Julie Won

This bill would require each city agency to conduct a review of by 200 members of the public of any mobile application, website or digital platform developed by the agency to deliver services. Individuals intended to use the electronic service would be permitted to apply to participate in the public review. The Mayor’s Office of Operations, in collaboration with the Department of Citywide Administrative Services and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, would be required to maintain a website that lists public review for each agency’s electronic services, and information on how individuals may apply to participate.

This bill would prohibit city agencies from entering into or renewing contracts for the purchase of single-use plastic water containers or meals or refreshments that include such containers, with exceptions for protection of public health and safety, emergencies, or for contracts that were in existence before the bill’s effective date.

This bill would require New York City agencies that operate homeless shelters and that contract with vendors to feed homeless shelter residents to initially pay the vendors at least $15 per day for the provision of each shelter resident’s food. This dollar amount would be adjusted annually for inflation. Where a homeless shelter is operated by an organization pursuant to a contract with an agency, the agency would have to pay the organization at least $15 per day for the provision of each shelter resident’s food, regardless of whether the organization itself provides the food or subcontracts for food provision. This dollar amount would be adjusted annually for inflation. The bill would only apply to contracts executed or renewed after the bill’s effective date.

This bill would require the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services or another commissioner designated by the mayor to develop a voluntary survey of individuals exiting the shelter and migrant re-ticketing systems. The survey would elicit information related to the immediate destinations of individuals exiting locations offering shelter and migrant re-ticketing services. Case managers and onsite staff at locations providing shelter and migrant re-ticketing services would administer the survey in the best language of individuals taking the survey. The commissioner would submit to the mayor and the Council an annual report regarding the anonymized, aggregated survey results.

This bill would require the Commissioner of Transportation to install traffic calming devices in bicycle lanes at no less than 50 intersections throughout the city. In selecting bicycle lanes for such installations, the Commissioner would be required to consider certain factors, including vehicular and micromobility device traffic patterns. The Commissioner would be required to study the impact of such installations on crashes and injuries and to make recommendations regarding device maintenance and installation of additional devices. The Commissioner would be required to report the study’s findings as well as other relevant information, such as the locations of the traffic calming devices installed.

This bill would require each covered agency to translate into the designated citywide languages and distribute to relevant community-based organizations any documents provided by the federal and state government that relate to declarations of emergency affecting New York City. It would also require agency language access plans to consider providing emergency notifications in the designated citywide languages.

This bill would prohibit any mayoral agency or office that operates emergency or temporary shelter facilities exclusively serving new arrivals from publicly disclosing the address or location of any such shelter facility unless such disclosure is required by a judicial warrant or otherwise required by law.

This bill would require an agency or office designated by the Mayor to report annually for five years information regarding shelter food consumption. The report would provide a percentage of food consumption at shelters, and recommendations on providing shelter food in a more cost effective way.

This bill would prohibit standing or parking a vehicle within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, and require citywide community education and outreach efforts with regard to the change. This bill would also amend section 19-175.8 of the administrative code to set a requirement for the Department of Transportation to implement daylighting barriers at a minimum of 1000 intersections per year.

This bill would add an optional question to the PASSPort questionnaire asking prospective city venders to voluntarily disclose the gender and race of their directors and senior executives. This data would be available for general informational purposes and to help inform future policymaking, as state law limits the information the City may consider in awarding contracts.