File #: Int 2425-2021    Version: Name: Requiring borough commissioners in the department of environmental protection.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Environmental Protection
On agenda: 10/7/2021
Enactment date: 1/9/2022 Law number: 2022/023
Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring borough commissioners in the department of environmental protection
Sponsors: Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Paul A. Vallone, Kalman Yeger , Robert F. Holden, Eric Dinowitz, Helen K. Rosenthal, Fernando Cabrera , Stephen T. Levin, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Karen Koslowitz, Adrienne E. Adams, Laurie A. Cumbo, Diana I. Ayala, Darma V. Diaz, Kevin C. Riley, Farah N. Louis, Deborah L. Rose, Eric A. Ulrich, Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Francisco P. Moya, Margaret S. Chin, Daniel Dromm , Mathieu Eugene, Keith Powers , Peter A. Koo, Mark Treyger, Barry S. Grodenchik, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Joseph C. Borelli, Inez D. Barron, Ben Kallos, Antonio Reynoso, James G. Van Bramer, Justin L. Brannan, Brad S. Lander, Alan N. Maisel, Oswald Feliz, Tiffany Cabán, James F. Gennaro
Council Member Sponsors: 39
Summary: This bill would authorize the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to assign a borough commissioner to each borough within the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) who would be tasked with informing the Commissioner regarding personnel, programs, and facilities within that borough, and to liaise with borough presidents, other DEP borough commissioners, and community boards.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 2425-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 2425, 3. Int. No. 2425, 4. October 7, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-7-21, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 7, 2021, 7. Committee Report 10/20/21, 8. Hearing Testimony 10/20/21, 9. Hearing Transcript 10/20/21, 10. Proposed Int. No. 2425-A - 12/5/21, 11. Committee Report 12/8/21, 12. Hearing Transcript 12/8/21, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. December 9, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-9-21, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 9, 2021, 17. Int. No. 2425-A (FINAL), 18. Fiscal Impact Statement, 19. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 20. Local Law 23
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
1/10/2022ARafael Salamanca, Jr. City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/9/2022ARafael Salamanca, Jr. Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/9/2021ARafael Salamanca, Jr. City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/9/2021ARafael Salamanca, Jr. City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/8/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Environmental Protection Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/8/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Environmental Protection Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/8/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Environmental Protection Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/8/2021ARafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Environmental Protection Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
10/20/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Parks and Recreation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/20/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/20/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/20/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/20/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Environmental Protection Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/20/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Environmental Protection Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/7/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/7/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 2425-A

 

By Council Members Salamanca, Vallone, Yeger, Holden, Dinowitz, Rosenthal, Cabrera, Levin, Ampry-Samuel, Koslowitz, Adams, Cumbo, Ayala, D. Diaz, Riley, Louis, Rose, Ulrich, Cornegy, Moya, Chin, Dromm, Eugene, Powers, Koo, Treyger, Grodenchik, Brooks-Powers, Borelli, Barron, Kallos, Reynoso, Van Bramer, Brannan, Lander, Maisel, Feliz, Cabán and Gennaro

 

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring borough commissioners in the department of environmental protection

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 57 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 1405 to read as follows:

§ 1405. Borough commissioners. a. For each borough, the commissioner of environmental protection shall assign a borough commissioner, who shall:

1. Inform the commissioner of environmental protection regarding programs, personnel, and facilities within the borough to which such borough commissioner is assigned; and

2. Consult when appropriate with the relevant borough president, other borough commissioners of the department and community boards.

b. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the commissioner of environmental protection from assigning as borough commissioner under this section an employee who is also assigned to a position in the department pursuant to subdivision f of section 2704 or subdivision a of section 2706.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

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