Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/14/2018 1:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Stated Meeting Agenda, Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting, Minutes of the Stated Meeting, CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (295) 295 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 295. 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 295.       1.             Roll call Video       2. Delivered by: Rev. Hung Tse, Chinese Christian Herald Crusades, 156-03 Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing, NY 11367. Motion to spread the invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Koo.           Video       3. Motion that the Minutes of the Charter Meeting of January 3, 2018 be adopted as printed by Council Member Lancman.           Not available       4.             Video M 0013-2018 *     Received, Ordered, Printed & Filed Submitting Preliminary certificate setting forth the maximum amount of debt and reserves which the City, and the NYC Municipal Water Finance Authority, may soundly incur for capital projects for FY'19 and the ensuing 3 fiscal years. Mayor's Message   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available M 0014-2018 *     Rules, Privileges and Elections Fernando A. Bohorquez, Jr., NYC Conflicts of Interest Board Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0015-2018 *     Rules, Privileges and Elections Anthony W. Crowell, NYC Conflicts of Interest Board. Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available       5. None           Video       6. None           Not available       7. None           Not available       8.             Video       9.             Not available       10. None           Not available       11.             Video                     Not available LU 0006-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 350 East 88th Street, Manhattan ( C 180023 ZSM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0183-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on GO LU 6 - Zoning, 350 East 88th Street, Manhattan ( C 180023 ZSM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0007-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Laid Over Landmarks, Peter P. & Rosa M. Huberty House, 1019 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn (20185109 HKK (N 180135 HKK) Land Use Application   Laid Over by Council   Action details Not available LU 0008-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   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. Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (C180032HAX) 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 0009-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   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. Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Borough of the Bronx (C 180031 ZMX) 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 0010-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   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. Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (N 180033 ZRX) 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 0014-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (20185164 HAX) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0184-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on GO LU 14 - Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (20185164 HAX) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0025-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Preconsidered - Laid Over Planning, Hopkinson/Park Place, Brooklyn (20185165 HAK) Land Use Application   Laid Over by Council   Action details Not available       12.             Video LU 0008-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (C180032HAX) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0185-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on GO LU 8 - Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (C180032HAX) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0009-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Borough of the Bronx (C 180031 ZMX) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0186-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on GO LU 9 - Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Borough of the Bronx (C 180031 ZMX) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0010-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (N 180033 ZRX) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0187-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on GO LU 10 - Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (N 180033 ZRX) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available T2018-1849 *   ~coupled Coupled on GO Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available       ~coupled             Not available LU 0006-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 350 East 88th Street, Manhattan ( C 180023 ZSM) Land Use Application       Action details Not available Res 0183-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 6 - Zoning, 350 East 88th Street, Manhattan ( C 180023 ZSM) Resolution       Action details Not available LU 0014-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (20185164 HAX) Land Use Application       Action details Not available Res 0184-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 14 - Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (20185164 HAX) Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available LU 0008-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (C180032HAX) Land Use Application       Action details Not available Res 0185-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 8 - Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (C180032HAX) Resolution       Action details Not available LU 0009-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Borough of the Bronx (C 180031 ZMX) Land Use Application       Action details Not available Res 0186-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 9 - Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Borough of the Bronx (C 180031 ZMX) Resolution       Action details Not available LU 0010-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (N 180033 ZRX) Land Use Application       Action details Not available Res 0187-2018 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled Preconsidered - GO LU 10 - Planning, 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx (N 180033 ZRX) Resolution       Action details Not available T2018-1849 *   ~coupled GO Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds       Action details Not available                   Pass Not available       13.             Video       14.             Not available       15. None           Not available       16.             Video       17.             Video                     Not available Int 0410-2018 * Corey D. Johnson ~SPONSOR Youth Services Shelter for runaway and homeless youth. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to report annually on runaway and homeless youth. The reports would include a description of the size and characteristics of the current population of runaway and homeless youth, a description of the service needs of the current population, a breakdown of the youth who exited the temporary shelter system in the previous calendar year, a description of the public and private resources available to serve such youth. The bill would also require that DYCD to develop a plan to provide shelter to all runaway and homeless youth who request shelter. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0411-2018 * Margaret S. Chin ~SPONSOR Aging Inspections for social adult day cares and senior centers. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to ensure that all senior centers and social adult day cares (SADCs) that are food service establishments under Article 81 of the New York City Health Code are inspected on an annual basis. The bill would further require DOHMH to submit an annual report to the mayor and the speaker of the council regarding the department’s activities with respect to these inspections, including a list of all senior centers and SADCs inspected (disaggregated by council district), as well as additional information. The bill would also require the Department for the Aging to provide DOHMH with a list of all senior centers and SADCs in the city on an annual basis and to update DOHMH monthly with any changes to that list. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0412-2018 * Margaret S. Chin ~SPONSOR Education Requiring the DOE to report on how many athletic programs, based on gender, are offered to students. Introduction The proposed bill would require the Department of Education to annually report on the number of athletic programs offered in schools, including the programs offered to male and female students, to increase transparency regarding gender equality in athletic programs. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0413-2018 * Margaret S. Chin ~SPONSOR General Welfare Information on homeless seniors. Introduction The proposed bill would require that any report produced by the Department of Homeless Services and made available to the public which includes information on persons residing in shelter or unsheltered homeless persons must include the number of those persons who are 62 years or age or older, to the extent that such data is available. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0414-2018 * Margaret S. Chin ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Safety signs in elevators. Introduction This bill would require signs to be posted in elevators instructing passengers on correct actions in the event the elevator stops between floors. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0415-2018 * Margaret S. Chin ~SPONSOR Public Housing Requiring the dept for the aging to report annually on senior centers within public housing developments. Introduction This bill amends the reporting requirements established by Local Law Number 140 for the year 2018 to further require information about senior centers on property owned by the New York City Housing Authority, including the name of the service provider at those locations, complaints received about that center’s facilities, and steps taken to address those complaints. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0416-2018 * I. Daneek Miller ~SPONSOR Contracts Opportunities for disabled-owned business enterprises in city procurement. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Small Business Services to conduct a study to determine whether disabled-owned businesses in New York City face difficulties participating in the City’s procurement process. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0417-2018 * Kalman Yeger ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Incentivizing water leak reporting. Introduction This bill would grant the Commissioner of Environmental Protection discretionary authority to offer rewards to the public for reporting water leaks in taps or service pipes. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0418-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Increasing fines and penalties for owning, conducting or operating a home improvement business without a license. Introduction This bill would increase fines and penalties for owning, conduction or operating a home improvement business without a license Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0419-2018 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Generating, capturing and utilizing energy from city’s water supply, wastewater treatment systems and natural bodies of water. Introduction The local law requires that future construction, upgrading, or maintenance of the city's in-city water supply system infrastructure include an evaluation of whether underground vaults, internal drops, or high pressure pipes exist that can accommodate the construction or installation of a hydroelectric power project and if such installation can be done when the department is undertaking a water supply infrastructure improvement, then it shall be undertaken to capture and use the electricity either on site or through connection to the grid. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0420-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Soil lead testing in certain department of parks and recreation capital projects. Introduction This bill would require the Parks Department (DPR) to test for lead concentration levels in areas of parks under DPR jurisdiction that contain exposed soil and are used for active play or passive recreation whenever a capital project occurs in such area. Where the test indicates that a bare soil area has a lead level at or above the level set forth in title 40 of the code of federal regulations (currently 400 parts per million), DPR must cover, replace or otherwise remediate the lead level in the area. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0421-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Renewable natural gas. Introduction The Administrative Code requires the Commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to purchase light-duty and medium-duty vehicles that achieve the highest fuel economy. DCAS can satisfy this requirement by purchasing vehicles that run on alternative fuels. However, the definition of “alternative fuel” does not include renewable natural gas as an option. The proposed legislation would amend the definition of alternative fuel in § 24-163.1 to include “biomethane or renewable natural gas.” The proposed legislation would further define the term “biomethane or renewable natural gas.” The proposed legislation would also organize the definitional section to conform to modern drafting standards. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0422-2018 * Laurie A. Cumbo ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Lead Package - Soil lead hazards for certain private dwellings. Introduction This proposed law would require property owners of certain private dwellings to test lead levels in soil in certain areas appurtenant to such dwellings at least once a year, and provide a copy of the results of such tests to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and any lawful occupants of such dwellings. If results indicate a lead level at or above a soil reference level to be set by DOHMH, such owners would be required to notify DOHMH and occupants of such dwellings, and to cover or remediate the lead-contaminated soil. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0423-2018 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection A pilot project for installing moss wall units in the city. Introduction This bill would require the installation of at least three moss wall units (vertical structures of moss cultures used for the purpose of reducing airborne particulate matter and pollution) throughout the city, and a study of the effectiveness of the said moss wall units in reducing airborne pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as recommendations on whether to install more moss wall units in the near future. The study and installation of moss wall units in the city is intended to further the goal of continuing to improve air quality in the city. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0424-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Reducing sewer system backups. Introduction The local law requires the Commissioner to ensure that where a sewer segment causing a confirmed backup is identified, that segment is inspected and cleaned as necessary within 10 calendar days of the confirmation. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0425-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Requiring the city to prepare a plan to prevent sewer system backups. Introduction This proposed local law requires the department to prepare a plan to prevent sewer backups, to reduce sewer backups and to target recurring backups. The proposed local law also requires the department to review the root control strategies of other municipalities and, following the review, consider recommending root control strategies for private property owners. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0426-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Installation of solar water heating and thermal energy systems on city-owned buildings. Introduction This introduction will require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to study the feasibility of the installation of solar water heating and thermal energy systems on city-owned buildings. The study would include consideration of state or federal incentives available to defray the costs of installation. This bill would also require the installation of solar water heating and thermal energy systems where the traditional hot water and space heating equipment has reached the end of its useful life. Finally, this bill would require a report to the Mayor and Speaker to be submitted no later than December 21, 2021 that details the number of solar water heating and thermal energy systems installed. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0427-2018 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Noise standard for commercial establishments. Introduction Amends the definition for unreasonable noise as applied to commercial establishments as sound that exceeds specified prohibited noise levels. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0428-2018 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Idling adjacent to a senior center. Introduction The local law amends Title 24 of the New York City Administrative Code, adding a new section (h) to 24-163 to prohibit idling for more than one minute adjacent to a plainly identified senior citizen center, effective immediately. The bill provides exemptions for when a vehicle is used to operate a loading, unloading or processing device, for mechanical work when required, to maintain an appropriate temperature for passenger comfort or in emergency evacuations where necessary to operate wheelchair lifts. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0429-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Requiring DOB to report on the efficacy of outdoor reset controls. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Buildings to conduct a study on the efficacy of outdoor reset controls on all buildings, and submit the study to the Mayor and City Council by December 31, 2017. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0430-2018 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Fees for the installation of solar power energy systems. Introduction This bill would exempt solar installations from any fees in connection with an application for a street crane permit for such installations. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0431-2018 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Creation of an energy efficiency program for multiple dwellings. Introduction This bill would create an energy efficiency program for multiple dwellings. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0432-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Fire and Emergency Management Creating online applications for rooftop access variances. Introduction This bill would require the Fire Department of the City of New York to accept applications for variances to the New York City Fire Code or Fire Department Rules related to rooftop access online. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0433-2018 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Locking playgrounds in city parks. Introduction This bill would require that the gates at all exclusive children’s playgrounds under the control of the Parks Department that are enclosed by a gated fence be locked in the evening when such playground is closed to the public, or by 9:00 p.m., whichever is earlier, and be unlocked no earlier than 5:45 a.m. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0434-2018 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Requiring the dept of parks and recreation to plant 100,000 trees in environmental justice communities within 5 years. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to plant 100,000 trees in environmental justice communities within five years. If it is not possible to plant 100,000 trees in that time frame, this bill would require the Department to report to the Mayor and Council the number of trees planted and the barriers to planting additional trees. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0435-2018 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Requiring that all public waste receptacles be emptied by the dept of sanitation at least once per day. Introduction This bill would require that DSNY empty all public waste receptacles at least once per day, except on days when the department has suspended or delayed garbage or recycling collection. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0436-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Technology Requiring an agency designated by the mayor to maintain a database of the occupancy and vacancy of all community facility spaces. Introduction This bill would require an agency designated by the mayor to maintain a public online searchable database listing all community facility spaces within the city. The database would include such spaces that exist as of the bill’s effective date and locations that are subsequently designated as community facility spaces. The designated agency must update the database within six months following any addition or change to any data. The database must also be posted on the city’s website and published to the city’s open data portal. Content-wise, the database must include the location of each community facility space, a description of the type of space, the name and address of current occupants or the vacancy status, and any other information required by the designated agency. The Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications must certify to the designated agency within one year of the bill’s effective date that the database is substantially complete. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0437-2018 * Adrienne E. Adams ~SPONSOR Transportation Repair of street defects. Introduction This law would require the department of transportation to repair street defects within five days of receiving a report regarding such defects. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0438-2018 * Kalman Yeger ~SPONSOR Transportation Authorizing the painting of curb cuts. Introduction This proposed law would alert drivers to the presence of curb cuts by allowing them to be painted in certain circumstances. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0439-2018 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Transportation Expanding the availability of electric vehicle chargers. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to install and maintain, or enter into a contract with a third party to install and maintain, at least 100 public on-street fast-charging electric vehicle chargers in each borough. Additionally, this bill would require that at least one out of every 10 newly created public parking spaces be equipped with a fast-charging electric vehicle charger. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0440-2018 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Transportation Requiring a study and pilot of solar-powered street lamps. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of powering street lamps with solar energy. If the Department deems any options feasible, the Department would be required to conduct a pilot project to implement solar-powered street lamps on a small scale. The bill would require the Department to report to the Mayor and the Council on both the feasibility study and any pilot conducted. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0137-2018 * Kalman Yeger ~SPONSOR Finance Create a property tax abatement for homeowners and a water and sewer charge abatement for not-for-profit entities that install a sewer line check valve. (A.1508/S.1891) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0138-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Finance Repeal of reimbursement tax credits to low-wage employers who pay minimum wages to students ages 16 to 19. (A.2658) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0139-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Allow Congress and individual states to regulate campaign finance and political spending, and to pass legislation restoring aggregate contribution limits and third party spending limits. (H.J. Res 64) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0140-2018 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Immigration Citizenship and Immigration Services to amend its Model Plan for Administrative Naturalization Ceremonies to allow guest speakers to make remarks on the importance of becoming an organ donor. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0141-2018 * Kalman Yeger ~SPONSOR Rules, Privileges and Elections Amend the Rules of the Council in relation to the availability of local laws for review by Council Members. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0441-2018 * Laurie A. Cumbo ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Creation of a fair hiring practices task force. Introduction This bill would create a Task Force to evaluate whether any physical testing utilized by any city agency, office, or department creates a discriminatory impact on the basis of race, gender, or any other improper ground. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0442-2018 * Laurie A. Cumbo ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring landlords to provide tenants with documentation of damages when deducting money from a tenant’s security deposit. Introduction This bill would require landlords to provide certain documentation to tenants whenever a landlord deducts money from a tenant’s security deposit at the end of a tenancy. The documentation required would include an itemized statement of all deductions, as well as receipts or invoices for any repair costs that the landlord is deducting from the security deposit. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0443-2018 * Laurie A. Cumbo ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring landlords to conduct rental inspections on residential properties every 3 years and to annually certify that they are in compliance with the city Housing Maintenance Code. Introduction A core public policy goal of the city is that tenants have the expectation to live in well-maintained buildings that are free from unsafe and hazardous living conditions. This local law would mandate that landlords, at nominal cost to themselves, conduct periodic inspections, performed by certified home inspectors, of their properties to ensure that those properties meet Housing Maintenance Code requirements. Landlords will also be required to annually certify to the department of housing preservation and development their compliance with the Code. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0444-2018 * Laurie A. Cumbo ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring all NYPD officers to receive sensitivity training to assist them in responding to victims of harassment and sexual assault. Introduction This bill ensures that all NYPD officers receive sensitivity training to assist them in responding to survivors of gender-based street harassment and sexual assault as part of their academy training, as well as up-to-date training every two years. The training will be sensitive to cultural differences, gender, gender expression, and sexual orientation. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0445-2018 * Laurie A. Cumbo ~SPONSOR Transportation Suspension of alternate side of the street parking rules on blocks adjacent to filming. Introduction The proposed legislation would require the Department of Transportation to suspend alternate side parking rules on blocks adjacent to filming, and require notice to be posted prior to this suspension. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0446-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights Rescinding a waiver to the right to file a claim under the human rights law. Introduction The New York City Human Rights Law prohibits many forms of employment discrimination. This bill would require that any waiver of a right or claim under the Human Rights Law be knowing and voluntary. The bill would create specific and stringent standards to demonstrate knowing and voluntary waiver including, amongst other requirements, a requirement that the waiver be in writing and understood by the employee. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0447-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Requiring the dept of correction to report on the rate of emergency lock-ins. Introduction The Department of Correction may at times prohibit the movement of incarcerated people within a facility, for all departmental facilities, or individual housing area in what is known as a “emergency lock-in” or “lockdown.” This bill requires both a quarterly and a yearly report on the number of emergency lock-ins, the reasons they occur, durations of lock-ins and the scope of disrupted mandated services. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0448-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Requiring the commissioner of the dept of correction to post a monthly report on detainees on the department’s website. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Correction to post a monthly report on its website indicating the number of inmates who have been detained pre-trial, the number of adult inmates who have been detained pre-trial for more than 6 months, and the number of adolescent inmates who have been detained pre-trial for more than 1 month. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0449-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Education Requiring DOE to post subdistrict maps online. Introduction The proposed bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to post online maps showing the geographic boundaries, known as subdistricts, used by the DOE and the New York city school construction authority to identify where new capital funding will be targeted for building new schools. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0450-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Education Requiring DOE to report information regarding students in grades three through eight receiving academic intervention services. Introduction The proposed legislation would require the Department of Education (DOE) to report information on the provision of academic intervention services (AIS) to students in grade three through eight who score below certain thresholds on state English language arts and mathematics assessments and to those students who are required to receive AIS pursuant to the DOE’s policy. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0451-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Education Creation and distribution of a school bus ridership guide. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to distribute a school bus ridership guide in hard copy and electronically no later than 15 days before the start of each school year to all students and parents. Such ridership guide shall include a description of eligibility for school bus services, what the services entail, and the responsibilities of students and parents using DOE’s school bus services. The guide would also include information for parents and students living in temporary housing and students in foster care as it relates to eligibility and use of DOE’s school bus services, and answers to common questions from all parents and guardians relating to school bus services. Finally, the bill would require such materials to be posted on the department’s website in English and in the top six limited English proficiency languages spoken by the population of New York City as determined by the Department of City Planning. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0452-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Education Requiring the DOE report information regarding alternate learning centers. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education to report demographic and other information concerning middle school students in grades 6-12 who attend Alternate Learning Centers (ALCs) as a result of suspensions from their originating schools lasting five or more days. Such information would include race, ethnicity, gender and languages spoken at home. It would also include data concerning pre-suspension due process, ALC teacher training credentials, and post suspension transitions back to an originating school or to other institutions, such as correctional facilities. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0453-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Education Distributing IDNYC applications to all high school students. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to distribute information about the IDNYC municipal identification program to every student at the start of each school year. At a minimum, the DOE shall provide every student with an IDNYC application form, as well as information about IDNYC eligibility requirements and application process, including but not limited to a list of documents accepted to prove IDNYC identity and residency requirements and relevant school or caretaker attestations. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0454-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection The sale and use of gas-powered leaf blowers. Introduction The proposed legislation, if enacted, would amend § 24-242(a)(2) Lawn Care Devices to prohibit the use of a leaf blower before noon on weekends, would amend §24-242(a)(3) to limit the permissible decibel level of the leaf blowers and would further add a new subchapter 13 and §§ 20-699.7 and §20-699.8 to make it unlawful to distribute, sell, or offer for sale any gas-powered leaf blower which exceeds the maximum decibel limit and to provide penalties for violating the law. This local law shall take effect one year after its enactment. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0455-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Use of all-electric school buses in school bus contracts. Introduction This local law would require the City to ensure that all school buses in use by September 1, 2035 shall be all-¬electric zero emission school buses. The replacement of school buses shall be subject to the commercial availability and reliability of all-electric zero emission school buses, and the technical and physical availability of related planned infrastructure, including but not limited to charging stations and bus depots for all-electric zero emission school buses. This local law would also require the DOE to report to the Mayor and the Speaker on a variety of implementation targets within three reporting deadlines: July 1 of 2023, 2028, and 2033. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0456-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Sale and use of diesel-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers. Introduction This local law prohibits sale or use of diesel powered leaf blowers or lawn mowers after September 1, 2018. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0457-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Operation of electronic sound devices on food vending vehicles. Introduction This local law would prohibit food vending vehicles and carts from operating a sound signal device between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9 a.m. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0458-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Finance The translation of dept of design and construction notices, and outreach materials. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Design and Construction to make project notices and outreach materials available in the top languages spoken within the Community District in which such project is located or outreach is occurring. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0459-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Removing references to the Old NY County Courthouse as the Tweed Courthouse. Introduction This bill would prohibit City agencies from referring to the building located at 52 Chambers Street as the Tweed courthouse Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0460-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Establishing term limits for community board members. Introduction This bill would institute term limits for community board members. Under current law, there is no limit on the number of consecutive two-year terms for which community board members may be appointed and serve. Under this bill, community board members appointed for a first term beginning on April 1, 2020 or later would be permitted to serve for a maximum of six consecutive terms (12 years) before they could no longer serve. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0461-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Requiring DCAS to notify the DOE and the school construction authority when city-owned or leased property of an adequate size is determined to have no current use. Introduction The proposed bill would require the Department for Citywide Administrative Services to provide written notice to the New York City Department of Education and the School Construction Authority within 30 days after city-owned or leased property of at least 20,000 square feet is determined to have no current use. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0462-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Requiring the 311 call center to log complaints about locations without street addresses Introduction This bill would prohibit staff at the 311 citizen service call center from declining to enter complaints or requests for service into their database for the purposes of forwarding to the appropriate agency to respond on account of the caller or texter failing to provide an address or other location that is in the database utilized by 311. In such instances, the 311 citizen service call center would be required to enter the location, whether it is an unrecognized address, intersection, or other location, into the “notes” section of the database entry, which is intended to allow the responding agency to identify the location to which the caller or texter is referring. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0463-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Online publication of information relating to stop work orders issued by the department of buildings. Introduction The Department of Buildings (DOB) issues stop work orders where building work is being done in a dangerous or unsafe manner. This bill would require DOB to post online a list of address which received a notice or order to stop work and the date on which the notice or order to stop work was given as well as a list of addresses for which a notice or order to stop work was rescinded and the date of the rescission. The information would have to be disaggregated by zip code, and for each zip code, disaggregated by community district and council district. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0464-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Investigation by the DOHMH of places in which children identified with elevated blood lead levels routinely visit and the regulation of lead-based paint hazards in facilities providing day care services, and to repeal subchapter 1 of chapter 9 of title 17 Introduction This bill would Require DOHMH to investigate the potential sources of elevated blood lead levels in children, including an inspection of any dwelling where a child with an elevated blood lead level spends 10 or more hours per week. This bill would also add to existing lead hazard remediation requirements for facilities providing day care services, requiring them to post notices describing any order to remediate a lead hazard, and to remediate such hazard within 21 days. This bill would also implicate a building owner’s responsibility to investigate and remediate a lead hazard when a child spends 10 or more hours per week in one of their units. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0465-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Conducting education and outreach regarding single-occupant toilet room requirements. Introduction This bill would amend the administrative code by requiring that Department of Buildings (DOB) and the Commission on Human Rights conduct education and outreach to increase awareness of the existing requirement that single-occupant toilet rooms be available for use by persons of any gender, as well as the related posting and signage requirements for such toilet rooms. DOB would also be required to submit to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council, and post on DOB’s website, an annual report on the program and complaints and violations issued regarding non-compliance of the existing requirement. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0466-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Establishment of an immigrant affairs coordinator within the department of parks and recreation. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to establish an “Immigrant Affairs Coordinator” who would act as a liaison between DPR and immigrant communities to help them engage more with park services. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0467-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Requests for trees. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to collect and publish data related to its rejection of street tree work permits. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0468-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Public Safety Police computer technology strategy plan that includes a phase-out of the use of typewriters. Introduction This bill would require the NYPD to report to the Council its technology and telecommunications plans, including its plan to phase out the use of typewriters by fiscal year 2019. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0469-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the NYPD to allow individuals to request certain records through its website. Introduction This local law will require that Police Department establish online mechanisms to allow individuals to request certain police records via the department’s website. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0470-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Requiring the dept of sanitation to collect and report data related to the unlawful posting of printed material. Introduction The bill would require that the Department of Sanitation post a report on its website annually concerning data on notices of violation issued. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0471-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Prohibiting obstructing signs on sidewalks, flagging and curbstone whether or not abutting the offending property. Introduction This bill would prohibit the placing of signs and other obstructions on sidewalks or streets and establish a rebuttable presumption that the identifying information on a sign obstructing the sidewalk is the party responsible for the obstruction. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0472-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Technology Backup of electronic information stored by city agencies. Introduction This bill would require all city agencies to back up electronic information on external media and test the backup of such media regularly. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0473-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Technology Reporting on the feasibility of 911 caller identification information and 911 confirmation numbers. Introduction When 911 operators or dispatchers need to call an individual back, the number displayed is not “911” or a working phone number, which may cause individuals to miss or ignore 911 return calls. This bill would require the Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications, in its annual report on the implementation of the NextGeneration 911 system, to include a description of the feasibility of providing accurate 911 caller identification information when 911 call takers or dispatchers return 911 calls and a description of the feasibility of providing confirmation numbers for 911 calls. These features may help to promote the safety and protection of New Yorkers by allowing individuals to easily identify return calls from 911 and have a record of calls made to 911. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0474-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Transportation Making the chaining, tying, or attaching of bicycles to street trees illegal. Introduction This bill would prohibit any person from chaining, tying, or otherwise attaching a bicycle to a street tree. The Transportation Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, would be responsible for promulgating any rules establishing penalties for violating this prohibition. Additionally, the bill would allow the bicycle to be seized and impounded when a summons or notice of violation is issued for violating this prohibition. Finally, the bill would allow designated employees of the Department of Transportation, Police Department, Department of Sanitation, and Department of Parks and Recreation to enforce this law. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0475-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Transportation Limiting the parking of motor vehicles by dealers. Introduction This bill would make it unlawful for any dealer to park, store, or otherwise maintain a motor vehicle upon a city street for the purpose of displaying the motor vehicle for sale or greasing or repairing such motor vehicle, except in the case of an emergency repair. Additionally, it would prohibit any dealer from parking, storing, or otherwise maintaining on any street a motor vehicle in the dealer’s possession while awaiting repair or return to the owner or lessee of such motor vehicle. Dealers in possession of motor vehicles awaiting repair or return to the owner or lessee would be required to display a placard through the motor vehicle’s forward windshield. Each violation of these prohibitions would be punishable by a fine and may lead to vehicle impoundment. The bill would create an affirmative defense for an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle if they receive a summons while the vehicle is in the possession of a dealer. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0476-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Transportation Requiring towed vehicle storage facilities to provide 24 hour access. Introduction This bill would require that storage facilities for towing be open 24 hours Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0477-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Transportation Reducing the minimum distance at which a vehicle can park adjacent to a fire hydrant. Introduction This bill would require the city to enforce stricter regulations with regard to standing, stopping or parking near fire hydrants. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0478-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Transportation Removal of postings of temporary parking changes. Introduction This bill would require the department of transportation, to remove postings of temporary parking changes within twenty four hours of the changes ending. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0479-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Veterans Offering discharge upgrade assistance and extending city veteran benefits to service members who were discharged because of their LGBTQ status. Introduction This bill would extend all city benefits and services to veterans who have bad discharge papers due solely or in part to their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or, for veterans who identify as LGBTQ, untreated trauma, including that resulting from sexual assault which occurred during military service. This bill would also require DVS to issue a certificate of eligibility to a discharged LGBTQ veteran on request that can be used as proof of their eligibility to receive certain city benefits and services available to veterans. The bill would also require DVS to conduct outreach to raise awareness about these certificates of eligibility and the availability of legal services for discharged LGBTQ veterans, and to also make information about obtaining such certificates or legal services available on the department’s website. This bill further requires DVS to offer discharge upgrade assistance to LGBTQ veterans who were discharged from military service with an other-than-honorable discharge status due solely or in part to sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or, for veterans who identify as LGBTQ, untreated trauma, including that resulting from sexual assault which occurred during military service. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0480-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Youth Services Requiring the dept of youth and community development to create a runaway and homeless youth immigration information plan. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to establish a plan to provide information about resources and services relating to immigration relief and benefits for runaway and homeless youth (RHY) in programs operated by DYCD. These resources and services would include information that would potentially allow RHY immigrants to obtain permanency status in the United States. The plan would be due by June 1, 2019 and require annual reporting thereafter on plan implementation and goals. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0481-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Transportation Reporting data about electric bicycles. Introduction This bill would require the NYPD and the department of transportation, to compile and report data on electric bicycle and electric scooter usage. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0142-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights Overturn the directive prohibiting transgender individuals from serving in the military. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0143-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0144-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Appoint special prosecutors to prosecute violence and civil rights violations against individuals in the NYC Dept of Correction. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0145-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Education Teachers and Parents at the Table Act (H.R. 3246) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0146-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Education Establish Diwali as an official holiday for NYC public school students. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0147-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Education Creation of a pilot program to improve social and emotional learning in schools. (A.7063/ S.5563) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0148-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Education Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act (H.R. 2151/S.954) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0149-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Education DOE not to punish students or parents for opting out of State exams; not to punish schools, principals or teachers if parents opt out of State exams; not to punish superintendents, principals or teachers for informing parents of the right to opt out of St Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0150-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Health FDA to remove any blood donation restrictions based on sexual orientation. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0151-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Higher Education CUNY to incorporate Diwali as an observed university holiday throughout the CUNY system. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0152-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Higher Education CUNY to incorporate Lunar New Year as an observed university holiday throughout the CUNY system. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0153-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Higher Education CUNY to incorporate the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as observed university holidays throughout the CUNY system. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0154-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Immigration Provide immigration judges with discretionary authority to determine that an immigrant parent of a US citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States. (H.R. 2508) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0155-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Immigration Dept of Homeland Security to end the practice of placing immigrant detainees in solitary confinement, except in emergency situations. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0156-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Immigration US Dept of Homeland Security to terminate the use of privately-run immigration detention facilities, as well as to limit the use of detention to only those individuals who pose an imminent threat to national security. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0157-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Designates as professional misconduct, engaging in sexual orientation change efforts by mental health care professionals upon patients under 18 years of age. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0158-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Public Safety Reaffirming the people’s right to peaceful protest. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0159-2018 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Transportation Return control of the subway and bus system to NYC. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0160-2018 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez ~SPONSOR Transportation Include “electric assisted” bicycles in the definition of bicycles and thus permit their use. (A.1018 and S.2888) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0482-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Requiring that the dept of correction establish a crisis intervention program. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Correction to work in conjunction with the Department of Health and Mental Health to develop a crisis intervention program, and report yearly on the status of this program. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0483-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR General Welfare Limiting the shelter capacity of council districts. Introduction This bills would require the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) limit the shelter capacity of each council district to no more than fifteen percent of the total shelter capacity of the borough where the council district is located. DHS would not be permitted to renew any shelter contract or similar agreement if the council district where the shelter is located has more than fifteen percent of the total shelter capacity of the borough where such council district is located. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0484-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Establishing a mobile trauma unit. Introduction This bill would require the creation of a mobile trauma division that responds by bringing services to individuals near recent shooting deaths. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0485-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Public Housing Reporting on persons who have been permanently excluded from public housing. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Housing Authority to make publicly available online and submit to the Mayor and Council quarterly reports related to persons who have been permanently excluded from public housing. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0486-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the PD to use evidence based identification techniques. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Police Department to conduct all police arranged identification procedures in a double blind fashion and take witness confidence statements, unless there are extraordinary circumstances, which would make such procedures unfeasible. The bill also requires an annual report on the number of identification procedures conducted, whether the procedures were conducted in a double blind fashion and the reasons why any identification procedure was not conduced in a double blind fashion. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0487-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Public Safety Creating comprehensive reporting and oversight of NYPD surveillance technologies. Introduction This bill requires the reporting and evaluation of surveillance technologies used by the NYPD. The Department will be required to issue a surveillance impact and use policy about these technologies. The policy would include information on surveillance technologies such as the description and capabilities, rules, processes and guidelines, and any safeguards and security measures designed to protect the information collected. Upon publication of the draft surveillance impact and use policy, the public shall have a period of time to submit comments. The commissioner of the department shall consider the comments and provide the final version of the surveillance impact and use policy to the Council, the Mayor and post to the Department’s website. The inspector general for the NYPD shall audit the surveillance impact and use policy to ensure compliance with its terms. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0488-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the police department to report on interrogation procedures. Introduction This bill would require the Police Department to provide an annual report that includes the number of arrests for offenses the number of custodial interrogations, and the number of custodial interrogations that were recorded and were not recorded, for offenses that require video recording of interrogations pursuant to section 60.45 of the criminal procedure law. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0489-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Small Business Requiring landlords leasing commercial space for certain uses to provide to the tenant a certificate of occupancy and to disclose any liens, fines, or encumbrances that affect title, use or physical condition of the property or the interest of the lessee. Introduction This proposed local law is meant to address the problem of auto repair businesses having to shut down due to inappropriate certificates of occupancy or fines, liens, and other encumbrances on the property due to the fact that dishonest landlords did not inform tenants of these issues prior to entering into a lease agreement. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0490-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Youth Services Time frames for runaway and homeless youth shelter services. Introduction Recently enacted amendments to the New York State Runaway and Homeless Youth Act extends the periods of time youth may remain in runaway and homeless youth shelters if municipalities include those extended time limits in the runaway and homeless youth plan submitted to the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. This bill would require that runaway and homeless youth would be permitted to remain in runaway and homeless youth shelters for the extended time limits. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0491-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Public Safety An advisory board on crossing guard deployment. Introduction This bill requires the NYPD, DOT and DOE to participate in an advisory board relating to NYC crossing guards, and submit biannual reports relating to recommended deployment to the Mayor, the Speaker and the NYPD commissioner. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0492-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice DOC to conduct a survey related to inmate identification. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Correction to conduct a study on the governmental identification possessed by inmates and issues related to such identification or lack thereof. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0161-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Education Mandate that the NYS Education Dept include intimate partner abuse awareness and prevention programs in all public middle school and high school athletic programs. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0162-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring NYS Homes and Community Renewal to collect succession rights data from property owners and release a summary of the statistics to the public. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0163-2018 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Public Safety Gravity Knives (A.5667-A/S. 4769-A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0493-2018 * Barry S. Grodenchik ~SPONSOR Aging Diversity programming at senior centers. Introduction This bill would require the Department for the Aging to require senior centers to expand their programming to include linguistic and cultural programs relevant to the local communities in which they reside. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0494-2018 * Barry S. Grodenchik ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Inactive construction sites. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Buildings to periodically inspect construction sites and establish a publicly available registry of inactive construction sites. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0495-2018 * Barry S. Grodenchik ~SPONSOR Small Business Creation of an energy efficiency program for businesses. Introduction This bill would create an energy efficiency program for businesses. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0164-2018 * Barry S. Grodenchik ~SPONSOR Finance Require the NYC DOT to allow NYC homeowners to repair curbs adjacent to their sidewalk and receive a tax credit for the cost of the repair. (A.5324) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0165-2018 * Peter A. Koo ~SPONSOR Technology Require all Internet Service Providers offering services to NYS customers to keep all customer information confidential unless written consent is provided by the customer. (A.7191-B/S.5603-B) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0496-2018 * Peter A. Koo ~SPONSOR Transportation Stoop line stands Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) to conduct an on-site inspection and prepare a report on whether or not a stoop line stand would have an adverse effect on pedestrian safety or would obstruct pedestrian passage before the Department of Consumer Affairs (“DCA”) may issue or renew any stoop line stand license. Under this bill, the DCA Commissioner would be required to forward copies of the DOT report and the stoop line stand application or renewal to the local council member and community board within five days of having received them. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0497-2018 * Peter A. Koo ~SPONSOR Transportation Suspending alternate side parking regulations on Lunar New Year’s Eve. Introduction The purpose of the legislation would be to allow the suspension of alternate side parking regulations on Lunar New Year’s Eve. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0498-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Requiring food vendors to post prices. Introduction This bill would require mobile food vendors to post the total selling price of every item offered for sale, either in print or digital format, and would prohibit the vendor from charging more than the amount displayed. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0499-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Allowing corporations, partnerships and other business entities to obtain newsstand licenses, and to repeal section 20-241 of the administrative code. Introduction This bill would amend existing law to allow current and new licensees to hold a newsstand license as a corporate entity, as long as each shareholder, partner, member or principal does not have another source of income exceeding what is earned by operating the newsstand. Existing law only allows newsstand operators to hold their license in their personal capacity. The bill also contains deeming provisions that would help the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) to enforce a limit on two newsstand locations per licensee. This bill would also prohibit any licensee from renting or attempting to rent out their newsstand; doing so would be a basis for license revocation. Finally, the bill also requires DCWP to mail current newsstand licensees, before their next license renewal, a letter explaining important legal requirements that may be applicable if holding a newsstand license as a corporate entity. Additionally, Section 20-241 would be repealed and subsequent sections in the subchapter renumbered, to consolidate the requirements and protections in the subchapter. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0500-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Health Revoking a food vending license for certain violations. Introduction This bill would require the revocation of a food vendor license where a food vendor fails to properly dispose of garbage, refuse and liquid wastes as required by section 89.25 of the Health Code. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0501-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Exempting licensed plumbers from registering with the business integrity commission. Introduction The bill would exempt licensed master plumbers from having to register with the Business Integrity Commission when opening or removing the pavement of a public street pursuant to a permit issued by the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0502-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Replacement of all uncovered street litter baskets. Introduction This bill would require the replacement of all uncovered street litter baskets with receptacles that prevent litter from overflowing. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0503-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Increasing fines for the depositing of residential or commercial refuse into public litter baskets. Introduction This bill would increase fines for depositing residential or commercial refuse into public litter baskets. It would also make a third or subsequent violation a class a misdemeanor. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0504-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Transportation Temporary parking restriction permits. Introduction This bill would require that any temporary parking restriction permits related to building construction be limited to the hours between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., when building construction is authorized, and if an after-hours variance permit is obtained from the Department of Buildings, during the hours specified in the after-hours variance permit. The bill would also require permittees to post such temporary parking restriction at least 48 hours before it takes effect. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0505-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Transportation Placement of newsracks near taxi stands. Introduction This local law would prohibit the placement, installation, or maintenance of newsracks within three feet ahead or 25 feet to the rear of any designated taxi stand. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0506-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Transportation Limitation on parking of mobile homes and trailers on residential streets. Introduction This bill would make it a violation to park a mobile home or trailer in excess of three hours on a residential street. It would also make it a violation to park a mobile home or trailer on a residential street from 9pm through 5am. The bill would give the Department of Transportation, the Police Department, or any other authorized agency the power to subject to impoundment any mobile home or trailer parked in violation of this bill. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0166-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Finance Increases pursuant to changes in the consumer price index for the senior citizen rent increase exemption (SCRIE). Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0167-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Transportation Legislation that would make killing someone while driving and using a phone or handheld device a felony and seriously injuring someone while driving and using a phone or handheld device a misdemeanor. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0168-2018 * Karen Koslowitz ~SPONSOR Transportation MTA to timely post and publicly announce information regarding all elevator service interruptions along with suggested alternatives. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0507-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights Discrimination against persons accompanied by a police dog. Introduction New York City police officers in the K-9 unit are required to live with their police dogs and are expected to accompany them at all times. The Council finds that some landlords and property owners discriminate against New York City police officers who are accompanied by their police work dogs by considering the dogs pets rather than working animals. Accordingly, it is necessary to amend the City's Human Rights Law to protect police officers in the K-9 unit from such housing and public accommodations discrimination. This bill prohibits housing discrimination against persons accompanied by a police dog. This includes discrimination in refusing to sell, rent, lease, approve the sale, rental or lease or otherwise deny to or withhold housing accommodations or an interest therein and in the publication or advertisement of housing accommodations. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0508-2018 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor Requiring low-wage workers to enter into covenants not to compete and also to require employers to notify potential employees of any requirement to enter into a covenant not to compete. Introduction Employers are increasingly requiring their employees to sign non-compete agreements as a condition of employment, even in low-wage jobs where such provisions do not serve an obvious purpose. These covenants can lead to low-wage employees being unreasonably restricted in finding new jobs. This bill would prohibit employers from requiring low-wage employees to enter into covenants not to compete as a condition of their employment. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0509-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor Workers’ compensation insurance data. Introduction This bill would allow the commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) to collect data from other City agencies regarding workers compensation claims and report such data to the workers’ compensation board. It would also require police to collect workers’ compensation data at accident and crime scenes and report such data to SBS. It would further enact the “Injured Workers Protection Act,” which would require all applicants for a license or permit, or renewal of a license or permit, to provide its workers’ compensation data to the agency issuing the license or permit; the agencies collecting such data would then be required to report such data to SBS; and SBS would be required to report such data to the Workers’ compensation board. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0510-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Disclosure of premium or compensation charged by bail bond agents. Introduction This bill would set up a complaint mechanism at the Department of Consumer Affairs for consumers of bail bond services to report violations of the maximum allowed bail bond premiums set by the New York Insurance Law. It would also require the Department to refer those violations to the Police Department for enforcement. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0511-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Require the dept of consumer affairs to conduct a retrospective review of existing sidewalk cafe violations. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Consumer Affairs to complete a review of all sidewalk café violations within both local law and agency rules, and make recommendations as to which of those violations should result in an opportunity to cure before a monetary fine is issued. For violations which the Department recommends no cure period, the report must include explanations of its rationale. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0512-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Contracts Requiring certain city contractors to implement workplace violence prevention programs. Introduction Section 27-b of the New York Labor Law requires the state and its political subdivisions and instrumentalities to develop workplace violence prevention programs for the protection of public employees. That requirement does not apply to government contractors, however. This bill would require individuals and entities that provide social services directly to the public pursuant to a contract with the City to develop and implement written programs for the prevention of workplace violence. These programs would be required to include risk-assessment and training components. The bill also would establish procedures for reporting violations, would require contractors to allow participation by workers in development of the program and any inspections, and would require integration of workplace violence prevention programs with violence-prevention programs required by state law where applicable, among other requirements. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0513-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Contracts Reporting on city contracting with local vendors. Introduction This bill would require the City’s Chief Procurement Officer to report annually (no later than October 1 of each year) on the total number and dollar value of contracts awarded by each agency in the prior fiscal year to vendors with their principal place of business in New York City, New York State, and outside of New York State. The information would further be provided by category of procurement: professional services, standard services, and goods. The report would be delivered to the Council and available on the website of the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0514-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Informing persons released from city jails of their voting rights. Introduction This bill would require that information on voting rights be distributed to persons leaving the custody of the department of correction. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0515-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Requiring certain types of bail recommendations. Introduction This bill requires any organization providing arraignment screening services in criminal court to include an evaluation of the amount of bail a defendant has the capacity to post, including recommendations regarding for certain forms of bonds where appropriate. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0516-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Fire and Emergency Management Review and inspection of courthouse emergency management plans. Introduction This bill would require the Office of Emergency management to conduct a yearly review of emergency management plans for the City’s court system, and issue a yearly report to the Council on this topic. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0517-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Fire and Emergency Management Creating online applications for ambulance call reports. Introduction This bill would require the Fire Department of the City of New York to accept applications for ambulance call reports online. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0518-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Funding a participant in the campaign finance matching program who does not qualify for the full match with at least as many public dollars as an opponent who does so qualify. Introduction This bill would give candidates participating in the City’s campaign finance matching program, but who do not qualify for the full 6-1 match because of the lack of a viable opponent, additional funding, in certain circumstances, up to the amount of public money given to an opponent who does qualify for the full 6-1 match. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0519-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Creation of an office of risk management within the mayor’s office of operations. Introduction This bill would amend the Charter of the City of New York to create the Office of Risk Management within the Mayor’s Office of Operations. Such office would work with city agencies to improve workplace safety and overall public health and safety; evaluate workplace accident, injury and illness data and make recommendations to agencies to help avoid recurring accidents; and analyze and coordinate agency workplace safety plans. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0520-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Enacting the “city workforce injury reduction act.” Introduction This bill would create a Mayor’s office of risk management. It would also require City agencies to create a written plan to reduce workforce injuries. In addition, it would require City agencies to report data regarding workplace injuries and illnesses to the Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate and City Council Speaker. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0521-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Assessment of city managed court facilities to determine accessibility for persons with disabilities. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to audit and report on the accessibility of the court facilities in its portfolio. The report would be submitted annually to the mayor, the council, and the Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of People with Disabilities. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0522-2018 * Kalman Yeger ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Reporting of revenue from the issuance of violations and the imposition of related fines. (Fine Accountability Act) Introduction This bill would require the Departments of Buildings, Consumer Affairs, Health and Mental Hygiene, Sanitation, Transportation, and the Fire Department to report quarterly to the Council and community boards on the amount of revenue they received in the previous quarter from the issuance of violations. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0523-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Health Creation of a safe patient handling advisory board. Introduction This bill would establish an advisory board tasked with developing safe patient handling policy recommendations for health care facilities operating in the City. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0524-2018 * Rory I. Lancman ~SPONSOR Health Required notice of the rights of people with disabilities to use service animals in public accommodations. Introduction This bill would require public accommodations to post notices visible to employees and customers that people with disabilities may be accompanied by service animals in accordance with federal and state laws. A violation of this requirement would carry a civil penalty of fifty dollars for every employee not provided such notice. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available