Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/7/2014 1:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Hearing Transcript of the Stated Meeting - October 7, 2014, Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 7, 2014 Meeting Items (105) 105 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 Video       2. Delivered by: Rev. Dr. Demetrius S. Carolina, First Central Baptist Church, 117 Wright Street, Staten Island, N.Y. 10304. Motion to spread the invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Rose.           Video       3. Motion that the Minutes of the Stated Meeting of September 10, 2014 be adopted as printed by Council Member Miller.           Video       4. None           Not available       5.             Video M 0152-2014 *     Received, Ordered, Printed and Filed DEP - Submitting the NYC Department of Environmental Protection’s Hazardous Materials Management 2014 Annual Report. Communication   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available       6. None           Not available       7.             Video M 0153-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, Halletts Point Peninsula, Queens (140323 (A) ZSQ, C 140324(A) ZSQ, C 130384 MMQ, N 140325 ZAQ, N 140329(A) ZRQ and C 140322 ZMQ) Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available       8.             Video       9.             Not available       10. None           Not available       11.             Video                     Not available Res 0428-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO Approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0124-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland     Renewal Housing Development Fund Company Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0435-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO LU 124 - Renewal Housing Development Fund Company Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0125-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland     Presbyterian HDFC of Queens, Block 1900, Lot 161; Block 1932, Lot 9; and the intervening demapped parcel Queens. Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0436-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO LU 125 - Presbyterian HDFC of Queens, Block 1900, Lot 161; Block 1932, Lot 9; and the intervening demapped parcel Queens. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available LU 0114-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, Sidewalk Cafe, 282 Bowery, Manhattan (20155008 TCM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0437-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 114 - Zoning, Sidewalk Cafe, 282 Bowery, Manhattan (20155008 TCM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0115-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, 19 East Houston St, SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District, Manhattan (C 140300 ZSM) 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 0116-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, 19 East Houston St, SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District, Manhattan (C 140301 ZSM) 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 0117-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, 19 East Houston St, SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District, Manhattan (C 140302 ZSM) Land Use Application   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0438-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled to be Filed Pursuant to Letter of Withdrawal LU 117 - Zoning, 19 East Houston St, SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District, Manhattan (C 140302 ZSM) Resolution   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0118-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Approved with Modifications and Referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to Rule 11.70(b) of the Rules of the Council and Section 197-(d) of the New York City Charter. Zoning, 19 East Houston St, Manhattan (C 140299 PPM) 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 0119-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Planning, 161-79 86th Ave, Queens (C 155020 HAQ) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0439-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 119 - Planning, 161-79 86th Ave, Queens (C 155020 HAQ) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0121-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, Sidewalk Cafe, 403 East 12th St, Manhattan (20145691 TCM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0440-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 121 - Zoning, Sidewalk Cafe, 403 East 12th St, Manhattan (20145691 TCM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0123-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Planning, Approval of a tax exemption. (20155063 HAM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0441-2014 * David G. Greenfield   Coupled on GO LU 123 - Planning, Approval of a tax exemption. (20155063 HAM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available Int 0295-2014 A Daniel R. Garodnick   Amended and Coupled on GO Requiring certain qualified transportation benefits. Introduction   Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 0466-2014 A David G. Greenfield   Amended and Coupled on GO Reducing the citywide speed limit to twenty-five miles per hour. Introduction   Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available       12.             Video T2014-0002 *   ~coupled Coupled on GO Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available       ~coupled             Not available Res 0428-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~coupled Preconsidered - GO 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 0435-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 124 - Renewal Housing Development Fund Company Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0436-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 125 - Presbyterian HDFC of Queens, Block 1900, Lot 161; Block 1932, Lot 9; and the intervening demapped parcel Queens. Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Res 0437-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 114 - Zoning, Sidewalk Cafe, 282 Bowery, Manhattan (20155008 TCM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0438-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled Filed LU 117 - Zoning, 19 East Houston St, SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District, Manhattan (C 140302 ZSM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0439-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 119 - Planning, 161-79 86th Ave, Queens (C 155020 HAQ) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0440-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 121 - Zoning, Sidewalk Cafe, 403 East 12th St, Manhattan (20145691 TCM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0441-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~coupled GO LU 123 - Planning, Approval of a tax exemption. (20155063 HAM) Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 0295-2014 A Daniel R. Garodnick ~coupled A and GO Requiring certain qualified transportation benefits. Introduction       Action details Not available Int 0466-2014 A David G. Greenfield ~coupled A and GO Reducing the citywide speed limit to twenty-five miles per hour. Introduction       Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available T2014-0002 *   ~coupled GO Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds       Action details Not available                   Pass Not available       13.             Not available       14.             Video       15.             Not available Res 0207-2014 A James G. Van Bramer   Amended and Adopted by the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries & Internatinal Intergroup Relations Supporting the Justice for Jazz Artists Campaign. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available       16.             Video       17.             Not available                     Not available Int 0486-2014 * Melissa Mark-Viverito ~SPONSOR Immigration Persons not to be detained by the department of correction. Introduction The federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agency (“ICE”) files an “immigration detainer” with the Department of Correction (“DOC”) when they believe an individual in DOC custody is subject to removal from this country. In filing such immigration detainer, ICE makes a request that the DOC detain the individual for up to 48 hours beyond when they would otherwise be released so that custody of the individual may be transferred to ICE. This bill would significantly restrict the conditions under which the DOC complies with these ICE requests. The DOC would only be permitted to honor an immigration detainer if it was accompanied by a warrant from a federal judge, and also only if that person had not been convicted of a “violent or serious” crime during the last five years or was listed on a terrorist database. Further, the bill would prohibit DOC from allowing ICE to maintain an office on Rikers Island or any other DOC property and would restrict DOC personnel from communicating with ICE regarding an inmate’s release date, incarceration status, or court dates, unless the inmate is the subject of a detainer request that DOC may honor pursuant to the law. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0487-2014 * Melissa Mark-Viverito ~SPONSOR Immigration Persons not to be detained by the police department. Introduction The federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agency (“ICE”) files an “immigration detainer” with the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) when they believe an individual in NYPD custody is subject to removal from this country. The immigration detainer serves as a request that the NYPD detain the individual for up to 48 hours beyond when the individual would otherwise be released so that the individual’s custody may be transferred to ICE. This bill would significantly restrict the conditions under which the NYPD complies with these ICE requests. The NPYD would only honor an immigration detainer if it was accompanied by a warrant from a federal judge, and also only if that person had been convicted of a “violent or serious” crime during the last five years or was listed on a terrorist database. The bill would also allow the NYPD to honor an immigration detainer even if not accompanied by a judicial warrant if the subject had been convicted of a “violent or serious” crime or is a possible match on the federal terrorist watch list and had previously been deported. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0426-2014 * Andrew Cohen ~SPONSOR Aging Eliminating the sunset provisions related to income threshold increases for the SCRIE and DRIE programs. (S.4748/A.5565A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0488-2014 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Health Prohibiting the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0427-2014 * Elizabeth S. Crowley ~SPONSOR Women’s Issues Campus Accountability and Safety Act. (S. 2692/H.R. 5354) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0489-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Finance Notices of violation returnable to the environmental control board and to repeal subparagraph (j) of paragraph one of subdivision d of section 1049-a of the NYC charter, relating to the execution of environmental control board judgments by sheriffs. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0428-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance 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 0429-2014 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Women’s Issues Recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the City of NY. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0490-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Removal of snow and ice from sidewalks. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0491-2014 * Corey D. Johnson ~SPONSOR Health Amending sex designation on birth records. Introduction The New York City Health Code currently allows individuals to change the gender designation on their birth certificate if they have obtained a court order changing his or her name and undergone “convertive surgery.” This bill would allow individuals to change such gender designation by having a medical or mental health professional fill out an affidavit or affirmation attesting that the changed sex designation more accurately reflects the applicant's sex gender identity. The licensed professionals allowed to make such attestations would be as follows: physicians, doctoral level psychologists in clinical or counseling psychology, clinical social workers, master social workers, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors or midwives. Such practitioners must be licensed to practice in the United States, and must include a declaration under penalty of perjury that the professional is licensed and in good standing and that the applicant’s requested correction of sex designation more accurately reflects the applicant’s sex or gender identity. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0492-2014 * Corey D. Johnson ~SPONSOR Health Reporting and an advisory board on gender marker change requirement. Introduction This bill would create an Advisory Board relating to the effectiveness and implementation of the gender marker change requirements in Proposed Introduction Number 491-A and the New York City Health Code. It would require the Advisory Board to issue a report concerning the requirement and recommendations for changes and/or improvements, if any. The Board would consist of seven members, with the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) appointing four members, and the Speaker of the City Council appointing the remaining three. The Board members would include advocates for transgender people, licensed medical or mental health professionals who are permitted to make attestations pursuant to the gender marker requirement, and a senior staff person in DOHMH working on transgender and/or lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. The Board would meet no less than every three months, and would assess the gender marker change requirement, including transgender people’s access to professionals who can complete the attestations for gender marker change applications, utilization of the amendment process, the number of applicants, processing time for applications and the requirement’s impact on transgender people. The Board would also make recommendations for improvements, if any, to the gender marker change requirement, including, but not limited to, best practices among policies for gender marker changes, and actions taken by DOHMH in response to such recommendations. The Board would be required to submit a report to the Mayor, the Commissioner of DOHMH and the Speaker of the Council on or before March 1, 2017 covering the subjects of the Board’s meetings. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0493-2014 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Expanding agency based voter registration to additional city agencies. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0430-2014 * Andy L. King ~SPONSOR Courts and Legal Services Repeal the Criminal Procedure Law Article 240 and replace it with a law mandating early, open, and automatic pre-trial discovery. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0494-2014 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Civil Rights Discrimination against persons accompanied by a police dog. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0495-2014 * Stephen T. Levin ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Reducing permitted capacity at putrescible and non-putrescible solid waste transfer stations in overburdened districts. Introduction The bill would reduce permitted capacity at putrescible and non-putrescible solid waste transfer stations in certain overburdened community districts in New York City. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0496-2014 * Steven Matteo ~SPONSOR Public Safety Prohibiting damage to houses of religious worship. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0431-2014 * Carlos Menchaca ~SPONSOR Public Safety NYPD to implement increased street safety-related training for all officers. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0497-2014 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Finance Interest rate and discount percentage recommendations provided by the NYC Banking Commission. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0498-2014 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Contracts Conflicts of interest in city contracts. Introduction This bill would require the city chief procurement officer to establish standards and procedures to be used by contractors for determining the existence of a conflict of interest between a city employee and the contractor or a subcontractor or independent contractor of the contractor. The bill would also require every contractor that enters into a contract with a city agency, an elected official, or the Council, where the contract by itself or when aggregated with all contracts awarded to the contractor by a contracting agency during the immediately preceding twelve months has a value of $10,000,000 or more, to certify that the contractor has complied with the standards promulgated by the city chief procurement officer and that no conflict exists. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0499-2014 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Transportation Restrictions on motor vehicle traffic on the central park loop drive. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0432-2014 * Mark Treyger ~SPONSOR Education Dept of Education to offer gluten-free meal options for students at all NYC public schools. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0433-2014 * Mark Treyger ~SPONSOR Mental Health, Developmental Disability, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Disability Services Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2013. (S.313/H.R.647) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0500-2014 * Paul A. Vallone ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the PD to provide the public with 9-1-1 information cards. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0501-2014 * Jumaane D. Williams ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Providing legal counsel for tenants with disabilities who are subject to eviction, ejectment or foreclosure proceedings. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0434-2014 * Andy L. King ~SPONSOR Public Safety Establish protocols to investigate and determine whether their intervention is appropriate whenever local law enforcement officials are accused of committing a homicide or a violent act. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0124-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Renewal Housing Development Fund Company Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0125-2014 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Presbyterian HDFC of Queens, Block 1900, Lot 161; Block 1932, Lot 9; and the intervening demapped parcel Queens. Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0126-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (C 140323(A) ZSQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0126-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (C 140323(A) ZSQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0127-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (C 140324(A) ZSQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0127-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (C 140324(A) ZSQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0128-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (C 140322 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0128-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (C 140322 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0129-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (N 140329(A) ZRQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0129-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (N 140329(A) ZRQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0130-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (N 140325 ZAQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0130-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (N 140325 ZAQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0131-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (C 130384 MMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0131-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Zoning, ASTORIA COVE DEVELOPMENT, Queens (C 130384 MMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0132-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Siting and Maritime Uses Landmarks, 1054 Bushwick Ave, a/k/a 1122 Gates Ave, Brooklyn (20155018 HKK (N 150068 HKK)) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0132-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Landmarks, 1054 Bushwick Ave, a/k/a 1122 Gates Ave, Brooklyn (20155018 HKK (N 150068 HKK)) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0133-2014 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Planning, Dispositions and Concessions Planning, 3603 Broadway and 3605 Broadway, Manhattan (20155113 HAM Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0133-2014 * David G. Greenfield     Planning, 3603 Broadway and 3605 Broadway, Manhattan (20155113 HAM Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available