Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/29/2020 1:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) - Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS, Proposed Agenda, Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, Announcements, Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting, Minutes of the Stated Meeting Meeting Items (74) 74 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia       1. ROLL CALL           Roll call Not available       2. INVOCATION - Delivered by: Reverend Anthony Sandusky serves as a spiritual leader at Village Life located at P.O. Box 471297, Brooklyn, NY 11247. Motion to spread the Invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Levine.           Not available       3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES - Motion that the Minutes of the Stated Meeting of October 5, 2020 be adopted as printed by Council Member Powers.           Not available       4. MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR - None           Not available       5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES           Not available M 0257-2020 *     Rules, Privileges and Elections Rodney L. Pepe-Souvenir, Office of Commissioner of Elections of the Board of Elections. Communication   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available       6. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - None           Not available       7. LAND USE CALL-UPS           Not available M 0258-2020 * Costa G. Constantinides     Landmarks, DSNY Queens Sanitation Garage 1, Queens (C 200238 PCQ) Land Use Call-Up   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available       8. COMMUNICATION FROM THE SPEAKER           Not available       9. DISCUSSION OF GENERAL ORDERS           Not available       10. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES - None           Not available       11. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES           Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS           Not available Int 2082-2020 A Keith Powers   Amended and Coupled on GO Prohibition against discrimination in housing accommodations based on lawful source of income. Introduction Prohibitions against discrimination in housing accommodations based on lawful source of income currently do not apply to housing accommodations comprised of five or fewer units. This bill removes this exception, but maintains existing exceptions that apply to all types of discrimination in housing accommodations. This bill also clarifies the definition of “lawful source of income” to align more closely with State law and include all lawful income that low-income New Yorkers may receive, such as child support, alimony, and other types of housing assistance. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION           Not available Int 1947-2020 A Costa G. Constantinides   Amended and Coupled on GO Rent regulated accommodations. Introduction This bill would amend the definition of rent regulated accommodations to include only dwellings in which 35% or more of the dwelling units are required to be rent regulated. Newly covered buildings would have a two year extension to comply with the first building emissions limits. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 2072-2020 A Costa G. Constantinides   Amended and Coupled on GO Greenhouse gas emissions reduction methods and outreach and education. Introduction This bill would require the City to report on the City’s outreach and education efforts and methods buildings use to comply with greenhouse gas emissions limits pursuant to Local Law 97 of 2019. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE           Not available Res 1470-2020 * Daniel Dromm   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO Approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1471-2020 * Daniel Dromm   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO Increase in the amount to be expended annually for two business improvement districts. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GENERAL WELFARE           Not available Int 1339-2019 A Diana I. Ayala   Amended and Coupled on GO Providing information about lawful source of income discrimination to applicants for the city fighting homelessness and eviction prevention supplement program. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) to arrange for the provision of a written notice to CityFHEPS rental assistance program applicants with administration about source of income discrimination at the time an applicant receives a shopping letter from DSS. The notice would provide information about protections under the New York City Human Rights Law related to discrimination on the basis of a person’s lawful source of income. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 2080-2020 A Stephen T. Levin   Amended and Coupled on GO Online access to rental assistance program application status. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Social Services (DSS) to provide more information about its rental assistance program, CityFHEPS, online. Specifically, DSS would be required make the status of an application or renewal request available to applicants online. DSS would be required to execute a contract to make online access available by June 30, 2021. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS           Not available M 0253-2020 *       Kenseth Armstead, appointment as a member of the NYC Art Commission, known as the Public Design Commission. Mayor's Message   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1477-2020 * Karen Koslowitz   Coupled on GO M 253 - Kenseth Armstead, appointment as a member of the NYC Art Commission, known as the Public Design Commission. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0254-2020 *       Deborah Marton, appointment as a member of the NYC Art Commission, known as the Public Design Commission. Mayor's Message   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1478-2020 * Karen Koslowitz   Coupled on GO M 254 - Deborah Marton, appointment as a member of the NYC Art Commission, known as the Public Design Commission. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available       12. GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available         COUPLED ON GENERAL ORDER CALENDAR           Not available       ~coupled CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS           Not available Int 2082-2020 A Keith Powers ~coupled A and GO Prohibition against discrimination in housing accommodations based on lawful source of income. Introduction Prohibitions against discrimination in housing accommodations based on lawful source of income currently do not apply to housing accommodations comprised of five or fewer units. This bill removes this exception, but maintains existing exceptions that apply to all types of discrimination in housing accommodations. This bill also clarifies the definition of “lawful source of income” to align more closely with State law and include all lawful income that low-income New Yorkers may receive, such as child support, alimony, and other types of housing assistance.     Action details Not available       ~coupled ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION           Not available Int 1947-2020 A Costa G. Constantinides ~coupled A and GO Rent regulated accommodations. Introduction This bill would amend the definition of rent regulated accommodations to include only dwellings in which 35% or more of the dwelling units are required to be rent regulated. Newly covered buildings would have a two year extension to comply with the first building emissions limits.     Action details Not available Int 2072-2020 A Costa G. Constantinides ~coupled A and GO Greenhouse gas emissions reduction methods and outreach and education. Introduction This bill would require the City to report on the City’s outreach and education efforts and methods buildings use to comply with greenhouse gas emissions limits pursuant to Local Law 97 of 2019.     Action details Not available       ~coupled FINANCE           Not available Res 1470-2020 * 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       Action details Not available Res 1471-2020 * Daniel Dromm ~coupled Preconsidered - GO Increase in the amount to be expended annually for two business improvement districts. Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled GENERAL WELFARE           Not available Int 1339-2019 A Diana I. Ayala ~coupled A and GO Providing information about lawful source of income discrimination to applicants for the city fighting homelessness and eviction prevention supplement program. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) to arrange for the provision of a written notice to CityFHEPS rental assistance program applicants with administration about source of income discrimination at the time an applicant receives a shopping letter from DSS. The notice would provide information about protections under the New York City Human Rights Law related to discrimination on the basis of a person’s lawful source of income.     Action details Not available Int 2080-2020 A Stephen T. Levin ~coupled A and GO Online access to rental assistance program application status. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Social Services (DSS) to provide more information about its rental assistance program, CityFHEPS, online. Specifically, DSS would be required make the status of an application or renewal request available to applicants online. DSS would be required to execute a contract to make online access available by June 30, 2021.     Action details Not available       ~coupled RULES, PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS           Not available Res 1477-2020 * Karen Koslowitz ~coupled GO M 253 - Kenseth Armstead, appointment as a member of the NYC Art Commission, known as the Public Design Commission. Resolution       Action details Not available Res 1478-2020 * Karen Koslowitz ~coupled GO M 254 - Deborah Marton, appointment as a member of the NYC Art Commission, known as the Public Design Commission. Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled GENERAL ORDER CALENDAR           Not available       13. INTRODUCTION & READING OF BILLS (SEE BELOW)           Not available       14. DISCUSSION OF RESOLUTIONS           Not available       15. RESOLUTIONS – None           Not available       16. GENERAL DISCUSSION           Not available       17. EXTENSION OF REMARKS           Not available         INTRODUCTION AND READING OF BILLS           Not available Int 2135-2020 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Report on drainage systems for bathrooms located in parks. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation, jointly with the Department of Environmental Protection, to assess the number of park bathrooms that drain waste directly into a waterway rather than the sewer system and submit the findings in a report to the Council. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1469-2020 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Nations around the world to implement, the United States Senate to approve, and the president to ratify a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2136-2020 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Finance Authorizing an increase in the amount to be expended annually in two business improvement districts. Introduction This bill would authorize the Bryant Park business improvement district to increase the amount it expends annually from $1,600,000 to $2,500,000 and would authorize the Flatbush-Nostrand Junction business improvement district to increase the amount it expends annually from $200,000 to $350,000, in both cases retroactive to July 1, 2020. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1470-2020 * 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   Action details Not available Res 1471-2020 * Daniel Dromm ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Increase in the amount to be expended annually for two business improvement districts. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1472-2020 * Mark Gjonaj ~SPONSOR Small Business HEROES Small Business Lifeline Act. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2137-2020 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Contracts Establishing prevailing wage requirements for city-contracted human service workers. Introduction The proposed legislation would require payment of prevailing wages to human service workers providing human services pursuant to City contracts. Specifically, the proposed bill would require human service providers to pay their human services employees no less than the prevailing wage. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2138-2020 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Education Providing every public school student with an internet ready laptop computer. Introduction The proposed bill would require the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT), in consultation with the Department of Education (DOE) to purchase and distribute laptop computers, with built in WiFi and open source text books and educational materials, to all NYC public school students. The COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of remote learning shined a light on the inequity of all students’ ability to connect to the internet at home to facilitate their remote learning. This bill would ensure all students can continue to receive the free public education they are entitled to under the law even when physical school buildings are closed for any part of the academic year. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2139-2020 * Mark Levine ~SPONSOR General Welfare Stipend program for individuals impacted by COVID-19. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Social Services to create a one-time stipend program for any person impacted by COVID-19 who meets certain income requirements and is required to self-quarantine as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2140-2020 * Mark Levine ~SPONSOR Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to report response times for COVID-19 testing sites, and providing for the repeal of such provision upon the expiration thereof. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMH”) to share expected average turnaround times for test results at public COVID-19 diagnostic testing sites. DOHMH would be required to post the information online, and update the information weekly. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1473-2020 * Farah N. Louis ~SPONSOR Education DOE to provide families of children with disabilities the necessary training and equipment to properly enable distance learning. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1474-2020 * Farah N. Louis ~SPONSOR Education DOE to station a distance learning specialist in each school district, to provide critical local assistance with issues related to distance learning. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2141-2020 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Removing outdated clinical language, and to repeal paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 555 of such charter in relation to a report on the establishment of the department of health and mental hygiene. Introduction In 2010, Congress passed Rosa’s Law, which changed references to “mental retardation” in specified federal laws to “intellectual disability,” in recognition of the fact that the term “mental retardation” is archaic, insensitive and stigmatizing, and clinically outdated. With respect to the City’s consolidated laws, the term “mental retardation” appears in 10 sections across the Charter and the Administrative Code. The proposed bill would remove references to “mental retardation” and substitute the term “intellectual disability” or “intellectual and developmental disability,” as applicable, in such sections. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2142-2020 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Transportation Suspending monetary liability for parking violations issued to essential workers. Introduction This bill would suspend monetary liability for parking violations issued to essential employees from the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency through September 30, 2020. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2143-2020 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez ~SPONSOR Transportation Suspend certain civil penalties for violations related to parking meters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Introduction This bill would suspend certain civil penalties for parking meter violations from the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency through September 30, 2020. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2144-2020 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Women and Gender Equity Culturally competent training on recognizing the signs of female genital mutilation. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education, the Department of Health, the Police Department, the Administration for Children’s Services, the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence and service providers who work with families and contract with such agencies conduct culturally competent training for all staff on recognizing the signs of female genital mutilation and cutting, including with regard to information on resources for individuals who have undergone physical or psychological trauma. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2145-2020 * Mark Treyger ~SPONSOR Public Safety Establishing a task force on the police department’s use of compstat. Introduction This bill would create a task force to evaluate and make recommendations on the police department’s use of Compstat. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1475-2020 * Mark Treyger ~SPONSOR General Welfare Create a universal basic income program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2146-2020 * Paul A. Vallone ~SPONSOR Transportation Establishment of a task force to study the regulation of unmanned aerial vehicles. Introduction This bill would establish a task force to study the regulation of unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, and to make recommendations on regulating the use of drones in the City. The task force would be required to submit a report to the Mayor and the Council six months after the first meeting of the task force. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1476-2020 * Paul A. Vallone ~SPONSOR Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Work towards a lasting ceasefire and peaceful resolution to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0691-2020 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions Landmarks, DSNY Queens Sanitation Garage 1, Queens (C 200238 PCQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0691-2020 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, DSNY Queens Sanitation Garage 1, Queens (C 200238 PCQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available