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Introductions
This bill would require the Commissioner for the Aging to create a kinship care program that would support older adults who provide full-time care for someone who is not their biological child. At a minimum, the program would provide case assistance and workshops on issues related to kinship caregiving. The bill would require the Commissioner to provide written materials about the kinship care program to older adult centers and to provide in-person information sessions at older adult centers.
This bill would require the Department for the Aging, in cooperation with the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, to administer a financial assistance program for older adults 60 years of age or older and individuals with disabilities 18 years of age or older to install in-home preventative adaptations.
This bill would require the Department of Finance (DOF) to establish a citywide online system for tenants to apply to and renew their benefits under the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) Program and the Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) Program. It would also require that DOF conduct outreach efforts, via telephone or electronic mail, for any notice issued to tenants related to these programs. Lastly, the legislation would specify those events that would constitute as a permanent decrease of income triggering a rent redetermination for SCRIE and DRIE beneficiaries.
This bill would reduce the required housing history from two years to one year in order for families with children to demonstrate their eligibility for entry into the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelter system. It would additionally require DHS staff to upload all documents relevant to an applicant’s housing history to a digital case record and communicate with an applicant about any missing documents through electronic methods. This bill would give families with children at least thirty days in temporary shelter pending a determination of their eligibility for shelter, subject to the approval of the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. This bill would also require DHS to create an informational pamphlet listing examples of documents that could demonstrate proof of housing history and ensure that such pamphlet is posted online and distributed to families with children at the PATH intake center.
This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to compile and distribute to tenants or occupants of a multiple dwelling a list of any unresolved violations of the Housing Maintenance Code for such dwelling. HPD would distribute these lists annually by mail.
This bill would require applications for construction work submitted to the Department of Buildings (“DOB”) to include a list of any accessibility features that will be constructed or altered. In addition, this bill would require DOB to publish these accessibility features online for certain privately owned buildings.
This bill would require the Department of Transportation to provide notice to affected council members, community boards and community organizations at least 60 days prior to any designation of, permanent removal of or permanent changes to opens streets, and after such notice allow at least four weeks to accept comments from the affected community and at least two weeks in which to consider such comments. The Department of Transportation would then be required to summarize and respond to such comments at least one week before implementation. In addition, it would require notice to affected council members, community boards and community organizations of any temporary changes to or suspensions of open streets.
This bill would require the Department of Transportation and the Department of Parks and Recreation to post signs notifying bicycle, e-bicycle, and e-scooter riders that they are prohibited from riding on sidewalks, park walkways, and boardwalks, and of related fines and penalties.
This bill would require the Department of Transportation to create a residential parking permit system in Northwestern Brooklyn.
This bill would require the Department for the Aging (DFTA) to establish a grab-and-go meal program, subject to appropriation, which would provide daily meals available for pick up at older adult centers for members of the centers. This bill would also require DFTA to make available to each older adult center a notice that provides information on the grab-and-go meal program. Every older adult center would be required to post the notice in a conspicuous location.
This bill would require Department for the Aging and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to develop a technical support program to serve older adults.
This bill would require the Department of Youth and Community Services to establish a universal employment program for youth aged 14 to 17 and for youth aged 18 to 21 who attend a middle school or high school. The program would provide a summertime or part-time school year job to all eligible youth who seek employment through the program.
This bill would require the Department of Youth and Community Development, in consultation with the Department of Education, to establish, subject to appropriation, a program of universal after school for all public school students in the city by September 1, 2024. This bill would also require a report on a plan to address the need for expanded after school programs for all New York City youth and steps the city will take to establish universal after school. It would also report on other issues related to after school capacity and participation rates.
This bill would prohibit discrimination on the basis of a person’s actual or perceived poverty in relation to opportunities of employment and access to public accommodations.
This bill would protect non-traditional families and relationships by prohibiting discrimination on the basis of “family or relationship structure” in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
This bill would prohibit the sale and rental of class three e-bikes. A person who violates this prohibition would be liable for civil penalties up to $2,000.
This bill would require the City Chief Procurement Officer and the Director of Management and Budget, or another officer or agency head designated by the mayor, to develop a methodology for calculating indirect costs, such as facilities or administrative costs, associated with providing human services pursuant to city contracts. The methodology would provide for a minimum indirect cost reimbursement rate of 10 percent. The Office of Not-for-profit Organizations Services would be required to post the relevant methodology and related materials on their website. Contracting agencies would be required to reimburse indirect costs incurred by covered city service contractors in accordance with the required methodology.
This bill would require the Department of Correction to inform persons in custody how much money remains in their commissary account and return all unused commissary funds, in cash, prior to an individual leaving the department’s custody.
