Legislation (2022-2023 Session)
Council member Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has introduced 92 bills in the current legislative session.
71 bills are in Committee
, 13 bills are Laid Over in Committee
, 1 bills are Withdrawn
, 1 bills are Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
, 6 bills are Enacted
intro.nyc/0059-2022
Distressed property consultant disclosures and homeowner foreclosure prevention education.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0060-2022
Requiring the dept of correction to provide hand sanitizer to incarcerated individuals.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0061-2022
Posting information on school meal ingredients and preparation online and reporting on allergic reactions to school meals.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0062-2022
Establishment of a home sharing program for homeless individuals and reporting in relation thereto.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0065-2022
Establishment of a task force to develop equitable responses to infectious disease related emergencies, including COVID-19.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0066-2022
Signage regarding transgender rights and services at hospitals.
with 16 sponsors
intro.nyc/0067-2022
Requiring the dept of health and mental hygiene to report on training for medical care for transgender and gender non-conforming persons.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0084-2022
Requiring employers to hold an onboarding meeting to discuss an employee's reintegration back into the workplace after parental leave.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0085-2022
Establishing a commission to study and make recommendations regarding the root causes of violence in the city.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0086-2022
Enacted
Education about city standards for respectful care at birth, health care proxy forms and patients’ rights.
with 19 sponsors
intro.nyc/0087-2022
Increasing the number of violations required to revoke authorization to operate a commuter van service.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0117-2022
Prohibiting non-disclosure agreements relating to development projects.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0118-2022
Requiring the police department to submit to the council reports of services provided to any private entity.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0186-2022
Prohibiting discrimination in the issuance of credit and requiring creditors to disclose to potential borrowers how their rate is calculated.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0187-2022
Creating an interagency task force to be charged with studying the obstacles faced by children of incarcerated parents, from arrest to reunification.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0190-2022
Enacted
Creation and distribution of a statement of rights for persons experiencing homelessness and residing in shelter.
with 20 sponsors
intro.nyc/0191-2022
Establishment of a flash flood emergency evacuation plan for residents of multiple dwellings and outreach and reporting relating thereto.
with 16 sponsors
intro.nyc/0282-2022
Establishing a task force to study, document and summarize the impact of COVID-19 on New York City.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0283-2022
Requiring the NYPD to post quarterly reports on its website relating to the use of “seat belt holds” and “chokeholds.”
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0349-2022
Mayor's Desk for Signature
Dyslexia screening in city jails and referrals to evidence-based programs.
with 19 sponsors
intro.nyc/0351-2022
Creation of a task force to assess safety risks at construction sites.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0547-2022
Prohibiting unauthorized surveillance by a global positioning system or similar technology.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0548-2022
Requiring the department of correction to assist incarcerated individuals in obtaining school transcripts, social security cards and driver licenses.
with 12 sponsors
intro.nyc/0550-2022
Creation of a task force to study, report on, and make recommendations to improve NYCHA’s engagement with tenants and to address tenant concerns about safety and quality of life.
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0582-2022
Requiring the department of education to provide information requiring school compliance with the Americans with disabilities act.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0583-2022
Enacted
Increasing penalties for violations issued by the department of housing preservation and development and certifying correction of violations in multiple dwellings.
with 13 sponsors
intro.nyc/0585-2022
Granting access to the police department’s body-worn camera footage to the office of the inspector general and the department of records and information services.
with 12 sponsors
intro.nyc/0586-2022
Requiring the police dept to report on police-civilian investigative encounters.
with 29 sponsors
intro.nyc/0587-2022
Establishing a digital inclusion officer at every city agency.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0634-2022
Videoconferencing services for individuals in custody of the department of correction.
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0635-2022
Requiring the police dept to report on custodial interrogations of minors,
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0636-2022
Dept of small business services to report on the impact of COVID-19 on small businesses.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0689-2022
Enacted
Elimination of permit and or filing fees for green building projects undertaken on one to three family homes.
with 25 sponsors
intro.nyc/0692-2022
Requiring that NYPD vehicles be equipped with bulletproof glass.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0693-2022
Provision of sufficient receptacles for the storage of solid waste.
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0694-2022
Provision of interest-free loans to small businesses, non-profits and freelance workers following certain emergency circumstances.
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0729-2022
Mandating a yearly report on the automated meter reading program.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0730-2022
Increasing penalties for failure to comply with backflow prevention requirements.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0732-2022
Dept of finance conducting education and outreach regarding deed and foreclosure prevention assistance fraud.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0733-2022
Expansion of the Franchise and Concession Review Committee.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0734-2022
Establishing a pilot program to provide bleeding control training and kits.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0735-2022
Imposing civil penalties on contractors who perform work after the expiration of a permit.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0736-2022
Requiring a study and mitigation of the impacts of methane gas emissions on city trees.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0737-2022
Requiring the NYC police department to issue public reports on the department’s use of body-worn cameras.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0738-2022
Requiring the DOT to consider placement of traffic enforcement agents in developing an interagency roadway safety plan.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0779-2022
Creation of a taskforce to study improving safety in homeless shelters.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0780-2022
Establishing a commission to develop a citywide shelter siting plan for implementation by the department of homeless services and social services.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0781-2022
Requiring the police department to report on the justification for the stop in vehicle encounter reports.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0799-2022
A temporary moratorium on third party transfers of real property and a study on the eligibility of transferable property.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0800-2022
Requiring that notice of hotel development plans be provided to certain officials at the time the application is filed.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0801-2022
Requiring owners to notify tenants of unsafe conditions of exterior walls of buildings.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0802-2022
Requiring safety netting and guardrail systems to protect floor openings.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0804-2022
Requiring multiple dwelling owners to provide notice to their tenants prior to temporarily or permanently making building amenities unavailable.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0862-2022
Responding to complaints filed about immediately hazardous and hazardous conditions in multiple dwellings.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0887-2023
Enacted
Reporting on gender identity of persons in the custody of the department of correction.
with 12 sponsors
intro.nyc/0888-2023
Requiring the department of small business services to offer training and education to small businesses regarding accessibility of the workplace and inclusion of workers with disabilities.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0934-2023
Requiring the placement of an informational sign near the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets in Manhattan to mark the site of New York’s first slave market.
with 12 sponsors
intro.nyc/1091-2023
Requiring the dept of health and mental hygiene to provide menstrual hygiene products for CUNY to make available on campus.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/1092-2023
Application for New York city identity cards by incarcerated persons.
with 11 sponsors
intro.nyc/1106-2023
Requiring city employers to provide earned personal time to employees.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/1107-2023
Requiring a specification for hazard pay in solicitations for certain emergency procurements made during a state of emergency related to the outbreak of a communicable disease.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/1108-2023
DOE reporting on school reopening plans to the commissioner of health and mental hygiene.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/1109-2023
Creation of a state of emergency response and recovery task force.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/1111-2023
Requiring police officers to treat breathing difficulties as medical emergencies.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/1112-2023
Use of conducted electrical weapons by the police department.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/1113-2023
311 transmitting image and video data for housing service requests or complaints.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/1155-2023
Requiring the 311 customer service center to accept requests for service and complaints using video call functionality.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/1185-2023
Cleaning of catch basins and reports on catch basin cleanups and maintenance.
with 11 sponsors