L.L. 2022/043

Enactment date: 1/15/2022

Int. No. 2246-A

By Council Members Brannan, Yeger, Kallos, Rosenthal, Perkins, Louis, Koslowitz, Riley, Levine, Moya, Ampry-Samuel, Gjonaj, Dinowitz, Gennaro and Rose

A Local Law in relation to the establishment of a task force to study and make recommendations regarding the potential conversion of vacant or commercially unviable office space to other uses

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this local law, the term "task force" means the office conversions task force established by this local law.

§ 2. Task force established. There is hereby established a task force to be known as the office conversions task force.

§ 3. Duties. The task force shall study the potential for the conversion of vacant or commercially unviable office space in the city to other uses including, but not limited to, affordable housing, and shall make recommendations for legislation and policy in furtherance of that objective. The recommendations shall take into account potential effects on the health and welfare of persons in the city, implications for business and economic activity within the city, consistency with other plans and policies for the districts and neighborhoods in which such office buildings are located, the projected estimated costs to the city of implementing any recommendations, anticipated effects on stakeholders, and any other considerations the task force determines relevant.

§ 4. Membership.

   a.   The task force shall be composed of the following members to be appointed within 150 days of the effective date of this local law:

      1.   The commissioner of housing preservation and development or such commissioner's designee;

      2.   The director of the department of city planning or such director's designee;

      3.   The president of a not-for-profit corporation of which a majority of its members are appointed by the mayor that is under contract with the city to provide or administer economic development benefits on behalf of the city or such president's designee;

      4.   The commissioner of buildings or such commissioner's designee;

      5.   Eight members with experience relevant to studying and making recommendations about the potential for conversion of vacant or commercially unviable office space to other uses, one of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the council, one of whom shall be appointed by the public advocate, and six of whom shall be appointed by the mayor. At least one of the members appointed by the mayor shall be a representative from a labor union.

   b.   The mayor shall appoint the chair of the task force. The chair may invite officers and representatives of relevant federal, state, and local agencies and authorities to participate in the work of the task force.

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

§ 5. Meetings.

   a.   The chair shall convene the first meeting of the task force no later than 60 days after the last member has been appointed, except that where not all members of the task force have been appointed within the time specified in section four, the chair shall convene the first meeting of the task force within 30 days of the appointment of a quorum.

   b.   The task force may invite experts and stakeholders to attend its meetings and to provide testimony and information relevant to its duties.

   c.   The task force shall meet as appropriate to carry out the duties described in section three.

§ 6. Report.

   a.   No later than 2 years after the effective date of this local law, the task force shall submit a report to the mayor, the speaker of the council, and the public advocate setting forth its recommendations regarding the following:

      1.   Identification of types of office buildings likely to be unviable as commercial office space in the long term and that could be converted to other uses;

      2.   The feasibility of converting vacant or commercially unviable office space to other uses;

      3.   Under what circumstances commercially unviable office conversions to affordable housing units could be implemented, any costs or tradeoffs to the city associated with such conversions and proposals for how to fund or mitigate such costs; and

      4.   Any zoning or other regulatory provisions that currently impede the conversion of commercial office buildings to other uses such as housing.

   b.   The report shall include a summary of the information that the task force considered in formulating its recommendations.

   c.   The chair of the task force shall publish the task force's report electronically on the websites of the department of housing preservation and development and the department of city planning no later than 10 days after its submission to the mayor, the speaker of the council, and the public advocate.

§ 7. Agency support. The task force may request each agency affected by this local law to provide appropriate staff and resources to support the work of the agency related to the task force.

§ 8. Termination. The task force shall terminate after the date on which it submits its report, as required by section six.

§ 9. Effective date. This local law takes effect immediately.

L.L. 2022/044

Enactment date: 1/15/2022

Int. No. 2265-B

By Council Members Cumbo, Chin, Kallos, Louis and Rivera

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to stove safety knobs.

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 180 days after it becomes law, provided that the requirements of subdivision b of section 27-2046.4 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by section one of this local law, shall only apply to a notice provided after such date.

L.L. 2022/047

Enactment date: 1/15/2022

Int. No. 2430-A

By Council Members Borelli, Gennaro, Kallos and Louis (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend the New York city fire code, in relation to the advancement and regulation of energy storage systems and the adoption of current fire safety standards as incorporated in the 2015 edition of the international fire code.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Legislative intent. This local law arises from the mandate of section 29-104 of the administrative code, which requires the fire commissioner to review the latest edition of the international fire code and submit to the city council such proposed amendments to the New York city fire code as the fire commissioner determines should be made. Section 29-104 was enacted by local law 26 of 2008, which adopted a new fire code for New York city based on the international fire code, with amendments to reflect the unique New York city environment. The first code revision cycle was completed with the enactment of local law 148 of 2013, commonly referred to as the 2014 fire code. This local law completes the second code revision cycle and amends the 2014 fire code to incorporate new fire safety standards and technologies adopted or reflected in the international fire code since the 2009 edition that was the basis for the 2014 fire code. The fire code amendments enacted by this local law include a comprehensive revision of the requirements for energy storage systems, with the goal of establishing a regulatory framework that opens the door to the use of lithium-ion and other new battery technologies to power buildings and building systems, while assuring appropriate building fire safety. These technologies offer the potential to increase energy efficiency and reduce New York city's carbon footprint. The amendments enacted by this local law will fulfill the goal of local law 26 of keeping the New York city fire code current and relevant to the fire safety challenges facing New York city.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 4. All actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, commenced prior to the effective date of this local law in accordance with any provision repealed by this local law and pending immediately prior to the taking effect of such repeal may be prosecuted and defended to final effect in the same manner as they might if those provisions had not been repealed.