This bill would mandate a report on the feasibility of creating a universal benefits application for local public benefit programs and mandate the creation of a universal benefits application as determined feasible by the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services. This bill would also codify Access NYC, which is a screening tool for public assistance programs, direct the incorporation of new and existing programs as deemed possible, and require increased public awareness efforts of such tools. This bill would also repeal section 3-119.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to a study on notification of public assistance eligibility.
This bill would require the Commissioner of Social Services to create a system to automatically enroll individuals in City-created benefit programs, like Fair Fares NYC. The Commissioner would be required to use recent records, like tax and social services assistance rolls, to identify individuals who meet the eligibility criteria for these programs for automatic enrollment. The bill would also require the Commissioner to notify eligible individuals about automatic enrollment. This notice would have to include information such as details about the relevant benefit programs and any steps necessary to complete enrollment. Additionally, the Commissioner would have to establish a plainly and conspicuously communicated opt-out mechanism that would allow eligible individuals to decline automatic enrollment at the time they receive the notice. The bill would require the Commissioner to make the system, including the notice and the opt-out mechanism, available in designated citywide languages.
The proposed bill would require landlords to provide certain documentation to tenants whenever a landlord deducts money from a tenant’s security deposit at the end of a tenancy. The documentation required would include an itemized statement of all deductions, as well as receipts or invoices for any repair costs that the landlord is deducting from the security deposit.
This bill would require the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development to provide financial assistance to qualifying low-income tenants who are displaced by housing demolition, substantial rehabilitation, change of use, or removal of rent or income restrictions. It would also require landlords to provide such tenants with 90-days’ notice and information about tenants’ rights before displacing tenants in connection with demolition, substantial rehabilitation, change of use, or the removal of rent or income restrictions.
This bill would amend the New York City Plumbing Code to require that, where plumbing fixtures are required under the Plumbing Code, at least one separate gender-neutral bathroom be provided. The existing requirement that where plumbing fixtures are required under the Plumbing Code separate bathrooms be provided by sex would be undisturbed. Provisions in the Plumbing Code and New York City Building Code that refer to fixtures required in bathrooms based on sex would be amended to account for the bill requiring a minimum number of gender-neutral bathrooms.
During heating season, between October 1 and May 31, owners of residential buildings who are required to provide heat for their tenants must maintain certain minimum temperatures in areas of dwelling units that are used or occupied for living purposes. This bill would increase the minimum daytime (between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.) temperature during heating season from 68 degrees to 70 degrees, and it would increase the nighttime (between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.) temperature from 62 degrees to 66 degrees.
This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to visit a unit to observe a condition alleged in a housing complaint. If HPD is not able to enter the premises to observe the alleged condition, HPD would be required to post a notice on the door of the unit and to visit the unit again on a different day to attempt entry. If HPD cannot enter the unit after the second attempt, HPD would be required to call the tenant to schedule an appointment to visit the unit. If HPD is unable to reach the tenant by phone, it would be required to categorize the housing complaint as “unresolved.” HPD would only be permitted to categorize a housing complaint as “closed” when HPD verifies that a condition has been fixed, a condition does not exist or the housing complaint has otherwise been resolved.
This bill would require that building owners provide notice of non-minor construction to tenants in the building where the construction is to occur and in adjacent buildings two weeks before the start of that construction. Notice would not be required where tenants must already receive notice concerning the construction through notice of a tenant protection plan or a safe construction bill of rights. Building owners would have to file the notice with the Office of the Tenant Advocate. The Office of the Tenant Advocate would be required to establish a system to review filed notices and to communicate with tenants who received notice.
This bill would require the commissioner to provide guidance to its uniformed officers on determining whether to use criminal enforcement or divert young people to community-based organizations to receive essential services in lieu of arrest. The bill would also require reporting on the number of patrol precincts, housing police service areas, or transit districts that utilize youth diversion as well as demographic information, the potential arrest charge, and the name of the community-based organization in which a referral was made.
This bill would require the commissioner of sanitation to study and report on the feasibility and environmental effects of a mandate for households to separate, and the department of sanitation to collect, textile waste. The study would consider, among other things, the costs, potential benefits, and potential negative effects of such a mandate.
This bill would set the maximum citywide percentage of studio apartments in city-funded projects to construct rental units for older adults. The maximum percentage would be 50%.
This bill would require the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to report additional data in quarterly and annual reporting on officers’ use of force. Current reporting requirements create various categories for “use of force incidents,” but do not specifically name motor vehicles as a means of such force. This bill would add “use of a motor vehicle to gain control of a subject” as a reporting category.
This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to investigate any complaint of illegal curb cuts within 30 days. If DOT finds a curb cut was illegally created, DOT would paint the curb cut green to indicate it is available for parking and require property owners to either obtain the required permits for the curb cut or restore it. If the property owner does not correct the illegal curb cut, DOT would be required to do so, recovering the cost from the property owner. Additionally, community boards would be notified of any applications for permits to create a curb cut within the community district.
This bill would establish a process for people in custody to obtain wigs, hair extensions, chest binders, tucking undergarments or gaffs, prosthetics, or other similar items or medical devices that are used by individuals to affirm their self-determined gender identity. The bill also requires Department of Correction staff to have access to gender-affirming items or medical devices while at work.
This bill would require that on any student portal maintained by the Department of Education (DOE), the DOE provide to middle and high school students a resource guide on LGBTQIA+ programs and services available for middle and high school students.
This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE) to distribute information about New York state non-driver identification cards to every student grades 9 through 12 at the start of each school year. At a minimum, this legislation would require the DOE to provide every student with a non-driver identification card application form, as well as information about eligibility requirements and the application process, including but not limited to relevant application fees and a list of documents accepted to prove identity and residency requirements.
This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to develop a plan to prevent the spread of monkeypox in response to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. DOHMH would be required to conduct an education and outreach campaign about the monkeypox outbreak, including transmission, prevention of infection, and vaccination and treatment. DOHMH would also be required to coordinate with agencies and community organizations to ensure that communities most at risk of contracting the virus and communities with low vaccine accessibility have adequate vaccine access. DOHMH would evaluate the demographics of monkeypox vaccine recipients, and adjust the hours of operation and location of vaccination sites based on such examination and the needs of communities most at risk of contracting the disease. The bill would also require DOHMH to maintain a vaccine portal that allows individuals to schedule appointments for COVID-19, monkeypox and other infectious disease vaccinations.
This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”) to promulgate certain minimum rules governing affordable housing lotteries. Such rules must provide that applicants for affordable housing receive written notification stating whether they are accepted or rejected for occupancy in an affordable housing unit, be given sufficient time and information to respond to developers’ requests for information and to appeal a rejection, and be made aware of community-based service providers that may assist the applicant. Applicants may file a complaint with HPD or the New York City Housing Development Corporation, as applicable, if they believe their application was rejected in error. HPD rules must also provide guidance to developers regarding information it may consider in selecting applicants, specifically prohibiting developers from considering photographs of an applicant’s current living situation or minor children’s report cards, prohibiting developers from rejecting applicants based solely on credit score, and requiring developers consider all sources of an applicant’s income. HPD shall provide developers training regarding applicant selection and maintain a compliance hotline for use by developers.
The proposed bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to conduct periodic studies of rent stabilized housing accommodations and to develop a program to incentivize owners to keep such accommodations rent stabilized for an extended period of time.
This bill would establish an Office of Refugee and Migrant Settlement to provide short and long term access to relevant resources including, housing, medical care, education and food to people from outside the U.S. who are resettled in New York City. The director of the Office would advise and assist the mayor in coordinating an all-agency response to influxes of people resettling in New York. The Office is required to submit a report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on its activities in the past year, including the number of people served and the programs it has undertaken.
This bill would require, when any agency other than the Department of Transportation plans to close a street or issues a permit to close a street, the head of the agency to notify the Commissioner of Transportation of such planned street closure. This bill would also require the Commissioner of Transportation to provide 72 hours’ advance notice to community boards and certain elected officials of all planned street closures within their districts.
Resolutions
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.5478 /S.1049 to enact the Gender Identity Respect, Dignity and Safety Act, which would allow for appropriate treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon their gender identity
Resolution calling on the Federal Communication Commission Management Agency to add alerts for missing persons with dementia to the Wireless Emergency Alerts system
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.884/A.6331, to direct the New York State Office for the Aging and the Empire State Development Corporation to expand encore entrepreneurship in New York State to empower individuals 50 years of age or older to establish small businesses
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.6362, to authorize localities to provide for an additional real property tax exemption for eligible persons who are 65 years of age and older
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.3004/A.6324, which would establish an Office of Older Adult Workforce Development within the State Office for the Aging
Resolution designating November as Family Caregivers Month in the City of New York.
Resolution calling on the State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.6792A/S.5484B, which would require child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are subject to a protective child services investigation.
Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, the Predatory Marketing Prevention Act (S7487C), which relates to false or misleading advertisements of food and food products; provides factors to determine whether an advertisement is false or misleading; provides for enforcement and a private right of action.
Resolution designating August 2 annually as James Baldwin Day in the City of New York to honor his legacy as a groundbreaking essayist, novelist, playwright, poet, and civil rights activist, who fought racial and sexual discrimination with candor, sensitivity, and lasting influence
Resolution designating February 18 annually as Audre Lorde Day in the City of New York to honor her legacy as a poet, essayist, memoirist, and lecturer, whose life and work powerfully addressed the injustices of racism, sexism, and gender discrimination
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation repealing all provisions of law that require most counties to maintain a jail.
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation allowing family and friends of incarcerated individuals to deliver packages in person during prison visits
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.4603/S.5037, which establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people and promotes better institutional and community adjustment upon release
Resolution declaring April 6 annually as Lubavitcher Rebbe Day in the City of New York to honor Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson for his remarkable life and lasting legacy.
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.88/A.6772, which provides for automatic voter registration and preregistration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation and for Medicaid enrollees
Resolution calling on the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, legislation requiring that the Federal Aviation Administration ensure that all approved emergency medical kits on airplanes flying within the United States include life-saving medications and devices, including, but not limited to, a glucometer, an EpiPen, automatic blood pressure cuffs, disposable stethoscopes and naloxone.
Resolution Declaring the Month of March as Blood Clot Awareness Month in the City of New York
Resolution calling on the State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, Senate Bill S.9901, creating a state licensure program for CDPAP fiscal intermediaries
Resolution calling on the United States House of Representatives to pass, the United States Senate to introduce and pass a companion bill, and the President to sign H.R. 9857, or Mel’s Law, to require higher education institutions to award posthumous degrees to eligible deceased students
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.6569-A, in relation to deed theft, and for the Governor to sign S.6577/A.6656, in relation to the theft of real property and protections for victims of real property theft
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.9904, in relation to defining the term mass shooting for purposes of emergency response measures and access to emergency funding
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.9905, in relation to establishing the Office of Gun Violence Prevention and the Gun Violence Advisory Council
A resolution calling on Congress to pass, and the President to sign, S. Res. 144/H. Res. 269, recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security
Resolution calling on the United States Congress to reintroduce and pass and the President to sign the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act.
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.1435, also known as the “New York City Teleworking Expansion Act”
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S266A/A98A, the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act, which would amend state law to provide an authentic legal pathway to criminal conviction exoneration
Resolution designating May 20 annually as Gloria “Hurricane G” Rodriguez Day in the City of New York and recognizing her contributions to the cultural landscape of her home borough of Brooklyn and to Hip Hop worldwide
Resolution calling on the United States House of Representatives to pass, the United States Senate to introduce and pass a companion bill, and the President to sign, the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act of 2025
Resolution calling on the New York State Department of Education to mandate bystander intervention training for all educators and administrators, and require annual training for students in grades 6-12, around the issues of harassment and bullying
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.4375/S.351, to require school districts and charter schools to include instruction on the political, economic, and social contributions, and lifeways of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people, in an appropriate place in the curriculum of middle school and high school students
Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.1980/A.3690, S.2059/A.3115, and S.2782/A.3193, which would ensure the wealthiest New Yorkers pay their fair share and increase tax revenues for New York State.
Resolution calling upon the New York State legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation that would establish the medical debt relief fund and allow taxpayers to make a donation to such fund on their personal tax returns
A Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation to extend the statute of limitations for medical negligence and related injury civil suits to ten years
Resolution calling upon the United States Department of Health and Human Services to increase the number of monkeypox vaccines available and ensure the amount of vaccines sent to New York City is reflective of the proportion of the nationwide cases for an equitable distribution and effective containment of the nationwide monkeypox outbreak.
Resolution calling upon institutions of higher education in New York City to take action to create and foster LGBTQ+ inclusive campus climates
A resolution calling on New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S7475B/ A7770C, which would increase oversight of the immigration bond industry and curb abusive practices
Resolution calling on the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, S.2212/H.R.4667, also known as the Visible Identification Standards for Immigration-Based Law Enforcement Act of 2025, or VISIBLE Act, in relation to displaying visible identification during public-facing immigration enforcement actions
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S9247/A10447, which would prohibit fake electronic communication service accounts and use of such information by law enforcement and other government entities
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation prohibiting the issuance of police courtesy cards
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation requiring the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to publish air pollution data for each subway station and mitigate the highest concentrations of air pollutants
Resolution calling upon the New York Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign legislation to ensure equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections and laws and policies that prohibit bias-based victimization, exclusion, and erasure of LGBTQ+ young people in K-12 New York State schools, as called for in GLSEN’s 2023-2024 “Rise Up for Youth” campaign
Resolution calling on Congress to pass, and the President to sign, the LGBTQIA+ package of legislation currently before Congress.
A Resolution celebrating the contributions of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera to the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the United States