Althea V. Stevens

Jan 2022 - Dec 2025
District 16 (Bronx)

Comittees

Bronx Delegation of the New York City Council (co-chair)
Committee on Children and Youth (chair)
Committee on Contracts
Committee on Criminal Justice
Committee on Education
Committee on Finance
Committee on General Welfare
Committee on Public Safety





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Legislation (2024-2025 Session)

Council member Althea V. Stevens has introduced 25 bills in the current legislative session.

25 bills are in Committee

intro.nyc/0440-2024 Requiring the department of homeless services to designate eligibility specialists at shelters.
with 12 sponsors
intro.nyc/0441-2024 Improving young adults’ access to voter registration materials.
with 17 sponsors
intro.nyc/0442-2024 Restricting social media usage for youth.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0443-2024 Requiring the city to report on the impact of social media on the mental health of young people.
with 13 sponsors
intro.nyc/0444-2024 Provision of mental health services for children visiting incarcerated individuals.
with 16 sponsors
intro.nyc/0445-2024 Requiring the provision of notices regarding the obligation to maintain retaining walls.
with 13 sponsors
intro.nyc/0446-2024 Waiving parks permit fees for schools and child day care centers and providing an online system for school permit applications.
with 20 sponsors
intro.nyc/0447-2024 Reporting on crossing guard deployment.
with 17 sponsors
intro.nyc/0448-2024 An advisory board on crossing guard deployment.
with 15 sponsors
intro.nyc/0449-2024 Creation of a commerical landlord watch list.
with 13 sponsors
intro.nyc/0450-2024 DOT to establish a program to allow community centers, schools, arts and cultural institutions and religious institutions to use adjacent outdoor spaces.
with 19 sponsors
intro.nyc/0729-2024 Establishing mental health services for two afterschool programs administered by the department of youth and community development.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0730-2024 Report on community engagement by city contractors
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0731-2024 Establishing a task force to examine disparities in contracting
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0732-2024 Requiring the city chief procurement officer to conduct evaluations of non-profit programming.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0733-2024 Requiring the New York City Department of Education to report information on Career and Technical Education programs in New York City public schools.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0734-2024 Establishing prevailing wage requirements for city-contracted human service workers
with 20 sponsors
intro.nyc/0735-2024 Requiring the department of correction to report on physical violence against and sexual harassment of correctional staff and ensure that staff have access to mental health treatment resources.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0794-2024 Composition of the youth board.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0795-2024 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to conduct hearing screenings for school-aged children throughout the city and develop an outreach campaign.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0796-2024 Providing local community boards and elected officials with advance notice of the installation of sidewalk sheds
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0797-2024 Reporting on student clubs and organizations.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0798-2024 Abolishing the criminal group database and prohibiting the establishment of a successor database.
with 13 sponsors
intro.nyc/0799-2024 Panic buttons for small business operators.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0858-2024 NYCHA Package - Requiring the department of small business services to expand the business pathways program.
with 3 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Althea V. Stevens has sponsored 96 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0003-2024 Removal of abandoned or derelict vehicles.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0006-2024 Tenant education and outreach on residential vacate orders due to damage caused by fires.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0007-2024 Requiring the development of a single application form for the not-for-profit real property tax exemption and the not-for-profit exemption from water and sewer charges.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0008-2024 Enhanced reporting on the child welfare system.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0009-2024 Provision of counsel at the first point of contact during an ACS investigation.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0011-2024 Expanding the commercial citywide routing system for sidewalk cleanliness violations and technical amendments thereto, including to repeal and reenact subdivision c of section 16-118.1.
Introduced by Erik D. Bottcher
intro.nyc/0013-2024 Reporting on contract awards made from discretionary funds allocated by a council member.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0014-2024 Requiring monthly reports on scheduled construction work on capital projects.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0017-2024 Enacted Electric vehicle supply equipment in open parking lots and parking garages.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0019-2024 Enacted Requiring the posting of lithium-ion or other storage battery safety information in powered bicycle or powered mobility device businesses.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0021-2024 Enacted Increasing the penalties for illegal powered mobility devices.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0023-2024 Establishing auditing requirements for minority and women-owned business enterprise procurement.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0024-2024 Permitting street vendors to vend within two feet from the curb.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0025-2024 Enacted Provision of senior citizen rent increase exemption application forms pre-populated with applicable data to eligible persons living in city-supervised Mitchell-Lama housing.
Introduced by Eric Dinowitz
intro.nyc/0030-2024 Safety standards for powered bicycles and powered mobility devices used for food delivery services.
Introduced by Oswald Feliz
intro.nyc/0032-2024 Annual report on drainage infrastructure.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
intro.nyc/0033-2024 Notification of discolored water or reduction of water pressure.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
intro.nyc/0035-2024 A prohibition on the sale of laundry and dishwasher pods and sheets using polyvinyl alcohol.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
intro.nyc/0037-2024 Increasing civil penalties for operating a bicycle, bicycle with electric assist, or electric scooter on the sidewalk.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
intro.nyc/0043-2024 Requiring that all public waste receptacles be emptied by the department of sanitation at least once per day.
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
intro.nyc/0044-2024 The senior citizen rent increase exemption and the disability rent increase exemption.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0045-2024 Enacted Requiring the NYC department of education to report actual class sizes and expand reports on the number of students in special programs in New York city public schools.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0046-2024 Developing a strategic blueprint to reduce capital project durations by at least 25 percent.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0047-2024 Repealing the misdemeanor criminal penalties for general vendors and mobile food vendors.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0049-2024 Enacted Vendor display and storage of goods, and to repeal sections 17-313 and 20-463 of such code, relating to bookkeeping requirements for vendors.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0050-2024 Enacted Requirement of food vendors to obtain a certificate of authority to collect sales tax, to repeal sections 17-310 and 20-457 of such code, relating to tax clearance and minimum tax payments for the renewal of mobile food licenses and permits and general ve
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0051-2024 Enacted Prohibiting vending in bicycle lanes.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0053-2024 Providing public educational outreach regarding pediatric obesity.
Introduced by Mercedes Narcisse
intro.nyc/0055-2024 Requiring the department of sanitation to accept commercial solid waste at city-owned or operated marine transfer stations and city-owned or operated rail transfer stations.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0056-2024 Requiring the administration for children’s services to report annually on the number of and placement of LGBTQ+ foster youth.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0060-2024 Prohibiting the operation of electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist in parks.
Introduced by Vickie Paladino
intro.nyc/0061-2024 Establishment of a task force to study options and make recommendations for a plan to implement a municipal public bank.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0062-2024 Suspending the tax imposed by chapter 24 of title 11 of such code for the tax year beginning on June 1, 2023.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0063-2024 Exemption from the commercial rent tax.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0064-2024 Temporary exemption from the payment of the commercial rent tax for certain businesses.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0066-2024 Reporting on non-depository city financial services.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0067-2024 Dept of finance conducting education and outreach regarding deed and foreclosure prevention assistance fraud.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0069-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Prohibiting provisions in employment agreements that shorten the period in which claims and complaints of unlawful discriminatory practices, harassment or violence may be filed and in which civil actions may be commenced.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0071-2024 Requiring the commissioner of emergency management to develop and implement a plan regarding public notification during air quality emergencies.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0072-2024 Emergency response protocols on days of air quality emergency.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0081-2024 Requiring an audit and report on foster care placement notices.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0082-2024 The creation of a three-digit gun violence intervention hotline.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0086-2024 Requiring child protective specialists to orally disseminate information to parents or caretakers about their rights during initial contact at the start of an ACS investigation.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0088-2024 Qualifications of individuals to perform periodic inspection, test and maintenance fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0089-2024 Strengthening Fire Safety Bill Package - Notification of certain local officials of fires located within their jurisdiction.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0090-2024 Strengthening Fire Safety Bill Package - Requiring the FDNY to provide annual fire hazard-identification trainings to HPD inspectors and DOB inspectors, requiring such inspectors to notify owners and tenants of hazards.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0096-2024 Requiring the administration for children’s services to provide a multilingual disclosure form to parents or guardians during a child protective investigation.
Introduced by Sandra Ung
intro.nyc/0098-2024 Requiring the department of correction and correctional health services to establish a medical clinic to treat persons transported to a court facility.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0099-2024 Creation of curbside overnight truck parking sections in Industrial Business Zones.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0102-2024 Requiring that notices of violation issued by the department of sanitation be accompanied by a photograph of the alleged violation.
Introduced by Kalman Yeger
intro.nyc/0123-2024 Precluding the department of homeless services from requiring a child’s presence at an intake center when a family with children applies for shelter.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0156-2024 Requiring district attorneys to report on retained and seized property.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
