Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/12/2024 1:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS, Stated Meeting Agenda, Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting Meeting Items (145) 145 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia       1. ROLL CALL           Roll call Not available       2. INVOCATION - Delivered by: Pastor Louis Straker, Reflections Church located at 1078 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11203. Motion to spread the Invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Louis.           Not available       3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES - Motion that the Minutes of the Stated Meeting of August 15, 2024 be adopted as printed by Council Member Ariola.           Not available       4. MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR           Not available M 0066-2024 *     Received, Ordered, Printed and Filed Withdrawing the name of Randy Mastro (M 0063-2024) from consideration for his appointment as Corporation Counsel. Mayor's Message   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available M 0063-2024 *       Randy Mastro, Corporation Counsel Mayor's Message   Withdrawn by Mayor   Action details Not available       5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES - None           Not available       6. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS - None           Not available       7. LAND USE CALL-UPS           Not available M 0067-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Zoning, 135th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (C 230208 ZSM and C 230209 ZSM). Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0068-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Zoning, Seis Vecinos Restaurant, Bronx (D 2450065822 SWX). Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0069-2024 * Erik D. Bottcher   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Zoning, 343 West 47th Street Demolition Special Permit, Manhattan (C 240244 ZSM). Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0070-2024 * Robert F. Holden   Coupled on Call-Up Vote Zoning, Cozy Corner Bar, Queens (D 2450082809 SWQ). Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                   Pass 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 CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS           Not available Int 0242-2024 A Crystal Hudson   Amended and Coupled on GO The creation of a truth, healing, and reconciliation process. Introduction This bill would require the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE) to establish a Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation process in connection with the City’s historic involvement in slavery and its present-day legacies. The process’s objectives would be to establish facts about slavery and its ongoing legacies in the City; to protect and acknowledge affected persons and communities throughout and after the process; and to recommend changes for government and institutions to prevent recurrence and perpetuation of harm. CORE would be required to hold public proceedings and conduct public engagement activities across all five boroughs, and to publish and memorialize its findings and recommendations. CORE would first undertake a two-year, participatory planning process before implementation, and would coordinate its work with the New York State community commission on reparations remedies and the reparations study to be required by Int. 279-A. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0279-2024 A Farah N. Louis   Amended and Coupled on GO Studying the impacts of slavery and its legacies in New York city and recommending potential reparative measures for resulting harms. Introduction This bill would require the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE) to work with subject experts to study the historical and present-day role of New York City government in perpetrating or perpetuating slavery and related racial injustices, and to consider reparative measures for such injustices. The reparations study would document the harms of slavery and its legacies in the City, identify associated rights violations, and recommend potential legal, policy and other measures to help remedy or redress associated harms. City agencies would be required to cooperate with any related special inquiries by CORE. Recommended measures may include monetary or non-monetary reparations, including symbolic measures such as public apologies or memorials. The study would also propose eligibility criteria for receiving reparations, and would coordinate with the New York State community commission on reparations remedies and the City’s process for Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation required by Int. 242-A. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0471-2024 A Nantasha M. Williams   Amended and Coupled on GO Establishing a New York city freedom trail task force. Introduction This bill would establish a task force to consider the creation of a citywide New York City freedom trail and a “Lower Manhattan freedom trail” in Lower Manhattan. The freedom trails would be walkable tours which mark and commemorate historical sites in New York City that are associated with the abolitionist movement and Underground Railroad. The task force would consist of public officials, academic and historical scholars, and representatives from relevant organizations. The freedom trail task force would be required to conduct at least two public meetings. The task force would be required to submit a report of its recommendations to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than one year after the task force is first convened. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0833-2024 A Public Advocate Jumaane Williams   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring the installation and maintenance of an informational sign at the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets in Manhattan to mark the site of New York’s first slave market. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Transportation to facilitate the installation and maintenance of an informational sign near the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets, in Manhattan, to mark the site of New York’s first slave market. The sign must be in place within 250 days of the bill’s enactment. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE           Not available Int 0898-2024 * Sandy Nurse   Coupled on GO Cypress Hills Fulton Business Improvement District (BID). Introduction This bill would establish the Cypress Hills Fulton Business Improvement District (BID). Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0906-2024 * Julie Won   Coupled on GO Queens Plaza/Court Square Business Improvement District (BID). Introduction This bill would authorize the Queens Plaza/Court Square Business Improvement District to change its name to the Long Island City Business Improvement District (BID). This bill would also authorize an increase in the amount to be expended annually in the BID to $2,058,978. This bill would also extend the boundaries of the existing BID to incorporate new areas, amend the method by which the district charge is assessed, and increase the maximum amount allowed to be spent for improvements in the BID. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0559-2024 * Justin L. Brannan   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO Resolution approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0142-2024 * Justin L. Brannan     Rachel Bridge HDFC, Block 2153, Lot 1; Block 2162, Lot 1, Manhattan, Community District No. 12, Council District No. 10. Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0570-2024 * Justin L. Brannan   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO LU 142 - Rachel Bridge HDFC, Block 2153, Lot 1; Block 2162, Lot 1, Manhattan, Community District No. 12, Council District No. 10. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT           Not available Int 0089-2024 A Pierina Ana Sanchez   Amended and Coupled on GO Strengthening Fire Safety Bill Package - Notification of council members of certain fires occurring within their district. Introduction This bill would require an agency designated by the Mayor, to provide notice to Council Members of certain fires occurring within their districts. The notification would need to be sent within three hours of the Fire Department deploying personnel to the scene of the fire, and would include the following information relating to the fire: the date and time of the fire, the address of the fire, and details of the department’s emergency response to the fire. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 0006-2024 A Alexa Avilés   Amended and Coupled on GO Tenant education and outreach on residential vacate orders due to damage caused by fires. Introduction This law would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”), in consultation with the Fire Department and Department of Buildings, to develop procedures to ensure that occupants of multiple dwellings are informed of the process for the issuance of residential vacate orders following fires, including information on their rights of occupancy and responsibilities of landlords, what may constitute harassment, and the process for rescinding vacate orders. HPD would also be required to designate a person on site to provide information to tenants in the designated citywide languages. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LAND USE           Not available LU 0108-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Heckscher Building, Manhattan (N 240374 HIM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0571-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on GO LU 108 - Landmarks, Heckscher Building, Manhattan (N 240374 HIM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0129-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Beekman Hotel, Manhattan (N 240396 HIM). Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0572-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on GO LU 129 - Landmarks, Beekman Hotel, Manhattan (N 240396 HIM). Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0131-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Staten Island (N 240410 HIR). Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0573-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on GO LU 131 - Landmarks, Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Staten Island (N 240410 HIR). Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE           Not available Int 0346-2024 A Mercedes Narcisse   Amended and Laid Over Pedestrian crossing guidelines and right of way. Introduction This bill would permit pedestrians to legally cross a roadway at any point, including outside of a marked or unmarked crosswalk, and allow for crossing against traffic signals. It would legalize the activity commonly referred to as “jaywalking” and specify that crossing against a traffic signal or crossing at any point outside of a crosswalk will not be a violation of the administrative code and therefore can no longer be the subject of a summons. The bill would also require the Department of Transportation to conduct an education effort regarding the rights and responsibilities of pedestrians and of operators of motor vehicles, bicycles, and other mobility devices on city roadways. Laid Over by Council   Action details Not available Int 0746-2024 A Oswald Feliz   Amended and Coupled on GO Improvement and maintenance of medians through the planting of vegetation or use in stormwater management. Introduction This proposed bill would require the Commissioner of Transportation, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation and the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to improve at least 1 mile of paved medians every 2 years until 2046. These improvements must include adding planted medians, tree beds, or stormwater infrastructure. The Commissioner of Transportation will prioritize these improvements in high priority investment areas. The Department of Transportation (“Department”) will be required to report on their progress annually. The Department will also be responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of these medians, unless the Mayor designates another agency or office to be responsible. The Department will maintain a website that identifies each of these improved medians as well as the agency or office responsible for their cleaning and maintenance. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available       12. GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available T2024-0003 *   ~coupled Coupled on GO Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         COUPLED ON GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available       ~coupled CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS           Not available Int 0242-2024 A Crystal Hudson ~coupled A and GO The creation of a truth, healing, and reconciliation process. Introduction This bill would require the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE) to establish a Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation process in connection with the City’s historic involvement in slavery and its present-day legacies. The process’s objectives would be to establish facts about slavery and its ongoing legacies in the City; to protect and acknowledge affected persons and communities throughout and after the process; and to recommend changes for government and institutions to prevent recurrence and perpetuation of harm. CORE would be required to hold public proceedings and conduct public engagement activities across all five boroughs, and to publish and memorialize its findings and recommendations. CORE would first undertake a two-year, participatory planning process before implementation, and would coordinate its work with the New York State community commission on reparations remedies and the reparations study to be required by Int. 279-A.     Action details Not available Int 0279-2024 A Farah N. Louis ~coupled A and GO Studying the impacts of slavery and its legacies in New York city and recommending potential reparative measures for resulting harms. Introduction This bill would require the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE) to work with subject experts to study the historical and present-day role of New York City government in perpetrating or perpetuating slavery and related racial injustices, and to consider reparative measures for such injustices. The reparations study would document the harms of slavery and its legacies in the City, identify associated rights violations, and recommend potential legal, policy and other measures to help remedy or redress associated harms. City agencies would be required to cooperate with any related special inquiries by CORE. Recommended measures may include monetary or non-monetary reparations, including symbolic measures such as public apologies or memorials. The study would also propose eligibility criteria for receiving reparations, and would coordinate with the New York State community commission on reparations remedies and the City’s process for Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation required by Int. 242-A.     Action details Not available Int 0471-2024 A Nantasha M. Williams ~coupled A and GO Establishing a New York city freedom trail task force. Introduction This bill would establish a task force to consider the creation of a citywide New York City freedom trail and a “Lower Manhattan freedom trail” in Lower Manhattan. The freedom trails would be walkable tours which mark and commemorate historical sites in New York City that are associated with the abolitionist movement and Underground Railroad. The task force would consist of public officials, academic and historical scholars, and representatives from relevant organizations. The freedom trail task force would be required to conduct at least two public meetings. The task force would be required to submit a report of its recommendations to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than one year after the task force is first convened.     Action details Not available Int 0833-2024 A Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~coupled A and GO Requiring the installation and maintenance of an informational sign at the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets in Manhattan to mark the site of New York’s first slave market. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Transportation to facilitate the installation and maintenance of an informational sign near the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets, in Manhattan, to mark the site of New York’s first slave market. The sign must be in place within 250 days of the bill’s enactment.     Action details Not available       ~coupled FINANCE           Not available Int 0898-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~coupled GO Cypress Hills Fulton Business Improvement District (BID). Introduction This bill would establish the Cypress Hills Fulton Business Improvement District (BID).     Action details Not available Int 0906-2024 * Julie Won ~coupled GO Queens Plaza/Court Square Business Improvement District (BID). Introduction This bill would authorize the Queens Plaza/Court Square Business Improvement District to change its name to the Long Island City Business Improvement District (BID). This bill would also authorize an increase in the amount to be expended annually in the BID to $2,058,978. This bill would also extend the boundaries of the existing BID to incorporate new areas, amend the method by which the district charge is assessed, and increase the maximum amount allowed to be spent for improvements in the BID.     Action details Not available Res 0559-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~coupled Preconsidered - GO Resolution approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget. Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0570-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 142 - Rachel Bridge HDFC, Block 2153, Lot 1; Block 2162, Lot 1, Manhattan, Community District No. 12, Council District No. 10. Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT           Not available Int 0089-2024 A Pierina Ana Sanchez ~coupled A and GO Strengthening Fire Safety Bill Package - Notification of council members of certain fires occurring within their district. Introduction This bill would require an agency designated by the Mayor, to provide notice to Council Members of certain fires occurring within their districts. The notification would need to be sent within three hours of the Fire Department deploying personnel to the scene of the fire, and would include the following information relating to the fire: the date and time of the fire, the address of the fire, and details of the department’s emergency response to the fire.     Action details Not available       ~coupled HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 0006-2024 A Alexa Avilés ~coupled A and GO Tenant education and outreach on residential vacate orders due to damage caused by fires. Introduction This law would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”), in consultation with the Fire Department and Department of Buildings, to develop procedures to ensure that occupants of multiple dwellings are informed of the process for the issuance of residential vacate orders following fires, including information on their rights of occupancy and responsibilities of landlords, what may constitute harassment, and the process for rescinding vacate orders. HPD would also be required to designate a person on site to provide information to tenants in the designated citywide languages.     Action details Not available       ~coupled LAND USE           Not available Res 0571-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 108 - Landmarks, Heckscher Building, Manhattan (N 240374 HIM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0572-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 129 - Landmarks, Beekman Hotel, Manhattan (N 240396 HIM). Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0573-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 131 - Landmarks, Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Staten Island (N 240410 HIR). Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE           Not available Int 0746-2024 A Oswald Feliz ~coupled A and GO Improvement and maintenance of medians through the planting of vegetation or use in stormwater management. Introduction This proposed bill would require the Commissioner of Transportation, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation and the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to improve at least 1 mile of paved medians every 2 years until 2046. These improvements must include adding planted medians, tree beds, or stormwater infrastructure. The Commissioner of Transportation will prioritize these improvements in high priority investment areas. The Department of Transportation (“Department”) will be required to report on their progress annually. The Department will also be responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of these medians, unless the Mayor designates another agency or office to be responsible. The Department will maintain a website that identifies each of these improved medians as well as the agency or office responsible for their cleaning and maintenance.     Action details Not available       ~coupled GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available T2024-0003 *   ~coupled GO Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner 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 0438-2024 * Gale A. Brewer   Adopted by the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Recognizing Landing Day in the second week of September annually to commemorate the arrival of the first Jewish community in New Amsterdam in 1654. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available       16. GENERAL DISCUSSION           Not available       17. EXTENSION OF REMARKS           Not available         INTRODUCTION AND READING OF BILLS           Not available Int 1015-2024 * Joann Ariola ~SPONSOR Public Safety Prohibiting the wearing of ski masks in public places, on school premises, and on child care program premises Introduction This bill would prohibit the wearing of a ski mask in public places, on school premises, and on child care program premises. This bill includes certain exceptions to this prohibition, including when a ski mask is worn as part of a traditional holiday costume, as a garment for religious purposes, during the course of employment and for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the wearer, as part of a costume for a theatrical production, to protect the body from the elements while a person is participating in a winter sport, or as a form of expression protected by the First Amendment. Any person who violates this prohibition would be liable for a civil penalty of $250 that would be recoverable in a proceeding before the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1016-2024 * Erik D. Bottcher ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms. Introduction This bill would require dealers in firearms, rifles, and shotguns to display a warning sign where the firearms, rifles, or shotguns are displayed or where they are transferred to the purchaser. The warning sign would include the following message: “A firearm in the home significantly increases the risk of suicide, homicide, death during domestic disputes, and unintentional deaths to children, household members and others. If you or a loved one is experiencing distress or depression, call the Mobile Crisis Team at 1-888-NYC WELL (1-888-692-9355) or the National Suicide Hotline at 988.” Failure to display the sign would be a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000. In addition, the bill would require that graphic images depicting the nature of such risks be posted adjacent to the warning sign. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene would design and disseminate the graphic images and any rules for posting them. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1017-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Transportation and Infrastructure Study and report on the feasibility of direct ferry service to Coney Island. Introduction This bill would require a study on the feasibility of expanding ferry service directly to Coney Island, with particular consideration to study the possible use of the Steeplechase Pier for such ferry service. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1018-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Health Prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats in pet shops, and to repeal paragraph 5 of subdivision d of section 17-373, and sections 17-1703, 17-1704, and 17-1705 of such code, relating to required information, recordkeeping, and minimum standards in pet shops. Introduction On December 15, 2024, New York State law prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats in retail pet shops will take effect. This bill would conform the City’s pet shop laws to State law, amending local law to prohibit the sale of dogs and cats in pet shops. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1019-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Reporting and publication of mental health emergency response data. Introduction This bill would require the Office of Community Mental Health (OCMH), in coordination and consultation with other relevant agencies, to report to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council and online regarding each 911 call that is identified as involving a mental health emergency, on a quarterly basis. The report would include information about responses to these emergencies and would specify whether B-HEARD, the Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division of OCMH, responded. Additionally, the bill would require the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and New York City Fire Department (FDNY) to include the unique identifiers generated by their respective computer-aided dispatch systems in their 911 call data publication on the Open Data Portal. The NYPD and FDNY would also be required to indicate whether a B-HEARD team was dispatched and able to respond in their 911 call data publication on the Open Data Portal. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0559-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Resolution approving 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 1020-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Oversight and Investigations Replacement of the individual responsible for implementing certain duties of the commissioner of investigation relating to the police department and reporting on investigations relating to the police department. Introduction This bill would require that the Commissioner of Investigation replace the Inspector General for the New York City Police Department (NYPD) within 90 days after an Inspector General resigns or is removed. This bill would also require the Department of Investigation (DOI) to report: the subject matter of any investigation, review, study, or audit relating to the NYPD that has been open for more than three years; descriptions of the incidents when the NYPD restricted or significantly delayed access to any information that the Inspector General required or interfered with the Inspector General’s duties; and the number of investigations, reviews, studies, and audits relating to the police department that were closed without issuing a report during the preceding calendar year. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0560-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Oversight and Investigations DOI to conduct an investigation to ascertain the knowledge possessed by mayoral administrations on environmental toxins produced by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and to submit a report to the Council thereon. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1021-2024 * Amanda Farías ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Suspension of alternate side parking regulations on Patriot Day. Introduction This bill would suspend alternate side parking regulations on September 11th of each year, also known as Patriot Day. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1022-2024 * Jennifer Gutiérrez ~SPONSOR Aging Requiring a study on naturally occurring retirement communities and the development of a plan to support aging in place. Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner for the Aging to conduct a three-year study on Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) and Neighborhood Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (N-NORCs) in New York City. The study would identify potential NORCs and N-NORCs, assess the needs of older adults, evaluate necessary improvements, and collect data on demographic trends and health outcomes. Within two years of completing the study, the Commissioner would be required to develop and implement a plan to support aging in place within these communities. This plan would include recommendations for officially designating identified communities, resource estimates for supportive service programs, training for community-based organizations, infrastructure improvements, and the establishment of a grant program to subsidize aging-friendly home modifications such as grab bars, ramps, and other accessibility features. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1023-2024 * Jennifer Gutiérrez ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Requiring the DOC to establish, operate and maintain an online scheduling system to facilitate visits to incarcerated individuals. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Correction (DOC) to establish, operate, and maintain an online scheduling system to facilitate visits to incarcerated individuals. At minimum, this online scheduling system must be accessible by all major operating systems used by wireless communication devices or computers, give the public the ability to select, reserve, and modify dates for jail visits, provide real-time updates when DOC must cancel a scheduled visit, and provide the option for the public to save information to ease the administrative burden of scheduling repeat visits. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1024-2024 * Jennifer Gutiérrez ~SPONSOR Technology Requiring a centralized list of artificial intelligence tools approved to be used by agencies Introduction This bill would require that the mayor, or an agency designated by the mayor, to make a publically available list of artificial intelligence tools approved for use by agencies. This list would include, among other items, the name of the tool, who approved the tool, and when it was discontinued. The list would be required to be updated every six months. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1025-2024 * Crystal Hudson ~SPONSOR Aging Provision of information regarding employment discrimination and older adult workforce programs. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) to provide information in paper form regarding older adult workforce programs administered by DFTA to all contracted older adult centers and clients of all contracted providers. This bill would also require that DFTA update its existing know-your-rights pamphlet for older adults to include information and resources regarding employment opportunities, volunteer opportunities, and workforce program opportunities. The pamphlet would also include information to assist older adults in identifying and addressing employment discrimination, as well as the name, address, contact information, and website of relevant government agencies or community-based organizations that an older adult may contact to obtain additional information about issues regarding employment discrimination. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1026-2024 * Crystal Hudson ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Quarterly reporting regarding the visitation of incarcerated individuals and requiring the DOC to record interactions in which an individual is informed about a visitor and refuses to attend the visit. Introduction This 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 and, upon request, provide those video recordings to defense attorneys. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1027-2024 * Crystal Hudson ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Requiring that people in the custody and staff of the DOC have access to gender-affirming items and medical devices. Introduction This bill would establish a process for people in custody to obtain wigs, hair extensions, chest binders, tucking undergarments or gaffs, prosthetics, or other similar items or medical devices that are used by individuals to affirm their self-determined gender identity. The bill also requires Department of Correction staff to have access to gender-affirming items or medical devices while at work. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1028-2024 * Crystal Hudson ~SPONSOR General Welfare Automatic enrollment of eligible individuals in city-created benefit programs Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner of Social Services to create a system to automatically enroll individuals in City-created benefit programs, like Fair Fares NYC. The Commissioner would be required to use recent records, like tax and social services assistance rolls, to identify individuals who meet the eligibility criteria for these programs for automatic enrollment. The bill would also require the Commissioner to notify eligible individuals about automatic enrollment. This notice would have to include information such as details about the relevant benefit programs and any steps necessary to complete enrollment. Additionally, the Commissioner would have to establish a plainly and conspicuously communicated opt-out mechanism that would allow eligible individuals to decline automatic enrollment at the time they receive the notice. The bill would require the Commissioner to make the system, including the notice and the opt-out mechanism, available in designated citywide languages. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0561-2024 * Crystal Hudson ~SPONSOR General Welfare Create a statewide public guardianship system to address current inequities and deficits and safeguard vulnerable New Yorkers in need of protective arrangements. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1029-2024 * Crystal Hudson ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Providing local community boards and elected officials with advance notice of planned street closures. Introduction This bill would require, when any agency other than the Department of Transportation plans to close a street or issues a permit to close a street, the head of the agency to notify the Commissioner of Transportation of such planned street closure. This bill would also require the Commissioner of Transportation to provide 72 hours’ advance notice to community boards and certain elected officials of all planned street closures within their districts. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1030-2024 * Linda Lee ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Requiring the department of transportation to mail notices to, and receive comments from, residents, businesses, and organizations along the route of a proposed bicycle lane project. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to mail notices to each mailing address along the route of a proposed bicycle lane project prior to installing or removing a bicycle lane. Residents, organizations, and businesses would be afforded fifteen days, from the notice’s postmark, to submit comments and recommendations regarding the bicycle lane to DOT. DOT would be required to consider these comments and could choose to incorporate such comments into its plan. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1031-2024 * Christopher Marte ~SPONSOR Fire and Emergency Management Requiring agencies that issue vacate orders to provide documentation of vacate orders to affected occupants upon request. Introduction This bill would require agencies that issue vacate orders—specifically, Department of Buildings (DOB), Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and New York City Fire Department (FDNY) — to provide documentation about vacate orders, including the reason for an order and the date it was issued, to affected occupants upon request. Occupants who were required to leave a building due to a vacate order would be allowed to submit a request for documentation online and by mail to the agency that issued the order, and the agency would be required to provide the requested documentation within 14 days of receipt of the request. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1032-2024 * Christopher Marte ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Establishing a universal application and recertification system for the senior citizen rent increase exemption program and disability rent increase exemption program. Introduction This bill would require the creation of a universal initial application and universal recertification application for the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) program and Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) program, to be administered jointly by the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), by December 31, 2025. Additionally, the bill would require the implementation of an online application website for SCRIE and DRIE benefits, as well as the institution of an online recertification process for SCRIE and DRIE benefits, by December 31, 2025. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1033-2024 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR Education Education and outreach campaign to enroll students in 3-K and pre-K. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to develop and implement an education and outreach campaign targeting families with children who are eligible to enroll in 3-K or pre-K. DOE would be required to provide the public with information on the benefits of early childhood education, how to apply to 3-K and pre-K, and 3-K and pre-K programs with available seats. Additionally, DOE would be required to collaborate with the New York City Housing Authority, Department of Social Services, and Administration for Children’s Services in its outreach efforts. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1034-2024 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Notices in connection with rent increase exemptions, real property tax abatements, and exemptions from payments in lieu of taxes for certain properties occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities. Introduction This bill would require that relevant agencies provide: (1) notices to tenants in connection with eligibility for senior citizen and disability rent increase exemptions (SCRIE and DRIE); (2) notices to landlords in connection with eligibility for real property tax abatements and eligibility for exemptions from payments in lieu of taxes for certain properties occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities; and (3) notices to designated third parties about exemption renewal and transfers. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0562-2024 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights Enacting the New York artificial intelligence bill of rights (S.8209/A.8129). Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1035-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Review of the potential use of lower-strength oleoresin capsicum sprays in facilities operated by the department of correction. Introduction This bill would require that the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) conduct a study on the efficacy of using lower-strength OC sprays in DOC facilities. The study would also require DOC to study the extent to which incarcerated persons, staff, or visitors to DOC facilities may have medical complications due to the use of higher-strength OC spray, and to consider whether it may be appropriate to use lower-strength spray in targeted situations where people in the facility may be at higher risk of medical complications from the use of higher-strength spray. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1036-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Requiring the DOC to provide reports regarding people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a mental health examination. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Correction to issue quarterly public reports on people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation 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 mental health evaluations, the housing area type where these individuals are being detained, and the average length of time spent in custody. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1037-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Housing & Buildings Posting certain information in multiple dwellings containing rent stabilized units. Introduction This bill would require the owner of a multiple dwelling containing rent stabilized units to post a sign in the common area of such building’s entrance stating that the building contains rent stabilized units and providing information about how tenants can submit inquiries to New York State Homes and Community Renewal to find out if their units are rent stabilized. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1038-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Master plan for the redevelopment of Rikers Island for sustainability and resiliency purposes. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to submit a master plan for the redevelopment of Rikers Island for sustainability and resiliency purposes, including wastewater treatment, renewable energy generation and storage, and off-shore wind converter stations. The plan shall include a proposed capital project plan, estimated implementation timeline, details about the design, funding, and construction timeline for each proposed project, and evaluations of physical alterations or infrastructure improvements that Rikers Island may require to support the new infrastructure. The plan shall also include a proposed schedule for all necessary land use approvals and environmental reviews, and, for each proposed capital project, a preliminary scope of project and a recommendation as to whether the project should be included in the relevant agency’s departmental estimate for the purpose of requesting capital funding. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1039-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Setting maximum amounts for certain member usage fees charged by a bike share operator. Introduction This bill would prohibit a bike share company from charging a bike share member more than the base fare of a subway ride to use an e-bike for 1 hour or less or to use a regular bicycle for 2 hours or less. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1040-2024 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Creating expedited processing of FOIL requests to professional journalists Introduction This bill would create a process for expedited processing of FOIL requests to professional journalists, by requiring agencies to respond to their requests within 10 days of acknowledgment of receipt, unless unreasonable, but no later than six months from acknowledgement of receipt. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1041-2024 * Pierina Ana Sanchez ~SPONSOR Health Outreach campaign to inform parents about their rights in relation to child care programs. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to conduct an annual outreach campaign to inform parents and legal guardians about their rights regarding their children in child care programs. DOHMH would be required to include in the campaign: 1) information on making complaints to local and state agencies regarding child care programs; 2) a description of the information that child care programs are required to post on the premises; 3) a description of the information that child care programs are required to provide to parents; and 4) a description of the rights that parents have, including that parents have the right to unrestricted access to their child and the right to inspect during operating hours any area of a child care program to which a child or parent has access, or which could present a hazard to the health and safety of the child or parent. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1042-2024 * Pierina Ana Sanchez ~SPONSOR Health Reporting on training for child care inspectors. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to annually report on training provided to employees of DOHMH who inspect child care programs, including the types of training required, the types of training made available for voluntary participation, the entity that provides each type of training, how often each training is required or made available, and any other information DOHMH deems relevant. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1043-2024 * Pierina Ana Sanchez ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to create and implement a public awareness strategy to offer overdose prevention and reversal training to public health sanitarians of the department and to teaching staff of child care programs. Introduction This bill would require the department of health and mental hygiene to create and implement a public awareness strategy to offer overdose prevention and reversal training for the general public to public health sanitarians of the department and to teaching staff of child care programs. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0563-2024 * Pierina Ana Sanchez ~SPONSOR Health Tighten regulations, enhance inspections and background checks mandates, and provide training and resources to ensure the safety of children in child day care homes, programs, and facilities across New York State (S.7815). Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1044-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Technology Creation of a mobile application on exercise and nutrition programs. Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner of the Office of Technology and Innovation to create a mobile app with information on exercise and nutrition programs that are run by a city agency or submitted by a city agency for inclusion. City-contracted community-based organizations would be able to submit requests to include information about other exercise and nutrition programs in the app, and those programs would be included if approved by the Commissioner in consultation with the Commissioners of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Parks and Recreation. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0564-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Aging Amend the elder law, in relation to the automatic identification and enrollment of elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program (EPIC) enrollees in the home energy assistance program (HEAP) (S.8760-A/A.9369-A). Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1045-2024 * Sandra Ung ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Prohibiting the operation of shared electric scooter systems on certain streets in the Borough of Queens. Introduction This bill would prohibit a shared electric scooter organization from operating a shared electric scooter system on certain streets in downtown Flushing. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0565-2024 * Nantasha M. Williams ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights Designating January 12 annually as Sheila Jackson Lee Appreciation Day in the City of New York to recognize her contributions as a highly effective 15-term Congresswoman, who was a forceful and skillful advocate for civil rights and progressive causes. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0566-2024 * Nantasha M. Williams ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights Establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act (H.R. 40). Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0567-2024 * Nantasha M. Williams ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R.8525). Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0568-2024 * Nantasha M. Williams ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights New York Slavery Era Business and State Procurement Act (S.7738) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0569-2024 * Nantasha M. Williams ~SPONSOR General Welfare Establishing and funding a universal basic income pilot program (S.7591/A.7920). Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0142-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Rachel Bridge HDFC, Block 2153, Lot 1; Block 2162, Lot 1, Manhattan, Community District No. 12, Council District No. 10. Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0143-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Landmarks, Public Sitings, and Dispositions Landmarks, Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Plaza, Manhattan (C 240301 HAM) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0143-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Plaza, Manhattan (C 240301 HAM) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0144-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Landmarks, Public Sitings, and Dispositions Landmarks, Willoughby Hart Historic District, Brooklyn (N 250006 HKK). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0144-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Willoughby Hart Historic District, Brooklyn (N 250006 HKK). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0145-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 21st Street Rezoning, Queens (C 230250 ZMQ ). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0145-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 21st Street Rezoning, Queens (C 230250 ZMQ ). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0146-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 21st Street Rezoning, Queens (N 230251 ZRQ). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0146-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 21st Street Rezoning, Queens (N 230251 ZRQ). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0147-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 281-311 Marcus Garvey Boulevard, Brooklyn (G 240057 XAK). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0147-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 281-311 Marcus Garvey Boulevard, Brooklyn (G 240057 XAK). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0148-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Sitings, and Dispositions Landmarks, 1 Wall Street Banking Room Interior, Manhattan (N 250005 HIM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0148-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, 1 Wall Street Banking Room Interior, Manhattan (N 250005 HIM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0149-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 135th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (C 230206 ZMM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0149-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 135th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (C 230206 ZMM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0150-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 135th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (N 230207 ZRM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0150-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 135th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (N 230207 ZRM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0151-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 135th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (C 230208 ZSM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0151-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 135th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (C 230208 ZSM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0152-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 135th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (C 230209 ZSM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0152-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 135th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (C 230209 ZSM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0153-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 343 West 47th Street Demolition Special Permit, Manhattan (C 240244 ZSM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0153-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 343 West 47th Street Demolition Special Permit, Manhattan (C 240244 ZSM). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0154-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, Seis Vecinos Restaurant, Bronx (D 2450065822 SWX). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0154-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, Seis Vecinos Restaurant, Bronx (D 2450065822 SWX). Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0155-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, Cozy Corner Bar, Queens (D 2450082809 SWQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0155-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, Cozy Corner Bar, Queens (D 2450082809 SWQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available