L.L. 2024/050

Enactment date: 3/29/2024

Int. No. 21-A

By Council Members Brewer, Rivera, Stevens, Gennaro, Hudson, Louis, Schulman, Won and Farías

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the penalties for illegal powered mobility device sales, leases, or rentals, requiring that online sales of such devices include certification of accredited testing, imposing record keeping requirements on any person who distributes, sells, leases, rents, or offers to sell, lease or rent, any such devices, and, providing that the fire department have concurrent enforcement authority for violations of this section

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. Prior to the effective date of this local law, the department of consumer and worker protection, in coordination with the fire department, shall make efforts to identify all powered bicycle and powered mobility device businesses currently operating and notify such businesses of requirements as established by this local law.

§ 4. This local law takes effect 180 days after becoming law, except that the fire commissioner and the commissioner of consumer and worker protection may take such actions, including the promulgation of rules, as are necessary for timely implementation of this local law, prior to the effective date of this local law.

L.L. 2024/055

Enactment date: 4/6/2024

Int. No. 17-B

By Council Members Brannan, Louis, Restler, Stevens, Gennaro, Brewer, Hudson, Dinowitz, Bottcher, Won, Schulman, Avilés and Mealy (by request of the Queens Borough President)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to electric vehicle supply equipment in open parking lots and parking garages

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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§ 5. Electrical vehicle charging station report. No later than 2 years after effective date of this local law, the commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the director of city planning, the commissioner of buildings, the commissioner of housing preservation and development, the commissioner of citywide administrative services, and the commissioner of consumer and worker protection, shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and post on its website a report on off-street parking spaces in parking garages or open parking lots in the city that are not subject to regulation by the department of consumer and worker protection, including but not limited to:

   a.   The estimated number of such parking spaces that are not subject to regulation by the department of consumer and worker protection;

   b.   Any analysis of the estimated location and geographic distribution of such parking spaces, including the estimated number of parking spaces in each parking garage or open parking lot as such terms are defined in the New York city building code;

   c.   A categorization of the estimated number of parking garages and open parking lots by building occupancy type and affordability status;

   d.   The estimated number of such parking garages and open parking lots for buildings with dwelling units that are required by law or by an agreement with a governmental entity to be regulated in accordance with the New York state emergency tenant protection act of 1974, the New York city rent stabilization law of 1969, or the local emergency housing rent control act of 1962 and what possible waivers or adjustments could be applied to such parking garages and open parking lots to address potential financial constraints;

   e.    An analysis of the estimated predominant users of such parking garages or open parking lots, including but not limited to residents, employees, or customers, of the building to which such parking garage or open parking lot is attached, if any;

   f.   Structural considerations of such parking garages or open parking lots for the addition of electric vehicle supply equipment;

   g.   An analysis of how projected parking usage patterns relate to building occupancy type for such parking garages and open parking lots;

   h.   Other factors relevant to the ability to install electric vehicle supply equipment in such parking garages and open parking lots;

   i.   A review of the state of electric vehicle supply equipment technology, including costs of such equipment, and available federal, state, utility, and other incentives; and

   j.   Recommendations for the required level of electric vehicle supply equipment installation and allowable exceptions for such parking garages and open parking lots by building occupancy type consistent with their usage profile as reported in subdivisions b through i, including ownership by the city, the New York city housing authority, or an affordable housing development, and with meeting the greenhouse gas reduction set forth in article 75 of the environmental conservation law. Such recommendations shall include the level of alterations to an existing structure that will require the installation of such equipment.

§ 6. This local law takes effect on the same date as a local law of the city of New York for the year 2024 amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to the electrical code and repealing chapter 3 of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York in relation thereto, as proposed in introduction number 436 for the year 2024, takes effect.

L.L. 2024/067

Enactment date: 6/22/2024

Int. No. 97-C

By Council Members Ung, Louis, Avilés, Krishnan, Rivera, Williams, Riley, Won and Paladino

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the civil penalty for repeated littering violations

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. The commissioner of sanitation shall design and implement a program to inform owners or managers of commercial, manufacturing, or industrial buildings, including any mixed-use buildings and those buildings which also contain residential units, but excluding any solely residential buildings, of the sidewalk and street cleanliness requirements and the related current and forthcoming penalties set forth in subdivision 9 of section 16-118 of the administrative code of the city of New York. Pursuant to such program, the commissioner of sanitation shall produce educational materials related to sidewalk and street cleanliness requirements, and the new penalties for failure to comply with such requirements. Such educational materials shall be available in the designated citywide languages as defined in section 23-1101 of the administrative code of the city of New York. The commissioner of sanitation shall implement such program no later than 120 days after the effective date of this local law and shall conduct such program for no less than 240 days thereafter.

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately, except that section 1 of this local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

L.L. 2024/068

Enactment date: 6/22/2024

Int. No. 134-A

By Council Members Brooks-Powers, Hudson, Williams, Louis, Farías, Rivera, Gennaro, Ariola and the Speaker (Council Member Adams) (in conjunction with the Queens Borough President)

A Local Law in relation to requiring regular reports on the redevelopment plans at John F. Kennedy International Airport

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. For the purposes of this local law, the following terms have the following meanings:

   “Community benefits package” means the community benefits package tied to the redevelopment plan and announced by the mayor’s office in February 2021 that includes requirements for workforce development, community hiring, business development, education programs and environmental sustainability.

   "Commissioner” has the same meaning as such term is defined in section 22-821 of the administrative code of the city of New York.

   “Contracted entity” has the same meaning as such term is defined in section 22-821 of the administrative code of the city of New York.

   “Covered contract” has the same meaning as such term is defined in section 22-821 of the administrative code of the city of New York.

   “Port Authority” means the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

   “Redevelopment plan” means the John F. Kennedy International Airport redevelopment program that implements the “A Vision Plan for John F. Kennedy International Airport” report submitted to the governor of New York by the airport advisory panel on January 4, 2017, and described at https://www.anewjfk.com/.

§ 2. In each covered contract executed on or after the effective date of this section, the commissioner shall require that, no later than February 1 of each year, the contracted entity submit to the speaker of the city council, the queens borough president, and the council member for the district that includes John F. Kennedy International Airport a report on the progress of the redevelopment plan and any related community benefits package. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, the information described below to the extent it is known to the contracted entity. Such report may include such information by providing a reference to a publicly available source, where applicable. Where such information is not known to the contracted entity, such entity shall make reasonable efforts to obtain such information, and describe such efforts in the report.

   1.   The progress made to date on the redevelopment plan and any changes made to the scope, timeline or budget of the redevelopment plan, if any.

   2.   Actions taken by the Port Authority pursuant to its agreement with the city, for which the contracted entity is the lease administrator, related to the redevelopment plan and any community benefits package known to the contracted entity, including:

      (a)   any property acquisitions or transfers;

      (b)   any contracts awarded to minority- and women-owned business enterprises and local business enterprises;

      (c)   any applications or awards for permits or variances;

      (d)   the establishment of any advisory boards or committees; and

      (e)   any other relevant policies enacted, financing arrangements made, or other procedural actions taken related to the redevelopment plan.

   3.   Any other information the contracted entity determines may be relevant regarding the redevelopment plan, community benefits package, or associated actions of the Port Authority.

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately and is deemed repealed upon the submission of the next report required by section two of this local law after the completion of the redevelopment plan, upon which submission the contracted entity shall notify the corporation counsel, who shall notify the New York state legislative bill drafting commission, in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective database of the laws of the city of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 70-b of the public officers law, and the corporation counsel shall notify relevant publishers in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 7-111 of the administrative code, provided that failure to provide the notifications described in this section shall not affect the effective date of any section of this local law.