Cities 1

Incorporates the city of Staten Island; enacts a city charter; provides for all necessary technical changes for the establishment of such city; provides for a transition period prior to such establishment.

Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street; directs the New York city taxi and limousine commission to submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and publish on its website a report on an evaluation of the impact, if any, of authorizing commuter vans to accept hails from passengers in the street on the safe and efficient operation of commuter van services.

Requires that no homeless shelter shall be located within five hundred feet of a transit facility.

Establishes the "one city act" which applies to cities with a population of one million or more and provides for an agency to disclose the personal information of individuals that would otherwise be restricted from disclosure to another agency or agent thereof for the limited purpose of providing benefits, services, or care coordination to individuals or a research study concerning the provision of benefits, services or care coordination.

Prohibits the sale of ATVs and off-highway motorcycles in the city of New York; provides enforcement mechanisms and penalties.

Prohibits utilities from charging customers excise tax; provides such tax shall be charged against and paid by the utility.

Allows access to sealed records and certain confidential records by the New York city civilian complaint review board in furtherance of the board's duties and functions.

Requires alternating high and low, two-toned signal devices on emergency services vehicles in New York city.

Allows access to sealed records and certain confidential records by the New York city civilian complaint review board in furtherance of the board's duties and functions.

Provides for a tax abatement for electric energy storage equipment placed in service after January 1, 2027 and before January 1, 2029.

Provides that the continued existence of the charter commission and appointments to the commission is dependent on confirmation by the mayor who is in office on the first day of January of the following year; makes exception for certain mayors; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Provides a tax abatement for facility-integrated carbon-to-value equipment in a city with a population of one million or more.

Provides for service of notice of violations of any provision of title sixteen of the administrative code of the city of New York by the department of sanitation on a respondent that is a closed commercial establishment.

Establishes that area median income shall be calculated either per each zip code or per region in the city of New York, whichever is lower.

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of the coordinated construction act for lower Manhattan and certain other provisions relating to joint bidding on contracts for public work projects.

Relates to extending certain filing deadlines for the industrial and commercial abatement program by authorizing the department of finance to accept certain applications for an additional three months.

Requires notification of residents who are potentially affected by a serious health threat to their water system within 24 hours of receiving investigation results.

Requires, in cities having a population of one million or more, supportive housing be disbursed throughout the boroughs of such city in proportion to the borough population.

Establishes the office of the youth public advocate in the executive office of the mayor; provides that the office will operate and maintain youth-related services and programs, including but not limited to, after school programs, jobs, literacy programs and youth internships, and will develop and implement policies to increase summer employment, high school admission, retention and graduation rates.

Provides for increased fines for overnight parking of tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semi-trailers on residential streets in the city of New York.

Relates to notification and hearings for proposed construction or removal of bicycle lanes or racks; requires a presentation at a public hearing when the department of transportation proposes to construct or remove a bicycle lane or rack; defines terms.

Provides for emergency evacuation plans for vulnerable occupants in all residential occupancies; requires designated safe spaces equipped with emergency medical supplies in buildings greater than 125 feet (38 100 mm) in height; provides for a voluntary registry to meet the special needs of occupants who require assistance during evacuations or other emergency situations.

Authorizes application of the property tax abatement for rent-controlled or rent regulated properties occupied by senior citizens or disabled persons, to those units occupied by tenants paying the maximum allowable rent when such rent exceeds 1/2 of the household income; provides for state payments to cities affected thereby equal to 10% of lost real property tax revenue.

Requires the New York city department of corrections and the New York city health and hospitals corporation to adopt safety policies to protect health care workers who treat incarcerated individuals.

Requires compliance with the city's uniform land use review procedure for the disposition of land or buildings by the corporation.

Extends the benefits of the variable supplements fund to all New York city police officers, firefighters, housing police, transit police, correction officers and registered domestic partners.

Relates to requiring the Department of Homeless Services to notify the affected community board prior to locating transitional housing for the homeless; requires written notification sixty days before the department enters into a contractual arrangement with a transitional housing provider or otherwise finalizes its decision to use or expand a location as transitional housing.

Authorizes agencies to procure goods, services and construction from special veteran emerging business enterprises; defines special veteran emerging business enterprises.

Requires the department of parks, recreation and historic preservation cut down trees within two weeks of receiving notice whether it was received through 311 or the department's webpage.

Requires the commissioner of the New York city parks and recreation development to establish an application process for sole-source concession agreements; provides for enforcement of such agreements.

Relates to requirements for a building owner to refuse to renew a lease under the real estate industry stabilization code; requires the owner of a building to be demolished to prove that such owner has the financial ability to complete demolition of the building.

Extends a term estate; makes certain other changes relating to property known as Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds in the borough of Staten Island, city of New York until September 30, 2122.

Requires the reinstatement of certain officers and employees of the city of New York who were dismissed from employment due to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement including retirees, vested members and members terminated without a one-year limit on return.

