Recent NYC Council Legislation Changes

intro.nyc/0495-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Limiting increases of occupancy fees for self-storage units and restricting the reasons for termination of an occupancy agreement.
by with 11 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

intro.nyc/0992-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the office for neighborhood safety and the prevention of gun violence to provide notice and report on the crisis management system.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Children and Youth

intro.nyc/1016-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms.
by with 29 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

intro.nyc/1077-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Provision of luggage to foster care youth.
by with 21 sponsors, Committee on Children and Youth

intro.nyc/1231-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring tax preparers to provide customers with statements itemizing all charges.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

intro.nyc/1245-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Additional information collected and reported about foster care youth.
by with 11 sponsors, Committee on Children and Youth

intro.nyc/1246-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Establishing a program to support youth aging out of the foster care system.
by with 13 sponsors, Committee on Children and Youth

intro.nyc/1259-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring basic training in behavioral support strategies for certain staff at juvenile detention facilities.
by with 7 sponsors, Committee on Children and Youth

intro.nyc/1290-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Licensing self-storage warehouses.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

intro.nyc/1308-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Reforming certain business licensing requirements.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

intro.nyc/1311-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Prohibiting pricing increases based on real-time demand at food service establishments.
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

intro.nyc/0111-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Reporting on vacant public housing dwelling units.
by with 29 sponsors, Committee on Public Housing

intro.nyc/0122-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the police department to make crime statistics at each New York city housing authority operated housing development available through the department’s website, as well as making other crime information regarding such housing developments availab
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Public Housing

intro.nyc/0472-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the borough presidents to provide equal employment opportunity trainings to community board members.
by with 17 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1065-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Terms of employment for district managers.
by , Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1075-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring borough presidents to provide trainings on legislative processes and rules of parliamentary procedure to local entities.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1134-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Race and ethnicity data collected by agencies.
by with 16 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1250-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Publication of bylaws by borough boards, community boards, and advisory bodies.
by with 7 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1314-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring borough presidents to establish and maintain an office to assist community boards by providing legal, information technology, community planning, and human resources support.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1315-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring community boards to email a monthly newsletter and videoconference their meetings and hearings.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1316-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Establishing an office of community board support within the department of citywide administrative services.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1317-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Eliminating certain reporting requirements selected for waiver by the report and advisory board review commission and amending certain outdated and unnecessary reports and studies.
by , Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1318-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Community board member training, appointment dates, and qualifications.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/0206-2024 Approved by Council
Requiring the department of correction to make available opioid antagonists in housing units and to provide opioid antagonist training for correction officers.
by with 18 sponsors, Committee on Criminal Justice

intro.nyc/0272-2024 Approved by Council
Reporting on previously identified sites for public bathrooms.
by with 33 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/0573-2024 Approved by Council
Installation of outdoor drinking fountains near entrances to parks under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.
by with 20 sponsors, Committee on Parks and Recreation

intro.nyc/1050-2024 Approved by Council
Limiting the amount of personal injury insurance coverage that the taxi and limousine commission may require for licensed vehicles.
by with 32 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/1300-2025 Introduced by Council
After action reports following emergency declarations.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Fire and Emergency Management

intro.nyc/1301-2025 Introduced by Council
Notice requirements for food service establishment inspections.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Health

intro.nyc/1302-2025 Introduced 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 2 sponsors, Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts

intro.nyc/1303-2025 Introduced by Council
Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to provide information regarding fertility treatment, including insurance coverage of fertility treatment.
by with 23 sponsors, Committee on Health

intro.nyc/1304-2025 Introduced by Council
Requiring micromobility share system operators to display rules of the road for safe operation.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/1305-2025 Introduced by Council
Requiring city agencies to provide visual representations of fence installations and alterations on bridges.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/1306-2025 Introduced by Council
Establishing ferry service between St. George and Bay Ridge.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/1307-2025 Introduced by Council
Establishing a film, television, and theater accessibility fund to promote the employment of persons with disabilities.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction

intro.nyc/1309-2025 Introduced by Council
Approval for emergency procurements and submission of contracts for audit.
by with 7 sponsors, Committee on Contracts

intro.nyc/1310-2025 Introduced by Council
Maintaining information on subcontractors and penalties for providing false information in contracting.
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Contracts

intro.nyc/1312-2025 Introduced by Council
Relation to lowering the speed limit for bicycles with electric assist.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/1313-2025 Introduced by Council
Licensing of businesses that engage individuals to sell tickets in public spaces.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

intro.nyc/1319-2025 Introduced by Council
Requiring the posting of a sign identifying the owners of multiple dwellings.
by with 5 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/1320-2025 Introduced by Council
Imposition of civil penalties on property owners who fail to repair sidewalk defects.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/1321-2025 Introduced by Council
Enactment of the existing building code, and to repeal chapter 1 of title 27 of such code comprising the 1968 building code.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/1322-2025 Introduced by Council
Establishing a recruitment campaign to attract former federal civil service workers to the municipal workforce.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1323-2025 Introduced by Council
Increasing the maximum civil penalty for unlawful discriminatory practices or acts of discriminatory harassment or violence.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Civil and Human Rights

intro.nyc/1324-2025 Introduced by Council
Providing stipends for community board members.
by , Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1257-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the cabinet for older New Yorkers to study and report on the provision of agency services to older adults with certain neurological and mental health conditions.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Aging

intro.nyc/0078-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Disposition of real property of the city.
by with 32 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/0350-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Study on the feasibility of establishing a social housing agency and the repeal of this local law upon the expiration thereof.
by with 10 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/0570-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Creating a land bank.
by with 26 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/0571-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Establishment of a Wards Island affordable housing task force.
by with 14 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/0691-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Annual reporting on racial and gender disparities in STEM education for high school students
by with 15 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity

intro.nyc/0902-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Giving qualified entities a first opportunity to purchase and an opportunity to submit an offer to purchase certain residential buildings when offered for sale.
by with 31 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/1006-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Defining community land trusts for the provision of services in addition to housing that benefit the local community.
by with 7 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/1007-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Community land trust regulatory agreements for the provision of services in addition to housing that benefit the local community.
by with 7 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/1034-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
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 4 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/1094-2024 Hearing Held by Committee
Culturally competent training on recognizing the signs of female genital mutilation.
by , Committee on Women and Gender Equity

intro.nyc/1258-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Issuance and correction of sex designations on death records.
by with 10 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity

intro.nyc/1281-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Deadlines for installing natural gas detectors and to repeal section 8 of local law 157 for the year 2016 relating thereto.
by with 20 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/1285-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to establish a program to train individuals to become doulas and provide doula services.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity

intro.nyc/1296-2025 Hearing Held by Committee
Requiring a solid acceptable color or the display of artwork on temporary protective structures on construction sites.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/0023-2024 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Annual report for minority and women-owned business enterprise procurement.
by with 14 sponsors, Committee on Contracts

intro.nyc/0193-2024 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Requiring taxis and for-hire vehicles to display a decal warning passengers to look for cyclists when opening the door.
by with 23 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/0762-2024 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Establishing exemptions for third-party food delivery services from the limits on fees charged by such services on food service establishments.
by with 29 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

intro.nyc/1125-2024 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Requiring the department of education to report on school librarians and library access in New York city public schools.
by with 31 sponsors, Committee on Education

intro.nyc/1185-2025 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Wildfire mitigation strategic planning report to mitigate wildfires in parks under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.
by with 11 sponsors, Committee on Parks and Recreation

intro.nyc/0412-2024 Approved by Council
Notifying emergency contacts and attorneys of record when an individual in custody attempts suicide, is hospitalized, or is seriously injured.
by with 23 sponsors, Committee on Criminal Justice

intro.nyc/0676-2024 Approved by Council
Study on increasing the use of electric for-hire vehicles and installing new charging infrastructure, and in relation to annual reports on increasing the use of electric for-hire vehicles and installing new charging infrastructure.
by with 12 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/0905-2024 Approved by Council
Six-month pilot program for food quality feedback surveys from food service contractors.
by with 12 sponsors, Committee on Contracts

intro.nyc/1037-2024 Approved by Council
Posting certain information in multiple dwellings containing rent stabilized units.
by with 28 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/1067-2024 Approved by Council
Flood adaptation assistance, and creating a southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance task force, and to repeal section 24-530.1 of such code, relating to the southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance task force upon the expiration thereof.
by with 12 sponsors, Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts

intro.nyc/1148-2024 Approved by Council
Requiring the department of social services to provide an application confirmation notice and document receipts for applications for benefits.
by with 30 sponsors, Committee on General Welfare

intro.nyc/1207-2025 Approved by Council
Allowing for practical experience gained separately but concurrently with an apprenticeship to count towards the supervised practical experience time requirement for the granting of high-pressure boiler operating engineer licenses.
by with 41 sponsors, Committee on Housing and Buildings

intro.nyc/1219-2025 Approved by Council
East Harlem 125th Street Business Improvement District, Manhattan
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Finance

intro.nyc/1278-2025 Introduced by Council
Pilot program for power washing machines to clean sidewalk surfaces in commercial corridors.
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management

intro.nyc/1279-2025 Introduced by Council
Allowing supplemental sanitation service providers to place refuse or recycling next to any public litter basket.
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management

intro.nyc/1280-2025 Introduced by Council
Requiring the office of long-term planning and sustainability to conduct environmental impact studies of John F. Kennedy international airport.
by with 7 sponsors, Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts

intro.nyc/1282-2025 Introduced by Council
Leasing or rental of city properties.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1283-2025 Introduced by Council
Prohibiting the selling of untethered plastic bottle caps.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management

intro.nyc/1284-2025 Introduced by Council
Education campaign for healthcare providers and the public on opioid use disorder and the use of opioid agonist therapies during and after pregnancy, and the distribution of opioid antagonists at neighborhood health service centers.
by with 9 sponsors, Committee on Health

intro.nyc/1286-2025 Introduced by Council
Location of adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries.
by with 10 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

intro.nyc/1287-2025 Introduced by Council
Discounted bike share rate for public school students aged 16 or older.
by with 12 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/1288-2025 Introduced by Council
Discounted bike share rate for seniors.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/1289-2025 Introduced by Council
Prohibiting restrictions that bar the display of religious items on entry doors and doorframes.
by with 10 sponsors, Committee on Civil and Human Rights

intro.nyc/1291-2025 Introduced by Council
Establishing a pilot program to make vacant commercial premises suitable for use by child care programs.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Health

intro.nyc/1292-2025 Introduced by Council
Public information and outreach campaign regarding uterine fibroids.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Health

intro.nyc/1293-2025 Introduced by Council
Establishing ferry service at Canarsie Pier.
by with 8 sponsors, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

intro.nyc/1294-2025 Introduced by Council
Creating a website with information identifying individuals convicted of deed theft.
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

intro.nyc/1295-2025 Introduced by Council
Prohibiting policy making for two years after the termination of their employment by public servants with substantial policy discretion who worked for private entities.
by with 2 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/1297-2025 Introduced by Council
Reopening the lookback window to the victims of gender-motivated violence protection law.
by with 6 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity

intro.nyc/1298-2025 Introduced by Council
Establishing standardized insurance guidelines for city contracts.
by , Committee on Contracts

intro.nyc/1299-2025 Introduced by Council
Pedicab fares.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

intro.nyc/0026-2024 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Regulating helicopter operations at city owned heliports to reduce noise.
by with 30 sponsors, Committee on Economic Development

intro.nyc/0246-2024 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Requiring city agencies to provide an “X” option for gender on certain forms.
by with 15 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

intro.nyc/0860-2024 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Requiring a contracted entity to publish an annual report concerning community hiring.
by with 22 sponsors, Committee on Economic Development

intro.nyc/0861-2024 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Requiring an annual report by a contracted entity to include information about agreements to provide community benefits.
by with 26 sponsors, Committee on Economic Development

intro.nyc/0889-2024 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Providing notification to council members of the recording of certain real estate instruments.
by with 7 sponsors, Committee on Finance

intro.nyc/1086-2024 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Notifying interested parties of the recording of certain real estate instruments.
by with 26 sponsors, Committee on Finance

intro.nyc/1150-2024 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Creation of a comprehensive stormwater plan and a stormwater dashboard.
by with 17 sponsors, Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts

intro.nyc/1200-2025 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Publicly available information regarding gender identity related rights and resources.
by with 20 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity

intro.nyc/1201-2025 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Cause of action related to interference with reproductive or gender-affirming health care.
by with 21 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity

intro.nyc/1203-2025 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Requiring the mayor’s office of immigrant affairs to conduct an assessment to support migrants who are transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, or intersex and to develop a phased implementation plan to address gaps in supports.
by with 15 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity

intro.nyc/1204-2025 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Requiring the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to conduct an assessment and develop a health agenda regarding health inequities affecting transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary individuals.
by with 19 sponsors, Committee on Women and Gender Equity

intro.nyc/1234-2025 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Executive budget process.
by with 3 sponsors, Committee on Finance

intro.nyc/1263-2025 City Charter Rule Adopted Enacted
Communications in adjudicative proceedings by certain public servants.
by with 4 sponsors, Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

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