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Meeting Name: Committee on Parks and Recreation Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/15/2026 1:15 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3
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Int 0577-2026 *James F. Gennaro Proposed Int. No. 577-AA map of trails in parks or properties under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.IntroductionThis 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.   Not available Not available
Int 0740-2026 *Ty Hankerson Proposed Int. No. 740-AA study on increasing the amount of green space in various community districts.IntroductionThis 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.   Not available Not available
Int 0805-2026 *Phil Wong  Proposed Int. No. 805-AA cool pavement pilot project in parks.IntroductionThis 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.   Not available Not available
Int 0806-2026 *Phil Wong  Proposed Int. No. 806-AThe development of a citywide wildlife management plan.IntroductionThis 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.   Not available Not available