James F. Gennaro

Jan 2002 - Dec 2023
District 24 (Queens)

Comittees

Committee on Contracts
Committee on Education
Committee on Environmental Protection (chair)
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
Committee on State and Federal Legislation
Committee on Women and Gender Equity



Legislation (2022-2023 Session)

Council member James F. Gennaro has introduced 15 bills in the current legislative session.

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

intro.nyc/0237-2022 Buildings required to be benchmarked for energy and water efficiency.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0238-2022 Collection of recyclable materials after a holiday.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0239-2022 Education and outreach regarding solar and green roof requirements.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0330-2022 Requiring the creation of a database of subsurface conditions to support better engineering of geothermal heat pumps.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0468-2022 An invasive species advisory board.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0469-2022 Signs near diaper changing tables.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0470-2022 Phasing out the use of fuel oil grade no. 4.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0471-2022 Clarifying the effective date of local law number 92 for the year 2019 and local law number 94 for the year 2019.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0529-2022 Renewable natural gas.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0530-2022 Notification of discolored water or reduction of water pressure.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0531-2022 Annual report on drainage infrastructure.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0532-2022 Installing pumpout facilities to establish the city’s coastal waters as no-discharge zones.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0533-2022 Requiring DEP to report on its progress toward decreasing the presence of sewage and stormwater contaminants in the city waterways and various strategies to achieve those goals, and providing for the expiration and repeal of such requirement.
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0614-2022 Pilot program to reduce emissions from city-owned motor vehicles.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0615-2022 Creation of an energy efficiency program for multiple dwellings.
with 3 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member James F. Gennaro has sponsored 54 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0004-2022 Prohibiting the sale of guinea pigs as pets, and clarifying the definition of the term “pet shop” to address inconsistent use of such term in the code.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0005-2022 Records of lead-based paint investigations.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0006-2022 Permanent removal of lead-based paint on friction surfaces in child-occupied dwellings.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0055-2022 Creation of a separate 311 category for COVID-19 testing site complaints.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0056-2022 Establishing a nightlife opioid antagonist program.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0070-2022 Enacted Continuation of the New York city rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0076-2022 Requiring the department of environmental protection to establish a program to provide financial assistance for the purchase and installation of backwater valves.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0086-2022 Education about city standards for respectful care at birth, health care proxy forms and patients’ rights.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0098-2022 Reimbursing small nonpublic schools for the cost of security guard services.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0104-2022 Enacted Defining the term self-closing door.
Introduced by Oswald Feliz
intro.nyc/0105-2022 Enacted Housing and fire safety.
Introduced by Oswald Feliz
intro.nyc/0106-2022 Enacted Sale of electric space heaters.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0116-2022 One-Stop Shop NYC Business Portal
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0131-2022 Enacted Requiring the fire dept to conduct residential education and outreach regarding the safe operation of electric space heaters.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0136-2022 Requiring agencies to develop and utilize a preferred vendor list to provide community-integrated translation and interpretation services and reporting in relation thereto.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0137-2022 Requiring agencies to translate and distribute to community-based organizations emergency information in the designated citywide languages.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0139-2022 Report on the impact of the deaths of parents and guardians from COVID-19 on children and the repeal of such requirement upon the expiration thereof.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0143-2022 Remediating lead water hazards in schools.
Introduced by Charles Barron
intro.nyc/0155-2022 Enacted Requiring the commissioner of buildings to waive filing fees for permits to alter family dwellings to conform to the NYC fire code.
Introduced by David M. Carr
intro.nyc/0188-2022 Creating a youth employment education program.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0193-2022 Lead-based paint hazards in common areas of dwellings.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0200-2022 Quarterly reporting on objections to orders for the abatement or remediation of lead conditions.
Introduced by Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
intro.nyc/0208-2022 Enacted Inspections of self-closing doors and fire safety notices in residential buildings.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0210-2022 Creating a marine debris disposal and vessel surrendering office.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0226-2022 Reducing noise caused by sightseeing helicopters that meet federal noise reduction standards.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0242-2022 Establishment of a Marshall Plan for Moms Task Force.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0244-2022 Residential curbside organics collection.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0245-2022 Light pollution from light fixtures in a residential district.
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
intro.nyc/0274-2022 Establishing a goal of zero waste for NYC by 2030.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0275-2022 Goal of zero waste to landfill.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0280-2022 Community recycling centers.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0281-2022 Organic waste drop off sites.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0312-2022 Increasing certain penalties for excessive noise from motor vehicles.
Introduced by Erik D. Bottcher
intro.nyc/0372-2022 Enacted Creation of an office of the utility advocate within the department of consumer and worker protection.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
intro.nyc/0409-2022 Increasing access to data on maternal mortality and morbidity.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0444-2022 Requiring DEP to post information online regarding scheduled and requested infrastructure services.
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
intro.nyc/0472-2022 Establishing a program in the department of health and mental hygiene to train doulas and provide doula services to residents in all five boroughs.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0477-2022 Establishing a child care task force.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0478-2022 An outreach and education campaign on the benefits and services provided by doulas and midwives.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0480-2022 Enacted Naming of 78 thoroughfares and public places.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0482-2022 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to provide information on polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0485-2022 Electronic child care directory.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0486-2022 Establishing a child care advisory board.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0487-2022 Establishing a child care subsidy information portal.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0488-2022 Establishing a child care program fund.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0489-2022 Child care certification program.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0501-2022 Hazardous obstruction by vehicles and civilian complaints to the department of transportation for hazardous obstruction violations.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0509-2022 Public education and outreach campaign on maternal mortality and morbidity and a report regarding the incidence of cesarean sections.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0522-2022 Requiring mental health professionals in families with children shelters.
Introduced by Erik D. Bottcher
intro.nyc/0526-2022 Childcare services at public meetings.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
intro.nyc/0544-2022 Penalties for failure to store waste in a satisfactory manner in required receptacles and for placing waste at the curb or on the street or sidewalk prior to the specified time for collection.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0559-2022 Restricting eating utensils and extra eating containers, and clarifying the definition of third-party courier service.
Introduced by Marjorie Velázquez
intro.nyc/0601-2022 Conducting continuous wastewater-based epidemiology testing and reporting on infectious diseases found in wastewater, and to repeal section 24-531 of such code, relating to the creation of a pilot program to test sewage for SARS-CoV-2 RNA.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
intro.nyc/0606-2022 Motor vehicles idling adjacent to and within New York city parks, green spaces and playgrounds.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés