Legislation Details

File #: Int 0846-2026    Version: * Name: Ferry service to Willets Point.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 4/16/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to ferry service to Willets Point
Sponsors: Shanel Thomas-Henry , Virginia Maloney , Ty Hankerson, Althea V. Stevens, Sandra Ung, Harvey D. Epstein, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Julie Won, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Yusef Salaam, Lynn C. Schulman, Kevin C. Riley
Council Member Sponsors: 12
Summary: This bill would require the New York City Department of Transportation to provide regular ferry service from Willets Point in Queens to the borough of Manhattan.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 846, 2. Int. No. 846, 3. April 16, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Memorandum in Support, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-16-26, 6. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 7. Committee Report 10/20/26
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
10/20/2026*Shanel Thomas-Henry Committee on Economic Development Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/20/2026*Shanel Thomas-Henry Committee on Economic Development Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/20/2026*Shanel Thomas-Henry Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/20/2026*Shanel Thomas-Henry Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/16/2026*Shanel Thomas-Henry City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/16/2026*Shanel Thomas-Henry City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 846

 

By Council Members Thomas-Henry, Maloney, Hankerson, Stevens, Ung, Epstein, Brooks-Powers, Won, Gutiérrez, Salaam, Schulman and Riley

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to ferry service to Willets Point

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-308 to read as follows:

§ 19-308 Ferry Service to Queens. The commissioner shall ensure that regular ferry service is provided connecting Willets Point, in the borough of Queens to, at minimum, Midtown and the Financial District in the borough of Manhattan. Such service shall be open to the public. The schedule of such service shall be determined by the commissioner. The commissioner may establish fees for such service. The schedule and fees, if any, for such service shall be made available on the city’s website.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

 

LS 23395

Int. 321-2024

4/10/2026