Kevin C. Riley

This bill would require the office for neighborhood safety and the prevention of gun violence to establish a three-digit emergency hotline, known as the gun violence intervention hotline, to aid individuals seeking assistance with mental health and supportive services and programs related to gun violence intervention. The office would also be required to carry out a public awareness campaign, targeted at young adults, to inform residents about the hotline and submit annual reports to evaluate whether the hotline has been effective at coordinating services for gun violence intervention.

This bill would require the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to create programs to support the pharmaceutical industry in the city, including through workforce development and educational programs. DOHMH would also be required to determine whether it is feasible for the city to establish its own drug stockpile. Finally, DOHMH would be required to report on the state of the pharmaceutical industry in the city, including all open and recently closed pharmacies. It would also be required to add open pharmacies to the NYC Health Map.

This bill would create a task force to study the potential for a public bank sponsored by the city, recommend a draft plan of governance and charter requirements proposed under New York Senate Bill S.1754 for the year 2023, and issue a report on their findings. The task force shall consist of three members appointed by the mayor, one of whom shall be the commissioner of finance or their designee, one of whom shall be the commissioner of consumer and worker protection or their designee, and one of whom shall be a representative of a labor organization; three members appointed by the comptroller, one of whom must have community banking experience; and three members appointed by the speaker of the council, one of whom must be a representative of a small business association and one of whom must be a member of a community-based organization responsible for community development, economic development, and/or consumer protection. The chair of the task force shall be named from the speaker’s appointees. The task force final report shall be due no later than one year from its first meeting and disband 180 days after submission of the report.

This bill would permit the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to order the owner of a tree to take corrective action if DPR determines that the tree poses a near-term danger of falling on people or property. DPR would be permitted to abate the danger posed by such trees if the owner does not do so within the timeline established by the order or if the tree poses an imminent danger. DPR would charge the owner of the privately-owned trees for any work it performs and place a lien on the real property if not paid within 60 days.

This bill would require the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) to establish a youth entrepreneurship and business development program for individuals between the ages of 18 and 30. The program would provide participants with entrepreneurship training and work experience that prepares them to compete for city contracts, as well as comprehensive business fundamentals education. SBS would be required to conduct targeted outreach in communities experiencing barriers to entrepreneurship and economic opportunity, including communities identified in the city's M/WBE disparity studies as underrepresented in city contracting.

This bill would require the Parks Department to repair damage caused by trees planted by the city of New York to sidewalks, roads, and private property as a result of overgrowth and lack of pruning. Homeowners would not be held liable for such damage.

This bill would assign jurisdiction to city agencies for the cleaning and maintenance of certain city properties

This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) to establish a program to support eligible young people to obtain employment or educational opportunities, including vocational training or an apprenticeship. A young person would be eligible for the program if they were 13 years old to 24 years old, residing in New York City, and had been incarcerated or in placement with the Administration for Children’s Services. MOCJ would be required to make best efforts to enroll an eligible young person while they are still in custody or placement. MOCJ would be required to coordinate with New York City Department of Correction and the Administration for Children’s Services to track outcomes of young people in the program. MOCJ would be required to annually review and report on the efficacy of the program including the utilization rates of the program, among other factors.

This bill would require that at least two meals on restaurant’s children’s menus meet certain nutrition standards and direct the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop regulations regarding the identification and promotion of the meals that comply with those standards. This bill would also remove flavored milk as a beverage that can be offered with a children’s meal at a restaurant and would reduce the serving size of juice offered with a children’s meal in a restaurant.

This bill would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to conduct a bifurcated assessment of existing employee resource groups at city agencies and mayoral offices every five years. First, the department would be required to conduct outreach to the organizers of at least five known employee resource groups to request information about their experience of organizing such group. Secondly, the department would be required to distribute a survey to all employees of city agencies and mayoral offices to ask about employees’ affiliations with employee resource groups, and the perceived benefits of membership. The department would then be required to utilize the feedback received from these assessments to create and distribute guidance to all municipal employees on how they can organize their own employee resource group. The department would also be required to publish and maintain a list of all existing employee resource groups across city agencies and mayoral offices, and to update such list annually.