Details Meeting Name: Committee on Environmental Protection (inactive) Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/11/2021 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) VOTE Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (13) 13 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                     Roll call Not available Int 1592-2019 * Costa G. Constantinides   Proposed Int. No. 1592-A Transfer of land, buildings and facilities of Rikers Island to the dept of citywide administrative services. Introduction This local law would establish a process for the transferring of the land, buildings and facilities of Rikers Island from the Department of Correction to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services In biannual evaluations, any portion not in active use for the housing of persons, or providing of services for such persons, would be so transferred, with the entirety being transferred no later than August 31, 2027. Additionally, a Rikers Island Advisory Committee would be established, consisting of relevant commissioners, persons impacted by Rikers, and experts in environmental justice and sustainability. The advisory committee would evaluate and provide recommendations on potential uses of the island for sustainability and resiliency purposes. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1592-2019 * Costa G. Constantinides     Transfer of land, buildings and facilities of Rikers Island to the dept of citywide administrative services. Introduction This local law would establish a process for the transferring of the land, buildings and facilities of Rikers Island from the Department of Correction to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services In biannual evaluations, any portion not in active use for the housing of persons, or providing of services for such persons, would be so transferred, with the entirety being transferred no later than August 31, 2027. Additionally, a Rikers Island Advisory Committee would be established, consisting of relevant commissioners, persons impacted by Rikers, and experts in environmental justice and sustainability. The advisory committee would evaluate and provide recommendations on potential uses of the island for sustainability and resiliency purposes. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1592-2019 * Costa G. Constantinides     Transfer of land, buildings and facilities of Rikers Island to the dept of citywide administrative services. Introduction This local law would establish a process for the transferring of the land, buildings and facilities of Rikers Island from the Department of Correction to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services In biannual evaluations, any portion not in active use for the housing of persons, or providing of services for such persons, would be so transferred, with the entirety being transferred no later than August 31, 2027. Additionally, a Rikers Island Advisory Committee would be established, consisting of relevant commissioners, persons impacted by Rikers, and experts in environmental justice and sustainability. The advisory committee would evaluate and provide recommendations on potential uses of the island for sustainability and resiliency purposes. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1592-2019 A Costa G. Constantinides     Transfer of land, buildings and facilities of Rikers Island to the dept of citywide administrative services. Introduction This local law would establish a process for the transferring of the land, buildings and facilities of Rikers Island from the Department of Correction to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services In biannual evaluations, any portion not in active use for the housing of persons, or providing of services for such persons, would be so transferred, with the entirety being transferred no later than August 31, 2027. Additionally, a Rikers Island Advisory Committee would be established, consisting of relevant commissioners, persons impacted by Rikers, and experts in environmental justice and sustainability. The advisory committee would evaluate and provide recommendations on potential uses of the island for sustainability and resiliency purposes. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 1593-2019 * Costa G. Constantinides   Proposed Int. No. 1593-A Direct the mayor’s office of long-term planning and sustainability to study the feasibility of different types of renewable energy sources combined with battery storage on Rikers Island. Introduction This local law would require that a feasibility study be conducted as an appendix to the long-term energy plan, to ascertain whether different types of renewable energy sources, combined with battery storage, are feasible on Rikers Island. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1593-2019 * Costa G. Constantinides     Direct the mayor’s office of long-term planning and sustainability to study the feasibility of different types of renewable energy sources combined with battery storage on Rikers Island. Introduction This local law would require that a feasibility study be conducted as an appendix to the long-term energy plan, to ascertain whether different types of renewable energy sources, combined with battery storage, are feasible on Rikers Island. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1593-2019 * Costa G. Constantinides     Direct the mayor’s office of long-term planning and sustainability to study the feasibility of different types of renewable energy sources combined with battery storage on Rikers Island. Introduction This local law would require that a feasibility study be conducted as an appendix to the long-term energy plan, to ascertain whether different types of renewable energy sources, combined with battery storage, are feasible on Rikers Island. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1593-2019 A Costa G. Constantinides     Direct the mayor’s office of long-term planning and sustainability to study the feasibility of different types of renewable energy sources combined with battery storage on Rikers Island. Introduction This local law would require that a feasibility study be conducted as an appendix to the long-term energy plan, to ascertain whether different types of renewable energy sources, combined with battery storage, are feasible on Rikers Island. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 1966-2020 * Costa G. Constantinides   Proposed Int. No. 1966-A Creating a pilot program to test sewage for SARS-CoV-2. Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to create a pilot program to test the city’s wastewater treatment plants for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and submit a report with the results of the program. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1966-2020 * Costa G. Constantinides     Creating a pilot program to test sewage for SARS-CoV-2. Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to create a pilot program to test the city’s wastewater treatment plants for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and submit a report with the results of the program. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1966-2020 * Costa G. Constantinides     Creating a pilot program to test sewage for SARS-CoV-2. Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to create a pilot program to test the city’s wastewater treatment plants for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and submit a report with the results of the program. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1966-2020 A Costa G. Constantinides     Creating a pilot program to test sewage for SARS-CoV-2. Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to create a pilot program to test the city’s wastewater treatment plants for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and submit a report with the results of the program. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available