L.L. 2020/035

Enactment date: 2/23/2020  

Int. No. 1408-B

By Council Members Espinal, Cumbo, Chin, Rosenthal, Rivera, Kallos, Lander, Gjonaj, Levin, Ayala and Barron

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to affordable retail space in financially assisted development projects, and to provide for the expiration of the provisions relating thereto

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law does not apply to any project agreement executed prior to the effective date of this local law, except that any extension, renewal, amendment or modification of such a project agreement occurring on or after the effective date of this local law that results in the grant of any additional financial assistance to the covered developer shall subject the covered development project to the requirements of this local law.

§ 4. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law and expires and is deemed repealed seven years after it becomes law.

L.L. 2020/036

Enactment date: 2/26/2020  

Int. No. 971-A

By Council Members Lander, Torres, Reynoso, Richards, Menchaca, Adams, Levin, Van Bramer, Gibson, Treyger, Rosenthal, Powers, Brannan, Ayala, Rodriguez, Rivera, Ampry-Samuel, Holden, Koslowitz, Constantinides, Chin, the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams), Cumbo, Levine, Salamanca, Cornegy, Kallos, Dromm, Moya, Barron, Louis, Cohen, Rose and Eugene

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a creating a dangerous vehicle abatement program

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Declaration of legislative intent and findings. The council finds and declares that more than 200 people in New York city are killed each year in traffic crashes. Being struck by a vehicle is the leading cause of injury-related death for children under 14, and the second leading cause for senior citizens. The council notes that in a recent analysis by the New York city department of transportation, vehicles with the most school speed camera violations per year or the most red light camera violations per year were more likely to be involved in injury crashes than vehicles with few or no violations. The council believes that vehicles which have been involved in multiple red light camera and school speed camera violations would be less dangerous if their registered owners were educated regarding the dangers of exceeding speed limits and failing to comply with traffic signals. The council therefore finds it necessary and appropriate to establish a program to require such education for the registered owners of such vehicles to the extent practicable.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law takes effect eight months after it becomes law and applies to red light camera and school speed camera violations, as defined in section 19-199.2 of subchapter 4 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section two of this local law, committed on and after such effective date, provided that:

   (i)   section 19-199.4, 19-199.5 and 19-199.6 of subchapter 4 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section two of this local law, shall take effect twelve months after it becomes law;

   (ii)   that the department of transportation, the department of finance, the office of administrative trials and hearings, and the city sheriff shall take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such date; and

   (iii)   this local law shall remain in effect for 36 months, after which it is deemed repealed.

Notwithstanding the repeal of this local law, the provisions of this local law shall remain in effect for any registered owner required to take a safe vehicle operation course pursuant to subchapter 4 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by this local law, prior to such repeal.

L.L. 2020/037

Enactment date: 3/13/2020  

Int. No. 113-A

By Council Members Lander, Brannan, Rosenthal, Gibson, Kallos, Reynoso, Powers, Van Bramer, Ayala, Menchaca, Rose, Perkins, Rivera, Richards, Levin, the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams), Ampry-Samuel, Holden, Chin, Levine, Constantinides, Adams, Cumbo, Koo, Moya, Treyger, Grodenchik, Yeger, Deutsch, Cohen, Cabrera, Barron, Maisel and Ulrich

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation of a database to track capital projects citywide, and to repeal section 18-145 of such administrative code

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 2.*   a.   Definition. For purposes of this section, the term "public online capital projects database" means a public online searchable and interactive database that contains information relating to capital projects undertaken by the city and located within the boundaries of the city and that is located on a website maintained and operated by a city agency selected by the mayor.  

   b.   There shall be an interagency task force consisting of representatives from the office of management and budget, the mayor's office of operations, the department of parks and recreation, the department of environmental protection, the department of transportation, the department of design and construction, the department of information technology and telecommunications, and any other agencies or offices that the mayor deems appropriate. Such task force shall create and implement a public online capital projects database.

   c.   There shall be a public online capital projects database advisory board that shall advise the task force provided for in subdivision b of this section on the development of the public online capital projects database. The advisory board shall meet biannually, or as the advisory board deems appropriate, to receive any updates from the task force regarding its progress in developing the public online capital projects database and to provide feedback and recommendations to the task force, as appropriate. The advisory board shall have seven members who shall be:

      1.   one member appointed by the mayor;

      2.   the director of management and budget, or his or her designee;

      3.   the director of the office of operations, or his or her designee;

      4.   the commissioner of design and construction, or his or her designee;

      5.   the comptroller, or his or her designee; and

      6.   two council members appointed by the speaker of the council, or their designees.

   d.   The task force shall initiate coordination of development of the public online capital projects database no later than 60 days after the local law that added this section takes effect.

   e.   The task force provided for in subdivision b shall:

      1.   develop a data dictionary for the public online capital projects database that includes, but is not limited to, standardized terms, data elements, labels and fields, and phase of the capital construction process;

      2.   review and assess existing capital management systems and databases at all agencies that manage capital projects, including the useful lifespan of any tangible or intangible assets supporting such systems and databases;

      3.   develop and implement a plan to review the accuracy of data included in existing capital management systems and databases, and enter such data as the task force deems to be accurate and appropriate into the public online capital projects database, provided that such data shall include, but not be limited to, information that the task force deems relevant and appropriate contained in the reports required pursuant to subdivision d of section 219 of the New York city charter;

      4.   make recommendations for new or improved integrated capital management systems and databases;

      5.   establish mechanisms to merge and transfer data, including but not limited to, data contained in existing capital management systems and databases, into the public online capital project database; and

      6.   take other steps deemed necessary by the task force to create and implement the public online capital projects database.

   f.   To the extent deemed practicable by the task force, the public online capital project database developed by the taskforce with advice and recommendations from the advisory board, as appropriate, shall include for each pending capital project undertaken by the city and located within the boundaries of the city:

      1.   the name of the capital project and the borough in which such project will be located;

      2.   the agency implementing the capital project and any agencies contributing capital funds for such capital project;

      3.   the current phase of the capital project;

      4.   information regarding the capital project's schedule, such as the baseline project schedule and, if applicable, the actual schedule variance and the schedule variance as a percentage of the planned duration of the project; and

      5.   information regarding the capital project's cost, such as the current dollar amount spent to date and, if applicable, the actual cost variance and the cost variance as a percentage of the baseline cost.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 5. This local law takes effect immediately, except that section two of this local law expires and is deemed repealed after the publication of the public online capital projects database developed pursuant to such section and section four takes effect upon such publication, provided that such database contains information and data, consistent with the content and format of such database, regarding the capital projects within the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation. Upon publication of the public online capital projects database, including such information and data in relation to the department of parks and recreation, the mayor's office of operations shall notify the corporation counsel, who shall notify the New York state legislative bill drafting commission, so that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective database of the official text of the administrative code of the city of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 70-b of the public officers law, and relevant publishers in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 7-111 of such code. The failure to provide the notifications described in this section shall not affect the effective date of any section of this local law.

* Editor's note: T he notification required by Section 5 of L.L. 2020/037 occurred on November 22, 2023; consequently, Section 2 of L.L. 2020/037 is now expired.

L.L. 2020/040

Enactment date: 3/13/2020  

Int. No. 1664-A

By Council Members Gibson, Levine, Kallos, Ayala, Lander, Brannan, Cohen, Rosenthal, Vallone, Barron, Rivera, Levin and Eugene

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the office of food policy to formulate a 10-year food policy plan

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 2. This local law takes effect upon the same date as a local law for the year 2020 amending the New York city charter, relating to the office of food policy, as proposed in introduction number 1666 for the year 2019, takes effect and is deemed repealed 12 years after it becomes a law.

L.L. 2020/044

Enactment date: 3/29/2020  

Int. No. 1451-A

By Council Members Cabrera, Holden, Van Bramer, Cornegy, Rosenthal, Powers, Cumbo, Miller, Ampry-Samuel, Rose, Grodenchik, Reynoso, Richards, Kallos, Louis, Chin, Gibson, Gjonaj, Ayala, Eugene, Rivera and Ulrich

A Local Law in relation to the creation of a task force regarding a museum about New York city's African-American civil rights history

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Task force on a museum about New York city's African-American civil rights history.

   a.   There shall be a task force to consider a museum about New York city's African-American civil rights history.

   b.   The task force shall consist of 11 members as follows:

      1.   The chancellor of the department of education or such chancellor's designee;

      2.   The commissioner of the mayor's office of immigrant affairs or such commissioner's designee;

      3.   The commissioner of the department of cultural affairs or such commissioner's designee;

      4.   The chairperson of the city commission on human rights or such chairperson's designee;

      5.   The commissioner of the department of records or such commissioner's designee;

      6.   The commissioner of the department of parks and recreation or such commissioner's designee; and

      7.   Five members, representing each of the 5 boroughs, 3 of whom are appointed by the mayor and 2 of whom are appointed by the speaker of the council, provided that each such member shall have relevant experience with historical, cultural, educational or charitable organizations, associations or corporations and is or was connected to the history of African-American civil rights in New York city.

