Meeting Name: Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/28/2024 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall
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T2024-2581 *   Oversight - DEP’s Efforts to Maintain the Filtration Avoidance Determination.Oversight Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
T2024-2581 *   Oversight - DEP’s Efforts to Maintain the Filtration Avoidance Determination.Oversight Filed, by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0033-2024 *James F. Gennaro  Notification of discolored water or reduction of water pressure.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to alert relevant community boards and district offices of relevant council members 48 hours in advance of any work DEP will undertake that could lead to discolored water or the reduction or loss of water pressure.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0033-2024 *James F. Gennaro  Notification of discolored water or reduction of water pressure.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to alert relevant community boards and district offices of relevant council members 48 hours in advance of any work DEP will undertake that could lead to discolored water or the reduction or loss of water pressure.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0225-2024 *Robert F. Holden  Requiring DEP to post information online regarding scheduled and requested infrastructure services.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to post information on its website regarding requests it receives and work it has scheduled, including catch basin maintenance, water quality testing, and sinkhole repairs.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0225-2024 *Robert F. Holden  Requiring DEP to post information online regarding scheduled and requested infrastructure services.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to post information on its website regarding requests it receives and work it has scheduled, including catch basin maintenance, water quality testing, and sinkhole repairs.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0816-2024 *James F. Gennaro  Requiring the department of environmental protection to notify owners of property when the city of New York requests a base rental payment from the New York city water boardIntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to notify ratepayers whenever the City requests the base rental payment for the water system and the sewerage system from the New York City Water Board. The notice would include the amount of the requested base rental payment, the estimated impact of making the requested base rental payment on the property’s water and sewer rates over the next 3 fiscal years, and information about how to comment at an upcoming water rate hearing and how to submit a written comment to DEP.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0816-2024 *James F. Gennaro  Requiring the department of environmental protection to notify owners of property when the city of New York requests a base rental payment from the New York city water boardIntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to notify ratepayers whenever the City requests the base rental payment for the water system and the sewerage system from the New York City Water Board. The notice would include the amount of the requested base rental payment, the estimated impact of making the requested base rental payment on the property’s water and sewer rates over the next 3 fiscal years, and information about how to comment at an upcoming water rate hearing and how to submit a written comment to DEP.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0900-2024 *Keith Powers   Installing drinking fountains in public spaces.IntroductionThis bill would require the city to install 500 new drinking water fountains by 2030. The fountains must include bottle filling stations and be accessible to persons with disabilities. Within five years, the commissioners of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) would be required to make recommendations to the mayor and the Council on whether the program should be expanded, and what challenges and issues are presented by the program.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0900-2024 *Keith Powers   Installing drinking fountains in public spaces.IntroductionThis bill would require the city to install 500 new drinking water fountains by 2030. The fountains must include bottle filling stations and be accessible to persons with disabilities. Within five years, the commissioners of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) would be required to make recommendations to the mayor and the Council on whether the program should be expanded, and what challenges and issues are presented by the program.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1067-2024 *Nantasha M. Williams Proposed Int. No. 1067-AAssistance program for homeowners experiencing groundwater flooding in the city of New York and a southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance task force, and to repeal certain such amendments upon the expiration thereof.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to issue a request for proposals for a community-based organization (CBO) to identify residential properties citywide that have experienced damage from groundwater flooding and, for a period of at least five years, connect those properties to retrofit repair assistance, provide case management support, and provide information regarding such assistance via mailings. It would also require the contracted CBO to submit an annual report on the number of such properties, the damage sustained, the estimated cost of retrofit repairs, and recommendations to improve the assistance programs. DEP would be required to submit the CBO’s feedback to any state or federal agency administering such assistance programs. DEP would be required to report on the status of any studies it is involved in relating to groundwater levels in Southeast Queens. This bill also creates an interagency task force to recommend changes in law regarding flooding adaptation assistance in Southeast Queens. Such task force would disband upon the submission of its fifth annual report.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1067-2024 *Nantasha M. Williams  Assistance program for homeowners experiencing groundwater flooding in the city of New York and a southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance task force, and to repeal certain such amendments upon the expiration thereof.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to issue a request for proposals for a community-based organization (CBO) to identify residential properties citywide that have experienced damage from groundwater flooding and, for a period of at least five years, connect those properties to retrofit repair assistance, provide case management support, and provide information regarding such assistance via mailings. It would also require the contracted CBO to submit an annual report on the number of such properties, the damage sustained, the estimated cost of retrofit repairs, and recommendations to improve the assistance programs. DEP would be required to submit the CBO’s feedback to any state or federal agency administering such assistance programs. DEP would be required to report on the status of any studies it is involved in relating to groundwater levels in Southeast Queens. This bill also creates an interagency task force to recommend changes in law regarding flooding adaptation assistance in Southeast Queens. Such task force would disband upon the submission of its fifth annual report.Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Not available
Int 1067-2024 *Nantasha M. Williams  Assistance program for homeowners experiencing groundwater flooding in the city of New York and a southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance task force, and to repeal certain such amendments upon the expiration thereof.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to issue a request for proposals for a community-based organization (CBO) to identify residential properties citywide that have experienced damage from groundwater flooding and, for a period of at least five years, connect those properties to retrofit repair assistance, provide case management support, and provide information regarding such assistance via mailings. It would also require the contracted CBO to submit an annual report on the number of such properties, the damage sustained, the estimated cost of retrofit repairs, and recommendations to improve the assistance programs. DEP would be required to submit the CBO’s feedback to any state or federal agency administering such assistance programs. DEP would be required to report on the status of any studies it is involved in relating to groundwater levels in Southeast Queens. This bill also creates an interagency task force to recommend changes in law regarding flooding adaptation assistance in Southeast Queens. Such task force would disband upon the submission of its fifth annual report.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0083-2024 *James F. Gennaro  NYC Water Board to notify all council members and community boards at least 30 days before a public hearing concerning an annual water rate adjustment.Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0083-2024 *James F. Gennaro  NYC Water Board to notify all council members and community boards at least 30 days before a public hearing concerning an annual water rate adjustment.Resolution Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available