Provides that the borough of Staten Island shall also be known and designated as the "borough of parks".

Directs a city with a population of one million or more to reduce its real property tax levy for the 2026 fiscal year by an amount not less than the real property tax increase authorized pursuant to local law 40 of the city of New York for the year 2002.

Relates to the application of special rebates and discounts to certain eligible energy users that conduct a manufacturing activity within the city which produces new goods primarily from waste paper or other recyclables collected from residential sources in the city.

Requires qualification-based criteria for awarding certain contracts for services to an entity that submits a statement of qualifications in response to a request for qualifications when an authorized entity utilizes a one-step method.

Establishes that area median income shall be calculated either per each zip code or per region in the city of New York, whichever is lower.

Relates to establishing commercial rent regulation; establishes a right to renew leases and authorizes the rent guidelines board to establish maximum rents.

Requires the sanitation department of the city of New York to provide owners, lessees or persons in charge of a premises at which a violation of the city solid waste disposal law is alleged to have occurred with a photograph of the materials, condition or situation constituting the violation.

Requires the commissioner of the department of housing preservation and development to issue an annual report on the tenant interim lease program.

Prohibits city agencies in a city having a population of one million or more from contracting with a limited liability company unless such limited liability company discloses the names and addresses of persons having limited liability for the contractual obligations and other liabilities of the company.

Authorizes Top Community Development Corporation to file an application for a real property tax exemption.

Directs the borough president of each borough in the city of New York to establish a precinct commander appointment board in each police precinct in the city of New York for the purpose of evaluating and selecting the precinct commander for such police precinct.

Prohibits contracts between municipalities and law enforcement for the purpose of school safety in municipalities with populations of more than one million; voids contracts that have previously been made.

Prohibits the operation of horse drawn cabs in the city of New York; defines the circumstances under which sale or disposal of a horse shall be deemed humane.

Directs the board of standards and appeals and the city planning commission in the city of New York to mail a copy of each application for and appeal of a variance to the city council member, borough president and state legislators for the affected land.

Clarifies the extension of uniform land use review procedures to any not-for-profit organization or corporation proposing to provide shelters to the homeless irrespective of any declaration of an emergency or a finding of need for immediate action.

Establishes discounted parking permits for seniors sixty-two years of age or older who earn fifty percent or less of the area median income.

Directs the mayor's traffic representatives to work with members of the New York city council and New York city department of transportation to establish a comprehensive commercial parking plan for the city in which frequently traveled routes and abandoned or decrepit infrastructure along highways and thruways are identified in order to develop an action plan for building commercial parking in the 5 boroughs.

Requires the commissioner of transportation to increase the number of licenses for tow truck operators in a city with a population of one million or more by thirty percent by December 31, 2025.

Establishes a process for neutral arbitrators to review certain disciplinary decisions and penalties imposed on members of the New York city police department.

Amends the provision requiring owners, lessees or tenants to remove any obstructions in front of fire hydrants to require the New York city department of sanitation to remove any snow or ice accumulation in front of any such fire hydrants.

Relates to establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing and temporary shelter placement for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown.

Relates to the disposal of seized perishable or canned foods; provide such foods should not be disposed of but should be donated to a food relief organization or homeless shelter.

Relates to certain promotions to lieutenant or sergeant in the detective bureau in the city of New York.

Provides final discipline authority over civilian complaints to the civilian complaint review board; creates a hearing officer and adjudicative body for such complaint review board.

Relates to extending certain filing deadlines for the industrial and commercial abatement program by authorizing the department of finance to accept certain applications for an additional three months.

Provides for direct-pay tax abatement credits for solar electric generating systems and electric energy storage systems in connection with eligible buildings; provides such eligible properties shall include: 501(c)(3) corporations, associations, organizations or trusts and income-restricted affordable housing properties.

Provides for a hazardous pay differential for certain emergency medical technicians who are providing emergency medical services, and their supervisors, during outbreaks of infectious diseases.

Allows property owners to petition for city community improvement projects involving local improvements to shared driveways and sewer systems.

Relates to requiring the Department of Homeless Services to notify the affected community board prior to locating transitional housing for the homeless; requires written notification sixty days before the department enters into a contractual arrangement with a transitional housing provider or otherwise finalizes its decision to use or expand a location as transitional housing.

Provides that any qualified homeowner in the city of New York shall be eligible to be exempted from any future increases in water rate fees.

Expands the investigative powers of the Civilian Complaint Review Board to include complaints alleging bias-based profiling.

Requires district leadership teams to operate under open meetings law requirements.

Relates to prohibiting New York city boards of elections from entering into contracts for certain services related to the conduct of elections with any entity that does not employ union labor.

Relates to notices of violation of the city of New York's solid waste recycling laws; requires a photograph of the alleged violation to be mailed with the ticket.

