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T2023-4169
| * | | | | Oversight – Emergency Planning, Notifications, and Response to Citywide Flooding Events. | Oversight | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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T2023-4169
| * | | | | Oversight – Emergency Planning, Notifications, and Response to Citywide Flooding Events. | Oversight | | Filed, by Committee | |
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Int 1199-2023
| * | Lincoln Restler | | | Emergency response protocols on days of air quality emergency. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to declare any day on which the federal Air Quality Index is expected to or does exceed 150 as a “Spare the Air Day,” and to post on its website and publicly disseminate information concerning the air quality emergency. The bill would also require DEP to work with other agencies to implement emergency response protocols on Spare the Air Days, including by ensuring that all clean air centers are open to the public, distributing face masks, opening High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, and creating short-term access to shelters for homeless individuals. The bill would also prohibit outdoor charcoal grilling on Spare the Air Days, as well as other activities that impair outdoor air quality, as determined by DEP in collaboration with the New York City Office of Emergency Management and any other relevant agency. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1199-2023
| * | Lincoln Restler | | | Emergency response protocols on days of air quality emergency. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to declare any day on which the federal Air Quality Index is expected to or does exceed 150 as a “Spare the Air Day,” and to post on its website and publicly disseminate information concerning the air quality emergency. The bill would also require DEP to work with other agencies to implement emergency response protocols on Spare the Air Days, including by ensuring that all clean air centers are open to the public, distributing face masks, opening High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, and creating short-term access to shelters for homeless individuals. The bill would also prohibit outdoor charcoal grilling on Spare the Air Days, as well as other activities that impair outdoor air quality, as determined by DEP in collaboration with the New York City Office of Emergency Management and any other relevant agency. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1200-2023
| * | Lincoln Restler | | | Requiring the commissioner of emergency management to develop and implement a plan regarding public notification during air quality emergencies. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Emergency Management to develop and implement a plan to ensure that notifications disseminated by New York City relating to an air quality emergency are frequent, timely, disseminated in advance of the emergency to the extent possible, include the expected Air Quality Index, include information about how to stay safe during the emergency, direct the recipient to the Department of Environmental Protection’s website for further information on the City’s response, include information on additional services and materials the City is making available to the public, and include information on any limitations the City is imposing on the public. The bill would also require the Commissioner of Emergency Management to issue three annual reports to the Council regarding the contents of such plan and any relevant updates regarding such plan. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1200-2023
| * | Lincoln Restler | | | Requiring the commissioner of emergency management to develop and implement a plan regarding public notification during air quality emergencies. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Emergency Management to develop and implement a plan to ensure that notifications disseminated by New York City relating to an air quality emergency are frequent, timely, disseminated in advance of the emergency to the extent possible, include the expected Air Quality Index, include information about how to stay safe during the emergency, direct the recipient to the Department of Environmental Protection’s website for further information on the City’s response, include information on additional services and materials the City is making available to the public, and include information on any limitations the City is imposing on the public. The bill would also require the Commissioner of Emergency Management to issue three annual reports to the Council regarding the contents of such plan and any relevant updates regarding such plan. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1201-2023
| * | Lincoln Restler | | | Requiring the commissioner of emergency management to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for air quality emergencies. | Introduction | This bill would require the commissioner of the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to address air quality emergencies in the city, involving in part the identification of other governmental agencies OEM must contact, identification of circumstances under which OEM would call upon other jurisdictions for assistance, the creation or designation of clean air centers for use by the public, measures to protect the health of the public during an emergency, measures to inform the public about an emergency, limiting of use of motor vehicles in the city’s fleet during an emergency, and measures to reduce the deterioration of air quality. The bill would also require this commissioner to report to the Speaker of the Council on a yearly basis about actions taken pursuant to this plan. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1201-2023
| * | Lincoln Restler | | | Requiring the commissioner of emergency management to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for air quality emergencies. | Introduction | This bill would require the commissioner of the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to address air quality emergencies in the city, involving in part the identification of other governmental agencies OEM must contact, identification of circumstances under which OEM would call upon other jurisdictions for assistance, the creation or designation of clean air centers for use by the public, measures to protect the health of the public during an emergency, measures to inform the public about an emergency, limiting of use of motor vehicles in the city’s fleet during an emergency, and measures to reduce the deterioration of air quality. The bill would also require this commissioner to report to the Speaker of the Council on a yearly basis about actions taken pursuant to this plan. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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