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

Establishes the "New York city construction safety task force" to advise the city on issues related to safety in the construction industry in New York city and to propose changes in rules and regulations, licensing requirements, enforcement, training and any other issue concerning safety in the construction industry; provides for not less than thirty-eight members; requires that a report be issued annually to the mayor of the city of New York, the New York city council, governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly; requires such report to include, but not be limited to, statistics on accidents and injuries occurring on construction sites. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: CITIES

Provides for appointment of an actuary by the board of trustees tasked with administering police pension funds, as opposed to the board of estimate. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee: CITIES

Requires the terms of a motor vehicle sales contract entered into in the city of New York to be written in the language in which such contract was negotiated; requires retail motor vehicle dealers who negotiate primarily in any language other than English to deliver to the consumer a translation of such contract in the language in which such contract was negotiated; provides remedies to aggrieved consumers. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CITIES

Relates to permits for cellular antennas in the city of New York. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: CITIES

Provides for the financing of emergency room facilities in two hospitals in each borough by the New York city health and hospitals corporation and requires representation on the board from each borough. / Sponsor: LANZA Committee: CITIES

Prohibits vendors from vending on Hillside Avenue and Union Turnpike, in the area between 248th Street and the Nassau county border, and on 76th Avenue, in the area between 263rd Street and the Nassau county border, in Jamaica, county of Queens. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: CITIES

Relates to the method of payment on delinquent real property taxes, sewer rents, sewer surcharges, water rents, or any other charges that are made a lien; requires certified check or money order. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: CITIES

Establishes a tax table benefit recapture for joint returns over $250,000, individual returns over $150,000 and head of household returns over $180,000; makes changes to the New York city personal income tax rates. / Sponsor: ESPAILLAT Committee: CITIES

Relates to payment of legal fees incurred by cooperative corporations or condominiums in connection with tax certiorari proceedings. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CITIES

Requires contractors in cities having a population of one million or more to recycle 50% of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites. / Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CITIES

Limits commercial vehicles from stopping or standing in New York city unless engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers; provides an exception for state, local municipal and public utility companies; provides further for punishment in accordance with the point system pursuant to part 131 of subchapter J of chapter 1 of title 15 of the NYCRR which adds two points to the license of the violator of this section. / Sponsor: DUANE Committee: CITIES

Relates to residency requirements for members of council. / Sponsor: DILAN Committee: CITIES

Provides that owners of real property in the city of New York shall designate the address or addresses where such owner receives their daily or regular mail upon registration of such property with the city's department of finance. / Sponsor: DILAN Committee: CITIES

Requires school buses that contract with the NYC department of education to retrofit certain buses with certain equipment; requires that all buses used to provide transportation services to students pursuant to a service contract with the NYC department of education use ultra-low sulfur fuel or "clean diesel"; eliminates the cap on air pollution fees. / Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: CITIES

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

Authorizes the city of New York to reconvey a parcel of land to the estate of Hilda Spivak. / Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CITIES

Requires cities with a population of one million or more to collect discarded recyclable materials at city parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other recreational facilities; requires the posting of signs on facilities without trash receptacles stating that trash must be retained until you reach a trash can; provides state assistance for such programs. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CITIES

Prohibits self-certification of building plans by engineers and architects where there are vertical enlargements of buildings. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CITIES