File #: Int 1104-2024    Version: * Name: Study and report on the feasibility of new ferry terminals.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 11/13/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law in relation to a study and report on the feasibility of new ferry terminals
Sponsors: Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Amanda Farías, Justin L. Brannan, Shahana K. Hanif
Council Member Sponsors: 4
Summary: This bill would require the Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Small Business Services and the New York City Economic Development Corporation, to study and report on the feasibility of siting additional ferry terminals in New York City. The study would identify potential locations for additional ferry terminals and would consider the local benefits of each new siting, logistical challenges associated with each new siting, any solutions to these challenges, and the estimated costs associated with each siting. The Commissioner of Transportation would be required to submit a report containing the findings of the study to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council, and post a copy of the report on the Department of Transportation website.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1104, 2. Int. No. 1104, 3. November 13, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1104

 

By Council Members Brooks-Powers, Farías, Brannan and Hanif

 

A Local Law in relation to a study and report on the feasibility of new ferry terminals

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. a. Definitions. For purposes of this local law, the following terms have the following meanings:

City. The term “city” means the city of New York.

Commissioner. The term “commissioner” means the commissioner of transportation.

Department. The term “department” means the department of transportation.

b. Study. The commissioner, in consultation with the department of small business services and the New York city economic development corporation, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of siting new ferry terminals in the city. Through such study, the commissioner shall:

1. Identify potential locations for the siting of new ferry terminals;

2. Identify local benefits that would result from each such siting, including access to additional transportation for the local population;

3. Identify the logistical challenges involved with each such siting, including any challenges concerning the size and structure of ferry boats, the navigation of ferry boats through waterways, and disruption of service to other ferry terminals;

4. Propose solutions, if any, to such challenges; and

5. Estimate the projected costs associated with each such siting and implementation of such solutions.

c. Report. No later than 1 year after the effective date of this local law, the commissioner shall submit to the mayor and speaker of the council, and post on the department’s website, a report on the findings of the study required under subdivision b of this section.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

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10/17/2024 3:45 PM