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| | | 2. | INVOCATION - Delivered by Pastor Ben Hur, Senior Pastor who serves as a spiritual leader at the Promise Church & Ministries International, located at 130-30 31st Ave, Flushing, NY 11354.
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| | | 3. | ADOPTION OF MINUTES - Motion that the Minutes of the Stated Meeting of June 17, 2021 be adopted as printed by Council Member Koo. | | | | | |
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| | | 4. | MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR | | | | | |
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M 0322-2021
| * | | | Preconsidered - Rules, Privileges and Elections | Georgia Pestana, appointment as Corporation Counsel. | Mayor's Message | | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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| | | 5. | COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES - None | | | | | |
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| | | 8. | COMMUNICATION FROM THE SPEAKER | | | | | |
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| | | 9. | DISCUSSION OF GENERAL ORDERS | | | | | |
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| | | 10. | REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES - None | | | | | |
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| | | 11. | REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES | | | | | |
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| | | | REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS | | | | | |
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Int 0339-2018
| B | Deborah L. Rose | | Amended and Coupled on General Orders | Protections for domestic workers under the human rights law. | Introduction | This bill would extend the employment protections of Title 8 of the New York City Administrative Code to domestic workers. Currently, employees of employers with fewer than four employees total are not protected by the prohibitions against discrimination in employment, apprentice training programs, religious observance in the employment context, unemployment status, disparate impact discrimination in the employment context, and unlawful discrimination against victims of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking. Also, employees of employers with fewer than four employees total are not protected by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. This bill would expand occupations covered by these protections to include domestic workers. | Approved by Council | Pass |
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| | | | REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE AND LABOR | | | | | |
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Int 2252-2021
| A | Corey D. Johnson | | Amended and Coupled on General Orders | Requiring city human services contractors to enter into labor peace agreements. | Introduction | This bill would require City human services contractors and certain subcontractors to enter into labor peace agreements with labor organizations seeking to represent their employees rendering services under City human services contracts. Human service contracts include but are not limited to day care, foster care, home care, health or medical services, housing and shelter assistance, preventive services, youth services, the operation of senior centers, employment training and assistance, vocational and educational programs, legal services and recreation programs. The bill exempts building service employees and subcontractors whose principal purpose is to provide supplies, or administrative services, technical support or other similar services that do not directly relate to the performance of human services. No later than 90 days after the award or renewal of a human services contract, the contractor would be obligated to submit an attestation that 1) the employer has entered into one or more labor peace agreements with a labor organization, or 2) no labor organization has sought to represent their employees. Such attestation shall be updated annually. | Approved by Council | Pass |
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| | | | REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND BUSINESS LICENSING | | | | | |
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Int 2311-2021
| A | Keith Powers | | Amended and Coupled on General Orders | Data on orders placed through third-party food delivery services. | Introduction | This bill would require third-party food delivery services, entities that provide food service establishments with online order and delivery services, to share monthly information on customers who have placed a food or beverage order with an establishment, if that establishment requests the information. The information would consist of the customer’s name, phone number, e-mail address, delivery address and the contents of their orders, as described in Proposed Int. No. 2335-A. Customers would be able to opt out of the sharing of this information, and the service would be required to provide a clear disclosure to customers explaining what information would be shared with the establishment. The establishment fulfilling the customer’s order would be permitted to retain that information, which must be provided in a machine-readable format. Services could not limit the establishments’ use of the information, but the bill would prohibit the establishments from selling, renting or disclosing the information without express consent from the customer, and the customer would be able to withdraw their consent to using their information. The bill would also permit customers to request that the establishment delete their information. | Approved by Council | Pass |
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| | | | REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE | | | | | |
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Int 2291-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | | Coupled on General Orders | Madison/23rd/ Flatiron/ Chelsea business improvement district. | Introduction | This bill would authorize the Madison/23rd/Flatiron/Chelsea Business Improvement District (“Madison/23rd/Flatiron/Chelsea BID or BID”) to increase the amount it expends annually, extend its boundaries, and change the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based as set forth in the BID’s amended district plan. | Approved by Council | Pass |
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Res 1715-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | | Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders | Approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget. | Resolution | | Approved, by Council | Pass |
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LU 0818-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | | | Beck Street HDFC.PLP.FY22, Bronx | Land Use Application | | Approved, by Council | Pass |
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Res 1718-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | | Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders | LU 818 - Beck Street HDFC.PLP.FY22, Bronx | Resolution | | Approved, by Council | Pass |
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LU 0819-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | | | Maimonides, Brooklyn | Land Use Application | | Approved, by Council | Pass |
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Res 1719-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | | Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders | LU 819 - Maimonides, Brooklyn | Resolution | | Approved, by Council | Pass |
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| | | | REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS | | | | | |
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M 0322-2021
| * | | | | Georgia Pestana, appointment as Corporation Counsel. | Mayor's Message | | Approved, by Council | Pass |
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Res 1720-2021
| * | Karen Koslowitz | | Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders | M 322 - Georgia Pestana, appointment as Corporation Counsel. | Resolution | | Approved, by Council | Pass |
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| | | | REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS | | | | | |
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Int 2333-2021
| A | Mark Gjonaj | | Amended and Coupled on General Orders | Prohibiting the inclusion of a food service establishment's products on a third-party food delivery platform without a written agreement authorizing such inclusion, and to provide penalties. | Introduction | This bill would prohibit third-party food delivery services – defined in this bill as any website, mobile application or other internet service that sells and offers delivery or pickup of food and beverages from a food service establishment owned by another entity – from listing food service establishments on their application or website and making deliveries from such establishments, without a written agreement between the delivery service and the establishment. It would also prohibit the delivery services from requiring the establishments, in these written agreements, to indemnify the delivery service or their independent contractors or agents for certain damage that occurs after food or beverages leave the establishment. Violations of this bill would be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 per day per establishment with respect to which a violation was committed. The Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection would be required to conduct outreach about the requirements of this bill. | Approved by Council | Pass |
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Int 2335-2021
| A | Mark Gjonaj | | Amended and Coupled on General Orders | Requiring third-party food delivery services to provide a description of the telephone numbers listed in connection with food service establishments. | Introduction | Some third-party food delivery services generate and advertise unique telephone numbers for the food service establishments with which they contract, and collect a fee when customers use that unique telephone number for food or beverage orders from the establishments. This bill would require these services, if listing any telephone number for an establishment, to include that establishment’s direct telephone number, and if also including a unique telephone number, to provide a description of the telephone numbers. The description must identify each type of telephone number and any fees associated with their use. The Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection would be required to promulgate rules defining the content, size and location of the description. | Approved by Council | Pass |
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Int 2356-2021
| A | Mark Gjonaj | | Amended and Coupled on General Orders | Extending the prohibition of certain telephone order charges by third-party food delivery services. | Introduction | This bill would amend an existing law that prohibits third-party food delivery services - entities that provide food service establishments with online order and delivery services - from charging such establishments for telephone orders that did not result in a transaction during the call. Under the existing law, such charges are prohibited only when certain conditions apply. This bill would instead prohibit such charges from the anticipated end date of those conditions until February 17, 2022. | Approved by Council | Pass |
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Int 2359-2021
| A | Francisco P. Moya | | Amended and Coupled on General Orders | Extending the limitation on fees charged to food service establishments by third-party food delivery services. | Introduction | This bill would amend an existing law that prohibits third-party food delivery services - entities that provide food service establishments with online order and delivery services - from charging such establishments more than 15% per order for delivery and more than 5% per order for all other fees only when certain conditions apply. This bill would instead prohibit such charges from the anticipated end date of those conditions until February 17, 2022. It would also clarify the types of transaction fees exempted from these limits on charges. | Approved by Council | Pass |
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| | | 12. | GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR | | | | | |
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| * | | | Coupled on General Orders | Commissioner of Deeds | Commissioner of Deeds | | Approved, by Council | Pass |
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| | | ~coupled | CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS | | | | | |
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Int 0339-2018
| B | Deborah L. Rose | ~coupled | A and GO | Protections for domestic workers under the human rights law. | Introduction | This bill would extend the employment protections of Title 8 of the New York City Administrative Code to domestic workers. Currently, employees of employers with fewer than four employees total are not protected by the prohibitions against discrimination in employment, apprentice training programs, religious observance in the employment context, unemployment status, disparate impact discrimination in the employment context, and unlawful discrimination against victims of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking. Also, employees of employers with fewer than four employees total are not protected by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. This bill would expand occupations covered by these protections to include domestic workers. | | |
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Int 2252-2021
| A | Corey D. Johnson | ~coupled | A and GO | Requiring city human services contractors to enter into labor peace agreements. | Introduction | This bill would require City human services contractors and certain subcontractors to enter into labor peace agreements with labor organizations seeking to represent their employees rendering services under City human services contracts. Human service contracts include but are not limited to day care, foster care, home care, health or medical services, housing and shelter assistance, preventive services, youth services, the operation of senior centers, employment training and assistance, vocational and educational programs, legal services and recreation programs. The bill exempts building service employees and subcontractors whose principal purpose is to provide supplies, or administrative services, technical support or other similar services that do not directly relate to the performance of human services. No later than 90 days after the award or renewal of a human services contract, the contractor would be obligated to submit an attestation that 1) the employer has entered into one or more labor peace agreements with a labor organization, or 2) no labor organization has sought to represent their employees. Such attestation shall be updated annually. | | |
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Int 2311-2021
| A | Keith Powers | ~coupled | A and GO | Data on orders placed through third-party food delivery services. | Introduction | This bill would require third-party food delivery services, entities that provide food service establishments with online order and delivery services, to share monthly information on customers who have placed a food or beverage order with an establishment, if that establishment requests the information. The information would consist of the customer’s name, phone number, e-mail address, delivery address and the contents of their orders, as described in Proposed Int. No. 2335-A. Customers would be able to opt out of the sharing of this information, and the service would be required to provide a clear disclosure to customers explaining what information would be shared with the establishment. The establishment fulfilling the customer’s order would be permitted to retain that information, which must be provided in a machine-readable format. Services could not limit the establishments’ use of the information, but the bill would prohibit the establishments from selling, renting or disclosing the information without express consent from the customer, and the customer would be able to withdraw their consent to using their information. The bill would also permit customers to request that the establishment delete their information. | | |
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| | | ~coupled | FINANCE | | | | | |
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Int 2291-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | ~coupled | Preconsidered - GO | Madison/23rd/ Flatiron/ Chelsea business improvement district. | Introduction | This bill would authorize the Madison/23rd/Flatiron/Chelsea Business Improvement District (“Madison/23rd/Flatiron/Chelsea BID or BID”) to increase the amount it expends annually, extend its boundaries, and change the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based as set forth in the BID’s amended district plan. | | |
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Res 1715-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | ~coupled | Preconsidered - GO | Approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget. | Resolution | | | |
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Res 1718-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | ~coupled | Preconsidered - GO | LU 818 - Beck Street HDFC.PLP.FY22, Bronx | Resolution | | | |
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Res 1719-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | ~coupled | Preconsidered - GO | LU 819 - Maimonides, Brooklyn | Resolution | | | |
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Res 1720-2021
| * | Karen Koslowitz | ~coupled | Preconsidered - GO | M 322 - Georgia Pestana, appointment as Corporation Counsel. | Resolution | | | |
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Int 2333-2021
| A | Mark Gjonaj | ~coupled | A and GO | Prohibiting the inclusion of a food service establishment's products on a third-party food delivery platform without a written agreement authorizing such inclusion, and to provide penalties. | Introduction | This bill would prohibit third-party food delivery services – defined in this bill as any website, mobile application or other internet service that sells and offers delivery or pickup of food and beverages from a food service establishment owned by another entity – from listing food service establishments on their application or website and making deliveries from such establishments, without a written agreement between the delivery service and the establishment. It would also prohibit the delivery services from requiring the establishments, in these written agreements, to indemnify the delivery service or their independent contractors or agents for certain damage that occurs after food or beverages leave the establishment. Violations of this bill would be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 per day per establishment with respect to which a violation was committed. The Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection would be required to conduct outreach about the requirements of this bill. | | |
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Int 2335-2021
| A | Mark Gjonaj | ~coupled | A and GO | Requiring third-party food delivery services to provide a description of the telephone numbers listed in connection with food service establishments. | Introduction | Some third-party food delivery services generate and advertise unique telephone numbers for the food service establishments with which they contract, and collect a fee when customers use that unique telephone number for food or beverage orders from the establishments. This bill would require these services, if listing any telephone number for an establishment, to include that establishment’s direct telephone number, and if also including a unique telephone number, to provide a description of the telephone numbers. The description must identify each type of telephone number and any fees associated with their use. The Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection would be required to promulgate rules defining the content, size and location of the description. | | |
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Int 2356-2021
| A | Mark Gjonaj | ~coupled | A and GO | Extending the prohibition of certain telephone order charges by third-party food delivery services. | Introduction | This bill would amend an existing law that prohibits third-party food delivery services - entities that provide food service establishments with online order and delivery services - from charging such establishments for telephone orders that did not result in a transaction during the call. Under the existing law, such charges are prohibited only when certain conditions apply. This bill would instead prohibit such charges from the anticipated end date of those conditions until February 17, 2022. | | |
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Int 2359-2021
| A | Francisco P. Moya | ~coupled | A and GO | Extending the limitation on fees charged to food service establishments by third-party food delivery services. | Introduction | This bill would amend an existing law that prohibits third-party food delivery services - entities that provide food service establishments with online order and delivery services - from charging such establishments more than 15% per order for delivery and more than 5% per order for all other fees only when certain conditions apply. This bill would instead prohibit such charges from the anticipated end date of those conditions until February 17, 2022. It would also clarify the types of transaction fees exempted from these limits on charges. | | |
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Res 1713-2021
| * | Inez D. Barron | ~SPONSOR | Education | DOE to establish asynchronous learning programs at all Specialized High Schools. | Resolution | | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2361-2021
| * | Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. | ~SPONSOR | Housing and Buildings | Creating a questionnaire related to the inspection and correction of building gas piping systems. | Introduction | Pursuant to Local Law 152 of 2016 and Department of Buildings (DOB), rules, between January 1 and December 31 of every fourth year, building gas piping systems must be inspected in community districts in all boroughs. DOB rules also require submission of a certification that all conditions identified in the inspection report have been corrected no later than 120 days, or if more time is needed, no later than 180 days following the inspection date. This bill would require DOB to create a questionnaire that could be shared with stakeholders and members of the public. Through this questionnaire, DOB could seek feedback on Local Law 152. Starting on March 1, 2022, and on every following March 1, DOB would be required to report to the Council, the Mayor, and post on its website, the results of the questionnaires received during the prior calendar year. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Res 1714-2021
| * | Darma V. Diaz | ~SPONSOR | Health | Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act (H.R. 1350/S. 408) | Resolution | | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Res 1715-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | ~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 | |
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Int 2362-2021
| * | Robert F. Holden | ~SPONSOR | Housing and Buildings | Authorizing special rigger licensees to install accessory signs. | Introduction | This bill would authorize licensed special riggers to install accessory signs outside of businesses in the City. Expanding the number of workers available to legally install accessory signs to include licensed special riggers would help business owners seeking to install such signs avoid additional costs and delays. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Res 1716-2021
| * | Robert F. Holden | ~SPONSOR | Public Safety | Amend pretrial detention to include all hate crime charges. | Resolution | | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2363-2021
| * | Ben Kallos | ~SPONSOR | Governmental Operations | Departmental statements of needs and notice to the city required when real property is available for purchase. | Introduction | This bill would require that city agencies provide the Council with a copy of the departmental statement of needs for city facilities that is submitted annually to the Mayor. It would also require that real property owners or real estate professionals working on their behalf notify the city 30 days before properties will be listed for sale. The notification would be submitted through a website specified by the Commissioner of Citywide Administrative Services. The website would also track whether any city agency is interested in acquiring the real property. The bill would also preserve the city’s authority to use the uniform land use review procedures or eminent domain to acquire properties if applicable. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2364-2021
| * | Ben Kallos | ~SPONSOR | Finance | Establishing the office of the taxpayer advocate. | Introduction | This bill would establish within the Department of Finance an Office of the Taxpayer Advocate. The Taxpayer Advocate would have the following functions, powers and duties: to assist taxpayers in resolving problems with the department; to identify areas in which taxpayers have problems in dealings with the department; to propose solutions, including administrative changes to practices and procedures of the department to mitigate problems identified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subdivision; to recommend legislative action as may be appropriate to resolve problems encountered by taxpayers; and to preserve and promote the rights of the taxpayer. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2365-2021
| * | Peter A. Koo | ~SPONSOR | Parks and Recreation | Creation of a task force to coordinate the removal of fallen trees due to a severe weather event. | Introduction | This bill would create a Downed Tree Task Force consisting of NYC Emergency Management, the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), the Police Department, Fire Department, Department of Information Technology, Department of Sanitation, Department of Transportation and representatives from the major utility companies to assist in the safe clearing and removal of City owned trees and/or tree limbs that have fallen as a result of a severe weather event. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2366-2021
| * | Peter A. Koo | ~SPONSOR | Parks and Recreation | Tree health assessments and inspections. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to conduct risk and health inspections of every street tree under its jurisdiction that has a caliper size greater than 6 inches at least once between each tree’s pruning cycles. DPR would be required to publicly post the criteria that it utilizes to inspect such trees and submit an annual report on how many trees are referred for inspection each year, how many are actually inspected each year and the results of such inspections. Finally, DPR would be required to maintain a regularly updated map on its website that displays each tree that was inspected, the result of such inspection and the action taken by the DPR in response to the result of such inspection. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2367-2021
| * | Peter A. Koo | ~SPONSOR | Transportation | Parking violations issued for the failure to observe a parking sign where pavement markings designate a parking space. | Introduction | This bill would create an affirmative defense to parking violations issued to vehicle owners for the failure to observe a parking sign. The defense would apply when pavement markings on the roadway designate a parking space. Such affirmative defense would not be available if Department of Transportation (DOT) installed a physical barrier in the parking space to designate no parking or where pavement markings designate a parking space, but street signs limit the times when parking is authorized or the type of vehicle authorized to park in such parking space. This bill would also require DOT to notify vehicle owners of such affirmative defense. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2368-2021
| * | Stephen T. Levin | ~SPONSOR | Housing and Buildings | Requiring that certain contact information be posted at work sites. | Introduction | This bill would require inclusion of the name of an individual to contact at the place of business of a property owner or contractor listed on Department of Buildings (“DOB”) “Work in Progress” information panels at work sites and sidewalk shed information panels. This bill would also require listing a phone number for the permit holder on DOB permits. Posting such individual contact information at work sites would facilitate contacting the relevant business if necessary about questions or problems at the site. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2369-2021
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | ~SPONSOR | Civil and Human Rights | Requiring employers to hold an onboarding meeting to discuss an employee's reintegration back into the workplace after parental leave. | Introduction | This bill would require employers to hold a meeting with employees who are returning to the workplace after taking parental leave. Guidelines for this meeting would be developed by the City’s Commission on Human Rights, with the goal of improving the reintegration process for the employer and employee. Employees who do not wish to participate in the meeting must opt out in writing. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2370-2021
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | ~SPONSOR | Health | Education about city standards for respectful care at birth, health care proxy forms and patients’ rights. | Introduction | This bill would require that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene undertake a public education campaign in facilities that provide obstetric and gynecological care through the Department to inform patients about the city standards for respectful care at birth, health care proxy forms, the right to be free from discrimination related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition, the right to be free from discrimination due to caregiver status, the right to reasonable accommodations in the workplace including lactation accommodations, paid sick and safe leave, temporary schedule changes, temporary disability insurance, the family and medical leave act of 1993 and New York’s paid family leave program. The campaign would distribute posters, flyers, forms and other written material to patients. The bill would also invite the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to distribute and post such materials at locations under its jurisdiction. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2371-2021
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | ~SPONSOR | Education | DOE reporting on school reopening plans to the commissioner of health and mental hygiene. | Introduction | This bill would require the New York City Department of Education (“DOE”) to report to the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene regarding reopening plans for each public school in the City for the 2021-22 school year, including measures planned to be taken to protect the health of students, staff, and the community against COVID-19 and planned protocols for communication with parents and the school community regarding such measures. The Commissioner would be required to review such plans and to provide feedback to DOE on the adequacy of the plans in protecting the health of students, staff, and the community, and any recommendations for modifications regarding such plans. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Res 1717-2021
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | ~SPONSOR | Health | Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021. | Resolution | | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2372-2021
| * | Carlina Rivera | ~SPONSOR | Women and Gender Equity | Creating a two year look-back window to the gender-motivated violence act, and extending its statute of limitations. | Introduction | This bill would give survivors of gender-motivated acts of violence more time to pursue civil actions by extending the statute of limitations and clarify that the law applies to such acts committed by parties who direct, enable, participate in, or conspire in a gender-motivated act of violence. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2373-2021
| * | Rafael Salamanca, Jr. | ~SPONSOR | Health | Amending a transcript of a record of death for a death caused by COVID-19. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to waive any fee for applicants requesting to amend a death certificate to list the cause of death as COVID-19 or health complications caused by COVID-19. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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Int 2374-2021
| * | Mark Treyger | ~SPONSOR | Education | Classroom capacity | Introduction | This bill would require each classroom in a school of the city school district of the city of New York provide 35 square feet of net floor area per child by September 2024, with no less than one-third of schools complying with such targets by September 2022, and no less than two-thirds of schools complying with such targets by September 2023. | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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LU 0818-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | ~SPONSOR | Preconsidered - Finance | Beck Street HDFC.PLP.FY22, Bronx | Land Use Application | | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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LU 0819-2021
| * | Daniel Dromm | ~SPONSOR | Preconsidered - Finance | Maimonides, Brooklyn | Land Use Application | | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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LU 0820-2021
| * | Rafael Salamanca, Jr. | ~SPONSOR | Landmarks, Public Sitings & Dispositions | Landmarks, Holyrood Episcopal Church – Iglesia Santa Cruz, Manhattan (20215031 HIM (N 210467 HIM)) | Land Use Application | | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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LU 0820-2021
| * | Rafael Salamanca, Jr. | | | Landmarks, Holyrood Episcopal Church – Iglesia Santa Cruz, Manhattan (20215031 HIM (N 210467 HIM)) | Land Use Application | | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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LU 0821-2021
| * | Rafael Salamanca, Jr. | ~SPONSOR | Landmarks, Public Sitings & Dispositions | Landmarks, Educational Building, 70 Fifth Ave, Manhattan (20215018 HIM (N 210468 HIM)) | Land Use Application | | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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LU 0821-2021
| * | Rafael Salamanca, Jr. | | | Landmarks, Educational Building, 70 Fifth Ave, Manhattan (20215018 HIM (N 210468 HIM)) | Land Use Application | | Referred to Comm by Council | |
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