Int 0571-2024
Establishment of a Wards Island affordable housing task force.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2024-03-07Local Law 2026/019
Enacted as Local Law 2026/019.
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Agenda: 2024-03-07Passed: 2026-01-17Enacted: 2026-01-17
Summary
This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to publish a study on the feasibility of building affordable housing on Wards Island. The study would assess such factors as cost, restrictions on permissible land use, and provision of services and amenities to Wards Island, and would include policy recommendations relating to building affordable housing on Wards Island. The study would be due no later than July 1, 2027.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
How it compares
24% of similar bills passed
12 passed · 38 died
This bill: 650 days in committee
Similar bills: median 624 days · 225 days when passed
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Sponsors (14)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-03-07 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-03-07 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-06-03 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-06-03 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-12-18 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-12-18 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-12-18 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-12-18 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2026-01-17 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2026-01-20 · City Council
Votes (7)
Aye (7)
Pierina Ana SanchezShaun AbreuAlexa AvilésEric DinowitzOswald J. FelizCrystal HudsonLincoln Restler
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2025-12-18 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2025-12-18 · 11:15 AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2025-06-03 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2024-03-07 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (21)
- Summary of Int. No. 571-A
- Summary of Int. No. 571
- Int. No. 571
- March 7, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-7-24
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 7, 2024
- Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council
- Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB
- Committee Report 6/3/25
- Hearing Testimony 6/3/25
- Hearing Transcript 6/3/25
- Proposed Int. No. 571-A - 12/12/25
- Committee Report 12/18/25
- Hearing Transcript 12/18/25
- December 18, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Committee Report - Stated Meeting
- Int. No. 571-A (FINAL)
- Int. No. 571-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council
- Int. No. 571-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-18-25
- Local Law 19
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Wards Island study. a. No later than July 1, 2027, the department of housing preservation and development, in consultation with the department of parks and recreation, the department of city planning, and any other agency or office the department of housing preservation and development deems relevant, shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and publish on its website a study on the feasibility of building affordable housing on Wards Island.
b. Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
1. A summary of existing active uses on Wards Island and the feasibility of their relocation or redevelopment;
2. An assessment of potential locations for housing or mixed use development on vacant sites or sites where existing uses could be relocated and the potential scale of development on such sites;
3. An assessment of needs for services, amenities, infrastructure, and access to transportation to support potential housing development on Wards Island;
4. Information on fiscal considerations associated with building affordable housing on Wards Island;
5. An assessment of existing restrictions on permissible land use on Wards Island, including those set forth in section 18-130 of the administrative code of the city of New York, and the potential for removing any such restrictions; and
6. Recommendations for legislation and policy relating to building affordable housing on Wards Island.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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