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Meeting Name: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/24/2026 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2
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Int 0068-2026 *Shaun Abreu Proposed Int. No. 68-ANewsrack requirements and enforcement.IntroductionThis bill would require newsrack owners to provide their email address to the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) when registering a newsrack, and permits DOT to communicate with those newsrack owners electronically. It additionally requires newsrack owners to regularly clean and repaint their newsracks, and to remove refuse from the newsrack if a notice of correction is issued. It permits DOT to treat a newsrack as abandoned if it is missing all required identifying markings, or if there is no owner on record for the newsrack, and permits DOT to issue a notice of violation alongside a notice of correction for certain violations related to newsrack maintenance, although the notice of violation must be withdrawn if the owner corrects the violation within the time allotted.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0068-2026 *Shaun Abreu  Newsrack requirements and enforcement.IntroductionThis bill would require newsrack owners to provide their email address to the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) when registering a newsrack, and permits DOT to communicate with those newsrack owners electronically. It additionally requires newsrack owners to regularly clean and repaint their newsracks, and to remove refuse from the newsrack if a notice of correction is issued. It permits DOT to treat a newsrack as abandoned if it is missing all required identifying markings, or if there is no owner on record for the newsrack, and permits DOT to issue a notice of violation alongside a notice of correction for certain violations related to newsrack maintenance, although the notice of violation must be withdrawn if the owner corrects the violation within the time allotted.Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Not available
Int 0068-2026 *Shaun Abreu  Newsrack requirements and enforcement.IntroductionThis bill would require newsrack owners to provide their email address to the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) when registering a newsrack, and permits DOT to communicate with those newsrack owners electronically. It additionally requires newsrack owners to regularly clean and repaint their newsracks, and to remove refuse from the newsrack if a notice of correction is issued. It permits DOT to treat a newsrack as abandoned if it is missing all required identifying markings, or if there is no owner on record for the newsrack, and permits DOT to issue a notice of violation alongside a notice of correction for certain violations related to newsrack maintenance, although the notice of violation must be withdrawn if the owner corrects the violation within the time allotted.Amended by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0068-2026 AShaun Abreu  Newsrack requirements and enforcement.IntroductionThis bill would require newsrack owners to provide their email address to the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) when registering a newsrack, and permits DOT to communicate with those newsrack owners electronically. It additionally requires newsrack owners to regularly clean and repaint their newsracks, and to remove refuse from the newsrack if a notice of correction is issued. It permits DOT to treat a newsrack as abandoned if it is missing all required identifying markings, or if there is no owner on record for the newsrack, and permits DOT to issue a notice of violation alongside a notice of correction for certain violations related to newsrack maintenance, although the notice of violation must be withdrawn if the owner corrects the violation within the time allotted.Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available
Int 0257-2026 *Rita C. Joseph Proposed Int. No. 257-ASpecial activation of the open streets program on certain holidays and time periods with significant pedestrian traffic.IntroductionThis bill would modify the existing Open Streets program to permit community organizations to request special activation opportunities, which are days and times the open street may be operated in addition to the open streets’ regular hours of operation. These special activation opportunities may include Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Halloween, or other time periods where there is significant pedestrian traffic.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0257-2026 *Rita C. Joseph  Special activation of the open streets program on certain holidays and time periods with significant pedestrian traffic.IntroductionThis bill would modify the existing Open Streets program to permit community organizations to request special activation opportunities, which are days and times the open street may be operated in addition to the open streets’ regular hours of operation. These special activation opportunities may include Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Halloween, or other time periods where there is significant pedestrian traffic.Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Not available
Int 0257-2026 *Rita C. Joseph  Special activation of the open streets program on certain holidays and time periods with significant pedestrian traffic.IntroductionThis bill would modify the existing Open Streets program to permit community organizations to request special activation opportunities, which are days and times the open street may be operated in addition to the open streets’ regular hours of operation. These special activation opportunities may include Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Halloween, or other time periods where there is significant pedestrian traffic.Amended by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0257-2026 ARita C. Joseph  Special activation of the open streets program on certain holidays and time periods with significant pedestrian traffic.IntroductionThis bill would modify the existing Open Streets program to permit community organizations to request special activation opportunities, which are days and times the open street may be operated in addition to the open streets’ regular hours of operation. These special activation opportunities may include Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Halloween, or other time periods where there is significant pedestrian traffic.Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available