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 11 bills in the current legislative session.

10 bills are in Committee , 1 bills are Laid Over 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 13 sponsors
intro.nyc/0716-2026 A study on the feasibility of achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions.
with 7 sponsors
intro.nyc/0717-2026 Requiring the department of buildings to inform property owners of permit sign-off requirements.
with 11 sponsors
intro.nyc/0718-2026 Reporting on police department compliance with freedom of information law requests.
with 6 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 15 sponsors
intro.nyc/0720-2026 A top-level domain name requirement for websites maintained by city agencies.
with 6 sponsors
intro.nyc/0721-2026 Parking permits for medical residents.
with 13 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 5 sponsors
intro.nyc/0799-2026 Establishing a support fund for small businesses affected by roadway construction.
with 14 sponsors
intro.nyc/0836-2026 Distribution of information regarding the availability of halal and kosher food in schools.
with 4 sponsors
intro.nyc/0837-2026 A public outreach and education program regarding Hajj and Umrah-related scams.
with 8 sponsors

Sponsored Legislation

Council member Yusef Salaam has sponsored 144 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/0002-2026 Enacted Approval for emergency procurements and submission of contracts for audit.
Introduced by Julie Menin
intro.nyc/0011-2026 Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses.
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/0033-2026 Hours of operation of adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0036-2026 Installation of vape detectors in public middle and high schools.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0037-2026 Providing rental assistance to homeless veterans.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0039-2026 After action reports following emergency declarations.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0041-2026 Voluntary PFAS screenings for firefighters.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0042-2026 Creating uniform emergency response maps for city properties.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0043-2026 Requiring the installation of security cameras in parks.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0044-2026 Creation of a small business disaster recovery and resiliency advisory board.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0045-2026 Requiring the director of long-term planning and sustainability to conduct an infrastructure risk study in flood risk areas.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0046-2026 Installing child with autism warning plaques on streets.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0048-2026 Translating the citizen’s air complaint program portal into the designated citywide languages.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0055-2026 Signage describing certain constitutional and legal protections.
Introduced by Alexa Avilés
intro.nyc/0061-2026 Creating a business directory for New York city housing authority tenant-owned businesses and establishing a marketing campaign to highlight the New York city housing authority tenant-owned business directory.
Introduced by Chris Banks
intro.nyc/0062-2026 Department of citywide administrative services conducting a study to assess the feasibility of a reimbursement program for civil service applicants who did not receive an employment offer before their eligible list expired.
Introduced by Chris Banks
intro.nyc/0087-2026 Enacted 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/0109-2026 Creation of curbside overnight parking for low and zero emission commercial vehicles in industrial business zones and to provide for the repeal thereof.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
intro.nyc/0111-2026 Requiring the department of transportation to study and report on truck route compliance and warehouse operators.
Introduced by Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
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 Vetoed A plan regarding security perimeters adjacent to educational facilities.
Introduced by Eric Dinowitz
intro.nyc/0181-2026 Requiring building owners to provide shower hoses and informational materials on Legionnaires’ disease to tenants.
Introduced by Amanda C. Farías
intro.nyc/0183-2026 Notice requirements for food service establishment inspections.
Introduced by Amanda C. Farías
intro.nyc/0189-2026 Requiring that notices of violation issued by the department of health and mental hygiene during inspections of food service establishments include photographs or video recordings of each violation cited in such notice.
Introduced by Amanda C. Farías
intro.nyc/0203-2026 Enacted 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/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/0219-2026 Requiring city agencies to provide visual representations of fence installations and alterations on bridges.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0220-2026 Identification of formerly enslaved 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/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/0228-2026 Requiring the installation of pedestrian lighting on step streets.
Introduced by Kamillah Hanks
intro.nyc/0257-2026 Enacted Special activation of the open streets program on certain holidays and time periods with significant pedestrian traffic.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0282-2026 Building emissions calculations, adjustments and penalties.
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/0297-2026 Enacted Emergency planning for religious and non-profit institutions.
Introduced by Virginia Maloney
intro.nyc/0303-2026 Maximum working hours for home care employees.
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/0315-2026 Public education and outreach on traumatic brain injuries and concussions.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0318-2026 Establishing a New York city guardianship reform commission.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0320-2026 Codifying the official flag of the borough of Staten Island.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0321-2026 Requiring AM broadcast receivers in vehicles of the city fleet and city-contracted vehicles.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0322-2026 Giving council members the power to make appointments to community boards.
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/0324-2026 A study and report on the feasibility of permitting motorists to make a right turn at a red signal on Staten Island.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0327-2026 Mayor's Desk for Signature Reimbursing nonpublic schools for the cost of video surveillance cameras.
Introduced by Mercedes Narcisse
intro.nyc/0341-2026 Record keeping and reporting on the disposal of rechargeable batteries used for powered mobility devices.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0342-2026 A review of the potential use of lower-strength oleoresin capsicum sprays in facilities operated by the department of correction.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0344-2026 Testing drinking water for the presence of microplastics.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0345-2026 Penalties in tax exempt projects due to source of income discrimination.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0346-2026 Requiring a study of and changes to information requested in the supportive housing application.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0347-2026 A study on the feasibility of establishing a social housing agency and the repeal of this local law upon the expiration thereof.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0348-2026 Creating lock change procedures in response to illegal lockouts.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0352-2026 Requiring the department of sanitation to develop a plan for ensuring proper disposal of rechargeable batteries used for powered mobility devices.