L.L. 2021/032

Enactment date: 3/28/2021

Int. No. 1839-A

By Council Members Vallone, Louis and Rosenthal

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to an annual report on the progress of the Brooklyn Navy Yard master 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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§ 4. This local law takes effect immediately, provided that the report required pursuant to section 22-826 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section three of this local law, shall not be required for any calendar year prior to 2023.

L.L. 2021/036

Enactment date: 3/28/2021

Int. No. 2225-A

By Council Members Treyger, Yeger, Kallos, Holden, Lander, Vallone, Gibson, Chin, Louis, Gjonaj, Moya and Rivera

A Local Law in relation to the establishment of a plan for COVID-19 vaccination of homebound seniors, reporting on such plan, and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.

   a.   Definitions. For purposes of this local law, the term "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV.

   b.   The commissioner of health and mental hygiene, or other entity as designated by the mayor, shall establish a plan to vaccinate homebound seniors for COVID-19. Such plan shall be published on the website of the department of health and mental hygiene and provided to the speaker of the council no later than 30 days after the effective date of this local law.

   c.   No less frequently than once every 2 months after the plan is provided to the speaker of the council in accordance with subdivision b, the commissioner of health and mental hygiene shall provide a report to the speaker of the council on the implementation of such plan. Such report shall include a description of the vaccination efforts specifically serving homebound seniors, the number of doses administered and the total number of homebound seniors fully vaccinated through those efforts, disaggregated by zip code, and any obstacles to implementation of such plan.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately and expires and is deemed repealed on June 30, 2022.

L.L. 2021/038

Enactment date: 3/28/2021

Int. No. 2231

By Council Members Dromm and Kallos

A Local Law in relation to extending to the 2021-22 assessment roll the renewal of certain residential property taxation exemptions received on the 2020-21 assessment roll for persons 65 years of age or over and persons with disabilities, and to provide for the repeal thereof

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. As used in this local law, the following terms have the following meanings:

   2020-21 assessment roll. The term "2020-21 assessment roll" means the real property tax assessment roll for the tax year beginning on July 1, 2020.

   2021-22 assessment roll. The term "2021-22 assessment roll" means the real property tax assessment roll for the tax year beginning on July 1, 2021.

   Department. The term "department" means the department of finance.

   Persons with disabilities homeowner exemption. The term "persons with disabilities homeowner exemption" or "DHE" means the real property tax exemption pursuant to section 11-245.4 of the administrative code of the city of New York.

   Senior citizen homeowner exemption. The term "senior citizen homeowner exemption" or "SCHE" means the real property tax exemption pursuant to section 11-245.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York.

§ 2. Pursuant to subpart d of part b of chapter 381 of the laws of 2020, and notwithstanding any provision of sections 11-245.3 and 11-245.4 of the administrative code of the city of New York to the contrary, the department shall extend to the 2021-22 assessment roll the renewal of any senior citizen homeowner exemption or persons with disabilities homeowner exemption received on the 2020-21 assessment roll, in accordance with this local law. A recipient of SCHE or DHE on the 2020-21 assessment roll shall not be required to submit a renewal application in order for such recipient to receive the same exemption on the 2021-22 assessment roll as was received on the 2020-21 assessment roll.

§ 3. Notwithstanding section two of this local law, the department may require a recipient of SCHE or DHE on the 2020-21 assessment roll to file a renewal application if the department has reason to believe that such recipient may have since (i) changed his or her primary residence, (ii) added another owner to the deed of the property for which such exemption was granted, (iii) transferred such property to a new owner, or (iv) died. In such a circumstance, the department will notify such recipient as soon as practicable of the requirement to submit a renewal application, and shall require such renewal application be submitted by March 15 of the appropriate year, provided that no such recipient shall be required to appear in person to file a renewal application. Failure of the department to mail, or of a property owner to receive, any such application form or notice relating thereto shall not prevent the levy, collection and enforcement of the payment of the taxes on property owned by such owner.

