Diana I. Ayala

Jan 2018 - Dec 2025
District 8 (Bronx and Manhattan)

Comittees

Bronx Delegation of the New York City Council
Committee on Criminal Justice
Committee on Finance
Committee on General Welfare (chair)
Committee on Oversight and Investigations
Committee on Public Safety
Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections
Committee on Standards and Ethics
Manhattan Delegation of the New York City Council

Legislation (2024-2025 Session)

Council member Diana I. Ayala has introduced 14 bills in the current legislative session.

13 bills are in Committee , 1 bills are Laid Over in Committee

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.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0008-2024 Enhanced reporting on the child welfare system.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0009-2024 Provision of counsel at the first point of contact during an ACS investigation.
with 12 sponsors
intro.nyc/0116-2024 Requiring quarterly reporting on lawful source of income discrimination in housing accommodations.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0117-2024 Requiring the department of education to create an online portal to facilitate the comparison of funding and spending across schools.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0118-2024 Reporting on dress code policies New York City schools.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0119-2024 Establishing an office of Puerto Rico-New York City affairs.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0120-2024 Enhancing the pre-arraignment physical and behavioral health screenings of arrestees held at the central booking facility of a criminal court in the city of New York.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0121-2024 Requiring housing developers that receive public financing to assume financial responsibility for repairs required within 10 years of construction.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0122-2024 Requiring the police department to make crime statistics at each New York city housing authority operated housing development available through the department’s website, as well as making other crime information regarding such housing developments availab
with 4 sponsors
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.
with 11 sponsors
intro.nyc/0124-2024 Requiring the department of homeless services to provide process navigator services to every family with children entering an intake center.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0125-2024 Prohibiting the police department from collecting DNA from a minor without consent from a parent, legal guardian or attorney.
with 6 sponsors
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.
with 4 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Diana I. Ayala has sponsored 78 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0005-2024 Translating the citizen’s air complaint program portal into the designated citywide languages.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0006-2024 Tenant education and outreach on residential vacate orders due to damage caused by fires.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
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/0031-2024 Requiring testing at city waterfronts for harmful substances in the water and the posting of results online.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
intro.nyc/0032-2024 Annual report on drainage infrastructure.
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/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/0047-2024 Repealing the misdemeanor criminal penalties for general vendors and mobile food vendors.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
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/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/0107-2024 Air quality monitoring at designated “heavy use” thoroughfares.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0108-2024 Requiring sheriffs and city marshals to report housing displacement to the department of social services/human resources administration to evaluate eligibility for legal counsel.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0109-2024 Requiring the department of parks and recreation to collect and report data regarding community gardens and permitting the sale of agriculture within community gardens.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0110-2024 A report on the 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/0112-2024 Prohibiting the department of sanitation from charging the New York city housing authority for sanitation services.
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/0114-2024 Department of transportation to study street design as a means to limit or reduce the use by commercial vehicles of streets in residential neighborhoods.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0115-2024 The creation of a mobile application that provides information about electric vehicle charging stations.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0130-2024 Composting plant waste in parks.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0183-2024 Allowing consolidation of required reports on building energy efficiency and emissions.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
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/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/0209-2024 Reporting on emergency congregate housing.
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/0216-2024 Enhancing the IDNYC application process.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0243-2024 Indirect costs of nonprofit city service contractors.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0287-2024 Creation of a public awareness campaign on the dangers of purchasing cannabis or cannabis products from unlicensed cannabis retailers.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0291-2024 Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses.
Introduced by Julie Menin
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/0353-2024 Installation of solar photovoltaic systems on city-owned property.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0361-2024 De-escalation and trauma-informed training for department of homeless services employees.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0397-2024 Amending the nuisance abatement law regarding the sale or delivery of cannabis.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0407-2024 Sales of cooperative apartments.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0408-2024 Creating a division within the department of small business services to assist street vendors and requiring the commissioner of small business services to update the department’s programs to facilitate street vendor access.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0420-2024 Establishing a program for child visitors of department of correction facilities.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
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/0430-2024 Including additional capital projects in the citywide statement of needs.
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/0432-2024 Distributing information about after school programs.
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/0438-2024 Requiring cooperative corporations to provide financial information to prospective purchasers of cooperative apartments.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0439-2024 Tracking mitigation strategies in final environmental impact statements as part of the uniform land use review process.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0442-2024 Restricting social media usage for youth.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0446-2024 Waiving parks permit fees for schools and child day care centers and providing an online system for school permit applications.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0512-2024 Review of patterns of contractual spending by the city agencies with not-for-profit organizations.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0552-2024 Street resurfacing timeline.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0571-2024 Establishment of a Wards Island affordable housing task force.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
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/0617-2024 Information on affordable housing units
Introduced by Christopher Marte
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/0638-2024 Requiring that NYPD vehicles be equipped with bulletproof glass.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0666-2024 Increasing civil penalties and prohibiting issuance of the food service establishment permit for outstanding penalties for violations of the fair work week law.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0667-2024 Requiring a workers’ rights training for certain fast food employees
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0671-2024 Civil service examination fee waivers.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0673-2024 Adding a 311 complaint category for dog runs.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0707-2024 Prohibiting non-disclosure agreements relating to development projects.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0712-2024 Requiring the department of correction to create and implement policies to address medical needs during and after lock-ins.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
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/0791-2024 Requiring the department of social services to post on its website data concerning vacant supportive housing units
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0792-2024 Requiring the department of correction to use an electronic case management system to track investigations of sexual abuse
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
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.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0796-2024 Providing local community boards and elected officials with advance notice of the installation of sidewalk sheds
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0802-2024 Establishing a standard insurance policy for food procurement vendors
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0843-2024 Establishing a digital inclusion officer at every city agency
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0857-2024 Towing vehicles that are an encumbrance on the street or that lack, improperly display, or obscure valid license plates, registration stickers, inspection stickers, or vehicle identification numbers.
Introduced by Rafael Salamanca, Jr.