Shahana K. Hanif

Jan 2022 - Dec 2029
District 39 (Brooklyn)

Comittees

Committee on Civil and Human Rights
Committee on Disabilities (chair)
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
Committee on Small Business
Committee on Technology
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee on Workforce Development

Legislation (2026-2029 Session)

Council member Shahana K. Hanif has introduced 10 bills in the current legislative session.

10 bills are in Committee

intro.nyc/0205-2026 Requiring multiple dwelling owners to post notices regarding electric space heater safety.
intro.nyc/0206-2026 Expansion of worker coverage under the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0207-2026 Gratuities for tipped employees and providing options for conferring cashless gratuities at fast-food establishments and food service establishments.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0208-2026 Requiring the inclusion of businesses owned by persons of Middle Eastern and North African descent in future disparity studies.
with 9 sponsors
intro.nyc/0209-2026 Creating a private right of action related to civil immigration detainers and cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0210-2026 Restricting employers from using E-Verify or any other employment eligibility verification system to check the employment authorization status of an employee or an applicant who has not been offered employment.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0211-2026 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to provide information regarding fertility treatment, including insurance coverage of fertility treatment.
with 17 sponsors
intro.nyc/0212-2026 An annual report on compliance with the Americans with disabilities act standards for accessible design by the department of parks and recreation, and to repeal and replace section 18-143 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0213-2026 Prohibiting places or providers of public accommodation from using biometric recognition technology and protecting any biometric identifier information collected.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0214-2026 Requiring micromobility share system operators to display rules of the road for safe operation.
with 4 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Shahana K. Hanif has sponsored 28 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0004-2026 Prohibiting pricing increases based on real-time demand at food service establishments.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0009-2026 A study and report on expediting the child care permitting process.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0011-2026 Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0051-2026 A feasibility study of zero-emission port operations.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0052-2026 An inventory of vacant industrial space, and an estimate of underutilization of industrial space, in significant maritime industrial areas.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0056-2026 Requiring an annual report on the state of waterfront infrastructure.
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/0132-2026 The terms “inmate,” “prisoner,” and “incarcerated individual” and other similar terminology as used therein.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0139-2026 Requiring the department of social services to provide a benefits interview confirmation notice.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0141-2026 Requiring district attorneys to report on retained and seized property.
Introduced by Tiffany L. Cabán
intro.nyc/0156-2026 Permitting street vendors to vend within two feet from the curb.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0162-2026 Adding a 311 complaint category for dog runs.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0220-2026 Identification of formerly enslaved African American burial sites.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0241-2026 Establishing a universal youth employment program.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0272-2026 Taxicab driver pay for electronically dispatched taxicab trips.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0303-2026 Maximum working hours for home care aides.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/0307-2026 Establishing a universal application and recertification system for the senior citizen rent increase exemption program and disability rent increase exemption program.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/0311-2026 Requiring the police department’s property clerk to look for a claimant’s identification in seized property upon request.
Introduced by Darlene Mealy
intro.nyc/0312-2026 Requiring that certain contact information be posted at work sites.
Introduced by Darlene Mealy
intro.nyc/0313-2026 Resources for cleanup and enforcement of dumping.
Introduced by Darlene Mealy
intro.nyc/0369-2026 Establishing organic waste composting facilities in each borough.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0403-2026 Creating a department of community safety
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
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/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/0454-2026 Requiring sodium and added sugar warnings in all restaurants.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0511-2026 Prohibiting standing or parking a vehicle within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
Introduced by Julie Won