Recent Legislation Changes
The following legislation changes happened in the past 30 days
Oct 16 2025
intro.nyc/0459-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Domestic violence related calls to 311.
by with 7 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity
intro.nyc/1188-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Informational resource for newly married individuals.
by with 16 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity
intro.nyc/1216-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring cosmetology establishments to display a poster about gender-based violence.
by with 26 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity
intro.nyc/1297-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Reopening the lookback window to the victims of gender-motivated violence protection law.
by with 41 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity
intro.nyc/1408-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Study and report on burial capacity on Hart Island.
by , Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1416-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Increasing access to data around gender-based violence.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity
Oct 15 2025
intro.nyc/0180-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Establishing a program to provide financial assistance to small retail businesses for the purchase of security system technology.
by with 13 sponsors, Committee on Small Business
intro.nyc/1350-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Small business loan readiness resources.
by with 7 sponsors, Committee on Small Business
Oct 10 2025
intro.nyc/0020-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Third-party delivery workers and powered bicycle safety.
by with 15 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/0751-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Creation of a residential fire emergency response guide.
by with 33 sponsors, Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
intro.nyc/0791-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Requiring the department of social services to post on its website data concerning vacant supportive housing units
by with 18 sponsors, Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/0867-2024
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Prohibiting the sale of menstrual and intimate care products that contain unsafe ingredients.
by with 35 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity
intro.nyc/1175-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Civil legal services for income-eligible domestic violence survivors in divorce proceedings.
by with 17 sponsors, Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1238-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Provision of access to evidence review technology for persons in custody with pending criminal proceedings.
by with 11 sponsors, Committee on Criminal Justice
intro.nyc/1240-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Holistic clinical assessments for incarcerated individuals.
by with 15 sponsors, Committee on Criminal Justice
intro.nyc/1242-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Establishing a coordinator of the transition to borough-based jails and a department of correction coordinator for borough-based jail transition.
by with 11 sponsors, Committee on Criminal Justice
intro.nyc/1258-2025
City Charter Rule Adopted
Enacted
Correction of sex designations on death records.
by with 12 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity
Oct 09 2025
intro.nyc/0925-2024
Approved by Council
Requiring the inspection of steam radiators in multiple dwellings.
by with 38 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/0928-2024
Approved by Council
Requiring the DOT to conduct a pilot project on the use of cool pavement.
by with 33 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/0982-2024
Approved by Council
Pay data reporting by private employers.
by with 24 sponsors, Committee on Civil and Human Rights
intro.nyc/0984-2024
Approved by Council
Study on pay equity for private employees.
by with 27 sponsors, Committee on Civil and Human Rights
intro.nyc/1122-2024
Approved by Council
Plan for expanding home access to broadband internet.
by with 28 sponsors, Committee on Technology
intro.nyc/1208-2025
Approved by Council
Report and study on air conditioning in homeless shelters.
by with 12 sponsors, Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1232-2025
Approved by Council
Notifications for emergency rental assistance grant approvals.
by with 11 sponsors, Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1247-2025
Approved by Council
Disbursement of a percentage of contract awards to non-profit organizations for human services upon registration by the comptroller.
by with 25 sponsors, Committee on Contracts
intro.nyc/1248-2025
Approved by Council
Office of contract services.
by with 23 sponsors, Committee on Contracts
intro.nyc/1249-2025
Approved by Council
Requiring agency action plans for retroactive human services contract registration.
by with 24 sponsors, Committee on Contracts
intro.nyc/1265-2025
Approved by Council
Notifications regarding applications in New York City’s housing portal and designation of a representative to receive notifications.
by with 22 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1372-2025
Approved by Council
Limiting the household rent contribution for recipients of a rental assistance voucher.
by with 11 sponsors, Committee on General Welfare
intro.nyc/1390-2025
Approved by Council
Cooling tower inspections and testing.
by with 11 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/1409-2025
Introduced by Council
Increasing expenditure limits for candidates in response to independent expenditures exceeding certain thresholds.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
intro.nyc/1410-2025
Introduced by Council
Authorizing an increase in the amount to be expended annually in seven business improvement districts and one special assessment district.
by , Committee on Finance
intro.nyc/1411-2025
Introduced by Council
Requiring notice to condominium boards concerning the sale of tax liens.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Finance
intro.nyc/1412-2025
Introduced by Council
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.
by with 30 sponsors, Committee on Immigration
intro.nyc/1413-2025
Introduced by Council
Reporting on low-usage bike share stations.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1414-2025
Introduced by Council
Refunding or transferring unused pay-by-plate parking time, and to repeal subdivision e of section 19-167 of such code, relating to the prohibition on transfers of unused parking time between blockfaces.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1415-2025
Introduced by Council
Establishing a pilot program for location-specific vending licenses for Fordham Road in the borough of the Bronx.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1417-2025
Introduced by Council
Department of social services issuing replacement transit benefit cards.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1418-2025
Introduced by Council
Department of buildings procedures regarding gaining access for inspections in response to a complaint.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1419-2025
Introduced by Council
Reporting regarding chronically unresolved tax liens and to repeal and replace section 11-356 of such code.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Finance
intro.nyc/1420-2025
Introduced by Council
Sale of interests in tax liens to a land bank.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Finance
intro.nyc/1421-2025
Introduced by Council
Expanding access to roadway and sidewalk cafes.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1422-2025
Introduced 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.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1423-2025
Introduced by Council
Requiring the department of transportation to provide an inventory of city-owned retaining walls under its jurisdiction.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1424-2025
Introduced by Council
Prohibiting the denial of crime victim services to gang affiliated individuals.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Public Safety
intro.nyc/1425-2025
Introduced by Council
Report on staffing levels for park enforcement patrol officers and park rangers.
by with 14 sponsors, Committee on Parks and Recreation
Oct 01 2025
intro.nyc/0169-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Installation of electric vehicle charging equipment on lampposts.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/0221-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the parks department to repair damage caused by trees owned by the city of New York.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/0262-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the installation of speed humps on roadways adjacent to any park equal or greater than one acre.
by with 21 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/0270-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Special activation of the Open Streets program on certain holidays and time periods with significant pedestrian traffic.
by with 19 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/0882-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
The installation and maintenance of tree guards
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1104-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Study and report on the feasibility of new ferry terminals.
by with 7 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1147-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the cleaning of medians at least once per quarter.
by with 9 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1154-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Establishing a high visibility pavement marking pilot program and the repeal of this local law upon the expiration thereof.
by with 9 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1233-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
The planting of vegetation on new medians separating bicycle lanes from motorized vehicle traffic.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sep 30 2025
intro.nyc/1336-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the department of education to distribute information about the importance of dental care.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Education
intro.nyc/1337-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Distributing information on vaccines to parents of students in New York city schools.
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Education
Sep 29 2025
intro.nyc/0261-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
The means of egress requirements in certain new buildings.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1376-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Department of health and mental hygiene posting worker guidance for best practices for protecting workers from extreme weather.
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1384-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring construction site safety trainings to include mental health and wellness, suicide risk and prevention, and alcohol and substance-misuse.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1404-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Allow the occupancy of cellars in certain one- and two-family dwellings.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
Sep 26 2025
intro.nyc/1162-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to report annually on suicides that occur in the city.
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
intro.nyc/1385-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Establishing a construction site opioid antagonist program.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
Sep 25 2025
intro.nyc/0429-2024
Approved by Council
Scope of gas piping systems inspections, ordinary plumbing work, reestablishing the plumbing and fire suppression piping contractor license board, emergency work, and seizure.
by with 42 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/0540-2024
Approved by Council
Assessment of a cloud computing policy for city agency technological needs.
by with 13 sponsors, Committee on Technology
intro.nyc/0621-2024
Approved by Council
Including unlawful evictions in the definition of tenant harassment and making a recommendation on such evictions as a factor in a certification of no harassment.
by with 26 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/0780-2024
Approved by Council
Aligning the requirements of the earned safe and sick time act and the temporary schedule change act.
by with 21 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/0955-2024
Approved by Council
Afterschool programs.
by with 18 sponsors, Committee on Education
intro.nyc/1034-2024
Approved by Council
Notices in connection with rent increase exemptions, real property tax abatements, and exemptions from payments in lieu of taxes for certain properties occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities.
by with 16 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings
intro.nyc/1271-2025
Approved by Council
Requiring review of the long-term sustainability plan by the environmental justice advisory board.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
intro.nyc/1302-2025
Approved by Council
Reporting requirements of the office of long-term planning and sustainability, and to repeal sections 3-123, 3-126, 24-806, and 24-808 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
intro.nyc/1327-2025
Approved by Council
Maintenance easements for post-construction stormwater management facilities and civil penalties for violations of the water pollution control code.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
intro.nyc/1391-2025
Introduced by Council
Establishment of compensation and training standards for security guards.
by with 41 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1392-2025
Introduced by Council
Quarterly advance payments to vendors under certain contracts with the dept of homeless services, the mayor's office of criminal justice and other agencies and to establish a pilot program for quarterly advance payments to vendors under contract.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Contracts
intro.nyc/1393-2025
Introduced by Council
Education campaign for the public and for non-obstetric healthcare providers on healthy living during and after pregnancy and managing chronic diseases during and after pregnancy.
by , Committee on Women and Gender Equity
intro.nyc/1394-2025
Introduced by Council
Installing stop signs or traffic control signals at all crosswalks.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1395-2025
Introduced by Council
Requiring the department of environmental protection to conduct a green climate screen pilot project.
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
intro.nyc/1396-2025
Introduced by Council
Requiring the licensing of last-mile facilities.
by with 28 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
intro.nyc/1397-2025
Introduced by Council
Establishing a base flood elevation and resilient construction standards for 10-year rainfall flood risk areas.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
intro.nyc/1398-2025
Introduced by Council
Giving council members the power to make appointments to community boards.
by with 17 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
intro.nyc/1399-2025
Introduced by Council
Access to blood glucose test strips.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/1400-2025
Introduced by Council
Requiring a notice and comment period prior to the deployment of public communications structures.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Technology
intro.nyc/1401-2025
Introduced by Council
Voluntary labor and human rights disclosures in city procurement.
by , Committee on Contracts
intro.nyc/1402-2025
Introduced by Council
Reporting on police department compliance with freedom of information law requests.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Public Safety
intro.nyc/1403-2025
Introduced by Council
Studying alternative public transit fare systems.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
intro.nyc/1405-2025
Introduced by Council
Public education campaign on HPV, expanding access to HPV self-testing kits, and healthcare provider training on cultural competency and implicit bias.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/1406-2025
Introduced by Council
Establishing a minimum per diem for food provision in shelters.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Contracts
Sep 22 2025
intro.nyc/0237-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Establishing a grab-and-go meal program at older adult centers.
by with 17 sponsors, Committee on Aging
intro.nyc/0238-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Establishing a technical support program for older adults.
by with 24 sponsors, Committee on Aging
intro.nyc/0725-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the department for the aging to report on senior and accessible dwelling units.
by with 16 sponsors, Committee on Aging
intro.nyc/0770-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring home-delivered meals be delivered each day of the calendar year.
by with 17 sponsors, Committee on Aging
Sep 19 2025
intro.nyc/0166-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring building owners to provide shower hoses and informational materials on Legionnaires’ disease to tenants.
by with 22 sponsors, Committee on Health
intro.nyc/0434-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Building water system maintenance and inspection.
by with 30 sponsors, Committee on Health
Sep 18 2025
intro.nyc/0536-2024
Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring certain retail food stores to post notices on the food donation web portal concerning the availability of excess food, and arranging for the transportation and retrieval of such food.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
intro.nyc/1279-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Allowing supplemental sanitation service providers to place refuse or recycling next to any public litter basket.
by with 14 sponsors, Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
intro.nyc/1349-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Exempting generators of regulated medical waste from commercial waste zones.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
intro.nyc/1370-2025
Hearing Held by Committee
Online submission of citizen’s complaints to enforce dumping prohibition laws.
by with 19 sponsors, Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management