File #: Res 1257-2012    Version: * Name: Improvement in the consideration of health impacts in the Administration’s decision-making relating to real estate development projects, plans, and policies.
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Economic Development
On agenda: 3/28/2012
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution calling for further improvement in the consideration of health impacts in the Administration’s decision-making relating to real estate development projects, plans, and policies, specifically by utilizing health impact assessments and by increased collaboration between the Department of City Planning, the Economic Development Corporation, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Sponsors: Margaret S. Chin, Mathieu Eugene, Robert Jackson, Letitia James, G. Oliver Koppell, Annabel Palma, Deborah L. Rose, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, (by request of the Bronx Borough President)
Council Member Sponsors: 9
Attachments: 1. Committee Report 5/1/13, 2. Hearing Testimony 5/1/13, 3. Hearing Transcript 5/1/13
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2013*Margaret S. Chin City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/1/2013*Margaret S. Chin Committee on Economic Development Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/1/2013*Margaret S. Chin Committee on Economic Development Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/28/2012*Margaret S. Chin City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/28/2012*Margaret S. Chin City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Res. No. 1257
 
Resolution calling for further improvement in the consideration of health impacts in the Administration's decision-making relating to real estate development projects, plans, and policies, specifically by utilizing health impact assessments and by increased collaboration between the Department of City Planning, the Economic Development Corporation, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
 
 
By Council Members Chin, Eugene, Jackson, James, Koppell, Palma, Rose and Rodriguez (by request of the Bronx Borough President)
Whereas, Development projects often have diverse, wide-ranging impacts on air quality, water quality, noise, safety, social networks, nutrition, parks, public services, transportation, social equity, and education; and
Whereas, These impacts, in turn, affect the physical, economic, and emotional health of individuals, families, and communities; and
Whereas, Health impact assessments are a tool that can be used to systematically analyze potential health impacts of development projects on the health of a population, the distribution of these effects, and how to effectively manage these effects; and
Whereas, The use of health impact assessments can ensure that health is regularly taken into account in development-related decision-making; and
Whereas, Government agencies such as the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, and Philadelphia Department of Public Health; and outside groups, such as Health Impact Partners, have pioneered the use of health impact assessments in planning decisions such as development projects; and
Whereas, The New York City government under Mayor Bloomberg has demonstrated leadership in examining how decisions in many different areas can impact health by issuing the Active Design Guidelines, and by fostering collaboration between the Department of City Planning, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Design and Construction, the Department of Buildings, and the Department of Transportation; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York calls for further improvement in the consideration of health impacts in the Administration's decision-making relating to real estate development projects, plans, and policies, specifically by utilizing health impact assessments and by increased collaboration between the Department of City Planning, the Economic Development Corporation, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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