   c.   The mayor, after consultation with the speaker of the council, shall designate a chairperson of the task force.

   d.   Each member of the task force shall serve without compensation. All members shall be appointed within 60 days after the effective date of this local law.

   e.   No appointed member of the task force shall be removed except for cause by the appointing authority. In the event of a vacancy on the task force during the term of an appointed member, a successor shall be selected in the same manner as the original appointment to serve the balance of the unexpired term.

   f.   The chairperson of the task force may invite any other person considered to have relevant expertise to attend meetings of the task force as a non-voting member, including but not limited to:

      1.   The chair and executive director of the civic engagement commission or such chair and executive director's designee;

      2.   The executive director of the commission on gender equity or such executive director's designee;

      3.   The director of the mayor's office of criminal justice or such director's designee; and

      4.   The chair of the landmarks preservation commission or such chair's designee.

   g.   The task force shall meet at least quarterly.

   h.   The task force shall consider the following topics:

      1.   A plan related to the feasibility of establishing a museum about New York city's African-American civil rights history;

      2.   Potential sites for the museum;

      3.   Resources that would be necessary for the museum to provide outreach to the 5 boroughs;

      4.   The level of coordination among appropriate stakeholders that would be necessary for the implementation and operation of a museum about New York city's African-American civil rights history; and

      5.   Any other considerations deemed by the task force to be relevant to development of the report required by subdivision i of this section.

   i.   No later than March 1, 2021, the task force shall submit to the mayor, the speaker of the council and post online a report that contains its findings and conclusions and any recommendations related to establishing a museum dedicated to the history, significance and documentation of the history of African-American civil rights in the city of New York, as well as any minutes of task force meetings.

   j.   The task force shall dissolve upon submission of the report required by subdivision i of this section.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately and is deemed repealed upon issuance of the report required by subdivision i of section one of this local law.

L.L. 2020/048

Enactment date: 3/29/2020  

Int. No. 1816-A

By Council Member Cornegy (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to conforming the New York city energy conservation code to the New York state energy code with amendments unique to construction in the city and incorporate therein provisions of the NYStretch energy code - 2020, and to repeal section 28-1001.2 of such administrative code relating to such conforming amendments

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Statement of findings and purpose. The New York State Energy Conservation Construction Code (the "New York State Energy Code") is promulgated by the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council pursuant to Article 11 of the New York State Energy Law. In accordance with Article 11, the New York City Energy Conservation Code is stricter than the New York State Energy Code. The purpose of this local law is to conform the New York City Energy Conservation Code to recent changes in the New York State Energy Code with local law amendments unique to construction in the city and local law amendments in accordance with Section 28-1001.3.3 of the administrative code relating to the NYStretch Energy Code - 2020.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 4. This local law takes effect on May 12, 2020, and applies to applications filed on and after such effective date except that the commissioner of buildings may promulgate rules or take other actions for the implementation of such provisions prior to such effective date.

L.L. 2020/054

Enactment date: 5/26/2020  

Int. No. 1916-A

By Council Members Cohen, Chin, Powers, Yeger, Louis, Ayala, Rivera, Lander, Koslowitz, Rosenthal, Kallos, Vallone, Lancman, Constantinides, Holden and Menchaca

A Local Law in relation to requiring the waiver and refund of certain sidewalk cafe revocable consent fees, and providing for the repeal of such provision upon the expiration thereof

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Waiver of sidewalk cafe consent fees.

   a.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the city shall waive the requirement that a fee be paid for:

      1.   A revocable consent to operate an enclosed sidewalk cafe pursuant to section 20-225 of the administrative code of the city of New York, to the extent that such payment is due for the period covering March 1, 2020 until the date that section two of emergency executive order number 105, as issued by the mayor on April 4, 2020, and as extended thereafter, expires; and

      2.   A revocable consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk cafe pursuant to section 20-226 of the administrative code of the city of New York, to the extent that such payment is due for the period covering March 1, 2020 until February 28, 2021.

   b.   The city shall issue a refund for any payment of a fee that is required to be waived pursuant to subdivision a of this section.

   c.   This section shall not apply to any fee relating to a petition for a new consent to operate a sidewalk cafe filed with the department of consumer affairs on or after March 30, 2020.

   d.   The department of consumer affairs shall have the authority to promulgate any rules necessary to administer the provisions of this section.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately and expires and is deemed repealed on March 1, 2021.