Int 0796-2024
Providing community boards and elected officials with notice of sidewalk shed permits.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2024-04-11Local Law 2026/001
Enacted as Local Law 2026/001.
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Agenda: 2024-04-11Passed: 2026-01-03Enacted: 2026-01-03
Summary
This bill would require DOB to send a monthly email to all Council Members and community boards notifying them of new sidewalk shed permits that were issued during the immediately preceding month. The emails would disaggregate the new permits by council district and community district and include the reason for each sidewalk shed installation.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
How it compares
14% of similar bills passed
7 passed · 43 died
This bill: 601 days in committee
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Sponsors (13)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-06-25 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-06-25 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-12-04 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-12-04 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-12-04 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-12-04 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-12-04 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-12-04 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2026-01-03 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2026-01-05 · City Council
Votes (7)
Aye (7)
Crystal HudsonPierina Ana SanchezShaun AbreuAlexa AvilésEric DinowitzOswald J. FelizLincoln Restler
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2025-12-04 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2025-12-04 · 11:45 AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2024-06-25 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2024-04-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (19)
- Summary of Int. No. 796-A
- Summary of Int. No. 796
- Int. No. 796
- April 11, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-11-24
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 11, 2024
- Committee Report 6/25/24
- Hearing Testimony 6/25/24
- Hearing Transcript 6/25/24
- Proposed Int. No. 796-A - 11/18/25
- Committee Report 12/4/25
- Hearing Transcript 12/4/25
- Committee Report - Stated Meeting
- December 4, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Int. No. 796-A (FINAL)
- Int. No. 796-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council
- Int. No. 796-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-4-25
- Local Law 1
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 33 of the New York city building code is amended by adding a new section 3307.6.5.15 to read as follows:
3307.6.5.15 Permit issuance notification. No later than the fifth day of each month, the commissioner shall send an e-mail notification to all council members and community boards containing a report of all new sidewalk shed permits issued during the immediately preceding month. Such report shall be disaggregated by council district and community district and shall include the reason for each sidewalk shed installation.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
EH/APM/SNT
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