§ 4. A recipient of SCHE or DHE on the 2020-21 assessment roll who has had a change in income that may qualify such recipient for a greater exemption on the 2021-22 assessment roll than was received on the 2020-21 assessment roll, may submit a renewal application for the 2021-22 assessment roll to the department by mail or electronic means, in accordance with the applicable deadlines described in sections 11-245.3 and 11-245.4 of the administrative code of the city of New York.

§ 5. A recipient of SCHE who receives a renewal extension of such exemption pursuant to section two of this local law, and who last applied for such exemption for tax year 2019-20, will be required to apply to renew such exemption for tax year 2023-24 in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 11-245.3 of such administrative code. A recipient of SCHE who last applied for such exemption for tax year 2020-21 will be required to apply to renew such exemption for tax year 2022-23.

§ 6. This local law takes effect immediately and is retroactive to and deemed to have been in full force and effect as of March 7, 2020, provided, however, that it is deemed repealed on July 2, 2022. The commissioner of finance may take any actions necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the mailing of notices and acceptance of applications pursuant to section three of this local law, before this local law takes effect.

L.L. 2021/041

Enactment date: 4/18/2021

Int. No. 2092-A

By Council Members Constantinides, Kallos, Rosenthal, Lander, Cornegy, Levin, Rose, Vallone, Brannan, Rivera, Ayala, Gennaro and Powers

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to climate resiliency design guidelines and resiliency scoring

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. Section 2 of this local law shall not apply to any projects for which the design has been made available for review by the respective council committee, borough president and the community board pursuant to section 223 of the charter prior to the effective date of this local law, except section 2 of this local law shall apply to such projects if registration of a capital project change order occurs after the effective date of this local law and such change order has a value that exceeds 60 percent of the original registered construction contract value of such project.

§ 4. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

L.L. 2021/043

Enactment date: 4/18/2021

Int. No. 2198-A

By Council Members Matteo, Rosenthal, Rose, Rivera and Gennaro

A Local Law to amend the New York city building code, in relation to additional freeboard for structures in the floodplain

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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§ 6. This local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law, except that this local law shall not apply to construction work related to applications for construction document approval filed prior to such effective date.

L.L. 2021/044

Enactment date: 4/18/2021

Int. No. 2236-A

By Council Members Levine, Powers, Miller, Lander, Rivera, Kallos, Holden, Barron, Rose, Ampry-Samuel and Yeger

A Local Law in relation to the creation of a unified scheduling system for COVID-19 vaccinations, and to provide for the repeal thereof

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.

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

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

      Department. The term "department" means the department of health and mental hygiene, or another agency designated by the mayor.

   b.   COVID-19 vaccination scheduling system. The department shall develop and maintain an online platform which can operate as a unified scheduling system for COVID-19 vaccinations for cooperating providers that may include, but need not be limited to, vaccination locations operated by the department, by the health and hospitals corporation, and by New York state. Such platform shall be made available to the general public in all designated citywide languages, as defined by section 23-1101 of the administrative code of the city of New York, and shall be accessible to people with disabilities in accordance with section 23-802 of such code. Such platform shall display all available appointments across all vaccination locations of cooperating providers, organized by date and time and filterable by zip code and eligibility category, and allow for the scheduling of COVID-19 vaccination appointments, either on such platform or through a link to the website of a provider, across all vaccination locations of cooperating providers located in the city of New York.

   c.   Such platform shall allow an eligible user, as prioritized by the department, to request to be notified when new COVID-19 vaccination appointments are available for such user, and allow an eligible user to pre-register for such an appointment.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law, and is deemed repealed 2 years after it becomes law.

L.L. 2021/046

Enactment date: 4/25/2021

Int. No. 2118-A

By Council Members Powers, Adams, Kallos, Constantinides, Levine, Louis, Chin, Rosenthal, Barron, Gennaro and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to press credentials

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. Any press credential issued by the police department and valid on the effective date of this local law shall remain valid until the later of (i) its expiration date or (ii) 270 days after the effective date of this local law.

§ 4. This local law takes effect 270 days after it becomes law, except that the mayor's office of media and entertainment and the office of administrative trials and hearings shall take any necessary actions to implement this local law, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.