intro.nyc/0201-2024 Establishing an office of child care to oversee free child care for all city residents.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0228-2024 Enacted Provision of information regarding the NYC Care program to older adults.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0242-2024 The creation of a truth, healing, and reconciliation process.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0254-2024 The establishment of a process to divert young people to community-based organizations in lieu of arrest.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0279-2024 Black & BIPOC Care Package - Creating a task force to consider the impact of slavery and past injustices for African Americans in New York city and reparations for such injustices.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0300-2024 Establishing an office of small business digitalization and technical amendments in relation thereto.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0349-2024 Enacted Requiring quarterly reports on removals involving individuals experiencing homelessness and the outcomes for those individuals.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0360-2024 The fees charged in a residential rental real estate transaction.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0414-2024 Disqualifying previously expelled council members from receiving public campaign financing.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0434-2024 Building water system maintenance and inspection.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0467-2024 Inspections of sprinkler system and standpipe system fire department connections.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0468-2024 Department of transportation posting information on traffic control device and speed reducer requests on its website.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0469-2024 Requiring a study and report on in-person altercations among youth and their associated activity on online platforms.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0470-2024 The licensing of tire shops.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0471-2024 Establishing a New York city freedom trail task force.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0472-2024 Requiring the borough presidents to provide equal employment opportunity trainings to community board members.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0473-2024 Offering community service in lieu of civil penalties for certain littering violations.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0482-2024 Public procurement database.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0501-2024 Background checks for child care providers, employees, and volunteers.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0502-2024 Background checks for child care providers, employees, and volunteers.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0552-2024 Street resurfacing timeline.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0606-2024 Requiring that every bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter and other legal motorized vehicle be licensed and registered.
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
intro.nyc/0610-2024 A vehicle theft prevention program.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0621-2024 Expanding the definition of tenant harassment to include unlawful evictions and expanding the certificate of no harassment program to include unlawful evictions.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0622-2024 Injunctive relief for lawful occupants of rental units.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0623-2024 Increasing penalties for unlawful evictions.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0641-2024 Nutrition standards and beverage options for children’s meals served in food service establishments.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0642-2024 Renaming a park in the Borough of the Bronx, Marcus Garvey Square, and to amend the official map of the city of New York accordingly.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0643-2024 A plan to identify and facilitate the use of indoor facilities for basketball games.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0644-2024 Structurally unsound tree privately-owned trees.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0645-2024 Establishing a pilot program to match small businesses with social media content creators for assistance with marketing and advertising, and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0646-2024 Accessibility for the deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind community in the implementation of text-to-911.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0647-2024 Bus lane restrictions.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0648-2024 Requiring the disclosure of school admissions policies and procedures.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0649-2024 The establishment of an office of cannabis business services.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0650-2024 The cleaning and maintenance of city property.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0651-2024 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to create pamphlets identifying mental health resources available to individuals experiencing pregnancy loss.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0652-2024 Establish and operate a pilot program providing free mental health services to children who have been returned to their home following a removal, and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0691-2024 Annual reporting on racial and gender disparities in STEM education for high school students
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0762-2024 Establishing exemptions for third-party food delivery services from the limits on fees charged by such services on food service establishments.
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
intro.nyc/0772-2024 Building emissions calculations, adjustments and penalties.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0801-2024 Explanations for subcontractor denials in city contracting.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0802-2024 Establishing a standard insurance policy for food procurement vendors
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0831-2024 Requiring the police department to report on missing persons.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis