Public Advocate Jumaane Williams

Mar 2019 - Dec 2023




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Legislation (2022-2023 Session)

Council member Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has introduced 79 bills in the current legislative session.

66 bills are in Committee , 11 bills are Laid Over in Committee , 1 bills are Withdrawn , 1 bills are Enacted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 14 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 6 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 6 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 Revoking authorization to operate a commuter van service for multiple violations by a single van.
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 Creation and distribution of a homeless bill of rights.
with 13 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 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0349-2022 Dyslexia screening and treatment in city jails.
with 9 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 10 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 8 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 Increasing penalties for violations issued by HPD and requiring HPD maintain a certification of correction watch list and prohibiting any listed landlord from certifying correction of violations in multiple dwellings without an inspection.
with 10 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 10 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 Elimination of permit and or filing fees for green building projects undertaken on one to four family homes.
with 22 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 3 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 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0781-2022 Requiring the police department to report on the justification for the stop in vehicle encounter reports.
with 3 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 3 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 Pedestrian safety reporting.
with 5 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 Reporting on gender identity of individuals in the custody of the department of correction.
with 8 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 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0914-2023 Timing of decision for sales of cooperative apartments.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0915-2023 Sales of cooperative apartments.
with 16 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 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0935-2023 Licensing of general contractors.
with 5 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has sponsored 39 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/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/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/0561-2022 Establishing a guaranteed income pilot program.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
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 Receipt of rental assistance payments.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
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 Establishing an office of healthcare accountability.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0878-2023 Rental assistance eligibility requirements.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
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