L.L. 2021/018

Enactment date: 2/28/2021

Int. No. 1116-B

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

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding the availability of food vendor permits, creating an office of street vendor enforcement, and establishing a street vendor advisory board

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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§ 32. The street vendor advisory board shall convene no later than April 28, 2021. The board shall review and evaluate all state and local laws and rules related to street vendors, including placement restrictions such as the minimum distance of 20 feet from any building entrance or exit, and the process for obtaining a street vendor license or permit pursuant to titles 17 and 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York. In conducting such review and evaluation the board shall consider whether such laws and rules should be clarified, are overly burdensome, or are duplicative. Such review shall also include an assessment of how the open streets, open restaurants and open storefronts programs affect the availability of legal spaces to vend, as well as whether new placement restrictions should be considered to ensure equitable and efficient use of sidewalk and street space. On or before November 1, 2021, the board shall submit to the speaker of the council and the mayor a report containing the board's recommendations in relation to amendments to local laws and/or rules based on such review and evaluation and the basis for each recommendation. Such report shall also include recommendations for the creation of designated community spaces where street vendors can congregate to vend, including specific recommendations concerning appropriate locations for food trucks and the availability of commissary space throughout the city.

§ 33. The commissioner of health and mental hygiene shall open the waiting list for full-term permits operated pursuant to subparagraph (e) of paragraph 2 of subdivision b of section 17-307 of the administrative code of the city of New York as soon as practicable, but no later than six months prior to the first issuance of supervisory licenses pursuant to subparagraph (b) of paragraph 5 of subdivision b of section 17-307 of the administrative code of the city of New York. At such time, only persons who have held a food vendor license continuously since on or before March 1, 2017 may be added to the waiting list.

§ 34. Nothing in this local law limits the authority of any agency granted elsewhere in law to enforce any law or rule.

§ 35. Sections one, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, fourteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-three and thirty-four of this local law take effect immediately. Sections two, thirteen, fifteen, twenty-four, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, thirty-one and thirty-two of this local law take effect 90 days after they become law. Sections sixteen, nineteen, twenty-two and twenty-nine of this local law take effect 180 days after they become law. Sections twenty-three and thirty of this local law take effect 1 year after they become law.

L.L. 2021/019

Enactment date: 2/28/2021

Int. No. 1420-C

By Council Members Matteo, Holden, Ayala, Yeger, Louis, Levin and Ulrich

A Local Law in relation to requiring a study and report on 311 complaints resulting in unconfirmed conditions

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Reporting on 311 complaints.

   a.   Definitions. For the purposes of this section the following terms have the following meanings:

      Covered agency. The term "covered agency" means the department of environmental protection, the department of buildings, the department of health and mental hygiene, the department of sanitation, the police department and any other city agency designated as a covered agency by an office or agency as may be designated by the mayor.

      Covered service request. The term "covered service request" means any service request made to the 311 customer service center during the reporting period that was referred to a covered agency.

      Reporting period. The term "reporting period" means the period beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2020.

      Unconfirmed condition. The term "unconfirmed condition" means a status assigned to a service request for which there was not enough evidence for an enforcement official from the responding agency to determine whether or not the reported incident occurred, or a service request for which the reported condition was not found by an enforcement official from the responding agency. Such term does not include a service request for which the responding agency was unable to investigate the reported incident or condition because such official was denied access to private property.

   b.   An office or agency designated by the mayor shall collaborate with each covered agency to conduct a study of all covered service requests to determine the proportion of such service requests that were made anonymously and whether anonymous covered service requests were more likely to result in unconfirmed conditions than were other covered service requests. Such study shall also examine anonymous covered service requests to identify patterns of service requests resulting in unconfirmed conditions against specific private properties or residences, if any.

   c.   No later than December 1, 2021, the office or agency designated by the mayor to conduct the study required by subdivision b of this section shall submit to the council, and post conspicuously on its website, a report summarizing the findings of such study. Such report shall include recommendations, based on such study, regarding the types of service requests for which agencies should allow anonymous service requests. Such report shall not contain personally identifying information.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

L.L. 2021/021

Enactment date: 2/28/2021

Int. No. 1994-A

By Council Members Ampry-Samuel, Kallos, Yeger, Dromm, Van Bramer, Reynoso, Powers, Chin, Barron, Louis, Ayala, Levin, Constantinides, Rosenthal, Lander, Adams, Rivera, Levine, Cabrera, Miller, Moya, Vallone, Gibson, Cornegy, Koo, Menchaca, Rose, Riley, Salamanca and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams)

A Local Law in relation to a voter education campaign regarding ranked choice voting

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.

   a.   The campaign finance board shall create and thereafter maintain information on its website regarding ranked choice voting in primary and special elections pursuant to section 1057-g of the charter. Such information shall be available, at minimum, in each of the designated voter guide languages as determined pursuant to subdivision (d) of section 1053 of the charter. Such information shall include, but need not be limited to:

      1.   A fact sheet explaining ranked choice voting;

      2.   A sample ranked choice ballot; and

      3.   By no later than March 15, 2021, a brief video explaining ranked choice voting.

   b.   The campaign finance board and the voter assistance advisory committee shall include ranked choice voting information on any print and digital educational materials provided to the public in connection with a ranked choice election as defined in section 1057-g(a) of the charter, including but not limited to materials provided as part of NYC Votes youth and community voter outreach and engagement programs.

   c.   The voter guide published by the campaign finance board pursuant to subdivision b of section 1052 of the New York city charter shall include information explaining ranked choice voting, including information explaining that a voter may rank as many or as few candidates as a ballot allows, and further including a sample ranked choice ballot.

   d.   By no later than May 1, 2021, the campaign finance board shall produce educational materials regarding ranked choice voting and distribute such materials to each agency designated as a participating voter registration agency pursuant to section 1057-a of the charter, including community boards. Educational materials shall be available, at minimum, in each of the designated voter guide languages as determined pursuant to subdivision (d) of section 1053 of the charter. Such educational materials shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:

      1.   A fact sheet explaining ranked choice voting, including a large-print edition made available to the department of the aging;

      2.   A sample ranked choice ballot;

      3.   Language suitable for use in print and digital communications explaining ranked choice voting;

      4.   A brief video suitable for use on websites and social media explaining ranked choice voting; and

      5.   Explanatory graphics suitable for use in print and digital communications directing the public to information on the campaign finance board website created pursuant to subdivision a.

   e.   Each agency receiving materials pursuant to subdivision d shall, as part of its program of distribution of voter registration forms, distribute such educational materials. Each designated participating voter registration agency required to submit semi-annual reports on their implementation of section 1057-a of the charter shall report the number of printed educational materials it distributed, and the mayor's office of operations shall include this information in its report required by section 1057-a of the charter.

   f.   The campaign finance board shall establish training programs for employees of agencies designated as participating voter registration agencies pursuant to section 1057-a of the charter, and employees of such agencies' contracted service providers, to receive guidance on how to incorporate ranked choice voting awareness into employees' interactions with the public.

   g.   Within ten days of receiving education materials regarding ranked choice voting produced by the campaign finance board pursuant to subdivision d, every agency required to receive such materials, including community boards, shall:

      1.   Identify physical locations occupied or controlled by such agency, or by contracted service providers, where educational materials regarding ranked choice voting produced by the campaign finance board pursuant to subdivision d may be made available and where campaign finance board staff or volunteers can educate the public about ranked choice voting; and

      2.   Use such educational materials regarding ranked choice voting produced by the campaign finance board pursuant to subdivision d to:

         (a)   Prominently display digital education materials on such agency's website, or prominently display, with a specific reference to ranked choice voting, a button directing the public to the information on the campaign finance board website created pursuant to subdivision a;

         (b)   Prominently display educational materials at physical locations occupied or controlled by such agency that have been identified pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subdivision, including making printed educational materials available to the public, and, to the extent practicable and consistent with programmatic needs, displaying digital materials on electronic screens controlled by each such agency and visible to the public;

         (c)   Include educational materials in appropriate print and electronic communications such agency distributes to the public; and

         (d)   Distribute educational materials to employees of such agency.

   h.   By no later than May 24, 2021, the campaign finance board shall distribute a postcard explaining ranked choice voting to each household in the city of New York in which there is at least one registered voter.

   i.   By no later than May 1, 2021, the campaign finance board shall conduct a citywide media campaign to familiarize voters with ranked choice voting. Such campaign shall include, but need not be limited to, advertisements published in community and ethnic media outlets.

   j.   The campaign finance board shall collaborate with community-based organizations in all five boroughs to ensure that voters are familiar with ranked choice voting. Such organizations shall include, but need not be limited to: civil rights organizations; disability rights organizations; organizations serving public housing residents; organizations serving categories of residents that are underrepresented among those who vote or among those who are registered to vote; and organizations serving voters who are limited in English proficiency, including voters who primarily speak languages other than the designated voter guide languages as determined pursuant to subdivision (d) of section 1053 of the charter.

   k.   The campaign finance board shall conduct targeted outreach to explain ranked choice voting to voters in any council district in which a special election to fill a vacant city council seat has been scheduled to take place prior to June 22, 2021.

   l.   The civic engagement commission shall include ranked choice voting education as part of its poll site language interpreter training established pursuant to subparagraph (g) of paragraph 4 of subdivision a of section 3202 of the charter.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately and is deemed repealed on December 31, 2025.

