Inna Vernikov

This bill would require every bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter, and other legal motorized vehicle that is not otherwise required to be registered with the DMV.

This bill will require the Department of Finance, and any other city agency designated by the mayor, to create and maintain a centralized online database that allows a member of the public to search for information on any vehicle that has been moved or removed from public or private property by a city entity, or licensed private tow operator. This centralized database will replace existing procedures that often frustrate vehicle owners, where individuals must search competing City tow databases, or contact the local police precinct to locate vehicles towed by private operators. Additionally, the centralized database will have functionality to allow vehicle owners to opt-in to a notification system that alerts vehicle owners if their vehicle information is entered into the towing database.

The proposed bill would require an annual report from the department of housing preservation and development on the amount of veterans applying for housing in city-run Mitchell-Lama developments, the amount of veterans being selected for occupancy, and the documentary requirements and safeguards in place to ensure that applicants benefiting from a veteran preference are in fact veterans.

This bill would prohibit any person from obstructing a student, staff member, or university employee from attending classroom instruction or student organization meetings and events taking place in an educational facility. This prohibited conduct would constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both.

This bill would require the New York Police Department (NYPD) to report quarterly on each instance of a protest, demonstration, or other First Amendment event that occurred at a place of religious worship in the previous quarter to which police officers were dispatched. The report would include a table that sets forth for each event the date, address of the place of religious worship, patrol precinct in which the event occurred, duration, and type of place of religious worship. Additionally, the report would include a table setting forth the total number of First Amendment events that occurred at each type of place of religious worship. NYPD would be required to submit each report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council and post each report on its website.

This bill would require the department of buildings to conduct final inspections of solar energy projects with a power generating capacity greater than or equal to 25 kW direct current.

This bill would require the Police Department to establish a program reimbursing small businesses for the cost of purchasing and installing panic buttons that would notify the Police Department in case of emergency.

This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop a scheme offering discounted quarterly municipal parking field permits for older New Yorkers. To be eligible for the discount, an individual must be 62 years of age or older and have an annual gross income that is 50% or lower of the area median income.