LL 50 of 2011
– Requires the City Chief Procurement Officer to develop a set of guidelines
for city agencies to follow to procure more food products whose components are
grown, produced or harvested in New York State. [enacted 8/17/11, effective
date 11/17/11]
LL 51 of 2011 – Requires the director of citywide
environmental purchasing to develop packaging guidelines for food purchased by
the City to eliminate packaging or minimize the amount of packaging used, and
to use packaging that is recyclable or reusable. [enacted 8/17/11, effective
date 11/17/11]
LL 52 of 2011 – Requires the Office of Long-Term Planning
and Sustainability to gather and report on key data about New York City’s food
system, including sources of food, including community gardens, how it is
distributed, and consumed. An annual food system metrics report is due
September 1, 2012 and annually thereafter.
LL 48 of 2011 – Requires the department of citywide
administrative services to maintain an online database of all property owned
and leased by the city, including detailed data about the sites as well as
whether land is potentially suitable for urban agriculture. [enacted 8/17/11,
effective date 12/17/11]
LL 49 of 2011 -- Adds greenhouses to the list of rooftop
structures that can be excluded from height limitations, making it easier to
install the structures on top of buildings [effective date 8/17/11]
