James F. Gennaro

Jan 2002 - Dec 2023
District 24 (Queens)

Comittees

Committee on Contracts
Committee on Education
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts (chair)
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
Committee on State and Federal Legislation
Committee on Women and Gender Equity
Queens Delegation of the New York City Council



Legislation (2022-2023 Session)

Council member James F. Gennaro has introduced 18 bills in the current legislative session.

11 bills are in Committee , 6 bills are Laid Over in Committee , 1 bills are Enacted

intro.nyc/0237-2022 Buildings required to be benchmarked for energy and water efficiency.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0238-2022 Collection of recyclable materials after a holiday.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0239-2022 Education and outreach regarding solar and green roof requirements.
with 21 sponsors
intro.nyc/0330-2022 Requiring the creation of a database of subsurface conditions to support better engineering of geothermal heat pumps.
with 14 sponsors
intro.nyc/0468-2022 An invasive species advisory board.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0469-2022 Signs near diaper changing tables.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0470-2022 Enacted Phasing out the use of fuel oil grade no. 4.
with 41 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 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0530-2022 Notification of discolored water or reduction of water pressure.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0531-2022 Annual report on drainage infrastructure.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0532-2022 Installing pumpout facilities to establish the city’s coastal waters as no-discharge zones.
with 3 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 42 sponsors
intro.nyc/0614-2022 Pilot program to reduce emissions from city-owned motor vehicles.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0615-2022 Creation of an energy efficiency program for multiple dwellings.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0754-2022 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.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0811-2022 Voiding no-rehire provisions in settlement agreements for persons aggrieved by unlawful discriminatory practices.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0812-2022 Extending the statute of limitations for commencing a private cause of action under the city human rights law.
with 8 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member James F. Gennaro has sponsored 138 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 Enacted 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 Enacted Establishing a program to provide financial assistance for the purchase and installation of backwater valves.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0086-2022 Enacted Education about city standards for respectful care at birth, health care proxy forms and patients’ rights.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0092-2022 Enacted Creation of an advisory board for accessibility at shelters.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0098-2022 Reimbursing small nonpublic schools for the cost of security guard services.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0102-2022 Requiring the department of environmental protection to post a map of green roofs online.
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 Enacted Creating a one-stop shop small business portal.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0124-2022 Mayor's Desk for Signature Reporting on and training of housing specialists within the human resources administration and department of homeless services.
Introduced by Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
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 Enacted The capabilities of community-based organizations to provide language services to support city services.
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/0141-2022 Enacted Signage for automatic doors.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0143-2022 Remediating lead water hazards in schools.
Introduced by Charles Barron
intro.nyc/0148-2022 Enacted Expanding the definition of victim of domestic violence to include economic abuse.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0150-2022 Electric vehicle charging stations in open parking lots and parking garages.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0153-2022 Enacted Establishing a housing stability program for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
intro.nyc/0154-2022 Enacted Requiring the office to end domestic and gender-based violence to create an online services portal and guide.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
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/0174-2022 Enacted Reporting on park capital expenditures.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
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/0198-2022 Requiring the department of education to stock opioid antagonists in all school buildings.
Introduced by Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
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/0206-2022 Enacted Requiring the commissioner of information technology and telecommunications to report on wait times for the 311 customer service center to connect callers to an interpreter.
Introduced by Sandra Ung
intro.nyc/0208-2022 Enacted Inspections of self-closing doors and fire safety notices in residential buildings.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0209-2022 Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a person’s height or weight in opportunities of employment, housing, and access to public accommodations.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0210-2022 Mayor's Desk for Signature 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/0236-2022 Mayor's Desk for Signature Providing contracted ferry service at reduced cost to certain persons.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/0240-2022 Enacted DOITT updating 311 complaint types and reporting on such updates.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0242-2022 Enacted Establishment of a Marshall plan for moms task force to develop and issue recommendations on how to support working mothers, other parents, and caregivers.
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/0258-2022 Enacted Report on suitable locations for installing public bathrooms.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
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/0279-2022 Purchase of zero emission vehicles by the city.
Introduced by Keith Powers
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/0291-2022 Enacted Citywide greenway plan.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0296-2022 Enacted Identification of languages spoken by callers to the 311 customer service center.
Introduced by Sandra Ung
intro.nyc/0312-2022 Increasing certain penalties for excessive noise from motor vehicles.
Introduced by Erik D. Bottcher
intro.nyc/0315-2022 Identifying all vacant and underutilized municipally-owned sites that would be suitable for the development of renewable energy and assessing the renewable-energy generation potential and feasibility of such sites.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0338-2022 Establishing a bullying prevention task force.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
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/0375-2022 Enacted Reporting on the results of lotteries administered by the department of housing preservation and development for affordable housing units for tenants with disabilities.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0382-2022 Enacted Requiring certain agencies to publish guidance on responding to settlement offers, translate such guidance into the designated citywide languages, and notify settlement offer recipients about such guidance.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0383-2022 Enacted Registration requirements and the datasets for ground floor or second floor commercial premises.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0403-2022 Mayor's Desk for Signature Requiring the department of education to distribute IDNYC applications to all high school students.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0404-2022 Enacted Report tracking the funds paid pursuant to the New York opioid settlement sharing agreement.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0409-2022 Enacted Increasing access to data on maternal mortality and morbidity.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0414-2022 Enacted Rat mitigation progress in rat mitigation zones.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0417-2022 Notice requirements for certain transportation projects and the repeal of section 19-187 in relation thereto.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0421-2022 Enacted Requiring the department of homeless services to report on families with children.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0431-2022 Mayor's Desk for Signature Customer service training for shelter personnel of the department of homeless services and its contractors.
Introduced by Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
intro.nyc/0436-2022 Enacted Creating a juvenile justice advisory board, and to repeal section 619 of chapter 24-b of the New York city charter in relation thereto.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0439-2022 Enacted Requiring the mayor’s office of criminal justice to evaluate the performance of criminal justice programs that receive funding from the city.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0442-2022 Enacted Abating rodents as a requirement for the issuance of certain construction permits.
Introduced by Erik D. Bottcher
intro.nyc/0444-2022 Requiring DEP to post information online regarding scheduled and requested infrastructure services.
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
intro.nyc/0459-2022 Enacted Rat mitigation zones.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0460-2022 Enacted Receptacles in a building or dwelling that has a high concentration of rodent infestation.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0472-2022 Enacted 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 Enacted Establishing a child care task force.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0478-2022 Enacted 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 Enacted 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 Enacted Electronic child care directory.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0486-2022 Enacted Establishing a child care advisory board.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0487-2022 Enacted Establishing a child care subsidy information portal.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0488-2022 Enacted Establishing a child care grant pilot program.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0489-2022 Enacted Guidance to an owner of real property regarding facility requirements for a child care program.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0494-2022 A study of single-use plastics.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
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 Enacted 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/0515-2022 Enacted Pay Equity Package - Agency diversity plans, salary data, and pay equity analyses.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
intro.nyc/0522-2022 Enacted Requiring mental health professionals in families with children shelters.
Introduced by Erik D. Bottcher
intro.nyc/0524-2022 Enacted Interest rates applicable to installment agreements for the payment of property tax arrears.
Introduced by David M. Carr
intro.nyc/0525-2022 Enacted Purchase of second-hand catalytic converters.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0526-2022 Childcare services at public meetings.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
intro.nyc/0527-2022 Enacted Pay Equity Package - Evaluation and expansion of diverse recruitment and retention within the municipal government.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0541-2022 Enacted Pay Equity Package - Amending the reporting of pay and employment equity data.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
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 Enacted Restricting the provision of eating utensils, condiment packets, napkins and extra eating containers, and clarifying the definition of third-party courier service.
Introduced by Marjorie Velázquez
intro.nyc/0570-2022 Establishing an office of translation and interpretation within the office of immigrant affairs.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0577-2022 Prohibiting the sale of flavored cigarettes.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
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
intro.nyc/0610-2022 Enacted Requiring the department of education to provide information on the local 988 suicide and crisis lifeline and other related resources.
Introduced by Erik D. Bottcher
intro.nyc/0612-2022 Monitoring power plants performance.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
