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Int 0577-2026
| * | James F. Gennaro | | | Improvement, formalization, or creation of trails. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation to improve, formalize, or create 300 miles of trails within 3 years of the effective date of the bill. The placement of such trails should be prioritized to connect the maximum amount of natural areas as well as to improve access by low and moderate income communities to natural areas. The Commissioner must also publish on the Department of Parks and Recreation's website a map or maps of trails. | | |
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Int 0740-2026
| * | Ty Hankerson | | | A study on increasing the amount of green space and parks in various neighborhoods. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other relevant City agencies, to conduct a study to identify at least the top 10 community districts that lack the most green space, and to make recommendations to the Mayor and Council on how to increase green space, including parkland, in such areas. | | |
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T2026-1506
| * | Phil Wong | | | 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. | | |
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T2026-1507
| * | Phil Wong | | | A cool pavements pilot program for parks and playgrounds under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation. | Introduction | The proposed unconsolidated local law would require the Department of Parks (DPR), the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) the Department of Transportation and the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability to conduct a study and pilot program concerning the use of cool pavement materials on parks and playgrounds and under the jurisdiction of DPR. DPR would be required to post there results of the study and pilot on its website and submit it to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than October 1, 2029. | | |
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