Authorizes the independent budget office of the city of New York to obtain certain tax data for purposes of evaluation.

Enacts the "sewage flooding prevention act"; authorizes certain homeowners and not-for-profit agencies in New York City to receive an abatement of real property taxes up to two thousand dollars for the cost of installing sewer improvement check valve devices on certain dwellings; directs the New York City department of environmental protection to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations.

Relates to notification and hearings for proposed construction or removal of bicycle lanes or racks; requires a presentation at a public hearing when the department of transportation proposes to construct or remove a bicycle lane or rack; defines terms.

Relates to creating the Neighborhood Small Business Rent Increase Exemption; provides a tax abatement for limiting rent increases on small businesses in a city of one million or more persons.

Provides for service of notice of violations of any provision of title sixteen of the administrative code of the city of New York by the department of sanitation on a respondent that is a closed commercial establishment.

Establishes the end toxic home flipping act; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain residential properties which are sold within two years of the prior conveyance of such property; exempts certain purchases of residential properties from mortgage recording taxes; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain properties in the city of New York which are sold for one million dollars or more.

Requires, in cities having a population of one million or more, supportive housing be disbursed throughout the boroughs of such city in proportion to the borough population.

Enacts the New York City truth in budgeting act to require notice and a public hearing prior to an increase in the real property tax levy greater than two percent over the prior year.

Enacts the New York city arts space act which provides tax benefits for eligible arts spaces.

Prohibits the issuance of violations or tickets during certain weekend hours to residential occupants for violations of the sanitation department regulations regarding placing trash or garbage out for collection earlier than allowed under the city routing system designated hours.

Provides for a line of duty disability presumption for any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung, resulting in total or partial disability or death of certain deputy sheriff members of a retirement system in certain cities.

Relates to authorizing the city of New York to transfer and convey certain city owned property to the Bedford-Stuyvesant volunteer ambulance corps.

Relates to filing timely notices of participation in World Trade Center rescue efforts for the purposes of receiving World Trade Center benefits.

Extends certain provisions relating to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of New York, the issuance of bonds or notes with variable rates of interest, interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York, the refunding of bonds, and the down payment for projects financed by bonds; extends the New York state financial emergency act for the city of New York; makes further amendments relating to the effectiveness thereof.

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Ferry Point Park in the borough of the Bronx through the entering of leases or other agreements with Bally's New York Operating Company, LLC.

Repeals certain provisions regarding the adoption of a new or revised city charter proposed by a charter commission which limits the submission of questions to a city's qualified electors; eliminates the rule that provides that whenever a city charter commission puts a proposal on the local ballot, all other local referendum proposals are barred from the ballot.

Grants members of the city of New York's police force eligibility for retirement and pension based on previous service as traffic enforcement agents.

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Relates to curb repair in the city of New York.

Requires all agencies of the city of New York which issue summons to document violations with photographic evidence when feasible.

Requires a police officer to be present at schools within the city of New York during instructional hours and at least one hour prior and one hour after such instructional hours.

Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation.

Prohibits the eviction of small commercial tenants in the city of New York without good cause.

Establishes a parking placard review board to undertake a review of the impact of parking placard use within the city of New York.

Provides that the Empire Station Complex project and the Empire Penn Expansion shall be subject to and shall comply with the provisions of New York City's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

Reduces certain commercial rent taxes for premises occupied by certain retail or food services businesses having a base rent of less than one million dollars per year and located in the borough of Manhattan south of the center line of ninety-sixth street.

Provides health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of fire protection inspectors of the New York city fire department.

Requires restaurants that offer online delivery services via the internet or mobile application to post on their website or mobile application a hyperlink to view recent sanitary inspection grades on their website.

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions of the coordinated construction act for lower Manhattan relating to joint bidding on contracts for public work projects.

Amends and expands some uses of the Hudson river park; permits additional uses and pier 76.

Extends provisions reinstating prior approved work permits and waiving requirements as such provisions relate to rebuilding and repairing homes devastated by Hurricane Sandy in the city of New York.

Extends certain provisions relating to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of New York, the issuance of bonds or notes with variable rates of interest, interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York, the refunding of bonds, and the down payment for projects financed by bonds; extends the New York state financial emergency act for the city of New York; makes further amendments relating to the effectiveness thereof.

Provides for service of notice of violations of any provision of title sixteen of the administrative code of the city of New York by the department of sanitation on a respondent that is a closed commercial establishment.

Relates to school zone speed limits; requires signage and other traffic calming devices in such speed zones.

Relates to the disposal of seized perishable or canned foods; provide such foods should not be disposed of but should be donated to a food relief organization or homeless shelter.

Authorizes the independent budget office of the city of New York to obtain certain tax data for purposes of evaluation.

Establishes a fetal and infant mortality review board to study fetal and infant mortality and morbidity and make recommendations on policies, best practices, and strategies to reduce fetal and infant mortality and morbidity within New York city.

Enacts the "New York city teleworking expansion act"; provides that each agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance; defines the term "telework" to mean to perform normal and regular work functions on a workday that ordinarily would be performed at the agency's principal location at a different location, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the physical commute to and from such agency's principal location.

Relates to the disposal of seized perishable or canned foods; provide such foods should not be disposed of but should be donated to a food relief organization or homeless shelter.

Relates to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a stop work order; increases fines from $6,000 to $10,000 for initial violation and $12,000 to $20,000 for subsequent violations.

Provides for increased fines for overnight parking of tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semi-trailers on residential streets in the city of New York.

Provides for increased fines for overnight parking of tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semi-trailers on residential streets in the city of New York.

Exempts certain other than for-profit community gardens from payment for water usage and supply; exempts non-profit community gardens located on property in the city of New York and licensed by or registered with such city's department of parks and recreation from payment for water usage and supply.

Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Relates to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of New York, the issuance of bonds or notes with variable rates of interest, interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York, the selling of bonds at private sale, the refunding of bonds, and the down payment for projects financed by bonds; relates to a pledge and agreement of the state; extends certain provisions relating to interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York.

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Provides that any small property owner that owns twenty units or less shall be entitled to free legal services if such small property owner can prove a loss of at least twenty percent of rent payments in a calendar year; defines "small property owner" as any lessor in a residential real property transaction, and includes an owner of twenty units or less who lists residential real property for lease with an agent, whether or not a lease results, or who receives an offer to lease twenty units of residential real property or less.

Requires the reinstatement of certain officers and employees of the city of New York who were dismissed from employment due to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement including retirees, vested members and members terminated without a one-year limit on return.

Relates to enacting the "adjacent neighbors' bill of rights"; requires the department of buildings to develop a bulletin known as the "adjacent neighbors' bill of rights" advising homeowners who are adjacent to a property under development or construction of their rights and available resources and post such bulletin on the department's website.

Authorizes application of the property tax abatement for rent-controlled or rent regulated properties occupied by senior citizens or disabled persons, to those units occupied by tenants paying the maximum allowable rent when such rent exceeds 1/2 of the household income; provides for state payments to cities affected thereby equal to 10% of lost real property tax revenue.

Relates to sidewalk shed permit renewal for ongoing construction projects.

Grants members of the city of New York's police force eligibility for retirement and pension based on previous service as traffic enforcement agents.

Prohibits certain surcharges on certain credit or debit card transactions in the city of New York; provides that no agency or department of the city of New York, or any tribunal located therein, shall be authorized to impose a surcharge on a holder who elects to use a credit or debit card in lieu of payment by cash, check, or similar means to pay any fine, civil penalty, or fee owed.

Provides a tax abatement for facility-integrated carbon-to-value equipment in a city with a population of one million or more.

Provides a tax abatement for facility-integrated carbon-to-value equipment in a city with a population of one million or more.

Prohibits certain surcharges on certain credit or debit card transactions in the city of New York; provides that no agency or department of the city of New York, or any tribunal located therein, shall be authorized to impose a surcharge on a holder who elects to use a credit or debit card in lieu of payment by cash, check, or similar means to pay any fine, civil penalty, or fee owed.

Requires public utility companies to repair or replace all damaged residential lateral sewer and water pipes where such damage was caused by such public utility company.

Requires the commissioner of transportation to increase the number of licenses for tow truck operators in a city with a population of one million or more by thirty percent by December 31, 2024.

Establishes that area median income shall be calculated either per each zip code or per region in the city of New York, whichever is lower.

Establishes a process for neutral arbitrators to review certain disciplinary decisions and penalties imposed on members of the New York city police department.

Establishes a process for neutral arbitrators to review certain disciplinary decisions and penalties imposed on members of the New York city police department.

Requires that a city with a population of one million or more shall establish a residential composting program for all buildings with residential units.

Relates to notification and hearings for proposed construction or removal of bicycle lanes or racks; requires a presentation at a public hearing when the department of transportations proposes to construct or remove a bicycle lane or rack; defines terms.

Relates to extending certain filing deadlines for the industrial and commercial abatement program by authorizing the department of finance to accept certain applications for an additional three months.

Relates to creating the Neighborhood Small Business Rent Increase Exemption; provides a tax abatement for limiting rent increases on small businesses in a city of one million or more persons.

Requires all agencies of the city of New York which issue summons to document violations with photographic evidence when feasible.

Relates to requirements for a building owner to refuse to renew a lease under the real estate industry stabilization code; requires the owner of a building to be demolished to prove that he or she has the financial ability to complete demolition of the building.

Requires the New York city department of corrections and the New York city health and hospitals corporation to adopt safety policies to protect health care workers who treat incarcerated individuals.

