Recent Legislation Changes
The following legislation changes happened in the past 30 days
Dec 18 2025
intro.nyc/0125-2024
Approved by Committee
Prohibiting the police department from collecting DNA from a minor without consent from a parent, legal guardian or attorney.
Committee on Public Safety
intro.nyc/0142-2024
Approved by Council
Requiring the department of education to report on student access to home internet and electronic devices.
Committee on Education
intro.nyc/0276-2024
Approved by Committee
Wrongful deactivation of high-volume for-hire vehicle drivers.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/0403-2024
Approved by Council
Cleaning of catch basins and reports on catch basin cleanups and maintenance.
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
intro.nyc/0408-2024
Approved by Council
Creating a division within the department of small business services to assist street vendors and reporting regarding such assistance efforts
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/0431-2024
Approved by Committee
Expanding business licensing and regulatory compliance of all mobile food and general vendors.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/0472-2024
Approved by Committee
Requiring the borough presidents to provide equal employment opportunity trainings to community board members.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
intro.nyc/0479-2024
Approved by Council
Establishment of standards and procedures to determine the existence of conflicts of interest and other misconduct concerning city contracts.
Committee on Contracts
intro.nyc/0571-2024
Approved by Committee
Establishment of a Wards Island affordable housing task force.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/0902-2024
Approved by Committee
Giving qualified entities a first opportunity to submit a statement of interest and a first opportunity to purchase certain properties.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/0910-2024
Approved by Council
Establishment of community hiring and compensation standards for city-assisted housing development projects.
Committee on Civil Service and Labor
intro.nyc/0958-2024
Approved by Committee
Creation of affordable homeownership opportunities.
Committee on Land Use
intro.nyc/0987-2024
Approved by Committee
Pilot program to develop and distribute educational materials regarding the reduction of surplus food in public schools.
Committee on Education
intro.nyc/0994-2024
Approved by Committee
Cooling systems in tenant-occupied dwellings.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1000-2024
Approved by Committee
Establishing a for-hire vehicles parking pilot program.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1066-2024
Approved by Committee
Creation of a task force to review the impacts of artificial intelligence on civil service and civil service employees.
Committee on Civil Service and Labor
intro.nyc/1120-2024
Approved by Committee
Establishing timelines for cooperative corporations to approve or deny the sale of cooperative apartments.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1121-2024
Approved by Committee
Providing contracted ferry service at reduced cost to middle school students.
Committee on Economic Development
intro.nyc/1140-2024
Approved by Committee
Annual reporting on fire department vehicles and equipment.
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
intro.nyc/1149-2024
Approved by Committee
Language accessibility at ferry terminals.
Committee on Economic Development
intro.nyc/1229-2025
Approved by Committee
Reporting on emergency medical services units.
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
intro.nyc/1233-2025
Approved by Committee
Planting of vegetation on new medians separating bicycle lanes from motorized vehicle traffic.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1237-2025
Approved by Committee
Requiring the police department to report on all criminal complaints and arrests.
Committee on Public Safety
intro.nyc/1251-2025
Approved by Committee
Issuing licenses to mobile food and general vendors.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1279-2025
Approved by Committee
Department of sanitation rule regarding supplemental sanitation service providers placing out refuse or recycling.
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
intro.nyc/1321-2025
Approved by Council
Enactment of the existing building code, and to repeal chapter 1 of title 27 of such code comprising the 1968 building code.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1332-2025
Approved by Committee
Wrongful deactivation of app-based contracted delivery workers.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1346-2025
Approved by Committee
Requiring the department of transportation to study the commuter van industry.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1350-2025
Approved by Committee
Small business loan readiness resources.
Committee on Small Business
intro.nyc/1359-2025
Approved by Committee
Requiring the department of education to report on manifestation determination reviews.
Committee on Education
intro.nyc/1360-2025
Approved by Committee
Outreach regarding youth programs provided by the police department.
Committee on Education
intro.nyc/1366-2025
Approved by Committee
Requiring the department of social services to create web forms for benefits and services applications.
Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1391-2025
Approved by Committee
Establishment of compensation and training standards for security guards.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1401-2025
Approved by Committee
Voluntary labor and human rights disclosures in city procurement.
Committee on Contracts
intro.nyc/1411-2025
Approved by Committee
Requiring notice to condominium boards concerning the sale of tax liens.
Committee on Finance
intro.nyc/1412-2025
Approved by Committee
Redefining terms concerning immigration enforcement to account for current enforcement practices, and prohibiting the maintenance of an office or quarters on property under the jurisdiction of the DOC by federal immigration authorities.
Committee on Immigration
intro.nyc/1419-2025
Approved by Committee
Reporting regarding unresolved tax liens, and to repeal and replace section 11-356 of such code, relating to a temporary task force on tax liens.
Committee on Finance
intro.nyc/1420-2025
Approved by Committee
Transfer of tax liens to a land bank.
Committee on Finance
intro.nyc/1422-2025
Approved by Council
NYC construction codes, in relation to conforming provisions of such codes with provisions of the NYC existing building code and electrical and elevator inspections.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1427-2025
Approved by Committee
Coney Island business improvement district, Brooklyn.
Committee on Finance
intro.nyc/1433-2025
Approved by Committee
Citywide percentage of rental units in projects receiving city financial assistance that must be 2- and 3-bedroom units and amending the city’s fair housing plan.
Committee on Land Use
intro.nyc/1443-2025
Approved by Committee
Citywide percentage of rental units in projects receiving city financial assistance that must be affordable for extremely low-income and very low-income households.
Committee on Land Use
intro.nyc/1451-2025
Approved by Committee
Requiring the New York city police department to provide the civilian complaint review board with direct access to officer body-warn camera footage and to establish related procedures.
Committee on Public Safety
intro.nyc/1452-2025
Approved by Committee
Notice and provision to fire department personnel of firefighting personal protective equipment containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
intro.nyc/1453-2025
Approved by Committee
Collection, exchange, and disposal program for firefighting personal protective equipment containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and reporting on such program.
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
intro.nyc/1460-2025
Approved by Committee
Access to encrypted police radios.
Committee on Public Safety
intro.nyc/1490-2025
Approved by Committee
Conforming the New York city energy conservation code to the New York state energy code with amendments unique to construction in the city.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1502-2025
Introduced by Council
Prohibiting the department of social services from disclosing shelter addresses.
Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1504-2025
Introduced by Council
Prohibiting the sale of glue traps.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1505-2025
Introduced by Council
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.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
intro.nyc/1506-2025
Introduced by Council
Expanding homelessness prevention programs.
Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1507-2025
Introduced by Council
Requiring the department of transportation to study and report on truck route compliance and warehouse operators.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1508-2025
Introduced by Council
Delivery devices used for commercial purposes, and to repeal section 10-157.1 of such code, relating to signs with bicycle safety procedures.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1509-2025
Introduced by Council
Establishing an office of conversion assistance.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1510-2025
Introduced by Council
Student loan financial counseling program.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1511-2025
Introduced by Council
Department of citywide administrative services conducting a feasibility study on the establishment of technology-based civil service positions.
Committee on Technology
intro.nyc/1512-2025
Introduced by Council
Requiring the department for the aging to establish a program that allows older adults to register their emergency contact information.
Committee on Aging
intro.nyc/1513-2025
Introduced by Council
Requiring the department of parks and recreation to replace trees within 18 months.
Committee on Parks and Recreation
intro.nyc/1514-2025
Introduced by Council
Prohibiting no-pet clauses from leases for unsubsidized units in multiple dwellings.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1515-2025
Introduced by Council
Requiring nonpartisan ranked choice elections for any elective municipal office.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
intro.nyc/1516-2025
Introduced by Council
Prohibiting certain employers from considering an individual’s vaccination status when making employment decisions.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1517-2025
Introduced by Council
Findings made by the affordable housing appeals board.
Committee on Land Use
intro.nyc/1518-2025
Introduced by Council
Findings made by the board of standards and appeals in the approval of affordable housing projects.
Committee on Land Use
intro.nyc/1519-2025
Introduced by Council
Minimum pay for workers.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1520-2025
Introduced by Council
Prohibiting vending on certain streets in Queens.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1521-2025
Introduced by Council
Collecting and disclosing personal and sensitive information about New York city residents.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1522-2025
Introduced by Council
Requiring certain covered public servants to publicly report meetings with lobbyists.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
intro.nyc/1523-2025
Introduced by Council
Establishment of teams to review the population of youth held in secure detention facilities.
Committee on Children and Youth
intro.nyc/1524-2025
Introduced by Council
Creating a department of community safety.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
intro.nyc/1525-2025
Introduced by Council
Prohibiting developers receiving city financial assistance from restricting pet ownership in dwelling units offered for rent in housing development projects.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1526-2025
Introduced by Council
Information regarding alternatives to incarceration and alternatives to detention programs for youth.
Committee on Children and Youth
Dec 17 2025
intro.nyc/0465-2024
Approved by Committee
Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to submit reports on veteran preference in Mitchell-Lama developments.
Committee on Veterans
intro.nyc/0684-2024
Approved by Committee
Requiring each community board to establish a veterans committee
Committee on Veterans
intro.nyc/0685-2024
Approved by Committee
Procurement opportunities for veteran owned business enterprises
Committee on Veterans
intro.nyc/0687-2024
Approved by Committee
Waiving permit fees for mobile food unit commissaries that reserve space for veteran vendors.
Committee on Veterans
intro.nyc/0688-2024
Approved by Committee
Cure periods for certain violations by veterans service organizations
Committee on Veterans
intro.nyc/0868-2024
Approved by Committee
Prohibiting the distribution of hypodermic syringes and needles by mobile syringe service programs in certain locations.
Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
intro.nyc/0959-2024
Approved by Committee
Providing rental assistance to homeless veterans.
Committee on Veterans
intro.nyc/1169-2025
Approved by Committee
Safe collection and disposal of needles and syringes.
Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
intro.nyc/1171-2025
Approved by Committee
Requiring a study and recommendations on the feasibility of implementing a pilot program to provide reconsolidation of traumatic memories therapy for veterans.
Committee on Veterans
intro.nyc/1501-2025
Introduced by Council
Naming of 77 thoroughfares and public places.
Committee on Parks and Recreation
Dec 16 2025
intro.nyc/1493-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Compensation of the mayor, public advocate, members of the city council, borough presidents, comptroller and district attorneys.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
Dec 12 2025
intro.nyc/0079-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Installation of pedestrian lighting fixtures.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/0740-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Establishing a real property tax exemption for Cold War veterans.
Committee on Finance
intro.nyc/1123-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Stationary on-street containers for the storage and collection of residential refuse.
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
intro.nyc/1193-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Requiring home improvement contractors to provide information on required permits to owners and requiring public outreach and education on the watch list of contractors performing work without a permit.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1250-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Publication of bylaws by borough boards, community boards, and advisory bodies.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
intro.nyc/1303-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to provide information regarding fertility treatment, including insurance coverage of fertility treatment.
by with 24 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/1308-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Reforming certain business licensing requirements.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1399-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Access to blood glucose test strips.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/1408-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Study and report on burial capacity on Hart Island.
Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1410-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Authorizing an increase in the amount to be expended annually in seven business improvement districts and one special assessment district.
Committee on Finance
intro.nyc/1428-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Amending the district plan of the Lincoln Square business improvement district to change the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based and authorize additional services for the district.
Committee on Finance
intro.nyc/1465-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Modifying the sodium warning at chain restaurants.
by with 9 sponsors, Committee on Health
Dec 08 2025
intro.nyc/0214-2024
Amended by Committee
Creating a private right of action related to civil immigration detainers and cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
by with 34 sponsors, Committee on Immigration
intro.nyc/1268-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Signage describing certain constitutional and legal protections.
by with 9 sponsors, Committee on Immigration
intro.nyc/1272-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Restricting employers from using E-Verify or any other employment eligibility verification system to check the employment authorization status of an employee or an applicant who has not been offered employment.
by with 13 sponsors, Committee on Immigration
intro.nyc/1335-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Definitions of identifying information and private information.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Civil and Human Rights
intro.nyc/1340-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Interagency taskforce and reporting on a gendered impact assessment of artificial intelligence.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Technology
intro.nyc/1367-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Top-level domain name requirement for websites maintained by city agencies.
by with 10 sponsors, Committee on Technology
Dec 04 2025
intro.nyc/0796-2024
Approved by Council
Providing community boards and elected officials with notice of sidewalk shed permits.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/0895-2024
Approved by Council
Requiring schools and child care programs to stock epinephrine devices.
Committee on Health
intro.nyc/0982-2024
Approved by Committee
Enacted
Pay data reporting by private employers.
Committee on Civil and Human Rights
intro.nyc/0984-2024
Approved by Committee
Enacted
Study on pay equity for private employees.
Committee on Civil and Human Rights
intro.nyc/0988-2024
Approved by Council
Interactive map of information regarding department of parks and recreation swimming pools.
Committee on Parks and Recreation
intro.nyc/1002-2024
Approved by Council
Requiring all schools to stock airway clearance devices, and to repeal section two of such local law upon the expiration thereof.
