Legislation Details

File #: Int 1293-2025    Version: * Name: Establishing ferry service at Canarsie Pier.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 5/28/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing ferry service at Canarsie Pier
Sponsors: Mercedes Narcisse, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Chris Banks, Julie Menin, Kamillah Hanks, Inna Vernikov, Linda Lee, Farah N. Louis, Chi A. Ossé, Crystal Hudson, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Council Member Sponsors: 11
Summary: This bill would require the establishment of a regular ferry service at Canarsie Pier in the borough of Brooklyn.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1293, 2. Int. No. 1293, 3. May 28, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-28-25
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12/31/2025*Mercedes Narcisse City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/28/2025*Mercedes Narcisse City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/28/2025*Mercedes Narcisse City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1293

 

By Council Members Narcisse, Brooks-Powers, Banks, Menin, Hanks, Vernikov, Lee, Louis, Ossé, Hudson and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing ferry service at Canarsie Pier

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-309 to read as follows:

§ 19-309 Ferry service required. a. The mayor shall ensure that regular ferry service is established and maintained at Canarsie Pier in the borough of Brooklyn and shall designate either a city agency or a contracted entity, as such term is defined in section 22-821, to manage or operate such service.

b. Such service shall be open to the public and be integrated with the city’s existing ferry system to the maximum extent practicable.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law.

 

 

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5/8/2025