Carlina Rivera

Jan 2018 - Dec 2025
District 2 (Manhattan)

Comittees

Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations (chair)
Committee on Hospitals
Committee on Land Use
Committee on Public Safety
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Manhattan Delegation of the New York City Council
Subcommittee on COVID & Infectious Diseases




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Legislation (2024-2025 Session)

Council member Carlina Rivera has introduced 19 bills in the current legislative session.

13 bills are in Committee , 2 bills are Laid Over in Committee , 2 bills are Withdrawn , 2 bills are Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)

intro.nyc/0083-2024 Child protective caseloads and workloads action plan.
intro.nyc/0084-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Workforce survey of migrants, including recent arrivals and asylum seekers, and to repeal such amendments upon the expiration thereof.
with 17 sponsors
intro.nyc/0085-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Health survey of migrants, including recent arrivals and asylum seekers, and to repeal such amendments upon the expiration thereof.
with 16 sponsors
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.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0420-2024 Establishing a program for child visitors of department of correction facilities.
with 13 sponsors
intro.nyc/0421-2024 Providing tenants the option of paying a security deposit in six equal monthly installments.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0422-2024 Requiring the commissioner of DOITT to create a separate 311 category for rooftop activity complaints and to report annually regarding such complaints.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0423-2024 Procedures following the death of an individual in custody of the department of correction and a report on compassionate release.
with 11 sponsors
intro.nyc/0424-2024 Flood evacuation plans for tenants.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0425-2024 Limiting the use of facial recognition technology in residential buildings.
with 20 sponsors
intro.nyc/0711-2024 Licensing moped repair shops.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0712-2024 Requiring the department of correction to create and implement policies to address medical needs during and after lock-ins.
with 15 sponsors
intro.nyc/0713-2024 Requiring alternating high and low, two-toned signal devices on emergency vehicles
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0714-2024 Installing safety signs near schools
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0792-2024 Requiring the department of correction to use an electronic case management system to track investigations of sexual abuse
with 12 sponsors
intro.nyc/0793-2024 Establishing a pilot program to study alternatives to asphalt for street resurfacing and street construction projects.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0902-2024 Giving qualified entities a first opportunity to purchase and an opportunity to submit an offer to purchase certain residential buildings when offered for sale.
with 24 sponsors
intro.nyc/0933-2024 Outreach campaign on gun buy-back programs.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0956-2024 Display of artwork on temporary protective structures on construction sites.
with 2 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Carlina Rivera has sponsored 119 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0001-2024 Enacted The naming of the Paul A. Vallone Queens Animal Care Center.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
intro.nyc/0005-2024 Translating the citizen’s air complaint program portal into the designated citywide languages.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
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/0020-2024 Third-party delivery workers and powered bicycle safety.
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/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/0026-2024 Restricting non-essential helicopter operations at city heliports to helicopters powered fully by electric engines.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/0027-2024 Monitoring helicopter noise.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/0028-2024 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.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/0030-2024 Safety standards for powered bicycles and powered mobility devices used for deliveries.
Introduced by Oswald Feliz
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/0039-2024 Enacted Establishing a program to assist with door and window repair and security for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
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/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 Requiring food vendors to obtain a certificate of authority to collect sales tax, repeal sections 17-310 & 20-457 of such code, relating to tax clearance and minimum tax payments for renewal of mobile food licenses, permits and general vending licenses.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0051-2024 Enacted Prohibiting vending in bicycle lanes.
Introduced by Julie Menin
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/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/0065-2024 Reporting on moneys on deposit.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0066-2024 Reporting on non-depository city financial services.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0069-2024 Enacted 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/0070-2024 Prohibiting non-essential helicopters from operating at heliports owned or operated by the city.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0078-2024 The disposition of real property of the city.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0079-2024 Installation of pedestrian lighting fixtures.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0080-2024 Hazardous obstruction by vehicles and civilian complaints to the department of transportation for hazardous obstruction violations.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
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/0093-2024 Enacted Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to develop a healthy nyc population health agenda.
Introduced by Lynn C. Schulman
intro.nyc/0097-2024 Enacted Increasing the civil penalty for repeated littering violations.
Introduced by Sandra Ung
intro.nyc/0107-2024 Air quality monitoring at designated “heavy use” thoroughfares.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0110-2024 Enacted Report on the New York city housing authority’s permanent affordability commitment together program.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0111-2024 Reporting on vacant public housing dwelling units.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0113-2024 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/0126-2024 Enacted Requiring provision of body armor to fire department employees within the bureau of emergency medical services providing emergency medical services.
Introduced by Joseph C. Borelli
intro.nyc/0127-2024 Enacted Providing de-escalation and self-defense training to fire department employees within the bureau of emergency medical services providing emergency medical services.
Introduced by Joseph C. Borelli
intro.nyc/0130-2024 Composting plant waste in parks.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0131-2024 Adding a 311 complaint category for noise from sirens.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0134-2024 Enacted Requiring regular reports on the redevelopment plans at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0135-2024 Enacted Study on structural loadbearing capacity of parking garages.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0151-2024 The terms “inmate,” “prisoner,” and “incarcerated individual” and other similar terminology as used therein.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
intro.nyc/0168-2024 The department of investigation’s oversight of the police department use of surveillance technology.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/0170-2024 Enacted Increased penalties for department of buildings violations issued to parking structures.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/0172-2024 Enacted The compensation received by for-hire vehicle drivers for advertising on the interior of for-hire vehicles.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/0193-2024 Requiring taxis and for-hire vehicles to display a decal warning passengers to look for cyclists when opening the door.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0197-2024 Requiring text to 911 and next generation 911 to be available in the designated citywide languages.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
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/0206-2024 Requiring correction officers to carry and administer opioid antagonists while on duty and to receive related training.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0207-2024 Minimum standards for emergency congregate housing.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0208-2024 Notification of the right to be placed in shelter.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0210-2024 Prohibiting the department of social services or any other city agency from imposing length of shelter stay restrictions in a shelter of any type.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0214-2024 Creating a private right of action related to civil immigration detainers and cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0216-2024 Enhancing the IDNYC application process.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0217-2024 Prohibiting places or providers of public accommodation from using biometric recognition technology and protecting any biometric identifier information collected.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0231-2024 Enacted Increasing the frequency of parking structure inspections.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0275-2024 Length of the season and operating hours for city beaches and pools.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
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/0291-2024 Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0301-2024 Installation of solar-powered crosswalks.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0340-2024 Automatic waiver of certain additional penalties for a parking violation if a vehicle owner responds to a notice of violation between forty-five and ninety days of its issuance.
Introduced by Mercedes Narcisse
intro.nyc/0341-2024 Enacted Requiring the NYC DOE to report the number of students reported to the office of school health as having a diagnosis of sickle cell disease or trait.
Introduced by Mercedes Narcisse
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/0353-2024 Installation of solar photovoltaic systems on city-owned property.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0354-2024 Utilizing city-owned lots for energy storage systems.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0356-2024 The department of social services to create shelters for LGBTQ single adults in every borough.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0357-2024 Quarterly reports on shelters for LGBTQ single adults.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0360-2024 The fees charged in a residential rental real estate transaction.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0369-2024 Pilot program for the use of unmanned aircraft systems in the inspection of the exterior walls of buildings greater than six stories in height.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0374-2024 Prohibiting businesses from setting a minimum purchase requirement greater than $10 for credit card transactions.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0376-2024 Requiring the department of correction to publish all of its rules, policies and directives.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0378-2024 The board of correction’s access to body-worn camera records.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0391-2024 Sidewalk shed design requirements.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0392-2024 Requiring permit holders responsible for sidewalk sheds or scaffolding to repair or replace certain damaged city-owned trees.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0393-2024 Removing construction-related equipment.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0394-2024 Altering the timeline of initial façade examinations for new construction and coordinating all façade examinations on each city block.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0395-2024 Limiting the circumstances in which a person may be detained by the police department on a civil immigration detainer.