Int 1066-2023

Role of trees and the tree canopy with respect to the city's long-term sustainability planning.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Parks and Recreationintroduced 2023-06-08Local Law 2023/135

Enacted as Local Law 2023/135.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2023-06-08Passed: 2023-10-15Enacted: 2023-10-15

Summary

Local Law 84 of 2013 requires the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability to create a long term sustainability plan with goals for certain categories (i.e., air quality, energy, climate change, coastal protection, etc.) as well as tracking sustainability indicators for those categories. That plan is released every 4 years. This bill would require Local Law 84’s planning to consider the role of trees in its long-term sustainability planning in addition to the other factors it already measures.

Committee on Parks and Recreation — Department of Parks and Recreation.

How it compares

18% of similar bills passed

9 passed · 41 died

This bill: 97 days in committee

Similar bills: median 608 days · 118 days when passed

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Sponsors (24)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2023-06-08 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2023-06-08 · City Council

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2023-06-13 · Committee on Parks and Recreation

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2023-06-13 · Committee on Parks and Recreation

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2023-09-14 · Committee on Parks and Recreation

ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm

2023-09-14 · Committee on Parks and Recreation

ActionAmended by Committee

2023-09-14 · Committee on Parks and Recreation

AdvancedApproved by Committee

2023-09-14 · Committee on Parks and Recreation

AdvancedApproved by Council

2023-09-14 · City Council

ActionSent to Mayor by Council

2023-09-14 · City Council

HeardHearing Scheduled by Mayor

2023-09-29 · Mayor

HeardHearing Scheduled by Mayor Cancelled

2023-09-29 · Mayor

AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted

2023-10-15 · Administration

ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor

2023-10-17 · City Council

Votes (12)

Aye (12)

David M. CarrMarjorie VelázquezLincoln RestlerSandra UngShekar KrishnanJulie MeninMercedes NarcisseChristopher MarteLinda LeeEric DinowitzFrancisco P. MoyaRobert F. Holden

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2023-09-14 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Committee on Parks and Recreation · 2023-09-14 · 9:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall

Committee on Parks and Recreation · 2023-06-13 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall

City Council · 2023-06-08 · 12:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (20)

Full text

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision b of section 20 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 84 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows: 1. develop and coordinate the implementation of policies, programs and actions to meet the long-term needs of the city, with respect to its infrastructure, environment and overall sustainability citywide, including but not limited to the categories of housing, open space, trees and the tree canopy, brownfields, transportation, water quality and infrastructure, air quality, energy, and climate change; the resiliency of critical infrastructure, the built environment, coastal protection and communities; and regarding city agencies, businesses, institutions and the public; � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. RL/KS LS #10327/12258 9/6/23 4:40PM 1 1