Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 7/28/2020 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, Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, Announcements, Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting, Minutes of the Stated Meeting Meeting Items (110) 110 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: Monsignor James J. Kelly, spiritual leader at St. Brigid's Church located at 409 Linden Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237. Motion to spread the Invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Dromm.           Not available       3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES - Motion that the Minutes of the Stated Meeting of June 25, 2020 be adopted as printed by Council Member Cohen.           Not available       4. MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR -           Not available M 0246-2020 *     Received, Ordered, Printed and Filed Submitting Amended Certificate setting forth the maximum amount of debt and reserves which the City, and the NYC Municipal Water Finance Authority, may soundly incur for capital projects for FY'21 and the ensuing 3 fiscal years. Mayor's Message   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available M 0247-2020 *     Received, Ordered, Printed and Filed Deborah Levine, HIV/AIDS Services Administration Advisory Board Mayor's Message   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available       5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES -           Not available M 0248-2020 *     Received, Ordered, Printed and Filed Declaration of Capital Financing Need Communication   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available       6. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - None           Not available       7. LAND USE CALL-UPS - None           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 CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND BUSINESS LICENSING           Not available Int 1609-2019 A Ritchie J. Torres   Amended and Coupled on GO Changing the name of the Department of Consumer Affairs to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Introduction This bill amends the New York City Charter and Administrative Code to change the name of the Department of Consumer Affairs to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, establish the Office of Labor Standards and the Division of Paid Care as offices within the Department, and update references to these offices and other agency nomenclature. The bill also clarifies the Department’s powers to seek restitution on behalf of consumers and workers related to any law within its jurisdiction. It also designates the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearing as the tribunal in which the Department may begin proceedings to recover civil penalties and grants the Commissioner the power to adopt, reverse, modify, or remand OATH trial decisions for additional proceedings. Finally, the bill repeals the Consumers Council established under §2204 of the New York City Charter and the Tow Advisory Board. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL AFFAIRS, LIBRARIES AND INTERNATIONAL INTERGROUP RELATIONS           Not available Int 1967-2020 A Laurie A. Cumbo   Amended and Coupled on GO COVID-19 reopening plans and resources for art and cultural institutions in NYC. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) to publish information for art and cultural institutions affected by COVID-19 on its website, related to: federal/state/city/union requirements and guidelines related to COVID-19; guidance on where to direct questions about guidelines; resources known to the department related to financial support; guidance and resources relating to alternative uses for space that art and cultural institutions will not utilize when reopening; strategies for the development and continuation of digital platforms and remote programming; and any other information deemed by the department to be relevant to reopening plans for art and cultural institutions. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS           Not available Int 1091-2018 A Peter A. Koo   Amended and Coupled on GO Posting of machine readable executive orders. Introduction This bill would require the Corporation Counsel to make available a searchable and machine readable compilation of all executive orders issued from 1974 to present. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 1872-2020 A Fernando Cabrera   Amended and Coupled on GO Online publication of unconsolidated local laws. Introduction This bill would require the Corporation Counsel to make available through the City’s website a true a complete compilation of unconsolidated local laws enacted after January 1, 1985. Unconsolidated portions of local laws enacted after that date must be presented as annotations to relevant amended sections of the Charter or Administrative Code, except that such annotations shall not include any unconsolidated provision of local law that relates solely to the effective date of such local law or that solely establishes as severable any part or provision of such local law. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 1879-2020 A Keith Powers   Amended and Coupled on GO Designation of administering offices or agencies. Introduction This bill would provide that any designation by the Mayor of one or more offices or agencies to administer or enforce any provision of the Charter or Administrative Code made pursuant to a law that requires or authorizes the Mayor to make such a designation, and any change to any such designation, shall be made in writing. Within 10 days of such designation or change, a copy of such writing shall be published on the City’s website and on the website of such agency or office, and shall be electronically submitted to the Speaker. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH           Not available Int 1945-2020 A Justin L. Brannan   Amended and Coupled on GO Annual reporting of heat vulnerability and heat-related deaths. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to annually report on neighborhood heat vulnerability and the number of heat-related deaths, including the number of heat stress deaths, the estimation of heat exacerbated deaths, a description of the methods used to derive heat vulnerability and estimate heat exacerbated deaths, a description of social and environmental factors used to determine heat vulnerability, and aggregate demographic information of heat stress deaths, including, but not limited to, the age, gender, neighborhood tabulation area and the race or ethnicity of the decedents. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 1960-2020 A Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Amended and Coupled on GO Comprehensive cooling and communication plan. Introduction This bill would require the Office of Emergency Management, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, to prepare and submit an annual plan beginning by May 15, 2021, describing how the city would inform residents on the dangers of heat exposure, access to cooling, including cooling centers, and how vulnerable populations can stay cool during heat-related emergencies. The plan would also include measures for large office buildings to reduce stress on the electric grid during the summer months. The plan would be updated annually. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 1783-2019 A Mark Levine   Amended and Coupled on GO Excluding certain cooperatives from the housing portal. Introduction This bill would amend Local Law 64 for the year 2018 so that certain dwelling units in buildings owned by individuals in the cooperative form of ownership are exempt from the requirements of the housing portal. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY           Not available Int 1154-2018 A Karen Koslowitz   Amended and Coupled on GO Encrypting website exchanges or transfers. Introduction This bill would require the encryption of exchanges or transfers of web content from websites maintained by or on behalf of the City, such as through the adoption of the HTTPS protocol. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available       12. GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available         COUPLED ON GENERAL ORDER CALENDAR           Not available       ~coupled CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND BUSINESS LICENSING           Not available Int 1609-2019 A Ritchie J. Torres ~coupled A and GO Changing the name of the Department of Consumer Affairs to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Introduction This bill amends the New York City Charter and Administrative Code to change the name of the Department of Consumer Affairs to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, establish the Office of Labor Standards and the Division of Paid Care as offices within the Department, and update references to these offices and other agency nomenclature. The bill also clarifies the Department’s powers to seek restitution on behalf of consumers and workers related to any law within its jurisdiction. It also designates the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearing as the tribunal in which the Department may begin proceedings to recover civil penalties and grants the Commissioner the power to adopt, reverse, modify, or remand OATH trial decisions for additional proceedings. Finally, the bill repeals the Consumers Council established under §2204 of the New York City Charter and the Tow Advisory Board.     Action details Not available       ~coupled CULTURAL AFFAIRS, LIBRARIES AND INTERNATIONAL INTERGROUP RELATIONS           Not available Int 1967-2020 A Laurie A. Cumbo ~coupled A and GO COVID-19 reopening plans and resources for art and cultural institutions in NYC. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) to publish information for art and cultural institutions affected by COVID-19 on its website, related to: federal/state/city/union requirements and guidelines related to COVID-19; guidance on where to direct questions about guidelines; resources known to the department related to financial support; guidance and resources relating to alternative uses for space that art and cultural institutions will not utilize when reopening; strategies for the development and continuation of digital platforms and remote programming; and any other information deemed by the department to be relevant to reopening plans for art and cultural institutions.     Action details Not available       ~coupled GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS           Not available Int 1091-2018 A Peter A. Koo ~coupled A and GO Posting of machine readable executive orders. Introduction This bill would require the Corporation Counsel to make available a searchable and machine readable compilation of all executive orders issued from 1974 to present.     Action details Not available Int 1872-2020 A Fernando Cabrera ~coupled A and GO Online publication of unconsolidated local laws. Introduction This bill would require the Corporation Counsel to make available through the City’s website a true a complete compilation of unconsolidated local laws enacted after January 1, 1985. Unconsolidated portions of local laws enacted after that date must be presented as annotations to relevant amended sections of the Charter or Administrative Code, except that such annotations shall not include any unconsolidated provision of local law that relates solely to the effective date of such local law or that solely establishes as severable any part or provision of such local law.     Action details Not available Int 1879-2020 A Keith Powers ~coupled A and GO Designation of administering offices or agencies. Introduction This bill would provide that any designation by the Mayor of one or more offices or agencies to administer or enforce any provision of the Charter or Administrative Code made pursuant to a law that requires or authorizes the Mayor to make such a designation, and any change to any such designation, shall be made in writing. Within 10 days of such designation or change, a copy of such writing shall be published on the City’s website and on the website of such agency or office, and shall be electronically submitted to the Speaker.     Action details Not available       ~coupled HEALTH           Not available Int 1945-2020 A Justin L. Brannan ~coupled A and GO Annual reporting of heat vulnerability and heat-related deaths. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to annually report on neighborhood heat vulnerability and the number of heat-related deaths, including the number of heat stress deaths, the estimation of heat exacerbated deaths, a description of the methods used to derive heat vulnerability and estimate heat exacerbated deaths, a description of social and environmental factors used to determine heat vulnerability, and aggregate demographic information of heat stress deaths, including, but not limited to, the age, gender, neighborhood tabulation area and the race or ethnicity of the decedents.     