Week of November 29, 2025

This bill creates a new 311 complaint category for SNAP theft, allowing New Yorkers to report stolen EBT cards and fraudulent purchases through the city's service center. The city would track these complaints, share data with the Department of Social Services, and provide affected residents with information about emergency food programs and SNAP resources.

This bill creates designated overnight curbside parking spots for commercial vehicles in industrial areas, with priority parking for cleaner vehicles (hybrids, electric, natural gas). Trucks can park for at least 10 hours between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. The city must notify community boards and track usage through annual reports.

This bill creates support resources for doulas (birth coaches) in NYC by establishing a doula bill of rights, creating a feedback mechanism for doulas to report hospital experiences, and forming an advisory council to study doula services and recommend best practices. It aims to ensure doulas know their rights and have a voice in improving maternity care.

This bill requires the NYC Department of Health to launch a public education campaign on traumatic brain injuries and concussions, targeting high-risk groups like athletes, construction workers, police, and firefighters. It also mandates annual reporting on TBI rates among city workers and development of workplace training programs on injury prevention and response.

This bill would require NYC agencies to use email as the default method for sending official notices to residents—like hearing dates, fines, and benefit decisions—when they have an email address on file. Agencies would need to actively collect email addresses in application forms and establish systems to send notices digitally, though residents can opt out if they provide alternate contact information.

This bill requires businesses to label all shopping carts with their name and contact info, and install anti-theft devices or physical barriers to keep carts on premises. The city can remove abandoned carts and fine businesses $100 per unlabeled or unsecured cart, plus $100 if they don't retrieve removed carts within 48 hours.

This bill adjusts the financial disclosure thresholds that NYC city officers and employees must report annually. Instead of fixed dollar amounts ($32,000, $60,000, etc.), the thresholds will be set by the Conflicts of Interest Board, allowing them to update disclosure categories over time without requiring new legislation each time.