CITY HALL, NEW YORK – At today’s New York City Council Stated Meeting, Council
Member Lynn Schulman reintroduced eight bills, building on the progress she made last session
to improve how city government delivers essential services and responds to the real, everyday
needs of New Yorkers.
Together, these bills focus on strengthening public health infrastructure, supporting working
families, expanding housing accessibility, improving street safety, and ensuring city systems
function with clarity, accountability, and compassion.
The bills reintroduced include:
- Intro 429 sponsored by Council Member Schulman fast-tracks rental assistance
eligibility for street homeless New Yorkers by removing administrative barriers that
delay access to stable housing. - Intro 430 sponsored by Council Member Schulman expands support for city employees
building families by requiring comprehensive family-building benefits. - Intro 431 sponsored by Council Member Schulman brings stakeholders together to
combat maternal mortality by requiring quarterly interagency meetings to coordinate and
assess citywide efforts. - Intro 432 sponsored by Council Member Schulman ensures broken curbs are repaired
during street resurfacing projects to improve pedestrian safety and accessibility. - Intro 433 introduced by Council Member Schulman and co-sponsored by Council
Member Hudson advances accessible housing for older New Yorkers by requiring
reporting on the availability of senior and accessible dwelling units. - Intro 434 introduced by Council Member Schulman and co-sponsored by Council
Member Feliz requires paid time off for preventative health screenings so workers can
access care without risking their jobs or wages. - Intro 435 introduced by Council Member Schulman and co-sponsored by Council
Member Marte prohibits developers who receive City financial assistance from imposing
blanket pet bans in rental housing - Intro 436 sponsored by Council Member Schulman and co-sponsored by Council
Members Hudson, Brooks-Powers, Riley, and Lee makes schools safer by studying the
feasibility of raised crosswalks, raised intersections, and additional traffic-calming
measures near schools.
Intro 429 addresses a long-standing gap in the City’s homelessness response by limiting how
long street homeless New Yorkers can be required to receive case management services before
qualifying for certain rental assistance programs. By capping this requirement at 30 days, the
legislation removes unnecessary delays, aligns eligibility rules with on-the-ground realities, and
helps people move from the streets into stable housing more quickly.
Intro 430 requires the City to establish comprehensive family-building benefits for eligible City
employees, covering assisted reproduction and adoption costs when those services are not
otherwise provided through City health insurance. The bill ensures these benefits are offered
equitably—without requiring an infertility diagnosis or discriminating based on marital or
partnership status—reflecting the diverse ways City workers build families today.
Intro 431 strengthens the City’s response to maternal mortality by requiring the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene to convene quarterly meetings focused on ongoing challenges and
mitigation strategies. By bringing together key stakeholders, including public hospital leadership
and City Council committee chairs, the legislation promotes sustained coordination,
transparency, and accountability in efforts to reduce preventable maternal deaths.
Intro 432 integrates safety and accessibility into routine street maintenance by requiring the
Department of Transportation to repair hazardous curbs whenever a street is resurfaced. This
commonsense change ensures infrastructure projects do not leave dangerous conditions behind
and improves street safety for pedestrians, seniors, parents with strollers, and people with
disabilities.
Intro 433 requires the Department for the Aging, in collaboration with the Department of
Housing Preservation and Development, to issue an annual report on senior and accessible
housing across the city. By providing district-level data on where seniors live and how many
units are accessible or retrofitted for people with disabilities, the bill gives policymakers the
information needed to plan for an aging population and address gaps in housing availability.
Intro 434 expands the City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act by guaranteeing workers up to
five hours of paid time annually for preventative medical screenings. The legislation ensures this
time is paid at a worker’s regular rate, cannot be deducted from existing sick or safe leave, and
cannot be conditioned on finding coverage or making up missed hours—removing a key barrier
to early detection and preventative care.
Intro 435 protects tenants in city-subsidized housing by prohibiting developers who receive
City financial assistance from including or enforcing blanket pet bans in residential leases. By
voiding pet-restrictive lease provisions in covered developments, the legislation promotes
housing stability while preserving landlords’ ability to address legitimate health, safety, or
nuisance concerns.
Intro 436 advances school street safety by requiring the Department of Transportation to study
the feasibility of installing raised crosswalks, raised intersections, and speed-reducing
infrastructure near schools. The bill mandates a public report on the findings and grants DOT the
authority to implement these traffic-calming measures where practicable, supporting evidencebased strategies to protect students and families during daily travel to and from school.
“At its core, this package of legislation is about making city government work better for people”
said Council Member Lynn Schulman. “Whether it’s improving access to housing and health
care, supporting working families, or making our streets safer, these bills reflect a commitment
to practical solutions that meet New Yorker where they are and address real gaps in our
systems.”