Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/12/2025 1:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall
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    1.ROLL CALL      Roll call Not available
    2.INVOCATION - Delivered by: Rev. Yaniris Gomez, Warden at Holy Rood Church Ingelesia Santa Church located at 715 West 179th Street, New York, NY 10033. Motion to spread the Invocation in full upon the record by Council Member De La Rosa.      Not available
    3.ADOPTION OF MINUTES - None      Not available
    4.MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR - None      Not available
    5.COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES -      Not available
M 0114-2025 *  Received, Ordered, Printed and FiledSubmitting Statement of Debt Service as of January 16, 2025, in accordance with Section 242 of the New York City Charter.Communication Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council  Action details Not available
M 0115-2025 *  Received, Ordered, Printed and FiledReport to the Mayor and City Council on City Comptroller Audit Operations for Fiscal Year 24.Communication Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council  Action details Not available
M 0116-2025 *  Received, Ordered, Printed and FiledSubmitting the 2024 Annual Report of the New York City Tax Commission, pursuant to Section 155 of the New York City Charter.Communication Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council  Action details Not available
    6.PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS - None      Not available
    7.LAND USE CALL-UPS – None      Not available
    8.COMMUNICATION FROM THE SPEAKER      Not available
    9.DISCUSSION OF GENERAL ORDERS      Not available
    10.REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES - None      Not available
    11.REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES      Not available
     REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH      Not available
Int 0056-2024 AChi A. Ossé Amended and Coupled on GORequiring the administration for children’s services to report annually on the number and placement of foster youth.IntroductionThis bill would require expansion of the foster youth experience survey that the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is required to distribute annually to foster youth, by requiring surveying foster youth as to their LGBTQIA+ and racial identities, and requiring ACS to report annually on such responses as they relate to placement of foster youth into permanent homes.Approved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Int 0081-2024 AKevin C. Riley Amended and Coupled on GORequiring an audit and report on foster care placement notices.IntroductionThe New York State Social Services Law and Family Court Act require that when a foster care placement changes, a social services agency or worker must provide the attorney for the child with notice of the change in placement. This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to conduct annual audits of foster care placement notifications. The audit would include a review of instances in which a notice was not provided as required, the time elapsed between a change in foster care placement and when the placement notice was provided, whether each notice included the information required by law, and a summary of the information that was missing from the notice. ACS would be required to report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and post on the ACS website, a report with the results of its audit from the preceding year.Approved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Int 1052-2024 ACrystal Hudson Amended and Coupled on GOExpanding foster youth experience surveys to include experiences related to gender expression, gender identity, sex characteristics, and sexual orientation.IntroductionThis bill would require expansion of the foster youth experience survey that the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is required to distribute annually to foster youth to additionally include questions about the treatment of foster youth by ACS and foster care provider employees, and questions about the experiences of foster youth related to their gender expression, gender identity, sex characteristics, and sexual orientation. The bill would also require ACS to allow foster youth to express any additional feedback about their experiences.Approved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
     REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE      Not available
Int 0420-2024 ACarlina Rivera  Amended and Coupled on GOEstablishing a program for child visitors to department of correction facilities.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Correction (Department) to establish a child visitor program for the purpose of improving the experience of child visitors of Department facilities, and would require annual reporting on the status of the program. The bill would also require the Department to conduct a study and publish a report on the feasibility of implementing tele-visits on weekend days without reducing the number of hours for in person visits on weekend days.Approved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Int 0977-2024 AAlthea V. Stevens Amended and Coupled on GORequiring the department of probation to report on technical probation violations and all programming offered by the department.IntroductionThis bill would increase the frequency of Department of Probation (DOP) reports on programs offered to probationers, compliance with departmental mandates, and recidivism rates. In addition, the reports will now require information on the specific nature of technical probation violations and clarify that DOP is to provide information on all the programs they administer.Approved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Int 1023-2024 AJennifer Gutiérrez Amended and Coupled on GORequiring the DOC to establish and operate an online scheduling system for visits to incarcerated persons.