Committee on Education
intro.nyc/1058-2024
Approved by Council
Determining the feasibility of increasing high school student participation in the city lifeguard corps.
Committee on Parks and Recreation
intro.nyc/1059-2024
Approved by Council
Distribution of materials on water safety in schools.
Committee on Parks and Recreation
intro.nyc/1154-2024
Approved by Council
Testing high visibility pavement markings and establishing a pilot program.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1217-2025
Approved by Council
Building inspections and reporting following complaints related to rats and conditions that attract rats.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1225-2025
Approved by Council
Establishing an office of the census.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
intro.nyc/1248-2025
Approved by Committee
Enacted
Office of contract services.
Committee on Contracts
intro.nyc/1372-2025
Approved by Committee
Enacted
Limiting the household rent contribution for recipients of a rental assistance voucher.
Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1384-2025
Approved by Council
Requiring construction site safety trainings related to mental health and wellness, suicide risk and prevention, and alcohol and substance-misuse.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1392-2025
Approved by Council
Quarterly payments to vendors under certain contracts with the department of homeless services and the office of criminal justice, and to establish a pilot program for quarterly payments to vendors under contracts with other agencies.
Committee on Contracts
intro.nyc/1397-2025
Approved by Council
Establishing resilient construction standards for tanks in stormwater flood risk areas
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
intro.nyc/1423-2025
Approved by Council
Requiring the department of transportation to provide an inventory of city-owned retaining walls under its jurisdiction.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1425-2025
Approved by Council
A report on urban park rangers.
Committee on Parks and Recreation
intro.nyc/1456-2025
Approved by Council
Requiring the department of buildings and the department of small business services to provide education concerning the proper installation of awnings and accessory signs, and in relation to waiving penalties and fees related to such signs.
Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1494-2025
Introduced by Council
Creation of curbside overnight parking for low and zero emission commercial vehicles in industrial business zones and to provide for the repeal thereof.
by , Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1495-2025
Introduced by Council
Creating resources for doulas.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/1496-2025
Introduced by Council
Public education and outreach on traumatic brain injuries and concussions.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/1497-2025
Introduced by Council
Annual disclosure of financial interests by certain officers and employees of the city.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
intro.nyc/1498-2025
Introduced by Council
Requiring agencies to use e-mail as the default method for providing official notices.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Technology
intro.nyc/1499-2025
Introduced by Council
Containment, labeling, and removal of shopping carts.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1500-2025
Introduced by Council
Adding a 311 complaint category for SNAP theft.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Technology
Dec 03 2025
intro.nyc/1430-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the department of social services to provide a benefits interview confirmation notice.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1458-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Procedure for determining that a dwelling unit is habitable for the purposes of the CityFHEPS program.
by with 7 sponsors, Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1459-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring reporting of lease-up times for housing vouchers.
by with 9 sponsors, Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1477-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
CityFHEPS application response times.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on General Welfare
Dec 02 2025
intro.nyc/0407-2024
Amended by Committee
Sales of cooperative apartments.
by with 30 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/0438-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring cooperative corporations to provide financial information to prospective purchasers of cooperative apartments.
by with 15 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1475-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Shared Housing
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
Nov 28 2025
intro.nyc/0029-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Requiring a training program for first responders and a public awareness campaign regarding health effects of domestic violence-related traumatic brain injuries.
by with 36 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/0111-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Reporting on vacant New York city housing authority dwelling units.
by with 31 sponsors, Committee on Public Housing
intro.nyc/0495-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Limiting increases of occupancy fees for self-storage units and restricting the reasons for termination of an occupancy agreement.
by with 12 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1001-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Creating an automated text messaging system to provide participants with guidance and reminders regarding children’s health and development.
by with 17 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/1016-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms.
by with 31 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1132-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Regulatory education services for small businesses.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Small Business
intro.nyc/1134-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Race and ethnicity data collected by agencies.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
intro.nyc/1146-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Expanding the availability of the newborn home visiting program.
by with 19 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/1231-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Requiring tax preparers to provide customers with statements itemizing all charges.
by with 9 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1284-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Education campaign for healthcare providers on opioid use disorder and the use of opioid agonist therapies during and after pregnancy, and the distribution of opioid antagonists at neighborhood health action centers.
by with 11 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/1285-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Citywide doula program.
Committee on Women and Gender Equity
intro.nyc/1290-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Licensing self-storage warehouses.
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1393-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Education campaign on healthy living and managing chronic diseases during and after pregnancy.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity