Yusef Salaam

Jan 2024 - Dec 2029
District 9 (Manhattan)

Comittees

Committee on Criminal Justice
Committee on Housing and Buildings
Committee on Land Use
Committee on Parks and Recreation
Committee on Small Business
Committee to Combat Hate (chair)
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises


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Legislation (2026-2029 Session)

Council member Yusef Salaam has introduced 9 bills in the current legislative session.

9 bills are in Committee

intro.nyc/0073-2026 Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to staff each police precinct with a licensed social worker.
with 8 sponsors
intro.nyc/0716-2026 A study on the feasibility of achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions.
with 2 sponsors
intro.nyc/0717-2026 Requiring the department of buildings to inform property owners of permit sign-off requirements.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0718-2026 Reporting on police department compliance with freedom of information law requests.
with 3 sponsors
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.
with 12 sponsors
intro.nyc/0720-2026 A top-level domain name requirement for websites maintained by city agencies.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0721-2026 Parking permits for medical residents.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0780-2026 Requiring the police department to publish daily maps depicting collisions involving department vehicles and locations where department vehicles exceeded the speed limit.
with 3 sponsors
intro.nyc/0799-2026 Establishing a support fund for small businesses affected by roadway construction.
with 4 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Yusef Salaam has sponsored 34 bills originally introduced by other Council members in the current legislative session.

intro.nyc/0001-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature A plan regarding security perimeters adjacent to places of religious worship.
Introduced by Julie Menin
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/0022-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature 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/0087-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Combining the archival review board and the archives, reference and research advisory board into a library and archival review advisory board, and to repeal section 3009 of such charter in relation thereto.
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/0165-2026 Requiring the police department to report on the status of hate crime cases
Introduced by Eric Dinowitz
intro.nyc/0175-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature A plan regarding security perimeters adjacent to educational facilities.
Introduced by Eric Dinowitz
intro.nyc/0203-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Reporting on payments to early childhood care and education providers.
Introduced by Jennifer Gutiérrez
intro.nyc/0208-2026 Requiring the inclusion of businesses owned by persons of Middle Eastern and North African descent in future disparity studies.
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/0282-2026 Building emissions calculations, adjustments and penalties.
Introduced by Linda Lee
intro.nyc/0291-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature 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/0297-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Emergency planning for religious and non-profit institutions.
Introduced by Virginia Maloney
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/0327-2026 Reimbursing nonpublic schools for the cost of video surveillance cameras.
Introduced by Mercedes Narcisse
intro.nyc/0365-2026 Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to schedule subsequent inspections of dwelling units.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0388-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Establishing a hotline to report discriminatory harassment and unlawful discriminatory practices.
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0403-2026 Creating a department of community safety
Introduced by Lincoln Restler
intro.nyc/0409-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Bus lane restrictions.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0413-2026 Establishing an office of black male excellence.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0416-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature 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/0428-2026 Limiting the use of facial recognition technology in residential buildings.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0448-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Structure and responsibilities of the youth board.
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 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/0514-2026 Reporting on locations in which persons are squatting.
Introduced by Susan Zhuang
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/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/0692-2026 Workforce stabilization payments for school paraprofessionals, and providing for the repeal thereof.
Introduced by Carmen N. De La Rosa
intro.nyc/0708-2026 Collecting and disclosing personal and sensitive information about New York City residents.
Introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
intro.nyc/0786-2026 Procedures for and reporting on curing ballots for voters in department of correction custody.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0796-2026 Regulating the police department’s response to first amendment events.
Introduced by Chi A. Ossé