Int. No. 417-B
By Council Members Restler, Krishnan, Ayala, Powers, Joseph, Bottcher, Cabán, Marte, Won, Riley, Gutiérrez, Nurse, Sanchez, Ossé, Hanif, Menin, Hudson, Avilés, Richardson Jordan, Brewer, Abreu, Schulman, De La Rosa, Rivera, Williams, Farías, Moya, Stevens, Feliz and Brannan (by request of the Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Manhattan Borough Presidents)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to notice requirements for certain transportation projects and the repeal of section 19-187 in relation thereto
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions a, d, and g of section 19-101.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 790 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms [shall be defined as follows] have the following meanings:
[1. “]Affected council member(s), senator(s), member(s) of assembly and community board(s)[” shall mean]. The term “affected council member(s), senator(s), member(s) of assembly and community board(s)” means the council member(s), senator(s), member(s) of assembly and community board(s) in whose districts a proposed major transportation project is to be located, in whole or in part.
Bicycle lane. The term “bicycle lane” means a portion of the roadway that has been marked off or separated for the preferential or exclusive use of bicycles.
[2. “]Major transportation project[” shall mean]. The term “major transportation project” means any project that[,] after construction will alter four or more consecutive blocks, or 1,000 consecutive feet of street, whichever is less, involving a major realignment of the roadway, including either removal of a vehicular lane(s) or full time removal of a parking lane(s) or addition of vehicular travel lane(s), as well as a project to add or remove a bicycle lane of any length.
d. Within ten business days after receipt of such notice, or within twenty business days after receipt between June 20 and August 20 of such a notice for a major transportation project for the addition or removal of a bicycle lane: (i) the affected council member(s), senator(s) and member(s) of assembly may submit recommendations and/or comments on such notice to the department; and (ii) the affected community board(s) may either submit recommendations and/or comments on such notice to the department and/or request a presentation of the major transportation project plan by the department, which shall be made to the community board within thirty days of such community board’s request, or within forty-five days of such community board’s request where such a notice for a major transportation project for the addition or removal of a bicycle lane is received by such community board between June 20 and August 20.
g. The department may implement its plan [fourteen or more days] after it sends an amended plan or notice that it will proceed with its original plan to the affected council member(s), senator(s), member(s) of assembly and community board(s).
§ 2. Section 19-187 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.
Session 12
EJL/SRB/XC
LS 2429/8181
11/15/2023 5:00pm
Session 11
JJD/EJL
LS 10339
Int. 2465-2021