File #: Int 0704-2026    Version: * Name: Establishing ferry service at Canarsie Pier.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 2/24/2026
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, Kamillah Hanks, Inna Vernikov
Council Member Sponsors: 5
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., 2. Int. No., 3. February 24, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No.

 

By Council Members Narcisse, Brooks-Powers, Banks, Hanks and Vernikov

 

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.

 

 

LMH

LS #18829

Int. #1293-2025

1/7/2026 4:13 PM