intro.nyc/0620-2022 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to conduct monkeypox education and prevention efforts and establish an infectious disease vaccine scheduling portal.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0622-2022 Suspending meter parking regulations on the Asian Lunar New Year.
Introduced by Ari Kagan
intro.nyc/0630-2022 Enacted The tracking of street cleaning operations online.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0631-2022 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to report information regarding vaccination related to monkeypox,
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0642-2022 Mayor's Desk for Signature Requiring quarterly reporting on the amount of time children and youth spend in the children’s center and other temporary placement facilities of the administration for children’s services.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0656-2022 Enacted Requiring the fire department to develop an informational campaign to educate the public on fire risks posed by powered mobility devices.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0660-2022 Enacted Establishing a program to provide transition services for students with disabilities entering higher education.
Introduced by Eric Dinowitz
intro.nyc/0663-2022 Enacted Sale, lease, and rental of powered bicycles, powered mobility devices and storage batteries.
Introduced by Oswald Feliz
intro.nyc/0672-2022 Enacted Aging In Place Package - Cultural programming relevant to prevalent spoken languages at older adult centers.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0673-2022 Enacted Aging In Place Package - Promoting housing stability for seniors by entitling any person who is 60 years of age or older to full legal representation in eviction or termination of tenancy proceedings in housing court.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0674-2022 Enacted Aging In Place Package - Requiring a know your rights pamphlet for older adults.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0676-2022 Enacted Aging In Place Package - Requiring a developer receiving city financial assistance to incorporate universal design features in dwelling units offered for rent in a housing development project.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0680-2022 Enacted Survey to determine the feasibility of creating small parks and green spaces on public streets with dead ends and vacant city-owned land near streets with dead ends.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0681-2022 Enacted Workforce development for persons with disabilities.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0682-2022 Enacted Requiring agencies to develop a five-year accessibility plan.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0684-2022 Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0687-2022 Requiring added sugar notifications for menu items in chain restaurants.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0697-2022 Enacted Providing supplemental language access services in connection with temporary language needs.
Introduced by Sandra Ung
intro.nyc/0699-2022 Enacted Enhancing language access for small business owners, and to repeal a related definition in section 17-1501 of such code.
Introduced by Sandra Ung
intro.nyc/0700-2022 Enacted Translation services for compliance materials.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0707-2022 Air quality monitoring at designated “heavy use” thoroughfares.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0708-2022 Redesigning the truck route network to improve safety and reduce traffic congestion and emissions.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0709-2022 Conducting beach water quality monitoring on a daily basis.
Introduced by Joseph C. Borelli
intro.nyc/0710-2022 Posting water quality monitoring test results at beaches.
Introduced by Joseph C. Borelli
intro.nyc/0718-2022 Requiring newly constructed multiple dwellings to provide adequate space to store and sort organic waste.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0722-2022 Enacted Providing food delivery workers with information on safety measures that mitigate the fire risks posed by powered mobility devices.
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
intro.nyc/0735-2022 Imposing civil penalties on contractors who perform work after the expiration of a permit.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0749-2022 Enacted Providing food delivery workers with information on safety measures that mitigate the fire risks posed by powered mobility devices.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0750-2022 Proactive identification and inspection of dwellings where children are at risk of lead poisoning.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0752-2022 Enacted Prohibiting the sale of lithium-ion batteries assembled or reconditioned using cells removed from used batteries.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0756-2022 Enacted Requiring the office for neighborhood safety and the prevention of gun violence to provide training and operational support to not-for-profit service providers participating in the city’s crisis management system.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0758-2022 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/0842-2022 Enacted Requiring the department of parks and recreation to develop a strategy to reduce the duration of its capital projects.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0844-2022 Establishing an office of healthcare accountability.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0855-2022 Enacted Requiring disclosure of the identity of contributors to entities making independent expenditures in support of or in opposition to any municipal ballot proposal or referendum.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0883-2023 Operation of motorized scooters, and to repeal subdivision e of section 19-176.2 of such code, relating to operators of electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist.
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
intro.nyc/0886-2023 Enacted Accessory sign violations and waiving penalties and fees for signs that are accessory to a use on the same zoning lot.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0918-2023 Mayor's Desk for Signature Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to develop and implement a citywide diabetes incidence and impact reduction plan.
Introduced by Lynn C. Schulman
intro.nyc/0949-2023 Establishment of a program to provide reduced cost or no cost lithium-ion batteries used in powered mobility devices.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0951-2023 Rooftop access requirements for buildings with solar panel installations.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler