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.

L.L. 2023/167

Enactment date: 12/13/2023

Int. No. 1031-A

By The Speaker (Council Member Adams) and Council Members Sanchez, Salamanca, Riley, Louis, Ayala, Powers, Abreu, Avilés, Bottcher, Cabán, De La Rosa, Dinowitz, Farías, Feliz, Gennaro, Gutiérrez, Hanif, Hudson, Joseph, Krishnan, Mealy, Menin, Moya, Narcisse, Nurse, Ossé, Restler, Rivera, Stevens, Ung, Velázquez, Williams, Won, Brewer, Hanks and Brooks-Powers

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to a fair housing plan, and to repeal local law number 133 for the year 2018, relating to affordable housing plans

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Local law number 133 for the year 2018 is REPEALED.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.

L.L. 2023/168

Enactment date: 12/16/2023

Int. No. 348-A

By Council Members Powers, Yeger, Joseph, Abreu, Sanchez, Ung, Brannan, Rivera, Riley, Velázquez, Brooks-Powers and Gennaro

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to classifying credit card processing fees and bank fees as exempt expenditures

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 takes effect immediately and shall apply to any expenditure made prior to the effective date in furtherance of an election that occurs after November 7, 2023.

L.L. 2023/170

Enactment date: 12/16/2023

Int. No. 564-A

By Council Members Cabán, Hudson, Hanif, Menin, Nurse, Joseph, Gutiérrez, Velázquez, Barron, Avilés, Sanchez, Krishnan, Narcisse, De La Rosa, Abreu, Ossé, Won, Bottcher, Lee, Brooks-Powers, Ung, Brannan, Riley, Restler, Williams, Powers, Farías, Schulman, Rivera, Marte, Brewer, Richardson Jordan, Stevens, Gennaro, Ayala, Louis and Mealy

A Local Law in relation to establishing a commission on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or any other diverse sexual orientation or gender identity older adults within the department for the aging, and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this local law, the term “LGBTQIA+ older adults" means adults 60 years of age or older who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or any other diverse sexual orientation or gender identity, including such adults who are gender non-conforming, two-spirit, non-binary or same-gender-loving.

§ 2. Commission on LGBTQIA+ older adults and aging established. The department for the aging shall establish an advisory commission on LGBTQIA+ older adults and aging.

§ 3. Membership.

   a.   The commission shall consist of at least 9 members appointed by the commissioner for the aging. The members of the commission shall include the following persons:

      1.   One person from the LGBTQIA+ older adult advocacy or services sector;

      2.   One person from the community-based, multi-site healthcare sector in New York city that serves LGBTQIA+ people;

      3.   One person who is a member of an HIV/AIDS service organization;

      4.   One person who is a member of a trans-led advocacy organization focused on action that leads to improved outcomes and opportunities for transgender and gender non-conforming communities;

      5.   One person who is a member of a labor organization that represents workers that provide care and services for older adults in long-term care facilities or older adult care centers;

      6.   Three persons who are members of organizations that serve Black, Asian-American, Pacific Islander, Indigenous or Latinx LGBTQIA+ people in New York city;

      7.   One person who is a member of an organization based in New York city that serves people with disabilities; and

      8.   Any other person or persons appointed by the commissioner.

   b.   All commission members required by this section shall be appointed no later than 180 days after the effective date of this local law.

   c.   At its first meeting, the commission shall select a chair from among its members by majority vote.

   d.   No member of the commission may be removed except for cause and upon notice and hearing by the commissioner for the aging. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

   e.   Members of the commission shall serve without compensation.

§ 4. Duties. The commission shall investigate, analyze, and study the health impacts, housing, financial, psychosocial, home-and-community-based services, assisted living, and long-term care needs of LGBTQIA+ older adults and their caregivers. In carrying out such duties, the commission may conduct outreach to LGBTQIA+ older adults for the purpose of obtaining relevant information and data. The commission shall make recommendations to improve access to benefits, services, and supports for LGBTQIA+ older adults and their caregivers. The commission, in formulating its recommendations, shall consider policies and practices implemented in other municipalities and jurisdictions that promote access to such benefits, services, and supports. Specifically, the commission shall:

   a.   Examine the impact of New York city and state laws, policies, and rules and regulations on LGBTQIA+ older adults in the city, and make recommendations to ensure equitable access, treatment, care and benefits and overall quality of life for such older adults;

   b.   Examine best practices for increasing access to human services, reducing social isolation, preventing abuse and exploitation, promoting independence and self-determination, strengthening caregiving, eliminating disparities, and improving overall quality of life for LGBTQIA+ older adults;

   c.   Examine the impact of race, ethnicity, sex assigned at birth, socioeconomic status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other characteristics on access to human services for LGBTQIA+ older adults, and make recommendations to ensure equitable access, treatment, care, benefits, and overall quality of life for such older adults;

   d.   Examine the experiences and needs of LGBTQIA+ older adults living with HIV/AIDS and make recommendations to ensure equitable access, treatment, care, benefits, and overall quality of life;

   e.   Examine strategies to increase awareness by local service providers of the needs of LGBTQIA+ older adults and their caregivers in New York city, to improve the competence of such service providers, and to increase access to treatment, services, and ongoing care, including preventive care, for such older adults and their caregivers;

   f.   Examine the feasibility of developing citywide training curricula to improve provider competency in the delivery of culturally responsive health, housing, and long-term support services to LGBTQIA+ older adults and their caregivers;

   g.   Assess the funding and programming needed to enhance services to the growing population of LGBTQIA+ older adults in New York city;

   h.   Examine whether certain policies and practices, or the absence thereof, promote the premature admission of LGBTQIA+ older adults to institutional care, and examine whether potential cost-savings exist for LGBTQIA+ older adults as a result of providing lower cost and culturally responsive home and community-based alternatives to institutional care;

   i.   Examine outreach protocols to reduce apprehension among LGBTQIA+ older adults and caregivers of utilizing mainstream providers; and

   j.   Examine citywide strategies for the collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data and the impact of these strategies on the provision of social services to LGBTQIA+ older adults.

§ 5. Meetings. The commission shall meet no less than once each quarter to carry out the duties described in section four of this local law, until the submission of the report required by subdivision b of section six of this local law.

§ 6. Reports.

   a.   No later than one year after the appointment of all commission members pursuant to section three of this local law, the commission shall submit a report to the mayor, the commissioner for the aging, and the speaker of the council, setting forth its recommendations, including, but not limited to, any recommendations for legislation and policy relating to LGBTQIA+ older adults. The report shall include a summary of information the commission considered in formulating its recommendations.

   b.   No later than two 2 years after the submission of the report required by subdivision a of this section, the commission shall submit an additional report to the mayor, the commissioner for the aging, and the speaker of the council updating the recommendations contained in the report submitted pursuant to subdivision a of this section.

   c.   The commissioner for the aging shall publish the report required by this section on the website of the department for the aging no later than 10 days after such reports are submitted to the mayor, the commissioner for the aging, and the speaker of the council.

   d.   The commission shall terminate 180 days after the date on which it submits the report required by subdivision b of this section.

§ 7. This local law takes effect immediately and expires and is deemed repealed 4 years after it becomes law.