2023
L.L. 2023/003
Enactment date: 1/7/2023
Int. No. 696
By Council Members Ung, Louis, Restler, Hudson, Joseph, Nurse, Williams, Bottcher, Hanif, Stevens, Velázquez, Cabán, Avilés, Farías, Gutiérrez, De La Rosa, Ayala, Krishnan, Powers, Brewer, Ossé, Menin, Sanchez, Riley, Narcisse, Lee, Won, Brannan and Dinowitz
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the design of the ballot and content of ballot instructions for ranked choice elections
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 immediately and applies to any ranked choice election, as such term is defined in subdivision a of section 1057-g of the New York city charter, held on or after June 27, 2023.
L.L. 2023/010
Enactment date: 1/21/2023
Int. No. 680-A
By Council Members Krishnan, Louis, Yeger, Riley, Restler, Hanif, Hudson, Ung, Won, Gutiérrez, Holden, Gennaro, Menin, Narcisse, Brannan, Cabán, Bottcher, Abreu, Brooks-Powers, Farías, Velázquez, De La Rosa, Avilés, Nurse, Ayala, Joseph, Brewer, Schulman, Powers, Rivera, Marte, Dinowitz, Ossé, Williams, Mealy, Moya, Hanks, Stevens and Carr
A Local Law in relation to a survey to determine the feasibility of creating small parks and green spaces on public streets with dead ends and vacant city-owned land near streets with dead ends
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. An agency or office designated by the mayor, in consultation with the department of environmental protection, the department of parks and recreation, the department of transportation, the department of citywide administrative services and any other appropriate agency, shall review sites, owned by the city of New York in residential zones in each borough, on streets with dead ends and vacant land in close proximity to such streets, and land that abuts highway entrances, underpasses and exits, that are suitable for the planting of trees or other vegetation, or for establishing bioswales, small parks or other green spaces. Such designated agency or office shall develop a methodology to identify which such sites to review, provided that in identifying such sites, such agency considers requests from council members, community boards and members of the public to review a site, and prioritizes the review of identified sites that are in environmental justice areas, as defined in section 3-1001 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
§ 2. No later than April 1, 2024, the designated agency shall submit to the mayor and speaker of the council a report of all sites reviewed pursuant to section one of this local law. Such report shall also include: an analysis of the condition of each such site; the feasibility of planting trees or other vegetation or the installation of bioswales, small parks or other green spaces; a description of the necessary steps associated with installing any such feature; an estimated length of time that would be needed to install such features; and an estimate of the overall cost to do so.
§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.
L.L. 2023/013
Enactment date: 1/21/2023
Int. No. 697-A
By Council Members Ung, Hanif, Hudson, Sanchez, Louis, Won, Gutiérrez, Velázquez, Narcisse, Menin, Brannan, Lee, Avilés, Cabán, Ossé, Rivera and Gennaro
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing supplemental language access services in connection with temporary language needs
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 120 days after it becomes law, provided that nothing in this local law shall require a covered agency to update its language access implementation plan sooner than would be required by subdivision d of section 23-1102 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
L.L. 2023/016
Enactment date: 1/21/2023
Int. No. 842-A
By Council Members Krishnan, Brooks-Powers, Narcisse, Hudson, Brannan, Riley, Hanif, Menin, Velázquez, Louis, Yeger, Joseph, Stevens, Richardson Jordan, Farías, Restler, Lee, Avilés, Williams, De La Rosa, Ayala, Ung, Cabán, Dinowitz, Ossé, Mealy, Gennaro, Carr and Kagan
A Local Law in relation to requiring the department of parks and recreation to develop a strategy to reduce the duration of its capital projects
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. No later than December 1, 2023, the department of parks and recreation shall, in coordination with other agencies as appropriate, prepare and submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on its website, a strategy aiming to reduce the average duration of its capital projects by at least 25 percent. Such strategy shall consider, at a minimum, the use of early completion incentives, opportunities to standardize capital project processes, timelines, and forms, potential improvements in coordination with utility companies, and other reductions to regulatory barriers that may be considered.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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