by Council   Action details Not available LU 0829-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, 1965 LAFAYETTE AVENUE REZONING - PARK LANE FAMILY APARTMENTS, Bronx (20185129 HAX) Land Use Application   Laid Over by Council   Action details Not available Res 1769-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Preconsidered - Approved and Laid Over LU 829 - Zoning, 1965 LAFAYETTE AVENUE REZONING - PARK LANE FAMILY APARTMENTS, Bronx (20185129 HAX) Resolution   Laid Over by Council   Action details Not available LU 0830-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, 404-SEAT PRIMARY SCHOOL FACILITY, Brooklyn (20175226 SCK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1770-2017 * David G. Greenfield   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO LU 830 - Landmarks, 404-SEAT PRIMARY SCHOOL FACILITY, Brooklyn (20175226 SCK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 1618-2017 A Vincent J. Gentile   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring that DOI conduct public outreach campaigns and issue yearly annual reports on complaints received. Introduction The bill would require that the Department of Investigation conduct public outreach efforts to educate the public on how to identify and submit complaints regarding different forms of government corruption, fraud, and waste. The Department will also be required to submit yearly public reports detailing complaints received, the mechanism through which complaints are submitted, and a summary of relevant outreach efforts undertaken by the agency in the previous year. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 1633-2017 A Vincent J. Gentile   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring DOI to complete vendor name checks for city vendors 30 days prior to the commencement of a contract. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Investigations to conduct vendor name checks thirty days prior to the commencement of a contract with the city. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 0270-2014 * Annabel Palma   Coupled on GO Name Change, Renaming two thoroughfares and public places, Bronx, East 177th Street. Introduction This bill will rename two thoroughfares in the Borough of the Bronx, East 177th Street, and amend the official City map accordingly. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 1611-2017 A Ritchie J. Torres   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring the police dept to submit reports on clearance rates of index crimes. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Police Department to report on the clearance rates for index crimes by borough. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 1664-2017 A Rory I. Lancman   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring the police dept to report on the number of arrests and summonses returnable to the Transit Adjudication Bureau for subway fare evasion. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Police Department to report on the number summons and arrested issued for subway fare evasion. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available M 0562-2017 *       Anne Holford-Smith, Landmarks Preservation Commission Mayor's Message   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1771-2017 * Brad S. Lander   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO M 562 - Anne Holford-Smith, Landmarks Preservation Commission Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0563-2017 *       Alameda Sky Chapman, Youth Board Communication   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1772-2017 * Brad S. Lander   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO M 563 - Alameda Sky Chapman, Youth Board Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 1382-2016 B Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.   Amended and Coupled on GO Reporting of information on the workforce of contractors performing construction work for the city. Introduction This bill would require certain contractors employed to work on city-funded construction projects to disclose to an agency designated by the mayor, the zip code of their employees’ primary address; the address, block, and lot number of the city-funded construction project; and whether such contractor is certified as a minority-owned or women-owned business enterprise. This bill would also require the designated agency to make such disclosures public after the data collected is sufficiently anonymized as well as to report on observable trends in the data. This bill would also create recordkeeping requirements for such contractors and would give the authority to enforce the provisions of this bill to the designated agency. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 1696-2017 A James Vacca   Amended and Coupled on GO Automated decision systems used by agencies. Introduction This bill would require the creation of a task force that provides recommendations on how information on agency automated decision systems may be shared with the public and how agencies may address instances where people are harmed by agency automated decision systems. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available       12.             Not available Int 1465-2017 A Ritchie J. Torres   Laid Over Phasing out the use of residual fuel oil and fuel oil grade no. 4 in boilers in in-city power plants. Introduction This bill would accelerate the timeline for such plants to shift from using higher grade fuel oil (e.g. fuel oil grade number 6 or 4) to lower grade fuel oil (fuel oil grade number 2). Currently, power plants can burn fuel oil grade number 6 until 2020 and fuel oil grade number 4 until 2030. Under this bill, plant owners would have the option of either (1) continuing to burn fuel oil grade number 6 until 2021, but switching immediately thereafter to fuel oil grade number 2 or (2) switching from fuel oil grade number 4 to fuel oil grade number 2 by 2025 (instead of 2030). Laid Over by Council   Action details Not available 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 1186-2016 A Daniel Dromm ~coupled A and GO Amending the definitions of sexual orientation and gender in the New York city human rights law. Introduction This bill would amend the definitions for sexual orientation and gender in the New York City Human Rights Law.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 0752-2015 C The Public Advocate (Ms. James) ~coupled A and GO Information regarding employees of city contractors. Introduction This bill would require covered developers to submit workforce disclosure records to an agency designated by the Mayor on the number of hours worked, job title, full or part-time designation and gross wages of individuals working on covered projects. Covered developers would also need to provide workforce disclosure records for the gender and race or ethnic group of employees when such information is voluntarily provided for the purpose of reporting to the city. By no later than October 31, 2021 the mayoral agency designated to administer this program would be required to make such information available online only when it could be sufficiently anonymized, and, beginning no later than October 31, 2022, publish such information in a report every five years.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 1538-2017 A Daniel Dromm ~coupled A and GO Requiring the DOE to post contact information for each school related to reporting incidents of bullying, harassment, intimidation and discrimination. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to report information on its website regarding how to report incidents of bullying, harassment, intimidation or discrimination, including information about to which school staff such reports may me made; email addresses designated by DOE to receive reports of such incidents; and information guiding students, parents and staff members to visit their individual school websites for more information. The bill would require DOE to include on each individual school’s website information regarding how to report incidents of bullying, harassment, intimidation or discrimination; the name, email address and phone number of the school’s dignity act coordinator; and any email addresses designated by DOE to receive reports of such incidents. The bill would require the DOE to update the names and contact information posted on the websites at least twice per school year, as necessary.     Action details Not available Int 1757-2017 A Mark Treyger ~coupled A and GO Requiring DOE to report information on student-to-student bullying, harassment, intimidation and discrimination. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to report every six months on the number of material incidents of student-to-student bullying, harassment, intimidation or discrimination in violation of Chancellor’s Regulation A-832, as well as the number of complaints received, disaggregated by community school district and individual high school. The bill would also require the DOE to annually report on supports it provides related to preventing, reporting, and addressing such incidents, any trends seen in the data, any recommendations the DOE has to address such trends, and, for each school, whether the school has completed the training required pursuant to Chancellor’s Regulation A-832. Beginning with the report due on May 31, 2020, the bi-annual reports would be required to include information on the total number of notices provided to parents and the average and median number of days between the receipt of a complaint and the provision of a notice. Additionally, the bill would require the reports to include information on the number of students who have been determined by the DOE to be involved in two or more material incidents within a school year, and of those students, the number of students for whom follow-up action was recommended, and a description of the follow-up action recommended. The information required by the reports beginning in May 2020 would be required to be disaggregated by whether students were targeted by bullying, harassment, intimidation or discrimination, or were engaged in bullying, harassment, intimidation or discrimination.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 1651-2017 A Costa G. Constantinides ~coupled A and GO Monitoring electricity and fossil fuel usage in certain facilities. Introduction Proposed Int. No. 1651-A would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to provide an annual report on electricity and fossil fuel use in certain City-owned buildings, including identifying whether such buildings have been fitted with equipment for monitoring energy usage in near real-time. This bill would also require DCAS, in conjunction with other appropriate city agencies, to coordinate the installation of energy usage equipment and any necessary software in all city buildings that DCAS identifies as appropriate to receive such installation.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 1737-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~coupled GO Morris Park Business Improvement District, Bronx Introduction This local law would establish the Morris Park business improvement district (BID) in the borough of the Bronx.     Action details Not available Int 1783-2017 * Daniel R. Garodnick ~coupled GO Amending a definition related to a credit against the commercial rent tax. Introduction This local law would amend the definitions of base rent and total income for purposes of the Small Business Tax Credit against the Commercial Rent Tax.     Action details Not available Res 1763-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 826 - Saint Marks, Brooklyn Resolution       Action details Not available Res 1764-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 827 - Cooper Square Senior Housing, Manhattan Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 1062-2016 A Margaret S. Chin ~coupled A and GO Requiring a study on the feasibility of providing language classes to certain children in foster care. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to complete a study regarding its ability to provide access to language classes for any child between the ages of 3 years and 12 years who was removed from the custody of parents or guardians that are limited English proficient individuals and who has been in the custody of ACS for at least 6 months. The bill would also require ACS initiate a process to identify and track whether parents or guardians of children in foster care are limited English proficient individuals.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 1241-2016 A Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. ~coupled A and GO Diaper changing accommodations. Introduction This bill would require that new or renovated buildings that contain places of public accommodation include diaper changing tables that are accessible to persons regardless of their gender.     Action details Not available Int 1678-2017 B Peter A. Koo ~coupled A and GO Amending the definition of harassment to include discriminatory threats and requests for proof of citizenship status. Introduction This bill would add discriminatory threats and requesting additional identification where the person has already provided an owner with a type of government-issued identification to the definition of harassing acts.     Action details Not available Int 1764-2017 A Barry S. Grodenchik ~coupled A and GO J-51 benefit eligibility Introduction This bill would increase the assessed value limitation for eligibility of J-51 improvements to $32,000 per dwelling unit, and would increase each year by the cost-of-living adjustment percentage.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 1533-2017 A Margaret S. Chin ~coupled A and GO Reporting requirements for summary actions involving urban renewal plans. Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) notify relevant community boards, borough presidents, and council members when an urban renewal plan is going to expire and report to the mayor, the council, the affected council members and community boards information about all urban renewal areas currently or formerly designated in the City. The bill would also require HPD to post online information about the status of urban renewal plans, including any approved or pending extensions of expiration dates.     Action details Not available Int 1661-2017 A Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. ~coupled A and GO Requiring the dept of city planning, dept of small business services, and the dept of parks and recreation to develop urban agriculture website. Introduction This bill would require the City to develop an urban agriculture website to promote the expansion of urban agriculture in the City. The website would be required to be active by July 1, 2018. The Department of City Planning, the Department of Small Business Services, and the Department of Parks and Recreation would be required to prepare content for the website. Agencies responsible for the construction and maintenance of the website would be required to issue a review of the website’s efficacy to the City Council by January 1, 2019.     Action details Not available Res 1761-2017 * I. Daneek Miller ~coupled Preconsidered - GO Support NYC's application for funding for a capital project under the Restore NY Communities Initiative pursuant to the NYS Urban Development Act, for Station Plaza, Queens. Resolution       Action details Not available Res 1765-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled A/M and GO LU 785 - Zoning, Special Harlem River Waterfront District Expansion, Bronx (C 170413 ZMX) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 1766-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled A/M and GO LU 786 - Zoning, Special Harlem River Waterfront District Expansion, Bronx (N 170414 ZRX) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 1767-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 825 - Planning, SMALL HOMES REHAB-NYCHA - SOUTHEASTERN QUEENS VACANT HOMES-CLUSTER II, Queens (20185130 HAQ) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 1770-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 830 - Landmarks, 404-SEAT PRIMARY SCHOOL FACILITY, Brooklyn (20175226 SCK) Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 1618-2017 A Vincent J. Gentile ~coupled A and GO Requiring that DOI conduct public outreach campaigns and issue yearly annual reports on complaints received. Introduction The bill would require that the Department of Investigation conduct public outreach efforts to educate the public on how to identify and submit complaints regarding different forms of government corruption, fraud, and waste. The Department will also be required to submit yearly public reports detailing complaints received, the mechanism through which complaints are submitted, and a summary of relevant outreach efforts undertaken by the agency in the previous year.     Action details Not available Int 1633-2017 A Vincent J. Gentile ~coupled A and GO Requiring DOI to complete vendor name checks for city vendors 30 days prior to the commencement of a contract. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Investigations to conduct vendor name checks thirty days prior to the commencement of a contract with the city.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 0270-2014 * Annabel Palma ~coupled GO Name Change, Renaming two thoroughfares and public places, Bronx, East 177th Street. Introduction This bill will rename two thoroughfares in the Borough of the Bronx, East 177th Street, and amend the official City map accordingly.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 1611-2017 A Ritchie J. Torres ~coupled A and GO Requiring the police dept to submit reports on clearance rates of index crimes. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Police Department to report on the clearance rates for index crimes by borough.     Action details Not available Int 1664-2017 A Rory I. Lancman ~coupled A and GO Requiring the police dept to report on the number of arrests and summonses returnable to the Transit Adjudication Bureau for subway fare evasion. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Police Department to report on the number summons and arrested issued for subway fare evasion.