L.L. 2001/015

Enactment date: 3/28/2001

Int. No. 165-A

By Council Members Freed, White, Perkins, Marshall and The Public Advocate (Mr. Green); also Council Members Foster, Harrison, Leffler, Michels, Robinson, Miller, Quinn, Lopez, Sabini, Linares and Spigner

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to discrimination by city contractors

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 45 days after its enactment into law and shall apply to all contracts for which bids or proposals are first solicited after such effective date.

L.L. 2001/017

Enactment date: 3/30/2001

Int. No. 832-A

By Council Members Spigner, Carrion, Harrison, Lopez, Marshall, Eisland, Michels, Malavé-Dilán, Warden, Provenzano, Nelson, Linares and Stabile

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to banning gauges that use mercury to test gas piping, drainage and vent systems and banning the sale of such mercury gauges and replacement mercury.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The Council finds that there are accurate gauges currently available to test gas piping systems, as well as drainage and vent systems, that do not use mercury. The Council further finds that when mercury is used in gauges it has been known to escape the gauge and cause contamination of the surrounding area. Mercury that has spilled and not been adequately cleaned up can have adverse effects on the inhabitants of buildings. As there are now viable alternatives to gauges that use mercury, and the risk of mercury contamination can be eliminated by banning its use for this purpose, the Council finds there is a compelling reason to ban the use of gauges that utilize mercury for gas pipe testing and to eliminate the use of such gauges for the testing of drainage and vent systems. Further, the Council finds that consistent with this ban on the use, is a ban on the sale, of gauges that utilize mercury for gas pipe testing and on the sale of replacement mercury for these gauges.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 7. This local law shall take effect one hundred and eighty days after its enactment into law, except that section six shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that the commissioner of buildings and the commissioner of consumer affairs may promulgate any rules and take all other actions necessary to implement sections one through five of this local law on or before their effective date.

L.L. 2001/018

Enactment date: 4/25/2001

Int. No. 640

By Council Members McCaffrey, Warden, Eisland, Berman, Cruz, Dear, Malave-Dilan, Espada, Foster, Freed, Henry, Lopez, Marshall, Michels, Miller, Nelson, Rodriguez, Wooten, Robles, Eldridge, Fiala, Golden, Stabile and Oddo; also Council Members DiBrienza, Fisher, Koslowitz, Leffler, Reed, Spigner, Linares, O'Donovan, Provenzano, Sabini, Lasher, Rivera, Robinson Abel and Ognibene.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to collective bargaining involving the uniformed forces in the city of New York.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Declaration of Legislative Intent and Findings. The Council finds that employees working for the fire department of the city of New York ("FDNY") as fire alarm dispatchers and supervisors of fire alarm dispatchers have certain terms and conditions of employment similar to those of the uniformed services of the city of New York, including police, fire, sanitation and correction services. These terms and conditions of employment raise issues, which are materially different than the issues affecting non-uniformed city employees. Furthermore, the Council recognizes that uniformed forces in the police, fire, sanitation and correction departments have certain unique bargaining rights under the New York City Collective Bargaining Law. The Council intends by this amendment to the administrative code that those individuals employed by the FDNY as fire alarm dispatchers and supervisors of fire alarm dispatchers be accorded the same unique bargaining rights as the uniformed forces of the City.

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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.