What's moving in the Council

Shift income verification responsibilities for the Senior Citizen Homeowners’ Exemption (SCHE) from local governments to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.

Requiring building owners to provide shower hoses and informational materials on Legionnaires’ disease to tenants.

Education and outreach about Legionnaires’ disease and disease outbreaks.

Cleaning requirements for cooling towers.

Requiring analyses of cooling towers associated with Legionnaires’ disease clusters.

Establishing a Legionnaires’ disease hotline.

Establishing temporary Legionnaires’ disease testing sites and a digital map of testing sites.

John Mangin, Board of Standard and Appeals

Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, Board of Health

Lisa Garcia, Land Bank

Provide for a continuation of senior citizen rent increase exemption or disability rent increase exemption benefits after a period of ineligibility due to a head of household’s temporary increase in income. (S.4252/A.10721)

Expanding access to roadway cafes.