Action details Not available Int 1960-2020 A Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled A and GO Comprehensive cooling and communication plan. Introduction This bill would require the Office of Emergency Management, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, to prepare and submit an annual plan beginning by May 15, 2021, describing how the city would inform residents on the dangers of heat exposure, access to cooling, including cooling centers, and how vulnerable populations can stay cool during heat-related emergencies. The plan would also include measures for large office buildings to reduce stress on the electric grid during the summer months. The plan would be updated annually.     Action details Not available       ~coupled HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 1783-2019 A Mark Levine ~coupled A and GO Excluding certain cooperatives from the housing portal. Introduction This bill would amend Local Law 64 for the year 2018 so that certain dwelling units in buildings owned by individuals in the cooperative form of ownership are exempt from the requirements of the housing portal.     Action details Not available       ~coupled TECHNOLOGY           Not available Int 1154-2018 A Karen Koslowitz ~coupled A and GO Encrypting website exchanges or transfers. Introduction This bill would require the encryption of exchanges or transfers of web content from websites maintained by or on behalf of the City, such as through the adoption of the HTTPS protocol.     Action details Not available       ~coupled GENERAL ORDER CALENDAR           Not available                   Pass Not available       13. INTRODUCTION & READING OF BILLS (SEE BELOW)           Not available       14. DISCUSSION OF RESOLUTIONS           Not available       15. RESOLUTIONS           Not available Res 0637-2018 A Mathieu Eugene   Amended and Adopted by the Committee on Health US Dept of Health and Human Services and the NYS Dept of Health to create a special commission to address health emergencies and infectious diseases. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 1371-2020 * Laurie A. Cumbo   Preconsidered - Adopted by the Committee on Governmental Operations Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 (H.R. 4.) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available       16. GENERAL DISCUSSION           Not available       17. EXTENSION OF REMARKS           Not available         INTRODUCTION AND READING OF BILLS           Not available Int 1994-2020 * Alicka Ampry-Samuel ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Voter education campaign regarding ranked choice voting. Introduction This bill would dictate certain specific actions the Campaign Finance Board and City agencies must take as part of a public awareness campaign to familiarize voters with ranked choice voting, including the development and distribution of print and digital education materials. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1995-2020 * Francisco P. Moya ~SPONSOR General Welfare Shelter security guard and fire guard training. Introduction This bill would require all contracted shelter operators that contract with the Department of Homeless Services ensure that the shelter security guards and fire guards at such shelters receive 40 hours of training beyond the minimum required by the State within 120 days after they are hired and an eight-hour refresher training annually thereafter, which must include at least two hours of shelter-specific training. The bill would also require such shelter operators to submit quarterly reports to the DHS commissioner regarding the number of security and fire guards who have completed such trainings, and an annual certification verifying compliance with training requirements for each guard. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1367-2020 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Health Establishing requirements for residential healthcare facilities to protect and maintain the health and safety of residents and staff in a state of emergency during an outbreak of disease. (A.10350A/S.8270A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1368-2020 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Fire and Emergency Management NYS to create a $500 tax credit for qualifying volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers when filing NYC income tax. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1369-2020 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor Prohibiting bank fees for the usage of a state-issued electronic benefit transfer card. (A.10670/S.8616) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1370-2020 * Fernando Cabrera ~SPONSOR Finance Enact a new version of the State and the City’s Earned Income Tax Credit. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1996-2020 * Margaret S. Chin ~SPONSOR General Welfare Requiring the dept of homeless services to report on how many seniors move out of shelters into a dept for the aging program. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Homeless Services (“DHS”) to report on how many seniors move out of shelters into a Department for the Aging (“DFTA”) program. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1997-2020 * James G. Van Bramer ~SPONSOR Resiliency and Waterfronts Creation of a mortgage and insurance resiliency subgroup. Introduction This local law creates a mortgage and insurance resiliency subgroup that will include representatives of banks, mortgagors, underwriters, insurers, large and small property owners and appropriate city agencies. This subgroup must review the mortgage and insurance impacts of climate related projections and disclosure recommendations received for various property types within the special flood hazard area or areas impacted by extreme precipitation, freak windstorms or other climate hazards. The subgroup shall also consider the climate related mortgage and insurance impacts and when making recommendations intended to reduce risks to mortgages and insurers. Finally the subgroup shall submit a report on the mortgage and insurance impacts of the climate-related projections and disclosures sent to property owners along with recommendations made to the mayor and the council no later than one year from the date of enactment of this subdivision. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1371-2020 * Laurie A. Cumbo ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Governmental Operations Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 (H.R. 4.) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1372-2020 * Laurie A. Cumbo ~SPONSOR Public Safety George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021. (H.R. 1280) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1998-2020 * Mathieu Eugene ~SPONSOR Health Creating a commission on infectious diseases. Introduction This bill would create a Commission on Infectious Diseases for the purpose of studying infectious diseases worldwide and developing citywide and agency-specific plans to address the risks that such diseases pose to public health. The Commission would meet at least twice each year, as well as during infectious disease related emergencies, and submit annual reports to the Mayor and the Council with recommendations containing proposed plans that the City may implement in the event of an epidemic, pandemic or other public health emergency related to infectious disease. The Commissioner of Emergency Management would be required to issue an annual report to confirm whether the City would adopt or reject the recommendations of the Commission in its preparations and response to infectious disease related emergencies. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1999-2020 * Mark Gjonaj ~SPONSOR Health Filling personal food or beverage take-out containers during the COVID-19 pandemic Introduction This bill would prohibit food service establishments from filling a customer’s personal reusable food or beverage container with food or beverages provided by such establishment during the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill would also prohibit food service establishments from allowing a customer to fill their own personal reusable food or beverage container with food or beverages provided by such establishment. This bill would not apply to the use of reusable bags. The penalty for a violation would be $250. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2000-2020 * Mark Gjonaj ~SPONSOR Small Business Equitable distribution of emergency funding by borough. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Small Business Services (SBS), before disbursing certain emergency loans or grants, to post on their website the number of businesses by borough that would be eligible for such loans or grants. The bill would then require the City government to disburse emergency loans or grants by borough in proportion to the estimate posted by SBS, or come within five percentage points of that number. The City government could also satisfy the requirements of this bill, even if emergency loan and grant disbursement is not made in a proportion within five percentage points of the estimate, if the government can demonstrate it made a good faith effort to do so. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1373-2020 * Mark Gjonaj ~SPONSOR Small Business Delay implementation of the plastic bag ban during the COVID-19 epidemic, with enforcement beginning December 31, 2022. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2001-2020 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Health Studying transmission of COVID-19 in various modes of transportation within NYC. Introduction The proposed legislation would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to conduct a study on transmission of COVID-19 in various modes of transportation within New York city, including but not limited to, subways, buses, taxicabs and for-hire vehicles, and pedestrian travel. No later than six months after completion of the study, DOHMH would be required to submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and post conspicuously on its website, a report detailing the findings of the study and recommendations for preventing transmission of COVID-19 in such various modes of transportation. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2002-2020 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the police dept to report on how often it engages in surreptitious DNA collection. Introduction This bill would require the NYPD to report on how often they engage in the surreptitious collection of DNA samples in the investigation of a crime, including demographic information of the individuals whose samples are collected. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2003-2020 * Mark Levine ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations City agencies to issue a one-time waiver of license renewal fees where the holders of such licenses were prohibited from working during the COVID-19 emergency. Introduction Due to the government mandated emergency closures of several businesses due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many holders of city-issued licenses were prohibited from carrying out licensed activity. This bill requires city agencies to provide a one-time waiver of renewal fees for any license holder that could not work for a period of 30 days or more due to an emergency executive order during the COVID-19 state of emergency. City agencies responsible for renewing such licenses must provide information on the fee waiver on their websites. Likewise, the Mayor must provide to the Council a list of all occupational licenses that are eligible for a fee waiver within 30 days of the effective date of this local law. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2004-2020 * Mark Levine ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Creation of a COVID-19 memorial task force. Introduction This bill would create a task force to consider the various factors involved in creating a memorial on Hart Island dedicated to those who died as a direct result of COVID-19 and to make recommendations in furtherance of that objective. The task force would be composed of the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs or such commissioner’s designee, the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation or such commissioner’s designee, and members appointed by the Mayor and by the Speaker of the Council, two of whom must be family members of a person who died as a direct result of COVID-19 and is buried on Hart Island. The task force would be required to report recommendations to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council. This report would be due 270 days after the effective date of this local law and would be published on the Department of Cultural Affairs’ website. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2005-2020 * Farah N. Louis ~SPONSOR Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Reporting on the mental health of New Yorkers during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to track and issue a report on the mental health of New Yorkers during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The report would be published every 6 months and would include: the number of 311 calls relating to mental health; the number of 911 calls relating to mental health emergencies and substance misuse or overdoses; the number of calls received by any mental health hotline maintained by the department or by another agency; the number of hospital admissions for overdoses or that were substance use-related; and any other information regarding the mental health of New Yorkers during the COVID-19 public health emergency that the Commissioner of Health deems appropriate. The information required in this report would be disaggregated by age, race, gender, zip code and any other demographic category that the department deems relevant, to the extent such demographic information is available. Additionally, on an annual basis, the report would include a description of any trends in adverse mental health of New Yorkers during the COVID-19 public health emergency and any steps taken by DOHMH to address such trends. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1374-2020 * Farah N. Louis ~SPONSOR Education DOE to establish a training program for parents in relation to remote learning. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2006-2020 * Francisco P. Moya ~SPONSOR Contracts Establishing prevailing wage requirements for security guards and fire guards at city-contracted shelters. Introduction The proposed legislation would require payment of prevailing wages to security guards and fire guards providing security services at homeless shelters operated pursuant to contracts with the Department of Homless Services (“DHS”). The proposed legislation would place a limitation on subcontracting for shelter and fire guards at contracts less than $20,000 without approval by the DHS Commissioner. The proposed legislation would also empower the Comptroller to monitor contracted shelter operators’ compliance with prevailing wage payments and to investigate violations and verified complaints pertaining to such compliance. The Comptroller would also be empowered to utilize several different enforcement mechanisms against non-compliant shelter operators based upon the outcome of such investigations Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2007-2020 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Finance Temporary suspension of the commercial rent tax during the COVID-19 emergency for premises with a base rent of less than one million dollars. Introduction This local law would increase the base rent deduction of the commercial rent tax to 100 percent for premises with an annual base rent of less than $1 million for the period beginning on June 1, 2020 and ending the day before the tax quarter succeeding the expiration of the State or City state of emergency declaration related to COVID-19, whichever is later. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1375-2020 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Allow licensed premises to continue selling alcohol through delivery and take-out, for two years after the pandemic ends. (S.8392) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1376-2020 * Keith Powers ~SPONSOR Small Business Establish a Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program. (H.R. 7011) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2008-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Social workers in city correctional facilities. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Correction (“DOC”) to maintain a ratio of at least one social worker for every ten incarcerated persons at each city correctional facility by 2024. This bill would also require DOC to report the number of social workers and the number of incarcerated persons at each correctional facility on a quarterly basis. This report would be posted on the DOC website and submitted to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council. The first report would be due on January 31, 2021. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2009-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Provision of videoconferencing services to individuals in custody in city correctional facilities. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Correction to provide free videoconferencing services to individuals within the custody of the department. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2010-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Private water and sewer pipelines. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to create an online interactive map showing the location of private temporary water service pipelines, private shared water service pipelines, private temporary sewer service pipelines and private shared sewer service pipelines. Such information will be searchable by address and borough, block and lot number. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2011-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Finance Dept of finance conducting education and outreach regarding deed and foreclosure prevention assistance fraud. Introduction This local law would require the Department of Finance, in conjunction with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, to conduct education and outreach regarding deed fraud and foreclosure prevention assistance fraud through the posting and dissemination of resource materials, including referral resources for legal assistance. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2012-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Requiring the police dept to report on custodial interrogations of minors, Introduction This bill would require the commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) to issue a quarterly report on custodial interrogations of minors. Such report would include the total number of times the department attempted to conduct a custodial interrogation of a minor in the previous quarter, disaggregated by: the race, age, and gender of the minor; the precinct of the arresting officer; the borough where the arrest took place; whether a parent or legal guardian of the minor was informed of the arrest prior to the interrogation; whether the minor spoke to an attorney prior to the interrogation; whether the minor was notified of their Miranda Rights; and whether the minor waived such rights. The first report would be due on January 31, 2021 and would be posted on the NYPD website and submitted to the Council, Mayor, and Public Advocate. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2013-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Use of conducted electrical weapons by the police department. Introduction This bill would require police officers to download data from conducted electrical weapons at the end of their tour when such weapons are discharged. This bill would also require police officers to note the amount of times a conducted electrical weapon was discharged on the Threat, Resistance, or Injury worksheet. This bill would also require that any future purchases of body worn cameras by the New York City Police Department be cameras that are capable of automatically activating when a conducted electrical weapon is armed or its trigger is being pulled. This bill would also require that such feature be enabled for body worn cameras whenever it is available. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2014-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Youth Services Developing a college admissions counseling program. Introduction The complex process of applying to college may deter some high school juniors and seniors from exploring higher education as an option after high school. This bill would require the Department of Youth and Community Development to establish a program that provides counseling, resources and other support to these prospective college students and their families in applying to college. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2015-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the dept of health and mental hygiene to provide menstrual hygiene products for CUNY to make available on campus. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to provide menstrual products for the City University of New York (CUNY) to make available for students on campus. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1377-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Allow eligible voters to request an absentee ballot if they are concerned that voting in person during a pandemic or state of emergency could expose themselves or others to a public health risk. (A.10271/S.8015-A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1378-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Amend the family court act and the criminal procedure law in relation to the custodial interrogation of juveniles by law enforcement. (S4980A/A6982) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1379-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Women and Gender Equity Mandate the Office of Court Administration to update the securing order form to include a gender X option. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1380-2020 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Contracts Removing Corcraft’s status as a preferred vendor in state and municipal contracting processes. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2016-2020 * Antonio Reynoso ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Establishment of an office of restaurant recovery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Introduction This bill would require the Mayor to create an Office of Restaurant Recovery to facilitate the recovery of restaurants from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Office would be led by a director whom the Mayor or, if the Office is within an agency other than the Office of the Mayor, an agency head would appoint no later than 30 days after the bill’s effective date. The director’s responsibilities would include developing and implementing a recovery plan, identifying metrics to assess recovery, advising the Mayor, and promoting recovery. The director would also be required to submit an initial report and subsequent annual reports to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council. The bill would expire in five years unless the Mayor, in consultation with the director, determines sooner that restaurants have stabilized. In addition, this bill would make technical amendments related to the numbering of this new subchapter in the Administrative Code. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2017-2020 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Hospitals Visitation policy guidelines for hospitals during public health emergencies. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMH”) to develop voluntary guidelines for hospital visitation policies in the event of a public health emergency. Such guidelines would be distributed to hospitals in the City, posted on the DOHMH website, and submitted to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council. This bill would also require DOHMH to develop voluntary guidelines for hospital visitation policies in response to the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, by July 1, 2020. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1381-2020 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor NYS Dept of Labor to implement a new emergency response plan to modernize its capabilities to better prepare for economic disasters. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1382-2020 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Health Secretary of Labor to issue an emergency temporary standard that requires certain employers to develop and implement a comprehensive infectious disease exposure control plan to protect employees. (H.R. 6139) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1383-2020 * Carlina Rivera ~SPONSOR Small Business Small Business Relief From Communicable Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2020 (H.R. 6040) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2018-2020 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR General Welfare Requiring the dept of social services to provide domestic violence services at all shelters. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Homeless Services (“DHS”) to provide services to domestic violence survivors in all DHS shelters. Services would be coordinated by a social worker. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2019-2020 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the provision of menstrual hygiene products wherever toilet paper is required. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to require the provision of menstrual hygiene products wherever toilet paper is required by federal, state or local law or regulation. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2020-2020 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Open captioning at motion picture theatres. Introduction This bill would require that movie theaters showing over 10 movies a week provide open captions for at least one quarter of all showings when a movie is shown four or more times. However, theaters more than four open caption showings of a single movie in one week would not be required. At least half of the open captioned showings would be during peak attendance hours. Peak attendance showings start after 5:59 and end before 11:01 on Friday and begin after 11:29 am and end before 11:01 pm on Saturday and Sunday. If fewer than one in eight showings is scheduled for peak attendance hours or similar times on other weekdays, the screening during those hours must be open captioned. Open caption showings that play at the same time do not count towards this minimum and a theater may show more open captioned movies than required. A theater must advertise open caption showings the same way they do other showings and must maintain documents to show compliance with these requirements for at least three years. A theater violating this law is subject to penalties. Films that are produced and distributed without open captioning are exempt from this requirement. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1384-2020 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Aging Renew the qualifying income limit of $50,000 for seniors and persons with disabilities who are eligible for the SCRIE program and the DRIE program. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1385-2020 * Helen K. Rosenthal ~SPONSOR Education NYC DOE to require age-appropriate human trafficking curriculum and instruction for students in grades K-12. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2021-2020 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Fire and Emergency Management Requiring OEM to utilize internal simulations and statistical modeling to assist in preparing emergency plans. Introduction The bill would require the Office of Emergency Management to utilize internal simulations and statistical modeling to assist in the preparation of emergency plans. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2022-2020 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Technology Creation of a city food delivery mobile application. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to create a mobile application to facilitate the delivery of food from City agencies to eligible individuals. The mobile application would provide information about locations where food is available and also allow users who are eligible for home delivery of food to request and track deliveries. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2023-2020 * Ben Kallos ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Establishing an office of pandemic preparedness. Introduction This bill would establish an Office of Pandemic Preparedness. The Office would receive the materials and plans that other city agencies develop in relation to preparing for pandemics. The Office would review those materials and plans then submit the plans related to pandemic preparation to the Office of Emergency Management (OEM). The Office would also organize an annual pandemic planning summit with representatives from city agencies, academic institutions, healthcare providers, commercial industry groups and experts in the fields of infectious disease and disaster planning. The Office would submit a report detailing its findings and recommendations for best practice in pandemic planning to the Mayor, the Speaker and the Director of OEM. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2024-2020 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Health Response and preparedness measures for highly transmissible diseases. Introduction This bill would require that if a public health authority or organization announces or otherwise provides notice of the transmission of a highly transmissible disease that poses a serious threat to public health, the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene must provide daily public briefings and updates to city agencies regarding the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s monitoring of and response to the disease. The bill also requires that every city agency develop and publish on its website highly transmissible disease emergency preparedness measures and protocols as deemed relevant by the agency to its roles and functions. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2025-2020 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Health Requiring guidelines on the prevention of disease transmission and restrictions on mass gatherings due to the spread of highly transmissible diseases. Introduction This bill would require that, if any public health authority or organization provides notification of the spread of a highly transmissible disease (that is, a disease that spreads through respiratory droplets or aerosols and for which no vaccine is available) that is a serious threat to public health anywhere in the world, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) would be required to publish guidelines advising as to measures to prevent the spread of such a disease. In addition, if the Governor or the Mayor declares a state of emergency, or the Commissioner of DOHMH declares a public health emergency, due to the spread of a highly transmissible disease, mass gatherings would be prohibited, subject to exceptions designated by the Commissioner of DOHMH, until the Commissioner of DOHMH determines that such a prohibition is not necessary to protect public health. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2026-2020 * Paul A. Vallone ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Reducing noise caused by chartered helicopters. Introduction This bill would prohibit chartered helicopters from taking off and landing at heliports owned by the city if those helicopters do not meet the stage 3 noise levels for helicopters as determined by the Federal Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2027-2020 * Paul A. Vallone ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations Requiring DCAS to study electric powered takeoff and landing vehicles. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to conduct a study on the safety and feasibility of using electric powered vertical takeoff and landing vehicles in the city fleet. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1386-2020 * Paul A. Vallone ~SPONSOR Finance Change the renewal period from one year to two years for the Disabled Homeowners’ Exemption. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available