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Correction (DOC) to establish and operate an online scheduling system to facilitate visits to incarcerated individuals, provided that DOC shall not require the use of the online scheduling system to visit an incarcerated individual. At minimum, this online scheduling system must be accessible by mobile devices and computers, give the public the ability to request dates and times for jail visits, allow DOC to notify individuals if a scheduled visit needs to be canceled, and provide individuals with a reason if their request to schedule a visit is not approved. If an individual misses their scheduled appointment, they may complete the visit at a later time on that date where practicable. Starting January 30, 2028, the bill requires annual reporting on the number of people who used the online scheduling system to schedule a visit and were approved by DOC, the number of people who used the online system and were not approved by DOC, the number of people who visited an incarcerated individual and did not use the online scheduling system, and the number of complaints the department received regarding the online scheduling system for visits.Approved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Int 1026-2024 ACrystal Hudson Amended and Coupled on GOQuarterly reporting requirements on visitations of incarcerated individuals and requiring the DOC to record notifications to incarcerated individuals of visitation requests.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Correction to report separately on in-person and tele-visits and provide more detailed reporting on the reasons jail visits are not completed. The bill would also require the Department of Correction to record interactions in which a person in custody is informed about a visitor and refuses to attend the visit.Approved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Int 1036-2024 ASandy Nurse Amended and Coupled on GORequiring correctional health services to provide reports regarding people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a court-ordered forensic psychiatric examination.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Correction to issue quarterly public reports on people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination pursuant to Section 730 of the New York Criminal Procedure Law. Among other things, information in these reports would include the number of people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination, the housing area type where these individuals are being detained, and the average length of time a person deemed unfit to stand trial spends in custody before being discharged to an appropriate institution for competency restoration.Approved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
     REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE      Not available
Res 0791-2025 *Justin L. Brannan Preconsidered - Coupled on GOApproving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget.Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
     REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS, STATE & FEDERAL LEGISLATION      Not available
Int 0564-2024 AGale A. Brewer Amended and Coupled on GOCreating an archive of official government social media accounts.IntroductionThis bill would require the New York City Department of Records and Information Services to create a publicly available and searchable online database of every post to a social media platform by any official government account. In addition, all agencies and offices of elected officials would be required to annually provide to DORIS with information about official social media accounts associated with the agency or elected official. That information would be provided in a form designated by DORIS.Approved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
     REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION      Not available
Int 0216-2024 AShahana K. Hanif Amended and Coupled on GOEnhancing the application process for the New York city identity card.IntroductionThis bill would require the agency administering the New York City Identity Card (IDNYC), currently the Department of Social Services, to implement various changes to improve the IDNYC application process. These changes include: (1) showing appointments at each location for the earliest available date and time on any online appointment scheduling system; (2) developing an annual training program for IDNYC employees on the application process; (3) providing for adequate in-person application appointments to match demand for the IDNYC; (4) establishing a pilot program to permit same-day and walk-in appointments at certain IDNYC service enrollment centers; and (5) providing a process in which a supervisor is available to review documentation that has been declined during an application appointment for an IDNYC.Approved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
     REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LAND USE      Not available
LU 0225-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (C 240385 MMM)Land Use Application Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0803-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Coupled on GOLU 225 - Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (C 240385 MMM)Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
LU 0226-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (C 240386 ZMM)Land Use Application Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0804-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Coupled on GOLU 226 - Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (C 240386 ZMM)Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
LU 0227-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (C 240387 HAM)Land Use Application Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0805-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Coupled on GOLU 227 - Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (C 240387 HAM)Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
LU 0228-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (N 240388 ZRM)Land Use Application Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0806-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Coupled on GOLU 228 - Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (N 240388 ZRM)Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
LU 0237-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Landmarks, 1093-1095 Jerome Avenue UDAAP, Bronx(C 250091 HAX)Land Use Application Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0807-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Coupled on GOLU 237 - Landmarks, 1093-1095 Jerome Avenue UDAAP, Bronx(C 250091 HAX)Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
LU 0241-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Zoning, Le Dive, Manhattan (D 2450119000 SWM).Land Use Application Disapproved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0808-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Motion to DisapproveLU 241 - Zoning, Le Dive, Manhattan (D 2450119000 SWM).Resolution Disapproved by CouncilPass Action details Not available
LU 0247-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Landmarks, 2201 Davidson Avenue, Bronx (G 250068 NUX).Land Use Application Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0809-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Coupled on GOLU 247 - Landmarks, 2201 Davidson Avenue, Bronx (G 250068 NUX).Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
LU 0248-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Landmarks, 2201 Davidson Avenue Article XI, Bronx (G 250067 XAX).Land Use Application Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0810-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Coupled on GOLU 248 - Landmarks, 2201 Davidson Avenue Article XI, Bronx (G 250067 XAX).Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
LU 0249-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Zoning, Queens Future Map Change and Amendment, Queens (C 250046 ZMQ).Land Use Application Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0811-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Coupled on GOLU 249 - Zoning, Queens Future Map Change and Amendment. Queens (C 250046 ZMQ).Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
LU 0250-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Zoning, Queens Future Map Change and Amendment, Queens (C 250047 MMQ).Land Use Application Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0812-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Coupled on GOLU 250 - Zoning, Queens Future Map Change and Amendment, Queens (C 250047 MMQ).Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
    12.GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR      Not available
T2024-0003 *  Coupled on GOCommissioner of DeedsCommissioner of Deeds Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
     COUPLED ON GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR      Not available
    ~coupledCHILDREN AND YOUTH      Not available
Int 0056-2024 AChi A. Ossé~coupledA and GORequiring the administration for children’s services to report annually on the number and placement of foster youth.IntroductionThis bill would require expansion of the foster youth experience survey that the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is required to distribute annually to foster youth, by requiring surveying foster youth as to their LGBTQIA+ and racial identities, and requiring ACS to report annually on such responses as they relate to placement of foster youth into permanent homes.   Action details Not available
Int 0081-2024 AKevin C. Riley~coupledA and GORequiring an audit and report on foster care placement notices.IntroductionThe New York State Social Services Law and Family Court Act require that when a foster care placement changes, a social services agency or worker must provide the attorney for the child with notice of the change in placement. This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to conduct annual audits of foster care placement notifications. The audit would include a review of instances in which a notice was not provided as required, the time elapsed between a change in foster care placement and when the placement notice was provided, whether each notice included the information required by law, and a summary of the information that was missing from the notice. ACS would be required to report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and post on the ACS website, a report with the results of its audit from the preceding year.   Action details Not available
Int 1052-2024 ACrystal Hudson~coupledA and GOExpanding foster youth experience surveys to include experiences related to gender expression, gender identity, sex characteristics, and sexual orientation.IntroductionThis bill would require expansion of the foster youth experience survey that the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is required to distribute annually to foster youth to additionally include questions about the treatment of foster youth by ACS and foster care provider employees, and questions about the experiences of foster youth related to their gender expression, gender identity, sex characteristics, and sexual orientation. The bill would also require ACS to allow foster youth to express any additional feedback about their experiences.   Action details Not available
    ~coupledCRIMINAL JUSTICE      Not available
