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Int 0577-2026
| * | James F. Gennaro | | Proposed Int. No. 577-A | A map of trails in parks or properties under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to post on its website a map of trails located in each park or property under DPR jurisdiction. DPR would be required to update the map upon the completion of any project that improves an existing trail or creates a new one and would have to consider how any project that improves or creates a trail would improve public access to that trail. | | |
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Int 0740-2026
| * | Ty Hankerson | | Proposed Int. No. 740-A | A study on increasing the amount of green space in various community districts. | 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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Int 0805-2026
| * | Phil Wong | | Proposed Int. No. 805-A | A cool pavement pilot project in parks. | Introduction | This bill would require the Parks Department (DPR), along with the Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene, Environmental Protection, Transportation and the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability to conduct a study and pilot program concerning the use and installation of cool pavement materials on DPR property within, abutting, or directly adjacent to a playground, in at least 1 heat vulnerable community in each borough. DPR would be required to post the results of the pilot on its website and submit it to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than February 1, 2031. | | |
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Int 0806-2026
| * | Phil Wong | | Proposed Int. No. 806-A | The development 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 Mayor’s Office of Animal Welfare, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation updating the status of ongoing wildlife management problems. | | |
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