Ben Kallos
Council Member

BY THE NUMBERS

Constituent Service Cases: 13,369 and counting
Introductions Authored: 126
Introductions Enacted into Law: 39 (31%)
Resolutions Authored: 23
Resolutions Adopted: 8 (34.7%) 
City Council Attendance: 99%
Land Use Matters Adopted:  11
Rezonings to Stop Overdevelopment: 2
Lawsuits Against Overdevelopment: 2
Governmental Operations Committee Hearings Chaired: 67
Planning Disposition and Concession Committee Hearings: 23
Contracts Committee Hearings Chaired: 2
Legislation Passed by Governmental Operations Committee: 45
Legislation Sponsored: 1,454
Legislation Sponsored Adopted or Enacted: 1,021 (70%)
Ben in Your Building: 55+
First Fridays & Brainstorm with Ben: 60+
Mobile Hours: Hundreds
Free Legal Clinics: Hundreds
Community Meetings: Hundreds
People Registered for Events: 2,375
Petitions Signed: 6,315
Reusable Bags Distributed: 4,500
Participatory Budgeting Investments in Community: $8.9 Million

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INVESTING IN EDUCATION

1. $92 Million for 640 New East Side School Seats
2. Secured 900 Pre-K Seats for the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island
3. New Gym for Eleanor Roosevelt High School
4. Ending School Hunger with Free Breakfast and Lunch after the Bell
5. Advancing Arts Education with Annual Student Show at Sotheby's 
6. Investing in STEM Education
7. Breaking Ground on Green Roofs 
8. Supporting Excelsior City and State University Scholarship 
9. Gender Sexuality Alliance in Public Schools Law
10. GPS Monitors for New York City School Buses
11. Opening and Collaborating with Cornell Tech
12. Opening Rockefeller University Campus
13. Wage Parity for Pre-K Teachers

IMPROVING AND CREATING NEW PARKS

14. Additional $75 Million Secured for the East River Esplanade, Totaling $275 Million
15. $100 million for East River Greenway Construction on Esplanade for 53^rd through 61^st Streets
16. Ribbon Cutting on $15 Million Esplanade Investment by Rockefeller University
17. $336,000 for New Security Cameras in Hard to Patrol Parks
18. Completed $16 Million Pedestrian Bridge at 81st Street
19. Opened a New Park on East 90th Street Pier
20. Completed: $1 Million in Renovations of the East River Esplanade Along HSS’ Sections
21. James Cagney Place Recognized as Official Pedestrian Plaza
22. Secured One Million Dollar Public-Private Partnership with Brearley to Repair Overhang Above the Esplanade
23. Opening the Oval for Free Tennis
24. Conservancies and Funding for Local Parks
25. Revitalizing the Waterfront Management Advisory Board
26. Play in Our Parks

FIGHTING OVERDEVELOPMENT AND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

27. Closing the Voids Loophole and Starting a Study of “Gerrymandered” Lots
28. Sutton Super-Tall Fight to Uphold Zoning in Court
29. Thousands of Subsidized Units will Return to Affordable Housing Under Law I Authored
30. Lowering the Volume on After Hours Construction Noise in New York City
31. Successfully Created and Protected Thousands of Units of Affordable Housing
32. Won Two Rent Freezes and Three Historic Lows
33. Safer Construction with Law to Count Every Life
34. Freezing Rents for Seniors and Disabled New Yorkers
35. Ending Downsizing of Seniors into Studio Apartments
36. Protected Quiet Side Streets on the Mid-Block from Overdevelopment
37. Mandatory Affordable Housing for New Neighborhood Plans
38. Protected Landmarks Citywide; Recognized for Leading Preservation 
39. Opening New Free and Affordable Art Spaces with ChaShaMa
40. Opening Up Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS)
41. Passed Tenant Safety Legislation
42. Reformed the Board of Standards and Appeals
43. Opened New Affordable Housing on East 60th Street
44. Opened New Affordable Housing on East 93rd Street 

