Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

This bill would require that city contractors hire an independent MWBE consultant for every contract over ten million dollars as a way to enhance city procurement opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses.

This bill would prohibit employers from entering into non-compete agreements with employees, and it would rescind any non-compete agreements that predate the effective date of this bill. Employers would be subject to a $500 civil penalty for each violation of this bill.

This bill would require that the Department of Sanitation be the sole agency responsible for cleaning and maintaining all City-owned vacant lots and the sidewalks abutting such lots, regardless of which City agency owns such vacant lot.

This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in consultation with the Department of Design and Construction and any other relevant agency, to implement a two-year pilot project to install green climate screens in five neighborhoods that are, or include, both flood-prone neighborhoods and disadvantaged communities. The bill would also require DEP to collect data on the stormwater capture and noise mitigation of such green climate screens, and report on such data, including any plans to expand the pilot program.

This bill would require the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation (Parks) to post informational signs about rip tides at each beach entrance, lifeguard chair, and jetty under the jurisdiction of Parks. The Commissioner would be required to post the signs in English, Spanish, and at least two other languages to be determined by Parks.

This bill would require the Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development to develop and conduct an education and outreach campaign to inform individuals who participate in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program about the Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership program administered by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

. This bill would require the Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Small Business Services and the New York City Economic Development Corporation, to study and report on the feasibility of siting additional ferry terminals in New York City. The study would identify potential locations for additional ferry terminals and would consider the local benefits of each new siting, logistical challenges associated with each new siting, any solutions to these challenges, and the estimated costs associated with each siting. The Commissioner of Transportation would be required to submit a report containing the findings of the study to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council, and post a copy of the report on the Department of Transportation website.

This bill would require the Department of Social Services to expand the Homebase program to additional locations throughout the city. A year after the deadline for expansion, the commissioner must submit a report on the effectiveness of the Homebase program and its expansion.

This bill would increase the size of the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) board from nine to eleven commissioners. The two additional commissioners would be required to hold a valid TLC driver license and would be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council.

This bill would limit the assignment of tours of duty for Department of Correction (“DOC”) custodial officers to not more than two consecutive tours of duty. The bill would establish a tour of duty as consisting of not more than 8 consecutive hours. Assignment of additional hours into a third consecutive tour of duty would be prohibited.