Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

Mar 2016 - Dec 2023
District 17 (Bronx)

Comittees

Bronx Delegation of the New York City Council
Caucus - Black, Latino and Asian Caucus
Committee on Civil and Human Rights
Committee on Economic Development
Committee on Land Use (chair)
Committee on Oversight and Investigations
Committee on Public Housing
Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management

Legislation (2022-2023 Session)

Council member Rafael Salamanca, Jr. has introduced 40 bills in the current legislative session.

30 bills are in Committee , 4 bills are Laid Over in Committee , 1 bills are Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature) , 5 bills are Enacted

intro.nyc/0119-2022 Reporting of crime and arrests in facilities under the jurisdiction of the department of correction.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0120-2022 Luminous egress path markings in schools.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0121-2022 Requiring the DOE to report annually on the number of teachers, administrators and school staff who have completed therapeutic crisis intervention in schools training.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0122-2022 Establishing wastewater treatment plant monitoring committees.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0123-2022 Requiring the dept of homeless services and human resources administration to post shelter, supportive housing and cluster site data.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0124-2022 Enacted Reporting on and training of housing specialists within the human resources administration and department of homeless services.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0125-2022 City agency attendance at council hearings.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0126-2022 Requiring water bottle-filling stations in city agency offices.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0127-2022 Posting signs notifying the public of bacteria discovered in water tanks.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0128-2022 Enacted Diaper changing accommodations in parks and redesignating section 18-148.
with 17 sponsors
intro.nyc/0129-2022 Requiring shooting ranges, dealers in firearms and dealers in rifles and shotguns in the city to display suicide prevention information.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0130-2022 Imposing certain record keeping requirements on scrap metal processors.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0198-2022 Requiring the department of education to stock opioid antagonists in all school buildings.
with 15 sponsors
intro.nyc/0199-2022 Requiring letter grades for food service establishments operated in schools.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0200-2022 Enacted Reporting on objections to orders for the abatement or remediation of lead conditions.
with 31 sponsors
intro.nyc/0201-2022 Creation of a substance abuse assistance mobile application.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0202-2022 Number of employees on trade waste hauling vehicles.
intro.nyc/0203-2022 Requiring luxury limousine services to provide proof of vehicle safety inspections at the time of contract.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0292-2022 Requiring automated external defibrillators in private schools and police cars.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0361-2022 Authorizing the use of temporary outdoor heaters by healthcare facilities.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0362-2022 Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to report on the disposition of city property for affordable housing development.
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0363-2022 Requiring reports on police department response times to minor traffic crashes.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0364-2022 Posting contact information for workforce career centers at city development projects.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0431-2022 Enacted Customer service training for shelter personnel of the department of homeless services and its contractors.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0432-2022 Remediating lead soil hazards in dwellings.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0433-2022 Requiring towed vehicle storage facilities to provide 24 hour access.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0591-2022 Increasing the fines for the unlawful use of all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0740-2022 Establishing a task force to examine reckless driving by tow truck operators.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0741-2022 Radiator inspections in homeless shelters.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0742-2022 Requiring the administration for children’s services and the department of probation to report on juvenile justice statistics.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0743-2022 Mayor's Desk for Signature Requiring certain city employees to identify themselves during encounters with the public.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0744-2022 Requiring reporting on the police department’s 2020 community ambassador initiative.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0745-2022 Creating borough-based traffic request response teams.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0746-2022 Restricting the parking of mobile homes and trailers near schools and parks.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0747-2022 Requiring the department of social services to create a domestic violence shelter designated for men.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0891-2023 Enacted Allowing charitable organizations to conduct games of chance at professional sporting venues, and to repeal subdivision 8 of section 20-435 of such code, which defines the term “Prize.”
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0892-2023 Voluntary community gun buy-back program.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0974-2023 Offering fentanyl test strips at syringe exchange programs.
with 13 sponsors
intro.nyc/1116-2023 Towing vehicles that are an encumbrance on the street or that lack, improperly display, or obscure valid license plates, registration stickers, inspection stickers, or vehicle identification numbers.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/1131-2023 Enforcement authority over unlicensed mobile car washes.
with 20 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Rafael Salamanca, Jr. has sponsored 79 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0001-2022 Dismissal of summonses alleging violations of executive orders in connection with COVID-19 and the refund of monetary penalties paid in connection with such violations.
Introduced by Kalman Yeger
intro.nyc/0004-2022 Enacted Prohibiting the sale of guinea pigs in pet shops.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0006-2022 Enacted Remediation of lead-based paint in dwelling units in multiple dwellings.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0056-2022 Enacted Establishing a nightlife opioid antagonist program.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0098-2022 Reimbursing small nonpublic schools for the cost of security guard services.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0102-2022 Requiring the department of environmental protection to post a map of green roofs online.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0136-2022 Enacted The capabilities of community-based organizations to provide language services to support city services.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0139-2022 Report on the impact of the deaths of parents and guardians from COVID-19 on children and the repeal of such requirement upon the expiration thereof.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0150-2022 Electric vehicle charging stations in open parking lots and parking garages.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0190-2022 Enacted Creation and distribution of a statement of rights for persons experiencing homelessness and residing in shelter.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0193-2022 Enacted Lead-based paint hazards in common areas of dwellings.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0204-2022 Raising the inspection fees for certain housing inspections.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0208-2022 Enacted Inspections of self-closing doors and fire safety notices in residential buildings.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0229-2022 Enacted Monthly rental assistance payments for households with rental assistance vouchers.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
intro.nyc/0236-2022 Enacted Providing contracted ferry service at reduced cost to certain persons.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/0244-2022 Enacted Residential curbside organics collection.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0274-2022 Enacted Establishing a goal of zero divertible waste for New York city by 2030.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0275-2022 Enacted Goal of achieving zero waste by increasing waste diversion from landfill or incineration.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0279-2022 Mayor's Desk for Signature Purchase of zero emission vehicles by the city.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0280-2022 Enacted Community recycling centers and events.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0281-2022 Enacted Organic waste drop off sites.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0414-2022 Enacted Rat mitigation progress in rat mitigation zones.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0417-2022 Notice requirements for certain transportation projects and the repeal of section 19-187 in relation thereto.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0434-2022 Enacted Expanding the heat sensors program.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0442-2022 Enacted Abating rodents as a requirement for the issuance of certain construction permits.
Introduced by Erik D. Bottcher
intro.nyc/0459-2022 Enacted Rat mitigation zones.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0460-2022 Enacted Receptacles in a building or dwelling that has a high concentration of rodent infestation.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0470-2022 Enacted Phasing out the use of fuel oil grade no. 4.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
intro.nyc/0474-2022 Enacted Public information and outreach campaign regarding safe access to reproductive health care.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0494-2022 A study of single-use plastics.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0518-2022 Enacted Study and report on the trafficking of illegal firearms.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0522-2022 Enacted Requiring mental health professionals in families with children shelters.
Introduced by Erik D. Bottcher
intro.nyc/0523-2022 Requiring the department of education to create a plan for a pilot after school SHSAT preparation program.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0528-2022 Requiring the department of education to create a plan to provide specialized high schools exam preparation to all middle school students.
Introduced by Oswald Feliz
intro.nyc/0533-2022 Requiring DEP to report on its progress toward decreasing the presence of sewage and stormwater contaminants in the city waterways and various strategies to achieve those goals, and providing for the expiration and repeal of such requirement.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
intro.nyc/0545-2022 Requiring the department of education to create a plan to administer specialized high schools admission tests on a school day.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0559-2022 Enacted Restricting the provision of eating utensils, condiment packets, napkins and extra eating containers, and clarifying the definition of third-party courier service.
Introduced by Marjorie Velázquez
intro.nyc/0573-2022 Operation of horse drawn carriages and to replace the horse drawn carriage industry with a horseless electric carriage program.
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
intro.nyc/0577-2022 Prohibiting the sale of flavored cigarettes.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0606-2022 Enacted Motor vehicles idling adjacent to and within certain parks.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0609-2022 Enacted Establishing a needle, syringe, and sharps buyback pilot program.
Introduced by Diana I. Ayala
intro.nyc/0663-2022 Enacted Sale, lease, and rental of powered bicycles, powered mobility devices and storage batteries.
Introduced by Oswald Feliz
intro.nyc/0675-2022 Enacted Creation of a telemedicine accessibility plan.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0684-2022 Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0685-2022 Establishing an office of small business digitalization and technical amendments in relation thereto.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0687-2022 Requiring added sugar notifications for menu items in chain restaurants.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0703-2022 Requiring information on the timeliness of city-funded rental payments.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0704-2022 Enacted Receipt of rental assistance payments.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0707-2022 Air quality monitoring at designated “heavy use” thoroughfares.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0708-2022 Redesigning the truck route network to improve safety and reduce traffic congestion and emissions.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0720-2022 Waste collection from nursing homes.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/0758-2022 Requiring that every bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter and other legal motorized vehicle be licensed and registered.
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
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/0783-2022 Building water system maintenance and inspection.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0813-2022 Establishing exemptions for third-party food delivery services from the limits on fees charged by such services on food service establishments.
Introduced by Robert F. Holden
intro.nyc/0825-2022 Report on the outreach and distribution of pre-exposure prophylaxis throughout the city of New York.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0840-2022 Developing a strategic blueprint to reduce capital project durations by at least 25 percent.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0844-2022 Enacted Establishing an office of healthcare accountability.
Introduced by Julie Menin
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/0897-2023 Enacted Naming of 129 thoroughfares and public places.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0898-2023 Translating the citizen’s air complaint program portal into the designated citywide languages.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0916-2023 Outreach campaign on gun buy-back programs.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0918-2023 Enacted Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to develop and implement a citywide diabetes incidence and impact reduction plan.
Introduced by Lynn C. Schulman
intro.nyc/0946-2023 Creating a mental health coordinator to inform city employees about mental health support and services.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
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/0987-2023 Prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle with fraudulent or expired license plates.
Introduced by Oswald Feliz
intro.nyc/0995-2023 Creation of a public awareness campaign on the dangers of purchasing cannabis or cannabis products from unlicensed cannabis retailers.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/1012-2023 Industrial development action plans.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/1021-2023 Enacted Mental Health Roadmap Legislative Package - Establishing crisis respite centers.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/1031-2023 A fair housing plan, and to repeal local law number 133 for the year 2018, in relation to affordable housing plans.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
intro.nyc/1057-2023 Requiring the dept of correction to report on its distribution of feminine hygiene products to female incarcerated individuals and female individuals arrested and detained in the custody of the department for at least 48 hours.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/1058-2023 Education on feminine hygiene products.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
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/1102-2023 Enacted Naming of 112 thoroughfares and public places.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/1105-2023 Fees charged in a residential rental real estate transaction.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé