Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 5/23/2024 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 Meeting Items (134) 134 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: Rev. K. Karpen, Senior Pastor, St Paul & St Andrew United Methodist Church located at 263 West 86 Street, New York, NY 10024. Motion to spread the Invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Brewer.           Not available       3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES - None           Not available       4. MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR - None           Not available       5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES           Not available M 0050-2024 *     Preconsidered - Finance Appropriation of new City revenues in Fiscal Year 2024, pursuant to Section 107(e) of the New York City Charter (MN-6) Communication   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available       6. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS - None           Not available       7. LAND USE CALL-UPS           Not available M 0051-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Red Hook Coastal Resiliency, Brooklyn (C 240035 MMK and C 240036 PQK) 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 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT           Not available Int 0134-2024 A Selvena N. Brooks-Powers   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Requiring regular reports on the redevelopment plans at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to submit an annual report to certain elected officials on the progress of the JFK redevelopment plan and related community benefits package. Such report would include information on the progress and any changes to the scope, timeline, or budget of the redevelopment plan; actions taken by the Port Authority related to the plan and community benefits package, such as property acquisitions, contracts awarded M/WBEs, permit applications, the establishment of advisory boards; and any other relevant information as determined by EDC. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE           Not available Res 0412-2024 * Sandy Nurse   Coupled on General Orders Cypress Hills Fulton Business Improvement District (BID). Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0421-2024 * Julie Won   Coupled on General Orders Queens Plaza/Court Square Business Improvement District (BID). Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0436-2024 * Justin L. Brannan   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders 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 Res 0437-2024 * Justin L. Brannan   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders Establish that the discount percentage for early payment of real estate taxes be set at one-half of one percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2025. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0083-2024 * Justin L. Brannan     Ft Greene.HUDMF.FY24: Block 1959, Lot 27; Block 2096, Lot 6; Block 2097, Lots 7 and 15, Brooklyn, Community District No. 2, Council District No. 35. Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0443-2024 * Justin L. Brannan   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders LU 83 - Ft Greene.HUDMF.FY24: Block 1959, Lot 27; Block 2096, Lot 6; Block 2097, Lots 7 and 15, Brooklyn, Community District No. 2, Council District No. 35. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0050-2024 *       Appropriation of new City revenues in Fiscal Year 2024, pursuant to Section 107(e) of the New York City Charter (MN-6) Communication   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0444-2024 * Justin L. Brannan   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders M 50 - Appropriation of new City revenues in Fiscal Year 2024, pursuant to Section 107(e) of the New York City Charter (MN-6) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS, STATE & FEDERAL LEGISLATION           Not available SLR 0001-2024 * Lincoln Restler   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders Increasing the fine for tractor-trailer combinations that park on residential streets overnight. (S.519/ A.1186) SLR   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available SLR 0002-2024 * Lincoln Restler   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders General municipal law, in relation to disabilities of deputy sheriffs in certain cities. (S.8529/A.9381) SLR   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available SLR 0003-2024 * Lincoln Restler   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders General municipal law, in relation to disabilities of deputy sheriff members of a retirement system in certain cities. (S.8532/A.9391) SLR   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available SLR 0004-2024 * Lincoln Restler   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders Permitting certain twenty-five year retirement program dispatcher members to file elections not to participate. (S.7181-B/ A.7693-A) SLR   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available SLR 0005-2024 * Lincoln Restler   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders Discontinuing additional parkland and granting additional easements. (S.9132/ A.10060) SLR   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available SLR 0006-2024 * Lincoln Restler   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders Death benefits for active New York city transit authority members. (S.7224-B/ A.7563-B) SLR   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available SLR 0007-2024 * Lincoln Restler   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders Abandoned vehicles (S.8726-B/ A.9521-A) SLR   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 0135-2024 A Selvena N. Brooks-Powers   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Study on structural loadbearing capacity of parking garages. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Buildings (“DOB”) to conduct a loadbearing capacity study for parking garages. DOB would be required to assess factors such as the size, age, materials, and structural design of the parking structure. After conducting this study, DOB is also required to report any recommendations based on their findings. No later than 1 year after the effective date of this local law, DOB shall submit to the mayor, the speaker of the council, and post on its website a report on the findings of this study. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0170-2024 A Amanda Farías   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Increased penalties for department of buildings violations issued to parking structures. Introduction This bill would double the standard civil penalties for Department of Buildings-enforced violations when issued to the owner of a parking structure. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0231-2024 A Crystal Hudson   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Increasing the frequency of parking structure inspections. Introduction This bill would require that condition assessments of parking structures be conducted once every four years upon the completion of the current six-year inspection cycle on January 1, 2028, and would require that follow-up assessments be conducted within two years after a parking structure is deemed safe with repair or monitoring. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LAND USE           Not available LU 0055-2024 * 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, Zoning for Economic Opportunity, Citywide (N 240010 ZRY) 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 0056-2024 * 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, Zoning for Economic Opportunity – Manufacturing Districts, Citywide (N 240011 ZRY) 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 0074-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 15-21 West 124th Street, Manhattan (N 220434 ZRM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0445-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 74 - Zoning, 15-21 West 124th Street, Manhattan (N 220434 ZRM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0082-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Sunnyside Barnett Article XI, Queens (G 240052 XAQ) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0446-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 82 - Landmarks, Sunnyside Barnett Article XI, Queens (G 240052 XAQ) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SANITATION AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT           Not available Int 0097-2024 C Sandra Ung   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Increasing the civil penalty for repeated littering violations. Introduction This bill would set a civil penalty against commercial, manufacturing or industrial buildings for violations of Admin. Code § 16-118(2)(a) (sidewalk littering and obstruction) of $50 for the first violation, $300 for the second violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period, and $500 for the third and each subsequent violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period. The bill would also require the Department of Sanitation to produce educational materials related to the changes in such penalties. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY           Not available Int 0584-2024 A Eric Dinowitz   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Providing an estimated wait time to 311 call center customers. Introduction This bill would require the 311 call center to implement a virtual queue system that provides an estimated wait time for telephone callers. The bill would require this feature to be in place on June 30, 2025. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available       12. GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available T2024-0003 *     Coupled on General Orders Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         COUPLED ON GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available       ~coupled ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT           Not available Int 0134-2024 A Selvena N. Brooks-Powers ~coupled A and GO Requiring regular reports on the redevelopment plans at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to submit an annual report to certain elected officials on the progress of the JFK redevelopment plan and related community benefits package. Such report would include information on the progress and any changes to the scope, timeline, or budget of the redevelopment plan; actions taken by the Port Authority related to the plan and community benefits package, such as property acquisitions, contracts awarded M/WBEs, permit applications, the establishment of advisory boards; and any other relevant information as determined by EDC.     Action details Not available       ~coupled FINANCE           Not available Res 0412-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~coupled GO Cypress Hills Fulton Business Improvement District (BID). Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0421-2024 * Julie Won ~coupled GO Queens Plaza/Court Square Business Improvement District (BID). Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0436-2024 * 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 0437-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~coupled Preconsidered - GO Establish that the discount percentage for early payment of real estate taxes be set at one-half of one percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2025. Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0443-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 83 - Ft Greene.HUDMF.FY24: Block 1959, Lot 27; Block 2096, Lot 6; Block 2097, Lots 7 and 15, Brooklyn, Community District No. 2, Council District No. 35. Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0444-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~coupled Preconsidered - GO M 50 - Appropriation of new City revenues in Fiscal Year 2024, pursuant to Section 107(e) of the New York City Charter (MN-6) Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS, STATE & FEDERAL LEGISLATION           Not available SLR 0001-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~coupled Preconsidered - GO Increasing the fine for tractor-trailer combinations that park on residential streets overnight. (S.519/ A.1186) SLR       Action details Not available SLR 0002-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~coupled Preconsidered - GO General municipal law, in relation to disabilities of deputy sheriffs in certain cities. (S.8529/A.9381) SLR       Action details Not available SLR 0003-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~coupled Preconsidered - GO General municipal law, in relation to disabilities of deputy sheriff members of a retirement system in certain cities. (S.8532/A.9391) SLR       Action details Not available SLR 0004-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~coupled Preconsidered - GO Permitting certain twenty-five year retirement program dispatcher members to file elections not to participate. (S.7181-B/ A.7693-A) SLR       Action details Not available SLR 0005-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~coupled Preconsidered - GO Discontinuing additional parkland and granting additional easements. (S.9132/ A.10060) SLR       Action details Not available SLR 0006-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~coupled Preconsidered - GO Death benefits for active New York city transit authority members. (S.7224-B/ A.7563-B) SLR       Action details Not available SLR 0007-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~coupled Preconsidered - GO Abandoned vehicles (S.8726-B/ A.9521-A) SLR       Action details Not available       ~coupled HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 0135-2024 A Selvena N. Brooks-Powers ~coupled A and GO Study on structural loadbearing capacity of parking garages. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Buildings (“DOB”) to conduct a loadbearing capacity study for parking garages. DOB would be required to assess factors such as the size, age, materials, and structural design of the parking structure. After conducting this study, DOB is also required to report any recommendations based on their findings. No later than 1 year after the effective date of this local law, DOB shall submit to the mayor, the speaker of the council, and post on its website a report on the findings of this study.     Action details Not available Int 0170-2024 A Amanda Farías ~coupled A and GO Increased penalties for department of buildings violations issued to parking structures. Introduction This bill would double the standard civil penalties for Department of Buildings-enforced violations when issued to the owner of a parking structure.     Action details Not available Int 0231-2024 A Crystal Hudson ~coupled A and GO Increasing the frequency of parking structure inspections. Introduction This bill would require that condition assessments of parking structures be conducted once every four years upon the completion of the current six-year inspection cycle on January 1, 2028, and would require that follow-up assessments be conducted within two years after a parking structure is deemed safe with repair or monitoring.     Action details Not available       ~coupled LAND USE           Not available Res 0445-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 74 - Zoning, 15-21 West 124th Street, Manhattan (N 220434 ZRM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0446-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 82 - Landmarks, Sunnyside Barnett Article XI, Queens (G 240052 XAQ) Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled SANITATION AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT           Not available Int 0097-2024 C Sandra Ung ~coupled A and GO Increasing the civil penalty for repeated littering violations. Introduction This bill would set a civil penalty against commercial, manufacturing or industrial buildings for violations of Admin. Code § 16-118(2)(a) (sidewalk littering and obstruction) of $50 for the first violation, $300 for the second violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period, and $500 for the third and each subsequent violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period. The bill would also require the Department of Sanitation to produce educational materials related to the changes in such penalties.     Action details Not available       ~coupled TECHNOLOGY           Not available Int 0584-2024 A Eric Dinowitz ~coupled A and GO Providing an estimated wait time to 311 call center customers. Introduction This bill would require the 311 call center to implement a virtual queue system that provides an estimated wait time for telephone callers. The bill would require this feature to be in place on June 30, 2025.     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 – None           Not available       16. GENERAL DISCUSSION           Not available       17. EXTENSION OF REMARKS           Not available         INTRODUCTION AND READING OF BILLS           Not available Int 0908-2024 * Adrienne E. Adams ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Requiring council advice and consent for certain commissioners. Introduction This bill would require the advice and consent of the Council as part of the appointment process for 20 city agency commissioners that are not currently required to go through this process. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0436-2024 * 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 Res 0437-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Establish that the discount percentage for early payment of real estate taxes be set at one-half of one percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2025. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0438-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR 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   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0909-2024 * Tiffany Cabán ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Wrongful discharge from employment. Introduction This proposed bill would prohibit, with enumerated exceptions, employers from terminating employees without just cause. It would also prohibit, with enumerated exceptions, the use of electronic monitoring in discharging or disciplining employees. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0910-2024 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor Establishment of community hiring and compensation standards for city assisted housing development projects. Introduction This bill would require housing developers of certain housing development projects that receive city financial assistance to pay their workers a minimum combined wage and essential benefits package of at least $40 per hour with no less than $25 of that package being wages. It would also require such developers to engage in best efforts to ensure that at least 30 percent of the hours worked on the project are worked by residents of a zip code where at least 15% of the population is below the federal poverty rate or residents of a New York City Housing Authority development. This bill would require a public database and annual reporting on its requirements. This bill would require the comptroller to enforce its requirements as well as provide for a private right of action for aggrieved workers. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0911-2024 * Amanda Farías ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Reducing the fine and civil penalty for unlicensed general vending Introduction This bill would reduce the maximum fine for unlicensed general vending from $1,000 to $500, and it would reduce the civil penalty for each day of unlicensed operation from $250 to $50. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0439-2024 * Amanda Farías ~SPONSOR Health Calling on the federal government to reschedule Marijuana as a Schedule III drug. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0912-2024 * Jennifer Gutiérrez ~SPONSOR General Welfare Requiring the dept of social services to develop parenting resource materials and the dept of health and mental hygiene to distribute such materials to new parents and guardians and to make available on their website information about community-based orga Introduction This bill would require the department of social services to develop materials that identify resources for new parents and guardians and would require the department of health and mental hygiene to distribute such information to new parents and guardians after receiving the report of any birth. The bill would also require the department of health and mental hygiene to make information on community-based organizations supporting maternal health available on their website. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0913-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Requiring that balloons made with electrically conductive material and filled with gas lighter than air be weighted and include warning labels. Introduction This bill would require that any retailer that sells balloons constructed using metallic materials to attach a label to each balloon with a warning about the dangers of metallic balloons colliding with power lines and the retailer’s identifying information. Retailers would also be required to attach weights to any balloon filled with gas lighter than air. Any retailer that violates this law would be subject to a civil penalty of at least $100 for each balloon sold or offered for sale in violation, with a maximum total daily penalty of $2,000. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0914-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR General Welfare Requiring the department of homeless services to post shelter information online. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to post and update semiannually on its website an interactive map containing information related to each shelter through which DHS or a provider under contract with DHS provides temporary emergency housing. DHS would have to include the following information on the map: shelter address, populations served by the shelter, and a photo of the shelter. DHS would exclude information about certain shelters from the map due to security concerns related to the populations served by such shelter. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0915-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Orders to seal, secure, and close. Introduction This bill would permit the Commissioner of Buildings to commence proceedings to seal, secure and close a property where $25,000 or more in unpaid fines is owed to the city with respect to the property and the property appears to be vacant. The bill would also require 15 days’ notice to the property owner and an opportunity to pay the outstanding fines or to demonstrate that the property is not vacant prior to the property being ordered sealed, secured, and closed. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0916-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to report on referrals to assisted outpatient treatment programs Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report how many times city agencies and hospitals submit referrals for individuals to assisted outpatient treatment programs under the state law known as Kendra’s Law, including the number of petitions filed for such referrals and the number of resulting court orders. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0917-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Requiring the preparation of five-year capital plans for parks on a community board level Introduction This local law would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to create five-year capital plans for all parks on a community board by community board basis. The five-year capital plan for each community board would list all parks within the community board and detail any planned capital projects at each park. DPR would be required to submit the proposed five-year capital plan to the community board, which would be required to hold a public hearing and submit recommendations on the plan back to DPR. DPR would then create a final five-year capital plan that would be submitted to the Mayor, the Council, and the community board and posted online. DPR would be required to submit any amendments to the final five-year plan to the same parties each year. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0918-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Public Safety Sale of aerosol spray paint cans and broad tipped indelible markers Introduction This bill would require every dealer of graffiti instruments to request photo identification from the purchasers of aerosol spray paint cans or broad tipped indelible markers and to conspicuously post a notice indicating the identification requirement. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0919-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Installation of surveillance cameras to identify illegal placement of household refuse in public litter baskets Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) install surveillance cameras in each community district to identify any person depositing household refuse in a public litter basket. This bill would require DSNY to consult with Council Members, Community Boards and local residents to determine the locations for such surveillance cameras. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0920-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Standards and Ethics Rent stabilized housing disclosures by council members. Introduction This bill would require Council Members to file an annual disclosure report with the Conflicts of Interest Board indicating whether their primary residence is a rent stabilized housing accommodation. This bill would also establish provisions related to public inspection, report retention, and fines for not filing such reports. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0921-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Timelines for the removal of abandoned or unsafe utility poles, wires, and appurtenances, and the transfer of appurtenances to newly erected poles. Introduction This bill would require owners of utility poles, wires, or appurtenances to remove such poles, wires, or appurtenances within 60 days if they become disused or abandoned, and forthwith if they become dangerous or unsafe. It would also require that, whenever a new utility pole is erected which will feature some or all of the appurtenances already on an existing utility pole, such appurtenance must be transferred within 30 days. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0922-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR General Welfare Reporting on the last known address of those in city-administered temporary emergency housing facilities and technical amendments in relation thereto Introduction This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Operations to report on the last known address of households in homeless facilities administered by the Department of Homeless Services, the Human Resources Administration, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and the Department of Youth and Community Development. The Mayor’s Office of Operations would submit the reports to the Speaker of the Council and post them online on its website. In addition, this bill would make technical amendments related to the naming and numbering of this subchapter in the Administrative Code. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0923-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Issuance of building permits for areas in which a certified rezoning application is pending Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Buildings not issue building construction permits for areas in which pending rezoning applications have been certified by the City Planning Commission unless the construction complies with the zoning provided for in the certified application. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0924-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Prohibiting the use of plywood to secure vacant buildings. Introduction This bill would require the owner of any vacant building that is not continuously guarded or not sealed and kept secure against unauthorized entry to seal building openings using a material other than plywood. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0440-2024 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Veterans Enact the Fair Access to Co-ops for Veterans Act of 2024 (H.R. 7703) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0925-2024 * Farah N. Louis ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring the inspection of steam radiators in multiple dwellings. Introduction This bill would require annual inspections of steam radiators located in apartments where a child under 6 resides and in the common areas of the buildings where such apartments are located. Inspection of a steam radiator would also be required if owner knows or has reason to know about a potential defect or damage of the radiator. The inspection would be conducted by a licensed plumber or someone under the supervision of a licensed plumber. Owners would be required to provide inspection reports, repair or replace any radiators with damage or a defect, and present notice to occupants to determine if a child under 6 resides in each unit. Owners would be liable for civil penalties for failure to comply with these requirements. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0441-2024 * Kristy Marmorato ~SPONSOR Veterans Designating March 29 annually as Vietnam Veterans Day in the City of New York. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0926-2024 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR Technology Creation of appropriate and responsible use practices for artificial intelligence tools used by city agencies. Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, or another office or agency designated by the Mayor, promulgate rules establishing minimum appropriate and responsible use practices that all agencies must follow in developing, procuring, deploying, and using public-impacting artificial intelligence. These rules would be reviewed annually. The Department, or such other office or agency, would also be required to submit a report every two years to the Council and the Mayor on the minimum practices, their use, and any updates or changes that were made over the past two years. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0927-2024 * Francisco P. Moya ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Disclosure requirements for OSHA-authorized health and safety course offerings and an education and outreach campaign to raise awareness about fraudulent health and safety courses. Introduction This bill would require that any person offering an OSHA-authorized 10-hour or 30-hour health and safety course display information about the instructor, including the instructor’s name, training authorization expiration, authorizing training organization, and where applicable, the trainer identification number. This information would allow prospective students to verify an instructor’s authorization to provide the health and safety course. The bill would also require the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, in collaboration with the Department of Buildings, to conduct a campaign to educate workers about common fraudulent schemes related to health and safety courses. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0928-2024 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Requiring the department of transportation to conduct a pilot project on the use of cool pavement Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to conduct a pilot project, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on the use of cool pavement—pavement and pavement coatings designed to keep area temperatures cooler than traditional asphalt and thus combat the urban heat island effect—on City streets. The pilot is required to include at least four neighborhoods that are, or include, both disadvantaged communities and heat vulnerable communities. The Department must then submit a report to the Mayor and Council on the results of the pilot project. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0442-2024 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Health U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require chain restaurants to include added sugars information in the nutrition information available to consumers on request. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0929-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Contracts Requiring a specification for hazard pay in solicitations for certain emergency procurements made during a state of emergency related to the outbreak of a communicable disease. Introduction This bill would require city agencies to include a specification for hazard pay in solicitations for certain kinds of emergency procurements. Specifically, this bill covers solicitations for client services—for example, homeless and foster care services—that an agency makes during a state of emergency related to the outbreak of a communicable disease. Hazard pay would amount to time and one-half of a worker’s regular rate of pay and would be available only to those who must report for work in person during such state of emergency. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0930-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Health Establishment of a task force to develop equitable responses to infectious disease related emergencies, including COVID-19. Introduction This bill would create a task force to study racial disparities in exposure to infectious disease and related testing, treatment and outcomes citywide, and to make recommendations for legislation and policy to mitigate and eliminate such disparities. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0931-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the police department to post quarterly reports on its website relating to the use of seat belt holds and chokeholds Introduction This bill requires the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to report quarterly on the number of seat belt holds attempted and the number of seat belt holds that resulted in the use of a chokehold by NYPD personnel. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0932-2024 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the police department to submit to the council reports of services provided to any private entity. Introduction A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to submit to the council reports of services provided to any private entity Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available SLR 0001-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Increasing the fine for tractor-trailer combinations that park on residential streets overnight. (S.519/ A.1186) SLR   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available SLR 0002-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation General municipal law, in relation to disabilities of deputy sheriffs in certain cities. (S.8529/A.9381) SLR   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available SLR 0003-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation General municipal law, in relation to disabilities of deputy sheriff members of a retirement system in certain cities. (S.8532/A.9391) SLR   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available SLR 0004-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Permitting certain twenty-five year retirement program dispatcher members to file elections not to participate. (S.7181-B/ A.7693-A) SLR   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available SLR 0005-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Discontinuing additional parkland and granting additional easements. (S.9132/ A.10060) SLR   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available SLR 0006-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Death benefits for active New York city transit authority members. (S.7224-B/ A.7563-B) SLR   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available SLR 0007-2024 * Lincoln Restler ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Abandoned vehicles (S.8726-B/ A.9521-A) SLR   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0933-2024 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Public Safety Outreach campaign on gun buy-back programs. Introduction This bill would require the Police Department to conduct an outreach campaign to inform the public about the department’s gun buy-back programs, whereby individuals may voluntarily and anonymously surrender to the department a working or non-working unloaded gun or parts thereof, in exchange for a sum of money to be determined by the department upon surrender. The Police Department would be required to consult with the Office to Prevent Gun Violence and relevant community organizations to conduct such outreach campaign. As part of the outreach campaign, the Police Department would be required to implement a media campaign that would be available on the internet, television, radio and in print, and would be required to maintain on its website and update as needed information about gun buy-back programs. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0934-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Public Safety Voluntary community gun buy-back program. Introduction This bill would require the Police Department to establish a monthly gun buy-back program, whereby individuals may voluntarily and anonymously surrender to the department a working or non-working unloaded gun or parts thereof, in exchange for a sum of money to be determined by the department upon surrender. Individuals surrendering a gun would not be required to provide identification or any personally identifiable information, and would not be subject to criminal or civil penalties for the illegal possession of such gun, unless such penalties are required by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations. The gun buy-back program would take place in a different borough at least once each month, on a rotating basis. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0935-2024 * Julie Won ~SPONSOR General Welfare Collection of data regarding the destinations of individuals exiting the shelter and migrant re-ticketing systems, and to repeal such amendments upon the expiration thereof. Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services or another commissioner designated by the mayor to develop a voluntary survey of individuals exiting the shelter and migrant re-ticketing systems. The survey would elicit information related to the immediate destinations of individuals exiting locations offering shelter and migrant re-ticketing services. Case managers and onsite staff at locations providing shelter and migrant re-ticketing services would administer the survey in the best language of individuals taking the survey. The commissioner would submit to the mayor and the Council an annual report regarding the anonymized, aggregated survey results. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0083-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Ft Greene.HUDMF.FY24: Block 1959, Lot 27; Block 2096, Lot 6; Block 2097, Lots 7 and 15, Brooklyn, Community District No. 2, Council District No. 35. Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0084-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions Landmarks, Red Hook Coastal Resiliency, Brooklyn (C 240035 MMK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0084-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Red Hook Coastal Resiliency, Brooklyn (C 240035 MMK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0085-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions Landmarks, Red Hook Coastal Resiliency, Brooklyn (C 240036 PQK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0085-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Red Hook Coastal Resiliency, Brooklyn (C 240036 PQK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available