Int 0420-2024 ACarlina Rivera ~coupledA and GOEstablishing a program for child visitors to department of correction facilities.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Correction (Department) to establish a child visitor program for the purpose of improving the experience of child visitors of Department facilities, and would require annual reporting on the status of the program. The bill would also require the Department to conduct a study and publish a report on the feasibility of implementing tele-visits on weekend days without reducing the number of hours for in person visits on weekend days.   Action details Not available
Int 0977-2024 AAlthea V. Stevens~coupledA and GORequiring the department of probation to report on technical probation violations and all programming offered by the department.IntroductionThis bill would increase the frequency of Department of Probation (DOP) reports on programs offered to probationers, compliance with departmental mandates, and recidivism rates. In addition, the reports will now require information on the specific nature of technical probation violations and clarify that DOP is to provide information on all the programs they administer.   Action details Not available
Int 1023-2024 AJennifer Gutiérrez~coupledA and GORequiring the DOC to establish and operate an online scheduling system for visits to incarcerated persons.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Correction (DOC) to establish and operate an online scheduling system to facilitate visits to incarcerated individuals, provided that DOC shall not require the use of the online scheduling system to visit an incarcerated individual. At minimum, this online scheduling system must be accessible by mobile devices and computers, give the public the ability to request dates and times for jail visits, allow DOC to notify individuals if a scheduled visit needs to be canceled, and provide individuals with a reason if their request to schedule a visit is not approved. If an individual misses their scheduled appointment, they may complete the visit at a later time on that date where practicable. Starting January 30, 2028, the bill requires annual reporting on the number of people who used the online scheduling system to schedule a visit and were approved by DOC, the number of people who used the online system and were not approved by DOC, the number of people who visited an incarcerated individual and did not use the online scheduling system, and the number of complaints the department received regarding the online scheduling system for visits.   Action details Not available
Int 1026-2024 ACrystal Hudson~coupledA and GOQuarterly reporting requirements on visitations of incarcerated individuals and requiring the DOC to record notifications to incarcerated individuals of visitation requests.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Correction to report separately on in-person and tele-visits and provide more detailed reporting on the reasons jail visits are not completed. The bill would also require the Department of Correction to record interactions in which a person in custody is informed about a visitor and refuses to attend the visit.   Action details Not available
Int 1036-2024 ASandy Nurse~coupledA and GORequiring correctional health services to provide reports regarding people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a court-ordered forensic psychiatric examination.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Correction to issue quarterly public reports on people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination pursuant to Section 730 of the New York Criminal Procedure Law. Among other things, information in these reports would include the number of people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination, the housing area type where these individuals are being detained, and the average length of time a person deemed unfit to stand trial spends in custody before being discharged to an appropriate institution for competency restoration.   Action details Not available
    ~coupledFINANCE      Not available
Res 0791-2025 *Justin L. Brannan~coupledPreconsidered – GOApproving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget.Resolution    Action details Not available
    ~coupledGOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS, STATE & FEDERAL LEGISLATION      Not available
Int 0564-2024 AGale A. Brewer~coupledA and GOCreating an archive of official government social media accounts.IntroductionThis bill would require the New York City Department of Records and Information Services to create a publicly available and searchable online database of every post to a social media platform by any official government account. In addition, all agencies and offices of elected officials would be required to annually provide to DORIS with information about official social media accounts associated with the agency or elected official. That information would be provided in a form designated by DORIS.   Action details Not available
    ~coupledIMMIGRATION      Not available
Int 0216-2024 AShahana K. Hanif~coupledA and GOEnhancing the application process for the New York city identity card.IntroductionThis bill would require the agency administering the New York City Identity Card (IDNYC), currently the Department of Social Services, to implement various changes to improve the IDNYC application process. These changes include: (1) showing appointments at each location for the earliest available date and time on any online appointment scheduling system; (2) developing an annual training program for IDNYC employees on the application process; (3) providing for adequate in-person application appointments to match demand for the IDNYC; (4) establishing a pilot program to permit same-day and walk-in appointments at certain IDNYC service enrollment centers; and (5) providing a process in which a supervisor is available to review documentation that has been declined during an application appointment for an IDNYC.   Action details Not available
