File #: Int 0864-2024    Version: * Name: Study and report on the expansion of ferry service along the Rockaway Peninsula.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 5/16/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law in relation to a study and report on the expansion of ferry service along the Rockaway Peninsula
Sponsors: Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Lincoln Restler, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Shahana K. Hanif, Joann Ariola
Council Member Sponsors: 5
Summary: This bill would require the Commissioner of Transportation, in coordination with the New York City Economic Development Commission, to study and report on the feasibility of siting additional ferry terminals along the Rockaway Peninsula. Through the study, the Commissioner have to identify existing ferry terminals and potential locations for additional ferry terminals along the Rockaway Peninsula, with an emphasis on locations east of Beach 86th Street. The Commissioner would also have to identify local benefits of this additional siting, logistical challenges associated with this additional siting, and any solutions to these challenges. Lastly, the Commissioner would be required to estimate the costs associated with this siting. No later than 1 year after the effective date of this bill, the Commissioner would have to submit a report containing the findings of the study to the Speaker of the Council and the Mayor and post the report on the Department of Transportation’s website.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 864, 2. Int. No. 864, 3. May 16, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-16-24

Int. No. 864

 

By Council Members Brooks-Powers, Restler, Gutiérrez, Hanif and Ariola

 

A Local Law in relation to a study and report on the expansion of ferry service along the Rockaway Peninsula 

 

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 on the feasibility of expanding ferry service along the Rockaway Peninsula. The commissioner, in coordination with the New York city economic development corporation, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of expanding ferry service access along the Rockaway Peninsula within the city. Through such study, the commissioner shall:

1. Identify the locations of any existing ferry terminals within the jurisdiction of the commissioner or the New York city economic development corporation along the Rockaway Peninsula;

2. Identify potential locations for the siting of new ferry terminals along the Rockaway Peninsula, with a focus on identifying such locations east of Beach 86th Street;

3. Identify local benefits that would result from such siting;

4. Identify logistical challenges involved with such siting, including but not limited to any challenges concerning the size and structure of ferry boats, the navigation of ferry boats through the waterways surrounding the Rockaway Peninsula, and coordination between the department and the New York city economic development corporation in providing ferry service;

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

6. Estimate the projected costs associated with 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.KF

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