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 16 bills in the current legislative session.

1 bills are Introduced , 15 bills are in Committee

intro.nyc/0388-2026 Establishing a hotline and detailed reports on antisemitism and other hate- and bias-related incidents.
intro.nyc/0389-2026 Requiring third-party food delivery services to verify the registration of mopeds used by food delivery workers.
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.
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.
intro.nyc/0392-2026 Requiring community boards to email a monthly newsletter and videoconference their meetings and hearings.
intro.nyc/0393-2026 Establishing an office of community board support.
intro.nyc/0394-2026 Monthly reporting by the director of management and budget on the status of all federal funding.
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.
intro.nyc/0396-2026 Increasing expenditure limits for candidates in response to independent expenditures exceeding certain thresholds.
intro.nyc/0397-2026 Capital plant inventory and maintenance.
intro.nyc/0398-2026 Annual disclosure of financial interests by certain officers and employees of the city.
intro.nyc/0399-2026 Requiring certain covered public servants to publicly report meetings with lobbyists.
intro.nyc/0400-2026 Maintenance and cleaning of dog runs under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.
intro.nyc/0401-2026 Public organic waste receptacles.
intro.nyc/0402-2026 Prohibiting the issuance of private vehicle parking permits and revoking such existing permit.
intro.nyc/0403-2026 Creating a department of community safety
with 26 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Lincoln Restler has sponsored 37 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/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/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/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