Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 3/7/2024 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, LOCATING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW MATERIALS FOR CERTAIN LAND USE APPLICATIONS, Operating Budget of the Council of the City of New York, Stated Meeting Agenda, Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting, Minutes of the Stated Meeting Meeting Items (313) 313 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 Data pager Data pager 12  Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 200 of 313. File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia Data pager Data pager 12  Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 200 of 313.       1. ROLL CALL           Roll call Not available       2. INVOCATION - Delivered by: Rev. Luisa Celeste Martinez, Grace United Methodist Church, located at 125 West 104 Street, New York, NY 10025. Motion to spread the Invocation in full upon the record by Council Member De La Rosa.           Not available       3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES - None           Not available       4. MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR - None           Not available       5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES           Not available M 0029-2024 *     Preconsidered - Finance The Operating Budget of the Council of the City of New York. Communication   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0030-2024 *     Preconsidered - Finance Schedule detailing the lump sum OTPS Unit of Appropriation of the Operating Budget of the Council of the City of NY. Communication   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available M 0031-2024 *     Received, Ordered, Printed and Filed Submitting Statement of Debt Service as of January 16, 2024, in accordance with Section 242 of the New York City Charter. Communication   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available M 0032-2024 *     Received, Ordered, Printed and Filed Office of Administrative Tax Appeals - Submitting the 2023 Annual Report of the New York City Tax Commission. Communication   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available       6. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - None           Not available       7. LAND USE CALL-UPS           Not available M 0033-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, Willets Point Phase II, Queens (C 240092 ZSQ, C 240094 ZSQ, C 240095 ZSQ, C 240058 MMQ and N 240093 ZRQ) 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 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT           Not available Int 0004-2024 A Alexa Avilés   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Requiring the use of shore power by cruise terminal operators and community traffic mitigation plans in neighborhoods impacted by cruise ships at berth Introduction This bill would alter the terms of the contract between the city and NYCEDC (“EDC”) by requiring EDC to compel cruise terminal operators to require cruise ships with shore power capability to connect to shore power systems when docked, whenever shore power is available, and it is safe and practicable to do so. EDC would also be required to create and regularly update community traffic mitigation plans in the neighborhoods around each terminal in consultation with the Department of Transportation, the Police Department and neighborhood representatives. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE           Not available M 0029-2024 *       The Operating Budget of the Council of the City of New York. Communication   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0258-2024 * Justin L. Brannan   Coupled on General Orders M 29 - The Operating Budget of the Council of the City of NY. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0030-2024 *       Schedule detailing the lump sum OTPS Unit of Appropriation of the Operating Budget of the Council of the City of NY. Communication   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0259-2024 * Justin L. Brannan   Coupled on General Orders M 30 - Schedule detailing the lump sum OTPS Unit of Appropriation of the Operating Budget of the Council of the City of NY. Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH           Not available Int 0001-2024 B Adrienne E. Adams   Amended and Coupled on General Orders The naming of the Paul A. Vallone Queens Animal Care Center. Introduction This bill would designate the Animal Care Centers of NYC facility in the borough of Queens, as required to be established pursuant to Local Law 123 of 2018, as the Paul A. Vallone Queens Animal Care Center. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 0017-2024 B Justin L. Brannan   Amended and Coupled on General Orders Electric vehicle supply equipment in open parking lots and parking garages. Introduction This bill would require owners of parking garages and open parking lots with 10 or more spaces that are licensed by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) to install Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (“EVSE”) in 20% of parking spots and ensure 40% of parking spots are capable of supporting EVSE by January 1, 2035. This bill would allow for adjustments or waivers to this requirement under outlined circumstances, such as structural infeasibility. For parking garages and open parking lots not licensed by DCWP, various agencies would be required to conduct a study and issue a report no later than two years after the effective date of this local law to recommend the required level of EVSE installation. The Department of Buildings (“DOB”) would be required to promulgate rules to implement requirements for parking garages and open parking lots not licensed by DCWP by January 1, 2027. Finally, the bill would require DOB to annually report on the installation of EVSE. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LAND USE           Not available LU 0013-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Timbale Terrace, Manhattan (C 240046 HAM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0260-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 13 - Landmarks, Timbale Terrace, Manhattan (C 240046 HAM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0014-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Timbale Terrace, Manhattan (C 240047 PQM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0261-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 14 - Landmarks, Timbale Terrace, Manhattan (C 240047 PQM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0021-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Drake Park & Enslaved People’s Burial Ground, Bronx (N 240220 HIX). Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0262-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 21 - Landmarks, Drake Park & Enslaved People’s Burial Ground, Bronx (N 240220 HIX). Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0022-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Barkin, Levin & Company Office Pavilion, Queens (N 240221 HIQ) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0263-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 22 - Landmarks, Barkin, Levin & Company Office Pavilion, Queens (N 240221 HIQ) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0023-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, Modulightor Building, Manhattan (N 240222 HIM) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0264-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 23 - Landmarks, Modulightor Building, Manhattan (N 240222 HIM) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0029-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Landmarks, New 547-Seat Primary School Facility, Bronx (G 240044 SCX) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0265-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Preconsidered - Coupled on General Orders LU 29 - Landmarks, New 547-Seat Primary School Facility, Bronx (G 240044 SCX) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS           Not available M 0022-2024 *       Amy E. Millard, Conflicts of Interest Board Mayor's Message   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0266-2024 * Keith Powers   Coupled on General Orders M 22 - Amy E. Millard, Conflicts of Interest Board Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available M 0023-2024 *       Milton L. Williams, Conflicts of Interest Board Mayor's Message   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0267-2024 * Keith Powers   Coupled on General Orders M 23 - Milton L. Williams, Conflicts of Interest Board Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE           Not available Int 0172-2024 * Amanda Farías   Coupled on General Orders The compensation received by for-hire vehicle drivers for advertising on the interior of for-hire vehicles. Introduction This bill would amend Local Law 33 of 2024. It would clarify that any driver of a for-hire vehicle with an approved tablet in their vehicle would receive a minimum of 25 percent of the gross revenue generated by such tablet in their vehicle. It also would set the fee for the interior advertising company license at $500. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available       12. GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available LU 0011-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 230 Kent Avenue Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 230288 ZRK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0268-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 11 - Zoning, 230 Kent Avenue Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 230288 ZRK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available LU 0012-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Zoning, 230 Kent Avenue Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 230289 ZMK) Land Use Application   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available Res 0269-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.   Coupled on General Orders LU 12 - Zoning, 230 Kent Avenue Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 230289 ZMK) Resolution   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available         COUPLED ON GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available       ~coupled ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT           Not available Int 0004-2024 A Alexa Avilés ~coupled A and GO Requiring the use of shore power by cruise terminal operators and community traffic mitigation plans in neighborhoods impacted by cruise ships at berth Introduction This bill would alter the terms of the contract between the city and NYCEDC (“EDC”) by requiring EDC to compel cruise terminal operators to require cruise ships with shore power capability to connect to shore power systems when docked, whenever shore power is available, and it is safe and practicable to do so. EDC would also be required to create and regularly update community traffic mitigation plans in the neighborhoods around each terminal in consultation with the Department of Transportation, the Police Department and neighborhood representatives.     Action details Not available       ~coupled FINANCE           Not available Res 0258-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~coupled GO M 29 - The Operating Budget of the Council of the City of NY. Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0259-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~coupled GO M 30 - Schedule detailing the lump sum OTPS Unit of Appropriation of the Operating Budget of the Council of the City of NY. Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled HEALTH           Not available Int 0001-2024 B Adrienne E. Adams ~coupled A and GO The naming of the Paul A. Vallone Queens Animal Care Center. Introduction This bill would designate the Animal Care Centers of NYC facility in the borough of Queens, as required to be established pursuant to Local Law 123 of 2018, as the Paul A. Vallone Queens Animal Care Center.     Action details Not available       ~coupled HOUSING AND BUILDINGS           Not available Int 0017-2024 B Justin L. Brannan ~coupled A and GO Electric vehicle supply equipment in open parking lots and parking garages. Introduction This bill would require owners of parking garages and open parking lots with 10 or more spaces that are licensed by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) to install Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (“EVSE”) in 20% of parking spots and ensure 40% of parking spots are capable of supporting EVSE by January 1, 2035. This bill would allow for adjustments or waivers to this requirement under outlined circumstances, such as structural infeasibility. For parking garages and open parking lots not licensed by DCWP, various agencies would be required to conduct a study and issue a report no later than two years after the effective date of this local law to recommend the required level of EVSE installation. The Department of Buildings (“DOB”) would be required to promulgate rules to implement requirements for parking garages and open parking lots not licensed by DCWP by January 1, 2027. Finally, the bill would require DOB to annually report on the installation of EVSE.     Action details Not available       ~coupled LAND USE           Not available Res 0260-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 13 - Landmarks, Timbale Terrace, Manhattan (C 240046 HAM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0261-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 14 - Landmarks, Timbale Terrace, Manhattan (C 240047 PQM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0262-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 21 - Landmarks, Drake Park & Enslaved People’s Burial Ground, Bronx (N 240220 HIX). Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0263-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 22 - Landmarks, Barkin, Levin & Company Office Pavilion, Queens (N 240221 HIQ) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0264-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 23 - Landmarks, Modulightor Building, Manhattan (N 240222 HIM) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0265-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled Preconsidered – GO LU 29 - Landmarks, New 547-Seat Primary School Facility, Bronx (G 240044 SCX) Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled RULES, PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS           Not available Res 0266-2024 * Keith Powers ~coupled GO M 22 - Amy E. Millard, Conflicts of Interest Board Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0267-2024 * Keith Powers ~coupled GO M 23 - Milton L. Williams, Conflicts of Interest Board Resolution       Action details Not available       ~coupled TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE           Not available Int 0172-2024 * Amanda Farías ~coupled GO The compensation received by for-hire vehicle drivers for advertising on the interior of for-hire vehicles. Introduction This bill would amend Local Law 33 of 2024. It would clarify that any driver of a for-hire vehicle with an approved tablet in their vehicle would receive a minimum of 25 percent of the gross revenue generated by such tablet in their vehicle. It also would set the fee for the interior advertising company license at $500.     Action details Not available       ~coupled GENERAL ORDERS CALENDAR           Not available Res 0268-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 11 - Zoning, 230 Kent Avenue Rezoning, Brooklyn (N 230288 ZRK) Resolution       Action details Not available Res 0269-2024 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr. ~coupled GO LU 12 - Zoning, 230 Kent Avenue Rezoning, Brooklyn (C 230289 ZMK) Resolution       Action details 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 0202-2024 * Adrienne E. Adams   Preconsidered - Adopted by the Committee on Civil Service and Labor Increase the wages and improve the working conditions of home care aides to support these workers and ensure essential growth of New York’s vital home care workforce. 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 Res 0202-2024 * Adrienne E. Adams ~SPONSOR Civil Service and Labor Increase the wages and improve the working conditions of home care aides to support these workers and ensure essential growth of New York’s vital home care workforce. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0496-2024 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR WITHDRAWN Establishing gratuity standards for food delivery workers. Introduction   Withdrawn   Action details Not available Int 0497-2024 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Health Background checks for child care providers, employees, and volunteers. Introduction This bill would prohibit the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) from requiring a subsequent background check for a child care provider, employee, or volunteer if DOHMH has already completed a background check for such child care provider, employee, or volunteer within the past five years, unless the child care provider, employee, or volunteer has not been employed by a child care provider in the city for more than 180 consecutive days in the past five years, or a background check is otherwise required by law. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0498-2024 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Requiring the department of sanitation to collect organic waste from community gardens. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to collect organic waste from community gardens that request, by an online application, such organic waste collection. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0499-2024 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Studying the feasibility of implementing solar-ready measures for commercial buildings. Introduction This bill would direct the Department of Buildings (DOB), with assistance from the Department of Environmental Protection, the Fire Department, and any other relevant agency, to conduct a year-long study to determine the feasibility of implementing solar-ready measures for commercial buildings. The DOB would then be required to submit a report to the Speaker of the Council and the Mayor with the results of this study. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0500-2024 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Health Development and distribution of materials on the risks of keeping a gun in the home. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop materials on the dangers of keeping a gun in the home and publish these materials online. The bill would also require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop an outreach program to give the materials to the facilities of healthcare providers not affiliated with the City for distribution at the facilities’ discretion, and to give the materials to the following entities: facilities operated by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation for distribution to its patients at its discretion, the Department of Education for distribution to students, and the Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence for distribution to individuals receiving services at Family Justice Centers. The bill would require an annual report by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on the providing and distributing of the materials. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0501-2024 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Health Background checks for child care providers, employees, and volunteers. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to consult with the Department of Education (DOE) when completing background checks for current or prospective child care providers, employees, and volunteers. Upon receiving a request for a background check, DOHMH would be required to consult with DOE to determine whether DOE has already completed a background check for the individual within the previous two years. If so, DOHMH would be required to request any relevant information obtained through the DOE background check required to satisfy the requirements for a background check conducted by DOHMH. DOHMH would remain required to complete any additional searches and obtain any additional information for an individual needed to satisfy the requirements for the agency’s background checks pursuant to any federal or state laws, rules or regulations, before clearing an individual for work as a child care provider or employee. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0502-2024 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Health Background checks for child care providers, employees, and volunteers. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to complete a request for a background check for current and prospective child care providers, employees, and volunteers within 14 days from the date a request is received. This bill would also require DOHMH to submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council an annual report on each request for a background check received by the agency. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0503-2024 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring the department of buildings to create and maintain an assistance and outreach program for compliance with façade inspection requirements. Introduction This bill would mandate the department of buildings to create and maintain a program that assists building owners in finding labor and financial resources for their façade inspection requirements. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0504-2024 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Establishing priority for sidewalk repairs at developments operated by the NYCHA. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to give priority to senior-only housing developments operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), followed by non-senior only NYCHA developments when determining the order of repairs to be made at sidewalks in front of or abutting properties, when the DOT is required by law or has otherwise undertaken to make these repairs. This bill would also require DOT to report to the Council and post on the DOT website a report detailing which sidewalks have been repaired and a proposed timeline of sidewalk repairs for NYCHA developments. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0203-2024 * Shaun Abreu ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Amend the State Constitution to lower the voting age for state and local elections to 16. (S.2562/A.330) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0505-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Requiring businesses with 10 or more employees to appoint COVID-19 response coordinators, and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. Introduction This bill would require that businesses with 10 or more employees designate one such employee to act as a COVID-19 coordinator. That employee would be trained by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) and the Office of Emergency Management. DCWP would develop the virtual training program detailing guidance or requirements issued by the State or City. The training program would be posted on the DCWP website. Any employer that violates this local law would be subject to a warning in the first instance and civil penalty of not more than $1000 for a subsequent violation. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0506-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Requiring the office of nightlife to post information on its website for nightlife establishments, including resources and trainings about harassment among patrons. Introduction This bill would require the Office of Nightlife to post information on its website for nightlife establishments. Information would include, but not be limited to, resources and online trainings for employees and patrons about harassment among patrons. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0507-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Requiring nightlife establishments to post signage informing patrons about harassment and to train employees about harassment among patrons. Introduction This bill would require nightlife establishments to post signs informing patrons about harassment and to annually train employees about harassment among patrons. The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) would enforce the penalty for failing to post signs—a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation. DCWP would also inspect establishments’ training records upon request. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0508-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Contracts Reporting of promptness of agency payments to contractors. Introduction This bill would require the Procurement Policy Board to create a process for City agencies to inform vendors of the reason for any late payments. It would also require City agencies to provide the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services with reports on any such late payment. The Mayor’s Office of Contract Services would then provide a report to the Mayor and Council every 6 months with information about the late payments from all City agencies Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0509-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Contracts Expediting the inter-agency oversight review process of certain unregistered contracts. Introduction This bill would create a division within the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (MOCS) dedicated to coordinating, facilitating and supporting the inter-agency oversight review process of unregistered contracts toward the goal of registering contracts before their start dates. The division would be charged with continuous review of the oversight review process and with reporting its findings and recommendations no less than quarterly to the Council, the Mayor and the Procurement Policy Board. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0510-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Contracts The provision of bridge loans to contractors. Introduction Due to a slow procurement process, many entities that enter into contracts with city agencies begin to provide services before the agency can pay them. This can make it difficult for contractors to cover their expenses. This bill would require that certain not-for-profit corporations that contract with the Department of Small Business Services to provide economic development services for New York City provide bridge loans to contractors who have contracts with the City that are valued at no more than $500,000 and who are not receiving payments from the City in a timely manner. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0511-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Contracts Requiring the department of investigation to notify the council when it requests an integrity monitor for existing contracts. Introduction This bill would create additional reporting requirements regarding large-scale city projects by requiring the Department of Investigation to notify the Council when it requests an integrity monitor for contracts that already exist. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0512-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Contracts Review of patterns of contractual spending by the city agencies with not-for-profit organizations. Introduction This bill would amend the Charter to require the Council to review city procurement relating to contractual spending by city agencies with not-for-profit organizations and spending by not-for-profit organizations that receive city funding of $100,000 or more. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0513-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Contracts City contracts with not-for-profit organizations in the amount of $250,000 or more. Introduction This bill would require not-for-profit organizations that contract with the City in the amount of $250,000 or more to provide to the City the compensation of their three highest paid employees and the organization’s federal 990 form, which provides financial information about the organization. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0514-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Contracts Interest to be paid on late contract payments to non-profit contractors. Introduction This bill would require interest to be paid on late payments under city contracts with non-profit organizations. The non-profit contractor would not be eligible to receive the interest if the non-profit contractor has received a no-interest and no-service-fee loan issued or authorized by a city agency to cover its expenses in relation to the subject contract. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0515-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Education Requiring the department of education to report information about employees of school bus transportation vendors. Introduction This bill would amend current Department of Education (DOE) reporting on the number of school bus transportation employees to require DOE to report on, for each employee job classification, route assignment, including whether a general or special education route assignment; and type of training completed, including training on the needs of students with disabilities. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0516-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Education Creation of a revolving loan fund to support students with disabilities. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to establish a revolving loan fund to provide loans to eligible private schools supporting students with disabilities that are awaiting the issuance of a payment pursuant to a written settlement agreement or an order issued pursuant to an impartial due process hearing. The loans would be for a term of two-years and no interest would be charged so long as the loans are repaid in a timely manner. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0517-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Education The distribution of special education services and individualized education program resource information. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to distribute to schools and post on its website resource information regarding its special education services and individualized education program (IEP) process, including how parents can access the assistance and support of IEP parent members. This resource information would be further distributed by schools to parents or legal guardians of pre-kindergarten and school-aged students with disabilities so that such parents are better informed about special education services provided by DOE. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0518-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Identifying all vacant and underutilized municipally-owned sites that would be suitable for the development of renewable energy and assessing the renewable-energy generation potential and feasibility of such sites. Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Environmental Protection triennially study vacant and underutilized City-owned sites for the potential to be used for renewable energy generation. Such sites would include closed and capped landfills and brownfields. The Department would submit a proposed feasibility study to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council at least three months before submitting their final report. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0519-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Fire and Emergency Management Establishing a temporary task force to study and report on the maximum population that may be served by fire and emergency response services. Introduction This bill would establish an interagency task force for the purpose of studying the maximum number of persons who may be served by an individual FDNY firehouse or EMS dispatch station. The task force would also study projected changes to City population, zoning and traffic, and the impact of both on existing FDNY and EMS response resources, and report to the Mayor and the City Council on their findings and recommendations. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0520-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Fire and Emergency Management Requiring the commissioner of emergency management to report on the city’s preparedness and response to citywide public health emergencies. Introduction This bill would require the Commissioner of New York City Emergency Management to submit an annual report to the Council describing the City’s preparation for, and response to, any state disaster emergency or local state of emergency declared in relation to an infectious disease that affects the City’s public health. The report would include: a description of any actions taken in preparation for, during, and immediately after such incident by or on behalf of the City, a list of all city agencies, offices, or private entities that were involved in the City’s emergency response, a description of the city’s current public healthcare workforce and ways to improve medical surge capacity, and guidelines for notifying and communicating with the public and City officials during a local public health emergency. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0521-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation The establishment of a department of emergency medical services. Introduction This bill would establish a Department of Emergency Medical Services, headed by a Commissioner of Emergency Medical Services. The Department would be vested with the power to perform functions and operations relating to general ambulance services, emergency medical services and other response services necessary to preserve public health, safety and welfare. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0522-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Establishment of a department of coastal protection. Introduction This bill would create a Department of Coastal Protection, headed by a Commissioner of Coastal Protection. The Commissioner would be responsible for developing policies and programs relating to coastal protection measures in the City and educating the public about such coastal protection measures. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0523-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Procedures to be adopted by the 311 call center for responding to certain repeat anonymous complaints against the same property. Introduction This bill would require 311 to stop referring non-emergency, anonymous calls about harassed properties to agencies for follow-up. Harassed properties under this bill would be considered those that have had repeated anonymous complaints to 311 that cannot be substantiated or that are substantiated but are not illegal. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0524-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the placement of temporary priority regulatory signs at intersections within one hour of a report of an inoperable traffic control signal. Introduction A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the placement of temporary priority regulatory signs at intersections within one hour of a report of an inoperable traffic control signal Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0525-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Health Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to make automated external defibrillators available to primary, intermediate and high schools. Introduction This law would require the department of health and mental hygiene to make automatic external defibrillators available to primary, intermediate and high schools that do not already receive such devices. An automated external defibrillator is a device that can stop irregular heart rhythms or restart a heart after sudden cardiac arrest by conveying an electronic shock to the heart (through the chest). Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0526-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Health Dept of health and mental hygiene to provide license and permit expiration notifications electronically. Introduction This bill would require the department of health and mental hygiene to email renewal notices relating to a department license or permit at least 60 days before the license or permit expires to anyone who requests electronic notice. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0527-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Health Promotion of health and safety at nail salons. Introduction This bill would create a program recognizing nail salons that are healthier than otherwise required for employees and consumers. Nail salons would be permitted to apply for such recognition as a healthier nail salon by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and in exchange would be required to abide by standards set by the Department for product safety, ventilation, and worker safety. Certified healthier nail salons would be eligible for reimbursement for part of the cost of a ventilation unit. The bill would also create a one-year, seven-member taskforce on health and safety in nail salons, with four members appointed by the Mayor, two by the Speaker of the Council, and one by the Public Advocate. It would be required to issue a report relating to a variety of nail salons health and safety issues, and recommendations for improving health and safety in nail salons. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0528-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings The waiver of covenants prohibiting pets. Introduction This bill would clarify that all dwelling occupants, including condominium owners and tenants, are protected by the Pet Law, which prohibits the enforcement of no-pet lease terms against an occupant who openly and notoriously harbors a pet in violation of the terms of a lease for at least three months. The waiver would continue to allow the occupant to replace pets with pets of the same species, and would apply to occupants that have a pet in the five years before this law is enacted. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0529-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Installation of protective devices for seniors and persons with a disability who reside in multiple dwellings, and the provision of a tax abatement for certain related installations. Introduction This bill would require the installation in multiple dwellings of certain protective devices for seniors and persons with disabilities that enhance mobility, safety and the quality of life for such persons. These devices would be installed upon the request of a tenant and include such items as grabs bars in bathrooms and treads on the floors of tenants. There would be no cost to the tenant for the installation of the devices but eligible owners would be entitled to a tax abatement for certain related installations. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0530-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation The creation of a citywide wildlife management plan. Introduction This bill would create a wildlife management advisory board to develop a citywide wildlife management plan, to analyze wildlife management issues and recommend policies to preserve and promote biological diversity and the humane treatment of wildlife. All agencies would be required to consider the effect of their actions on wildlife and an annual report would be released by the Department of Parks and Recreation updating the status of ongoing wildlife management problems. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0531-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Public Housing Requiring an office or agency designated by the mayor to provide outreach and education to public housing tenants regarding smoking cessation. Introduction This bill would require an office or agency designated by the mayor to provide outreach and education to public housing tenants regarding smoking cessation. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0532-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Public Safety Reimbursing small nonpublic schools for the cost of security guard services. Introduction The proposed bill would amend Local Law 2 of 2016 to allow for reimbursement for school security guards in nonpublic schools with fewer than 300 students. The proposed bill would also amend Local Law 2 of 2016 to increase the total annual amount of reimbursements authorized to $39,300,000. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0533-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Public Safety Establishing a program to provide public notification of school emergencies. Introduction The bill would require the City to establish an alert system to notify the public of emergencies that require law enforcement at schools. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0534-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Increasing penalties on chain businesses for failure to remove snow, ice and dirt from sidewalks. Introduction This bill would increase the penalties on chain business owners for failing to properly remove snow, ice, and dirt from sidewalks following snowfall pursuant to section 16-123. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0535-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Exempting or partially exempting seniors and certain persons with disabilities from penalties for failing to remove snow or ice from sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs and other locations. Introduction The bill would require the Department of Sanitation to establish a program to assist seniors and persons with disabilities with snow removal from sidewalks abutting buildings such individuals own, lease or occupy. It would also reduce the fines by at least 50 percent for seniors and persons with disabilities who fail to remove snow from these sidewalks. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0536-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Requiring certain retail food stores to post notices on the food donation web portal concerning the availability of excess food, and arranging for the transportation and retrieval of such food. Introduction This bill would require certain stores that sell food for off-premises consumption, such as grocery stores, to post notices on the food donation web portal regarding excess food they have available for donation, at least once per month. Stores would also be required to arrange for the retrieval of the food that they are donating and to arrange for the transportation of such food if requested by the recipient. The bill provides an exemption for stores that have agreements in place for the donation of food on at least a monthly basis. By December 1 of each year, the Department of Sanitation or other city entity designated by the Mayor, would be required to submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council a report detailing the results of a yearly review of available food on the web portal and whether that available food is expected to meet the demands of city residents in the coming year. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0537-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Small Business Requiring a clause in commercial leases that obligates the parties to engage in good faith negotiations during certain states of emergency. Introduction This bill would require parties, contracting to rent commercial property or with existing commercial leases, to engage in “good faith” efforts to negotiate toward a rent concession if the tenant’s business is required to close pursuant to an order issued as a result of a state of emergency. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0538-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Small Business Creation of a retail resurgence task force. Introduction This bill would create a retail resurgence task force. The task force would consist of seven members: a Department of Small Business Services representative; and appointees of the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council who represent the retail, labor and real estate sectors. The task force would be required to submit a report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, one year after the final member is appointed. The task force would dissolve 180 days after submission of the report. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0539-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Technology Prohibition on sharing location data with third parties. Introduction This bill would prohibit telecommunications carriers and mobile applications from sharing a user’s location data with another person, if the location is within New York City. This bill would also prohibit anyone who receives such location data from sharing it with another person. The penalty for violating this prohibition would be $1,000 per violation, with a maximum penalty of $10,000 per day per person whose location data was unlawfully shared. The Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications would enforce this prohibition. This bill would also create a private right of action against telecommunications carriers and mobile application develops who violate this prohibition. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0540-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Technology Assessment of a cloud-first policy for city technology systems. Introduction The proposed legislation would require the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to conduct an assessment of a cloud-first policy for city technology systems. The Department would also be required to submit a report of the results of the assessment to the Council. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0541-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Banning moving billboards. Introduction This bill would ban moving-billboards. These billboards are already illegal under the Rules of the City of New York. The bill would codify 34 RCNY 4-12(j). Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0542-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Requiring that traffic study determinations be issued no later than 60 days from the date a traffic control device is requested by a city council member or community board. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a traffic study determination within 60 days of a request by a city council member or a community board for a traffic control device. Under the current law, council members and community boards whose requests for a traffic control device are denied are entitled to certain supporting documents underlying the determination but not to any particular timeline for completion of the study and determination. This amendment will speed up the current process overall by requiring this category of determinations to be issued within 60 days. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0543-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Restricting the use of bus lanes by sight-seeing buses. Introduction This bill would prohibit sight-seeing buses from using bus lanes between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and between the hours of 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. on weekdays. In addition, this bill would prohibit the Department of Transportation from authorizing any sight-seeing bus stops in bus lanes that would be used during those hours. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0544-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Distance between parking signs. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to post signs indicating parking, standing or stopping regulations at least every 100 feet on blocks longer than 200 feet. This would ensure proper notice of parking regulations. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0545-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Increasing maximum charges for towing and storage of motor vehicles. Introduction This bill would increase the maximum fees for towing and storage of vehicles in certain circumstances when the towing company is not chosen by the vehicle owner. The bill would also set a higher rate for storage and towing of vehicles registered at a weight of more than 10,000 pounds. The fees would generally be $225 for towing and $40 per day for storage of vehicles that weigh 10,000 pounds or less, and $700 for towing and $250 per day for storage of vehicles that weigh more than 10,000 pounds. Additional mileage fees would also apply in certain circumstances. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0546-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Education Requiring the department of education to create a plan for a pilot after school SHSAT preparation program. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to develop a plan to administer a pilot for an after school Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) preparation program. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0547-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Establishing an office of climate resiliency. Introduction This bill would establish an Office of Climate Resiliency, headed by a Director of Climate Resiliency. The Director would be responsible for developing policies and programs relating to climate resiliency measures in the City, educating the public about such climate resiliency measures, supporting City agencies in preparing for climate change, developing the citywide climate adaptation plan, and developing climate resiliency design guidelines for City capital projects. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0548-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Carbon accounting Introduction This local law mandates that preliminary budget accounting and executive budget accounting include an accounting of the carbon emissions, carbon offsets, carbon mitigation and net carbon impact that would be generated by each unit of appropriation in the preliminary budget, by each agency, and by the entire city government and include, where appropriate, the changes from the adopted budget for previous year to the carbon emissions, carbon offsets, carbon mitigation and net carbon impact that would be generated by each unit of appropriation in the preliminary budget, by each agency, and by the entire city government with an explanation of the cause of such changes. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0549-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Fire and Emergency Management Increasing transparency around manhole fires and explosions. Introduction This bill would require the Fire Department to submit an annual report to the Council on manhole fires and explosions to which they responded. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0550-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Voter assistance advisory committee providing interpreters and materials in Arabic. Introduction This bill would require the Voter Assistance Advisory Committee to provide Arabic interpreters at poll sites with 50 or more voting age residents with limited English proficiency whose primary language is Arabic. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0551-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Establishing a day-fines pilot program in the office of administrative trials and hearings Introduction This bill would require the office of administrative trials and hearings to collaborate with two or more enforcement agencies designated by the Mayor to establish a pilot program to use day-fines for certain violations of local law. For this purpose, “day-fines” refers to a system for assessing civil penalties that takes into account a respondent’s daily disposable income. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0552-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Street resurfacing timeline. Introduction This bill would call on the Department of Transportation to ensure that all street resurfacing work be finalized within 2 weeks of the start of work. If more than 2 weeks are necessary for underlying work the department must notify the surrounding community as to why additional time is needed and the new expected timeline for completion. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0204-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Education DOE to install vape detectors in NYC public schools. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0205-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Education Amend the education law, in relation to establishing schools dedicated to teaching dyslexic students in certain school districts. (A.838) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0206-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts End the New York State Returnable Container Act. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0207-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Amending the Stafford Act to proactively fund the planning and construction of FEMA and HUD coastal resiliency projects. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0208-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Corporate and government entities operating in NYC to divest from agricultural industries that benefit from deforestation and the acceleration of global warming. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0209-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Promote a more sustainable and equitable energy system in New York State. (A.1326/S.1978 and A.1382/S.3032) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0210-2024 * 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. (S.1080/A.3131) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0211-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Health Nail Salon Accountability Act (S.4638/A.2307) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0212-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Health Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2021. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0213-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Health Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act (H.R.4417/S.2019) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0214-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Create a New York City Parks Construction Authority. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0215-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to make subways and buses fare-free on major holidays. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0216-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure MTA to make any subway stations undergoing enhancement or renovation fully accessible to people with disabilities. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0217-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19. (H.R. 151) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0218-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Education DOE to require that all public school students from kindergarten through grade 5 receive three hours of art and music education per school week. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0219-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Fire and Emergency Management Permanently staff all FDNY engine companies with five firefighters and an officer at the outset of each tour. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0220-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Amending the New York State Constitution to remove the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least 10 days before election day. (A.181/S.178) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0221-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Higher Education CUNY to divest from fossil fuel company investments and reinvest those funds in renewable energy, sustainability, and social-minded companies. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0222-2024 * Justin L. Brannan ~SPONSOR Public Safety Make it a felony to throw or spray water, urine or any other substance on police officers. (S. 2562/A. 6578) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0553-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Civil and Human Rights Housing accommodations and tenant blacklists. Introduction Tenant screening lists, sometimes called “tenant blacklists,” are used to identify supposedly risky renters by naming tenants who have been involved in a Housing Court case. This bill would mirror recent state law changes by prohibiting landlords from considering refusing to rent to prospective tenants solely because they appear on a tenant screening list. The bill adds participating in a housing court proceeding to the list of protected classes in the housing accommodations section of the civil rights title of the Administrative Code. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0554-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Limiting the number of sightseeing bus licenses. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Consumer Affairs and Worker Protection to issue no more than two hundred and twenty-five sight-seeing bus license plates. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0555-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Licensing tenant screening bureaus. Introduction This bill would require persons who assemble or evaluate screening reports containing court history of residential tenants and applicants for residential housing to be licensed by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP). The bill would also require that all tenant screening reports contain certain information about each court proceeding referenced in the report. Finally, the bill would grant DCWP enforcement authority, would establish civil penalties for violations, and would create a private right of action for tenants and prospective tenants injured by violations. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0556-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Requiring double decker sight-seeing buses to have at least one employee present on the upper level at all times when passengers are present. Introduction This bill would require double decker sight-seeing tour buses to have at least one employee, who is a licensed guide, present on the upper level of the bus in addition to the driver at all times when passengers are present on the upper level. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0557-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Adding a 311 complaint category for unlicensed cannabis retailers. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to create a specific 311 category for complaints related to unlicensed cannabis retailers. The Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications would collect the details and documentation related to these complaints and route the complaints and documentation to the New York City Sheriff’s Office. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0558-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Creating a historic and cultural marker program. Introduction This bill would require the Mayor to create a historic and cultural marker program. The program would commemorate important people, places and events significant to New York City’s history and identity; provide interpretive, interactive and online materials to educate New York City residents and visitors about a diverse range of cultural and historic sites; and provide a searchable database of all such markers. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0559-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Education Reporting on food and nutrition education in New York city schools. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education to annually submit to the New York City Council, and post to the Department’s website, a report on nutrition education in New York City schools. The Department would be required to specify whether nutrition education is combined with other health related education and whether it is provided by an external nutrition education provider. The report would include information about the number of certified dieticians teaching nutrition in each school. The data in the report would be aggregated by school. Within each grade level in each school, the data would be disaggregated by race, gender, and free or reduced-price lunch status. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0560-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts The sale and use of gas-powered leaf blowers. Introduction This bill would prohibit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers before noon on weekends, limit the permissible decibel level of such leaf blowers, and make it unlawful to distribute, sell or offer for sale any gas-powered leaf blower that exceeds the maximum decibel limit of 65 dB(A). The bill would also provide for civil penalties of not more than $200 for a first violation and a civil penalty of no less than $200 nor more than $1,000 for two more violations within a two-year period. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0561-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Requiring authorized emergency vehicles to have an emergency signal device that emits pulsating, low-frequency tones. Introduction This bill would require all authorized emergency vehicles in New York City to be equipped with an additional siren, often called a rumbler, which emits a pulsating, low-frequency tone between 175 and 400 hertz to create vibrations that alert pedestrians and motorists to the presence of the emergency vehicle. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0562-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Establishing minimum neighborhood service standards and requiring environmental mitigation reports on certain large-scale developments. Introduction This bill would require development projects that go through the Uniform Land Use Review Process (often called UPLURP), and which require environmental impact statements, to undergo additional review by the Departments of Education, Environmental Protection, Parks and Recreation, Sanitation, and Transportation, as well as the Police and Fire Departments. These agencies would evaluate current levels of city service in the surrounding area, and a plan to address any impact from the development project on that level of city service. These reports would be submitted to the applicable council members, borough president, and community board. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0563-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Public access to water bottle-filling stations in city buildings. Introduction This bill would require water bottle-filling stations in city buildings operated by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to be made available for use by members of the public. The DCAS commissioner would prescribe by rule the limitations on such public access to water bottle-filling stations for purposes of safeguarding public safety or health. The bill also would require the locations of city buildings with water bottle-filling stations available for public use to be posted on the 311 website and mobile device platforms. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0564-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Creating an archive of official government social media accounts. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Records and Information Services to create a publicly available and searchable online database of every post to a social media platform by any official government account. In addition, all agencies and offices of elected officials would be required to annually provide to DORIS a list of all official social media accounts associated with the agency or elected official. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0565-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Providing survivors of domestic violence with guidance on making voter registration records confidential and voting by special ballot. Introduction This bill would require the Campaign Finance Board to develop and regularly update guidance on the procedures under the New York State Election Law for making a voter record confidential and for voting by special ballot. In addition, the bill would require the Office to End Domestic and Gender–Based Violence (ENDGBV) to distribute such guidance to individuals receiving services at Family Justice Centers, and to provide such individuals with assistance in preparing and submitting written statements to the Board of Elections for the purpose of making their voter records confidential or establishing their eligibility to vote by special ballot. ENDGBV would also be required to collaborate with other city agencies to distribute such guidance. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0566-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation An annual plan to expand access to school playgrounds. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to consult with the Department of Education (DOE) to create and submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council an annual plan to expand public access to school playgrounds. The plan would need to prioritize playgrounds that are located in environmental justice areas and include, for the upcoming year, a list of at least 25 school playgrounds that could be maintained and operated by DPR and DOE and used by the public on weekends and after school hours, a list of the duties of DPR and DOE in relation to increasing the number of playgrounds available to the public, the estimated budget required, and any challenges with implementing the plan. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0567-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Public Safety Creating the offense of fostering the sale of stolen goods. Introduction This bill would create a new offense prohibiting individuals and businesses from fostering the sale of stolen goods by advertising or assisting in the sale of stolen goods on online marketplaces and third party sellers, or by other means. This offense will be classified as a Class A misdemeanor. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0568-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Small Business Lease agreements concerning storefront premises. Introduction This bill would establish protections for tenants of storefront premises through a “Storefront Business Bill of Rights.” For any tenancy of more than one year, the bill would require a written lease for storefront premises. In addition, the bill provides for lease renewal procedures and the option to extend the lease in certain cases for up to one year with not more than a ten percent rent increase. The bill would further require an owner to provide a tenant with relevant information about the storefront premises to be leased. The bill would permit a court to impose civil penalties and award damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees and court costs for failure to comply with these requirements. The Commissioner of Small Business Services would oversee administration of the bill’s lease requirements and would also be required to make available online model commercial leases for storefront premises, as well as translations of such leases in other languages. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0569-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Reducing noise caused by sightseeing helicopters that meet federal noise reduction standards. Introduction This bill would prohibit sightseeing helicopters from taking off and landing at heliports owned by the city if those helicopters do not meet the stage 1, 2 or 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 0570-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Creating a land bank. Introduction This bill would establish a land bank for New York City, which would be tasked with acquiring, warehousing and transferring real property to develop, rehabilitate and preserve affordable housing. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0571-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Establishment of a Wards Island affordable housing task force. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0572-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Housing and Buildings Requiring increased transparency regarding the sale of housing development fund company units. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to submit a report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on the total number of housing development fund company units sold within each community board district, and the average sale price and median sale price of housing development fund company units sold within each community board district. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0573-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Increasing the number of drinking fountains adjacent to public parks and greenstreets. Introduction This bill would require a regular evaluation of the need for drinking fountains on locations under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation that are adjacent to non-park land. The bill also requires the installation of a certain number of additional drinking fountains. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0574-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Expanding the information provided on the open space coordination platform. Introduction This bill would expand the information provided about open spaces on the open space coordination platform, a city website that provides information about the use of certain publicly accessible spaces. The information would include general information about the use of open spaces, including information that would facilitate use by vendors, community boards, business improvement districts and the general public. It would also provide information about permits and licenses required for certain uses of open spaces. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0223-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Set standards for lithium-ion batteries. (A.4938-B/A.5310/A.4938-B/S.154-C and A.5310/S.157) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0224-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Commercial E-Bike Licensing Act. (S.7587/A.7833) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0225-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Consumer and Worker Protection Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023 and the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0226-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Economic Development Amend the Hudson River Park Trust Act by banning non-essential use of its heliport. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0227-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR General Welfare Renewed Farm Bill that increases funding for life-saving food aid. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0228-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Qualification of voters; and to amend the election law in relation to civic education and student voter registration (S.660 and A.274). Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0229-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Health Ease systemic barriers in opening birth centers in New York City and New York State. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0230-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Immigration United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant humanitarian parole, of at least two years, to asylum seekers who entered the United States prior to the date this parole is announced. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0231-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Transportation and Infrastructure Increasing the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident involving an e-scooter and further calling upon the NYS Legislature to include e-bikes in such legislation. (A.1679/S.561) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0232-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Aging Provide for annual adjustment of the maximum income threshold eligibility for SCRIE, DRIE, SCHE, and DHE by any increase in the Consumer Price Index. (S.2960/A.5741) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0233-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Economic Development United States Federal Aviation Administration to ban all non-essential helicopter travel, including tourist and chartered helicopter flights over NYC. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0234-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Safe and Quiet Skies Act of 2021 (H.R. 389) Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 0235-2024 * Gale A. Brewer ~SPONSOR Immigration United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to quickly clear the backlog of I-765 applications for employment authorization. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0575-2024 * Selvena N. Brooks-Powers ~SPONSOR Land Use Studying and reporting on transportation impacts of decisions of the city planning commission in connection with certain land use actions. Introduction   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 0576-2024 * Eric Dinowitz ~SPONSOR Education Requiring annual reports on employment turnover of school safety agents and other school safety personnel. Introduction The proposed bill would require the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and, after the transfer of jurisdiction to the Department of Education (DOE), the DOE, to report on employment turnover of school safety agents (SSAs) and other school safety personnel. The reporting would include the number of SSAs or school safety personnel whose employment was involuntarily terminated; the number of transfers for SSAs or school safety personnel; the number of SSA or school safety personnel resignations; and the average length of employment for each SSA or school safety personnel. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available