Authorizes the city council in cities with a population of one million or more to prevent a proposed new charter amendment or amendments from being placed on the ballot for submission to electors. / Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: CITIES

Relates to divesting the board of standards and appeals of its jurisdiction over matters relating to buildings and zoning. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: CITIES

Requires written request, including environmental impact statement, and review by community boards, borough presidents and the council of proposed reductions in the level of fire services, including closure of firehouses or removal or relocation of fire fighting units. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: CITIES

Relates to the enforcement of environmental control board judgments as tax liens. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee: CITIES

Authorizes the city of New York to reconvey its interest in certain real property acquired by in rem tax foreclosure in the borough of Brooklyn to former owner Chester Wilkins, notwithstanding expiration of the two year period within which application may be made to the city to release its interest in property thus acquired; Block No. 1651, Lot No. 52 on tax map for the borough of Brooklyn. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: CITIES

Requires the city of New York to repair any sidewalk damaged by a tree under its exclusive care that is adjacent to any class one property, class two condo or coop or any house of religious worship. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: CITIES

Relates to dividing the one hundred fifth and one hundred ninth precincts of the New York city police department into subdivisions. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: CITIES

Requires the taxi and limousine commission of the city of New York to develop procedures for requiring inspection stickers to be visible to the general public and indicate the date for the next subsequent inspection date. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: CITIES

Provides that when a retired member of the fire or police department in the city of New York dies and is enrolled in a health insurance plan, the surviving spouse or eligible domestic partner, until he or she dies, shall be afforded the right to such health insurance coverage; such plans include premerger retirees who were police officers employed by the New York city housing authority or the New York city transit authority. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: CITIES

Allows any discontinued member of the NYC Police Pension Fund to be a pension fund beneficiary for purposes of eligibility to receive supplemental benefits from the police officers supplements fund for any time period for which the discontinued member received payments of a deferred retirement allowance under the pension fund's original plan or improved benefits plan; specifies that the date of retirement of the discontinued member for determining benefit eligibility will be deemed to be the first day of the period for which the discontinued member first began receiving such deferred retirement allowance payments. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CITIES

Permits different standards to be employed for department of environmental conservation approval of solid waste management plans of cities of 1 million or more population submitted to it; ensures that municipalities with a population of one million or more have the flexibility to determine the most efficient method of implementing local recycling programs. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CITIES

Establishes a central registry of child day care complaint investigations in New York City. / Sponsor: ESPAILLAT Committee: CITIES

Authorizes city with a population of 1,000,000 or more to allow credit, by local law or ordinance, against personal income tax imposed by such city, for expenses of providing security for the home, provided such structure is a one, two, three, four or five family owner occupied residence. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CITIES

Provides that whenever rent is paid by NYC human resources administration on behalf of a tenant on public assistance, the department of housing preservation shall send a certification of payment to such tenant. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: CITIES

Relates to docketing of decisions and orders of the administrative tribunal of the New York City taxi and limousine commission. / Sponsor: HUNTLEY Committee: CITIES

Requires maintenance of fire alarm boxes in operation as of September 1, 1994 in cities with a population of one million or more until January 1, 2016. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CITIES

Permits any remaining time available on a muni-meter receipt to be used at more than one parking location and provides such receipt shall be an affirmative defense for a violation. / Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CITIES

Authorizes the environmental control board to adjudicate disputes between adjoining real property owners over the blocking of a driveway, the ownership or use of which is shared by such adjoining owners in the city of New York; further appoints another hearing officer to the board who shall be an attorney; defines the term "blocking". / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: CITIES

Requires the annual reporting of criminal activity on subways. / Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: CITIES

Requires that variance and special permit decisions made by the board of standards and appeals be made by a two-thirds majority of the quorum present and voting. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: CITIES