Amanda C. Farías

Jan 2022 - Dec 2029
District 18 (Bronx)

Comittees

Committee on Economic Development
Committee on Education
Committee on Hospitals
Committee on Women and Gender Equity (chair)
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises




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Legislation (2026-2029 Session)

Council member Amanda C. Farías has introduced 17 bills in the current legislative session.

17 bills are in Committee

intro.nyc/0179-2026 Reducing the fine and civil penalty for unlicensed general vending.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0180-2026 Establishing a system to obtain employment and income information from a third-party for the city’s use in making determinations for benefits and services eligibility.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0181-2026 Requiring building owners to provide shower hoses and informational materials on Legionnaires’ disease to tenants.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0182-2026 Requiring the establishment of a municipal human milk bank.
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0183-2026 Notice requirements for food service establishment inspections.
with 11 sponsors
intro.nyc/0184-2026 Resignation of members of boards of directors of business improvement district management associations.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0185-2026 Installation of electric vehicle charging equipment on lampposts.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0186-2026 Suspension of alternate side parking regulations on Patriot Day.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0187-2026 Monitoring helicopter noise.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0188-2026 Requiring living wage standards for contracted ferry service operations.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0189-2026 Requiring that notices of violation issued by the department of health and mental hygiene during inspections of food service establishments include photographs or video recordings of each violation cited in such notice.
with 11 sponsors
intro.nyc/0190-2026 Affirmative defense for certain tickets issued to maternal health specialists.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0533-2026 Creating a good food purchasing program.
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0534-2026 Requiring the review of certain parking signs and a utilization study of parking reserved for commercial vehicles.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0694-2026 Agency outreach to businesses in minority- and women-owned business enterprise categories for which agencies fail to achieve utilization goals, and technical amendments in relation thereto.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0729-2026 Requiring pharmacies and food retail stores to staff self-service checkout areas and impose a 15-item maximum for self-service checkout purchases to help combat retail theft.
with 12 sponsors
intro.nyc/0816-2026 Limiting the documentation of housing history required as part of an application for shelter by a family with children.
with 10 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Amanda C. Farías has sponsored 92 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0008-2026 A pilot program to make vacant commercial premises suitable for use by child care programs
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0011-2026 Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0012-2026 Prohibiting the dissemination of materially deceptive audio or visual media in local elections.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0047-2026 Annual reporting on the use of shore power at cruise terminals.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0048-2026 Translating the citizen’s air complaint program portal into the designated citywide languages.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0050-2026 Creation of a mobile application that provides information about electric vehicle charging stations.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0053-2026 Regulation of indirect sources of air pollution.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0058-2026 Conducting a study of the impact that truck and delivery traffic generated by last mile facilities have on local communities and infrastructure.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0073-2026 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to staff each police precinct with a licensed social worker.
Introduced by Yusef Salaam
intro.nyc/0081-2026 Requiring authorized emergency vehicles to have an emergency signal device that emits pulsating, low-frequency tones.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0098-2026 Procedure for determining that a dwelling unit is habitable for the purposes of the CityFHEPS program.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0099-2026 Requiring the department of homeless services to report on the placement of families with children into shelters.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0100-2026 Requiring reporting of lease-up times for housing vouchers.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0101-2026 CityFHEPS application response times.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0114-2026 Information required in job listings.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0121-2026 A study and report on the feasibility of new ferry terminals.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0132-2026 The terms “inmate,” “prisoner,” and “incarcerated individual” and other similar terminology as used therein.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0141-2026 Requiring district attorneys to report on retained and seized property.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0142-2026 Requiring the police department to submit reports on complaints of police misconduct.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0156-2026 Permitting street vendors to vend within two feet from the curb.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0164-2026 Establishment of a task force to study the gender pay disparity and economic self-sufficiency among the labor force in the city.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0208-2026 Requiring the inclusion of businesses owned by persons of Middle Eastern and North African descent in future disparity studies.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0209-2026 Creating a private right of action related to civil immigration detainers and cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0220-2026 Identification of formerly enslaved African American burial sites.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0222-2026 Establishing an office of the waterfront.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0232-2026 Shelter referrals and assessments for temporary housing assistance.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0239-2026 Establishing a technical support program for older adults.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0282-2026 Building emissions calculations, adjustments and penalties.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0290-2026 Requiring shelters to provide free internet access to residents.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0291-2026 Enacted Requiring the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to report deaths by suicide that occur in the city and suicide-related behavior among youth.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0295-2026 Establishing a screening program for endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0296-2026 Increasing access to data around gender-based violence.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0315-2026 Public education and outreach on traumatic brain injuries and concussions.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0319-2026 Requiring participation in debates by candidates receiving public matching funds.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0320-2026 Codifying the official flag of the borough of Staten Island.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0322-2026 Giving council members the power to make appointments to community boards.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0353-2026 Creating a commercial waste zones working group.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0367-2026 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/0368-2026 Establishing a tracking system concerning the disposal of yellow and brown grease.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0369-2026 Establishing organic waste composting facilities in each borough.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0381-2026 Requiring the department of education to provide information requiring school compliance with the Americans with disabilities act.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0403-2026 Creating a department of community safety
