Eric Dinowitz

Apr 2021 - Dec 2025
District 11 (Bronx)

Comittees

Bronx Delegation of the New York City Council (co-chair)
Committee on Civil Service and Labor
Committee on Education
Committee on Higher Education (chair)
Committee on Housing and Buildings
Committee on Standards and Ethics
Subcommittee on Senior Centers and Food Insecurity
Task Force to Combat Hate (co-chair)





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Legislation (2024-2025 Session)

Council member Eric Dinowitz has introduced 19 bills in the current legislative session.

14 bills are in Committee , 3 bills are Laid Over in Committee , 2 bills are Enacted

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.
with 46 sponsors
intro.nyc/0162-2024 Bicycle storage in city buildings.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0163-2024 Establishing accessibility guidelines for print documents.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0576-2024 Requiring annual reports on employment turnover of school safety agents and other school safety personnel.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0577-2024 Requiring the department of education to conduct a study on the feasibility of installing green roofs on schools.
with 17 sponsors
intro.nyc/0578-2024 Requiring reporting on projected and actual school enrollment numbers.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0579-2024 Requiring information about elections for non-municipal offices, ballot proposals and referenda in the voter guide.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0580-2024 Reporting on the number of bedrooms created though inclusionary housing programs.
intro.nyc/0581-2024 Notification of hate crimes.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0582-2024 Creating a mobile application to support the efficient handling of 311 service requests by city employees.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0583-2024 Requiring the 311 customer service center to provide live chat functionality.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0584-2024 Enacted Providing an estimated wait time to 311 call center customers.
with 12 sponsors
intro.nyc/0585-2024 A teacher retention reporting requirement and task force.
with 11 sponsors
intro.nyc/0586-2024 The designation of rapid emergency response centers in each community district.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0587-2024 Requiring the 311 customer service center to conduct customer satisfaction surveys after each 311 call intake is closed and to publish agency report cards.
with 11 sponsors
intro.nyc/0588-2024 311 transmitting image and video data for service requests or complaints.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0589-2024 Requiring that 311 allow persons to request snow and ice removal on pedestrian bridges and that those reports be routed to the appropriate agency.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0744-2024 Duplicate 311 requests for service and complaints.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0866-2024 Enforcing the human rights law and conducting an information campaign for places of public accommodation.
with 5 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Eric Dinowitz has sponsored 68 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/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/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/0034-2024 An invasive species advisory board.
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/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/0051-2024 Enacted Prohibiting vending in bicycle lanes.
Introduced by Julie Menin
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/0099-2024 Creation of curbside overnight truck parking sections in Industrial Business Zones.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0103-2024 Notification of the removal of parking spaces.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0129-2024 Enacted Establishing a pilot program to construct solar canopies in certain parking lots.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0130-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Establishing composting facilities in parks.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0175-2024 Requiring the department of education to create a plan to provide specialized high schools exam preparation to all middle school students.
Introduced by Oswald Feliz
intro.nyc/0180-2024 Establishing a program to provide financial assistance to small retail businesses for the purchase of security system technology.
Introduced by Oswald Feliz
intro.nyc/0195-2024 Requiring the department of education to report on certain physical facilities at city schools.
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 Enacted The creation of a truth, healing, and reconciliation process.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0279-2024 Enacted Studying the impacts of slavery and its legacies in New York city and recommending potential reparative measures for resulting harms.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0282-2024 Accessibility in small businesses.
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/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/0353-2024 Enacted Installation of solar photovoltaic systems on city-owned property.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
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/0380-2024 Requiring the department of education to create a plan to administer specialized high schools admission tests on a school day.
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/0397-2024 Amending the nuisance abatement law regarding the sale or delivery of cannabis.
Introduced by Keith Powers
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/0434-2024 Building water system maintenance and inspection.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0442-2024 Restricting social media usage for youth.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0444-2024 Provision of mental health services for children visiting incarcerated individuals.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0468-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Department of transportation posting information on traffic-control device and speed reducer requests on its website.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0532-2024 Reimbursing small nonpublic schools for the cost of security guard services.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0546-2024 Requiring the department of education to create a plan for a pilot after school SHSAT preparation program.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0552-2024 Street resurfacing timeline.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0557-2024 Adding a 311 complaint category for unlicensed cannabis retailers.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0560-2024 The sale and use of gas-powered leaf blowers.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0573-2024 Increasing the number of drinking fountains adjacent to public parks and greenstreets.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
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/0626-2024 Use of global positioning system coordinates for 311 complaints and service requests.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0640-2024 Requiring the 311 customer service center to accept requests for service and complaints using video call functionality.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
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/0650-2024 The cleaning and maintenance of city property.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0653-2024 Enacted Continuation of the New York city rent stabilization law.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0654-2024 Abatement of taxation for alterations and improvements to certain multiple dwellings.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0731-2024 Establishing a task force to examine disparities in contracting
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0736-2024 Enacted Establish a rat contraceptive pilot program.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0745-2024 Enacted Requiring the department of transportation to provide information about bicycle and other micromobility device activity.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
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 Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
intro.nyc/0763-2024 Requiring that law enforcement officers responding to noise complaints carry sound level meters
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
intro.nyc/0772-2024 Building emissions calculations, adjustments and penalties.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0800-2024 Tree maintenance prioritization
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0867-2024 Prohibiting the sale of menstrual and intimate care products that contain unsafe ingredients.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/0908-2024 Enacted Requiring council advice and consent for certain commissioners.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
intro.nyc/0956-2024 Enacted Display of artwork on temporary protective structures on construction sites.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0968-2024 Enacted Naming of 100 thoroughfares and public places.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0978-2024 Requiring the 311 customer service center to provide relevant resources in response to tree pruning-related requests
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0991-2024 Enacted Licensing Hotels
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/1032-2024 Establishing a universal application and recertification system for the senior citizen rent increase exemption program and disability rent increase exemption program.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/1062-2024 Clarifying the requirement that heads of mayoral agencies advise and assist elected officials and bodies of elected officials in regard to matters under the jurisdiction of their agencies.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/1069-2024 Reducing the maximum time commercial vehicles may park
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/1088-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Charter revision commission to draft a new or revised city charter.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams