L.L. 2013/007

Enactment date: 1/24/2013

Preconsidered Int. No. 995

By Council Member Recchia (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law in relation to the date of submission by the mayor of a preliminary management report and the date prior to which the council shall conduct public hearings and the date by which the council shall submit a report or reports pertaining thereto, the date of submission by the director of management and budget and the director of city planning of a draft ten-year capital strategy, the date of submission by the city planning commission of a report on the draft ten-year capital strategy, 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 council of estimates of the financial needs of the council, 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, the date by which the council shall hold hearings and submit recommendations in regard to 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 fourteen.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. During the calendar year 2013 and in relation to the 2014 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 22, 2013, and the council shall conduct public hearings on such report prior to April 12, 2013 and submit to the mayor and make public not later than April 12, 2013, a report or reports of findings and recommendations.

   2.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 228 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, the director of management and budget and the director of city planning shall pursuant to such section jointly submit a draft ten-year capital strategy as therein described not later than February 7, 2013.

   3.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 234 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, the city planning commission shall pursuant to such section submit a report on the draft ten-year capital strategy as therein described not later than March 6, 2013.

   4.   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 7, 2013.

   5.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 236 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 25 for the year 1998, the mayor shall pursuant to such section submit a preliminary budget as therein described not later than February 7, 2013.

   6.   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 February 14, 2013.

   7.   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 February 28, 2013.

   8.   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 February 28, 2013.

   9.   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 February 28, 2013.

   10.   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 20, 2013.

   11.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 243 of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, the council shall pursuant to such section approve and submit estimates of the financial needs of the council as therein described not later than March 21, 2013.

   12.   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 March 20, 2013.

   13.   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 March 29, 2013.

   14.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section 247 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 and submit recommendations as therein described not later than April 12, 2013.

   15.   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 March 20, 2013.

§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately and shall be retroactive to and deemed to have been in full force and effect as of November 1, 2012.

L.L. 2013/010

Enactment date: 2/25/2013

Int. No. 75-A

By Council Members Gennaro, Brewer, Chin, Fidler, James, Koppell, Lander, Mark-Viverito, Nelson, Williams, Van Bramer, Levin, Garodnick, Crowley, Vallone, Gonzalez, Weprin, Vann, Lappin, Koslowitz, Rodriguez, Rivera, Greenfield, Vacca, Jackson, Dromm, Arroyo, Barron, Eugene, Koo, Palma, Ulrich and Halloran.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring city plantings to be stormwater tolerant so as to facilitate stormwater retention and filtration.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The Council finds that the PlaNYC Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan of 2008 recommends the use of green infrastructure as a desirable means to control and detain stormwater. Such control and detention is important because combined sewer overflows (CSOs) discharge over 27 billion gallons of sewage and polluted rainwater into the New York harbor every year. The Council also finds that initiatives undertaken by the City of New York, including the Green Infrastructure Plan, contemplate planting thousands of trees and many thousands of plants annually. Therefore the Council finds that it is in the best interests of the City to use stormwater-tolerant plantings to maximize the capacity for stormwater retention and infiltration.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.

L.L. 2013/011

Enactment date: 2/25/2013

Int. No. 399-A

By Council Members Vann, Comrie, Fidler, James, Palma, Williams, Van Bramer, Rodriguez, Levin, Nelson, Mark-Viverito, Dromm, Chin, Koppell, Gennaro, Arroyo, Barron, Crowley, Eugene, Greenfield, Jackson, Koo and Lappin

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing native biodiversity in public landscapes.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The Council finds that native plants are the building blocks of our biological diversity and the cornerstone of our natural ecosystems. The Council also finds that invasive plant species are a detriment to the environment, out-competing native plant species and the animals that depend on them, and leaving them vulnerable to depletion or extinction. Further, native plantings may also result in reduced maintenance costs. Therefore the Council finds that it is in the best interests of the City to require greater native biodiversity and limit the use of invasive species in public landscapes.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.

L.L. 2013/013

Enactment date: 2/25/2013

Int. No. 985-A

By Council Members Comrie, Arroyo, Crowley, Cabrera, Dickens, Fidler, Gentile, Greenfield, James, Koslowitz, Palma, Vallone, Williams, Chin, Nelson, Rodriguez, Koppell, Gonzalez, Vacca, Jackson, King, Rose, Dromm, Weprin, Garodnick, Barron, Levin, Eugene, Gennaro, Koo, Lappin, Halloran and Ulrich

A Local Law in relation to underground power lines.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Study of underground power lines.

   a.   The office of long-term planning and sustainability shall conduct a study of the utilization of underground power lines in the city and submit the findings of such study to the mayor and council within six months of the effective date of this local law.

   b.   To the extent that the data required below has been made available by local electric corporations that provide electric service in the city, such study shall include, but not be limited to:

      1.   General information. Disaggregated by borough, and by community district or other areas as defined by the office of long-term planning and sustainability, the names of local electric corporations that provide electric service in the city, and for each such electric corporation the number of residential and commercial customers, respectively, and the estimated number of persons serviced by underground power lines and above ground power lines, respectively, and the average cost per mile for maintenance and repair of underground power lines and above ground power lines, respectively, for the most recent calendar year that such data is available.

      2.   Weather related outages. Disaggregated by borough, and by community district or other areas as defined by the office of long-term planning and sustainability, the total number of power outages resulting from a failure of all infrastructure servicing a customer that were directly caused by damage resulting from weather events for the past five years, including, but not limited to, damage resulting from: trees and wires downed by wind, snow or ice; heat; cold; rain; and flooding. The study shall provide a summary and statistical analysis of the data collected on each outage, including (i) the number of customers affected, (ii) the estimated number of persons affected, (iii) critical infrastructure affected, (iv) whether the power lines were underground or above ground, (v) the cause and length of time of each such outage, and (vi) the costs of restoring service.

      3.   General network reliability. Disaggregated by borough, and by community district or other areas as defined by the office of long-term planning and sustainability, the total number of power outages resulting from a failure of all infrastructure servicing a customer other than those directly caused by damage resulting from weather events for the most recent calendar year that such data is available, disaggregated by the cause of such outages. The study shall provide a summary and statistical analysis of the data collected on each outage, including (i) the number of customers affected, (ii) the estimated number of persons affected, (iii) critical infrastructure affected, (iv) whether the power lines were underground or above ground, (v) the cause and length of time of each such outage, and (vi) the costs of restoring service.

      4.   Costs of undergrounding power lines. The estimated per mile cost of undergrounding power lines within the city of New York, including a breakdown of the costs for labor and materials, and the variables, including population density, that would affect the final cost of undergrounding.

      5.   Recommendations. A list of neighborhoods or service areas where relocating above ground power lines to underground locations would not be practical or would result in more severe power outages and the considerations that went into such determination; and a list of neighborhoods or service areas where relocating above ground power lines to underground locations would be most advantageous and the considerations that went into such determination.

§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.