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0411-2026 Establishment of an office of cannabis business services.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0417-2026 Posting of information relating to wage theft at construction sites.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0418-2026 Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to create an in-person housing portal assistance program.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0420-2026 Expanding availability of rapid self-testing for sexually transmitted infections.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0426-2026 Requiring cooperative corporations to provide financial information to prospective purchasers of cooperative apartments.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0427-2026 How affordable housing units which subsequently became vacant are rented through the housing portal.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0428-2026 Limiting the use of facial recognition technology in residential buildings.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0442-2026 Requiring the city chief procurement officer to conduct evaluations of non-profit programming.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0448-2026 Enacted Structure and responsibilities of the youth board.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0451-2026 Requiring the city to report on the impact of social media on the mental health of young people.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0452-2026 Establishing wage requirements for city-contracted human services workers.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0457-2026 Reporting on crossing guard deployment.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0458-2026 An advisory board on crossing guard deployment.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0460-2026 Abolishing the criminal group database and prohibiting the establishment of a successor database.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0465-2026 Study and report on the expansion of ferry service along the Harlem River.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0483-2026 Providing rental assistance to survivors of domestic violence.
Introduced by Sandra Ung
intro.nyc/0511-2026 Prohibiting standing or parking a vehicle within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0514-2026 Reporting on locations in which persons are squatting.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang
intro.nyc/0518-2026 Requiring the licensing of last-mile facilities.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0524-2026 Records of the chief medical examiner that relate to work-related fatal injuries in the workplace, and to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on workplace fatalities.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0530-2026 Establishing an office of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0531-2026 Prohibiting the sale of glue traps
Introduced by Harvey D. Epstein
intro.nyc/0552-2026 Police department tow pound capacity.
Introduced by Oswald J. Feliz
intro.nyc/0553-2026 Establishing a program to provide financial assistance to small retail businesses for the purchase of security system technology.
Introduced by Oswald J. Feliz
intro.nyc/0574-2026 Requiring individuals registering as lobbyists to complete an annual anti-sexual harassment interactive training and to provide the certification of completion as part of registration.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
intro.nyc/0580-2026 Establishing an office of child care to oversee free child care for all city residents.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0603-2026 Universal summer youth program plan.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0632-2026 Prohibiting non-essential helicopters from operating at heliports owned or operated by the city.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0633-2026 Reducing noise caused by chartered helicopters.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0641-2026 Department of social services is required to make CityFHEPS rental assistance payments.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0644-2026 Notification to campaign contributors for covered elections.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0650-2026 Disposition of real property of the city.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0657-2026 Third party transfer program, and to repeal sections 11-425, 11-426, and 11-427 of such code, relating to agreements for payment of delinquent taxes and charges in installments.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0664-2026 Compensation of the mayor, public advocate, members of the city council, borough presidents, comptroller and district attorneys.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0668-2026 Increasing fines for the depositing of residential or commercial refuse into public litter baskets.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0669-2026 Referring 311 non-emergency traffic condition complaints to the transportation bureau of the police department.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0678-2026 Establishing a minimum per diem for food provision in shelters.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0679-2026 Reporting on shelter food consumption, and providing the repeal thereof.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0690-2026 Requiring comprehensive reporting and oversight of the use of surveillance technology for law enforcement purposes by certain agencies.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0692-2026 Workforce stabilization payments for school paraprofessionals, and providing for the repeal thereof.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0719-2026 Establishing procedures for blood alcohol level testing of a uniformed member of the police department whose discharge of a firearm results in physical injury to or death of an individual.
Introduced by Yusef Salaam
intro.nyc/0721-2026 Parking permits for medical residents.
Introduced by Yusef Salaam
intro.nyc/0752-2026 Requiring third-party food delivery services and food service establishments to display sanitary inspection letter grades online.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0772-2026 A taskforce to study improving safety in homeless shelters.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0773-2026 Establishing a commission to develop a citywide shelter siting plan for implementation by the department of homeless services and social services.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0796-2026 Regulating the police department’s response to first amendment events.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0811-2026 Requiring the department of sanitation to clean and maintain all city-owned vacant lots.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0813-2026 Refusing to renew, suspending, or revoking a license of a tobacco retail dealer that has violated certain authorization requirements of the cannabis law.
Introduced by Harvey D. Epstein
intro.nyc/0839-2026 Making the certification of no harassment pilot program permanent and adding criteria for inclusion of certain buildings in the program.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0845-2026 Requiring the department of transportation to install lighting under elevated train lines.
Introduced by Shanel Thomas-Henry