    ~coupledLAND USE      Not available
Res 0803-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~coupledGOLU 225 - Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (C 240385 MMM)Resolution    Action details Not available
Res 0804-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~coupledGOLU 226 - Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (C 240386 ZMM)Resolution    Action details Not available
Res 0805-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~coupledGOLU 227 - Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (C 240387 HAM)Resolution    Action details Not available
Res 0806-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~coupledGOLU 228 - Landmarks, The Beacon, Manhattan (N 240388 ZRM)Resolution    Action details Not available
Res 0807-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~coupledGOLU 237 - Landmarks, 1093-1095 Jerome Avenue UDAAP, Bronx(C 250091 HAX)Resolution    Action details Not available
Res 0808-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~coupledDisapproveLU 241 - Zoning, Le Dive, Manhattan (D 2450119000 SWM).Resolution    Action details Not available
Res 0809-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~coupledGOLU 247 - Landmarks, 2201 Davidson Avenue, Bronx (G 250068 NUX).Resolution    Action details Not available
Res 0810-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~coupledGOLU 248 - Landmarks, 2201 Davidson Avenue Article XI, Bronx (G 250067 XAX).Resolution    Action details Not available
Res 0811-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~coupledGOLU 249 - Zoning, Queens Future Map Change and Amendment. Queens (C 250046 ZMQ).Resolution    Action details Not available
Res 0812-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~coupledGOLU 250 - Zoning, Queens Future Map Change and Amendment, Queens (C 250047 MMQ).Resolution    Action details Not available
    ~coupledGENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR      Not available
T2024-0003 * ~coupledGOCommissioner of DeedsCommissioner of Deeds    Action details Not available
          Pass Not available
    13.INTRODUCTION & READING OF BILLS (SEE BELOW)      Not available
    14.DISCUSSION OF RESOLUTIONS      Not available
    15.RESOLUTIONS      Not available
Res 0041-2024 AAlexa Avilés Amended and Adopted by the Committee on General WelfareCreate the New York State Working Families Tax Credit (S.2082/A.3474).Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0057-2024 ADiana I. Ayala Amended and Adopted by the Committee on General WelfareCreate a program to provide food benefits for those not eligible for existing benefits, including anyone over 55 meeting income eligibility.Resolution Approved, by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0714-2025 AShahana K. Hanif Amended and Adopted by the Committee on ImmigrationNew York for All Act (A.3506/S.2235).Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0717-2025 *Crystal Hudson Adopted by the Committee on ImmigrationAccess to Representation Act, which establishes the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings and provides for the administration thereof (A.270/S.141).Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
Res 0740-2025 *Lincoln Restler Adopted by the Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal LegislationEliminate the rule that provides whenever a city charter commission puts a proposal on the local ballot, other referendum proposals are barred from the ballot (S.590/A.3665).Resolution Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Not available
    16.GENERAL DISCUSSION      Not available
    17.EXTENSION OF REMARKS      Not available
     INTRODUCTION AND READING OF BILLS - Pursuant to Section 33-a of the New York City Charter, the New York City Council may vote on the following items no earlier than 30 days from the date of this notice. The New York City Council reserves the right to vote without the notice required pursuant to Section 33-a on any proposed local laws that do not relate to the public safety operations of the New York City Police Department, the Fire Department or the Department of Correction.      Not available
Res 0791-2025 *Justin L. Brannan~SPONSORPreconsidered - FinanceApproving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget.Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1205-2025 *Gale A. Brewer~SPONSORGovernmental Operations, State & Federal LegislationRequiring agencies to plan for federal government shutdowns.IntroductionThis bill would require the Commissioner of Emergency Management to work with relevant agencies to develop plans to prepare for a federal government shutdown by September 1, 2025. The Commissioner would be required to assess the plans when they are activated and again at least once every two years. The bill requires the Commissioner to report any changes to the plans to the City Council no more than 60 days after the assessment is completed. The Commissioner would also be required to publicly post any plans on the department’s website no more than 30 days after the plan is submitted to the City Council. The Commissioner would not have to report any plans that could compromise public safety.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1206-2025 *Gale A. Brewer~SPONSORSanitation and Solid Waste ManagementComplaints and penalties applicable to rules requiring a pre-collection storage area and containers for source separated organic waste.IntroductionThis bill would require the 311 customer service center to add a 311 service request category related to a residential building owner’s violation of the requirement to provide a pre-collection storage area and containers for source separated organic waste. The proposed legislation would also increase civil penalties applicable to such a violation committed by the owner of a residential building with 4 or more dwelling units.