Crystal Hudson

This bill would require the Department for the Aging (DFTA) to establish a grab-and-go meal program, which would provide daily meals available for pick up at participating older adult centers for members of the centers. This bill would also require DFTA to make available to every participating older adult center a notice that provides information on the grab-and-go meal program. Every participating older adult center would be required to post the notice in a conspicuous location.

The proposed bill would require landlords to provide certain documentation to tenants whenever a landlord deducts money from a tenant’s security deposit at the end of a tenancy. The documentation required would include an itemized statement of all deductions, as well as receipts or invoices for any repair costs that the landlord is deducting from the security deposit.

This bill would protect non-traditional families and relationships by prohibiting discrimination on the basis of “family or relationship structure” in employment, housing, and public accommodations.

This bill would prohibit the sale and rental of class three e-bikes. A person who violates this prohibition would be liable for civil penalties up to $2,000.

This bill would require the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to retain two licensed exterminators to develop and implement a rodent abatement plan when the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) conducts specified types of construction work. Additionally, this bill would require one of the retained exterminators to provide rodent extermination services on a weekly basis if necessary. This bill would also require individuals performing private sewer work to certify that they retained two licensed exterminators, one of whom will be required to provide rodent extermination services on a weekly basis if necessary, before being issued a permit for sewer work by DEP. Finally, this bill requires the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and individuals performing private sewer work to provide written notice to property owners adjacent to the site of proposed construction work. This notice would provide a description of the rodent abatement efforts conducted at the site.

This bill would require the Commissioner of Finance to automatically enroll individuals in a Department of Finance-administered residential property tax payment plan that requires an individual to pay the lowest total amount. The Commissioner would have to notify an eligible individual about automatic enrollment at least 60 days before the first payment is due under the applicable plan, the types of plans for which the individual is eligible and their costs, the plan in which the individual is enrolled, and any steps necessary to complete enrollment. Additionally, the Commissioner would have to establish a plainly and conspicuously communicated opt-out mechanism that would allow an individual to decline automatic enrollment at the time the individual receives the notice. The Commissioner would be required to make the automatic enrollment system available in the designated citywide languages.

This bill would require the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) or any agency designated by the Mayor, to partner with a non-profit organization which manages qualified interest bearing savings accounts to establish a baby opportunity fund. The agency would coordinate with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to identify eligible children that qualify for the program and submit applications for eligible children to the non-profit organization. $2000 would be deposited in the account within 3 months after the application for the eligible child is received. The agency must also submit a report to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council, assessing the feasibility of continuing or expanding the program.

This bill would require that building owners provide notice of non-minor construction to tenants in the building where the construction is to occur and in adjacent buildings two weeks before the start of that construction. Notice would not be required where tenants must already receive notice concerning the construction through notice of a tenant protection plan or a safe construction bill of rights. Building owners would have to file the notice with the Office of the Tenant Advocate. The Office of the Tenant Advocate would be required to establish a system to review filed notices and to communicate with tenants who received notice.

This bill would prohibit discrimination on the basis of a person’s actual or perceived poverty in relation to opportunities of employment and access to public accommodations.

This bill would create a new complaint category on 311, allowing tenants to report that they were unlawfully locked out of their apartments. The bill would also require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to report annually on illegal lockout complaints and cases in New York City.