Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/9/2021 1:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: 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, Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, Announcements, Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting, Minutes of the Stated Meeting Meeting Items (65) 65 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 David Niederman, Executive Director & President, who serves as a spiritual leader at UJO of Williamsburg (United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn), located at 32 Penn Street Brooklyn, NY 11249. Motion to spread the Invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Levin.           Not available       3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES - None           Not available       4. MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR           Not available M 0326-2021 *     Rules, Privileges and Elections Dr. Simona Kwon, Board of Health Mayor's Message   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available       5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES           Not available M 0327-2021 *     Rules, Privileges and Elections NY County Democratic Committee recommending the name of Jenny Low to the Council regarding her appointment to the office of Commissioner of Elections of the Board of Elections. Communication   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available       6. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - None           Not available       7. LAND USE CALL-UPS           Not available M 0328-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, River North, Staten Island (C 210289 ZMR) 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 HEALTH           Not available Int 1668-2019 A Mark Levine   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Establishing a primary care services and patient navigation program. Introduction The proposed legislation would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene or another agency or entity so designated by the Mayor to develop and manage a primary care services and patient navigation program (PCSPNP), which provides primary care services and applicable patient navigator services. Such services will be offered by medical service providers, including Health and Hospitals (H+H) facilities, federally qualified health centers (FQHC), and other not-for-profit and private medical service providers. PCSPNP must ensure that that primary care services are provided in each community district and that at least one participating acute care hospital providing specialty services is provided in each borough, and shall also offer a telemedicine service providing access for patients 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY           Not available Int 1152-2018 A Peter A. Koo   Coupled on General Orders Requiring an online payment grace period. Introduction This bill would establish a 48-hour grace period for a system failure that disables a City website used to make online payments and lasts 24 hours or longer, during which time neither late payment fees nor interest should be incurred for any payment due during the time of the system failure. Affected City agencies would also have the discretion to extend the grace period by up to seven days. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION           Not available Int 1789-2019 A Ydanis A. Rodriguez   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Side guards Introduction Side guards are vehicle-based safety devices that prevent pedestrians, cyclists, and others from being caught in the otherwise exposed space between the front and rear axles of large vehicles. This bill would accelerate existing deadlines for side guard implementation in the City fleet and for trade waste hauling vehicles from January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2023. The bill would also require that side guards are equipped on any large vehicle used to fulfill a contract with the City of at least $2 million, starting with contracts registered on or after January 1, 2023. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS           Not available Int 0647-2018 A Mathieu Eugene   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Peer support services for veterans. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS) to coordinate with veteran service organizations to establish a hotline to provide peer support services and information to veterans. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN AND GENDER EQUITY           Not available Int 1828-2019 A Alicka Ampry-Samuel   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Establishing an advisory committee on female genital mutilation and cutting and making technical amendments in connection therewith. Introduction This bill would establish an advisory committee on female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) within the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV). The committee, headed by the ENDGBV commissioner or their designee, would make recommendations to engage communities and agencies in decreasing, with the goal of eventually eliminating, the practice of female genital mutilation and cutting in the city, and would identify supportive community-based and culturally-responsive resources for people who have undergone female genital mutilation and cutting. The mayor or their designee would appoint advisory committee members from various fields, including City government, healthcare, and non-profit organizations, among others. The advisory committee would be required to meet a minimum of two times per year for two years, after which time ENDGBV would assess the continued need for such advisory committee. ENDGBV would also be required to report on the advisory committee’s activities in its annual report, or if the advisory committee were dissolved, continue to include a description of the office’s work in relation to FGM/C in its annual report. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available       12. GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available         COUPLED ON GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available       ~coupled HEALTH           Not available Int 1668-2019 A Mark Levine ~coupled A and GO Establishing a primary care services and patient navigation program. Introduction The proposed legislation would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene or another agency or entity so designated by the Mayor to develop and manage a primary care services and patient navigation program (PCSPNP), which provides primary care services and applicable patient navigator services. Such services will be offered by medical service providers, including Health and Hospitals (H+H) facilities, federally qualified health centers (FQHC), and other not-for-profit and private medical service providers. PCSPNP must ensure that that primary care services are provided in each community district and that at least one participating acute care hospital providing specialty services is provided in each borough, and shall also offer a telemedicine service providing access for patients 24 hours per day, seven days per week.     Action details Not available       ~coupled TECHNOLOGY           Not available Int 1152-2018 A Peter A. Koo ~coupled A and GO Requiring an online payment grace period. Introduction This bill would establish a 48-hour grace period for a system failure that disables a City website used to make online payments and lasts 24 hours or longer, during which time neither late payment fees nor interest should be incurred for any payment due during the time of the system failure. Affected City agencies would also have the discretion to extend the grace period by up to seven days.     Action details Not available       ~coupled TRANSPORTATION           Not available Int 1789-2019 A Ydanis A. Rodriguez ~coupled A and GO Side guards Introduction Side guards are vehicle-based safety devices that prevent pedestrians, cyclists, and others from being caught in the otherwise exposed space between the front and rear axles of large vehicles. This bill would accelerate existing deadlines for side guard implementation in the City fleet and for trade waste hauling vehicles from January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2023. The bill would also require that side guards are equipped on any large vehicle used to fulfill a contract with the City of at least $2 million, starting with contracts registered on or after January 1, 2023.     Action details Not available       ~coupled VETERANS           Not available Int 0647-2018 A Mathieu Eugene ~coupled A and GO Peer support services for veterans. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS) to coordinate with veteran service organizations to establish a hotline to provide peer support services and information to veterans.     