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0792-2025 *Tiffany Cabán~SPONSORCultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup RelationsDeclaring March 25 as Greek Cultural Appreciation and Independence Day annually.Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1207-2025 *Carmen N. De La Rosa~SPONSORHousing and BuildingsAllowing for time spent in an apprenticeship to count towards the supervised practical experience time requirement for the granting of high-pressure boiler operating engineer licenses.IntroductionThis bill would allow time spent in an apprenticeship to count towards the three-year supervised practical experience requirement for gaining a high-pressure boiler operating engineer license.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1208-2025 *Jennifer Gutiérrez~SPONSORGeneral WelfareReport on air conditioning in homeless shelters.IntroductionThis bill would require the Commissioner of Homeless Services, in coordination with the Commissioner of Social Services, Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development, and Commissioner of Youth and Community Development, to issue a one-time report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on the availability of air conditioning in homeless shelters. The report would, in part, include information on which shelters have any air conditioning, which have air conditioning in only some areas of the shelter, which have air conditioning throughout the shelter, the type of air conditioning provided, which shelters have air conditioning that needs repair, which shelters installed air conditioning during the past 12 months, and which shelters are planning to install air conditioning within the next 12 months. The report would have to be posted on the relevant agencies’ websites.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1209-2025 *Shekar Krishnan~SPONSORFire and Emergency ManagementWildfire mitigation plan.IntroductionThis bill would require the office of emergency management to assess the risks to the city from wildfires and to devise strategies to proactively mitigate those risks and to reduce potential losses to human life and property resulting from wildfires. The bill would require the office to report every five years on the results of that assessment. This reporting requirement could be satisfied by including wildfires in the city’s hazard mitigation plan.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1210-2025 *Shekar Krishnan~SPONSORCivil and Human RightsIncreasing the maximum civil penalty for failure to comply with an order issued by the New York city commission on human rights.IntroductionThis bill would increase the maximum civil penalty that can be imposed for failure to comply with an order issued by the Commission on Human Rights.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1211-2025 *Shekar Krishnan~SPONSORCivil and Human RightsCivil penalties for discrimination based on lawful source of income.IntroductionThis bill would require the City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) to impose civil penalties for acts of discrimination based on lawful source of income for housing accommodations. Where CCHR finds such a discriminatory practice, in a multiple dwelling with 1 to 100 units the civil penalty would be $5,000 to $125,000, in a multiple dwelling with 101 to 500 units the civil penalty would be $50,000 to $125,000, and in a multiple dwelling with more than 500 units the civil penalty would be $75,000 to $125,000. Where CCHR finds that such a discriminatory practice results from a willful, wanton or malicious act, in a multiple dwelling with 1 to 100 units the civil penalty would be $10,000 to $250,000, in a multiple dwelling with 101 to 500 units, the civil penalty would be $100,000 to $250,000, and in a multiple dwelling with more than 500 units the civil penalty would be $150,000 to $250,000.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1212-2025 *Shekar Krishnan~SPONSORCivil and Human RightsProhibiting consumer credit history from being used in connection with certain subsidized housing accommodations.IntroductionUnder the New York City Human Rights Law, discrimination based on a lawful source of income is illegal. This bill would clarify that, where a tenant’s housing costs are covered in full or in part by programs like Section 8 or CityFHEPS, prospective landlords may not request, seek access to, or use a tenant’s consumer credit history as a condition to a lease agreement.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1213-2025 *Shekar Krishnan~SPONSORHousing and BuildingsSource of income discrimination by property owners as a form of harassment for the purposes of a certification of no harassment.IntroductionThis bill would amend the definitions of harassment in the Housing Maintenance Code to include source of income discrimination as a form of harassment, such that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development would not be permitted to issue a Certification of No Harassment to a property owner, unless the department concludes there has been no source of income discrimination by such property owner in the relevant statutory period.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1214-2025 *Shekar Krishnan~SPONSORHousing and BuildingsProviding information about lawful source of income discrimination in the online property owner registry.IntroductionThis bill would require the inclusion of information about discrimination based on lawful source of income in the online property owner registry. This information would include the amount of any penalties imposed for engaging in source of income discrimination.