L.L. 2021/022

Enactment date: 2/28/2021

Int. No. 2161-A

By Council Members Miller, Rosenthal, Louis, Rivera and Barron

A Local Law in relation to establishing a board to review workplace health and safety guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this local law, the following terms have the following meanings:

   Agency. The term "agency" means: (i) any agency as such term is defined in section 1150 of the New York city charter, the head of which is appointed by the mayor; and (ii) any agency as such term is defined in section 1150 of the New York city charter headed by a board, commission or other multi-member body, where a majority of such body's members are appointed by the mayor.

   Board. The term "board" means the workplace health and safety guidance review board.

   City. The term "city" means the city of New York.

   COVID-19. The term "COVID-19" means disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

   Guidance. The term "guidance" means the workplace health and safety guidance that agencies have issued to municipal officers and employees and that private employers have issued to private employees during the pendency COVID-19 pandemic.

   Private employee. The term "private employee" means a person who is employed by a private employer and works:

      1.   Remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic; or

      2.   At or for an essential business, as defined by the New York state department of economic development in accordance with executive order number 202.6 as issued by the governor of New York on March 18, 2020 and extended or amended thereafter.

   Private employer. The term "private employer" means any person, company, corporation, labor organization or association that employs 10 or more persons.

§ 2. Workplace health and safety guidance review board.

   a.   There shall be a workplace health and safety guidance review board. The board shall conduct two public hearings to hear testimony from employees and employers in the public and private sectors about policies and related health and safety protocols that have been implemented to address employee safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, how effectively the policies and protocols have been communicated to employees, how effectively employees have been trained in any mandatory protocols and any recommendations for improvements.

   b.   The board shall consist of the following 9 members, each of whom shall have demonstrated expertise relevant to the purpose and duties of the board:

      1.   The commissioners of health and mental hygiene, citywide administrative services, consumer and worker protection, and labor relations, or the designees thereof;

      2.   Two members appointed by the mayor;

      3.   Two members appointed by the speaker of the council, one of whom is a member of organized labor; and

      4.   One member appointed by the public advocate.

   c.   The mayor shall designate a chair from among the members of the board and an agency to provide administrative support.

   d.   The board may invite relevant experts and stakeholders, including, but not limited to, those representing public employers, uniformed and non-uniformed municipal employees, organized labor and private employers and employees in the construction, human services, nonprofit, healthcare, hospitality, retail and other industries, to attend its meetings and to otherwise provide testimony and information relevant to its duties.

   e.   All members shall be appointed no later than 30 days after the effective date of this local law. Vacancies in membership shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

   f.   Each member of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the officer who appointed the member. In the event of a vacancy, a successor shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. All members shall serve without compensation.

   g.   The first meeting of the board shall be convened no later than 60 days after the effective date of this local law. At such meeting, the board shall determine the dates for the two public hearings.

   h.   The board shall publicly notice each hearing at least 30 days prior to it being held and shall conduct such public outreach as necessary to make relevant experts and stakeholders aware of the upcoming hearing.

   i.   All testimony from both public hearings shall be recorded and documented and its transcript made available to the mayor and the speaker of the council.

   j.   The board shall meet monthly to discuss the testimony given at each public hearing until it submits the final report required by subdivision k. Such meetings shall be open to the public. The board shall keep a record of its deliberations and determine its rules of procedure.

   k.   Within 60 days of the first public hearing, the board shall submit a preliminary report to the mayor and the speaker of the council on findings from its public hearings as well as any preliminary recommendations to help public and private employers more effectively protect and inform employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. By December 15, 2021, the board shall submit a final report to the mayor and speaker of the council on final findings from both public hearings, as well as final and updated recommendations pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations on health and safety protocols for future public health emergencies.

   l.   The board shall terminate 180 days after the date on which it submits its final report, as required by subdivision k.

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.

L.L. 2021/025

Enactment date: 2/28/2021

Int. No. 2204-A

By Council Members D. Diaz, Lander, Cabrera, Barron, Adams, Yeger and Kallos

A Local Law to amend local law number 49 for the year 2019, relating to establishing a demonstration program to facilitate the creation and alteration of habitable apartments in basements and cellars of certain one- and two-family dwellings, in relation to extending the time limit for filing construction documents for such program

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Sections 10, 16 and 17 of local law number 49 for the year 2019 are amended to read as follows:

§ 10. Time limit for filing of construction documents. Completed construction documents pursuant to this local law shall be filed with the department of buildings [within 18 months from the effective date of this local law] no later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the local law that last amended this section subject to the provisions of articles 104 and 105 of chapter 1 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York pertaining to time limitation of applications and expiration of permits.

§ 16. Report. No later than [48] 30 months after the date [this local law takes effect] completed construction documents must be filed with the department of buildings pursuant to section ten of this local law, an agency appointed by the mayor shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the city council a report summarizing the impact of the demonstration program established by section two of this local law.

§ 17. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, provided that the provisions of paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section six of this local law and sections eight and nine of this local law shall not apply to any building in the program area for which a complete application for construction document approval is filed more than [18] 6 months after the date [this local law takes effect] of enactment of the local law that last amended this section.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately and shall be retroactive to and shall be deemed to be in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2021.

L.L. 2021/027

Enactment date: 3/14/2021

Int. No. 1830-A

By Council Members Ayala, Yeger, Kallos, Brannan, D. Diaz, Lander, Barron and Ulrich

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to publication of 311 service level agreements

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.

   a.   The 311 customer service center shall:

      1.   Post on the single web portal described in section 23-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York each agency's service level agreements;

      2.   Provide a link to such posting in a conspicuous location on the 311 customer service center's website; and

      3.   Create and maintain on a separate page of the 311 customer service center's website information about service level agreements.

   b.   For purposes of this section, the term "service level agreement" means the maximum number of hours or days within which an agency has committed to review, take action on and close a particular category of requests for service or complaints referred by the 311 customer service center to such agency.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, provided, however that section one of this local law is deemed repealed, and section two of this local law takes effect, on the date on which the local law for the year 2021 amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to requiring 311 to notify each agency when a request for service or complaint has not been closed within the number of days specified by such agency's service level agreement, as proposed in introduction number 1832 for the year 2019, takes effect.

L.L. 2021/029

Enactment date: 3/14/2021

Int. No. 2044-A

By Council Members Holden, Yeger, Cornegy, Grodenchik, Brannan, D. Diaz, Ayala, Gjonaj and Borelli

A Local Law in relation to accessory sign violations and waiving penalties and fees for signs that are accessory to a use on the same zoning lot

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 3 of local law number 28 for the year 2019 is amended to read as follows:

§ 3. Violations for existing accessory signs. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no applicable violations shall be issued on or after the effective date of the local law that last amended this section for an accessory sign in existence on or before [the effective date of this section] such date for a period of two years [commencing on the effective date of this section], unless such accessory sign creates an imminent threat to public health or safety or the commissioner of buildings determines that such sign is otherwise not eligible for the temporary waiver created under this section.

§ 2. Section 4 of local law number 28 for the year 2019 is amended to read as follows:

§ 4. Temporary assistance for respondents.

   a.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of buildings shall establish a temporary program to provide assistance to respondents of judgments resulting from applicable violations resolved by payment by the respondent or other payor between June 1, 2006 and the effective date of [this legislation] the local law that last amended this section for a [180 day] two-year period. The assistance provided by such program shall include, but not be limited to:

      1.   Technical assistance in acquiring the permit or permits required to install an accessory sign;

      2.   Review of all permit applications relevant to the installation of an accessory sign including a preliminary review of compliance with paragraph (a) of section 32-653 or paragraph (a) of section 42-542 of the zoning resolution, or any provision amending, replacing or supplementing such sections of the zoning resolution within seven days of receiving such application; and

      3.   A waiver of [75 percent of] all fees in connection with permits relevant to the installation of an accessory sign[ and] incurred on or after the effective date of the local law that last amended this section.

§ 3. Section 5 of local law number 28 for the year 2019 is amended to read as follows:

§ 5. Business assistance for respondents. Respondents of judgments resulting from applicable violations resolved by payment by the respondent or other payor between June 1, 2006 and the effective date of [this legislation] the local law that last amended this section shall be directed by the department of buildings to the department of small business services for additional business assistance, financial or otherwise.

§ 4. This local law takes effect immediately and is retroactive to and deemed to have been in effect as of January 1, 2021.