Kayla Santosuosso

This bill would require the City to offer health insurance to City employees who are not part of a bargaining unit that includes coverage for pre-implantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) which is performed during in vitro fertilization (IVF) to check embryos for abnormalities in the number of chromosomes.

This bill would require 1 or more agencies designated by the Mayor to establish a demonstration program that would mandate each owner of a motor vehicle that has been used to commit 16 speeding violations in school speed zones over 12 months to install and maintain an intelligent speed assistance (“ISA”) device in every motor vehicle they own. Such device restricts a vehicle’s speed based on the speed limit but allows for the manual override of such restrictions where necessary. The owner would have to install ISA devices in their vehicles for a period of 12 months, or longer in certain circumstances. Owners that fail to install an ISA device could face penalties or a suspension or a revocation of their vehicle registration. The bill would prohibit data collected by ISA devices from being used for outside purposes and would require such data to be destroyed after the installation period ends. The agency would be required to issue a report about the demonstration program.

This bill would require the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Department of Design and Construction, to install porous pavement as part of each street reconstruction project located within certain areas at risk of rainfall-induced or coastal flooding, subject to certain exceptions.

This bill would require that when a commercial lease contains a provision allowing landlords to recover attorneys’ fees in a legal proceeding against a tenant for a tenant’s default on lease obligations, there be a presumption that tenants can recover attorneys’ fees for a landlord’s default on lease obligations and in the successful defense of a legal proceeding commenced under the lease by the landlord against the tenant. The tenant would be able to recover attorneys’ fees through a legal proceeding commenced against the landlord or through a counterclaim in any legal proceeding commenced by the landlord against the tenant. This bill would apply to contracts entered into or renewed after the bill’s effective date.

This bill would require the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to maintain a digital system of Food Protection Certificates that can be used to verify Certificate holders during an inspection of a food service establishment. The bill would also prohibit DOHMH from issuing a violation that penalizes a food service establishment solely based on a physical Food Protection Certificate not being present in such establishment at the time of an inspection, provided that the certification status of the required Certificate holder is verified as valid in the required digital system.

This bill would require the department of health and mental hygiene to email renewal notices relating to a department license or permit at least 60 days before the license or permit expires to anyone who requests electronic notice.

This bill would prohibit owners and drivers of vehicles licensed by the Taxi and Limousine Commission (“TLC”) from using automatic license plate readers in or on such vehicles. The bill would also prohibit base stations and dispatch service providers from requiring, encouraging, or otherwise facilitating the use of automatic license plate readers in or on TLC-licensed vehicles. Violators would be subject to a civil penalty, and repeat violators could additionally have their license suspended, revoked, or not renewed by TLC.