Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 3/19/2024 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, LOCATING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW MATERIALS FOR CERTAIN LAND USE APPLICATIONS, Stated Meeting Agenda, Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting, Minutes of the Stated Meeting Meeting Items (203) 203 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 Data pager Data pager 12  Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 200 of 203. File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia Data pager Data pager 12  Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 200 of 203.       1. ROLL CALL           Roll call Not available       2. INVOCATION - Delivered by: Monsignor James Sullivan, Church of our Savior, located at 59 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Motion to spread the Invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Powers.           Not available       3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES - Motion that the Minutes of the Stated Meeting of February 28, 2024 be adopted as printed by Council Member Rivera.           Not available       4. MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR - None           Not available       5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES - None           Not available       6. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - None           Not available       7. LAND USE CALL-UPS           Not available M 0034-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 341 10th Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 230337 ZMK, C 230339 ZSK, C 230340 ZSK, N 230338 ZRK and G 240045 XAK) Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details 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 AGING           Not available Int 0228-2024 A Crystal Hudson   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Provision of information regarding the NYC Care program to older adults. Introduction This bill would require the New York City (NYC) Department for the Aging (DFTA) to make information available to older adults about NYC Care, the NYC Health + Hospitals initiative to provide low or no-cost primary health care to income-eligible NYC residents. DFTA would be required to ensure that such information describes the NYC Care initiative and provides eligibility guidelines for the initiative. This information would be provided to older adults in paper form and made available at all locations where DFTA or DFTA-contracted entities provide services to clients. Such information would include a statement that eligibility to participate in NYC Care is not based on immigration status, and that support services are offered through NYC Care, including access to social workers and care coordinators that connect eligible individuals with housing, legal services, financial assistance, and food assistance. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION           Not available Int 0045-2024 A Rita C. Joseph   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Requiring the NYC department of education to report actual class sizes and expand reports on the number of students in special programs in New York city public schools. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to report the actual class size of all classes in DOE schools and programs three times annually. This bill would also require the DOE to report on a district, borough, and citywide level, the number and percentage of students in special programs, disaggregated by program type, grade level, race or ethnicity, gender, special education status, and English language learner status. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GENERAL WELFARE           Not available Int 0349-2024 * Sandy Nurse   Coupled on General Orders Requiring quarterly reports on removals involving individuals experiencing homelessness and the outcomes for those individuals. Introduction This bill would make clarifying edits to Local Law 34 of 2024 to indicate that required reports are to be submitted on a quarterly basis. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 0653-2024 A Pierina Ana Sanchez   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Continuation of the New York city rent stabilization law. Introduction This bill would extend the expiration date of the New York City Rent Stabilization Law of 1969 from April 1, 2024 to April 1, 2027. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LAND USE           Not available LU 0015-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments, Brooklyn (C 240029 HAK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0295-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 15 - Landmarks, Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments, Brooklyn (C 240029 HAK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0016-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments, Brooklyn (C 240030 ZMK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0296-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 16 - Landmarks, Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments, Brooklyn (C 240030 ZMK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0017-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments, Brooklyn (N 240031 ZRK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0297-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 17 - Landmarks, Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments, Brooklyn (N 240031 ZRK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0018-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 88-08 Justice Avenue Restrictive Declaration Termination, Queens (M 210229 LDQ) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0298-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 18 - Zoning, 88-08 Justice Avenue Restrictive Declaration Termination, Queens (M 210229 LDQ) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0024-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, Jennings Hall Expansion, Brooklyn (C 230255 ZMK) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0025-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, Jennings Hall Expansion, Brooklyn (N 230256 ZRK) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0026-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 21-17 37th Avenue Rezoning, Queens (C 230306 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0299-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 26 - Zoning, 21-17 37th Avenue Rezoning, Queens (C 230306 ZMQ) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0027-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, East 94th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (C 230241 ZMM) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available LU 0028-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, East 94th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (N 230242 ZRM) Land Use Application   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter.   Action details Not available       12. GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available LU 0024-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, Jennings Hall Expansion, Brooklyn (C 230255 ZMK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0300-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 24 - Zoning, Jennings Hall Expansion, Brooklyn (C 230255 ZMK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0025-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, Jennings Hall Expansion, Brooklyn (N 230256 ZRK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0301-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 25 - Zoning, Jennings Hall Expansion, Brooklyn (N 230256 ZRK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0027-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, East 94th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (C 230241 ZMM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0302-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 27 - Zoning, East 94th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (C 230241 ZMM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0028-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, East 94th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (N 230242 ZRM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0303-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 28 - Zoning, East 94th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (N 230242 ZRM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         COUPLED ON GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available       ~coupled AGING           Not available Int 0228-2024 A Crystal Hudson ~coupled A and GO Provision of information regarding the NYC Care program to older adults. Introduction This bill would require the New York City (NYC) Department for the Aging (DFTA) to make information available to older adults about NYC Care, the NYC Health + Hospitals initiative to provide low or no-cost primary health care to income-eligible NYC residents. DFTA would be required to ensure that such information describes the NYC Care initiative and provides eligibility guidelines for the initiative. This information would be provided to older adults in paper form and made available at all locations where DFTA or DFTA-contracted entities provide services to clients. Such information would include a statement that eligibility to participate in NYC Care is not based on immigration status, and that support services are offered through NYC Care, including access to social workers and care coordinators that connect eligible individuals with housing, legal services, financial assistance, and food assistance.     Action details Not available       ~coupled EDUCATION           Not available Int 0045-2024 A Rita C. Joseph ~coupled A and GO Requiring the NYC department of education to report actual class sizes and expand reports on the number of students in special programs in New York city public schools. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to report the actual class size of all classes in DOE schools and programs three times annually. This bill would also require the DOE to report on a district, borough, and citywide level, the number and percentage of students in special programs, disaggregated by program type, grade level, race or ethnicity, gender, special education status, and English language learner status.     Action details Not available       ~coupled GENERAL WELFARE           Not available Int 0349-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~coupled GO Requiring quarterly reports on removals involving individuals experiencing homelessness and the outcomes for those individuals. Introduction This bill would make clarifying edits to Local Law 34 of 2024 to indicate that required reports are to be submitted on a quarterly basis.     Action details Not available       ~coupled HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 0653-2024 A Pierina Ana Sanchez ~coupled A and GO Continuation of the New York city rent stabilization law. Introduction This bill would extend the expiration date of the New York City Rent Stabilization Law of 1969 from April 1, 2024 to April 1, 2027.     Action details Not available       ~coupled LAND USE           Not available Res 0295-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 15 - Landmarks, Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments, Brooklyn (C 240029 HAK) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0296-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 16 - Landmarks, Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments, Brooklyn (C 240030 ZMK) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0297-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 17 - Landmarks, Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments, Brooklyn (N 240031 ZRK) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0298-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 18 - Zoning, 88-08 Justice Avenue Restrictive Declaration Termination, Queens (M 210229 LDQ) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0299-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 26 - Zoning, 21-17 37th Avenue Rezoning, Queens (C 230306 ZMQ) Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available Res 0300-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 24 - Zoning, Jennings Hall Expansion, Brooklyn (C 230255 ZMK) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0301-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 25 - Zoning, Jennings Hall Expansion, Brooklyn (N 230256 ZRK) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0302-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 27 - Zoning, East 94th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (C 230241 ZMM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0303-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 28 - Zoning, East 94th Street Rezoning, Manhattan (N 230242 ZRM) Resolution       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 0256-2024 * Pierina Ana Sanchez   Adopted by the Committee on Housing and Buildings Determining that a public emergency requiring rent control in the City of New York continues to exist and will continue to exist on and after April 1, 2024. 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 0656-2024 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Food retailer pricing accuracy. Introduction This bill would require retail food stores to provide a discount to customers if the price at the cash register of certain items, including food, paper products, cleaning products, and health products, exceeds the ticketed, shelf, sale, or advertised price of the item. Stores would be required to post notice of this discount policy. Customers and store personnel could file complaints regarding violations of this discount policy to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0657-2024 * Joann Ariola ~SPONSOR Small Business Creation of a small business disaster recovery and resiliency advisory board. Introduction This bill would create a Small Business Disaster Recovery and Resiliency Advisory Board to study and make recommendations on potential legislation, regulation, policies, procedures and initiatives for helping small businesses engage in strategic planning to become more resilient to future natural and human-caused disasters and rebuild and reopen after suffering damage during a disaster. In addition to establishing basic procedures and requirements for the composition of the board, the bill would require that the board hold public meetings at least five times annually (once in each borough) and report its findings on May 1 of each year to the Mayor and the Council. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0270-2024 * Joann Ariola ~SPONSOR Education Department of Education to update its student absence notification protocols. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0271-2024 * Alexa Avilés ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Expressing support of ElectrifyNY and its work to improve the environmental and public health outcomes for communities that are most impacted by the negative effects of the transportation sector’s dependency on fossil fuel. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0658-2024 * Erik D. Bottcher ~SPONSOR General Welfare Monitoring and evaluating homelessness prevention and aftercare programs. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Social Services to report annually on the outcomes and operations of homelessness prevention and aftercare services such as the Homebase Homelessness Prevention Program, and to report every third year on the Department’s methodology, findings, and follow-up measures regarding performance audits of vendor contracts for homelessness prevention and aftercare services. This bill would additionally require a one-time report on early indicators of housing instability, opportunities for early intervention, and potential means of expanding services offered or populations served through homelessness prevention and aftercare programs. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0659-2024 * Erik D. Bottcher ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Preventing interference of sidewalk sheds in parks and playgrounds. Introduction This bill would require that sidewalk sheds avoid obstructing parks and playgrounds in New York City, and would require all sidewalk sheds located in parks and playgrounds to be constructed to allow for the elimination of any cross-bracing and have a minimum clear ceiling height of 12 feet, while still maintaining sidewalk shed safety requirements. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0660-2024 * Erik D. Bottcher ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Required lighting under sidewalk sheds. Introduction This bill would increase the required level of lighting under sidewalk sheds from 45 lumens per watt or greater to 90 lumens per watt or greater. It would also require that lighting under sidewalk sheds be provided specifically by LED lights. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0661-2024 * Erik D. Bottcher ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Penalties for failure to apply for corresponding work permits after installing a sidewalk shed. Introduction This bill would create penalties for property owners who fail to apply for corresponding work permits within 6 months of installing a sidewalk shed, and would require the Department of Buildings to inform applicants regarding expected delays in the issuance of work permits following the issuance of a sidewalk shed a permit. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0662-2024 * Erik D. Bottcher ~SPONSOR Public Safety Increasing certain penalties for excessive noise from motor vehicles Introduction The proposed bill would increase the penalties for certain motor vehicle related noise violations, including excessive noise from motor vehicles 10,000 pounds or less, excessive noise from motor vehicles 10,000 pounds or more, unauthorized use of motor vehicle claxons, and unauthorized use of motor vehicle air horns or gongs. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0663-2024 * Erik D. Bottcher ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Newsrack requirements and to repeal and replace subdivision a of section 19-128.1 of such code. Introduction The proposed legislation would empower the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish standards regarding the size, shape, and materials used to construct newsracks, and to restrict newsracks from being placed too closely to certain infrastructure located on sidewalks. This bill would further require DOT to provide notice to owners of any changed obligations imposed by this bill or DOT rules governing newsracks. Such notice would be required in English and the language of the publication distributed at the newsrack, if it is a language other than English. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0272-2024 * Erik D. Bottcher ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Gender Identity Respect, Dignity and Safety Act (A.7001B/S.6677A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0664-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights Creating a school diversity monitor within the human rights commission. Introduction This bill would create a school diversity monitor within the city’s Human Rights Commission. This position would monitor racial segregation in the city’s school system, including charter schools under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education (DOE) and would make recommendations to alleviate disparate impact discrimination. The bill would require the monitor to produce annual reports to the mayor, DOE and the Speaker on DOE’s efforts in combating segregation in the schools and implementation efforts by DOE to ensure greater integration of the overall school system. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0665-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor Provision of union membership guidance for public-sector employees in NYC. Introduction This proposed legislation would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to produce and distribute to city employees a pamphlet outlining the benefits of union membership and explain changes and provide clarity to city agencies and employees about the recent Supreme Court decision Janus v. AFSCME Council 31. This Court decision held that no public sector employee, having refused membership in a trade union, may be compelled to pay union dues to said union. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0666-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Increasing civil penalties and prohibiting issuance of the food service establishment permit for outstanding penalties for violations of the fair work week law. Introduction This bill would double the maximum allowable civil penalties for certain violations of the Fair Work Week Law. Employers that violate the Fair Work Week Law for a second time within two years after a first violation could receive a civil penalty of up to $1,500 instead of $750, and for further violations, $2,000 instead of $1,000. The bill would also raise allowable civil penalties in civil actions for a pattern and practice of violations of the Fair Work Week Law to $30,000 from $15,000. Further, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection may direct the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to suspend, revoke, deny or refuse to renew a food service establishment permit for employers that: 1) have not satisfied a fine or civil penalty for violating the Fair Work Week Law or the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act; 2) a court has found the employer has engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of the Fair Work Week Law or the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act; or 3) the employer has been ordered to pay an aggregate of $500,000 or more in penalties or monetary relief for violations of the Fair Work Week Law or the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act in a three-year period. This bill would also entitle employees of employers whose food service establishment permits are suspended are revoked to receive a severance for the first 14 days. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0667-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Requiring a workers’ rights training for certain fast food employees Introduction This bill would require the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) to provide workers protected by the Fair Work Week Law with a training on city employment laws, including protections under the Fair Work Week Law. Upon 45 days’ notice, DCWP would be empowered to direct an employer covered by the Fair Work Week Law to make their employees available for the training, and could do so by considering the number and severity of violations of the Fair Work Week Law and any other factors DCWP deems relevant to that decision. Employers that make their employees available for the training would be required to compensate such employees for their travel time, if not at the employees’ typical work location, and training time. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0668-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring newly constructed multiple dwellings to provide adequate space to store and sort organic waste. Introduction This bill would require that all R-2 occupancies constructed after its enactment provide space for the storage of organic waste material, and increases the minimum space required for the storage of refuse, recyclables and organic wastes. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0669-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Establishing an office of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Introduction This bill would require the Mayor to establish an Office of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (“SOGIE”). The SOGIE Office would promote City programs, and community outreach and education, with respect to issues of concern to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, nonbinary, gender nonconforming and other individuals identified by the director of the Office. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0670-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor NYC agencies policies regarding work-related communications during non-work hours Introduction Employee use of work-related communications during non-work hours has become very common. This local law would require every City agency to generate a policy regarding the usage of City-owned mobile phones, City electronic mail and other forms of communication when employees are not at work. Such policies would then be submitted to the Mayor. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0671-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor Civil service examination fee waivers. Introduction This bill would authorize the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to waive the civil service examination fee for first time applicants and for high school students. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0672-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Creation of a COVID-19 memorial task force. Introduction This bill would create a task force to consider the various factors involved in creating a memorial on Hart Island dedicated to those who died as a direct result of COVID-19 and to make recommendations in furtherance of that objective. The task force would be composed of the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs or such commissioner’s designee, the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation or such commissioner’s designee, and members appointed by the Mayor and by the Speaker of the Council, two of whom must be family members of a person who died as a direct result of COVID-19 and is buried on Hart Island. The task force would be required to report recommendations to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council. This report would be due 270 days after the effective date of this local law and would be published on the Department of Cultural Affairs’ website. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0673-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Technology Adding a 311 complaint category for dog runs. Introduction This bill would require the department of information technology and telecommunications to add a category through which the public may file complaints, service requests, and requests for information in relation to dog runs. The category would be available on all relevant 311 customer service center platforms, including its website and mobile platforms. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0674-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Creation of a residential parking permit system in Northern Manhattan. Introduction This bill would require the department of transportation to create a residential parking permit system for the area of Northern Manhattan, including all areas north of 60th street through Inwood, as bounded by the intersection of Spuyten Duyvill Creek and Harlem River. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0675-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Establishment of a task force to study the gender pay disparity and economic self-sufficiency among the labor force in the city Introduction This bill would establish a task force to study the gender pay disparity and economic self-sufficiency among the labor force in the city and to make recommendations on how to decrease the gender pay disparity and increase economic self-sufficiency. The task force would be required to submit a report to the Mayor and the Council one year after the first meeting of the task force. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0273-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor NYS to offer civil service exams, training materials, and assistance, at all Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) facilities. