Public Advocate Jumaane Williams

Mar 2019 - Dec 2023




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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71 bills are in Committee , 13 bills are Laid Over in Committee , 1 bills are Withdrawn , 1 bills are Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature) , 6 bills are Enacted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/0063-2022 Creation of a commission to rename Rikers Island.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0064-2022 Naming of Kalief Browder Island and removing references to Rikers Island.
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/0068-2022 Provision of menstrual cups in schools.
with 7 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/0088-2022 Requiring a report on package deliveries.
with 5 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/0188-2022 Creating a youth employment education program.
with 14 sponsors
intro.nyc/0189-2022 Developing a college admissions counseling program.
with 4 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/0284-2022 Social workers in city correctional facilities.
with 10 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/0350-2022 Private water and sewer pipelines.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0351-2022 Creation of a task force to assess safety risks at construction sites.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0416-2022 Establishing an emergency student food plan.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0546-2022 Democratic election of the New York City police commissioner.
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/0549-2022 Banning solitary confinement in city jails.
with 39 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/0584-2022 Evictions of disabled tenants.
with 10 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/0688-2022 Requiring reporting on crime statistics in shelters.
with 4 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/0690-2022 Creating a three-digit mental health emergency hotline.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0691-2022 Requiring NYCHA to report on outside legal expenditures.
with 7 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/0731-2022 Establishing a water rate task force.
with 3 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/0798-2022 Public notification regarding release of oil.
with 3 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/0803-2022 Strengthening scaffolding requirements.
with 4 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/0805-2022 Enacted Pedestrian safety reporting.
with 16 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/0914-2023 Timing of decision for sales of cooperative apartments.
with 15 sponsors
intro.nyc/0915-2023 Sales of cooperative apartments.
with 27 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/0935-2023 Licensing of general contractors.
with 5 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/1093-2023 Requiring a report on voter registration in city jails.
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/1110-2023 Boarders, lodgers or roomers in a private dwelling.
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

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has sponsored 70 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0093-2022 Regulation of commercial rent.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0094-2022 Reporting on dress code policies in New York City schools.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0106-2022 Enacted Sale of electric space heaters.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0151-2022 Establishing an office of climate resiliency.
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/0158-2022 Creating a private right of action related to civil immigration detainers and cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0175-2022 Maximum working hours for home care aides.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/0177-2022 Reporting of data related to COVID-19.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0185-2022 Limiting communication between the department of correction and federal immigration authorities.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0229-2022 Enacted Monthly rental assistance payments for households with rental assistance vouchers.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
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/0340-2022 Requiring the department of transportation to install bilingual street name signs.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/0360-2022 Abolishing the criminal group database and prohibiting the establishment of a successor database.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0434-2022 Enacted Expanding the heat sensors program.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0456-2022 Maximum fee allowed when transferring money to a person in the custody of the department of correction.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0458-2022 Enacted Supporting language access through a needs assessment examining language access services used by abortion providers and clients, and related recommendations
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
intro.nyc/0466-2022 Enacted Prohibiting the use of city resources to enforce abortion restrictions.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
intro.nyc/0474-2022 Enacted Public information and outreach campaign regarding safe access to reproductive health care.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0475-2022 Enacted Cause of action related to interference with reproductive or endocrine medical care.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0477-2022 Enacted Establishing a child care task force.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
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/0538-2022 Requiring the New York police department to report on instances in which an individual denied an officer consent to a search.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0539-2022 HPD to conduct periodic studies of rent stabilized housing accommodations.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0561-2022 Enacted 0Unconditional direct cash assistance pilot programs.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0602-2022 Enacted Determining and identifying the area commonly known as Times Square.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
intro.nyc/0632-2022 Fair Chance for Housing Act
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0685-2022 Establishing an office of small business digitalization and technical amendments in relation thereto.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0704-2022 Enacted Receipt of rental assistance payments.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0760-2022 Mayor's Desk for Signature Providing water safety instruction to New York city's public school children at no cost.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0812-2022 Extending the statute of limitations for commencing a private cause of action under the city human rights law.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
intro.nyc/0844-2022 Enacted Establishing an office of healthcare accountability.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0845-2022 Reducing penalties, allowing opportunities to cure for certain violations, and eliminating certain requirements for commercial establishments.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0875-2023 Enacted Technical corrections, clarifications and modifications to provisions of the New York city construction codes.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0878-2023 Enacted Prohibiting the department of social services from requiring an applicant for a rental assistance voucher to have resided or reside in a shelter of any type.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0885-2023 Automatic waiver of certain additional penalties for a parking violation if a vehicle owner responds to a notice of violation between forty-five and ninety days of its issuance.
Introduced by Mercedes Narcisse
intro.nyc/0893-2023 Enacted Expanding eligibility for rental assistance to any applicant at risk of eviction or experiencing homelessness.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0894-2023 Enacted Income and work requirements for rental assistance.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0895-2023 Expanding availability of rapid testing for sexually transmitted infections.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0917-2023 Requiring cooperative corporations to provide financial information to prospective purchasers of cooperative apartments.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0923-2023 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/0924-2023 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/0938-2023 Requiring the New York city police department to provide the civilian complaint review board with direct access to officer body-warn camera footage and to establish related procedures.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
intro.nyc/0942-2023 Minimum standards for emergency congregate housing.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0943-2023 Notification of the right to be placed in shelter.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0949-2023 Mayor's Desk for Signature Establishment of a trade-in program for powered mobility devices and lithium-ion batteries used in powered mobility devices, and to provide for the repeal of such local law upon the expiration thereof.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0950-2023 Requiring businesses using bicycles for commercial purposes to provide bicycle operators with fireproof or fire-resistant containers for removable storage batteries used to power motor-assisted bicycles.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0962-2023 Mayor's Desk for Signature Public swimming pool assessment and location survey and swimming lessons offered by the department of parks and recreation.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0968-2023 A professional education program and public outreach campaign regarding sickle cell disease.
Introduced by Mercedes Narcisse
intro.nyc/1017-2023 Mayor's Desk for Signature Lifeguards at public beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/1035-2023 Requiring corrections officers to carry and administer opioid antagonists while on duty and to receive related training.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/1059-2023 Including menstrual cups in the definition of feminine hygiene products and the provision of such products.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/1066-2023 Mayor's Desk for Signature Role of trees and the tree canopy with respect to the city's long-term sustainability planning.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/1068-2023 Rights of persons who engage in sex work.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
intro.nyc/1080-2023 Mayor's Desk for Signature Publication and dissemination of information on emergency feeding programs, food benefits programs, and senior centers.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/1105-2023 Fees charged in a residential rental real estate transaction.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/1119-2023 Annual report on drowning deaths.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/1127-2023 Standards and reporting regarding indoor air quality in schools within the city school district.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/1128-2023 Establishing a pilot program to monitor indoor air quality in certain commercial buildings.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/1129-2023 Establishing a pilot program to monitor indoor air quality in certain residential buildings.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/1130-2023 Standards and reporting regarding indoor air quality in city buildings.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/1151-2023 Installation of solar-powered crosswalks.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/1179-2023 Menstrual products in city bathroom facilities.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/1203-2023 Requiring the department of correction to provide a letter of incarceration to all individuals as they leave the department’s custody.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/1204-2023 Procedures following the death of an individual in custody of the department of correction and a report on compassionate release.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/1206-2023 Requiring the borough presidents to provide equal employment opportunity trainings to community board members.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams