Shaun Abreu

This bill would prohibit grocery stores from increasing the price of any item more than once in a 24-hour period.

This bill would require certain stores to have a bin for collection of unwanted reusable bags. Returned reusable bags, if in good condition, would be sanitized and reused by the store for future consumers.

This bill would create an office within the Department of Housing Preservation and Development dedicated to issues relating to the management of Housing Finance Development Companies (HDFCs) and providing advice to HDFCs on these issues.

This bill would provide an exemption from real property taxes for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty. Real property owned by a surviving spouse and constituting the primary residence of such spouse would be exempt up to 50% of the assessed valuation of the property. The exemption would be available beginning July 1, 2027.

This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to create a program for individuals to trade in Class 3 e-bikes, and vehicles that resemble but do not legally qualify as Class 1 or Class 2 e-bikes, in return for a Class 1 or Class 2 e-bike or for a voucher for redemption with an e-bike retailer for purchase of a Class 1 or Class 2 e-bike. DOT would be required to partner with e-bike retailers to conduct at least 1 trade-in event per community district each calendar year and to determine the trade-in value of different types of eligible vehicles. DOT would have to meet a participation goal of at least 10,000 trade-ins, subject to user demand and e-bike retailer participation. DOT would be prohibited from limiting an individual’s eligibility for the program based on occupation or income. This bill would require DOT to do rulemaking to implement the program and to conduct a public outreach campaign to advertise the program.

This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to create the Child Care Opioid Antagonist Program to help prevent opioid overdoses at child care centers. The program would permit an owner or employee of a child care center to request 1 opioid antagonist kit for every child that is registered at the center, and 1 kit for every owner and employee of the center, at one time, free of charge, for administration to individuals on premises experiencing an opioid overdose. The Commissioner would be required to offer free training and other resources to owners and employees of child care centers on the administration of opioid antagonists. The Commissioner would also be required to report annually to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on the number of opioid antagonist kits provided by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to child care programs and the number of opioid antagonist trainings offered by the Commissioner to child care programs.

This bill would require that sidewalk riding detection technology, and an accompanying deceleration safety feature, be installed on e-bikes and e-scooters that are part of self-service share systems. There would be no civil penalty for a share system owner or operator for a first violation, but subsequent violations committed within two years would carry a civil penalty of up to $1,000.

This bill would require all food service establishments in the city to allow customers to substitute their own reusable beverage cups in place of the single-use plastic beverage cups provided by those food service establishments. It would also require food service establishments that serve beverages in single use plastic cups to post signage announcing that “Customers may request the service of beverages in their own reusable cups.” The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection would be charged with enforcing this local law and promulgating rules implementing it.

This bill would mandate the department of buildings to create and maintain a program that assists building owners in finding labor and financial resources for their façade inspection requirements.

This bill would require the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) or another agency designated by the Mayor with the appropriate subject matter expertise to establish a 3-year pilot program that provides sleep apnea treatment at no cost to individuals. The bill would require DOHMH to provide oral appliances that have been cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration to treat sleep apnea. The bill would also require DOHMH to publish a report on the pilot program’s effectiveness and whether it should be made permanent.