Provides for a hazardous pay differential for certain emergency medical technicians who are providing emergency medical services, and their supervisors, during outbreaks of infectious diseases.

Directs the city of New York to conduct an analysis of stormwater and groundwater issues in southeast Queens.

Relates to authorizing the city of New York to transfer and convey certain city owned property to the Bedford-Stuyvesant volunteer ambulance corps.

Provides for emergency evacuation plans for vulnerable occupants in all residential occupancies; requires designated safe spaces equipped with emergency medical supplies in buildings greater than 125 feet (38 100 mm) in height; provides for a voluntary registry to meet the special needs of occupants who require assistance during evacuations or other emergency situations.

Relates to the declaration of a sign as a public nuisance and its removal by order of the commissioner.

Relates to jurisdiction over police discipline; provides that the civilian complaint review board and the police commissioner shall have concurrent jurisdiction over the discipline of the New York city police department and of the police force of the department.

Authorizes Top Community Development Corporation to file an application for a real property tax exemption.

Relates to authorizing the city of New York to transfer and convey certain city owned property to the Bedford-Stuyvesant volunteer ambulance corps.

Requires community boards to provide public notice of any planned siting and construction of battery energy storage systems and to provide for annual inspections of such battery energy storage systems; defines "battery energy storage systems"; requires operators of such battery energy storage systems to submit to the requirements of community boards regarding notice and inspection requirements.

Allows access to sealed records and certain confidential records by the New York city civilian complaint review board in furtherance of the board's duties and functions.

Relates to credits for charges in which services were not supplied; requires the city of New York to make certain that there are no charges being levied for services which were not supplied to a covered entity; requires accounts to be credited for services not provided.

Directs a study on the feasibility and impact of urban consolidation centers and facilities that combine multiple deliveries from different suppliers to a central location to be delivered inside the service area, and shared use locker technologies as final delivery locations.

Provides that the police commissioner of the city of New York and all other cities with a population of one hundred thousand or more shall be an elected office with a four-year term; provides that such office shall be subject to term limits of two terms.

Relates to certain promotions to lieutenant or sergeant in the detective bureau in the city of New York.

Prohibits the placement of fifth generation (5G) telecommunications towers within 250 feet of a business or residence in cities with a population of one million or more without the owner's consent; requires community board approval and the completion of a city environmental quality review before the placement of any 5G tower can be approved.

Relates to false statements in documents submitted to the department of buildings of the city of New York.

Relates to the imposition of New York city water and sewer rents on non-profit institutions.

Requires contractors in cities having a population of one million or more to recycle 50% of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites.

Relates to the application of special rebates and discounts to certain eligible energy users that conduct a manufacturing activity within the city which produces new goods primarily from waste paper or other recyclables collected from residential sources in the city.

Relates to substance abuse prevention personnel in New York city schools.

Clarifies the extension of uniform land use review procedures to any not-for-profit organization or corporation proposing to provide shelters to the homeless irrespective of any declaration of an emergency or a finding of need for immediate action.

Directs the board of standards and appeals and the city planning commission in the city of New York to mail a copy of each application for and appeal of a variance to the city council member, borough president and state legislators for the affected land.

Limits, in cities having a population of one million or more, the annual increase in real property taxes.

Requires the New York city commissioner of the administration of children's services to obtain an order of consent from the court before allowing experimental drug testing on children under the care and/or control of the administration of children's services.

Provides that any qualified homeowner in the city of New York shall be eligible to be exempted from any future increases in water rate fees.

Requires alternating high and low, two-toned signal devices on emergency services vehicles in New York city.

Divides the one hundred ninth precinct of the New York city police department into two separate subdivisions.

Requires the New York city planning commission to regulate and restrict the new location or continued operation of a social services facility.

Relates to establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing and temporary shelter placement for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown.

Relates to the declaration of a sign as a public nuisance and its removal by order of the commissioner.

Provides that an owner of a residential building which has been deemed unsafe because of an arson related fire shall be charged the actual cost of demolition.

Relates to the regulation of street vendors in cities with a population of one million or more by authorizing such cities to adopt a program to regulate street vendors; requires street vendors to obtain a permit; provides for penalties for failure to comply with such regulations.

Requires that any disposition of land or buildings by the New York City Housing Authority be subject to and comply with the provisions of New York City's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

Relates to the placement of school crossing guards; requires school crossing guards to be placed on each of the corners of streets adjacent to public and private schools in New York City serving students in grades K-8 and on each side of streets with more than four lanes.

Relates to curb repair in the city of New York.

Waives the assessment of fines or monetary penalties against a not-for-profit organization, school, place of worship or small business located in a city with a population of one million or more by a state or local agency for a violation of law, rule, regulation or executive order during the COVID-19 covered period; provides exceptions.

Expands the investigative powers of the Civilian Complaint Review Board to include complaints alleging bias-based profiling.

Provides that assessed values of cooperative units and condominiums shall not increase by more than 3% in the two years following resolution of tax certiorari proceedings.

Relates to prohibiting New York city boards of elections from entering into contracts for certain services related to the conduct of elections with any entity that does not employ union labor.

Requires district leadership teams to operate under open meetings law requirements.

Establishes a rent increase exemption for certain nonprofit organizations; provides a tax abatement for limiting rent increases on nonprofit organizations in a city of one million or more persons.

Requires the city of New York to mitigate property damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by acts or omissions of such municipality.

Authorizes certain owners of residential real property in the city of New York to opt out of planned city tree planting.

Provides that the Empire Station Complex project and the Empire Penn Expansion shall be subject to and shall comply with the provisions of New York City's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

Exempts certain low income housing accommodations from local real property taxation in a city with a population of one million or more.

Requires the city of New York to consult with the community board of the district and all local elected officials where a proposed homeless shelter or use of commercial hotel space to shelter homeless individuals shall be located, at least three hundred sixty-five days beforehand.

Requires cities with a population of one million or more to collect discarded recyclable materials at city parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other recreational facilities; requires the posting of signs on facilities without trash receptacles stating that trash must be retained until you reach a trash can; provides state assistance for such programs.

Provides for a line of duty disability presumption for any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung, resulting in total or partial disability or death of certain deputy sheriff members of a retirement system in certain cities.

Provides for health insurance coverage for surviving spouses or domestic partners of deceased active members of the New York city fire department who are enrolled in a health insurance plan.

Directs the city of New York to conduct an analysis of stormwater and groundwater issues in southeast Queens.

Makes technical amendments relating to authorizing the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland of a portion of real property in the county of New York and to grant easements to the metropolitan transportation authority so that it may make handicapped accessible improvements and upgrades to the New York city transit authority 168 Street transit station.

Relates to income requirements for the senior citizen homeowners' exemption, the disabled homeowners' exemption, the tax abatement and exemption for rent regulated and rent controlled property occupied by senior citizens, and the tax abatement and exemption for rent regulated and rent controlled property occupied by persons with disabilities in a city having a population of one million persons or more.

Extends certain provisions relating to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of New York, the issuance of bonds or notes with variable rates of interest, interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York, the refunding of bonds, and the down payment for projects financed by bonds; extends the New York state financial emergency act for the city of New York; makes further amendments relating to the effectiveness thereof.

Makes technical amendments to a chapter authorizing the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland a portion of real property in the borough of Brooklyn and to transfer such lands to the metropolitan transportation authority.

Makes technical amendments relating to authorizing the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland of a portion of real property in the county of New York and to grant easements to the metropolitan transportation authority so that it may make handicapped accessible improvements and upgrades to the New York city transit authority 168 Street transit station.

Updates and modifies the tax abatements for certain solar and electric storage systems; grants real property tax abatements for solar parking canopy structures.

Makes technical corrections relating to the MTA and the Penn Station Access Project; authorizes the city of New York to discontinue a portion of real property in the county of the Bronx as parkland and to grant easements for improvements to the railroad right-of-way to bring Metro-North railroad service to four new stations in the Bronx and to Pennsylvania Station in the county.

Extends certain provisions relating to a partial tax abatement for residential real property held in the cooperative or condominium form of ownership in a city having a population of one million or more.

Requires notice to members of the legislature and certain local officials relating to certain construction and other projects affecting such members' and officials' districts.

Relates to the exclusion of certain grants as taxable income for certain business taxes, the imposition of the business corporation tax, the credit of certain overpayments of tax against other taxes owed, and the disclosure of owners of limited liability companies with respect to the real property transfer tax; relates to a city pass-through entity tax.

Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland of a portion of real property in the county of New York and to grant easements to the metropolitan transportation authority so that it may make handicapped accessible improvements and upgrades to the New York city transit authority 168 Street transit station.

Relates to a rebate against real property taxes for certain owners of one, two or three family residential real property or residential property held in the condominium or cooperative form of ownership for the fiscal year commencing on the first of July, two thousand twenty-one in the city of New York.

Ensures that commercial tenants receive a lease; defines terms within leases; establishes requirements for commercial lease contracts.

Requires that any disposition of land or buildings by the New York City Housing Authority be subject to and comply with the provisions of New York City's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

Enacts the "New York city teleworking expansion act"; provides that each agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance; defines the term "telework" to mean to perform normal and regular work functions on a workday that ordinarily would be performed at the agency's principal location at a different location, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the physical commute to and from such agency's principal location.

Requires the New York city commissioner of the administration of children's services to obtain an order of consent from the court before allowing experimental drug testing on children under the care and/or control of the administration of children's services.

Enacts the "New York city teleworking expansion act"; provides that each agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance; defines the term "telework" to mean to perform normal and regular work functions on a workday that ordinarily would be performed at the agency's principal location at a different location, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the physical commute to and from such agency's principal location.

Ensures that commercial tenants receive a lease; defines terms within leases; establishes requirements for commercial lease contracts.

Requires the New York city commissioner of the administration of children's services to obtain an order of consent from the court before allowing experimental drug testing on children under the care and/or control of the administration of children's services.

Relates to requiring the Department of Homeless Services to notify the affected community board prior to locating transitional housing for the homeless; requires written notification sixty days before the department enters into a contractual arrangement with a transitional housing provider or otherwise finalizes its decision to use or expand a location as transitional housing.

Relates to increasing fines for individuals who fail to comply with a stop work order; increases fines from $6,000 to $10,000 for initial violation and $12,000 to $20,000 for subsequent violations.

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the establishment of certain water charges for hospitals and charities in New York city.

Relates to enacting the "adjacent neighbors' bill of rights"; requires the department of buildings to develop a bulletin known as the "adjacent neighbors' bill of rights" advising homeowners who are adjacent to a property under development or construction of their rights and available resources and post such bulletin on the department's website.

Authorizes Top Community Development Corporation to file an application for a real property tax exemption.

Relates to community hiring and workforce development.

Requires qualification-based criteria for awarding certain contracts for services to an entity that submits a statement of qualifications in response to a request for qualifications when an authorized entity utilizes a one-step method.

Requires the commissioner of the department of housing preservation and development to issue an annual report on the tenant interim lease program.

Allows members of the NYC police force who were previously traffic enforcement agents to receive service credit for the period of time such police officer worked as a traffic enforcement agent.

Relates to certain promotions to lieutenant or sergeant in the detective bureau in the city of New York.

Exempts certain low income housing accommodations from local real property taxation in a city with a population of one million or more.

Requires restaurants that offer online delivery services to post their most recent sanitary inspection grade on their website and/or any internet-based food delivery service websites where consumers can order from such food service establishment.

Requires that a city with a population of one million or more shall establish a residential composting program for all buildings with residential units.

Enacts the New York city department of buildings community accountability act.

Requires the New York city department of buildings to confirm that there are no tenants living at certain properties prior to approving or issuing permits for the demolition or the substantial alteration or renovation of such properties.

Provides for a tax abatement for electric energy storage equipment placed in service after January 1, 2024 and before January 1, 2026.

Reduces certain commercial rent taxes for premises located in the borough of Manhattan south of the center line of ninety-sixth street during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency.

Relates to prohibiting school buses from parking overnight on a city street.

Prohibits school bus parking on city streets on weekdays between the hours of 5 p.m. and 5 a.m. and on weekends from 5 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

Relates to exempting certain non-profit community gardens from payment for water usage and supply; exempts non-profit community gardens located on property in the city of New York and registered with and licensed by such city's department of parks and recreation from payment for water usage and supply.

Requires public utility companies to repair or replace all damaged residential lateral sewer and water pipes where such damage was caused by such public utility company.

Requires cities with a population of one million or more to collect discarded recyclable materials at city parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other recreational facilities; requires the posting of signs on facilities without trash receptacles stating that trash must be retained until you reach a trash can; provides state assistance for such programs.

Relates to the regulation of street vendors in cities with a population of one million or more by authorizing such cities to adopt a program to regulate street vendors; requires street vendors to obtain a permit; provides for penalties for failure to comply with such regulations.

Directs the city of New York to conduct an analysis of stormwater and groundwater issues in southeast Queens.

Prohibits the sale of tax liens by a tax district in a city with a population of one million or more.

Provides an additional twenty-seven months to complete construction for certain building projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic; provides for the calculation of abatement.

Expands the investigative powers of the Civilian Complaint Review Board to include complaints alleging bias-based profiling.

Relates to establishing commercial rent regulation; establishes a right to renew leases and authorizes the rent guidelines board to establish maximum rents.

Requires the sanitation department of the city of New York to provide owners, lessees or persons in charge of a premises at which a violation of the city solid waste disposal law is alleged to have occurred with a photograph of the materials, condition or situation constituting the violation.

Provides that the Empire Station Complex project and the Empire Penn Expansion shall be subject to and shall comply with the provisions of New York City's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

Directs the borough president of each borough in the city of New York to establish a precinct commander appointment board in each police precinct in the city of New York for the purpose of evaluating and selecting the precinct commander for such police precinct.

Provides that the borough of Staten Island shall also be known and designated as the "borough of parks".

Directs a city with a population of one million or more to reduce its real property tax levy for the 2022 fiscal year by an amount not less than the real property tax increase authorized pursuant to local law 40 of the city of New York for the year 2002.

Grants eligibility for the tax abatement for industrial and commercial construction work in cities having a population of one million or more, to certain electric generating facilities the operation of which commenced in 2012.

Establishes the office of the youth public advocate in the executive office of the mayor; provides that the office will operate and maintain youth-related services and programs, including but not limited to, after school programs, jobs, literacy programs and youth internships, and will develop and implement policies to increase summer employment, high school admission, retention and graduation rates.

Relates to extending certain filing deadlines for the industrial and commercial abatement program by authorizing the department of finance to accept certain applications for an additional three months.

Prohibits contracts between municipalities and law enforcement for the purpose of school safety in municipalities with populations of more than one million; voids contracts that have previously been made.

Directs the board of standards and appeals and the city planning commission in the city of New York to mail a copy of each application for and appeal of a variance to the city council member, borough president and state legislators for the affected land.

Amends the provision requiring owners, lessees or tenants to remove any obstructions in front of fire hydrants to require the New York city department of sanitation to remove any snow or ice accumulation in front of any such fire hydrants.

Establishes the COVID-19 community protection act of 2021; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain residential properties which are sold within two years of the prior conveyance of such property; exempts certain purchases of residential properties from mortgage recording taxes; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain properties in the city of New York which are sold for one million dollars or more.

Provides final discipline authority over civilian complaints to the civilian complaint review board; creates a hearing officer and adjudicative body for such complaint review board.

Requires that any disposition of land or buildings by the New York City Housing Authority be subject to and comply with the provisions of New York City's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

Limits, in cities having a population of one million or more, the annual increase in real property taxes.

Relates to credits for charges in which services were not supplied; requires the city of New York to make certain that there are no charges being levied for services which were not supplied to a covered entity; requires accounts to be credited for services not provided.

Relates to the rebuttable presumption relating to identifying information on an unsolicited advertisement in cities with a population of one million or more; provides that such presumption shall apply if the advertising materials are placed at any one premise.

Provides that an owner of a residential building which has been deemed unsafe because of an arson related fire shall be charged the actual cost of demolition.

Requires school crossing guards to be on each and every corner of every city block that contains a public or private high school during arrival and dismissal.

Provides that the police commissioner of the city of New York and all other cities with a population of one hundred thousand or more shall be an elected office with a four-year term; provides that such office shall be subject to term limits of two terms.

Clarifies the definition of "first building permit" for purposes of filing requirements to qualify for an abatement of tax payments for certain industrial and commercial properties located in a city of one million or more persons.

Relates to establishing a presumption of eligibility for housing and temporary shelter placement for those who lost employment due to a non-essential business shutdown.

Requires the city of New York to repair any sidewalk damaged by a tree under its exclusive care that is adjacent to any class one property, class two condo or coop or any house of religious worship.

Expands the investigative powers of the Civilian Complaint Review Board to include complaints alleging bias-based profiling.

Exempts "non-profit housing development fund corporations" in New York city from payment for water usage and supply.

Prohibits certain surcharges on certain credit or debit card transactions in the city of New York.

Relates to substance abuse prevention personnel in New York city schools.

Relates to willful neglect of real property prevention.

Requires the city of New York to mitigate property damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by acts or omissions of such municipality.

Relates to homeless shelters for adults and prohibits the location thereof within 500 feet of any school.

Enacts the towing protection enforcement act; updates laws that regulate the towing of vehicles, including adding provisions thereto to prevent predatory towing of vehicles within the City of New York.

Increases the earned income tax credit in the city of New York from five to fifteen percent.

Relates to the sale, lease or other disposition of property of the New York city department of education, New York city educational construction fund and the New York city school construction authority; requires all disposition to be subject to New York city's uniform land use review procedure and requires prior notification and community consultation.

Relates to the placement of school crossing guards; requires school crossing guards to be placed on each of the corners of streets adjacent to public and private schools in New York City serving students in grades K-8 and on each side of streets with more than four lanes.

Authorizes the enactment of zoning to regulate formula retail uses in a city with a population of one million or more persons.

Establishes a rent increase exemption for certain nonprofit organizations; provides a tax abatement for limiting rent increases on nonprofit organizations in a city of one million or more persons.

Relates to school zone speed limits; requires signage and other traffic calming devices in such speed zones.

Authorizes certain owners of residential real property in the city of New York to opt out of planned city tree planting.

Prohibits the eviction of small commercial tenants in the city of New York without good cause.

Extends provisions reinstating prior approved work permits and waiving requirements as such provisions relate to rebuilding and repairing homes devastated by Hurricane Sandy in the city of New York.

Provides that a beneficiary of a deceased participant in the NYC teachers' retirement system who dies on or after July 1, 2021 may not establish a tax deferred account.

Relates to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of New York, the issuance of bonds or notes with variable rates of interest, interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York, the refunding of bonds, and the down payment for projects financed by bonds; amends the New York state financial emergency act for the city of New York; makes further amendments relating to the effectiveness thereof.

Relates to membership in the New York city teachers' retirement system.

Prohibits the sale of tax liens by a tax district in a city with a population of one million or more.