Lincoln Restler

Jan 2022 - Dec 2029
District 33 (Brooklyn)

Comittees

Committee on Contracts (chair)
Committee on Environmental Protection and Waterfronts
Committee on Finance
Committee on Higher Education
Committee on Public Housing




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Legislation (2026-2029 Session)

Council member Lincoln Restler has introduced 47 bills in the current legislative session.

47 bills are in Committee

intro.nyc/0388-2026 Establishing a hotline and detailed reports on antisemitism and other hate- and bias-related incidents.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0389-2026 Requiring third-party food delivery services to verify the registration of mopeds used by food delivery workers.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0390-2026 Prohibiting policy making for two years after the termination of their employment by public servants with substantial policy discretion who worked for private entities.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0391-2026 Requiring borough presidents to establish and maintain an office to assist community boards by providing legal, information technology, community planning, and human resources support.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0392-2026 Requiring community boards to email a monthly newsletter and videoconference their meetings and hearings.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0393-2026 Establishing an office of community board support.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0394-2026 Monthly reporting by the director of management and budget on the status of all federal funding.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0395-2026 Requiring the Law Department to report on its involvement in legal actions in which a current or former City employee is a party.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0396-2026 Increasing expenditure limits for candidates in response to independent expenditures exceeding certain thresholds.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0397-2026 Capital plant inventory and maintenance.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0398-2026 Annual disclosure of financial interests by certain officers and employees of the city.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0399-2026 Requiring certain covered public servants to publicly report meetings with lobbyists.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0400-2026 Maintenance and cleaning of dog runs under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0401-2026 Public organic waste receptacles.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0402-2026 Prohibiting the issuance of private vehicle parking permits and revoking such existing permit.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0403-2026 Creating a department of community safety
with 27 sponsors
intro.nyc/0625-2026 Community board member training, appointment dates, and qualifications.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0626-2026 Providing tenants the option of paying a security deposit in six equal monthly installments.
intro.nyc/0627-2026 Establishing penalties for alternate side parking violations and requiring towing of certain vehicles in violation of alternate side parking rules.
intro.nyc/0628-2026 Expanding access to sidewalk and roadway cafe applications.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0629-2026 Establishment of teams to review the population of youth held in secure detention facilities.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0630-2026 Establishing a coordinator for borough-based jail construction.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0631-2026 Requiring the department of education to report on early childhood education seat availability, outreach, and staff vacancies.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0632-2026 Prohibiting non-essential helicopters from operating at heliports owned or operated by the city.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0633-2026 Reducing noise caused by chartered helicopters.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0635-2026 Prohibiting ice cream trucks from using generators or engines powered by carbon-based fuel to provide electricity for food equipment.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0636-2026 Requiring an after hours variance for the removal of construction debris.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0637-2026 Requiring the commissioner of emergency management to develop and implement a plan regarding public notification during air quality emergencies.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0638-2026 Emergency response protocols on days of air quality emergency.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0639-2026 Requiring the commissioner of emergency management to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for air quality emergencies.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0640-2026 Rooftop access requirements for buildings with solar panel installations.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0641-2026 Department of social services is required to make CityFHEPS rental assistance payments.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0642-2026 Requiring the campaign finance board to promulgate rules for candidate disclosure responses.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0643-2026 Campaign contributions delivered by intermediaries and recordkeeping requirements for fundraisers.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0644-2026 Notification to campaign contributors for covered elections.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0645-2026 Establishing a day-fines pilot program in the office of administrative trials and hearings.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0646-2026 Requiring the department of citywide administrative services to maintain an interactive webpage providing information on the city government workforce and to publish semiannual reports aggregating and summarizing such information.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0647-2026 Post-employment activities of former elected officials.
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0648-2026 Requiring the registration of vacant commercial and residential properties.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0649-2026 Requiring the posting of a sign identifying the owners of multiple dwellings.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0650-2026 Disposition of real property of the city.
with 16 sponsors
intro.nyc/0651-2026 Requiring the department of investigation to investigate allegations of evidentiary misconduct by police officers.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0652-2026 Creation of a plan to develop more dog runs located in parks under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0653-2026 Requiring a notice and comment period prior to the deployment of public communications structures.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0654-2026 Hazardous obstruction by vehicles and civilian complaints to the department of transportation for hazardous obstruction violations.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0655-2026 Expanding access to roadway and sidewalk cafes.
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0656-2026 Setting maximum amounts for certain member usage fees charged by a bike share operator.
with 4 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Lincoln Restler has sponsored 56 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0011-2026 Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0013-2026 Installation of solar-powered crosswalks.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0027-2026 Development and distribution of materials on the risks of keeping a gun in the home
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0053-2026 Regulation of indirect sources of air pollution.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0054-2026 Air quality monitoring at designated “heavy use” thoroughfares.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0057-2026 Requiring the 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/0058-2026 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/0059-2026 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/0066-2026 Shared housing.
Introduced by Virginia Maloney
intro.nyc/0097-2026 Reducing noise caused by sightseeing helicopters that meet federal noise reduction standards.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0102-2026 Lobbying prohibitions in connection with campaign-related fundraising or political consulting.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0141-2026 Requiring district attorneys to report on retained and seized property.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0148-2026 Ability of supreme court justices in the twelfth and thirteenth judicial districts to hear objections to charter amendment petitions.
Introduced by David M. Carr
intro.nyc/0149-2026 Ability of supreme court justices in the twelfth and thirteenth judicial districts to order summary inquiries into official misconduct.
Introduced by David M. Carr
intro.nyc/0150-2026 Requiring annual reporting by offices of local elected officials and agencies on expenditures for branded materials.
Introduced by David M. Carr
intro.nyc/0156-2026 Permitting street vendors to vend within two feet from the curb.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0159-2026 Capping renewable energy credits to 10% of a building’s electricity emissions in excess of its limit.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0162-2026 Adding a 311 complaint category for dog runs.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0203-2026 Reporting on payments to early childhood care and education providers.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0208-2026 Requiring the inclusion of businesses owned by persons of Middle Eastern and North African descent in future disparity studies.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0214-2026 Requiring micromobility share system operators to display rules of the road for safe operation.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0220-2026 Identification of formerly enslaved African American burial sites.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0240-2026 A universal after school program plan.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0244-2026 Prohibiting the sale and rental of class three bicycles with electric assist.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0248-2026 Automatic enrollment of eligible individuals in city-created benefit programs.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0271-2026 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/0291-2026 Requiring the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to report deaths by suicide that occur in the city and suicide-related behavior among youth.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0294-2026 Discounted bike share rate for public school students aged 16 or older.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0302-2026 Prohibiting restrictions that bar the display of religious items on entry doors and doorframes.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/0303-2026 Maximum working hours for home care aides.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/0307-2026 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/0319-2026 Requiring participation in debates by candidates receiving public matching funds.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0323-2026 Providing paid leave for city employees who serve as bone marrow or living organ donors and establishing a city bone marrow and living organ donor honor roll.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0359-2026 Utilizing city-owned lots for energy storage systems.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0362-2026 Community land trust regulatory agreements for the provision of services in addition to housing that benefit the local community.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0418-2026 Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to create an in-person housing portal assistance program.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0425-2026 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/0427-2026 How affordable housing units which subsequently became vacant are rented through the housing portal.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0447-2026 Information regarding alternatives to incarceration and alternatives to detention programs for youth.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0452-2026 Establishing wage requirements for city-contracted human services workers.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0511-2026 Prohibiting standing or parking a vehicle within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0512-2026 Adding a 311 complaint category for SNAP theft.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang
intro.nyc/0518-2026 Requiring the licensing of last-mile facilities.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0551-2026 Prohibiting the sale or distribution of fraudulent license plates.
Introduced by Oswald J. Feliz
intro.nyc/0574-2026 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.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
intro.nyc/0579-2026 An education and outreach campaign to enroll students in 3-K and pre-K.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0580-2026 Establishing an office of child care to oversee free child care for all city residents.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0586-2026 An annual education campaign to combat antisemitism and promote inclusion.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0587-2026 Minimum standards for emergency congregate housing.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0589-2026 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/0609-2026 Prohibiting the sale of flavored cigarettes.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0610-2026 Notification of intent to alter or demolish certain rent regulated housing accommodations.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0613-2026 Installation of protected bicycle lanes.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0657-2026 Third party transfer program, and to repeal sections 11-425, 11-426, and 11-427 of such code, relating to agreements for payment of delinquent taxes and charges in installments.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0664-2026 Compensation of the mayor, public advocate, members of the city council, borough presidents, comptroller and district attorneys.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0670-2026 Establishing rules of decorum for posting on official social media accounts.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams