Ty Hankerson

Jan 2026 - Dec 2029
District 28 (Queens)

Comittees

Caucus - Black, Latino and Asian Caucus
Committee on Civil Service and Labor
Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use
Committee on Parks and Recreation (chair)
Committee on Public Safety
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management

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Legislation (2026-2029 Session)

Council member Ty Hankerson has introduced 8 bills in the current legislative session.

6 bills are in Committee , 1 bills are Laid Over in Committee , 1 bills are Enacted

intro.nyc/0740-2026 Enacted A study on increasing the amount of green space in various community districts.
with 10 sponsors
intro.nyc/0899-2026 Trade waste management and disposal for construction, alterations, and demolition.
with 11 sponsors
intro.nyc/1038-2026 Enforcement of tax liens on community infrastructure properties
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/1039-2026 Stop work order inspections of worksites with major renovations.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/1040-2026 Assessment of staff capacity and contract services related to the department of parks and recreation.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/1041-2026 Requirements for the removal of public litter baskets by the department of sanitation.
with 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/1042-2026 Publication and visualization of snow plowing operations data.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/1043-2026 Illuminating pathways under elevated structures.
with 6 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Ty Hankerson has sponsored 102 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/0011-2026 Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0022-2026 Enacted 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/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/0055-2026 Enacted 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/0158-2026 Licensing and operation of non-tobacco hookah establishments.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0175-2026 Vetoed A plan regarding security perimeters adjacent to educational facilities.
Introduced by Eric Dinowitz
intro.nyc/0178-2026 Establishing an office of conversion assistance.
Introduced by Harvey D. Epstein
intro.nyc/0196-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Modifying the sodium warning at designated food service establishments.
Introduced by Oswald J. Feliz
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/0215-2026 Extending reasonable workplace accommodations to caregivers.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0216-2026 Increasing transparency and accountability in the real property tax assessment process
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/0218-2026 Annual study to identify non-operational schools and the subsequent removal of speed cameras from eliminated school speed zones.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0219-2026 Requiring city agencies to provide visual representations of fence installations and alterations on bridges.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0220-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature A report and map of historical 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/0223-2026 Prohibiting the sale of electronic cigarettes that resemble school supplies.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0224-2026 Creating an interagency task force on squatting.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0225-2026 Accessing biographical information pertaining to ceremonial street signs through quick response codes.
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/0227-2026 Establishing a pilot abatement program for unsafe operators of pedal-assist bicycles.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0228-2026 Requiring the installation of pedestrian lighting on step streets.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0259-2026 Requiring the department of education to distribute information about the importance of dental care.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0279-2026 Exempting ambulettes from certain bus lane restrictions and allowing them to double park to assist passengers.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0291-2026 Enacted Requiring the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to report deaths by suicide that occur in the city and suicide-related behavior among youth.
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/0295-2026 Establishing a screening program for endometriosis and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0296-2026 Increasing access to data around gender-based violence.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0299-2026 Requiring a report on outreach by the department of education and the department of health and mental hygiene to individuals who were students, teachers and staff at schools near the World Trade Center during the 2001-2002.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/0312-2026 Requiring that certain contact information be posted at work sites.
Introduced by Darlene Mealy
intro.nyc/0317-2026 Establishing a registry to recognize organizations that offer family benefits that exceed requirements.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0318-2026 Establishing a New York city guardianship reform commission.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0323-2026 Providing paid leave for city employees who serve as bone marrow or living organ donors and establishing a city bone marrow and living organ donor honor roll.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0403-2026 Creating a department of community safety
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0404-2026 Cleaning and maintenance of city property.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0409-2026 Enacted Bus lane restrictions.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0412-2026 Requiring the disclosure of school admissions policies and procedures.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0413-2026 Establishing an office of black male excellence.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0415-2026 Establishing a youth entrepreneurship and business development program.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
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/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/0460-2026 Abolishing the criminal group database and prohibiting the establishment of a successor database.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
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/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/0514-2026 Reporting on locations in which persons are squatting.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang
intro.nyc/0547-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Amending the icon for added sugar warning labels and the amount for civil penalties, and to repeal subdivision b of section 17-199.18 in relation thereto.
Introduced by Oswald J. Feliz
intro.nyc/0603-2026 Universal summer youth program plan.
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/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/0610-2026 Notification of intent to alter or demolish certain rent regulated housing accommodations.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0656-2026 Setting maximum amounts for certain member usage fees charged by a bike share operator.
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/0666-2026 Requiring the department of parks and recreation to publish tree maintenance prioritization ratings.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0692-2026 Enacted Workforce stabilization payments for school paraprofessionals, and providing for the repeal of such local law upon the expiration thereof.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0716-2026 A study on the feasibility of achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Introduced by Yusef Salaam
intro.nyc/0717-2026 Requiring the department of buildings to inform property owners of permit sign-off requirements.
Introduced by Yusef Salaam
intro.nyc/0718-2026 Reporting on police department compliance with freedom of information law requests.
Introduced by Yusef Salaam
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/0793-2026 Reporting on and assisting employers with the New York state secure choice savings program.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0796-2026 Regulating the police department’s response to first amendment events.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0813-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Refusing renew, suspending, or revoking a license of a tobacco retail dealer or an electronic cigarette retail dealer that has violated certain authorization requirements of the cannabis law.
Introduced by Harvey D. Epstein
intro.nyc/0822-2026 Enacted The naming of two thoroughfares and public places.
Introduced by Virginia Maloney
intro.nyc/0839-2026 Enacted Making the certification of no harassment pilot program permanent and adding criteria for inclusion of certain buildings in the program.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0844-2026 Licensing massage therapy businesses.
Introduced by Shanel Thomas-Henry
intro.nyc/0845-2026 Requiring the department of transportation to install lighting under elevated train lines.
Introduced by Shanel Thomas-Henry
intro.nyc/0846-2026 Ferry service to Willets Point.
Introduced by Shanel Thomas-Henry
intro.nyc/0853-2026 Requiring a study on how language access needs, income, and geographic location affect access to special education programs and services.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang
intro.nyc/0855-2026 Exempting or partially exempting seniors and certain persons with disabilities from penalties for failing to remove snow or ice from sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs and other locations.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang
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/0866-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Requiring the posting of notification signs regarding upcoming disruptive work.
Introduced by Harvey D. Epstein
intro.nyc/0874-2026 Establishing a legacy business registry and preservation fund.
Introduced by Virginia Maloney
intro.nyc/0881-2026 Master plan for the redevelopment of Rikers Island for sustainability and resiliency purposes.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0900-2026 Requiring payment of undisputed invoice amounts under city contracts.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0901-2026 Payment of invoices during pending contract modifications on human services contracts.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0904-2026 Limiting the circumstances in which participating candidates and their principal committees must repay public matching funds to the campaign finance board.
Introduced by Frank Morano
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/0912-2026 Prohibiting the sale of birds in pet shops.
Introduced by Harvey D. Epstein
intro.nyc/0915-2026 Supporting veteran vendors.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0929-2026 Enacted A transparency report regarding New York city police department security perimeters adjacent to educational facilities.
Introduced by Elsie Encarnación
intro.nyc/0946-2026 Requiring the parks department to repair damage caused by trees owned by the city of New York.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0956-2026 Enacted The naming of 103 thoroughfares and public places.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0963-2026 Banning the use of live fish as prizes.
Introduced by Vickie Paladino
intro.nyc/0977-2026 Trainings regarding sexually exploited youth.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0978-2026 Increasing the maximum income level qualifying for exemption from rent increases granted to certain senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0979-2026 Requiring the integration of mental health professionals into public service answering points.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0980-2026 Requiring a school crossing guard at each school enrolling students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0995-2026 Requiring that police officers be trained on laws and policies related to the use of physical restraints on pregnant and postpartum individuals.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0996-2026 Reporting on children present at arrests.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/1010-2026 Increasing the maximum income level qualifying for the senior citizen homeowner’s exemption and the disabled homeowner’s exemption.
Introduced by Christopher Marte
intro.nyc/1015-2026 Abatement of taxation for alterations and improvements to certain multiple dwellings.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/1019-2026 Advertising programs and services on digital platforms used by older adults.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang
intro.nyc/1061-2026 Allowing customers to select a plaza as the location of a 311 complaint.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/1064-2026 Timeframes for agency approvals and change orders on small capital projects.
Introduced by Carl Wilson
intro.nyc/1065-2026 Requiring cost benchmarks for small recurring capital projects.
Introduced by Carl Wilson
intro.nyc/1068-2026 Affirmative defense for tickets issued to drivers licensed by the taxi and limousine commission for stopping and standing while assisting passengers with impaired mobility.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang