Yusef Salaam

Jan 2024 - Dec 2025
District 9 (Manhattan)

Comittees

Committee on Aging
Committee on Civil Service and Labor
Committee on Finance
Committee on Public Safety (chair)
Manhattan Delegation of the New York City Council
Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises


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Legislation (2024-2025 Session)

Council member Yusef Salaam has introduced 1 bills in the current legislative session.

1 bills are Laid Over in Committee

intro.nyc/1101-2024 Requiring the police department to disseminate information and provide officer training on requisites for filing reports and criminal complaints of identity theft and related crimes.
with 10 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Yusef Salaam has sponsored 169 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0005-2024 Translating the citizen’s air complaint program portal into the designated citywide languages.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0006-2024 Enacted Tenant education and outreach on residential vacate orders due to damage caused by fires.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0025-2024 Enacted Provision of senior citizen rent increase exemption application forms pre-populated with applicable data to eligible persons living in city-supervised Mitchell-Lama housing.
Introduced by Eric Dinowitz
intro.nyc/0039-2024 Enacted Establishing a program to assist with door and window repair and security for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0044-2024 The senior citizen rent increase exemption and the disability rent increase exemption.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0045-2024 Enacted Requiring the NYC department of education to report actual class sizes and expand reports on the number of students in special programs in New York city public schools.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0055-2024 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/0070-2024 Prohibiting non-essential helicopters from operating at heliports owned or operated by the city.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0078-2024 The disposition of real property of the city.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0080-2024 Hazardous obstruction by vehicles and civilian complaints to the department of transportation for hazardous obstruction violations.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0084-2024 Enacted Workforce survey of migrants, including recent arrivals and asylum seekers, and to repeal such amendments upon the expiration thereof.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0085-2024 Enacted Health survey of migrants, including recent arrivals and asylum seekers, and to repeal such amendments upon the expiration thereof.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0093-2024 Enacted Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to develop a healthy nyc population health agenda.
Introduced by Lynn C. Schulman
intro.nyc/0098-2024 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/0099-2024 Creation of curbside overnight truck parking sections in Industrial Business Zones.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0100-2024 Suspension of alternate side parking regulations on Losar.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0107-2024 Air quality monitoring at designated “heavy use” thoroughfares.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0108-2024 Requiring sheriffs and city marshals to report housing displacement to the department of social services/human resources administration to evaluate eligibility for legal counsel.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0109-2024 Requiring the department of parks and recreation to collect and report data regarding community gardens and permitting the sale of agriculture within community gardens.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0110-2024 Enacted Report on the New York city housing authority’s permanent affordability commitment together program.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0111-2024 Reporting on vacant public housing dwelling units.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0113-2024 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/0114-2024 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/0115-2024 The creation of a mobile application that provides information about electric vehicle charging stations.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0130-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Establishing composting facilities in parks.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0131-2024 Adding a 311 complaint category for noise from sirens.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0157-2024 Requiring the police department to submit reports on complaints of police misconduct.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
intro.nyc/0158-2024 Requiring the police department to provide records of complaints and investigations of biased-based policing to the commission on human rights.
Introduced by Tiffany Cabán
intro.nyc/0168-2024 The department of investigation’s oversight of the police department use of surveillance technology.
Introduced by Amanda Farías
intro.nyc/0210-2024 Prohibiting the department of social services or any other city agency from imposing length of shelter stay restrictions in a shelter of any type.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif
intro.nyc/0217-2024 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/0238-2024 Establishing a technical support program for older adults.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/0257-2024 Universal summer youth program plan.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0258-2024 Winterization of farmers’ markets,
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0259-2024 Sale and use of diesel-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0260-2024 Establishing a warming centers program.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0262-2024 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/0263-2024 Requiring the department of transportation to investigate vehicle collisions.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0264-2024 Establishment of a parking enforcement unit within the department of transportation.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0265-2024 Health insurance for city employees.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0266-2024 Establishing a bullying prevention task force.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0267-2024 Making certain bathrooms in city facilities available for public use.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0270-2024 Special activation of the Open Streets program on certain holidays and time periods with significant pedestrian traffic.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0271-2024 Installation of protected bicycle lanes.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0272-2024 Capital plan and timeline for installing public bathrooms.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0278-2024 Black & BIPOC Care Package - Establishing a missing person alert system.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0279-2024 Enacted Studying the impacts of slavery and its legacies in New York city and recommending potential reparative measures for resulting harms.
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0291-2024 Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0293-2024 Prohibiting the dissemination of materially deceptive audio or visual media in local elections.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0340-2024 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/0341-2024 Enacted Requiring the NYC DOE to report the number of students reported to the office of school health as having a diagnosis of sickle cell disease or trait.
Introduced by Mercedes Narcisse
intro.nyc/0353-2024 Enacted Installation of solar photovoltaic systems on city-owned property.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0354-2024 Utilizing city-owned lots for energy storage systems.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0356-2024 The department of social services to create shelters for LGBTQ single adults in every borough.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0357-2024 Quarterly reports on shelters for LGBTQ single adults.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0358-2024 Establishing an office to address LGBTQ homelessness.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0359-2024 Including food service establishment, retail establishments, and health clubs in the opioid antagonist program.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0360-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Payment of fees imposed in relation to the rental of residential real property.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0361-2024 De-escalation and trauma-informed training for department of homeless services employees.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0362-2024 A report on the outreach and distribution of pre-exposure prophylaxis throughout the city of New York.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé
intro.nyc/0369-2024 Pilot program for the use of unmanned aircraft systems in the inspection of the exterior walls of buildings greater than six stories in height.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0391-2024 Sidewalk shed design requirements.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0392-2024 Requiring permit holders responsible for sidewalk sheds or scaffolding to repair or replace certain damaged city-owned trees.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0393-2024 Removing construction-related equipment.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0394-2024 Altering the timeline of initial façade examinations for new construction and coordinating all façade examinations on each city block.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0397-2024 Amending the nuisance abatement law regarding the sale or delivery of cannabis.
Introduced by Keith Powers
intro.nyc/0407-2024 Sales of cooperative apartments.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0412-2024 Notifying emergency contacts and attorney of record when an individual in custody attempts suicide, is hospitalized, or is seriously injured.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0423-2024 Procedures following the death of an individual in custody of the department of correction and a report on compassionate release.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0425-2024 Limiting the use of facial recognition technology in residential buildings.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0428-2024 The posting of information relating to wage theft at construction sites.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0429-2024 Periodic inspections of gas piping systems, ordinary plumbing work, reestablishing the plumbing and fire suppression piping contractor license board, piping systems, emergency work, fire suppression piping work, and seizure.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0430-2024 Including additional capital projects in the citywide statement of needs.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0431-2024 Ensuring business licensing and regulatory compliance of all mobile food and general vendors.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0432-2024 Distributing information about after school programs.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0433-2024 A report on hearings concerning department of buildings violations that are adjourned by the office of administrative trials and hearings.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0434-2024 Building water system maintenance and inspection.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0435-2024 Enacted Expanding availability of rapid testing for sexually transmitted infections.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0436-2024 Electrical code and local law 55 for the year 2024, in relation to electric vehicle supply equipment in open parking lots and parking garages, and repealing chapter 3 of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York in relation thereto.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0437-2024 The license term for master electrician and special electrician licenses.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0438-2024 Requiring cooperative corporations to provide financial information to prospective purchasers of cooperative apartments.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0439-2024 Tracking mitigation strategies in final environmental impact statements as part of the uniform land use review process.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0440-2024 Requiring the department of homeless services to designate eligibility specialists at shelters.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0441-2024 Improving young adults’ access to voter registration materials.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0442-2024 Restricting social media usage for youth.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0443-2024 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/0444-2024 Provision of mental health services for children visiting incarcerated individuals.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0445-2024 Requiring the provision of notices regarding the obligation to maintain retaining walls.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0446-2024 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/0447-2024 Reporting on crossing guard deployment.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0448-2024 An advisory board on crossing guard deployment.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0449-2024 Creation of a commerical landlord watch list.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0450-2024 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/0467-2024 Inspections of sprinkler system and standpipe system fire department connections.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0468-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Department of transportation posting information on traffic-control device and speed reducer requests on its website.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0469-2024 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/0470-2024 The licensing of tire shops.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0471-2024 Enacted Establishing a New York city freedom trail task force.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0472-2024 Requiring the borough presidents to provide equal employment opportunity trainings to community board members.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0473-2024 Offering community service in lieu of civil penalties for certain littering violations.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0474-2024 Establishing dynamic parking zones.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0480-2024 Police department transparency in the use of surveillance technology.
Introduced by Julie Won
intro.nyc/0512-2024 Review of patterns of contractual spending by the city agencies with not-for-profit organizations.
Introduced by Justin L. Brannan
intro.nyc/0557-2024 Adding a 311 complaint category for unlicensed cannabis retailers.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0606-2024 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/0610-2024 A vehicle theft prevention program.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0621-2024 Expanding the definition of tenant harassment to include unlawful evictions and expanding the certificate of no harassment program to include unlawful evictions.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0622-2024 Injunctive relief for lawful occupants of rental units.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0623-2024 Increasing penalties for unlawful evictions.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0638-2024 Requiring that NYPD vehicles be equipped with bulletproof glass.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0641-2024 Nutrition standards and beverage options for children’s meals served in food service establishments.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0642-2024 Enacted Renaming a park in the Borough of the Bronx, Marcus Garvey Square, and to amend the official map of the city of New York accordingly.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0643-2024 A plan to identify and facilitate the use of indoor facilities for basketball games.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0644-2024 Structurally unsound tree privately-owned trees.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0645-2024 Establishing a pilot program to match small businesses with social media content creators for assistance with marketing and advertising, and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0646-2024 Accessibility for the deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind community in the implementation of text-to-911.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0647-2024 Bus lane restrictions.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0648-2024 Requiring the disclosure of school admissions policies and procedures.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0650-2024 The cleaning and maintenance of city property.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0651-2024 Enacted Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to create and distribute materials identifying mental health resources available to individuals who have experienced pregnancy loss.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0654-2024 Abatement of taxation for alterations and improvements to certain multiple dwellings.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0691-2024 Annual reporting on racial and gender disparities in STEM education for high school students
Introduced by Farah N. Louis
intro.nyc/0692-2024 Testing drinking water for the presence of microplastics
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0695-2024 A study of single-use plastics
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0696-2024 Establishing organic waste composting facilities in each borough.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0697-2024 Updated waste characterization studies
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0698-2024 Clarifying the definition of organic waste drop off site
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0733-2024 Mayor's Desk for Signature Requiring the New York city department of education to report information on career and technical education programs in New York city public schools.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0734-2024 Establishing prevailing wage requirements for city-contracted human service workers
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0735-2024 Requiring the department of correction to report on physical violence against and sexual harassment of correctional staff and ensure that staff have access to mental health treatment resources.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0736-2024 Enacted Establish a rat contraceptive pilot program.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0737-2024 Establishing gratuity standards for food delivery workers.
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0738-2024 Requiring third-party food delivery services that solicit gratuities to do so before or at the same time an online order is placed
Introduced by Shaun Abreu
intro.nyc/0762-2024 Establishing exemptions for third-party food delivery services from the limits on fees charged by such services on food service establishments.
Introduced by Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
intro.nyc/0772-2024 Building emissions calculations, adjustments and penalties.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0781-2024 Organic waste recycling by city agencies.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0782-2024 Outreach to property owners subject to municipal property taxes.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0783-2024 Public recording of tax liens.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0794-2024 Composition of the youth board.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0795-2024 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/0796-2024 Providing local community boards and elected officials with advance notice of the installation of sidewalk sheds
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0798-2024 Abolishing the criminal group database and prohibiting the establishment of a successor database.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0808-2024 Information required in job listings.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0862-2024 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to staff each police precinct with a licensed social worker.
Introduced by Erik D. Bottcher
intro.nyc/0865-2024 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/0871-2024 Extending reasonable workplace accommodations to caregivers.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0872-2024 Creating an interagency task force on squatting.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0873-2024 Requiring the New York City Police Department to report on arrests of individuals under eighteen years of age.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0875-2024 Requiring the installation of pedestrian lighting on step streets
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0902-2024 Giving qualified entities a first opportunity to purchase and an opportunity to submit an offer to purchase certain residential buildings when offered for sale.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0907-2024 Reporting on locations in which persons are squatting.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang
intro.nyc/0908-2024 Enacted Requiring council advice and consent for certain commissioners.
Introduced by Adrienne E. Adams
intro.nyc/0910-2024 Establishment of community hiring and compensation standards for city assisted housing development projects.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0926-2024 Creation of appropriate and responsible use practices for artificial intelligence tools used by city agencies.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0928-2024 Requiring the department of transportation to conduct a pilot project on the use of cool pavement
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0956-2024 Enacted Display of artwork on temporary protective structures on construction sites.
Introduced by Carlina Rivera
intro.nyc/0963-2024 Privacy of communications of individuals in the custody of the department of correction.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/0968-2024 Enacted Naming of 100 thoroughfares and public places.
Introduced by Shekar Krishnan
intro.nyc/0975-2024 Establishing an office of black male excellence.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0991-2024 Enacted Licensing Hotels
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0994-2024 Requiring that tenant-occupied dwellings be provided with cooled and dehumidified air.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0998-2024 Cooling centers.
Introduced by Kalman Yeger
intro.nyc/1016-2024 Consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms.
Introduced by Erik D. Bottcher
intro.nyc/1026-2024 Quarterly reporting regarding the visitation of incarcerated individuals and requiring the DOC to record interactions in which an individual is informed about a visitor and refuses to attend the visit.
Introduced by Crystal Hudson
intro.nyc/1032-2024 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/1048-2024 Conducting a complaint based siren sound study in the city.
Introduced by Gale A. Brewer
intro.nyc/1062-2024 Clarifying the requirement that heads of mayoral agencies advise and assist elected officials and bodies of elected officials in regard to matters under the jurisdiction of their agencies.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/1069-2024 Reducing the maximum time commercial vehicles may park
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/1076-2024 Requiring the inclusion of businesses owned by persons of Middle Eastern and North African descent in future disparity studies.
Introduced by Shahana K. Hanif