Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 6/2/2022 1:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: HYBRID HEARING - Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS, LOCATING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW MATERIALS FOR CERTAIN LAND USE APPLICATIONS, Stated Meeting Agenda, Announcements, Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting, Minutes of the Stated Meeting Meeting Items (168) 168 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: Rabbi Daniel Sherman, West Side Institutional Synagogue, located at 120 West 76 Street, New York, NY 10023. Motion to spread the Invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Brewer.           Not available       3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES - Motion that the Minutes of the Stated Meeting of May 5, 2022 be adopted as printed by Council Member Carr.           Not available       4. MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR           Not available M 0067-2022 *     Received, Ordered, Printed and Filed Submitting the Mayor’s Revenue Letter regarding the Fiscal Year 2023 Expense Budget updating the probable amounts and sources of revenues pursuant to Section 1516 of the Charter. Mayor's Message   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available       5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES           Not available M 0068-2022 *     Received, Ordered, Printed and Filed District Resource Statement - Department for the Aging, Fiscal and Service Reports for 2017 and 2018. Communication   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available M 0069-2022 *     Rules, Privileges and Elections Ms. Leila Bozorg - City Planning Commission 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 0070-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Resilient Edgemere Community Initiative, Queens (20220235 PPQ, 20220232 ZMQ, 20220233 ZRQ, 20220236 HAQ and 20220237 HUQ) 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 FINANCE           Not available Int 0103-2022 * Justin L. Brannan   Coupled on General Orders Sutphin Boulevard (Downtown Jamaica) Business Improvement District. Introduction This bill would authorize the Sutphin Boulevard business improvement district to increase the amount it expends annually, extend its boundaries, provide additional services and the modify of existing services, 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 Action details Not available Res 0191-2022 * Diana I. Ayala   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders Establish that the discount percentage for early payment of real estate taxes be set at one-half of one percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2023. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 0208-2022 A Nantasha M. Williams   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Inspections of self-closing doors and fire safety notices in residential buildings. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to establish rules to select 300 multiple dwellings, in consultation with the Fire Department (FDNY), to be inspected for self-closing door compliance. It would require HPD to submit an annual report with information about these inspections. This bill would also require HPD to provide information to FDNY regarding fire safety violations dating back to 2017, which FDNY must audit to inform its building inspection program. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LAND USE           Not available LU 0050-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 840 Lorimer Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 210299 ZMK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0209-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 50 - Zoning, 840 Lorimer Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 210299 ZMK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0051-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 840 Lorimer Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 210300 ZRK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0210-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 51 - Zoning, 840 Lorimer Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 210300 ZRK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0053-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220134 ZMM) Land Use Application   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0211-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled to be Filed Pursuant to Letter of Withdrawal LU 53 - Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220134 ZMM) Resolution   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0054-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (N 220135 ZRM) Land Use Application   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0212-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled to be Filed Pursuant to Letter of Withdrawal LU 54 - Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (N 220135 ZRM) Resolution   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0055-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220136 ZSM) Land Use Application   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0213-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled to be Filed Pursuant to Letter of Withdrawal LU 55 - Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220136 ZSM) Resolution   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0056-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220137(A) ZSM) Land Use Application   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0214-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled to be Filed Pursuant to Letter of Withdrawal LU 56 - Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220137(A) ZSM) Resolution   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0057-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220142 ZSM) Land Use Application   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0215-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled to be Filed Pursuant to Letter of Withdrawal LU 57 - Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220142 ZSM) Resolution   Filed by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0058-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 1930 Adee Avenue Rezoning, Bronx (C 210391 ZMX) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0216-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 58 - Zoning, 1930 Adee Avenue Rezoning, Bronx (C 210391 ZMX) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0059-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 1930 Adee Avenue Rezoning, Bronx (N 210392 ZRX) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0217-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 59 - Zoning, 1930 Adee Avenue Rezoning, Bronx (N 210392 ZRX) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS           Not available Res 0204-2022 * Keith Powers   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders State Open Meetings Law providing that the Council and its Committees and Subcommittees may use videoconferencing to conduct meetings in accordance with the State Open Meetings Law. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN AND GENDER EQUITY           Not available Int 0179-2022 A Francisco P. Moya   Amended and Laid Over A report on the role of women and gender non-binary, non-conforming, and intersex workers in nontraditional careers. Introduction This bill would require an office designated by the Mayor to submit to the Council and publish online a report containing information about the role of women and gender non-binary, non-conforming, and intersex workers in nontraditional careers no later than July 1, 2023. Laid Over by Council   Action details Not available       12. GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available LU 0039-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 146-93 Guy Brewer Boulevard Rezoning, Queens (C 200246 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0218-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 39 - Zoning, 146-93 Guy Brewer Boulevard Rezoning, Queens (C 200246 ZMQ) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0041-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 103 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn (C 210312 ZMK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0219-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 41 - Zoning, 103 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn (C 210312 ZMK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0042-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 103 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn (N 210313 ZRK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0220-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 42 - Zoning, 103 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn (N 210313 ZRK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available T2022-0001 *   ~coupled Coupled on General Orders Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         COUPLED ON GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available       ~coupled FINANCE           Not available Int 0103-2022 * Justin L. Brannan ~coupled GO Sutphin Boulevard (Downtown Jamaica) Business Improvement District. Introduction This bill would authorize the Sutphin Boulevard business improvement district to increase the amount it expends annually, extend its boundaries, provide additional services and the modify of existing services, and change the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based as set forth in the BID’s amended district plan.     Action details Not available Res 0191-2022 * Diana I. Ayala ~coupled Preconsidered – GO Establish that the discount percentage for early payment of real estate taxes be set at one-half of one percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2023. Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 0208-2022 A Nantasha M. Williams ~coupled A and GO Inspections of self-closing doors and fire safety notices in residential buildings. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to establish rules to select 300 multiple dwellings, in consultation with the Fire Department (FDNY), to be inspected for self-closing door compliance. It would require HPD to submit an annual report with information about these inspections. This bill would also require HPD to provide information to FDNY regarding fire safety violations dating back to 2017, which FDNY must audit to inform its building inspection program.     Action details Not available       ~coupled LAND USE           Not available Res 0209-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 50 - Zoning, 840 Lorimer Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 210299 ZMK) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0210-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 51 - Zoning, 840 Lorimer Street Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 210300 ZRK) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0211-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled Filed LU 53 - Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220134 ZMM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0212-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled Filed LU 54 - Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (N 220135 ZRM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0213-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled Filed LU 55 - Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220136 ZSM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0214-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled Filed LU 56 - Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220137(A) ZSM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0215-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled Filed LU 57 - Zoning, One 45/Museum of Civil Rights, Manhattan (C 220142 ZSM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0216-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 58 - Zoning, 1930 Adee Avenue Rezoning, Bronx (C 210391 ZMX) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0217-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 59 - Zoning, 1930 Adee Avenue Rezoning, Bronx (N 210392 ZRX) Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled RULES, PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS           Not available Res 0204-2022 * Keith Powers ~coupled Preconsidered – GO State Open Meetings Law providing that the Council and its Committees and Subcommittees may use videoconferencing to conduct meetings in accordance with the State Open Meetings Law. Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available Res 0218-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 39 - Zoning, 146-93 Guy Brewer Boulevard Rezoning, Queens (C 200246 ZMQ) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0219-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 41 - Zoning, 103 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn (C 210312 ZMK) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0220-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 42 - Zoning, 103 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn (N 210313 ZRK) Resolution       Action details Not available T2022-0001 *   ~coupled GO Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds       Action details Not available                   Pass 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 0458-2022 * Adrienne E. Adams ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Supporting language access through a needs assessment examining language access services used by abortion providers and clients, and related recommendations Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to create and maintain information and resources – available in all designated citywide languages – for a potential patient of an abortion provider, such as information outlining methods used to provide an abortion, attendant health risks, and recovery from an abortion. Additionally, this bill would require DOHMH to conduct a language access service needs assessment, which would survey abortion providers in the City to assess the availability of language access services for abortion, the demand for such services, any funding available, preferred methods of delivery of language access, and any challenges for implementation. DOHMH would report its findings to the Speaker and the Mayor with recommendations and any role the City can play in assisting abortion providers with language access services, including the feasibility of providing a City grant program. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0459-2022 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Rat mitigation zones. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to designate rat mitigation zones no later than April 1, 2023. This bill would also provide that the Department of Sanitation may determine by rule the times during which buildings must set out their garbage and recycling for collection. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0460-2022 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Receptacles in a building or dwelling that has a high concentration of rodent infestation. Introduction This bill would require buildings that receive two or more rodent-specific housing maintenance code or two or more rodent-specific health code violations place their refuse in rodent-proof containers for at least two years. The bill would provide that the Department of Sanitation may waive this container requirement where it would cause an undue hardship or public safety hazard. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0461-2022 * Joann Ariola ~SPONSOR Resiliency and Waterfronts Identifying and removing boats from New York city’s littoral waters. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Small Business Services to create and maintain a log of abandoned boats and their locations in New York City’s littoral waters. This bill would also require the office of the city sheriff to remove abandoned boats from New York City’s littoral waters. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0189-2022 * Alexa Avilés ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection NYS Build Public Renewables Act (S.6453/A.1466C) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0190-2022 * Alexa Avilés ~SPONSOR Public Housing NYS Legislature and Governor to provide their share of the additional three billion dollars annually, that must be reinvested into NYCHA in order to address capital needs resulting from decades of disinvestment in its building stock. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0462-2022 * Diana I. Ayala ~SPONSOR Health Requiring pharmacies enrolled in a city program to dispense opioid antagonists under a standing order of the dept of health and mental hygiene to post signs announcing their enrollment. Introduction This bill would require that any retail pharmacy selling prescription drugs within the city, if it is enrolled in a program to dispense naloxone pursuant to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s citywide standing order, must conspicuously post a sign indicating that the pharmacy is so enrolled and that patients may procure naloxone at such pharmacy. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0191-2022 * Diana I. Ayala ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Establish that the discount percentage for early payment of real estate taxes be set at one-half of one percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2023. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0192-2022 * Diana I. Ayala ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Establish that the interest rate be four percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2023 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than $250,000, or not more than $250,000 per residential unit for cooperative apartments. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0193-2022 * Diana I. Ayala ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Establish that the interest rate be seven percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2023 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of more than $250,000 but less than or equal to $450,000, or more than $250,000 but less than or equal to $450,0 Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0194-2022 * Diana I. Ayala ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Establish that the interest rate be 14 percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2023 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of more than $450,000, or more than $450,000 per residential unit for cooperative apartments. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0463-2022 * Charles Barron ~SPONSOR Public Safety Creating an elected civilian review board and repealing the civilian complaint review board and independent police investigation and audit board. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0464-2022 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Finance Exempting certain grocery stores from the commercial rent tax. Introduction This bill would exempt grocery stores from the commercial rent tax if they meet certain floor space and affordability requirements. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0195-2022 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity The Reproductive Freedom and Equity Program (S.9078/A.10148A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0196-2022 * Selvena N. Brooks-Powers ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Allow out-of-state physicians to provide reproductive health services in this state while awaiting full licensure. (S.9137/A.10356) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0465-2022 * Tiffany Cabán ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Report on the provision of medical services related to reproductive health care. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to annually report on the number of births and the number of abortions provided in the City each year, for both individuals who were residents of New York City (NYC) at the time of such birth or abortion and for those who were not residents. DOHMH would also be required to assess the ability of licensed medical providers in the City to provide reproductive health care, identify any challenges faced by licensed medical providers to provide reproductive health care, and make recommendations for increasing the capacity of such providers to provide reproductive health care. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0466-2022 * Tiffany Cabán ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Prohibiting the use of city resources to enforce abortion restrictions. Introduction The bill would prohibit City agencies from using City resources, including, but not limited to, time spent by employees and the use of city property, to detain persons for performing or aiding with abortions or to cooperate with out-of-state entities related to abortions performed in New York state. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0197-2022 * Tiffany Cabán ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Declaring New York City a safe city for all those in need of abortion-related care. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0467-2022 * Carmen N. De La Rosa ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor NYC agencies polices regarding work-related communications during non-work hours. Introduction Employee use of work-related communications during non-work hours has become very common. This local law would require every City agency to generate a policy regarding the usage of City-owned mobile phones, City electronic mail and other forms of communication when employees are not at work. Such policies would then be submitted to the Mayor. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0468-2022 * James F. Gennaro ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection An invasive species advisory board. Introduction This bill would establish an invasive species advisory board, which would develop recommendations related to invasive species control, work to foster greater coordination between agencies and the public and examine the necessary steps for implementing programs. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0469-2022 * James F. Gennaro ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Signs near diaper changing tables. Introduction This bill would require that, where a building contains a restroom intended for public or common use, a building owner must post a sign in or near each restroom that contains a diaper changing table stating that baby wipes should not be flushed. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0470-2022 * James F. Gennaro ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Phasing out the use of fuel oil grade no. 4. Introduction This bill would establish new deadlines for the phase out of fuel oil grade no. 4, prohibiting its use after July 1, 2025 for boilers located in city owned buildings, and prohibiting its use after July 1, 2027 for all other boilers. This bill would also raise the minimum and maximum penalties for burning a prohibited fuel oil after the phase out dates and prohibit the issuance or renewal of any boiler permit, for a boiler using fuel oil grade no. 4, after June 30, 2024. This local law would take effect immediately. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0471-2022 * James F. Gennaro ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Clarifying the effective date of local law number 92 for the year 2019 and local law number 94 for the year 2019. Introduction This bill would clarify that applications for construction document approval that were filed with the Department of Buildings prior to the effective date of Local Laws 92 and 94 for the year 2019 would not be subject to the requirements of Local Laws 92 and 94. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0198-2022 * James F. Gennaro ~SPONSOR Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations United States Secretary of the Interior to assemble a group of tribal leaders to consider renaming the United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs to include the phrase Indigenous People(s). Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0472-2022 * Jennifer Gutiérrez ~SPONSOR Health Establishing a program in the department of health and mental hygiene to train doulas and provide doula services to residents in all five boroughs. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to establish a doula program to train doulas and provide doula services to residents of marginalized neighborhoods in all five boroughs at no cost to the resident. This bill would also require the DOHMH commissioner to submit a report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the City Council on the merits of the program. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0473-2022 * Jennifer Gutiérrez ~SPONSOR Technology Requiring text to 911 and next generation 911 to be available in the designated citywide languages. Introduction This bill would require Text to 911 and Next Generation 911 to be available in the designated citywide languages. It would also require the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to annually report on the use of Text to 911 and Next Generation 911 in the designated citywide languages to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council and post such report on its website. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0474-2022 * Shahana K. Hanif ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights Public information and outreach campaign regarding safe access to reproductive health care. Introduction This bill would require the city to conduct a public education program to inform the public about the protections available to people and providers accessing reproductive health care facilities. It would also be required to provide information about the protections available in the City Human Rights Law (HRL) related to reproductive health decisions and stopping discriminatory harassment. The public education program would also provide information about a person’s right to bring a civil action for violating the HRL and the access to reproductive health care facilities law, as well as how to access resources to find comprehensive reproductive health care and privacy protections for people accessing reproductive health care. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0475-2022 * Shahana K. Hanif ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Cause of action related to interference with reproductive or endocrine medical care. Introduction This bill would create a private right of action for interference with reproductive or endocrine medical care. A person would be able to bring a claim of interference with reproductive or endocrine medical care when a lawsuit is commenced against such person on the basis of medical care relating to the human reproductive or endocrine systems that is legal in New York City and which was provided, in whole or in part, in New York City. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0476-2022 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Veterans Procurement opportunities for veteran owned business enterprises. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Small Business Services, with the City’s Chief Procurement Officer, to enable veteran owned business enterprises to identify as such when registering to do business with the City. This bill would also require SBS, with the Department of Veterans’ Services, to create a Veteran Leadership Advisory Program to educate veteran owned business enterprises about City procurement opportunities and support such business enterprises during the procurement process. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0477-2022 * Crystal Hudson ~SPONSOR General Welfare Establishing a child care task force. Introduction This bill would establish a child care task force (“task force”) to study how to make child care more affordable through free or low-cost child care, how to make child care more accessible for families in the city, and how to provide support and funding to child care programs and workers at such programs, taking into account: the number of children ages five and under in the city, the capacity of child care providers, the average incomes of families with children in the city, the projected costs of implementing any recommended programs, and any other considerations the task force deems relevant. The task force would be required to submit a report setting forth its findings and recommendations no later than one year after its first meeting. The task force would be comprised of the heads of the following agencies and offices, or their designees: the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department of Buildings, the Administration for Children’s Services, and the Commission on Gender Equity. The task force would also include two members appointed by the Mayor and three members appointed by the Speaker of the Council, and would have the ability to invite other officers and representatives of relevant federal, state, and local agencies and authorities to participate in the work of the task force. The task force would be required to convene its first meeting no later than 30 days after being informed of the last task force member’s appointment, meet no less than once every three months, and the task force would dissolve 180 days after the date on which the task force submits its report. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0478-2022 * Crystal Hudson ~SPONSOR Health An outreach and education campaign on the benefits and services provided by doulas and midwives. Introduction This bill would require an agency designated by the mayor to administer a public education program that informs the public regarding the services offered by doulas and midwives, the evidence-based benefits of such services and free and low-cost resources related to such services in the city. It would also require the administering agency to submit to the Mayor and Speaker of the City Council, and post online, by June 30, 2024, and by June 30 every five years thereafter, a report describing the methods of targeted outreach used to comply with this law. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0199-2022 * Crystal Hudson ~SPONSOR Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Declaring June Caribbean Heritage Month. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0479-2022 * Ari Kagan ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Requiring leading pedestrian interval signals at intersections adjacent to hospitals, libraries, schools, and senior centers Introduction Leading pedestrian intervals signals (LPIs) are pedestrian control signals that display a walk indication before a green indication for the parallel direction of traffic, giving pedestrians time to cross before vehicles are allowed to turn. Under the bill, the City would be required to install LPIs in at least four hundred intersections per year that are adjacent to a hospital, library, school, or senior center until all such intersections in the City have LPIs. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0480-2022 * Shekar Krishnan ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Naming of 78 thoroughfares and public places. Introduction This bill would co-name 78 thoroughfares and public places, based on requests of Council Members whose district includes the location. Of these 78 co-names, 1 is either a relocation of a previously enacted co-naming or a revision to the street sign installed with respect to a previously enacted co-naming. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0481-2022 * Linda Lee ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Requiring DOT to notify property owners ordered to repair sidewalks of existing department plans to make repairs on same sidewalks. Introduction This bill would require that the City’s Department of Transportation (“DOT”), prior to issuing a notice of violation requiring a property owner to repair a defect on a sidewalk abutting the owner’s property, to first determine if DOT or the Department of Parks and Recreation (“Parks”) already have plans to repair or upgrade the same section of sidewalk. To avoid redundant work, DOT’s notice of violation should also notify the property owner of the planned DOT or Parks sidewalk repair or upgrade. Where such planned sidewalk repair or upgrade would begin within 90 days, no notice should be given to the property owner. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0482-2022 * Farah N. Louis ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to provide information on polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide education on polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis by posting information on its website, including, but not limited to: the definitions and potential symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis; information on how to seek diagnosis and treatment, including how to procure the care of a primary care physician; and data regarding the number of individuals who are diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome or endometriosis in the city, disaggregated by age, race, ethnicity, and zip code, to the extent such data is available to the department. The department would also be required to submit a report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on March 1, 2023 and every year thereafter regarding education efforts on polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis conducted by the department. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0483-2022 * Christopher Marte ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Requiring simultaneous translation of certain city public meetings. Introduction This bill would require simultaneous interpretation in the top three most common languages among the affected population for any public meeting at which more than 65 members of the public are expected to attend, along with all Council, Community Board and Borough Board public meetings. In addition, this bill would require documents for such meetings to be translated into those languages, if practicable. Finally, this bill would allow people to request in advance that the city provide simultaneous interpretation into additional languages and at smaller public meetings. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0484-2022 * Christopher Marte ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring photographic documentation evidencing certain violations enforced by the DOB. Introduction The bill would require that the Department of Buildings submit photographic documentation when issuing a notice of violation for violations where the underlying condition is visual and capable of being captured by photograph. The Department would be tasked with promulgating and publishing rules regarding which violations will be subject to the photograph requirement. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0485-2022 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR General Welfare Electronic child care directory. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to coordinate with the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT), and any other relevant agency or office, to create and maintain an online website or portal with a directory of child care programs in the city. Such directory would be available in the designated citywide languages and would include, for each child care program: the program’s name, address and telephone number; ages served by such program; and the status of any permit or license required to operate the program. The directory would also include a search function that would allow users to search for child care programs by keywords, name, or location, including by borough and zip code. It would not include, however, the address or telephone number of any child care program located in a domestic violence shelter. In addition to information on child care programs, such website or portal would also include a clear and conspicuous link to a webpage that provides information on child day cares that are run by the state, but which are located within the city, and a description of the types of such child day cares. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0486-2022 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR General Welfare Establishing a child care advisory board. Introduction This bill would establish a Child Care Advisory Board (“board”), which would be responsible for conducting studies on and issuing reports related to child care in the city, including, but not limited to, providing an annual assessment of the needs of child care programs in the city and the City’s progress towards providing universal child care. The board would also make recommendations to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on legislation, regulation, policies, procedures and initiatives to help to make child care more affordable based on such assessments. The board would submit an annual report that includes its assessment of the needs of child care programs across the city and recommendations on how to improve child care and make it more affordable, including, but not limited to, any challenges child care programs face in providing quality child care; the City’s advancement towards universal child care, including any actions taken by City agencies or legislation or policies introduced; the projected annual costs for the next five years associated with implementing universal child care; and costs associated with expanding child care subsidies to families whose income equals up to 300% and 400% of the federal poverty guidelines. The board would be required to meet quarterly, and its meetings would be open to the public. The board would be comprised of the heads of the following agencies and offices, or their designees: the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Administration for Children’s Services, and the Department of Education. The board would additionally include, but not be limited to, one member appointed by the Mayor, one member appointed by the Speaker, one member appointed by the Comptroller, and one member appointed by the Public Advocate. The Mayor would designate one member to serve as chair of the board. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0487-2022 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR General Welfare Establishing a child care subsidy information portal. Introduction This bill would require an agency or office designated by the Mayor, in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications and any other relevant agency or office, to create and maintain a publicly accessible online portal regarding child care subsidies, by February 1, 2023. The portal would be available in the designated citywide languages and would include, but not be limited to, the following information for each user of the portal, based on information provided by the user: the name of each subsidy for which such user is eligible, the eligibility requirements for each such subsidy, and instructions on how to apply for each such subsidy. The portal would also include the forms needed to apply for each subsidy, including any electronic forms available which may be submitted online through the portal. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0488-2022 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR General Welfare Establishing a child care grant pilot program. Introduction This bill would require an administering agency designated by the Mayor to establish a three-year child care grant pilot program by July 1, 2023, from which grants may be awarded to child care programs that establish a need for assistance, in an amount that the administering agency determines appropriate to assist with maintaining such child care program’s operations. To be eligible for a grant, a child care program would need to be at significant risk of closure or displacement, file an application on a form prepared by the administering agency, certify the number of employees employed by such child care program, and meet any other requirements as determined by the administering agency. The administering agency would be required to post information about the pilot program online within one year after the commencement of the program, to be updated as appropriate. This bill would also require the administering agency to submit a report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than one year after the commencement of the program, and annually thereafter, on the grants awarded to each child care program, including, but not limited to, the name of each grant recipient, the type of child care program such grant recipient operates, and the amount of the grant received. The report would also include an overview of any challenges associated with implementing the pilot program and recommendations for whether and how such pilot program may be continued or expanded. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0489-2022 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR General Welfare Guidance to an owner of real property regarding facility requirements for a child care program. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop guidance for owners of real property regarding the facility requirements for a child care program and make such guidance available on its website. The guidance would also be required to indicate that property owners may be eligible for a tax abatement if they meet certain requirements pursuant to state law. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0490-2022 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the provision of sexual and reproductive health services by the department of health and mental hygiene. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide sexual and reproductive health services and conduct research on sexual and reproductive health disparities within the city. In providing such services, the department will have the power and duty to: provide outreach, education, and support to individuals, especially low-income individuals and those without health insurance, regarding issues related to sexual and reproductive health, including but not limited to: contraception, including a broad range of methods such as long-acting reversible contraception; preconception health services; abortion services; family planning services; testing, prevention, and treatment for HIV; testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections; routine screening for breast and cervical cancer; and health education in community settings to promote reproductive health, to prevent unintended pregnancy, and to promote access to reproductive and preventive health services. The office would also make referrals to affordable and accessible services related to contraception, abortion, family planning, breast and cervical cancer screenings, and counseling, testing, and treatment for HIV and sexually transmitted infections, when determined appropriate by the department. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0491-2022 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR Small Business Reducing civil penalties where food service establishments donate left over food. Introduction The proposed bill would require the Department of Sanitation and the Department of Consumer Affairs to establish a food donation program where food service establishments could have the civil penalties for eligible violations waived if they agree to donate their excess food. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0200-2022 * Julie Menin ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Declaring January 22, 2023 as Roe v. Wade Day in the City of New York to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the landmark United States Supreme Court decision. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0492-2022 * Francisco P. Moya ~SPONSOR Small Business Requiring third-party food delivery services to agree to reimburse third-party food delivery workers for certain costs related to vehicle crashes that happen during deliveries. Introduction This bill would require third-party food delivery services to agree to cover certain costs related to vehicle crashes that happen during deliveries. Unreimbursed costs incurred by delivery workers for crash-related medical treatment and property damage would be subject to coverage by the hiring third-party food delivery service. Third-party food delivery services that do not include such agreements in their contracts would face a $500 civil penalty for each noncompliant contract and third-party food delivery workers would be entitled to $1,000 in statutory damages if they are a party to a noncompliant contract. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0201-2022 * Mercedes Narcisse ~SPONSOR Health Establish full insurance coverage for fertility treatments. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0493-2022 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Requiring the dept of sanitation to establish a plan for accepting commercial solid waste at city-owned marine transfer stations. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to submit a report to the Mayor and the Council by March 1, 2023, detailing DSNY’s plan to accept commercial putrescible and non-putrescible waste at the city’s marine transfer stations. The bill would also require that DSNY submit an annual report on its implementation of the plan, including the amount of commercial waste processed at each transfer station in the previous calendar year. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0494-2022 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management A study of single-use plastics. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Sanitation, in consultation with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, to conduct a comprehensive study of new waste policy initiatives that would reduce the sale, distribution and use of single-use plastic items in the city and advance environmental justice through such reduction. The final report would be due on December 1, 2023. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0495-2022 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Requiring DOT to conduct a pilot project on the use of cool pavement. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to conduct a pilot project on the use of cool pavement on City streets—pavement and pavement coatings designed to keep area temperatures cooler than traditional asphalt and thus combat the urban heat island effect. The Department must then submit a report to the mayor and Council on the results of the pilot project. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0202-2022 * Sandy Nurse ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation NYC Dept of Sanitation and the Dept of Parks and Recreation to continue to engage and collaborate with local communities to encourage and allow community composting to be carried out on parkland. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0496-2022 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Finance Exemption from the commercial rent tax. Introduction Currently, billboards and advertising signs are considered taxable premises for purposes of the commercial rent tax and the rent paid to advertise on those spaces is subject to the tax. This bill would exempt the rents for premises within the Theater Subdistrict solely used for the purpose of advertisement. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0497-2022 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Finance Temporary exemption from the payment of the commercial rent tax for certain businesses. Introduction This bill would exempt all tenants who used their taxable premises primarily as a retail store providing goods or services, or as a food service establishment providing food or beverages for individual portion service directly to consumers, including restaurants, nightclubs and bars, from the Commercial Rent Tax for the tax period from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0498-2022 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Finance Reporting on moneys on deposit. Introduction This local law would require the Commissioner of Finance to make quarterly reports regarding the Department of Finance’s accounts of deposit, disaggregated by account and re-aggregated by bank or trust company Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0499-2022 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Finance Reporting on non-depository city financial services. Introduction This bill would require the Director of Management and Budget to issue to the Speaker of the Council, and to post on the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) website, quarterly reports on the City’s use of non-depository financial institutions for the immediately-preceding quarter, starting no later than January 31, 2024. Such reports would detail the fees and returns for a wide variety of financial services, including money market accounts and bond issues, but excluding pension investments. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0203-2022 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Finance Establish the New York Public Banking Act. (A.3352/S.1754) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0204-2022 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Rules, Privileges and Elections State Open Meetings Law providing that the Council and its Committees and Subcommittees may use videoconferencing to conduct meetings in accordance with the State Open Meetings Law. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0500-2022 * Lincoln Restler ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Prohibiting the issuance of private vehicle parking permits and revoking such existing permits. Introduction This bill would prohibit any city agency from issuing parking permits to private vehicles that do not have an elected official license plate, and would provide for the revocation of such parking permits. This bill would not apply to parking permits issued for people with disabilities or to parking permits required to be issued pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0501-2022 * Lincoln Restler ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Hazardous obstruction by vehicles and civilian complaints to the department of transportation for hazardous obstruction violations. Introduction This bill would create a new violation and civil penalty for hazardous obstruction by a vehicle of a bicycle lane, bus lane when bus lane restrictions are in effect, sidewalk, crosswalk, or fire hydrant when such vehicle is located within a radial distance of 2,640 feet of a school building, entrance, or exit. The proposed legislation imposes a $175 penalty for each such violation and they would be returnable to the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH). The proposed legislation would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to create a civilian reporting program where civilians may submit complaints and supporting evidence for alleged violations to DOT. Such program would be phased-in and supported by a mobile application. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0502-2022 * Kristin Richardson Jordan ~SPONSOR General Welfare Requiring HRA to provide rental assistance to disabled veterans. Introduction The bill would require the Human Resources Administration to provide rental assistance to disabled veterans residing in apartments with rents at or below the fair market rent amount set by the United States Department of Housing Urban Development. To qualify for the rental subsidy a veteran would have to receive a disability pension from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or receive service-connected disability benefits from the VA at a 50 percent or higher disability rating. In addition, the veteran’s combined earned and unearned income could not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level and resources could not exceed the limit for public assistance recipients under New York State Law. Veterans who meet these qualifications would be required to pay no more than 30 percent of their monthly income toward their rent. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0503-2022 * Kristin Richardson Jordan ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Prohibiting discrimination against occupants of rent-regulated and rent-subsidized housing accommodations. Introduction This bill would prohibit landlords and building owners from discriminating against rent-regulated and rent-subsidized tenants by limiting access to building entrances, facilities and amenities. This local law would prevent landlords from excluding rent-regulated and rent-subsidized tenants from building facilities and amenities or conditioning access to building facilities and amenities on payment of a fee that market-rate tenants are not also required to pay. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0504-2022 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Economic Development Cannabis business directory. Introduction This bill would require the Office of Cannabis Business Services to create and regularly update a directory of active cannabis establishments in the city, identifying where such establishments are operated by social and economic equity applicants and minority- and women-owned business enterprises, and make such directory available on the website of the Department of Small Business Services. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0505-2022 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Commissioner of buildings to recommend updates to the construction codes to facilitate the conversion of buildings into temporary hospitals in the event of a pandemic or other public health emergency. Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner of Buildings to submit to the Council proposed updates to the construction codes to promote the conversion of buildings into temporary hospitals during pandemics and other public health emergencies. The Commissioner of Buildings would be required to collaborate with the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene, and would be authorized to collaborate with any other persons with relevant expertise, for the purpose of developing such proposed updates. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0506-2022 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Requiring the department of consumer and worker protection to implement an outreach and education campaign on facilities that deceptively advertise or are otherwise misleading when offering reproductive health services. Introduction This bill would require the city to undertake a public education campaign about deceptive advertisements and misleading information provided by facilities that represent that they provide reproductive health services. The campaign would provide information on what services these facilities typically provide, how they advertise their services, how these facilities can impact timely and safe access to pregnancy care, and how a person can file a complaint about deceptive practices by such facilities. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0507-2022 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to make medication abortion available at no cost to a patient at its health clinics. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to provide FDA-approved medication for medication abortion, at no cost to a patient, at health clinics operated by DOHMH. DOHMH would provide such medication to patients who seek to terminate their pregnancy, when the use of such medication is indicated and in accordance with the medically reasonable and good faith professional judgment of such patient’s medical provider. DOHMH would also provide counseling and timely referrals to other health facilities and qualified family planning providers, if needed, for other services. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0205-2022 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Health Making doulas more accessible to individuals with Medicaid and those without health insurance. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0206-2022 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (S.1136/H.R.2573) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0207-2022 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Direct the commissioner of health to conduct a study and issue a report examining the unmet health and resource needs facing pregnant New Yorkers and the impact of limited service pregnancy centers. (A.5499/S.470) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0508-2022 * Lynn C. Schulman ~SPONSOR Health Requiring family building benefits for city employees. Introduction This bill would require the City to establish a family building benefit for City employees intended to cover some or all of the costs of assisted reproduction and adoption for City employees without conditioning reimbursement on an infertility diagnosis. In implementing such benefits, the City would be prohibited from discriminating on the basis of marital or partnership status. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0509-2022 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Health Public education and outreach campaign on maternal mortality and morbidity and a report regarding the incidence of cesarean sections. Introduction This bill would require an agency designated by the mayor to administer a public education program that informs the public regarding maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. Additionally, no later than December 30, 2024, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene would be required to report on the number of total births in the city for the previous calendar year, disaggregated, to the extent available, by the number of vaginal births, the number of vaginal births after prior cesarean section, the number of first-time cesarean sections, the number of repeat cesarean sections. This data would be further disaggregated by whether or not the pregnancy was considered low risk. The report would also include recommendations by the department to reduce maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, including efforts to reduce the risks associated with unplanned cesarean sections and efforts to address inequities across patient demographics. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0510-2022 * Althea V. Stevens ~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 0511-2022 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Contracts Study, report and rulemaking regarding procurement process time schedules. Introduction This bill would require the City Chief Procurement Officer to conduct a study and issue a report on the timing and duration of the City's procurement process for human services contracts exceeding the small purchase limit. The report would identify the steps in the procurement process for these contracts and evaluate the time needed to complete each step. It would provide recommendations to the Procurement Policy Board (PPB) for setting procurement timelines as required under the City Charter. The PPB would then review the report and propose rules establishing procurement timelines for human services contracts. The bill would also mandate that the Chief Procurement Officer begin issuing biannual reports starting in October 2026 on agency compliance with the time schedules set by the PPB. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0512-2022 * Althea V. Stevens ~SPONSOR Small Business Panic buttons for small business operators. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Small Business Services to establish a pilot program reimbursing small businesses for the cost of purchasing and installing panic buttons that would notify the Police Department in case of emergency. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0513-2022 * Sandra Ung ~SPONSOR General Welfare Requiring the department of homeless services to report on the feasibility of establishing partnerships with community-based organizations to accept and process applications for shelter intake from families with children. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Homeless Services to report on the feasibility of partnering with community-based organizations to accept and process application for shelter intake for families with children. The report would include information relating barriers to implementation of such a program, training requirements, cost estimates, access to databases or other systems and confidentiality and data privacy. The report would also include an estimated timeline for implementing such partnerships. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0208-2022 * Marjorie Velázquez ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Provide judicial protections to abortion providers in New York. (S.9077/A.10372) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0514-2022 * Julie Won ~SPONSOR Contracts Public procurement database. Introduction This bill would require the establishment and maintenance of a searchable public online database to contain information from all stages of the contracting process for every mayoral agency procurement that exceeds the small purchase limits. The information published on the public online database shall be free and reusable to the public. This bill would further promote transparency, streamline the procurement process, and increase competitiveness in public procurement. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0067-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions Landmarks, Resilient Edgemere Community Initiative, Queens (20220232 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0067-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Resilient Edgemere Community Initiative, Queens (20220232 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0068-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions Landmarks, Resilient Edgemere Community Initiative, Queens (20220233 ZRQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0068-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Resilient Edgemere Community Initiative, Queens (20220233 ZRQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0069-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions Landmarks, Resilient Edgemere Community Initiative, Queens (20220235 PPQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0069-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Resilient Edgemere Community Initiative, Queens (20220235 PPQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0070-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions Landmarks, Resilient Edgemere Community Initiative, Queens ( 20220236 HAQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0070-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Resilient Edgemere Community Initiative, Queens ( 20220236 HAQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0071-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions Landmarks, Resilient Edgemere Community Initiative, Queens (20220237 HUQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0071-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Resilient Edgemere Community Initiative, Queens (20220237 HUQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available