§ 5. Rules promulgated by the fire commissioner in accordance with the law in effect prior to the effective date of this local law shall remain in effect for the matters covered to the extent that such rules are not inconsistent with the New York city fire code, as added by this local law, unless and until such rules are amended or repealed by the fire commissioner.

§ 6. Notwithstanding any other law or rule, tables, figures or equations in PDF or other electronic format to be added to the New York city fire code or amended pursuant to this local law need not be underlined to denote new matter being added. The absence of underlining to denote new matter being added shall not affect the validity of new tables, figures or equations in PDF or other electronic format to be added to the New York city fire code or amended pursuant to this local law.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 8. This local law shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment, except that section FC 511.7 of chapter 5 of the fire code shall take effect one year from the date of adoption of a zoning amendment exempting from the calculation of the building floor area ratio storage spaces for pre-positioned department equipment. The fire commissioner may take prior to such effective date any administrative actions necessary for the timely implementation of this local law, including but not limited to the promulgation of rules.

L.L. 2022/051

Enactment date: 1/15/2022

Int. No. 2462

By Council Members Miller, Brooks-Powers, Koslowitz, Gennaro and Rose

A Local Law in relation to renaming a park in the Borough of Queens, Archie Spigner Park, and to amend the official map of the city of New York accordingly

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. The following park name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby renamed as hereafter indicated.

 

New Name	Present Name	Limits
Archie Spigner Park	St. Albans Park	An existing park area generally bounded by 169 Street, Sayres Avenue, Linden Boulevard, Marne Place, 111 Road and 172 Street

 

§ 2. The official map of the city of New York shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of section one of this local law.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.

L.L. 2022/052

Enactment date: 1/15/2022

Int. No. 2470

By Council Member Dromm (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law in relation to the date of submission by the mayor of a preliminary management report, the date of submission by the mayor of the preliminary certificate regarding debt and reserves and appropriations and expenditures for capital projects, the date of submission by the mayor of the preliminary budget, the date of publication by the director of the independent budget office of a report on revenues and expenditures, the date of submission by the community boards of statements in regard to the preliminary budget, the date of submission by the commissioner of finance of an estimate of the assessed valuation of real property and statement of real property taxes due, expected to be received, and uncollected, the date of submission by the mayor of a tax benefit report, the date of submission by the borough boards of statements on budget priorities, the date of submission by the borough presidents of proposed modifications of the preliminary budget, the date of publication by the director of the independent budget office of a report analyzing the preliminary budget, and the date of submission by the campaign finance board of estimates of the financial needs of the campaign finance board, relating to the fiscal year two thousand twenty-three

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. During the calendar year 2022 and in relation to the 2023 fiscal year:

   1.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 12 of the New York city charter, as amended by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, the mayor shall pursuant to such section submit a preliminary management report as therein described not later than February 28, 2022.

   2.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 235 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, the mayor shall pursuant to such section submit and publish a preliminary certificate regarding debt and reserves and appropriations and expenditures for capital projects as therein described not later than February 16, 2022.

   3.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 236 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 218 for the year 2017, the mayor shall pursuant to such section submit a preliminary budget as therein described not later than February 16, 2022.

   4.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 237 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, the director of the independent budget office shall publish a report on revenues and expenditures as therein described on or before March 1, 2022.

   5.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 238 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, each community board shall pursuant to such section submit a statement and recommendations in regard to the preliminary budget as therein described not later than March 15, 2022.

   6.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 239 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, the commissioner of finance shall pursuant to such section submit an estimate of the assessed valuation of real property and a certified statement of all real property taxes due as therein described not later than March 15, 2022.

   7.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 240 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, the mayor shall pursuant to such section submit a tax benefit report as therein described not later than March 15, 2022.

   8.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 241 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, each borough board shall pursuant to such section submit a statement of budget priorities as therein described not later than March 25, 2022.

   9.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 245 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, each borough president shall pursuant to such section submit any proposed modifications of the preliminary budget as therein described not later than April 10, 2022.

   10.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 246 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, the director of the independent budget office shall pursuant to such section publish a report analyzing the preliminary budget as therein described on or before April 15, 2022.

   11.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of subdivision c of section 1052 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 3, 1998, the campaign finance board shall pursuant to such subdivision submit estimates of the financial needs of the campaign finance board as therein described not later than April 8, 2022.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately, except that if it becomes law after January 16, 2022, it is retroactive to and deemed to have been in full force and effect as of January 16, 2022.