Council Member James Gennaro’s committee considered Intro. 13‑02, a bill to require the Office of Long‑Term Planning and Sustainability (functions now in MOCEJ) to publish a consolidated long‑term energy plan, climate adaptation plan and other required reports as part of the city’s PlanYC update.

Elijah Hutchinson of MOCEJ told the committee the consolidation “provides a more streamlined and aligned set of mandates for our office and allows us to look at the cumulative impacts” of climate and energy policy. The bill would also increase the publication frequency of the city’s climate adaptation plan from once every 10 years to once every four years and remove a prohibition on members of the NPCC receiving financial compensation, aligning some city reporting with IPCC cycles.

Nut graf: Sponsors say consolidation will reduce duplication and clarify public review opportunities; MOCEJ said an integrated approach would let planners consider energy, adaptation and equity tradeoffs together and proposed a reorganized task‑force structure to maintain technical specialization.

Committee questions probed whether dissolving an existing Climate Change Adaptation Task Force would weaken technical input. MOCEJ proposed an integrated task force divided into subgroups so specialists on energy, resilience and adaptation could continue to advise while producing consolidated outputs.

Ending: No final action was taken. MOCEJ and council members expressed support for the stated goals and indicated willingness to refine language on task‑force composition and the order of operations.