L.L. 2023/132

Enactment date: 10/15/2023

Int. No. 962-A

By Council Members Brooks-Powers, Louis, Schulman, Hudson, Ayala, Abreu, Riley, Krishnan, Brewer, Lee, Velázquez, Hanif, Gutiérrez, Dinowitz, Hanks, Farías, Rivera, Narcisse, Won, Joseph, Mealy, Kagan and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to public swimming pool assessment and location survey and swimming lessons offered by the department of parks and recreation

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. An agency or office designated by the mayor, in consultation with the department of parks and recreation and the department of education, shall develop a report concerning the feasibility of providing public access to suitable swimming pool facilities located in property under the control of the department of education buildings when school is not in session or such facilities are not being used for a school-related purpose. The designated agency or office shall submit such report to the mayor and the speaker of the council by no later than October 1, 2024.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

L.L. 2023/139

Enactment date: 10/18/2023

Preconsidered Int. No. 1190

By Council Members Brewer, Ariola, Holden, Yeger, Schulman, Farías, Gennaro, Rivera, Brooks-Powers, Carr and Kagan

A Local Law in relation to a one-time exception to the maximum age requirement for membership in the fire department for certain persons during the next promotional exam period

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of section 15-103 of the administrative code of the city of New York, no person shall be restricted from taking the first promotion examination for firefighter that is given after the effective date of this local law on the basis of exceeding the otherwise applicable maximum age requirement to qualify for the force of the fire department of the city of New York, if such person: (i) had not passed their twenty-ninth birthday on or before December 31, 2019; and (ii) would have otherwise been eligible during the 2020 calendar year to file an application for a promotion examination as a member of the emergency medical services bureau of the fire department of the city of New York. No person who qualifies under this local law shall be disqualified from membership in the department on the basis of exceeding such maximum age requirement because of having passed their twenty-ninth birthday subsequent to the filing of their application.

§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.

L.L. 2023/140

Enactment date: 10/23/2023

Int. No. 279-A

By Council Members Powers, Rivera, Hudson, Brewer, Stevens, Yeger, Ayala, Farías, Restler, Abreu, Krishnan, Marte, Nurse, Hanif, Brannan, Velázquez, Avilés, Schulman, Bottcher, Moya, Williams, Cabán, Dinowitz, Riley, Gutiérrez, Brooks-Powers, Hanks, Narcisse, De La Rosa, Menin, Sanchez, Feliz, Joseph, Won, Ossé, Salamanca, Gennaro, Richardson Jordan, Holden and Louis (in conjunction with the Manhattan Borough President)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the purchase of zero emission vehicles by the city

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. Nothing in this law shall be construed to alter the rights or benefits and privileges, including, but not limited to, any otherwise applicable right to bargain with respect to terms and conditions of employment, as well as civil service status, and collective bargaining unit membership, of any current city employee nor supersede any provision of civil service law or of a collective bargaining agreement affecting city employees.

§ 7. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law except that section three of this local law takes effect on July 1, 2028.

L.L. 2023/142

Enactment date: 10/29/2023

Int. No. 906-A

By Council Members Brannan, Hanks, Riley, Dinowitz, Ung, Brooks-Powers, Louis, Williams, Avilés, Gutiérrez, Hanif, Velázquez, Narcisse, Lee, Farías, Rivera, Schulman and Gennaro

A Local Law in relation to parking for tractor trailers and other commercial trucks

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Tractor trailer and other commercial truck parking.

   a.   Definitions. For the purposes of this local law, the term “tractor trailer” means a large commercial vehicle used to transport goods, including, but not limited to, a tractor-trailer combination, tractor, truck trailer, or semi-trailer.

   b.   No later than December 31, 2025, an agency or office designated by the mayor of the city of New York, in coordination with the New York city department of transportation, the New York city department of citywide administrative services, and the New York city department of city planning, shall offer off-street parking for tractor trailers and other commercial trucks at no less than 3 locations that are feasible and appropriate to offer such parking, and submit a report to the mayor and to the speaker of the council indicating the criteria used to select such locations. Such locations may include real property owned by the city as well as real property owned by other governmental entities that the city may contract with to provide such parking.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

L.L. 2023/150

Enactment date: 11/17/2023

Int. No. 687-A

By Council Member Powers, Schulman, Narcisse, Ung, Brooks-Powers, Ayala, Hudson, Brewer, Abreu, De La Rosa, Velázquez, Bottcher, Menin, Holden, Restler, Gutiérrez, Brannan, Riley Lee, Gennaro, Louis, Nurse, Joseph, Sanchez, Williams, Marte, Cabán, Krishnan, Hanks, Barron, Farías, Avilés, Richardson Jordan, Dinowitz, Feliz, Salamanca, Won and Rivera (in conjunction with the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens Borough Presidents) (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring added sugar notifications for menu items in chain restaurants

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. Section 2 of local law number 33 for the year 2022 is amended to read as follows:

§ 2. This local law takes effect [no later than one year after the expiration of the declaration of the local state of emergency for COVID-19 declared in emergency executive order number 98 of Mayor Bill de Blasio, dated March 12, 2020, including any subsequent extensions] on June 19, 2024.

§ 3. This local law takes effect on December 1, 2024. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect the effective date of local law number 33 for the year 2022.

L.L. 2023/157

Enactment date: 11/19/2023

Int. No. 1026-A

By Council Members Ung, Riley and Lee

A Local Law in relation to requiring a report on potential locations for the construction of a bus transit center in Flushing, Queens

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.

   a.   Definitions. For purposes of this local law, the following terms have the following meanings:

      Administering agency. The term “administering agency” means an agency or office designated by the mayor for the purpose of issuing the report required by this local law.

      Bus transit center. The term “bus transit center” means a bus oriented transit hub where numerous bus lines converge for the embarking or disembarking of passengers such that buses and passengers may queue at the bus transit center without impeding the surrounding streets or sidewalks.

   b.   No later than 1 year after the effective date of this local law, the administering agency shall submit to the mayor, the speaker of the council, the chair of the city planning commission, and post conspicuously on the administering agency’s website, a report setting forth the administering agency’s recommendations relating to the potential construction of a bus transit center in or around Flushing, Queens. The report shall:

      1.   Include the locations of existing bus depots and other zoning considerations in or around Flushing, Queens;

      2.   Identify potential locations for the construction of a bus transit center in Flushing, Queens;

      3.   Identify nearby bus routes that may be redesigned to converge on the bus transit center for each potential location;

      4.   Estimate the projected costs associated with the construction and maintenance of such bus transit center, including the costs of purchasing the necessary lots, the cost of hiring contractors, workers, inspectors, and other staff, and the cost of construction-related materials, for each potential location; and

      5.   Estimate any projected local benefits to the flow of traffic due to convergence and relocation of bus lines at each potential location.

   c.   In preparing the report required by section one of this local law, the administering agency shall consult with the department of city planning and the department of transportation, and also invite the metropolitan transportation authority, the New York city transit authority, and the economic development corporation to participate. The administering agency may invite officers and representatives of relevant federal, state, and local agencies and authorities to participate in the preparation of the report.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately and is deemed repealed upon submission of the report required pursuant to section one of this local law.

L.L. 2023/166

Enactment date: 12/4/2023

Int. No. 1070-A

By Council Members Gutiérrez and Gennaro

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a biotechnology credit against the general corporation tax, the unincorporated business tax, and the corporate tax of 2015.

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 immediately, and shall apply to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023.