Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

Mar 2021 - Dec 2029
District 31 ()

Comittees

Committee on Criminal Justice (chair)
Committee on Finance
Committee on Hospitals
Committee on Land Use
Committee on Small Business
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure




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Legislation (2026-2029 Session)

Council member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers has introduced 25 bills in the current legislative session.

24 bills are in Committee , 1 bills are Laid Over in Committee

intro.nyc/0103-2026 Expanding homelessness prevention programs.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0104-2026 Weight limits for parking structures.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0105-2026 Studying and reporting on transportation impacts of decisions of the city planning commission in connection with certain land use actions.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0106-2026 Creation of a task force to coordinate the removal of fallen trees due to a severe weather event.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0107-2026 Adding two commissioners to the New York city taxi and limousine commission board.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0108-2026 A study and report on the expansion of ferry service along the Rockaway Peninsula.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0109-2026 Creation of curbside overnight parking for low and zero emission commercial vehicles in industrial business zones and to provide for the repeal thereof.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0110-2026 Delivery devices used for commercial purposes, and to repeal section 10-157.1 of such code, relating to signs with bicycle safety procedures.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0111-2026 Requiring the department of transportation to study and report on truck route compliance and warehouse operators.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0112-2026 Placing a cap on the correlated color temperature of new and replacement streetlights.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0113-2026 Requiring a study of dangerous driving.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0114-2026 Information required in job listings.
with 12 sponsors
intro.nyc/0115-2026 Prohibition of non-compete agreements.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0116-2026 Requiring a minority and women-owned business enterprise consultant for city projects with budgets in excess of ten million dollars.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0117-2026 Requiring the office of long-term planning and sustainability to conduct environmental impact studies of John F. Kennedy international airport.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0118-2026 Requiring the department of environmental protection to conduct a green climate screen pilot project.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0119-2026 Establishing a reward for individuals who provide information leading to the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of a person who seriously injures or kills another individual in a hit-and-run accident.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0120-2026 Providing notice to home and business owners regarding the creation or removal of bus stops.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0121-2026 A study and report on the feasibility of new ferry terminals.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0122-2026 Installation of bollards at reconstructed sidewalks, curb extensions and pedestrian ramps.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0123-2026 Allowing commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0124-2026 Establishment of a task force to study options for making street design and infrastructure safer in consideration of increased use of electric bicycles and related collisions.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0125-2026 Requiring the cleaning of medians at least once per quarter.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0126-2026 Checklist for enforcing violations against unlicensed commuter vans.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0691-2026 Requiring the training of police officers on enforcement of commercial vehicle parking, stopping, and standing rules and truck routing rules.
with 8 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers has sponsored 138 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0002-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Approval for emergency procurements and submission of contracts for audit.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0013-2026 Installation of solar-powered crosswalks.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0022-2026 Requiring the department of education to distribute materials to students about the risks of social media and online hate.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0024-2026 Establishing a child care opioid antagonist program
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
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/0031-2026 Expanding the categories of businesses that may be subject to requirements regarding the disposal of commercial organic waste
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0032-2026 Establishing priority for sidewalk repairs at developments operated by the New York city housing authority
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0039-2026 After action reports following emergency declarations.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0040-2026 Testing and remediating PFAS chemicals in firehouse drinking water.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0041-2026 Voluntary PFAS screenings for firefighters.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0044-2026 Creation of a small business disaster recovery and resiliency advisory board.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0045-2026 Requiring the director of long-term planning and sustainability to conduct an infrastructure risk study in flood risk areas.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0048-2026 Translating the citizen’s air complaint program portal into the designated citywide languages.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
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/0055-2026 Signage describing certain constitutional and legal protections.
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/0069-2026 Prohibiting city agencies from procuring single-use water containers.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0073-2026 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to staff each police precinct with a licensed social worker.
Introduced by Yusef Salaam
intro.nyc/0090-2026 Lease agreements concerning storefront premises.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0094-2026 Licensing and use of autonomous vehicles as taxis.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0096-2026 Privacy of communications of individuals in the custody of the department of correction.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0101-2026 CityFHEPS application response times.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0127-2026 Prohibition of requiring low-wage workers to enter into covenants not to compete and also to require employers to notify potential employees of any requirement to enter into a covenant not to compete.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0134-2026 Housing decisions for transgender, gender nonconforming, non-binary and intersex individuals.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0142-2026 Requiring the police department to submit reports on complaints of police misconduct.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0143-2026 Requiring the police department to provide records of complaints and investigations of bias-based profiling to the city commission on human rights.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0165-2026 Requiring the police department to report on the status of hate crime cases
Introduced by Eric Dinowitz
intro.nyc/0181-2026 Requiring building owners to provide shower hoses and informational materials on Legionnaires’ disease to tenants.
Introduced by Amanda C. Farías
intro.nyc/0183-2026 Notice requirements for food service establishment inspections.
Introduced by Amanda C. Farías
intro.nyc/0196-2026 Modifying the sodium warning at chain restaurants.
Introduced by Oswald J. Feliz
intro.nyc/0209-2026 Creating a private right of action related to civil immigration detainers and cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0211-2026 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to provide information regarding fertility treatment, including insurance coverage of fertility treatment.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0213-2026 Prohibiting places or providers of public accommodation from using biometric recognition technology and protecting any biometric identifier information collected.
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/0215-2026 Extending reasonable workplace accommodations to caregivers.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0217-2026 Limitation on parking of mobile homes and trailers on residential streets.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0220-2026 Identification of formerly enslaved African American burial sites.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0221-2026 Creation of a disaster assistance center.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0222-2026 Establishing an office of the waterfront.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0224-2026 Creating an interagency task force on squatting.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0226-2026 Requiring the New York City Police Department to report on arrests of individuals under eighteen years of age.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0228-2026 Requiring the installation of pedestrian lighting on step streets.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0231-2026 Senior citizen rent increase exemption and the disability rent increase exemption.
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/0257-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Special activation of the open streets program on certain holidays and time periods with significant pedestrian traffic.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0263-2026 Developing a strategic blueprint to reduce capital project durations by at least 25 percent.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
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/0286-2026 Outreach and education regarding deceptive and unconscionable trade practices involving cryptocurrency and other digital assets.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0288-2026 Informational resource for newly married individuals.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0290-2026 Requiring shelters to provide free internet access to residents.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0293-2026 Requiring the police department to report on missing persons.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0294-2026 Discounted bike share rate for public school students aged 16 or older.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0295-2026 Establishing a screening program for endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0298-2026 Establishing a film, television, and theater accessibility fund to promote the employment of persons with disabilities.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/0302-2026 Prohibiting restrictions that bar the display of religious items on entry doors and doorframes.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/0309-2026 Discounted bike share rate for seniors.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/0319-2026 Requiring participation in debates by candidates receiving public matching funds.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0327-2026 Reimbursing nonpublic schools for the cost of video surveillance cameras.
Introduced by Mercedes Narcisse
intro.nyc/0340-2026 The 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/0352-2026 Requiring the department of sanitation to develop a plan for ensuring proper disposal of rechargeable batteries used for powered mobility devices.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0354-2026 Clarifying the definition of organic waste drop off site.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0355-2026 Organic waste recycling by city agencies.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0359-2026 Utilizing city-owned lots for energy storage systems.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0360-2026 Outreach to property owners subject to municipal property taxes.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0367-2026 Requiring the department of sanitation to accept commercial solid waste at city-owned or operated marine transfer stations and city-owned or operated rail transfer stations.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0369-2026 Establishing organic waste composting facilities in each borough.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0385-2026 Prohibiting discrimination in the issuance of credit and requiring creditors to disclose to potential borrowers how their rate is calculated.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0388-2026 Establishing a hotline and detailed reports on antisemitism and other hate- and bias-related incidents.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0403-2026 Creating a department of community safety
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0405-2026 Nutrition standards and beverage options for children’s meals served in food service establishments.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0409-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Bus lane restrictions.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0414-2026 Creation of a three-digit gun violence intervention hotline.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0415-2026 Establishing a youth entrepreneurship and business development program.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
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/0419-2026 Qualifications of individuals to perform periodic inspection, test and maintenance fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0424-2026 Establish and operate a pilot program providing free mental health services to children who have been returned to their home following a removal.
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/0428-2026 Limiting the use of facial recognition technology in residential buildings.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0434-2026 Requiring specified employers to provide time off for preventative medical screening to their employees.
Introduced by Lynn C. Schulman
intro.nyc/0436-2026 Study on the feasibility of installing raised crosswalks, raised intersections, and speed reducers at intersections and roadways adjacent to schools.
Introduced by Lynn C. Schulman
intro.nyc/0442-2026 Requiring the city chief procurement officer to conduct evaluations of non-profit programming.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0443-2026 Requiring the department of homeless services to designate eligibility specialists at shelters.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0444-2026 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to conduct hearing screenings for school-aged children throughout the city and develop an outreach campaign.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0446-2026 Creation of a commercial landlord watch list.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0448-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Structure and responsibilities of the youth board.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0450-2026 Restricting social media usage for youth.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0451-2026 Requiring the city to report on the impact of social media on the mental health of young people.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0453-2026 Provision of mental health services for children visiting incarcerated individuals.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0454-2026 Requiring sodium and added sugar warnings in all restaurants.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0455-2026 Requiring the provision of notices regarding the obligation to maintain retaining walls.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0456-2026 Waiving parks permit fees for schools and child day care centers and providing an online system for school permit applications.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0457-2026 Reporting on crossing guard deployment.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0458-2026 An advisory board on crossing guard deployment.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0462-2026 Online submission of citizen’s complaints to enforce dumping prohibition laws.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0464-2026 DOT to establish a program to allow community centers, schools, arts and cultural institutions and religious institutions to use adjacent outdoor spaces.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0465-2026 Study and report on the expansion of ferry service along the Harlem River.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0466-2026 Requiring the administration for children’s services to provide a multilingual disclosure form to parents or guardians during a child protective investigation.
Introduced by Sandra Ung
intro.nyc/0502-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Establishing a commission to review the salaries of elected officials in New York City and make recommendations regarding those salaries.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0511-2026 Prohibiting standing or parking a vehicle within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0512-2026 Adding a 311 complaint category for SNAP theft.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang
intro.nyc/0513-2026 Requiring the installation of signs indicating the presence of every speed camera.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang
intro.nyc/0514-2026 Reporting on locations in which persons are squatting.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang
intro.nyc/0518-2026 Requiring the licensing of last-mile facilities.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0524-2026 Records of the chief medical examiner that relate to work-related fatal injuries in the workplace, and to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on workplace fatalities.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0527-2026 Inspections for lead-based paint.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0533-2026 Creating a good food purchasing program.
Introduced by Amanda C. Farías
intro.nyc/0549-2026 Prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle with fraudulent or expired license plates.
Introduced by Oswald J. Feliz
intro.nyc/0577-2026 Improvement, formalization, or creation of trails.
Introduced by James F. Gennaro
intro.nyc/0583-2026 A study and report on the feasibility of a low-cost and city-sponsored renter’s insurance program.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0603-2026 Universal summer youth program plan.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0604-2026 The sale and use of diesel-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0605-2026 Requiring the installation of speed humps on roadways adjacent to any park equal or greater than one acre.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0606-2026 Requiring the department of transportation to investigate vehicle collisions.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0607-2026 Establishment of a parking enforcement unit within the department of transportation.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0608-2026 Requiring the department of education to create a plan to administer specialized high schools admission tests on a school day.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0609-2026 Prohibiting the sale of flavored cigarettes.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0610-2026 Notification of intent to alter or demolish certain rent regulated housing accommodations.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0630-2026 Establishing a coordinator for borough-based jail construction.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0638-2026 Emergency response protocols on days of air quality emergency.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0641-2026 Department of social services is required to make CityFHEPS rental assistance payments.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0646-2026 Requiring the department of citywide administrative services to maintain an interactive webpage providing information on the city government workforce and to publish semiannual reports aggregating and summarizing such information.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0650-2026 Disposition of real property of the city.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0657-2026 Third party transfer program, and to repeal sections 11-425, 11-426, and 11-427 of such code, relating to agreements for payment of delinquent taxes and charges in installments.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0660-2026 Requiring a study and report on in-person altercations among youth and their associated activity on online platforms.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0661-2026 Requiring the department of correction and correctional health services to establish a medical clinic to treat persons transported to a court facility.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0662-2026 Creation of a groundwater flood risk area map.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0664-2026 Compensation of the mayor, public advocate, members of the city council, borough presidents, comptroller and district attorneys.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0667-2026 Offering community service in lieu of civil penalties for certain littering violations.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0682-2026 Program to provide public access to wireless networks.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0689-2026 Notice of intent to sell tax liens.
Introduced by Chris Banks
intro.nyc/0692-2026 Workforce stabilization payments for school paraprofessionals, and providing for the repeal thereof.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0694-2026 Agency outreach to businesses in minority- and women-owned business enterprise categories for which agencies fail to achieve utilization goals, and technical amendments in relation thereto.
Introduced by Amanda C. Farías
intro.nyc/0696-2026 Outreach and education regarding the proper disposal of household cooking oil and grease.
Introduced by Mercedes Narcisse
intro.nyc/0704-2026 Establishing ferry service at Canarsie Pier.
Introduced by Mercedes Narcisse
intro.nyc/0719-2026 Establishing procedures for blood alcohol level testing of a uniformed member of the police department whose discharge of a firearm results in physical injury to or death of an individual.
Introduced by Yusef Salaam
intro.nyc/0753-2026 Location of adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis