NYC Council Introduction 2

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Approval for emergency procurements and submission of contracts for audit.
Sponsored by Julie Menin
Introduced: January 29, 2026

The charter requires prior approval by the Comptroller and Corporation Counsel of emergency procurements. This bill would limit the term of any emergency contract to 90 days, unless prior written approval is offered by the Comptroller and Corporation counsel for a longer period of time. Any written approval for an emergency contract of greater than 90 days requires a justification for why the longer term is necessary to avoid or mitigate a serious danger to life, safety, property, or a necessary service and why regular contracting procurement methods cannot avoid or mitigate those risks. The bill also requires emergency contracts to be submitted to the Comptroller for audit within 15 days of when the contract is executed, provided that failure to submit a contract within 15 days would not automatically void such contract.

Approved by Committee February 24, 2026

Committee on Contracts Votes 6:0:0
Lincoln Restler (Affirmative)
Gale A. Brewer (Affirmative)
James F. Gennaro (Absent)
Kamillah Hanks (Affirmative)
Althea V. Stevens (Affirmative)
Inna Vernikov (Affirmative)
Julie Won (Affirmative)

Approved by Council February 24, 2026

Votes 49:0:0
Julie Menin (Affirmative)
Shaun Abreu (Affirmative)
Shirley Aldebol (Affirmative)
Joann Ariola (Affirmative)
Alexa Avilés (Affirmative)
Chris Banks (Affirmative)
Gale A. Brewer (Affirmative)
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers (Affirmative)
Tiffany L. Cabán (Affirmative)
David M. Carr (Affirmative)
Carmen N. De La Rosa (Affirmative)
Eric Dinowitz (Affirmative)
Elsie Encarnación (Affirmative)
Harvey D. Epstein (Affirmative)
Amanda C. Farías (Affirmative)
Simcha Felder (Affirmative)
Oswald J. Feliz (Affirmative)
James F. Gennaro (Affirmative)
Jennifer Gutiérrez (Affirmative)
Shahana K. Hanif (Affirmative)
Ty Hankerson (Affirmative)
Kamillah Hanks (Affirmative)
Crystal Hudson (Affirmative)
Rita C. Joseph (Affirmative)
Shekar Krishnan (Affirmative)
Linda Lee (Affirmative)
Farah N. Louis (Affirmative)
Virginia Maloney (Affirmative)
Christopher Marte (Affirmative)
Darlene Mealy (Affirmative)
Frank Morano (Affirmative)
Mercedes Narcisse (Absent)
Sandy Nurse (Affirmative)
Chi A. Ossé (Affirmative)
Vickie Paladino (Affirmative)
Lincoln Restler (Affirmative)
Kevin C. Riley (Affirmative)
Yusef Salaam (Affirmative)
Pierina Ana Sanchez (Affirmative)
Justin E. Sanchez (Affirmative)
Kayla Santosuosso (Affirmative)
Lynn C. Schulman (Affirmative)
Althea V. Stevens (Affirmative)
Shanel Thomas-Henry (Affirmative)
Sandra Ung (Affirmative)
Inna Vernikov (Affirmative)
Nantasha M. Williams (Affirmative)
Julie Won (Affirmative)
Phil Wong (Affirmative)
Susan Zhuang (Affirmative)