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1215-2025 *Shekar Krishnan~SPONSORHousing and BuildingsCriteria used in tenant screening reportsIntroductionUnder current city law property owners or their agents are required to disclose whether they will obtain a tenant screening report that may report on a prospective tenant’s credit, criminal record, history in housing court, or other factors. If the applicant is denied, the landlord or agent must disclose that the denial was based on such a report and instruct the applicant on how to obtain a copy of the report. This bill would require the landlord or agent to also provide applicants with the criteria they use to reject applicants based on the tenant screening reports.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1216-2025 *Shahana K. Hanif~SPONSORWomen and Gender EquityRequiring cosmetology establishments to display a poster about gender-based violence.IntroductionThis bill would require the Office to End Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) to create posters that provides information about gender-based violence services and ways to identify signs of gender-based violence and to provide such posters to hair, nail, and skincare salons at no cost. This bill would also require hair, nail, and skincare salons to display such posters.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0793-2025 *Lynn C. Schulman~SPONSORPreconsidered - Women and Gender EquityProvide additional protections for the sensitive health information of patients (S.1633/A.2613)Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0794-2025 *Sandra Ung~SPONSORHousing and BuildingsLimit rent increases for residential ground lease cooperative apartment buildings and provide certain rights to such cooperatives (A.2619/S.2433).Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0795-2025 *Nantasha M. Williams~SPONSORCultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup RelationsDesignate Kwanzaa as a public holiday in New York.Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0796-2025 *Nantasha M. Williams~SPONSORAgingEstablishing a senior dental services grant program (S.4334).Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0797-2025 *Nantasha M. Williams~SPONSORFinancePhase out the school tax reduction credit for higher earners and implement a progressive child tax credit (S. 2238)Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0798-2025 *Nantasha M. Williams~SPONSORGeneral WelfareProvide assistance for SUNY and CUNY students experiencing homelessness (S.4247/A.9615).Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0799-2025 *Nantasha M. Williams~SPONSORGovernmental Operations, State & Federal LegislationDirect the state board of elections to study and evaluate the use of blockchain technology to protect voter records and election results (A. 2561).Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0800-2025 *Nantasha M. Williams~SPONSORHousing and BuildingsSubsidizing closing costs for low income current tenants who are purchasing a home (S.3068).Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0801-2025 *Nantasha M. Williams~SPONSORHousing and BuildingsGranting legal services to small property owners (A.1300/S.127)Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Res 0802-2025 *Julie Won~SPONSORHousing and BuildingsProtecting tenants displaced due to fire (S.3886/A.5427).Resolution Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1217-2025 *Susan Zhuang~SPONSORHousing and BuildingsBuilding inspections and reporting following complaints related to rats and other pestsIntroductionThis bill would require DOHMH to perform a building inspection in response to any 311 complaints relating to rats, mice, pests, or conditions which might attract them within 10 days of such complaint being made. The bill would also require that a record of such inspections include a description of the building’s state and a listing of the inspector’s observations; such records would be made publicly available online.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
Int 1218-2025 *Susan Zhuang~SPONSORTransportation and InfrastructureRequiring the installation of signs indicating the presence of every speed camera.IntroductionThis bill would require signs to be installed near each speed camera in the city that would indicate the presence of the device and be visible to traffic approaching from all directions.Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
LU 0251-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~SPONSORPreconsidered - Landmarks, Public Sitings, and DispositionsLandmarks, 547-Seat Primary School Facility, Bronx (G 250069 SCX).Land Use Application Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
LU 0251-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Landmarks, 547-Seat Primary School Facility, Bronx (G 250069 SCX).Land Use Application Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
LU 0252-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~SPONSORPreconsidered - Landmarks, Public Sitings, and DispositionsLandmarks, West 128th-129th Street Cluster Article XI, Manhattan (G 250071 XAM).Land Use Application Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
LU 0252-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Landmarks, West 128th-129th Street Cluster Article XI, Manhattan (G 250071 XAM).Land Use Application Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
LU 0253-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.~SPONSORPreconsidered - Landmarks, Public Sitings, and DispositionsLandmarks, West 128th-129th Street Cluster (ANCP) UDAAP, Manhattan (G 250070 NUM).Land Use Application Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available
LU 0253-2025 *Rafael Salamanca, Jr.  Landmarks, West 128th-129th Street Cluster (ANCP) UDAAP, Manhattan (G 250070 NUM).Land Use Application Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Not available