The New York City Council - File #: Int 1058-2018

• File #: Int 1058-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Developing an urban agriculture report.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 8/8/2018
• In control: Committee on Land Use
• On agenda: 8/8/2018
• Final action: 11/7/2021
• Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to developing an urban agriculture report
• Sponsors: Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Justin L. Brannan, Mark Levine, Keith Powers , I. Daneek Miller, Robert F. Holden, Deborah L. Rose, Diana I. Ayala, Peter A. Koo, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Daniel Dromm , Fernando Cabrera , Barry S. Grodenchik, Kalman Yeger , James G. Van Bramer, Ben Kallos, Vanessa L. Gibson, Antonio Reynoso, Paul A. Vallone, Helen K. Rosenthal, Francisco P. Moya, Karen Koslowitz, Mark Treyger, Bill Perkins, Brad S. Lander, Mathieu Eugene, Adrienne E. Adams, Stephen T. Levin, Margaret S. Chin, Carlos Menchaca, Mark Gjonaj , Alan N. Maisel, Inez D. Barron, Laurie A. Cumbo, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Carlina Rivera , Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, James F. Gennaro, Farah N. Louis, Eric A. Ulrich, (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/8/2021	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
11/7/2021	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
10/7/2021	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
10/7/2021	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Land Use	Hearing Held by Committee
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Land Use	Hearing Held by Committee
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Land Use	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Land Use	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Land Use	Amended by Committee
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Land Use	Amended by Committee
10/7/2021	A	Committee on Land Use	Approved by Committee	Pass
6/11/2019	*	Committee on Land Use	Hearing Held by Committee
6/11/2019	*	Committee on Land Use	Hearing Held by Committee
6/11/2019	*	Committee on Land Use	Laid Over by Committee
6/11/2019	*	Committee on Land Use	Laid Over by Committee
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1058-A

By Council Members Ampry-Samuel, Cornegy, Brannan, Levine, Powers, Miller, Holden, Rose, Ayala, Koo, the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams), Rodriguez, Dromm, Cabrera, Grodenchik, Yeger, Van Bramer, Kallos, Gibson, Reynoso, Vallone, Rosenthal, Moya, Koslowitz, Treyger, Perkins, Lander, Eugene, Adams, Levin, Chin, Menchaca, Gjonaj, Maisel, Barron, Cumbo, Salamanca, Rivera, Brooks-Powers, Gennaro, Louis and Ulrich (by request of the Brooklyn Borough President)

Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to developing an urban agriculture report
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Subdivision c of section 20-a of the New York city charter, as added by a local law for the year 2021 relating to establishing an office of urban agriculture and an urban agriculture advisory board, as proposed in introduction number 1663 for the year 2019, is amended by adding new paragraphs 5 and 6 to read as follows:
5. No later than October 1, 2023, and no later than October 1 of every fifth year thereafter, prepare an urban agriculture report, in cooperation with relevant agencies and stakeholders, including but not limited to food policy educators, representatives from community gardens and urban farming businesses. Such report shall address, but not be limited to, the following issues related to urban agriculture: (i) resources including but not limited to support for existing and potential urban agriculture spaces as well as current policies and regulations related to urban agriculture, (ii) classification and prioritization of urban agriculture uses, (iii) opportunities for expanding the availability of healthy food in low-income neighborhoods, (iv) the integration of urban agriculture into the city's conservation and resiliency plans, and (v) youth development and education opportunities with regard to local food production. Such report shall be submitted to the mayor and speaker of the council ...