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.

L.L. 2024/069

Enactment date: 6/22/2024

Int. No. 135-A

By Council Members Brooks-Powers, Hanif, Hudson, Louis, Schulman, Farías and Rivera

A Local Law in relation to a study on structural loadbearing capacity of parking garages

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.

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

      Department. The term “department” means the department of buildings.

      Parking garage. The term “parking garage” means a structure or portion of a structure, other than a private garage or carport, used for the parking or storage of motor vehicles.

   b.   Loadbearing capacity study. The department, in collaboration with any other office or agency, shall study and report on the structural loadbearing capacity of parking garages, for the purpose of evaluating the efficacy of existing loadbearing capacity limits. No later than 1 year after the effective date of this local law, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and shall post conspicuously on the department’s website, a report on the findings of this study, including any recommendations based on such findings. Such study and report shall include, to the extent practicable and based on a sampling and analysis of available information for a limited population of parking garages of varying ages and construction types, an assessment of the impact of the following factors on a parking garage’s loadbearing capacity:

      1.   The age of the material components of the parking garage;

      2.   The effect of exposure to environmental conditions, such as extreme temperature, fire, frost, and moisture;

      3.   The parking garage’s history of alterations, maintenance, and repairs;

      4.   The condition of the construction materials in the parking garage, including, but not limited to, the presence of any loose concrete in danger of falling, ceiling slab cracks, missing concrete covering steel beams, and defective concrete;

      5.   The frequency with which the parking garage is at or exceeds capacity;

      6.   The size of the parking garage, including the thickness and the height of the walls and supporting structures;

      7.   The type of material or materials used for loadbearing elements of the parking garage as it relates to its compressive strength, resistance to forces, bending, and vibration;

      8.   The structural design of the parking garage, for example, the shape of the structure or if the parking garage is braced;

      9.    The impact of increasing weights of individual vehicles, particularly electric vehicles, as well as charging stations and equipment; and

      10.   Any other information relevant to assessing the loadbearing capacity and safety of parking garages.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

L.L. 2024/073

Enactment date: 7/6/2024

Int. No. 84-A

By Council Members Rivera, Avilés, Louis, Gutiérrez, Hudson, Schulman, Sanchez, Gennaro, Cabán, Salaam, Banks, Ayala, Hanif, Won, Nurse, Krishnan and Riley

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a workforce survey of migrants, including recent arrivals and asylum seekers, and to repeal such amendments upon the expiration thereof

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 takes effect 30 days after it becomes law, and expires and is deemed repealed on the later of: (1) December 30, 2029; (2) the expiration of the state of emergency relating to the arrival of asylum seekers declared pursuant to emergency executive order number 224, dated October 7, 2022, as subsequently amended and extended; or (3) the expiration of the state disaster emergency relating to the arrival of asylum seekers and migrants declared by the governor in executive order number 28, dated May 9, 2023, as subsequently amended and extended.