L.L. 2014/004

Enactment date: 2/4/2014

Int. No. 933-A

By Council Members Vallone, Gentile, Crowley, Arroyo, Brewer, Fidler, James, Koo, Mark-Viverito, Nelson, Rose, Vacca, Williams, Rodriguez, Gonzalez, Koppell, Mendez, Lander, Gennaro, Halloran, Ulrich and Lappin

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating an animal abuse registry.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Legislative Findings. The Council finds that animal cruelty is a serious problem in New York City. Although New York State criminalizes cruelty to animals, animals in New York City continue to be subject to abusive behavior. In recent years, several states and municipalities have considered creating animal abuse registries to track people convicted of animal cruelty. As of 2013, four New York State counties had created animal abuse registries. The Council finds that creating a registry of those convicted of animal cruelty will aide those involved in the sale or adoption of animals to ensure that an animal will not be placed with a person with a record of animal abuse.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law shall take effect 240 days after enactment provided, however, that the mayor or his designee shall designate an agency to implement its provisions within 90 days of its enactment and the commissioner of such agency shall take all actions necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.

L.L. 2014/007

Enactment date: 3/20/2014

Int. No. 1-A

By Council Members Chin, the Speaker (Council Member Mark-Viverito), Cohen, Constantinides, Cornegy, Crowley, Cumbo, Dromm, Eugene, Ferreras, Johnson, Kallos, King, Koo, Koslowitz, Lancman, Lander, Levin, Levine, Menchaca, Miller, Reynoso, Richards, Rodriguez, Rose, Rosenthal, Torres, Van Bramer, Barron, Espinal, Gibson, Palma, Dickens, Maisel, Mendez, Williams, Vacca, Cabrera and Garodnick (by request of the Mayor and the Manhattan Borough President)

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the provision of sick time earned by employees, and section 7 of local law number 46 for the year 2013, relating to such sick time, in relation to the effective date of such local law, and to repeal section 6 of local law number 46 for the year 2013, relating to a determination of the Independent Budget Office.

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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§ 11. Section 6 of local law number 46 for the year 2013 is REPEALED.

§ 12. Section 7 of local law number 46 for the year 2013 is amended to read as follows:

   § 7. This local law shall take effect [pursuant to the following schedule:

      (1)   If the December 16, 2013 Independent Budget Office ("IBO") determination shows that the most recent New York City Coincident Economic Index or similar successor index as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the "Index") is at or above its January 2012 level, then:

         (a)   All employers that employ twenty or more employees must comply with the provisions of this local law on April 1, 2014;

         (b)   all employers that employ fifteen to nineteen employees or a domestic worker must comply with the provisions of this local regarding paid sick time on October 1, 2015; and

         (c)   all employers with employees not entitled to paid sick time pursuant to chapter 8 of title 20 of the administrative code as added by section 3 of this local law, including those employers covered by paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 20-913 of such code as added by section 3 of this local law during the period specified therein, must comply with the provisions of this local law on April 1, 2014.

      (2)   If on December 16, 2013, the Index is not at or above its January 2012 level, but on June 16, 2014, the Index is at or above its January 2012 level as determined by the IBO, then:

         (a)   All employers that employ twenty or more employees must comply with the provisions of this local law on October 1, 2014;

         (b)   all employers that employ fifteen to nineteen employees or a domestic worker must comply with the provisions of this local regarding paid sick time on April 1, 2016; and

         (c)   all employers with employees not entitled to paid sick time pursuant to chapter 8 of title 20 of the administrative code as added by section 3 of this local law, including those employers covered by paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 20-913 of such code as added by section 3 of this local law during the period specified therein, must comply with the provisions of this local law on October 1, 2014.

      (3)   If on June 16, 2014, the Index is not at or above its January 2012 level, but on December 16, 2014, the Index is at or above its January 2012 level as determined by the IBO, then:

         (a)   All employers that employ twenty or more employees must comply with the provisions of this local law on April 1, 2015;

         (b)   all employers that employ fifteen to nineteen employees or a domestic worker must comply with the provisions of this local law regarding paid sick time on October 1, 2016; and

         (c)   all employers with employees not entitled to paid sick time pursuant to chapter 8 of title 20 of the administrative code as added by section 3 of this local law, including those employers covered by paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 20-913 of such code as added by section 3 of this local law during the period specified therein, must comply with the provisions of this local law on April 1, 2015.

      (4)   If on December 16, 2014 the Index is not at or above its January 2012 level, then the IBO shall make a determination every June 16th and December 16th of each year thereafter until such Index is at or above its January 2012 level, and the effective date of this local law for all employers shall be on the succeeding October 1 or April 1, respectively, after the first such determination that the Index is at or above its January 2012 level.

      (5)   Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs (1) through (4),] on April 1, 2014, provided that in the case of employees covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement in effect on [the effective date prescribed by such preceding paragraphs] such date, this local law shall take effect on the date of the termination of such agreement.

      [(6)   This local law shall take effect pursuant to the preceding paragraphs, and the commissioner of consumer affairs shall take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.]

§ 13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employer with fewer than twenty employees or an employer that is a business establishment classified in sector 31, 32 or 33 of the North American Industry Classification System shall not be subject to a civil penalty for any violation of chapter 8 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York or any rule promulgated thereunder, if such violation occurs before October 1, 2014; provided, however, that the department may order any other remedy authorized pursuant to such chapter, including equitable relief, for such a violation. A first time violation of any provision of chapter 8 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York, or any rule promulgated thereunder, by an employer with fewer than twenty employees or an employer that is a business establishment classified in sector 31, 32 or 33 of the North American Industry Classification System, that occurs before October 1, 2014, shall not serve as a predicate for the purposes of imposing penalties for subsequent violations occurring on or after October 1, 2014 pursuant to section 20-924 of the administrative code of the city of New York, but any second or subsequent violation of the same provision by such an employer that occurs before October 1, 2014, shall serve as a predicate for the purposes of imposing penalties for subsequent violations that occur on or after October 1, 2014.

§ 14. This local law shall take effect on April 1, 2014, provided that in the case of employees covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement in effect on such date, this local law shall take effect on the date of the termination of such agreement, and provided further that prior to April 1, 2014:

   (1)   the mayor may exercise the authority granted by subdivision a of section 20-925 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section ten of this local law, to designate an agency other than the department of consumer affairs to enforce the provisions of chapter 8 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York; and

   (2)   the department, as defined in subdivision s of section 20-912 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section five of this local law, shall take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of chapter 8 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law 46 for the year 2013, and as amended by local law number 6 for the year 2014, and as further amended by this local law, including the promulgation of rules.

L.L. 2014/010

Enactment date: 4/25/2014

Int. No. 11-A

By Council Members Ignizio, Matteo, Williams, Barron, Arroyo, Chin, Koo, Palma, Vallone, Lancman, Cohen, Rose, Levine, Dickens, Johnson, Vacca, Garodnick, Weprin, Ferreras, Rosenthal, Espinal, Cabrera, Constantinides, Cornegy, Crowley, Deutsch, Dromm, Gentile, Gibson, Greenfield, King, Koslowitz, Lander, Levin, Maisel, Mealy, Menchaca, Mendez, Miller, Richards, Torres, Wills, Reynoso, Cumbo, Kallos, Rodriguez, Treyger, Van Bramer, Eugene and Ulrich

A Local Law to amend the New York city building code, in relation to requiring carbon monoxide detectors in certain assembly spaces.

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 shall take effect on October 1, 2014, except that this local law shall not apply to work related to applications for construction document approval filed prior to such effective date, and except that the commissioner of buildings shall take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.

L.L. 2014/011

Enactment date: 4/25/2014

Preconsidered Int. No. 256

By Council Member Ferreras (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law in relation to the date of submission by the Mayor of the proposed executive budget and budget message, the date of submission by the Borough Presidents of recommendations in response to the Mayor's executive budget, the date of publication of a report by the director of the independent budget office analyzing the executive budget, the date by which the Council hearings pertaining to the executive budget shall conclude, the date by which if the expense budget has not been adopted, the expense budget and tax rate adopted as modified for the current fiscal year shall be deemed to have been extended for the new fiscal year until such time as a new expense budget has been adopted, the date by which if a capital budget and a capital program have not been adopted, the unutilized portion of all prior capital appropriations shall be deemed reappropriated, the date of submission by the Mayor of an estimate of the probable amount of receipts, the date by which any person or organization may submit an official alternative estimate of revenues, the date by which if the Council has not fixed the tax rates for the ensuing fiscal year, the commissioner of finance shall be authorized to complete the assessment rolls using estimated rates, and related matters, relating to the fiscal year two thousand fifteen.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. During the calendar year 2014 and in relation to the 2015 fiscal year:

   1.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 249 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, subdivision a of section 249 as amended by local law number 25 for the year 1998, the Mayor shall pursuant to such section submit a proposed executive budget and budget message as therein described not later than May 8, 2014.

