File #: Int 0680-2022    Version: Name: Survey to determine the feasibility of creating small parks and green spaces on public streets with dead ends and vacant city-owned land near streets with dead ends.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 9/14/2022
Enactment date: 1/21/2023 Law number: 2023/010
Title: A Local Law in relation to a survey to determine the feasibility of creating small parks and green spaces on public streets with dead ends and vacant city-owned land near streets with dead ends
Sponsors: Shekar Krishnan, Farah N. Louis, Kalman Yeger , Kevin C. Riley, Lincoln Restler, Shahana K. Hanif, Crystal Hudson, Sandra Ung, Julie Won, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Robert F. Holden, James F. Gennaro, Julie Menin, Mercedes Narcisse, Justin L. Brannan, Tiffany Cabán, Erik D. Bottcher, Shaun Abreu, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Amanda Farías, Marjorie Velázquez, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Alexa Avilés, Sandy Nurse, Diana I. Ayala, Rita C. Joseph, Gale A. Brewer, Lynn C. Schulman, Keith Powers , Carlina Rivera , Christopher Marte, Eric Dinowitz, Chi A. Ossé, Nantasha M. Williams, Darlene Mealy, Francisco P. Moya, Kamillah Hanks, Althea V. Stevens, David M. Carr
Council Member Sponsors: 39
Summary: This local law would require an agency or office designated by the mayor, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services and any other appropriate agency, to review sites, owned by the city of New York in residential zones in each borough, on streets with dead ends and vacant land in close proximity to such streets, and land that abuts highway entrances, underpasses and exits, that are suitable for the planting of trees or other vegetation, or for establishing bioswales, small parks or other green spaces.. The survey would prioritize sites located in environmental justice communities. The survey would have to be submitted to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council by April, 1 2024, and would include an analysis of the condition of each surveyed site, as well as the feasibility of planting trees or other vegetation or the installation of bioswales, small parks or other green spaces, a description of the necessary steps associated with installing these features, as well as an estimate of the length of time and the overall cost to do so for each site.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 680-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 680, 3. Int. No. 680, 4. September 14, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-14-22, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 14, 2022, 7. Committee Report 12/6/22, 8. Hearing Testimony 12/6/22, 9. Hearing Transcript 12/6/22, 10. Proposed Int. No. 680-A - 12/19/22, 11. Committee Report 12/21/22, 12. Hearing Transcript 12/21/22, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. December 21, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-21-22, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 21, 2022, 17. Int. No. 680-A (FINAL), 18. Fiscal Impact Statement, 19. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 20. Local Law 10
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1/21/2023AShekar Krishnan Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/20/2023AShekar Krishnan City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
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12/21/2022AShekar Krishnan City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/21/2022*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/21/2022*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/21/2022*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/21/2022AShekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2022*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2022*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/14/2022*Shekar Krishnan City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/14/2022*Shekar Krishnan City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 680-A

 

By Council Members Krishnan, Louis, Yeger, Riley, Restler, Hanif, Hudson, Ung, Won, Gutiérrez, Holden, Gennaro, Menin, Narcisse, Brannan, Cabán, Bottcher, Abreu, Brooks-Powers, Farías, Velázquez, De La Rosa, Avilés, Nurse, Ayala, Joseph, Brewer, Schulman, Powers, Rivera, Marte, Dinowitz, Ossé, Williams, Mealy, Moya, Hanks, Stevens and Carr

 

A Local Law in relation to a survey to determine the feasibility of creating small parks and green spaces on public streets with dead ends and vacant city-owned land near streets with dead ends

 

 Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. An agency or office designated by the mayor, in consultation with the department of environmental protection, the department of parks and recreation, the department of transportation, the department of citywide administrative services and any other appropriate agency, shall review sites, owned by the city of New York in residential zones in each borough, on streets with dead ends and vacant land in close proximity to such streets, and land that abuts highway entrances, underpasses and exits, that are suitable for the planting of trees or other vegetation, or for establishing bioswales, small parks or other green spaces. Such designated agency or office shall develop a methodology to identify which such sites to review, provided that in identifying such sites, such agency considers requests from council members, community boards and members of the public to review a site, and prioritizes the review of identified sites that are in environmental justice areas, as defined in section 3-1001 of the administrative code of the city of New York.

§ 2. No later than April 1, 2024, the designated agency shall submit to the mayor and speaker of the council a report of all sites reviewed pursuant to section one of this local law. Such report shall also include: an analysis of the condition of each such site; the feasibility of planting trees or other vegetation or the installation of bioswales, small parks or other green spaces; a description of the necessary steps associated with installing any such feature; an estimated length of time that would be needed to install such features; and an estimate of the overall cost to do so.

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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