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L.L. 2021/166
Enactment date: 12/24/2021
Int. No. 2253-A
By the Speaker (Council Member Johnson) and Council Members Powers, Rivera, Menchaca and Kallos
A Local Law in relation to micro-distribution centers for distributing goods via sustainable modes of transportation
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Micro-Distribution Centers.
a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Bicycle. The term "bicycle" has the same meaning as set forth in section 102 of the vehicle and traffic law or any successor provision.
Bicycle with electric assist. The term "bicycle with electric assist" has the same meaning as set forth in section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law or any successor provision.
Commercial vehicle. The term "commercial vehicle" has the same meaning as set forth in the rules of the department.
Commercial vehicle operator. The term "commercial vehicle operator" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, municipality, or other legal entity that either on behalf of itself or others, utilizes a commercial vehicle to deliver packages, parcels, papers, or articles of any type.
Department. The term "department" means the department of transportation.
Micro-distribution center. The term "micro-distribution center" means a space or facility designated by the city for the exclusive transfer of goods or delivery of parcels and packages from commercial vehicles to sustainable transportation modes that deliver such parcels and packages to the final point of delivery.
Sustainable modes of transportation. The term "sustainable modes of transportation" means bicycles, bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters, electric vehicles, hand trucks and any other modes designated as sustainable by the department.
b. The department shall release a public solicitation to learn about opportunities and challenges to using micro-distribution centers for deliveries in the city. Such solicitation shall include:
1. a request for expressions of interest from companies willing to facilitate, operate, or utilize a micro-distribution center in the city;
2. feedback from respondents on limiting factors for operating and utilizing a micro-distribution center in the city, including but not limited to land use and zoning restrictions, and city rules and regulations; and
3. feedback from respondents on ways to make a micro-distribution center efficient, sustainable, and economically feasible, and on ways to ensure micro-distribution centers are not unreasonably occupied by any single commercial vehicle operator.
c. No later than December 31, 2022, the department shall post on its website, and submit to the speaker of the council and the mayor, a report that includes, at a minimum, the following information:
1. a summary of the feedback received from the freight industry;
2. the challenges and opportunities to creating micro-distribution centers, including legal and zoning restrictions affecting the implementation of micro-distribution centers;
3. recommendations on how the city can encourage and facilitate micro-distribution centers, and the funding that may be required; and
4. the means and methods the city plans to pursue to encourage micro-distribution centers and other similar delivery consolidation activities.
d. Following the submission of the report required by subdivision c of this section, but no later than July 1, 2023, the department shall establish a pilot program to support the creation, operation or expansion of micro-distribution centers in order to reduce emissions and alleviate vehicle congestion on city streets.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
L.L. 2021/169
Enactment date: 12/24/2021
Int. No. 2312-A
By Council Members Riley, Powers, Treyger and Rosenthal
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to limiting fees associated with vacating a premises
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 shall take effect 180 days after becoming law, provided that it shall apply only to leases entered into on or after such date.
L.L. 2021/172
Enactment date: 12/24/2021
Int. No. 2448-A
By Council Members Gibson, Louis, Ayala, Dinowitz and Rose (by request of the Mayor)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing paid time to employees who accompany a child to receive a COVID-19 vaccination injection or care for a child with COVID-19 vaccine side effects
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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§ 10. a. This local law takes effect immediately and is retroactive to and deemed to have been in effect as of November 2, 2021, except that the department shall not enforce paragraph (vi) or (vii) of subdivision d of section 20-924 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section nine of this local law, or subdivision e of such section 20-924, as amended by section nine of this local law, during the 60 days after it becomes law without first providing an employer with written notice of an alleged violation and 15 days to cure such alleged violation.
b. An employer may satisfy its obligation to provide COVID-19 child vaccination time to an employee who used leave time or unpaid time for purposes provided under section 20-914.1 of the administrative code between the retroactive effective date and the date of enactment of this local law by paying the employee for the COVID-19 child vaccination time used by the employee no later than the payday for the next regular payroll period beginning after this local law takes effect.
c. This local law expires and is deemed repealed on December 31, 2022, provided that such expiration and repeal do not excuse an employer from paying each employee for COVID-19 child vaccination time accrued on or before such date, or affect the ability of the department of consumer and worker protection to pursue penalties and relief provided pursuant to subdivisions d and e of section 20-924 of the administrative code of the city of New York with respect to any obligation incurred on or before such date.
L.L. 2021/173
Enactment date: 12/24/2021
Preconsidered Int. No. 2456
By the Speaker (Council Member Johnson) and Council Members Kallos, Ayala and Brannan
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring labor peace agreement for certain city economic development projects
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) This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, provided that this local law shall not apply to any project for which the project agreement was entered into prior to the effective date of this local law or any tenancy, subtenancy, lease, sublease, contract or subcontract entered into prior to the effective date of this local law, and provided further that the mayor, or the mayor's delegee, may promulgate any rules necessary for implementation of this local law and take any other measures as are necessary for its implementation, prior to such date.
(b) For the purpose of this section, the terms "project" and "project agreement" shall be defined in accordance with the definitions in section 6-146 of the administrative code of the city of New York.