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0274-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor Establish the Nail Salon Minimum Standards Act. (A.9398/S.8166) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0275-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings New York City Rent Guidelines Board to adopt a rent decrease for one- and two-year leases beginning on or after October 1, 2023 and on or before September 30, 2024. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0276-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Fairness and Opportunity for Incarcerated Workers Act (S416A/A3481B) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0676-2024 * Amanda Farías ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Requiring the taxi and limousine commission to conduct a study and report on increasing the use of electric for-hire vehicles and installing new charging infrastructure Introduction This bill would require the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) to conduct a study on the costs, challenges, and opportunities related to increasing the use of electric for-hire vehicles and installing new charging infrastructure and to report on the findings of the study, including recommendations for incentive programs to encourage the use of electric for-hire vehicles and recommended locations for new electric vehicle charging stations. The bill would also require the TLC to set targets for issuance of licenses to electric vehicles and installation of charging infrastructure and report twice a year on progress towards those targets. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0677-2024 * James F. Gennaro ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Signs near diaper changing tables. Introduction This bill would require that, where a building contains a restroom intended for public or common use, a building owner must post a sign in or near each restroom that contains a diaper changing table stating that baby wipes should not be flushed. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0678-2024 * James F. Gennaro ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to measure pollutants near potential pollution hotspots in community air quality surveys. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to include in its annual community air quality survey pollution measurements for at least 50 “potential pollution hotspots,” locations in close proximity to a source that is likely to significantly increase the concentrations of pollutants in its immediate vicinity. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0277-2024 * James F. Gennaro ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Establish an abatement and exemption from real property taxes for capital improvements to reduce carbon emissions. (S.943-A/A.5050) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0278-2024 * Jennifer Gutiérrez ~SPONSOR Aging Excluding social security payments and supplemental security income from the definition of “income” for the purposes of determining eligibility under the senior citizen rent increase exemption (SCRIE). (S.1152/A.3218) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0679-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Contact information for outdoor advertising companies. Introduction This bill would require outdoor advertising companies to list their phone number on each outdoor advertising sign under their control or on the building or premises where each sign under their control is located. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0680-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Reporting of foreclosing residential properties to council members. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to report foreclosure data collected under § 27-2109.1 of the Administrative Code to each Council Member, as relevant to their specific districts. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0681-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring photographic documentation evidencing certain violations enforced by the department of housing preservation and development. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to submit photographic documentation when issuing a notice of violation where the underlying condition is visual and capable of being captured by photograph. The Department would also be required to publish a list of violations subject to this requirement on its website. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0682-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Violations of certain requirements for places of assembly Introduction This bill would provide that a failure to obtain a valid Place of Assembly Certificate of Operation from the Department of Buildings, in a case where beverages are offered for sale to be consumed on the premises, would be classified as an immediately hazardous violation. A violation for failing to comply with requirements regarding security guards for a Place of Assembly would also be specified as an immediately hazardous violation. Such requirements regarding security guards would also be expanded to apply to a lessee of a Place of Assembly. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0683-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Creating an interagency task force on illegal conversions and occupancies Introduction This bill would create a permanent interagency illegal conversions and occupancies task force. The task force would report annually on the issue of illegal housing conversions and provide recommendations for related policy changes. The task force would be composed of members from multiple city agencies with functions related to illegal housing arrangements and representatives of the Council, and would hold hearings across the boroughs to assist in the creation of its reports. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0684-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Veterans Requiring each community board to establish a veterans committee Introduction This bill would require each community board to establish a committee dedicated to the needs of veterans and their families within the community district, and would require such committee meetings to be open to the public (except as otherwise provided by law). Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0685-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Veterans Procurement opportunities for veteran owned business enterprises Introduction This bill would require the Department of Small Business Services, with the City’s Chief Procurement Officer, to enable veteran owned business enterprises to identify as such when registering to do business with the City. This bill would also require SBS, with the Department of Veterans’ Services, to create a Veteran Leadership Advisory Program to educate veteran owned business enterprises about City procurement opportunities and support such business enterprises during the procurement process. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0686-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Veterans Supporting veteran vendors. Introduction This bill would amend the membership of the Street Vendor Advisory Board to include the Commissioner of Veterans’ Services or their designee, and to increase the number of Speaker-appointed members to 7, to include a representative of the veteran community. This bill would also require the Department of Veterans’ Services to post on its website information related to resources and support for veteran vendors. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0687-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Veterans Waiving permit fees for mobile food unit commissaries that reserve space for veteran vendors. Introduction This bill would waive the $200 annual permit fee for mobile food unit commissaries that reserve at least one space for a veteran vendor. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0688-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Veterans Cure periods for certain violations by veterans service organizations Introduction This bill would create cure periods for certain violations issued by the Fire Department of the City of New York, the Department of Sanitation, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of Buildings for veterans service organizations. Cure periods would be 120 days in length, with a possibility of extension. A veterans service organization that cures a violation within the cure period would avoid being required to pay a fine or civil penalty. No cure period would be authorized, however, for a violation that is an immediate threat to health or safety. This bill would also require the Department of Veterans’ Services to conduct a public information and outreach campaign regarding the new cure periods. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0279-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Veterans Declaring April 26 annually as Korean War Veterans and Korean Defense Veterans Recognition Day to celebrate the bravery and sacrifice of those who served. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0689-2024 * Crystal Hudson ~SPONSOR Aging Cabinet for older New Yorkers. Introduction This bill would codify a Cabinet for Older New Yorkers, made up of the commissioners of city agencies or their designees and chaired by the commissioner of the Department for the Aging. The cabinet would facilitate inter-agency collaboration to improve services for older New Yorkers. The commissioner of the Department for the Aging would be required to report to the Council, the Public Advocate, the Comptroller, the Borough Presidents and the public on the activity of the Cabinet. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0690-2024 * Linda Lee ~SPONSOR Mental Health, Disability and Addiction Requiring the provision of mental health first aid training. Introduction This bill would direct the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to work with the Office of Community Mental Health in order to offer “Mental Health First Aid Training” to the public. This type of training teaches participants how to identify, understand, and respond to the signs and risk factors for mental illness and substance abuse disorders. Such training would be available to the public at no cost, every day, excluding holidays, and in multiple different languages. The bill would also require outreach to raise awareness about the training and to specifically encourage individuals who have roles or professions that require frequent interaction with the public, such as salon workers, religious leaders, and community leaders, to participate in the training. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0691-2024 * Farah N. Louis ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Annual reporting on racial and gender disparities in STEM education for high school students Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct an annual poll of high school students about their experiences with STEM education that would include questions to help ascertain the reasons for any racial and gender disparities in enrollment and disenrollment in STEM classes. DOE would also be required to publish an annual report on STEM education and racial and gender disparities in STEM education for students in high school. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0280-2024 * Farah N. Louis ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights Designating November 30 annually as Shirley Chisholm Day. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0281-2024 * Farah N. Louis ~SPONSOR Contracts Identify and implement measures to reduce disparities faced by businesses owned by women of color in obtaining and fulfilling public contracts. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0282-2024 * Farah N. Louis ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Designating March 24 annually as Women of Color in Tech Day in the City of New York. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0283-2024 * Farah N. Louis ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide non-police staff working in the subway system with training and a protocol for handling issues with mentally ill customers. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0692-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Testing drinking water for the presence of microplastics Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to test for the presence of microplastics when it collects and analyzes samples of drinking water. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0693-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Economic Development Requiring the office of urban agriculture to create and implement a plan to convert unused industrial areas to urban agriculture sites. Introduction This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Urban Agriculture, in conjunction with relevant agencies and local community programs, to create and implement a plan to convert unused industrial areas in each of the five boroughs to sites that can host urban agriculture services, including hydroponic farming, food storage, and food distribution. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0694-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Long-term citywide bathroom strategy. Introduction This bill would create a permanent, long-term strategic planning process, led by the Chief Public Realm Officer (CPRO), the Department of City Planning (DCP), and the Mayor’s Office of Operations (MOO), for the establishment and maintenance of a citywide public bathroom network. The CPRO, DCP, and MOO would be required to work with relevant city agencies to produce a strategic planning report, to be updated every 4 years, with the goal of providing 1 toilet per 2000 residents by 2035 and thereafter. The strategic plan would propose a capital strategy, recommend law or policy changes to support bathroom openings or conversions, and identify various types of sites that could be converted to public bathroom use. The bill would also require the departments to designate at least one design model for a modular bathroom facility as compliant with applicable city requirements and to publish a comprehensive map of all public bathrooms in the city. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0695-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management A study of single-use plastics Introduction This bill would require the Department of Sanitation, in consultation with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, to conduct a comprehensive study of new waste policy initiatives that would reduce the sale, distribution and use of single-use plastic items in the city and advance environmental justice through such reduction. The final report would be due on December 1, 2023. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0696-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Establishing organic waste composting facilities in each borough. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Sanitation to establish one or more organic waste composting facilities in each borough. Each borough’s facility or facilities would be required to have the cumulative capacity to process no fewer than 180,000 wet tons of organic waste annually. The bill would also require the Department, in establishing such facilities, to engage the local community regarding facility siting and facility employment opportunities, consider environmental justice factors, and consult the composting facility siting task force. The Department would also be required to maximize the use of minority- and women-owned business enterprise noncompetitive small purchases in the construction, operation, or maintenance of such organic waste composting facilities. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0697-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Updated waste characterization studies Introduction This bill would continue the existing mandate on the Commissioner of the Department of Sanitation to conduct waste characterization studies to determine the composition of the City’s residential and institutional waste streams by requiring two additional studies to be completed in 2028 and 2032. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0698-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Clarifying the definition of organic waste drop off site Introduction Local Law 89 of 2023 requires that the Department of Sanitation, by April 1, 2024, establish and operate no less than 30 organic waste drop off sites citywide, and ensure that no less than 3 such sites are established in each borough. This bill would clarify that organic waste drop off sites, for the purposes of complying with Local Law 89, cannot be considered to simply be a standalone receptacle for organic or any other waste. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0284-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Establishment of a composting program at dormitories, dining facilities, and other facilities owned, occupied, or operated by the State University of New York, the City University of New York, and institutions subject to their jurisdiction. (S.5713/A.3249 Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0285-2024 * Vickie Paladino ~SPONSOR General Welfare Prohibit the use of child day cares, day care centers, or community-based organizations which support activities for children under the age of eighteen as a shelter for migrants (S.7417/A.8013). Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0699-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Children and Youth Creating a youth employment education program. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Youth and Community Development to provide an educational summer program to teach students essential employment skills and allow for shadowing of various city employees. The law would also require a grant of no less than $1,500 be provided to program participants. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0700-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Children and Youth Establishing a college admissions counseling program. Introduction The complex process of applying to college may deter some high school juniors and seniors from exploring higher education as an option after high school. This bill would require the Department of Youth and Community Development to establish a program that provides counseling, resources and other support to these prospective college students and their families in applying to college. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0701-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Videoconferencing services for individuals in custody of the department of correction Introduction This bill would require the Department of Correction to provide free videoconferencing services to individuals within the custody of the department. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0702-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Fire and Emergency Management Establishing an emergency student food plan Introduction This bill would require the Office of Emergency Management, in consultation with the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy and the Department of Education (DOE) to develop a plan to provide students with breakfast, lunch and dinner in the event that City schools are ordered closed either by the governor, mayor or chancellor, or when any form of remote learning is being used by the DOE. The DOE already provides free breakfast, lunch and afterschool meals to all NYC public school students during the school year. This bill would ensure that in the event of an emergency or public health crisis that shutters schools, students will still be able to receive the meals they would normally receive in school and thus ensure their food security. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0703-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Prohibiting unauthorized surveillance by a global positioning system or similar technology. Introduction Under the bill, it would be a misdemeanor to use a GPS device on another person’s motor vehicle without their consent to track or monitor such vehicle. The bill would not apply to individuals tracking the use of their vehicle by a minor or a law enforcement official working pursuant to a warrant or a lawful exception to the warrant requirement. The misdemeanor would be punishable by a fine of not more than $250, and/or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, with an additional or alternate civil penalty of up to $250 permitted. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0704-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring police officers to treat breathing difficulties as medical emergencies. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Police Department to treat breathing difficulties as medical emergencies. This bill would also require police officers to complete training on how to identify and respond to breathing emergencies. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0705-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Use of conducted electrical weapons by the police department. Introduction This bill would require police officers to download data from conducted electrical weapons at the end of their tour when such weapons are discharged. This bill would also require police officers to note the number of times a conducted electrical weapon was discharged on the Threat, Resistance, or Injury worksheet. This bill would also require that any future purchases of body worn cameras by the New York City Police Department be cameras that are capable of automatically activating when a conducted electrical weapon is armed or its trigger is being pulled. This bill would also require that such feature be enabled for body worn cameras whenever it is available. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0706-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Social workers in city correctional facilities Introduction This bill would require the Department of Correction (“DOC”) to maintain a ratio of at least one social worker for every ten incarcerated persons at each City correctional facility by 2026. This bill would also require DOC to report the number of social workers and the number of incarcerated persons at each correctional facility on a quarterly basis. This report would be posted on the DOC website and submitted to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council. The first report would be due on January 31, 2023. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0707-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Economic Development Prohibiting non-disclosure agreements relating to development projects. Introduction This bill would prohibit the City or a City economic development entity from entering into any agreement during negotiations of a prospective City development project that prevents disclosure of any information or records relating to such development project. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0708-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Private water and sewer pipelines Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to create an online interactive map showing the location of private temporary water service pipelines, private shared water service pipelines, private temporary sewer service pipelines and private shared sewer service pipelines. Such information will be searchable by address and borough, block and lot number. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0709-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Expansion of the Franchise and Concession Review Committee. Introduction This bill would expand the Franchise and Concession Review Committee by adding a member appointed by the Public Advocate. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0710-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Creation of a task force to study, report on, and make recommendations to improve New York city housing authority’s tenant engagement and address tenant concerns regarding safety and quality of life Introduction This bill would convene NYCHA resident representatives and invite the contribution of senior NYCHA officials in order to study, report on, and make recommendations to improve NYCHA’s engagement with its tenants and better address resident’s concerns with building safety and quality of life within NYCHA facilities. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0286-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Ensure all people in custody have the right to vote and require the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to collaborate state and local board of elections to facilitate voter registration and voting among all incarcerated people. (S.5755/A. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0711-2024 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Licensing moped repair shops. Introduction This bill would require moped repair shops to obtain a license in order to operate their business in the City. The application term would be two years, and there would be a biennial fee of $200. The department of consumer and worker protection could refuse to issue or renew a license, or suspend or revoke a license if the moped repair shop violates the conditions of the license. Moped repair shops that violate license conditions would be subject to penalties determined by the department. Prior to repair, licensees would confirm the registration of mopeds intended for use on a public highway or street. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0712-2024 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Requiring the department of correction to create and implement policies to address medical needs during and after lock-ins. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Correction (“DOC”) to develop and implement a plan, in consultation with Correction Health Services (“CHS”) to address medical appointments during and after a lock-in. The plan would require DOC to provide CHS with adequate notice of an impending lock-in when possible and DOC and CHS to communicate during and after a lock-in. The plan would also require CHS to determine the order in which individuals who were not produced for a medical appointment due to a lock-in are produced, based on medical necessity, and DOC to continue to escort patients to medical appointments, whenever practicable. This bill would also require DOC to report when mental health units are locked down pursuant to a lock-in and how services were supplemented during that time, and CHS to report on the number of missed appointments due to a lock-in. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0713-2024 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Requiring alternating high and low, two-toned signal devices on emergency vehicles Introduction This local law would require an alternating two tone high and low signal on emergency vehicles. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0714-2024 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Installing safety signs near schools Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to paint school safety signs and install overhead school safety signs on each street where a school entrance is located to alert drivers to the presence of school-aged children and pedestrians. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0287-2024 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Increasing reimbursements in Medicaid’s Federal Medical Assistance Percentage program for Puerto Rico and the other territories of the United States. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0715-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Requiring food delivery companies to be responsible for the safe operation of electric food delivery bicycles. Introduction This bill would require third-party food delivery services to be responsible for ensuring that food delivery workers using electric food delivery bicycles to make deliveries on their behalf, operate such bicycles in accordance with sections 19-176 and 19-195.1, which concern the operation of bicycles on sidewalks and at intersections. This bill would require third-party food delivery services to accept financial liability for civil penalties resulting from a food delivery worker’s violation of section 19-176 or 19-195.1, while engaged in the pick-up and delivery of food and/or beverage items. This bill also requires food delivery workers to notify the third-party food delivery service for whom they were working at the time of the violation within 10 days from the issuance of any fine and provides an affirmative defense to any civil penalty for third-party food delivery services who were not properly notified of a violation by a food delivery worker. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0716-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Education Requiring notice of building code, fire code, and health code violations in public schools. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education to notify parents, legal guardians, school employees, and city council members about citations or violations issued regarding the physical inspections of schools. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0717-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR General Welfare Rental assistance eligibility requirements for street homeless individuals. Introduction This bill would set 30 days as the maximum time that the Department of Social Services/Human Resources Administration may require a street homeless applicant to have received case management services to be eligible for certain rental assistance programs. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0718-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Health Requiring family building benefits for city employees. Introduction This bill would require the City to establish a family building benefit for City employees intended to cover some or all of the costs of assisted reproduction and adoption for City employees without conditioning reimbursement on an infertility diagnosis. In implementing such benefits, the City would be prohibited from discriminating on the basis of marital or partnership status. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0719-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the dept of health and mental hygiene to provide a list of organizations they consult with on chronic diseases. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report annually to the Council on the organizations that it regularly consults with regarding the prevention and management of chronic diseases. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0720-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to maintain a COVID-19 risk alert system. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to develop and implement a COVID-19 risk level alert system to alert City residents of the current COVID-19 transmission risk level. The alert system shall be color coded with each color corresponding to a risk level, and shall include public health precautions to correspond with each risk level. DOHMH would also be required to develop and implement a multimedia outreach campaign to inform City residents of the COVID-19 risk level, and post the COVID-19 risk level on the department’s website daily. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0721-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Hospitals Holding quarterly meetings on maternal mortality efforts. Introduction This bill would require the department of health and mental hygiene to convene quarterly meetings on efforts to combat maternal mortality taking place in the city focusing on issues hospitals are facing and how to best mitigate them. Stakeholders to be invited to the quarterly meetings include health and hospitals corporation, the chair of the committee on health and the chair of the committee on hospitals. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0722-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Immigration Requiring at least one mental health coordinator at any location where refugees, asylees, and migrants receive services from city agencies or providers upon their arrival in the city of New York. Introduction This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Community Health to have at least one mental health coordinator at any location where refugees and migrants receive services from the city. The locations will include emergency congregate housing, shelters run by the Department of Homeless Services, and resource centers that provide various social services to refugees and immigrants. The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs shall determine further locations as necessary. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0723-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Creation of a residential parking permit system in Kew Gardens. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to create a residential parking permit system for the neighborhood of Kew Gardens in Queens. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0724-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Requiring that DOT repair broken curbs as part of resurfacing projects. Introduction The proposed legislation would require that the Department of Transportation fix curbs that pose a safety hazard as part of any street resurfacing projects. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0725-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Aging Requiring the department for the aging to report on senior and accessible dwelling units. Introduction This bill would require New York City Aging (“NYCA,” formerly the Department for the Aging), in collaboration with Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), to submit an annual report on how many seniors live in apartment buildings in each Council district and how many of those apartments are retrofitted for people with disabilities, including mobility issues. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0726-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Health Assessment of certain children with elevated blood lead levels. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to request that any child determined to have elevated blood lead levels be referred to the Committee on Special Education of the Department of Education for an initial evaluation to determine the child’s eligibility for special education services, including the development of an individualized education program. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0727-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Health Requiring commercial building owners to provide face coverings. Introduction This bill would require commercial building owners and operators to have on hand and provide face coverings to individuals who are entering the premises of such buildings. Violations would be subject to civil penalties of $50 for the first offense, $100 for the second offense and $200 for the third and subsequent offenses. The bill would also create a separate category for face covering complaints on the City’s 311 website and mobile application. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0728-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Requiring the dept of parks and recreation to charge senior citizens, young adults, active members of the military, veterans and their minor children and persons with disabilities reduced admission fees to recreational facilities. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to charge senior citizens, young adults, persons with disabilities, active military personnel, and veterans and their minor children reduced admission fees to all department recreational facilities, including existing community recreation centers, museums, zoos, and botanical gardens. The bill also expands the existing reduced annual membership fee program to apply to active military personnel as well as the minor children of veterans and active military personnel. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0288-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Education Expand humane education requirements to secondary schools and require verification from schools that humane treatment of animals is being taught. (S.4533/A.416) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0289-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure MTA to inspect every subway station surveillance camera at least on a quarterly basis to ensure they are working properly and effectuate repairs in a timely manner. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0290-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Health Require warning labels on sugar sweetened beverages. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0291-2024 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Health Protect New York State’s safety net providers and Special Needs Plans by eliminating the Medicaid pharmacy carve-out. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0729-2024 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Children and Youth Establishing mental health services for two afterschool programs administered by the department of youth and community development. Introduction This bill would require the afterschool programs known as Beacon Community Centers and Cornerstone Community Centers to provide mental health services. The services to be provided would work at three levels of support for program participants: targeted intervention, selective intervention for groups, and intervention across the program. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0730-2024 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Contracts Report on community engagement by city contractors Introduction This bill would require each city contractor who has committed to working with community members or organizations, to report quarterly on such work to the contracting agency. Each contracting agency would be required to report annually such information to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0731-2024 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Contracts Establishing a task force to examine disparities in contracting Introduction This bill would establish a task force to study the disparity in contracting between city vendors who are awarded contracts and available community-based vendors. The task force would be required to identify circumstances where city agencies could offer improved services by contracting with community-based vendors and make recommendations to the Mayor on ways to increase contracting with community-based vendors when such vendors could offer improved services. The task force would also be responsible for submitting a report to the Mayor and Speaker on its findings. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0732-2024 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Contracts Requiring the city chief procurement officer to conduct evaluations of non-profit programming. Introduction This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (“MOCS”) to hire independent non-profit evaluators to determine the effectiveness of the city’s non-profit programming on non-profit contracts valued at $1 million dollars or more, and produce an annual report on such evaluations. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0733-2024 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Education Requiring the New York city department of education to report information on career and technical education programs in New York city public schools. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to report annually to the Council regarding information related to Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, including: the number of CTE schools and programs available to students; the number and percentage of students enrolled in a CTE program; the number and percentage of students in a CTE program who engaged in a related internship; the number and percentage of students who applied to and enrolled in a CTE-designated high school; the number and percentage of students who, having completed a CTE program, subsequently completed a technical assessment, received a high school diploma, received industry credentials, enrolled in a 2- or 4-year college, or enrolled in a vocational program; the number of full-time and part-time certified CTE instructors; and, the number of professional development trainings administered by the DOE relating to CTE instruction. This bill contains a number of provisions previously incorporated pursuant to Local Law 174 of 2016, which similarly required the DOE to report annually to the Council regarding information related to CTE programs, but which contained a sunset clause and was deemed repealed 5 years after it became law. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0734-2024 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Contracts Establishing prevailing wage requirements for city-contracted human service workers Introduction The proposed legislation would require payment of prevailing wages to human service workers providing human services pursuant to City contracts. Specifically, the proposed bill would require human service providers to pay their human services employees no less than the prevailing wage. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0735-2024 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Requiring the department of correction to report on physical violence against and sexual harassment of correctional staff and ensure that staff have access to mental health treatment resources. Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner of Correction to report annually on alleged incidents of physical violence against and sexual harassment of Department of Correction (DOC) and Correctional Health Services (CHS) staff by incarcerated individuals or other staff that occurred in the previous year. The Commissioner would also be required to report annually on DOC’s investigations of these incidents. Additionally, the Commissioner would be required to review the information collected and report annually on any updates made to DOC’s policies concerning physical violence against and sexual harassment of staff. The Commissioner would be required to submit the reports to the Mayor, Speaker of the Council, and Board of Correction and post the reports on DOC’s website. This bill would also require the Commissioner to ensure that staff have access to mental health treatment resources, and to publicize resource availability to staff. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0292-2024 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Education Department of Education to create an inclusive school dress code policy that complies with Title IX of the Federal Education Amendments Act and accounts for diverse cultures, gender expressions and body diversity. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0293-2024 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR General Welfare Chisholm Chance Act (S.2898A/A.4017A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0294-2024 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Health Prohibit certain food additives, specifically brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, Red Dye 3, and titanium dioxide (S.6055A/A.6424) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0035-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions Landmarks, East Tremont Cluster NCP, Bronx (C 240099 HAX) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0035-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, East Tremont Cluster NCP, Bronx (C 240099 HAX) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0036-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions Landmarks, East Tremont Cluster NCP, Bronx (G 240046 XAX) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0036-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, East Tremont Cluster NCP, Bronx (G 240046 XAX) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0037-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 30-11 12th Street Rezoning, Queens (C 230126 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0037-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 30-11 12th Street Rezoning, Queens (C 230126 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0038-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 30-11 12th Street Rezoning, Queens (N 230127 ZRQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0038-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 30-11 12th Street Rezoning, Queens (N 230127 ZRQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0039-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 23-01 Steinway Street Rezoning, Queens (C 230307 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0039-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 23-01 Steinway Street Rezoning, Queens (C 230307 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0040-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 23-01 Steinway Street Rezoning, Queens (N 230308 ZRQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0040-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 23-01 Steinway Street Rezoning, Queens (N 230308 ZRQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0041-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 341 10th Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 230337 ZMK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0041-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 341 10th Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 230337 ZMK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0042-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 341 10th Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 230338 ZRK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0042-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 341 10th Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 230338 ZRK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0043-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 341 10th Street Article XI, Brooklyn (G 240045 XAK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0043-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 341 10th Street Article XI, Brooklyn (G 240045 XAK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0044-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 396-400 Avenue X Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 230381 ZMK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0044-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 396-400 Avenue X Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 230381 ZMK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0045-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 396-400 Avenue X Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 230382 ZRK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0045-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 396-400 Avenue X Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 230382 ZRK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0046-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, 341 10th Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 230339 ZSK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available