Action details Not available       ~coupled WOMEN AND GENDER EQUITY           Not available Int 1828-2019 A Alicka Ampry-Samuel ~coupled A and GO Establishing an advisory committee on female genital mutilation and cutting and making technical amendments in connection therewith. Introduction This bill would establish an advisory committee on female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) within the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV). The committee, headed by the ENDGBV commissioner or their designee, would make recommendations to engage communities and agencies in decreasing, with the goal of eventually eliminating, the practice of female genital mutilation and cutting in the city, and would identify supportive community-based and culturally-responsive resources for people who have undergone female genital mutilation and cutting. The mayor or their designee would appoint advisory committee members from various fields, including City government, healthcare, and non-profit organizations, among others. The advisory committee would be required to meet a minimum of two times per year for two years, after which time ENDGBV would assess the continued need for such advisory committee. ENDGBV would also be required to report on the advisory committee’s activities in its annual report, or if the advisory committee were dissolved, continue to include a description of the office’s work in relation to FGM/C in its annual report.     Action details Not available       ~coupled GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           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 2394-2021 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Criminal Justice Application for New York city identity cards by incarcerated persons. Introduction This bill would assist individuals who are in custody of the Department of Correction (“DOC”) to apply for a New York City identity card (“IDNYC”). The Human Resources Administration (“HRA”) would be required to allow a book and case number or a New York State identification number utilized by the Department of Criminal Justice Services to be used as proof of identity for the purposes of obtaining an IDNYC. HRA would also be required to designate sites at each DOC facility where an incarcerated person may apply for an IDNYC. DOC would be required to facilitate this process by providing assistance in completing the IDNYC application, including written documentation of the individual’s book and case number or a New York State identification number, a photo of the incarcerated person to submit with the application, and a letter stating that the incarcerated person has resided in New York City for at least 15 days and lacks a home address, if applicable. DOC would also be required to notify each eligible person in their custody of their ability to apply for an IDNYC. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1737-2021 * Vanessa L. Gibson ~SPONSOR Public Safety Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 (H.R. 8) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2395-2021 * Mark Gjonaj ~SPONSOR Public Safety Increasing the fines for the unlawful use of all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes. Introduction This bill would raise the fines for operating an all-terrain vehicle in the city. The first offense would be punishable by a fine and/or a civil penalty of at least 375 dollars and up to 750 dollars. Any subsequent offense would be punishable by a fine and/or a civil penalty of at least 750 dollars and up to 1500 dollars. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2396-2021 * Robert F. Holden ~SPONSOR Transportation Prohibiting the use of a vehicle to reserve a parking space and prohibiting the continuous parking of a vehicle in the same location for more than five consecutive days. Introduction This bill would prohibit a person from using a vehicle to reserve a parking space on a public street and would prohibit a person from continuously parking a vehicle in the same location on a street or roadway for more than five consecutive days. It would also require the Department of Transportation to conduct outreach to alert vehicle owners and relevant stakeholders of these changes. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2397-2021 * Francisco P. Moya ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing Severance pay for hotel service employees. Introduction The bill would require severance pay for hotel service employees in the event of: 1) the closure of a hotel to the public, provided that the hotel has not, by October 11, 2021, recalled at least 25% of employees and reopened to the public by November 1, 2021; or 2) a mass layoff of at least 75% of employees. Employees eligible for severance pay would be owed $500 per week, for up to 30 weeks. This requirement would not apply to a hotel that has closed permanently and has or is in the process of converting to an alternate use, provided that employees are offered severance of at least 20 days pay per year of service and provided that the severance is specifically tied to the conversion. The obligation to provide severance would end when an employee is recalled, or, for a closed hotel, when the hotel reopens to the public and recalls 25% of employees. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1738-2021 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ~SPONSOR Public Safety Clean Slate Act (S.1553B/A.6399A) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 2398-2021 * James G. Van Bramer ~SPONSOR Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Updating the open culture program for art and cultural institutions and making the program permanent. Introduction This bill would require the City to update the Open Culture Program, established by Local Law 8 of 2021, by making the program permanent, expanding eligibility requirements, expanding upon the locations that should be considered, adding a reporting requirement to track the progress of the program, and it would consolidate the law by moving it to the Charter. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0838-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning & Franchises Zoning, Elevate Transit: Zoning for Accessibility, Citywide (N 210270 ZRY) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0838-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, Elevate Transit: Zoning for Accessibility, Citywide (N 210270 ZRY) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0839-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning & Franchises Zoning, 106-02 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rezoning, Queens (C 180395 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0839-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 106-02 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rezoning, Queens (C 180395 ZMQ) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0840-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning & Franchises Zoning, 307 Kent Avenue Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 200306 ZMK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0840-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 307 Kent Avenue Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 200306 ZMK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0841-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning & Franchises Zoning, 307 Kent Avenue Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 200307 ZRK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0841-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 307 Kent Avenue Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 200307 ZRK) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0842-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning & Franchises Zoning, River North, Staten Island (C 210289 ZMR) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0842-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, River North, Staten Island (C 210289 ZMR) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0843-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning & Franchises Zoning, River North, Staten Island (N 210290 ZRR) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0843-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, River North, Staten Island (N 210290 ZRR) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0844-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~SPONSOR Zoning & Franchises Zoning, River North, Staten Island (C 200291 ZSR) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available LU 0844-2021 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, River North, Staten Island (C 200291 ZSR) Land Use Application   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available