GOOD GOVERNMENT REFORM AND TRANSPARENCY 

45. We are Getting Big Money Out of New York City Politics
46. Appointed to Bring Oversight to City Contracts
47. Charter Revision: Won Term Limits for Community Boards and Urban Planners
48. Eliminated Outside Income and Legal Bribery
49. Online Voter Registration Becomes Law In New York City 
50. Opened the City Budget to the Public
51. Weakening the Influence of Specials Interest Money in Politics
52. Voter Information Portal Law Enacted
53. Won Affordable High-Speed Internet for Low-Income New Yorkers
54. Millions for the Community Voted for by Residents in Participatory Budgeting
55. Demanded Answers on the Rivington Nursing Home Scandal
56. Focusing on Better Management

HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

57. Healthy Happy Meals Becomes Law
58. Legionnaires’ Disease Prevention Law Passes
59. Fresh Food Box
60. Composting on the Upper East Side
61. City Council Passes Automatic Benefits Study

QUALITY OF LIFE

62. Cleaning up the Neighborhood with Wildcat Service
63. Inspect All Scaffolding to Keep Pedestrians Safe and Planning to Take Down Unnecessary Scaffolding
64. A New Trash Can on Every Corner
65. Improved Quality of Life Enforcement
66. Supporting the Homeless with ETHOS
67. Welcoming Supportive Housing for Women and Children to the UES
68. Fighting the Marine Transfer Station

BETTER COMMUTES

69. Ferry Service for the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island
70. Opening the Second Avenue Subway 
71. New Buses Improve Service on the Upper East Side
72. Improving Bus Service with Off-Board Fare Payment for the M79, M86, and Advocating for the M96
73. Roosevelt Island Tram Approved for Another 50 Years
74. Bringing Safety to Our Most Dangerous Streets; Giving Pedestrians Time to Cross York Avenue 
75. New Citi Bike Stations; Incentivized Safety Classes and Expanding Bike Safety Program to Midtown East
76. Bike Infrastructure Added to the Upper East Side 

HONORING THE BEST AMONG US

77. Honoring Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan
78. Honoring Madeleine Albright

79. Passed Legislation
80. Best Council Members

• P.S. 77 Lower Lab - $476,000 for mobile STEM carts, technology, laptops, and A/C.
• P.S. 151 Yorkville Community School - $143,000 for technology and laptops.
• P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor - $324,000 for technology and laptops.
• P.S. 183 Robert Stevenson - $1,467, 000 for technology upgrades, laptops, AC, New Science Lab
• P.S. 198 Isador Ida Straus - $425,500 for classrooms, technology, laptops, and A/C
• P.S./I.S. 217 Roosevelt Island - $330,000 for technology and laptops.
• P.S. 225 Ella Baker - $140,000 for laptops.
• P.S. 290 Manhattan New School - $110,000 for laptops.
• P.S. 527 East Side School for Social Action - $190,000 for theater and technology.
• M.S. 114 East Side Middle School - $247,000 for laptops, technology upgrades.
• M.S. 177 Yorkville East Middle School - $143,000 for technology and laptops.
• Eleanor Roosevelt High School - $234,000 for classrooms, technology, and laptops.
• Manhattan International High School - $305,000 for technology upgrades and laptops.
• Urban Academy High School - $248,000 for technology and laptops.
• Vanguard High School - $140,000 for technology and laptops.
• Talent Unlimited High School - $195,000 for auditorium and technology.
• Life Sciences Secondary and High School - $140,000 for technology and laptops.

• P.S. 151 Yorkville Community School - $750,000 ($500,000 Participatory Budgeting)
• P.S./I.S. 217 Roosevelt Island – $1 million ($500,000 from Participatory Budgeting)
• P.S. 290 Manhattan New School - $1.52 Million ($500,000 from Participatory Budgeting)
• M.S. 114 East Side Middle School - $800,000
• Yorkville Community School $1,870,000 ($500,000 from Participatory Budgeting)

It was a historic occasion for Roosevelt Island as I joined City leaders and residents, including former and present mayors Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio, as well as Governor Cuomo, at the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of Cornell Tech’s energy efficient campus on Roosevelt Island. The state of the art facility was made possible in part by a generous donation on behalf of Mayor Bloomberg’s charity, Bloomberg Philanthropies. The campus will not only take part in critical technological advancements, it will also create hundreds of new jobs on Roosevelt Island. By diligently working with community organizers and the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, my office ensured that the construction project was done by barge and stayed on track without harming the Island. Cornell Tech will grow jobs and educate the next tech leaders right on Roosevelt Island, making sure thaxt big thing is “Made In New York”. Cornell Tech is now in the process of attracting millions in investment on Roosevelt Island and in New York City. Since the Cornell Tech opened they have collaborated with my office on a number of events, including the "Ignite My future Initiative" and the Launching of TCS $50 Million Investment in Cornell Tech to Advance K-12 Digital Literacy in New York City Schools. For more information, read the release at BenKallos.com/Press-Releases

• East Harlem: E. 114th to E. 117th streets - $25 million
• Upper East Side: E. 90th to E. 94th streets - $35.5 million
• Midtown East: E. 62nd to E. 63rd streets - $22.3 million
• Esplanade-wide Site Inspections: E. 60th to E. 125th streets - $21 million

• $1 million from my office in 2017 for irrigation from 96th to 90th Streets.
• Opened the 90th Street Pier in 2016 to the Public.
• $35 million for renovations from 90th to 88th Streets funded in 2014 with work started in 2017 for 2018 completion.
• $1.8 million from Council District 5 funding to modernize Carl Schurz Park Playground on 84th Street.
• $500,000 from my office in 2016 to renovate John Finley Walk following recommendations of CIVITAS from 84th to 81st.
• $1 million secured from Brearley to renovate the overhang above John Finley Walk following recommendations from CIVITAS from 83rd to 82nd.
• $15 million to rebuild the crumbling stairwell from 81st to 78th opened in 2017.
• $1 million secured from Hospital for Special Surgery for a master plan from 78th with irrigation, planters, and noise barriers from 72nd to 70th with maintenance in perpetuity.
• $1.25 million from my office in 2016 for irrigation and planters from 70th to 68th
• $10 million secured from Rockefeller University in 2014 for 68th to 62nd with work started in 2016 on a seawall, new design, irrigation, noise barriers, and maintenance in perpetuity.
• $29 million in public-private funding secured as a community benefit from Memorial Sloan Kettering to build Andrew Haswell Green Phase 2B from 61st to 60th.
• $4.6 million to rebuild Andrew Haswell Green under the Alice Aycock sculpture with accessibility, game tables, seating, and a new lawn opened in 2017.
• $100 million in funding in 2016 from the Mayor with completion slated for 2022 to connect the esplanade from 61st to 53rd.

As the New York Daily News reported, the Upper East Side is already known as a safe place to raise a family, but after a $336,000 funding allocation from my office to install security cameras in hard-to-patrol public spaces, it is getting even safer. The locations for the security cameras were chosen in consultation with community organizations and the NYPD following a positive vote by hundreds of residents in Participatory Budgeting. 

• 64th Street and FDR Drive to cover pedestrian bridge and Andrew Haswell Green - $35,000
• FDR Drive at 65th Street and 68th Street to cover East River Esplanade - $90,000
• 70th Street to cover the East River Esplanade - $35,000

• 83rd Street and 2nd Avenue to cover Q subway station
• 86th Street at 2nd Avenue to cover Q subway station
• 86th Street at 3rd Avenue to cover 4/5/6 and Q subway stations
• 86th Street and Lexington Avenue to cover 4/5/6 station

• 75^th Street and 1^st Avenue to cover local quality of life hotspot

• Master Plan – Work with key community stakeholders to develop a Master Plan for the East River Esplanade from 62nd Street to 78th Street, in partnership with Rockefeller University, led by the Council Member.
• Noise Barriers – Noise barriers eight-feet in height under its East Wing Building between East 70th and East 71st Street.
• Water Fountain and Irrigation – Water for the Esplanade at 71st Street for a water fountain and irrigation to keep plants alive.
• Greening the Esplanade – Key esplanade improvements between 70th and 72nd include:
  • New planting beds and landscaping,
  • Improved lighting through repair and replacement of light fixtures,
  • Repair and repainting of railings as well as new seating and paving.
• Maintenance in Perpetuity – Maintenance in perpetuity provided by HSS from 70th street to 72nd street for the landscaping, seating, lighting, water fountain, and water source.

• Million Dollars to Rehabilitate the Pier: Repair Leaks, Removing Netting, Remove Chain Link Fence, New Fencing, and Ongoing Maintenance.
• Contemporary Lighting for Public Safety. Contemporary lighting will be installed in strips along the building wall to provide sleek lighting for public safety without impacting neighbors. The groundwork for additional lighting will be included for installation if necessary.
• Green Wall. Privacy barriers will be green, with planters and climbing plants to create a living wall visible to pedestrians below, with a south wall of six to eight feet and a north wall of four feet to reduce shadows cast to the Esplanade below.
• Planters, Water, and Conservancy. Planters will be provided to the south at the entrances to John Finley Walk at 81^st, 82^nd, 83^rd and 84^th Streets, with seasonal plantings fed with water from the school and cared for through a partnership with the city and community.
• Colorful Public Design. Brearley and Council Member Ben Kallos will work with CIVITAS to seek public feedback on colors and patterns from the community for structural surfaces.

• An expansion of the summer public access season from 10 weeks under the old contract to 22 weeks of FREE tennis for anyone with a tennis permit from the Parks Department for $10 for youth, $20 for seniors, or $100.
• $10 walk-in rate hours for six hours a day during the Winter Season
• Free and $10 per person programs for Youth and Seniors during the Winter Season

• Carl Schurz Playground - $2.5 million
• Sutton Place Park Play Water Fountain (to Replace the Sand Pit) - $675,000 ($500,000 from the Speaker)
• John Jay Park Senior Space - $350,000

Over the last five years, we have worked with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to activate our neighborhoods parks. We have done so by holding dozens of events dedicated to entertaining families and children. With Family Days, Skate Nights, Movies Nights, Jazz in the Park, and my personal favorite, Shakespeare in the Park, we have successfully gotten residents out of their apartments with their families and into our neighborhood parks for special events.  I am proud of the work we have done to get our parks activated again and will continue to work to improve and expand programming. For information on office activities in our neighborhood parks, visit BenKallos.com/Events

The Wall Street Journal reported on the thousands of units of affordable housing that will now be registered and available to the public after Introduction 1015-A which I authored, aged into law in January of 2018. The new law requires landlords who receive tax breaks for building affordable housing to register thousands of previously unaccounted for units or face steep fines. The law also seeks to solve problems that have long plagued New York City’s decentralized network of affordable housing by requiring upgrades of Housing Connect to include existing affordable housing with notification for eligible units so residents can apply all in one place. This legislation which was introduced with the support of Manhattan Borough President Brewer came about in response to a ProPublica report estimating that New York City has paid developers $100 million for 50,000 affordable units that might not be offered for affordable rates. For more information read the release at BenKallos.com/Press-Releases or coverage in the  Wall Street Journal.


Lowering the Volume on After Hours Construction Noise in New York City

As Fox 5 reported, noise has been New York City’s top 311 complaint for years. Construction at all hours of the day and morning and sometimes night is something too many New Yorkers are familiar with. In 2017 The New York Times covered a bill authored that went on to become law which requires the city to respond to noise complaints about nightlife and construction within two hours or on a subsequent day within an hour of the time of the complaint. The law is designed to increase the likelihood that inspectors will identify the source of the noise, issue a violation, and restore quiet.  For more information read the release at BenKallos.com/Press-Releases or coverage in the New York Daily News.


Successfully Created and Protected Thousands of Units of Affordable Housing

More than six thousand units of affordable housing were created or preserved under my tenure as chair of the Land Use Subcommittee on Planning Dispositions and Concessions. My favorite part of the committee was asking developers to share where residents watching at home could get jobs as part of their local hire requirements.
During my time there I:

• Exposed high subsidies on affordable housing properties that almost had to pay the Mansion Tax
• Took on the homeless crisis by sponsoring legislation to mandate a 15% homeless set aside for all subsidized affordable housing
• Questioned whether low wages on city-subsidized projects was making the affordable housing crisis worse and introduced legislation to pay construction workers better
• Stood up for small businesses and secured affordable storefronts to support mom and pop shops
• Pushed for real affordability for local residents by consistently raising concerns that developers were receiving government subsidies to build housing set for incomes that would gentrify low-income communities of color
• Introduced legislation to force affordable housing developers to disclose their relationships with politicians

According to the New York Post, I was “asking too many uncomfortable questions about the mayor’s affordable-housing and tax-break deals.”

 

Won Two Rent Freezes and Three Historic Lows
 

Year after year tenants from around the City and I continue to rally together calling on the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) to roll back rents or issue freezes for all 1 million rent-stabilized tenants. In 2014, we won the lowest rent increase in history at 1%. In 2015, we won the first-ever rent freeze from the RGB, and in 2016, we won a second consecutive rent freeze from RGB. In 2017 and 2018 we were able to win another historic low increases of only 1.25% and 1.5%.
 

These were huge victories, but it is only a small respite for tenants who lived through far-too-high increases over the previous 20 years when rent has outstripped inflation by 14%. The increases were particularly burdensome during the Bloomberg Administration when rent increased significantly despite the economic recession. We need a rollback to correct for these increases so the more than 1 million rent-stabilized apartments continue to be affordable for the residents living in them.

The Wall Street Journal has even reported that the numbers support our cause. Join our fight BenKallos.com/petition/RentRollBack


Safer Construction with Law to Count Every Life
 

From 2015 through 2017, a record 33 construction workers have been killed on the job in New York City, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Department of Buildings (DOB) does not count all of them, especially non-workers who are injured. The New York Daily News reported on the Constructions Safety legislation that introduced and recently became law. Under Local Law 78 of 2017 construction companies will be forced to report on all details surrounding injuries and deaths at constructions sites or face fines up to $25,000. We must count every injury and every life, so that we will know the who, what, where and why around every injury or death to help make construction in our city safer. For more information read coverage in the New York Daily News or watch NY1.

Freezing Rents for Seniors and Disabled New Yorkers

I was proud to cosponsor and vote for an expansion of the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and Disabled Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE). The legislation expanded income eligibility for those receiving SCRIE and DRIE benefits to $50,000 from $29,000 – which will help many more seniors and disabled residents live at ease in New York City. Learn more at NYC.gov/RentFreeze

• No height increases in R8B districts protecting the quiet midblock with a 75-foot height cap on the East Side.
• Reduced height increases, bringing the maximum R10A increase from 50 feet to 25 feet with different heights for narrow and wide streets of 210 feet and 235 feet.
• Protected seniors from being squeezed into 275 square foot micro units.
• Protected the Sliver Law which prevents towers narrower than 40 feet wide.

• Housing for lower-income New Yorkers at 40 percent of Area Median Income (AMI): $31,000 for a family of three.
• An additional option for 20 percent at 40 percent of AMI.
• Required HPD to track, register, and monitor new affordable housing as would be required by Introduction 1015, legislation I authored. Learn more at BenKallos.com/MIH-ZQA

• Protecting the First Avenue Estates’ landmark status from appeal;
• Stopping the Landmarks Mass De-calendaring;
• Fighting Introduction 775, the bill that would shorten the landmarking timeline and institute five-year landmarking moratorium;
• Protecting the Sliver Law, Mid-Block, and Historic Districts from MIH/ZQA;
• Landmarking the Wooden House at 412 East 85th Street;
• Authored and passed into law reforms to Board of Standards and Appeals that will make it harder to have laws that protect landmarks waived for developers;
• Landmarking First Hungarian Reformed Church of New York
• Landmarking  The National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York Headquarters

 

• Closing Campaign for One New York Loophole (Law 181 of ’16, co-prime sponsor) – by limiting contributions to non-profits controlled by elected officials and disclosing donors.
• Quelling Special Interests Dollars (Law 167 of ‘16) – by ending the practice of matching funds bundled by lobbyists and special interests with public dollars.
• Early Public Fund Payments (Law 168 of ‘16) – to help campaigns that take public dollars get on the ballot and reach voters.
• Better Debates (Law 169 of ‘16) – by only including campaigns that are spending money to win.
• Save Paper and Money on Voter Guide (Law 170 of ’16) – by allowing voters to opt-out of receiving mailers.
• Same Day and Online Registration Advocacy (Res. 1061 of ’16) – to pass state constitutional amendment.

Fresh Food Box which began as a pilot program between my office and Grow NYC back in the spring of 2016 is now a fan favorite for residents.  In just two years the program has served hundreds of residents looking to get locally grown farm fresh vegetables at an affordable price.

Fresh Food Box is at my district office on Thursdays between 3:30pm and 6:30pm. The program allows you to place your order and pay just $14 (cash, credit/debit, SNAP/food stamps, greenmarket bucks) and pick up a bag of farm fresh produce the following week.

GrowNYC's Fresh Food Box Program lets customers benefit from fresh farm to table produce from a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share, with the flexibility of week-to-week purchasing.

Sign-ups begin every year in June and the season runs through November. Learn more visit grownyc.org/greenmarketco/foodbox
 

New Citi Bike Stations; Incentivized Safety Classes and Expanding Bike Safety Program to Midtown East

During my first term, Citi Bike opened 25 stations on the Upper East Side in my Council District. Thank you to the hundreds of people who provided feedback, online and in person at community forums working with Department of Transportation and my office to find the right place for each station to benefit local businesses and residents. I wanted bike share users to be as safe as possible, so Citi Bike provides a monthly 90-minute bike safety class at my office with the offer of a free day pass or additional month on an annual membership.
 
The Upper East Side now has 28 Citi Bike Stations located at:

• 3 Ave & E 100 St      
• 3 Ave & E 95 St        
• 2 Ave & E 96 St        
• 1 Ave & E 94 St        
• E 93 St & 2 Ave        
• E 91 St & 2 Ave        
• E 89 St & York Ave  
• E 89 St & 3 Ave        
• E 88 St & 1 Ave        
• East End Ave & E 86 St        
• E 85 St & York Ave  
• E 84 St & 1 Ave        
• E 84 St & 3 Ave        
• E 82 St & East End Ave        
• E 81 St & York Ave  
• E 81 St & 2 Ave        
• E 81 St & 3 Ave        
• E 82 St & East End Ave        
• E 81 St & York Ave  
• 1 Ave & E 78 St        
• E 74 St & 1 Ave        
• 2 Ave & E 72 St        
• E 72 St & York Ave  
• 1 Ave & E 68 St        
• 1 Ave & E 62 St        
• E 60 St & York Ave  
• E 58 St & 1 Ave (NE Corner)
• E 58 St & 1 Ave (NW Corner)

• A 90-minute training class in English, Spanish, and Chinese for delivery bikes,
• Lights and Bells for recreational and commuting cyclists coupled with education,
• Free Helmets,
• Bikes for NYPD Bike Patrol,
• Grading restaurants on use of safety equipment and e-bikes with East 72nd Street Neighborhood Association.

• Prohibiting Outside Income (Law 20 of ’16) – The City Council now works full time for the people without the influence of other sources of income.
• Eliminating “Legal Grease” (Res. 980 of ’16) – Former Speakers used to reward Council Member allies with payments in lieu of compensation, or “lulus,” a practice that the Daily News called “legal grease.” My resolution banned it from the City Council.

• Getting Big Money Out of Politics (Law 1 of ’19) – making question 1 of the 2018 Charter Revision (8 to 1 match) effective for all special elections prior to 2021.
• Closing Campaign for One New York Loophole (Law 181 of ’16, co-sponsor) – by limiting contributions to nonprofits controlled by elected officials and disclosing donors.
• Quelling Special Interests Dollars (Law 167 of ‘16) – by ending the practice of matching funds bundled by lobbyists and special interests with public dollars.
• Early Public Fund Payments (Law 168 of ‘16) – to help campaigns that take public dollars get on the ballot and reach voters.
• Better Debates (Law 169 of ‘16) – by only including campaigns that are spending money to win.

• Affordable Housing Applications, Tracking, and Enforcement (Law 64 of '18) - centralized applications, wait lists, tracking, registration of units, and enforcement for all city subsidized affordable housing.
• Stand for Tenant Safety in Buildings in Large Buildings (Law 153 of '17) - tenant protections from slumlords in large buildings.
• Stand for Tenant Safety Quality of Life Protections (Law 152 of '17) - any quality of life violation may be counted towards establishing a distressed property for transfer from a slumlord to tenants or a responsible owner.

• Students Admissions Tracking (Law 72 of '18) - counting every child who applies, is rejected or accepted, enrolls, and attend for every school.
• School Seat Need Transparency (Law 167 of ’18) – the basis for school seat need must be disclosed in order to ensure proper planning.
• End School Hunger (Law 215 of '17) - set goals and report on participation in breakfast, breakfast-after-the-bell, lunch, snacks, and supper.
• LGBT training and GSA (Law 231 of '17) - LGBT training for teachers to support GSAs.
• GPS on School Buses (Law 32 of ’19) – GPS for parents and schools to track buses.
• School Transportation Transparency (Law 33 of ’19) – bus routes for parents ahead and test runs ahead of the school year to avoid bad routes.

• Happy Healthy Meals (Law 75 of ’19) – children's meals must offer water, 100% juice, or milk as the default options on the menu.
• Cooling Tower Inspection Reporting (Law 76 of ’19) – landlords must report every 90-days during cooling season in time to stop the spread of Legionnaires Disease.
• Water Tank Inspection Electronic Filing (Law 85 of ’19) – water tank inspection and cleaning filings must be done online.

• Catching Scofflaws (Law 45 of ’16) – Information added to all quality of life violations will help identify who is responsible and collect fines.
• Stopping Repeat Offenders (Law 47 of ’16) – City agencies that issue quality of life violations are now required to deny, suspend, or revoke licenses and permits for unpaid fines or repeat offenders.

• Turning Down the Volume on Construction Noise (Law 53 of '18)
• Counting Every Life on the Construction Site (Law 78 of '17) - count every injury and every life, at construction sites or face fines up to $25,000.
• Crane Modernization (Law 3 of '18) - retire cranes after 25 years to prevent equipment failure and collapse.

• Application Requirements (Law 103 of '17) - for developers to show why zoning laws should not apply to them with fines of up to $15,000 for knowingly falsifying information.
• Financial Expertise (Law 102 of '17) - provided for the city with a state certified Real Estate Appraiser to review and analyze developers' financials.
• Protecting Neighborhood Plans (Law 101 of '17) - by designating a coordinator at City Planning Commission to defend the city's plan from unnecessary variances.
• Reporting on Variances (Law 104 of '17) - including the number of pre-application meeting requests, number of applications, number of variances approved or denied, and the average length of time for decisions.
• Map to Prevent Rezoning by Variance (Law 105 of '17) - with an interactive online map of all variances and special permits granted since 1998.
• Opening Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) (Law 250 of '17) - signage for POPS indicating amenities with 311 listed for complaints, a website listing POPS, and increased violation of up to $10,000 for repeat offenses.

• Online Voter Registration (Law 238 of '17) - register to vote online with a digital signature.
• Voter Information Portal (Law 65 of ’16) – Will empower voters to track an absentee ballot, find poll site location, view ballots, and verify registration status and that votes were counted.
• Pro-Voter Law Expansion (Law 63 of ’14) - requires 25 city agencies to provide voter registration forms and assist individuals with completing them, so everyone gets registered.
• Online Voter Guide (Law 43 of ‘14) - saving the environment and money, while increasing access to information in off-year uncontested elections.
• Save Paper and Money on Voter Guide (Law 170 of ’16) – by allowing voters to opt-out of receiving mailers.
• Same Day and Online Registration Advocacy (Res. 1061 of ’16) – to pass state constitutional amendment.
• Teens on Community Boards (Res. 115 of ‘14) – opens community boards to our best and brightest 16 and 17-year-olds

• Online Budget (Law 218 of '17) - place all city budget documents online.
• Open Legislation (Res. 184 of ’14, co-sponsor) – as part of the Council’s rules reform process, I provided language requiring posting legislation online and public engagement.
• Open Mapping (Law 108 of ’15) - standardizes address and geospatial information so Open Data has location information.
• Law Online (Law 37 of ‘14, co-prime sponsor) – puts our city’s law online for you to search, download, and read.
• City Record Online (Law 38 of ‘14) – public notices from the city, previously published in a daily newspaper, are now online and fully searchable so you can learn what is happening in your community.

• Reforming Waterfront Management (Law 96 of ’16) – resuscitates an advisory board for advocates, experts, and all levels of government to use and protect over 500 miles of shoreline.

• National Women’s History Museum (Res. 354 of ‘14) – supporting Congress Member Maloney’s successful passage.