   2.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 251 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 recommendations in response to the Mayor's executive budget as therein described not later than May 19, 2014.

   3.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 252 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 executive budget as therein described not later than May 23, 2014.

   4.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 253 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, the Council shall pursuant to such section hold hearings on the executive budget as therein described which shall conclude by June 6, 2014.

   5.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of subdivision d of section 254 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, and subdivision b of section 1516 of the New York city charter, as amended by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, if an expense budget has not been adopted by June 18, 2014 pursuant to subdivisions a and b of section 254 of the New York city charter, the expense budget and tax rate adopted as modified for the current fiscal year shall be deemed to have been extended for the new fiscal year until such time as a new expense budget has been adopted.

   6.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of subdivision e of section 254 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, if a capital budget and a capital program have not been adopted by June 18, 2014 pursuant to subdivisions a and b of such section, the unutilized portion of all prior capital appropriations shall be deemed reappropriated.

   7.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of subdivision a of section 1515 of the New York city charter, as amended by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, the Mayor shall pursuant to such subdivision prepare and submit to the Council an estimate of the probable amount of receipts as therein described not later than June 18, 2014.

   8.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of subdivision d of section 1515 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, any person or organization may pursuant to such subdivision submit an official alternative estimate of revenues as described therein at any time prior to May 23, 2014.

   9.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of subdivision a of section 1516-a of the New York city charter, as amended by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, if the Council has not fixed the tax rates for the ensuing fiscal year on or before June 18, 2014, the commissioner of finance shall pursuant to such subdivision be authorized to complete the assessment rolls using estimated rates and to collect the sums therein mentioned according to law. The estimated rates shall equal the tax rates for the current fiscal year.

   10.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of subdivision b of section 1516-a of the New York city charter, as amended by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, if, subsequent to June 18, 2014, the Council shall, pursuant to section 1516 of the New York city charter, fix the tax rates for the ensuing fiscal year at percentages differing from the estimated rates, real estate tax payments shall nevertheless be payable in accordance with subdivision a of section 1516-a of such charter at the estimated rates, where the commissioner of finance has exercised the authority granted by subdivision a of section 1516-a of such charter to complete the assessment rolls using estimated rates and to collect the sums therein mentioned according to law. However, in such event, prior to the first day of January in such fiscal year, the commissioner of finance shall cause the completed assessment rolls to be revised to reflect the tax rates fixed by the Council pursuant to section 1516 of such charter, and an amended bill for the installment or installments for such fiscal year due and payable on or after the first day of January shall be submitted to each taxpayer in which whatever adjustment may be required as a result of the estimated bill previously submitted to the taxpayer shall be reflected.

§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.

L.L. 2014/012

Enactment date: 5/19/2014

Int. No. 16-A

By Council Members Levin, Chin, Koo, Palma, Williams, Johnson, Mendez, Richards, Lancman, Rosenthal, Arroyo, Levine, Constantinides and Lander

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring insulation of existing concealed pipes exposed during alteration or repair.

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 October 1, 2014, except that this local law shall not apply to construction work related to applications for construction document approval filed prior to such effective date, and except that the commissioner of buildings may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.

L.L. 2014/013

Enactment date: 5/19/2014

Int. No. 93-A

By Council Members Matteo, Ignizio, Gentile, Rose, Richards, Rosenthal, Arroyo, Constantinides, Lander and Ulrich (by request of the Staten Island Borough President)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to requiring the use of mold-resistant gypsum board and cement board in moisture-prone locations.

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 shall take effect on October 1, 2014, except that this local law shall not apply to construction work related to applications for construction document approval filed prior to such effective date, and except that the commissioner of buildings shall take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.

L.L. 2014/017

Enactment date: 5/19/2014

Int. No. 203-A

By Council Members Koo, Arroyo, Constantinides and Lander

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the New York city building code and the New York city fire code, in relation to hold-open devices and automatic closing of exit doors serving vertical exit enclosures.

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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§ 11. This local law shall take effect on October 1, 2014, except that this local law shall not apply to construction work related to applications for construction document approval filed prior to such effective date, and except that the commissioner of buildings shall take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.