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0353-2026 Creating a commercial waste zones working group.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0354-2026 Clarifying the definition of organic waste drop off site.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0356-2026 Collection and sale of organic waste and compost by community composters.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0357-2026 Requiring the department of transportation to install e-bicycle battery stations.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0358-2026 Creating a website with information identifying individuals convicted of deed theft.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0359-2026 Utilizing city-owned lots for energy storage systems.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0360-2026 Outreach to property owners subject to municipal property taxes.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0361-2026 Public recording of tax liens.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0363-2026 Injunctive relief for lawful occupants of rental units.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0364-2026 Increasing penalties for unlawful evictions.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
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/0366-2026 Emergency and resiliency plans of the department of sanitation.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0368-2026 Establishing a tracking system concerning the disposal of yellow and brown grease.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0369-2026 Establishing organic waste composting facilities in each borough.
Introduced by Sandy Nurse
intro.nyc/0377-2026 Prohibiting the operation of electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist in parks.
Introduced by Vickie Paladino
intro.nyc/0388-2026 Enacted 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/0405-2026 Nutrition standards and beverage options for children’s meals served in food service establishments.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0409-2026 Enacted Bus lane restrictions.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0410-2026 Requiring certain retail stores to accept flexible benefit cards.
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/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/0428-2026 Limiting the use of facial recognition technology in residential buildings.
Introduced by Pierina Ana Sanchez
intro.nyc/0434-2026 Requiring specified employers to provide time off for preventative medical screening to their employees.
Introduced by Lynn C. Schulman
intro.nyc/0436-2026 Study on the feasibility of installing raised crosswalks, raised intersections, and speed reducers at intersections and roadways adjacent to schools.
Introduced by Lynn C. Schulman
intro.nyc/0448-2026 Enacted Structure and responsibilities of the youth board.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0457-2026 Reporting on crossing guard deployment.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0458-2026 An advisory board on crossing guard deployment.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0459-2026 Requiring police precincts to develop plans for identifying and responding to individuals with special needs.
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/0461-2026 Prohibiting the denial of crime victim services to gang affiliated individuals.
Introduced by Althea V. Stevens
intro.nyc/0488-2026 Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to submit reports on veteran preference in Mitchell-Lama developments.
Introduced by Inna Vernikov
intro.nyc/0489-2026 Requiring the creation of a publicly accessible online database and notification system for towed vehicles.
Introduced by Inna Vernikov
intro.nyc/0491-2026 Panic buttons for houses of worship.
Introduced by Inna Vernikov
intro.nyc/0492-2026 Discounted quarterly municipal parking field permits for seniors.
Introduced by Inna Vernikov
intro.nyc/0494-2026 Budgets of the equal employment practices commission and the commission on civil and human rights.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0495-2026 Increasing the maximum civil penalty for unlawful discriminatory practices or acts of discriminatory harassment or violence
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0496-2026 Study and report on the installation of potential structures to acknowledge the Draft Riots of 1863
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
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/0504-2026 Prohibiting the unauthorized depiction of public officials by artificial intelligence.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0505-2026 Requiring the department of investigation to investigate the fire department’s compliance with laws and policies relating to discrimination, harassment, and equal employment opportunity
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0506-2026 Renaming one thoroughfare in the Borough of Queens, The Live End, and to amend the official map of the city of New York accordingly
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0507-2026 Complaints to 311 about overhead wires
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/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/0606-2026 Requiring the department of transportation to investigate vehicle collisions.
Introduced by Rita C. Joseph
intro.nyc/0607-2026 Establishment of a parking enforcement unit within the department of transportation.
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/0609-2026 Prohibiting the sale of flavored cigarettes.
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/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/0660-2026 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/0661-2026 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/0662-2026 Creation of a groundwater flood risk area map.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
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/0665-2026 Public education campaign on HPV, expanding access to HPV self-testing kits, and healthcare provider training on cultural competency and implicit bias.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0666-2026 Requiring the department of parks and recreation to publish tree maintenance prioritization ratings.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0667-2026 Offering community service in lieu of civil penalties for certain littering violations.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0669-2026 Referring 311 non-emergency traffic condition complaints to the transportation bureau of the police department.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0670-2026 Establishing rules of decorum for posting on official social media accounts.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0672-2026 Reducing the maximum time commercial vehicles may park.
Introduced by Nantasha M. Williams
intro.nyc/0687-2026 Requiring a study and report on delays and costs in capital projects.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
intro.nyc/0688-2026 Requiring temporary parking restrictions on the streets surrounding temporary street closures.
Introduced by Chris Banks
intro.nyc/0689-2026 Notice of intent to sell tax liens.
Introduced by Chris Banks
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/0715-2026 Pharmaceutical supply chain resilience and industry development.
Introduced by Kevin C. Riley
intro.nyc/0782-2026 Publicly accessible animal abuse registry.
Introduced by Joann Ariola
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
intro.nyc/0813-2026 Refusing to renew, suspending, or revoking a license of a tobacco retail dealer that has violated certain authorization requirements of the cannabis law.
Introduced by Harvey D. Epstein
intro.nyc/0815-2026 Lighting controls for street lighting fixtures.
Introduced by Harvey D. Epstein
intro.nyc/0831-2026 Providing leave for bone marrow and living organ donation and establishing a city bone marrow and living organ donor honor roll.
Introduced by Frank Morano
intro.nyc/0841-2026 A pilot program to establish a pet food pantry.
Introduced by Lynn C. Schulman