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Res 1771-2017 * Brad S. Lander ~coupled Preconsidered - GO M 562 - Anne Holford-Smith, Landmarks Preservation Commission Resolution       Action details Not available Res 1772-2017 * Brad S. Lander ~coupled Preconsidered - GO M 563 - Alameda Sky Chapman, Youth Board Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 1382-2016 B Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. ~coupled A and GO Reporting of information on the workforce of contractors performing construction work for the city. Introduction This bill would require certain contractors employed to work on city-funded construction projects to disclose to an agency designated by the mayor, the zip code of their employees’ primary address; the address, block, and lot number of the city-funded construction project; and whether such contractor is certified as a minority-owned or women-owned business enterprise. This bill would also require the designated agency to make such disclosures public after the data collected is sufficiently anonymized as well as to report on observable trends in the data. This bill would also create recordkeeping requirements for such contractors and would give the authority to enforce the provisions of this bill to the designated agency.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 1696-2017 A James Vacca ~coupled A and GO Automated decision systems used by agencies. Introduction This bill would require the creation of a task force that provides recommendations on how information on agency automated decision systems may be shared with the public and how agencies may address instances where people are harmed by agency automated decision systems.     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.             Video       14.             Not available       15. None           Not available       16.             Video       17.             Video                     Not available Int 1779-2017 * Joseph C. Borelli ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Broadcasting of mandatory debates. Introduction This bill would require that mandatory debates under the Campaign Finance Act be broadcast on a City owned or operated television channel, in addition to any other channel or channels on which they are broadcast. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1780-2017 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Education Reporting on asthma medication administration forms. Introduction The proposed bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to report on the number of students who have submitted an “Asthma Medication Administration Form” to their schools and the number of times schools have had to use/consult such forms to address a student’s asthma symptoms. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1759-2017 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. ~SPONSOR Fire and Criminal Justice Services Observe every May 25th as Kalief Browder Day in NYC. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1781-2017 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Education Requiring DOE to post subdistrict maps online. Introduction The proposed bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to post online maps showing the geographic boundaries used by the DOE and the New York city school construction authority to identify where new capital funding will be targeted for building new schools. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1782-2017 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Requiring DCAS to notify the DOE and the school construction authority when city-owned or leased property of an adequate size is determined to have no current use. Introduction The proposed bill would require the Department for Citywide Administrative Services to provide written notice to the New York City Department of Education and the School Construction Authority within 30 days after City-owned or leased property of at least 20,000 square feet is determined to have no current use. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1760-2017 * Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. ~SPONSOR Technology US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the US Dept of Justice to consider the importance of independent programming on TV, such as Televisiόn Dominicana, as the AT&T/ Time Warner merger is reviewed. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1783-2017 * Daniel R. Garodnick ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Amending a definition related to a credit against the commercial rent tax. Introduction This local law would amend the definitions of base rent and total income for purposes of the Small Business Tax Credit against the Commercial Rent Tax. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1784-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Requiring the city to remove snow from sidewalks when abutting landowners fail to do so and plow sidewalks after four inches of snow accumulate. Introduction This bill would require the city to plow city sidewalks after four inches of snow accumulate. The removal of sidewalk snow accumulations up to four inches would remain the responsibility of landowners whose properties abut sidewalks but the city would be required to remove snow at the landowner’s expense if necessary. By plowing sidewalks after four inches of snow accumulate, the city would be helping private landowners to provide safer walking conditions on city sidewalks after heavier snowfalls. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1785-2017 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Education Requiring DOE to post methodology and data for determining identified seat need. Introduction The proposed bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to post online the methodology and underlying data used by the DOE and the New York City School Construction Authority to calculate identified seat need in the five-year education facilities capital plan. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1761-2017 * I. Daneek Miller ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Land Use Support NYC's application for funding for a capital project under the Restore NY Communities Initiative pursuant to the NYS Urban Development Act, for Station Plaza, Queens. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1786-2017 * Antonio Reynoso ~SPONSOR Land Use Tracking mitigation strategies in final environmental impact statements as part of the uniform land use review process. Introduction This bill would require an agency of the Mayor’s choosing to include environmental mitigation strategies among the commitments tracked as part of the publically accessible online database tracking commitments made in relation to uniform land use review applications pursuant to section 206 of the Charter. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1787-2017 * Antonio Reynoso ~SPONSOR Land Use Provision of community notification by the dept of city planning upon receipt of a completed pre-application statement. Introduction A Pre-Application Statement (“PAS”) must be submitted to the Department of City Planning (“DCP”) prior to filing most land use and environmental applications, pursuant to 62 RCNY § 10-04. The PAS, which consists of a form and accompanying materials required by the form or by DCP, provides basic pertinent information about a site and proposed project. This bill would require DCP to forward copies of a completed PAS to each affected Borough President, Community Board and Council Member. DCP would also be required to post all completed PASs on its website. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1762-2017 * Antonio Reynoso ~SPONSOR Finance Allow NYC to provide a credit against the business corporation and unincorporated business taxes to fleet companies for a portion of the qualifying expenses on safety technology systems. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1788-2017 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez ~SPONSOR Public Safety Study on hit-and-run incidents. Introduction This bill would require the Police Department, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to conduct a study on hit-and-run incidents in the city and provide a report on the causes of hit-and-run incidents, what leads drivers to flee the scene of such incidents, how such incidents are investigated, and measures that the city can take to decrease the number of hit-and-run incidents and increase the chances that drivers responsible for such incidents are apprehended. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1789-2017 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring the DOB to report on buildings which have party-wall balconies. Introduction This legislation would require the Department of Buildings (DOB) to audit ten percent of multiple dwellings constructed prior to 1969, in order to obtain information about party-wall balconies in the City, and submit a report by December 31, 2018 with the reports of such audit. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1790-2017 * Mark Treyger ~SPONSOR Education Requiring the reporting of information regarding parent-teacher association and parent association chapters in public schools. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education to report information regarding Parent Associations and Parent Teacher Associations including, but not limited to, the number of parents registered and attending, the frequency of meetings and the annual income. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0826-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Saint Marks, Brooklyn Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0827-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Cooper Square Senior Housing, Manhattan Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0828-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning & Franchises Zoning, 1965 LAFAYETTE AVENUE REZONING - PARK LANE FAMILY APARTMENTS, Bronx (20185128 HAX) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0828-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, 1965 LAFAYETTE AVENUE REZONING - PARK LANE FAMILY APARTMENTS, Bronx (20185128 HAX) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0829-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning & Franchises Zoning, 1965 LAFAYETTE AVENUE REZONING - PARK LANE FAMILY APARTMENTS, Bronx (20185129 HAX) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0829-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, 1965 LAFAYETTE AVENUE REZONING - PARK LANE FAMILY APARTMENTS, Bronx (20185129 HAX) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0830-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Landmarks, Public Siting, and Maritime Uses Landmarks, 404-SEAT PRIMARY SCHOOL FACILITY, Brooklyn (20175226 SCK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0830-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, 404-SEAT PRIMARY SCHOOL FACILITY, Brooklyn (20175226 SCK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0831-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Siting, and Maritime Uses Landmarks, The Salvation Army Headquarters,120-130 West 14th Street, Manhattan (N 180133 HKM) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0831-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, The Salvation Army Headquarters,120-130 West 14th Street, Manhattan (N 180133 HKM) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0832-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Planning, Dispositions and Concessions Planning, UHAB, Manhattan (20185132 HAM) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0832-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Planning, UHAB, Manhattan (20185132 HAM) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0833-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Planning, Dispositions and Concessions Planning, 249 Mother Gaston Boulevard, Brooklyn (20185127 HAK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0833-2017 * David G. Greenfield     Planning, 249 Mother Gaston Boulevard, Brooklyn (20185127 HAK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available