Shanel Thomas-Henry

Jan 2026 - Dec 2029
District 21 ()

Comittees

Committee on Economic Development
Committee on Land Use
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
Committee on Small Business (chair)
Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings, Resiliency and Dispositions
Subcommittee on Senior Centers and Food Insecurity
Subcommittee on Senior Centers and Food Security
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises

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Legislation (2026-2029 Session)

Council member Shanel Thomas-Henry has introduced 3 bills in the current legislative session.

3 bills are in Committee

intro.nyc/0844-2026 Licensing massage therapy businesses.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0845-2026 Requiring the department of transportation to install lighting under elevated train lines.
with 17 sponsors
intro.nyc/0846-2026 Ferry service to Willets Point.
with 8 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Shanel Thomas-Henry has sponsored 40 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0001-2026 Enacted A plan regarding security perimeters adjacent to places of religious worship.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0055-2026 Signage describing certain constitutional and legal protections.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
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/0114-2026 Information required in job listings.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0116-2026 Requiring a minority and women-owned business enterprise consultant for city projects with budgets in excess of ten million dollars.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
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.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0215-2026 Extending reasonable workplace accommodations to caregivers.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0221-2026 Creation of a disaster assistance center.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0248-2026 Automatic enrollment of eligible individuals in city-created benefit programs.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0263-2026 Developing a strategic blueprint to reduce capital project durations by at least 25 percent.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0281-2026 Compensation for contracted pre-kindergarten education services providers.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0312-2026 Requiring that certain contact information be posted at work sites.
Introduced by Darlene Mealy
intro.nyc/0412-2026 Requiring the disclosure of school admissions policies and procedures.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0416-2026 Enacted A pilot program regarding cleanliness and snow and ice removal from bus shelters, bike share stations, and public communications structures.
Introduced by Justin E. Sanchez
intro.nyc/0502-2026 Enacted 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/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/0553-2026 Establishing a program to provide financial assistance to small retail businesses for the purchase of security system technology.
Introduced by Oswald J. Feliz
intro.nyc/0656-2026 Setting maximum amounts for certain member usage fees charged by a bike share operator.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0685-2026 Establishing an office of insurance accountability.
Introduced by Julie Menin
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/0729-2026 Requiring pharmacies and food retail stores to staff self-service checkout areas and impose a 15-item maximum for self-service checkout purchases to help combat retail theft.
Introduced by Amanda C. Farías
intro.nyc/0796-2026 Regulating the police department’s response to first amendment events.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0799-2026 Establishing a support fund for small businesses affected by roadway construction.
Introduced by Yusef Salaam
intro.nyc/0808-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature The development of a World Cup events calendar and map of small businesses connected to the participating nations.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0811-2026 Requiring the department of sanitation to clean and maintain all city-owned vacant lots.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0816-2026 Limiting the documentation of housing history required as part of an application for shelter by a family with children.
Introduced by Amanda C. Farías
intro.nyc/0822-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature The naming of two thoroughfares and public places.
Introduced by Virginia Maloney
intro.nyc/0847-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Providing outreach and education on consumer protection issues that affect tourists.
Introduced by Sandra Ung
intro.nyc/0849-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Requiring a designated agency to develop and implement a cultural passport program encouraging visitation to participating sites in each borough.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0861-2026 Education and outreach campaign regarding the housing choice voucher homeownership program.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0862-2026 Establishing a homebuyer financial assistance program and mandating a minimum number of homebuyers to be assisted annually.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0867-2026 Public notice of open meetings and the online publication of such notice.
Introduced by Harvey D. Epstein
intro.nyc/0882-2026 Establishing a payment fund for freelance workers.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0895-2026 Distribution of information about student transfer rights.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0905-2026 Giving qualified entities a first opportunity to submit a statement of interest and a first opportunity to purchase certain properties.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0909-2026 Requiring the creation and dissemination of diversity, equity and inclusion training for educational leaders.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0910-2026 Outreach on security grille visibility requirements, and to repeal item 4 of section 1010.1.4.4 of the New York city building code and section 28-315.7.1 of the administrative code.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens