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Int 2425-2021

Requiring borough commissioners in the department of environmental protection.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Environmental Protectionintroduced 2021-10-07Local Law 2022/023

Enacted as Local Law 2022/023.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2021-10-07Passed: 2022-01-09Enacted: 2022-01-09

Summary

This bill would authorize the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to assign a borough commissioner to each borough within the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) who would be tasked with informing the Commissioner regarding personnel, programs, and facilities within that borough, and to liaise with borough presidents, other DEP borough commissioners, and community boards.

Committee on Environmental ProtectionDepartment of Environmental Protection and Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability and Office of Recovery and Resiliency.

How it compares

20% of similar bills passed

10 passed · 40 died

This bill: 62 days in committee

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Sponsors (39)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2021-10-07 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2021-10-07 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2021-10-20 · Committee on Environmental Protection
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2021-10-20 · Committee on Environmental Protection
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2021-10-20 · Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2021-10-20 · Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2021-10-20 · Committee on Parks and Recreation
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2021-10-20 · Committee on Parks and Recreation
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2021-12-08 · Committee on Environmental Protection
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2021-12-08 · Committee on Environmental Protection
ActionAmended by Committee
2021-12-08 · Committee on Environmental Protection
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2021-12-08 · Committee on Environmental Protection
AdvancedApproved by Council
2021-12-09 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2021-12-09 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2022-01-09 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2022-01-10 · City Council

Votes (5)

Aye (4)
James F. GennaroDarma V. DiazStephen T. LevinCarlos Menchaca
Absent (1)
Eric A. Ulrich

Heard at (5)

City Council · 2021-12-09 · 1:30 PM · HYBRID HEARING - Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Environmental Protection · 2021-12-08 · 3:30 PM · REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1)
Committee on Parks and Recreation · 2021-10-20 · 2:00 PM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 4) -
Committee on Environmental Protection · 2021-10-20 · 2:00 PM · REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 4)
City Council · 2021-10-07 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (20)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 57 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 1405 to read as follows: � 1405. Borough commissioners. a. For each borough, the commissioner of environmental protection shall assign a borough commissioner, who shall: 1. Inform the commissioner of environmental protection regarding programs, personnel, and facilities within the borough to which such borough commissioner is assigned; and 2. Consult when appropriate with the relevant borough president, other borough commissioners of the department and community boards. b. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the commissioner of environmental protection from assigning as borough commissioner under this section an employee who is also assigned to a position in the department pursuant to subdivision f of section 2704 or subdivision a of section 2706. � 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law. JB/KS LS #18126 12/1/21 8:27pm 1 1