Filed (End of Term) | Ben Kallos, New York City Council Member

Introduction 1250-2016: Licensing Tenant Screening Bureaus

This bill would require persons who assemble or evaluate screening reports containing court history of residential tenants and applicants for residential housing to be licensed by the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA). The bill would also require that all tenant screening reports contain certain information about each court proceeding referenced in the report. Finally, the bill would grant DCA enforcement authority, would establish civil penalties for violations, and would create a private right of action for tenants and prospective tenants injured by violations.

Introduction 1249-2016: City Spaces - Public information about city-owned property that may be rented.

This bill would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (often called DCAS) to include information about which buildings are available for rental by the public in their public list of City-owned real property. It would also require the list or some other website to allow the public to reserve, rent, and make rental payments with respect to the properties where rental is permitted.

Introduction 1248-2016: Public Posting of All City Jobs

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring all job vacancies at city agencies to be posted online.

Introduction 594-2014: Prohibit Hydraulic Fracturing in NYC

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting hydraulic fracturing in New York City.

Introduction 329-2014: Create NYC Food Policy Council

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to an office of food policy.

Introduction 593-2014: Early voting in municipal elections

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to early voting in municipal elections.

Introduction 1220-2016: Web Analytics Legislation to Optimize City Websites

This bill would require the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT) to require City websites to use web analytics to help optimize their websites. Web analytics are tools used to measure a website’s use, traffic, traffic sources and analyze other web data for the purposes of improving the effectiveness of a website.

Introduction 1208-2016: Establishment of a centralized procurement database.

This bill would require the mayor to establish and maintain a public online database to contain certain information for every agency procurement that exceeds the small purchase limits. This information includes applicable requests for proposals or public notices, submitted responses, and details about the awarded contract (such as the name of the contractor, term of the contract, and dollar amount of the contract).

Introduction 1129-2016: Electoral Ballot Access Reform

This bill would amend the New York city charter to provide for an alternative method for candidates for the offices of mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president and member of the city council to get onto the ballot by allowing such candidates to get onto the ballot by raising the threshold amount of funding to qualify for participation in the campaign finance board’s small dollar matching program.

Introduction 1110-2016: Single User Identification System for City Websites

This bill would require the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to establish a system where a single user identification and password can be used to access all publicly accessible websites that require user identification or a password.