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0396-2024 Limiting communication between the department of correction and federal immigration authorities.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0412-2024 Notifying emergency contacts and attorney of record when an individual in custody attempts suicide, is hospitalized, or is seriously injured.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0428-2024 The posting of information relating to wage theft at construction sites.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0429-2024 Periodic inspections of gas piping systems, ordinary plumbing work, reestablishing the plumbing and fire suppression piping contractor license board, piping systems, emergency work, fire suppression piping work, and seizure.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0431-2024 Ensuring business licensing and regulatory compliance of all mobile food and general vendors.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0433-2024 A report on hearings concerning department of buildings violations that are adjourned by the office of administrative trials and hearings.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0434-2024 Building water system maintenance and inspection.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0435-2024 Expanding availability of rapid testing for sexually transmitted infections.
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/0471-2024 Establishing a New York city freedom trail task force.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0480-2024 Police department transparency in the use of surveillance technology.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0557-2024 Adding a 311 complaint category for unlicensed cannabis retailers.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0561-2024 Requiring authorized emergency vehicles to have an emergency signal device that emits pulsating, low-frequency tones.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0570-2024 Creating a land bank.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0571-2024 Establishment of a Wards Island affordable housing task force.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0584-2024 Enacted Providing an estimated wait time to 311 call center customers.
Introduced by Eric Dinowitz
intro.nyc/0607-2024 Requiring tenant relocation services to the same community district, a nearby community district, or the same borough.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0608-2024 Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to increase tenant relocation services in the event of a vacate order.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0609-2024 Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to report on the special repair fund.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
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/0675-2024 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/0696-2024 Establishing organic waste composting facilities in each borough.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0715-2024 Requiring food delivery companies to be responsible for the safe operation of electric food delivery bicycles.
Introduced by Lynn C. Schulman
intro.nyc/0736-2024 Establish a rat contraceptive pilot program.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0737-2024 Establishing gratuity standards for food delivery workers.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0738-2024 Requiring third-party food delivery services that solicit gratuities to do so before or at the same time an online order is placed
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0739-2024 Reports on the response to asylum seeker arrivals and requiring the use of budget codes for funding associated with the response to asylum seeker arrivals.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0749-2024 Creation of an office of residential displacement remediation and establishing a residential displacement remediation online portal.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0750-2024 Timeframe to correct department of buildings violations, requiring additional documentation when an owner seeks to demolish a building, and expanding the certification of no harassment program.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0751-2024 Creation of a residential fire emergency response guide.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0798-2024 Abolishing the criminal group database and prohibiting the establishment of a successor database.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0817-2024 Study and report on the feasibility of a low-cost and city-sponsored renter’s insurance program.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0838-2024 Application for New York city identity cards by incarcerated persons.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0859-2024 Requiring third-party food delivery services and third-party courier services to provide food delivery workers with information underlying their pay calculations
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0865-2024 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/0896-2024 Limiting nighttime illumination for certain buildings.
Introduced by Francisco P. Moya
intro.nyc/0904-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Establishing a proactive inspection program for buildings.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0908-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Requiring council advice and consent for certain commissioners.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
intro.nyc/0912-2024 Requiring the dept of social services to develop parenting resource materials and the dept of health and mental hygiene to distribute such materials to new parents and guardians and to make available on their website information about community-based orga
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0934-2024 Voluntary community gun buy-back program.
Introduced by Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
intro.nyc/0935-2024 Collection of data regarding the destinations of individuals exiting the shelter and migrant re-ticketing systems, and to repeal such amendments upon the expiration thereof.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0963-2024 Privacy of communications of individuals in the custody of the department of correction.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer