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gentlemen, ladies an
dgentlemen, can I have your
attention, please. Can I
please have your attention
quite on the floor, please.
quiet on the floor, please
.you
.>>ladies and gentlemen today,
a record breaking day today,
25 hearings for our
legislative body a round of
applause
.>>congratulations to our
outgoing members round of
applause, please. Oh, oh, oh,
you, uh, recording in progres
s, ladies and gentlemen for the
last time this year we will
start our stated meeting at
this time, please place all
electronic devices, all
electronic devices to vibrate
,madam majority leader. It's
all yours.
>>good afternoon and welcome
to the stated meeting of
december 18 2025 I am majority
leader amanda farias and I'd
like to thank you for joining
us if you would like to follow
along the agenda for today's
meeting is posted on our
website on behalf of the body.
I welcome the members of the
public who have joined us
today during stated meeting
sonly members of the council
shall remain silent if you
wish to express your support
of any remarks you make the
silent approval gesture. I
want to remind my colleague
sthat decorum is to be
respected at all times
insulting each other is not
appropriate all remarks are to
be addressed to the chair and
member shall not speak unless
recognized by the chair. It is
essential. But even if we
disagree. We treat each other
with respect.
>>please join us for the
pledge of allegiance roll call
abroad president.
>>pills, but I sent.
>>ayala still here, a
president watcher here.
brennan, the last time I'm
here. Brewer? Yeah.
>>brooks powers president
.>>cab on present car, dela
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epstein felder here and not
yeager police here and not
yeager either. Genero here for
gutierrez, but I sent.
>>hanif here. Hanks, hold him
here. Hudson present. Joseph.
yeah. Krishnan here. Leave
here. Lewis. Here. Mom. Arado
present.
>>martin president merely
calling the
.>>men here.
>>moreno here. Moya present
narcisse president, nurse car
e, o'shea present paladino here
powers. I'm here. Wrestler
here, reilly president solo
present.
>>salamanca present. Sanchez
president showman here,
stevens here, young inna
vernikov here. One. Your
shuang areola soliloquy
cardenas.
>>present speaker adams
present and still the speaker
of the new york city council.
>>thank you. We will not have
today's indication which will
be delivered by reverend
richard hogan, senior pastor
of divine deliverance
ministries, which is located
at 1 2 2- 13. Guy, r. Brewer
boulevard in queens or o
mighty god divine source of
grace, we gather this
afternoon on this eighteenth
day of the last month of 20 25
with 13 days left, and it's
been the last stated meeting
of the year we offer thanks
for the milestones reached the
challenge is over and the
steadfast dedication of the
city council members and their
staff standing at the
threshold of a new year and
looking back on all we have
journey through 220 25, we act
at your piece
.>>patience and presence dwell
with us the acts of hate
taking place right now on our
shores in abroad, we act that
you would go to places and
touch the heasrt of men the
bible, scripture tells us that
blessed are the for they.
>>shall be called the son of
god, our country is divided,
but president lincoln stated
the house divided against
itself cannot and shall not
stand help us god watch over
and protect those who are
attacked and persecuted and
bring calm in the midst of
hate, uncertainty and chaos as
we face this difficult times
help these elected leaders to
have the wisdom strength
envisioned, alleviate the
problems in paying the biggest
situates as each member of
this body represents
approximately 15760000
constituents continue to guard
them as there is a significant
responsibilities on a missile
municipal scale scale
representing these many people
is equivalent to being a mayor
of a smitty midsized city in
america. Savannah, georgia or
syracuse, new york we've seen
his body grow and do great
things from 35 members to 51
members.
>>songs 51 intent that'
screated me a clean heart and
renew a right spirit within.
>>me that only you can give
them a strength needed t
operform his task.
>>grant them a vision of a
unified city that empowered
its people on every level and
made their choices transcend
fear to build a just future we
act for your protection over
our first responders and all
that helped this city to run
effectively as it doe ls,aurie
. Thank you. Tough for you t
oallow the unity to flow
through the five boroughs and
then to the 50 states let it
elected leaders who hold anne
office of trust that they will
be granted the wisdom to
govern among the completing
interests and conflicts issues
of this time.
>>we pray file mayor mayor
elect and there's also this
assembly council asking that
you would help them lead with
humility, never with pride and
by your wisdom. Never buy
personal opinion granted them
that they were faithfully
perform their duties for the
benefit of all citizens,
especially the most vulnerabl
e, we pause technology of
faithfulness of every day. The
believers here. We thank you
for your grant us peace in
life that you have given us.
>>this being the last month of
the year the 12 months 12 and
in biblical terms means
government and order and
scriptures in life, we find
the number 12 all around us
each and every day when we
look at the clock, the number
there is 12. There are 12
disciples 12 months in a year.
12 midnight starts today at
known as large time. 12 inche
sin a foot and 12 prison our
body 12 grades before we
complete grades to go t
ocollege 12 years we lived
before we become teenagers and
12 step programs for those who
are in need, 12 is always
president 11 12 alpha out left
the twelfth letter of the
alphabet is l, which stands
for live love and leaders let
these leaders, leaders live
love and let them lead so as
we close this 12 month that
they be ordered in this city
.>>abroad and let it be started
with these members as this
speaker leaves this part of
her life enter into another
one continue to bless those
that stood by heart that help
to fight to make things bette
r. All of these distinguished
leaders in this place you have
different steps and ordered
their steps to go places, but
the bible, said the steps up a
good man ordered by the lord
let the council is calling at
this time in 20:25 be a
signing light and vessels of
blessings for the city in the
year to come. Bless speaker
adams and all that helped her
because she truly has been a
blessing with all of the help
of all these distinguished
leaders bless them. Bless
their families and god bless
america.
>>let all god's people say
amen.
>>thank you. I would now ask
speaker adams to spread the
invocation on the record.
thank you
,>>very much majority leader
and thank you, pastor hogan
for that beautiful, beautiful
invocation, pastor richard b.
hogan, founder and executive
director of brothers against
killing each other or be a k e
is a dedicated and selfless
leader who has served our
communities and southeast
queens for decades through his
exemplary commitment he has
helped thousands of young
people find meaning in their
lives offering them services
and work that advance their
safety and well being as
pastor of divine deliverance
ministries. He has been the
voice of strength and guidance
for our youth seniors and
vulnerable members of our
community. I've been honored
to have known pastor hogan for
about two decades now as a
reverend leader in my own
district, the great 28. We are
so grateful indeed for his
words of wisdom today as we
close out our final stated
meeting of the year and of
this term. I make emotion
,madam majority leader just
spread the invocation and ful
lupon the record.
>>thank you. We will now ask
council member rita joseph the
adoption of minutes I make a
motion at the minutes of the
stated meetings of november 25
2020 25 in december 4 2025 be
adopted as printed messages
and papers from the mayor.
>>none communication from cit
y, county and borough
.>>offices. None petitions and
communications
.>>none lanyon
.>>ups none, thank you. We will
now have communication from
speaker adrian adams. Thank
you
,>>very much, madam majority
leader and good afternoon,
everyone as it is our last
stated meeting of the term and
for.
>>some of us, our last as
members and my finalist
speaker. I'd like to say a few
words to reflect on our time
together over these last four.
>>years in 20 21 new yorkers
elected the most diverse and
first women majority counsel
in our history and with it. I
was honored to be elected as
our city's first black speaker
, our historic representation
fully reflected the breath of
new yorkers experiences
enabling us to lead
differently than our
predecessors when people who
have experienced housing and
security
.>>poverty, working class
struggles and the impacts of
racial and gender disparities
come together to represent new
yorkers we are better prepared
to address the perspectives
and priorities of everyone in
our city by prioritizing women
in the working people that
make up the backbone of our
city, we tackled issues like
the housing crisis inequities
in economic opportunity,
al disparity in maternal
health outcomes and the need
for crime victims services
that have long impacted,
historically overlooked
communities of color and
whether it was opening
pathways to economic mobility
through cuny reconnect, which
has now enrolled over 62000
new yorkers, the majority of
whom.
>>there would be silence in
the gallery sergeants. Please
remove the please remove the
member of the public that is
interrupting the status
meeting there will be silence
from the gallery. This is the
first and final warning. I
will clear the gallery. If
there are any other
interruptions during the
stated meeting. Please remove
that member of the public as
well
.>>I will reiterate for those
folks in the gallery and in
the chamber. I will clear the
gallery. If there is another
interruption. The go back in.
>>our historic representation
fully reflect reflected the
breath of new yorkers
experiences enabling us to
lead differently than our
predecessors.
>>when people who have
experienced housing and
security, poverty, working
class struggles and the
impacts of racial and gender
disparities come together t
orepresent new yorkers
.>>we are better prepared to
address the perspectives and
priorities of everyone in our
city by prioritizing women and
the working people that mak
eup the backbone of our city,
we tackle the issues like the
housing crisis, inequities and
economic opportunity
.>>racial disparities and
hvictims services that have
long impacted, historically
overlooked communities of
color and whether it was
opening pathways to economic
mobility through cuny
reconnect, which has now
enrolled over 62000 new
yorkers. The majority of whom
are women and people of color
or securing over $8 billio
nfor more affordable housing
home ownership opportunities
and neighborhood investments
.we were true to our north star
of centering communities most
harmed by an equity, an
important legacy of our
leadership is not just holding
government accountable and
legislating solutions t
oaddress these inequities but
also incubating innovative new
programs that directly address
them like cuny reconnect
.>>we also created new york
state's first trauma recovery
centers in our city to help
black, latino and asian
communities received the
support to end cycles of
violence, which is especially
important as these communities
have historically lacked
access to traditional crime
victims services to address
the economic and employment
barriers that have contributed
to a mental health and
workforce shortage we launched
the cuny social work fellows,
which will help us improve
mental health outcomes, and we
created the first city funded
guaranteed income program t
ohelp new mothers avoid
homelessness, improve maternal
health and
.>>reduce child poverty. These
have been investments in
innovation to confront deeply
entrenched inequities. Our
city is only as strong as our
people and I'm so proud of how
we prioritize yorkers over the
last four years when chaos in
this building.
>>was all too present a
spublic servants. It is our
responsibility to improve the
conditions of our communities,
ensuring that all of us can
live healthy and and dignified
lives our city must continue
to champion black, latino,
asian and immigrant
communities that have not
always received equitable
priority and uplift the
working people who make our
city run, the council must
continue to move city
government to focus on new
yorkers pushed to the margins.
that is how we build a city
for all new yorkers. I want t
o
.>>thank all of my council
colleagues for their fierce
advocacy service and support
to new yorkers over these last
four years together we have
provided our city with steady,
unwavering and pncipriled
leadership prioritizing the
needs of new yorkers above
everything else. I also want
to thank my outstanding
leadership team, deputy
speaker diana
.>>majority leader amanda farah
,>>majority whip silvina brooks
powers
,>>and council members justin
brannan, general
.>>into file salamanca keep
powers. Sandra.
>>on the stage of new york
city, gale brewer.
>>and former council member
carlina.
>>I also want to acknowledge
my superior senior staff whose
labour behind the scenes made
our achievements possible and
who are instrumental in the
fight to protect our
institution and it's values
super chief jeremy john the
amazing infrastructure of the
city council fights. I live.
>>the king of calms mandela
jones the amazing jay cho.
>>shake home megan lynch
.>>danielle castaldi, mika or d
. C. M. Richard, leave
.>>the gentleman of legislation
. Jeff beg
.>>the lord of land use paris
trotter kathleen on
.>>and our jewel of o g
.>>jason otan. Yo
,>>thank you to every single
member of the council's
superior central staff in
every division and the council
member staff who support new
yorkers and all corners, all
districts, all constituents of
our city, let's give your
staff a hack.
>>and finally I want to thank
my family who has lovingly
giving me over to you all for
almost a decade, my family
members that are present here
today, my backbone. His name
is joseph j. Adams. Hi,
>>anybody? My sister, tracy
eadie, gaffey.
>>I call these two are sister
cousins, katrina, eddie and
pamela iti
.>>and my amazing one who has
always been my personal
assistant I call her sissy her
name is tomorrow, osborne.
thank you all for being with
me
.>>today, I wouldn't be here
without you. I also want t
otake a moment to acknowledge
the new yorkers that we lost
,it seems to be fire season in
new york city unfortunately
and on december 7 a 66 year
inwood a few days later on
december 12, a 62 year old man
perished in a fatal fire and
ban nest that same day and 83
year old woman died in a fire
in her upper west side
apartment, and yesterday we
lost in new york or to a fatal
fire in astoria this morning
we lost yet another new yorker
to a fatal fire in jackson
heights and I know as is mine
.our hearts are with all of
their loved ones, family
members and neighbors who are
grieving their unimaginable
loss as we.
>>see an increase in the usage
of space heaters during this
winter season. Remember t
okeep them at least three feet
away from combustible materia
l. Never use extension cords
for large appliances because
they can overheat, property
owners are legally required t
oprovide heat and hot water t
otenants if they're
unresponsive. Register a
complaint by calling 301 las
tmonday, a 42 year old man fell
to his death on a construction
site and the dutch kills
section of long island city,
all workers deserve to be safe
on the job and my thoughts are
with his colleagues, his
family, his friends, his loved
ones december 16 was
bangladesh victory day, which
commemorates the independence
of bangladesh and the enduring
fight for freedom on this day
.>>we honor the history,
culture and contributions of
our bangladeshi communities.
hanukkah, which concludes
monday evening teaches us
about spreading light,
especially after the horrific
anti semitic attack that took
place at a hanukkah events in
sydney, australia let us
continue to carry the light of
this hanukah season into our
daily lives. I can only
imagine the fear and pain the
jewish people around the world
here in in our city are
feeling violence against any
any of us threatens all of us
and we must denounce hate in
all of its forms, including
anti semitism, islamophobia
and we must work together t
oprevent violence before it
ever occurs. I sincerely wish
all jewish new yorkers who are
gathering this week a safe and
meaningful hanukkah, decembe
r25 is christmas and kwanzaa
will be celebrated between
december 26 january 1, I hope
everyone has a safe and warm
holiday season and a wonderful
new year with your loved ones
next.
>>I want to wish a happy
birthday to carmen de birthday
is on christmas. They are
christmas baby.
>>and council members simca
felder, who will be
celebrating on the thirtieth
happy birthday simca. Now
let's move on to our state and
agenda first we'll vote on the
following land use items
.>>herkimer williams an
application to facilitate the
development of foreign new
mixed use buildings, including
approximately 988 affordable
residential units, commercial
space light industrial space
and open space and council
member sandy nurses district.
the council is modifying the
application to add option 3 29
2 41 through 21 53 pacific
street article 11 and
application to facilitate the
rehabilitation of a four story
building with approximately 2
4home ownership cooperative
units and council member
millie's district 18- 15,
frances lewis boulevard
commercial overlay, a private
application to amend the
zoning map to bring a medical
office building into
compliance and council member
vickie paladino, district 120
fifth and lexington rezoning
an application to create a new
sub district within the
special 120 fifth street in
transit land use districts and
deputy speaker diana district
in order to facilitate the
development of a new mixed use
building with 648 housing
units 171 of which will be
affordable under one
resolution 11 0 9 spot to buy
council member will authorize
o. T. I to expend extend the
franchise, allowing for the
installation operation and
maintenance of public
communications structures,
resolution 11 57, also
sponsored by council members
will authorize enter into a
franchise for the installation
operation and maintenance of
coordinated street furniture
.>>next we'll vote on the
following finance side and
items introduction 427,
sponsored by council members
justin brannan establish the
coney island business
improvement district pre
considered introduction,
sponsored by council, brennan
would permanently extend the
deadline for the submission of
the preliminary mayo's
management report in years
following the election of a
mayor. The bill would also
extend other preliminary
budget deadlines pertaining t
othe preparation of the fiscal
year 20 27 budget pre
considered resolution
sponsored by council brennan
approving the new designation
and changes in the designation
of certain organizations t
oreceive funding and the
expense budget pre considered
resolution sponsored by
council, brennan approving a
modification pursuant to
section 207 of the new york
city charter pre
.>>considered resolutions
sponsored by council member
brandon would establish
article 11 tax exemptions for
buildings and the district of
council member aviles car
hudson, salamanca and stevens
and an article five tax
exemption for 1 billion
councilmember salaam's
district. Next, we will vot
eon the following resolutions.
resolution 8 42, sponsored by
council member rita joseph
recognize annually as music in
our school's month in new york
city resolution 82,
asponsored by council member
james gennaro would support
the mission and growth of the
climate museum resolution 6 4
9, sponsored by council member
brewer would call on the
ress to pass and the
president to sign legislation
allocating funds for the
restoration of the united
states and david, its
relocation to new york city.
thank you to our staff members
, jerk spencer and regina pol
pre considered resolution
sponsored by public advocat
ezamani, monty williams and
council member keith powers
the new york knicks and a
spectacular win of the 20 25
emirates cup championship.
thank you to our staff member
regina paul resolution for 99,
sponsored by council member
joseph would call in the
united states conessgr to pas
sand the president to sign the
protecting consumers from
deception? A. I am act
resolution 05:00 sponsored by
council member joseph would
call on the new york state
legislature to introduce and
pass and the governor to sign
the new york state college
safety act. Thank you once
again to our staff member
regina pol resolution thousan
d61, a sponsored by majority
leader amanda farias would
call in the new york state
legislature to pass and the
governor signed legislation
requiring pain management
options to be offered to
patients undergoing in office
gynecological procedures.
thank you to our staff image
joshua neuman, christopher
pepe and sarah sutra
resolutions 7 34 a also
sponsored by council, brewer
would call on the governor t
osign 84 15 88 71, known as the
prison reform omnibus bill.
thank you to our staff members
germany jeremy whiteman and
natalie meltzer. Today we'll
vote on the following
legislation pre considered
introduction sponsored by
counsel members shaun abreu co
places. Thank you to our staff
members christopher satori in
mulvihill introduction 400 and
sponsored by public advocate
to monty williams would
require the department of
environmental protection to
report annually o then
inspection cleanup and
maintenance of catch basins in
each community district. The
bill would also required t
oinspect catch basins and
result clogs within eight
business days of inspection or
receipt of a complaint. Thank
you to our staff member sierra
townsend introduction. 279
,deputy speaker diana with
limit rules issued by the
department of sanitation
prohibiting supplemental
sanitation service providers
from placing, refuse or
recycling by public litter
baskets and further requiring
supplemental sanitation
services providers to set
material out for collection by
y n rigid receptacles with
type fitting lids. Thank you
to our staff member morgan
barrett introduction. 987 8
sponsored by council member
rita would require the deal we
need to establish a pilot
program to develop and
distribute educational
materials regarding the
reduction of surplus food and
public schools. Thank you t
oour staff members kate, selen
a, chloe rivera and alejandro
carbajal introduction 11 69, a
sponsored by council member
oswald feliz require syringe
service programs to give
participants guidance on safe
disposal provided information
about nearby disposal sites
offer portable disposal
disposal containers and
required to collect discarded
needles in public spaces.
thank you to our staff members
sarah sayeed hundred 68, a
sponsored by council member
phillies would prohibit
programs from distributing
syringes or needles with in or
within 50 feet of playgrounds
and on on adjacent to school
premises. Thank you to our
staff member sarah
introduction, 14 50 to way
sponsored by minority leader
joann ariola require that fire
department to provide notice
to employees of any people
known to contain the 20 2
8would be required to provide
employees with equipment that
does not contain fast at or
above established hazardous
levels introduction 14 53,
asponsored by minority leader
areola would require y to
establish a program to
exchange and dispose of
equipment that contains the
past. Thank you to our staff
member josh kings easily
introduction adrienne, 42 way,
sponsored by majority whip
silvina books powers would
require the to issue a bi
annual report regarding
students access to the
internet and electronic
devices at home and students
use of virtual learning.
>>introduction 13 59,
asponsored by council member
joseph would require to repor
tannually on manifestation,
determination, reviews
conducted for students with
disabilities introduction. 368
, also sponsored by council
member joseph would require
the nypd to develop materials
regarding their youth program
sand provide them to the a wee
k, which would distribute them
to schools. Thank you to our
staff member alejandro
carbajal introduction for 7
2ways sponsored by council
member nantasha williams would
require borough presidents t
oprovide equal employmen
topportunity trainings t
ocommunity board members and
staff
.>>than youk to our staff
members, dzhokhar e. Melnick
freighter introduction 13 50
aalso sponsored by majority
leader amanda farah to provide
loan readiness resources to
help small businesses prepare
for the lending process and
understand the service offered
by community development
financial institutions. Thank
you to our staff member
luciano hamill introduction
1400 and sponsored by council
member yusef salaam allow city
agencies to request voluntary
disclosures from bidders on
city contracts about their
efforts to identify and
address labor and human rights
risks. Thank you to our staff
members alex paul enough and
alexi blonde introduction for
79. A also sponsored by not
sponsored by kellogg's member,
julie won require the city
chief procurement officer to
established standards and
procedures for contractors to
determine the existence of
conflicts of interest and
misconduct concerning city
contracts valued over a
hundred thousand dollars.
thank you to our staff members
outs pauline off and alexi
blonde introduction 11 49
,sponsored by majority leader
farah would require a language
accessibility at both city
owned ferry terminals and
contracted ferry service
landings introduction 11 21 a
sponsored by a majority leader
fighting us would expand
eligibility for reduced cost,
very service to include middle
school students. Thank you to
our staff members alex hauling
off and william hung cat
.>>introduction 12 29,
sponsored by minority leader
arriola would require monthly
reports from the on the
average number of units
available each day to respond
to medical emergencies
introduction 11 48, sponsored
by minority leader areola
would require the wide to
report annually on information
related to fire house and
assets that are not included
an existing capital asset
reporting. Thank you to our
staff member josh kingsley
introduction 13 66. A also
spotted by councilmember
salaam would require the
department of social services
to create web forms for any
applications that must be
completed to apply for
benefits and services through.
thank you to our staff member.
I'm in to killa jua
nintroduction 490 be sponsored
by council member pierina
sanchez would bring the new
york city conservation code up
to date with the state's 20 25
version. Thank you to our
staff members austin malone,
billy ec, natasha bynum and
sierra townsend introduction
hundred 71 8 also sponsored by
a council member brewer would
require a to conduct and
published a study on the
feasibility of building
affordable housing on ward's
island. Thank you to our staff
members, sierra townsend
introduction thousand 66,
asponsored by council member
williams would require the
office of technology and
innovation to conduct a study
and published a report on the
of algorithmic tools and
automated employment decision
tools on civil service
employees.
>>thank you to our staff
member riaz re ogasawara
.>>introduction, 13 46, a
sponsored by majority whip
brooks powers would require
the deal we just studied the
licensed and unlicensed fans
that make up new york city's
commuter van industry. Thank
you to our staff members
margaret life effort mark chen
introduction hundred 76,
asponsored by council shaker
krishnan would prohibit high
volume for hire vehicle
services from due to just
cause a bona fide economic
reason or if required by law
.thank you to our staff members
ricardo, alicia and mark chen
introduction. Adrienne
thousand, a sponsored by
council member justin brannan
require dot to establish a
pilot program to allow for
hire vehicles to park in
commercial parking meter areas
. Thank you to our staff
members. David lois qiana
million theodore miller
introduction, 12 33,
asponsored by council member
erik bottcher require dot to
build any new medium medians
separating bicycle lanes from
motorized vehicle traffic t
oaccommodate the planting of
trees and other vegetation.
thank you to our staff members
ricardo, alicia and theodore
miller introduction
.>>13 32, a sponsored by
council member brandon would
prohibit delivery services
from based contracting
delivery service workers
unless the deactivation is for
just cause or bona fide
economic reasons. Thank you
once again to our staff member
sarah suede and natalie
meltzer introduction. 900,
also known as the community
opportunity to purchase act
yventures between qualified
nonprofits and other entities
of first opportunity to submit
an offer and purchase certain
residential properties when a
nowner plans to sell the
property before it is placed
on the open market. Thank you
to our staff members austin
malone and billy ec
introduction 11 20 b
,sponsored by majority leader
farah would set up timelines
for decisions regarding the
sale of co op apartments
.thank you to our staff members
natasha bynum, sierra townsen
d, austin malone, billy actor,
ex spencer jose content, brad
read introduction 13 21, a
sponsored by council, sanchez
would replace the building
code of 19 68 with a more
modern framework
.>>introduction, 14 22,
asponsored by council, sanchez
would update the new york city
fuel gas code building code,
mechanical code and electrica
lcode. Thank you once again to
our staff members often malone
billy act dirt, dirk spencer,
jose conde, natasha bynum and
sierra towns and 14 2 12. They
also known as the safe, safer
sanctuary act sponsored by
council member tiffany cab on
would bar federal immigration
authorities from maintaining
offices on land under the new
york city department of
corrections jurisdiction. It
would also amend the city's
sanctuary laws to account for
current federal immigration
enforcement practices. Thank
you to our staff members,
natalie kata, rebecca barilla
and nicholas wazowski
introduction 12 37, a
sponsored by council, felice
would require the nypd to
report data on all criminal
complaints and arrest. Thank
you once again to our staff
member josh kingsley
introduction 460 sponsored by
council, brewer would require
the nypd to adopt a written
policy regarding access t
oencrypted radio. Oh, channels.
thank you to our staff member
jeremy whiteman introduction
hundred 25, a sponsored by
deputy speaker. I would
require that in most
circumstances, the nypd must
obtain the consent of a parent
legal guardian or attorney
before collecting sample from
a minor. Thank you to our
staff member jeremy white men
introduction 451, a spotted by
myself would require the nypd
to provide designated ccrb
employees with direct access
to footage recorded by officer
worn cameras for the purpose
of investigating and
prosecuting allegations of
policemen misconduct. Thank
you once again to our staff
member josh kingsley,
introduction hundred 91, a all
also known as the alan, etc.
also sponsored by me would
direct security guard
employers to provide their
employees with minimum wage
paid vacation time and
supplemental benefits this
legislation was inspired by
the heroic efforts of alan.
it's a 32 security guard who
was fatally shot by a gunman
in the lobby of eric, 45 park
avenue this summer. You once
again to our staff members,
sarah swain, natalie meltzer
and rachel cordero
introduction 488, sponsored by
public advocate germany,
williams would require a
division of st vendor
assistance within the
department of small business
services to assist street
vendors. Thank you again to
staff members, sarah swain and
natalie meltzer,
>>introduction, 12 51,
asponsored by majority leader
farah would authorized dohn h
and to wish license
applications to mobile food I
ngeneral vendors until the
licenses issued, reaches cap
,reaches the captain him out as
not every license application
results in a license issued
.thank you once again staff
members, sarah swain
introduction hundred 31 b
sponsored by council, sanchez
would make 2200 additional
supervisory license
applications available to
prospective mobile food
vendors annually from 22 6
until 20 31 and 10500 new
general vending license in 20
27, it would also expand
street vendor training and
increased inspections of
street vendor set ups t
oensure compliance with new
requirements. You again. Staff
member sarah swain. The
following bills were based on
work from the temporary task
force on tax leans together,
they seek to shift the current
practice away from selling tax
leans to a private trust and
instead toward a city land
bank that prioritizes
community needs to unnecessary
displacement of homeowners and
ensure tax delinquent
properties can be returned to
productive use introduction 1
419 a sponsored by council
nurse would require the
commissioner of finance to
report annually on properties
encumbered by chronically
unresolved tax leans that
remained remain unsatisfied
for 36 months or more after
being sold you to our staff
member nick connell
introduction, 14 28, sponsored
by council nurse would require
the commissioner of finance to
require purchases of tax leans
to make best efforts to
transfer the leans to the city
land upon certain
.>>triggering events
introduction 14 11, a
sponsored by council member
brewer would require the
commissioner of finance to
notify condominium boards. If
the commissioner intends t
osell a tax lien on one of its
units introduction 1407, a
sponsored by myself would
authorize the city to sell to
leans past 20 28, but only to
a city land bank and add
additional protections for
primary resident homeowners
introduction hundred 70
sponsored by council, brewer
would create a new york city
land bank to acquire and
manage vacant abandoned text
delinquent and foreclosed
properties with the goal of
promoting the preservation of
homeownership and home equity
prevention of displacement and
putting properties t
oproductive community use
.thank you to our staff members
nick connell and m. Ra a death
introduction 9 94 race
sponsored by council member
lincoln restler require that
by june 1 2030 owners of
tenant occupied buildings
provide cooling systems
capable of maintaining 78 deg.
fahrenheit in rooms which
tenants sleep upon the request
of the tenant. Thank you t
oour staff members william ec,
austin malone, jose conde and
dark spencer introduction 9 1
0be sponsored by council member
carmen de establish a
compensation standard and
local hiring provision for
construction workers uncertain
housing development projects
you to our staff members rio
ogasawara and elizabeth art
sour city is experiencing and
exodus of working class and
middle income families due t
othe affordability crisis, the
housing bills were voting on
today are meant to ensure that
the city's public dollars are
used wisely to actually create
housing that is affordable and
can support working families,
my bill will make the dream of
affordable home within reach
for our families so that they
can remain in the city they
love introduction hundred 43,
a sponsored by council member
sandy nurse would require that
starting january 1 2027 50% of
newly constructed rental units
financed by the city be
affordable for very low income
households and at least 30%
for extremely low income
household
.>>in introduction 14 33,
asponsored by council member
erik would require that
starting january 1 2027 at
least 25% of rental affordable
units financed by the city be
two bedroom units and 15% b
three bedroom units and
introduction 9 58 8 sponsored
by myself would approximately
double the production of
affordable home ownership
opportunities financed by the
city by requiring that at
home ownership. Thank you.
strawder and anne mccoy,
william badal, brian paul,
deborah kurtzer and thank you
all for your attention. Now I
turn it back over to our
majority
.>>leader. Thank you, speaker
adams, who will now move into
a discussion of general orders
, and I like your first
recognized council carbon,
followed by sanchez, then goo
d
.>>thank you. Today. I am
urging my colleagues to vote I
on 312 the safer sanctuary act
, our sanctuary laws exist for
one reason and it's to keep
people safe
.>>the data is clear sanctuary
counties are safer per capita,
the non sanctuary counties
because when you drive people
into hiding, they don't seek
health care they don't seek
public safety officials. They
are more likely to be harmed
,they become afraid to sen
dtheir children to school.
they're afraid to go to work
and participate in our economy
and that makes us all less
safe
.>>under the trump
administration federal
agencies that usually have
nothing to do with immigration
enforcement are suddenly being
turned into tools of fear. So
we must pass the safer
sanctuary act to clarify and
strengthen our sanctuary law
sso that no one can claim
confusion or loopholes,
regardless of which federal
agency is being used for
immigration enforcement. The
safer sanctuary act also stops
ice from setting up offices
inside of our jails, new
yorkers already disappear
inside those walls and they
cannot also become a
deportation machine. If we
succeed in passing the safer
sanctuary act. It will be the
most significant update of new
york sanctuary city laws in
nearly a decade and we need it
desperately we've.
>>seen seniors beaten pregnant
mother, shackled, children
torn away from their parents,
including six year olds ripped
from their fathers arms. These
are kidnappings, their acts of
terror and that are happening
in our city to our neighbors
fear and terror don't make us
safe safety comes from
community from solidarity from
fighting for each other and
the safer sanctuary act is a
critical tool in that fight.
thank you to the legal aid
society to the immigration t
othe immigrant defense project,
new york immigration
coalition, the new york civil
liberties union and all our co
sponsors in every advocate who
came to testify for the safer
sanctuary act even when the
atoms administration couldn't
be bothered to show up. Thank
you to immigration committee
chair alexa aviles and thank
you, speaker adams thanks.
recognizing congress member
sanchez. Thank you, majority
leader. We are at.
>>a pivotal moment for street
vending and as the daughter
and granddaughter of street
vendors. I could not be
prouder of how far we've come
a week ago, I stood at a rally
where street vendors were
alongside. Bodega does
restaurants, supermarkets, all
side by side calling for one
thing.
>>to finally fix our broken
vending system that moment
matters because it shows how
far we've come when we started
a old license caps made legal
compliance nearly impossible
for most vendors, enforcement
was inconsistent and effective
and stakeholders were so
polarized that many feare
deven sitting at the same table
vendors felt criminalized
brick and mortar businesses
felt ignored. Reform was
stalled, but today's bill is
more balanced with broader
brick and mortar support than
ever before and that's because
david, 31 expands access t
olicenses pairing that access
with real enforcement,
stricter suspension and
revocation standards, stronger
penalties for unlicensed
bending and new requirements
around cleanliness and waste.
this is a sea change and
implementation will not be
easy. Easy. I urge my
colleagues to vote I and
everyone who was at the table
to stay there with us as we
implement thank you to the
stre venetdor justice
coalition to bronx vendors and
especially mohamed atta and
carlina kaufman all who
negotiated to the very end. We
did our best and we did well
to my staff, maria ben kim
,gerard dylan, staff brenda and
the former and to speaker
adams
,>>and your incredible team.
thank you for supporting my
endless optimism and to the
majority leader farah you for
co priming this with me and t
oall the co sponsors a super
majority at this point for
giving your political capital
to help our cities most
vulnerable
.>>please also support our
building code updates and st
codeine ing and not in honor
of local champion, a leader.
thank you
.>>recognizing councilmember
gutierrez, followed by
wrestler then phillies passing
on council member group
theatre remember rest letter
excuse. I didn't realize I
wasn't quite ready, but I'm.
>>ready, but I really want to
just thank my colleagues in
advance for support today on
intro 9 94 this legislation is
groundbreaking, I it will
allow for every tenant in new
york city to access cooling in
their homes just like we
required landlords to provide
cooling 107 years ago. It
provide heating 107 years ago
after a cold famine. We are
now going to finally be
requiring access to cooling
for tenants as well, starting
in 20 30 and that's because
extreme heat is the number one
climate killer 580 people die
every single year in new york
city from extreme heat and the
most common factor among them
is that they lack access t
ocooling in their homes. This
bill will change that once and
for all it will save hundred
sof lives a year and create a
model framework for oerth
cities around the nation and
even around the globe t
ofollow to navigate and
mitigate the threat of extreme
heat. There was just an
extraordinary team that worked
on this bill. Most of all my
chief of staff molly haley.
ireally want to thank the
council team led by jeff baker
on his second child, billy
beck and many others for their
hard work on this
.>>and from the administration,
there was just a really
special partnership where
people worked harder than I
could ever, ever imagined to
get this bill done and get the
environmental review done and
so I really want to thank my
friend. I met ghani for
clearing his schedule and
focus laser focusing on this
bringing resources to bear t
omake this happen, the team at
mach e. J. Led by elijah
hutchinson and his deputy
executive director paula zito
were phenomenal, as was our
chief climate officer rid
agarwal, who is a hug
echampion of this bill, the
folks in the environmental law
unit, especially chris rio, a
constituent and is wonderful.
they just did great work here
and I'm immensely grateful for
how hard, how hard they worked
to make this bill possible. U
m, I this was a bit of an
emotional roller coaster. I
didn't think this bill was
going to get done at multiple
times over the last few weeks,
but it was the hard work of
everybody who contributed that
made it happen and I'm really
appreciative this bill I
fmuch recognizing council
member. Police, followed by
moreno, then banks
.>>thank you. Proud of many
bills that were voting on
today, including three of my
bills, one related to police
their transparency and dr.
related to syringe
distribution programs on the
police bill we've made a lot
of progress on the issue of
safety shootings are down.
homicides are down. This I
sgood and it's also good that
we have data to data related
to the summers. It's also
important, however, that we
analyzed information related
to the resolution of these
cases so that we can know
whether some issues need so
that we can know which cases
are being resolved which cases
are not being resolved and so
that we can know which issues
need more attention and
resources and this bill will
help us do exactly that on the
two syringe bills, our mobile
syringe distribution programs
are lifesaving. I have many of
them in my district and I see
the work on a daily.
>>basis. These programs are
literally life saving they
that those who drugged at the
drug addiction of china get
resources and the help that
they need encoding being
surrenders lifesaving program
s, but we must make sure that
we execute them.
>>the right way. Uh, my bill
will help do that by requiring
that a surrender.
distributions be conducted at
least 50 feet from children's
playgrounds and schools to
help ensure that use and
renters do not end up in
places where children are at
your syringes as we know can
be too many challenges
,including lack of access t
othose playgrounds even worse,
it could lead to tragedy. Um,
my bull also ensure that
disposal containers we
provided, so they used
syringes could be disposed o
fin a safe way. This is a very
complex issue. These bills are
not going to fully resolve the
problem, but they are an
important step, so I encourage
everybody to support them.
thank you so much.
>>recognizing council member
.>>moreno. Thank you, madam
majority leader. I wanted t
otake a moment during general
orders to speak about to st
name ings that will be coming
before the council today, both
of which made a great deal to
me personally and even more to
the tom community that I
represent. I've never spoke
nduring general orders for a
street naming before and I
realize on a long meeting
where we're setting records
for passing legislation, a lot
of people get frustrated with
that, but these two are
different and these are the
kinds of moments that remind
you why public service matters
the first is chris walsh,
chris walsh wasn't really a
politician, although we did
run for office before in fact,
he ran from my seat. He didn't
win, I didn't vote for him, in
fact, I managed the campaign
for the other guy, but he
wasn't looking for recognition
. He was someone who quietly
devoted decades of his life to
staten island and new york
city, especially to youth and
adult sports on the south
shore. He was a lifelong
member of the department of
sanitation, but for
generations. What really mad
ehim known and famous to
everybody was if you played
softball or football in
tottenville, chances are you
did so on a field that chris
walsh cared for it, he cut the
grass he picks the drainage he
lined the fields he made sure
those spaces were safe,
dignified and worthy of the
people using them. He built
community, the old fashioned
way by showing up day after
day and even while battling
cancer, he remained generous
and encouraging the second co
naming honors, staff sergeant
william t. Johnson, a native
son of staten island, whose
story deserves to be
remembered far beyond our
neighborhood, william johnson
graduated from tottenville
high school served as a new
york city police officer and
then answered his nation's
call during world war as a
radio operator and aerial
gunner aboard a b 24 bomber
with the eighth air force. He
flew dangerous missions over
europe and on july 2 1944, his
aircraft was shot down over
promised while returning from
a mission targeting german e
boat he's buried at normandy
was awarded the purple heart
and finally 80 years later
.I'm proud that will have a
street named for him in my
district
.>>recognize the accounts
member banks, followed by
salam lynn janowicz. Thank
.>>you, madam majority leader.
I want to take some time to
eak about five individuals
who exemplify the very best in
the 42 council district I who
will get the opportunity to
have their names adorned in
the streets and the beast of
your community started with
monica perkins, a dedicated
entre more entrepreneur and
local business owner taking
from us far too soon and h
ewas a role model for all you
proving one can achieve great
success for our remaining
rooted and giving back to his
their community. A jimmy. Oh
,pharaoh, a community legend
,the world renowned boxing
trainer by mentoring thousands
of amateur and professional
boxes from around the globe
jimmy provided the backward
class greatness is born right
here in our district, virginia
burrows and long time
association president from
essex terrorists fierce leader
and their supporters, burrows
moved our community forward
through her deep love and
tireless advocacy for her
neighbors, karina grant a form
of community bought fiv
emember and lifelong champion
for affordable housing and our
seniors as a former board
member of community board fiv
e. Her skill and navigating
complex community issues and
her passion for the most
vulnerable toward us. How t
oeffectively advocate for
progress and our district and
finally, sandy bender, former
attendant associated and
patrick gordon houses age full
power house in brownsville
,sandy, birthday day and night
to ensure his residents
shareholders for always heard
,respected and had a seat at
the table and in closing. I
want to thank speaker adrian
adam. So you want to thank you
for your leadership for you
rfriendship and for your
unwavering commitment, not
only to your district. But t
othis council and the city of
new york.
>>we will miss you and we wish
you the very best in your next
chapter we love you and god
bless you. Thank you
.>>recognize the accounts
member salaam, followed by
janowicz, then majority whip
brooks powers. Thank
.>>you by the majority leader
and thank you, madam speaker
.today I want to speak about
support for two legislation
sbefore us that reflect how we
govern with both care and
accountability first propose
dintroduction 1 360 dash a
modernizes access to benefits
and services through ss for
children for older adults,
people with disabilities and
caregivers, paper based
systems in mandatory in person
visits can be real barriers
this bill allows applicants t
obe completed, applications
rather to be completed and
signed online and expands the
option of telephone interviews
while preserving paper
submissions in and person
reviews when needed just as
important. It includes clear,
safe
.>>the assess can still require
in person interviews to
prevent fraud to address
domestic violence or t
access with protection built
in second propose
dintroduction. 1 4 0 1 dash, a
strengthened and city
procurement by allowing
agencies to request voluntary
labor and human rights
disclosures from bitters based
on european union's corporate
sustainability, due diligence
directive this disclosure
helps identify risks like
child labor forced labor wage
theft and unsafe working
conditions, which in most
extreme cases can be linked to
crimes across against humanity
deep within the global supply
chains. These disclosures are
voluntary and cannot be used
to deem a bitter, non
responsible and cannot be the
sole basis for contrac
tdecisions. This is about
awareness
.>>not punishment. Together,
these bills expand access,
they increase transparency and
they protect the city and its
residents urge my colleagues
to vote a and thank you.
recognizing counts from birds.
inuits. Thank. Thank you,
madam majority leader today
we're voting on a bill that
answers the question. Who are
we actually building housing
david for too long our
affordable housing system is
measured success almost
entirely by the number of
units produced without asking.
what do those units reflect
the real needs of new yorkers
it often seems like wants t
obuild units, but I want to
house and right now, city
funded housing overwhelmingly
prioritizes studios and one
bed apartments. In fact
,current term sheets encouraged
developments were as much as
70% of the units fall into
those categories that approach
boost unit counts, but it
ignores the lived reality of
families across our city is
family's with children and
even multi households. The
consequences are clear
families with young children
are leaving new york city at
alarming rates and roughly 70%
of people in our shelter
system are members of homeless
families when we failed to
build housing that families
can actually live in, we push
them out or worse,
>>push them into crisis in
show 433, responds directly t
othat reality, the bill
establishes clear citywide
minimums for family size
housing in projects that
received citi financial
assistance this legislation
also strengthens the city's
fair housing framework by
explicitly require
consideration of the housing
needs of families and aging
adults, including the
availability and affordability
of 2 and 3 pedram apartments
and senior housing. This is
that equity is not just
aspirational but built int
oour long term planning. I want
to thank advocates community
leaders and housing experts
who made an recommendations t
ostrengthen this bill, of
course, adam star pulling my
legend, budget director jenna
klaus, my chief of staff
william vidal, paris trotter
and anne mccoy and the speaker
, adrian adams for their
support and work on this issue
, which we've all been working
on for many years. I urge my
colleagues to vote yes on
intro 14 33. If we want new
york city t remoain a place
where families can stay grow
and thrive.
>>recognizing majority what?
brooks powers, followed by
members brewer joseph and
christian. Thank you. I speak
today in support of
introduction hundred 4
2introduction 13 46 2 bill
sthat reflect our
responsibility as a counsel to
govern with data equity and
lived experience at the center
of our decisions and
.>>242, addresses the digital
divide facing our public
school students. While we've
made progress since the
pandemic too many families
still lack reliable internet
access or functional devices
at home that reality
undermines learning during
snow days, emergencies and
hybrid instruction and a
disproportionately impacts low
income communities. This bill
requires the department of
education to read report on
student access to internet and
devices.
>>incorporate parent and
guardian feedback and
critically make
recommendations to reduce
these barriers it in. We are
not just identifying the
problem, but actively working
towards solutions introduction
thousand 946, focuses on
community bans a
transportation mode that feels
real gaps in our transit
network, especially in
communities where buses and
subways do not meet demand
despite how heavily these
bands are relied upon the city
lacks a comprehensive
understanding of where and how
they operate this bill direct
the department of
transportation to conduct a
thorough study so future
policy decisions improve
safety
.>>coordination with public
transit and curb management
without disrupting a system
many new yorkers depend on
finally, I'd like to thank
speaker adams chair joseph
,the committee staff of the
committees on education and
transportation and
infrastructure for all of
their tireless work and making
these important bills possibl
e
.>>I urge my colleagues tvoteo
yes on intro hundred 42. An
intro 13 46 and continue our
shared work toward a more
equitable in responsive cit
yrecognizing counts. Member
brewer. Thank.
>>you very much. I have four
divers bills into 14. I'm
sorry. Intro 5 70. This is a
tax lien reform package and
this bill establishes a new
york city land bank to acquire
vacant, abandoned and tax
delinquent properties t
ofacilitate development of
affordable housing and other
productive uses. I want to say
that. I know that there have
been challenges about this
bill from the department of
finance, but I believe that
unlike the current tax lien
system where properties go to
the highest bidder, regardless
of intended use this bill will
establish a higher ranking a
priorities that I mentioned
earlier for they use the real
property upon disposal by the
land bank, and I don't think
that we will be losing revenue
as a result the prompt
resolution of unpaid city
taxes and timely collection of
city taxes remains intro 14 11
is also part of that package
it requires the department of
finance to notify condo board
s. If the department of to sell
a tax lien on a unit within
the condo and I want to thank
emory. I live, and certainly
mcconnell and for my staff,
the awesome sam gold summer
there work on this bill until
hundred 71. Initiate a study
on the feasibility of building
affordable housing on ward's
island
.>>factors like cost
restrictions and potential
restler it is not part of
randall's island intro. 460
beginning in 20 23, the nypd
began transitioning all
department radio
communications to encrypted
channels room with all public
access to the frequencies
,members of the press
objectives as they should,
particularly the photographers
arguing that access is vital
to the public interest intro
460 restores access for
credential journalists. Thank
you to jeremy whiteman and
josh kingsley and again, sam
goldwyn from my office. Thank
you. Recognizing councilmember
joseph, followed by krishna
ninna vernikov. You, majority
leader today we're talking
about intro 987, a local laws
establishing a pilot program
to develop
.>>distribute educational
materials and reducing surplus
food and public schools
.>>second bill is in trial 1
359, requiring new york city
public schools to report
annually on manifestation
determination reviews for
students with disabilities
transparency in this process
is critical, ensuring
accountability and equity and
protection of students rights,
and the third one is to mak
esure that the nypd to develop
materials for you to provide
to new york city public
schools as the chair of the
committee on education, I
would call see colleagues and
my dad team to straighten both
educational experiences for
our students and environments,
which they learn and grow
these bills reflect that
ongoing commitment, they
expand access to information
promote equity and center
inclusion and compassion for
every student, a young person
in new york city. I'm deeply
grateful for the team for my
team, council central staff
and advocates
.>>who are tirelessly to bring
these bills across the finish
line asking for colleague
sdisappoint. Thank you
.recognizing council member.
thank.
>>you so much leader, I'm
proud that our city council is
standing up today against uber
and lift today is a new day
for drivers of our city, some
of our most essential workers
who keep this city moving
drivers last night were ending
their ships at 2 4 or even six
a. M, but they knew they'd be
going to sleep and waking up
to the future they deserve.
they knew that when the city
council clocked in today this
morning, they would finally as
drivers have the job
protections that they truly
deserve have long deserved,
they would finally have
noticed just caused an appeal
system if they had been fired
today, our new york city
council is standing up against
billion corporations we are
taking back the power from
uber and lyft and returning it
to where it belongs with
drivers. The fact of the
matter is every worker in new
york city deserves dignity,
the right to notice an
explanation as to why they've
been fired and an opportunity
to make their case, but in a
matter of seconds right now
uber lift can strip the lab
drivers, most of whom are
immigrants and people of color
and most of them 90% of them
will never be put back on the
they lose their job
permanently and then they have
no way to pay off the $30000
in car loans they took it out
to start driving soon enoug
hthey won't be able to put food
on the dinner table and their
families are devastated, but
my bill in 276 with the new
york taxi workers allianc
eputs an end to these unfair
and unjust firings, giving
workers notice just cause, and
it process no longer our uber
and lift the judge, jury and
prosecutor in these cases
,this is about due process for
drivers. I proud of this
accounts was championing this
bill and starting a nationwide
movement to end unfair firings
of based drivers to hold
corporations accountable that
are spreading fear, fear about
what's happening with this
bill fear about drivers
because that's all they know
because they are afraid of
what happens when workers rise
up and have power. We are
proving once again that this
is a council that stands up
for workers and is committed
to making new york city, a
city for working families. I
want to thank speaker adams,
for our leadership in bringin
gthis bill up for a vote. I
want to thank the new york
taxi workers alliance, you
will inspire me every day we
have fought together side by
side from a medallion crisis
in front of city hall right
now to end unjust firings.
executive director by staff
chanel, victoria and hunter
for their work and t
ocommittee staff mark and
theodore miller, kevin
contofalsky vessel brad read,
audrey's.
>>son. It sounds. Remember
your time hasn't stand up for
workers today. Thank you
.>>recognizing council.
varennikov
.>>thank you today, this
council is voting on
introduction niner to be copa,
which would compel property
owners to offer their
properties to nonprofit
sbefore being able to put it on
the market. That means with
some exceptions, property
owners would no longer be able
to choose how to dispose of
their property. This is an
unacceptable state imposed and
potentially illegal intrusion
into our private property
rights. It is a stunning
example of government
overreach and communist agenda
that has found its way to new
york city being pushed under
the guise of helping the poor
and the and the
underprivileged, but in
reality, only harming them.
copa will not only make
housing less affordable
decreased property values and
make it harder to buy and sell
property but also raises
serious this constitutional
issues, including but not
limited to a violation of our
due process and
unconstitutional taking an
unconstitutional restriction
and commercial speech and
imposition of excessive fines
and much, much more, I urged
my colleagues to vote? No. And
this terrible and likely
unconstitutional. Bill. Thank
you,
>>but recognizing
councilmember number one,
followed by merely the nurse.
thank you
,>>so much majority leader.
>>today we're voting on my
bill and true 2 4 7 9, whic
hstrengthens oversight of city
contracts valued at a hundred
thousand dollars or more by
requiring contractors t
oidentify, certify and report
conflict of interests and
serious misconduct. This bil
lis important given the
repeated corruption and
procurement scandals that we
have a witness of new yorkers
and as legislators under the
current mayoral administrator
administration, including high
profile cases of fraud abuse
within our contracting system.
these incidents have exposed
gaps our oversight and
undermine public trust and put
the dollars at risk at minimum
of millions and millions of
dollars intro 4 7 9 8 closes
the gap by requiring the city
prepare mint officer in
consultation with the conflict
of interest board and the
department of investigation t
oestablish carle standardized
procedures contractors must
use to detect conflict of
interest and misconduct
involving their employees and
subcontractors.
>>contractors must certify
compliance and promptly notify
the city if problems arise
,this legislation strengthens
accountability, protects the
integrity of our procurement
process and helps the city
contracts serve the public
interest, not private gain.
this was inspired by countless
fthe parks department and nycha
as well where we had so many
contractors that have been
flagged for corruption from
waste left to other
embezzlement that have gone
through our cities contracting
process. So thank you to our
senior legislative council
alex pauline off policy
analyst alex. Yeah, blonde
financial analysts own
kotowski for their work on the
bill and I when the city
passes the spill, I implore
all of you just pass this bill
and I look forward to seeing
much better procurement in our
city so that we're using our
taxpayer dollars in the right
way. Thank you so much.
>>recognizing councilmember
mealy. I just would like t
oaccess my colleagues to vote
no on nine. I know to be and I
concur with my colleague verte
ughco in regards to we should
not have the city government
telling us who we could
purchase or sell our own
property to this. I know as a
violation, no matter what way
we put this if you buy your
own home blood, sweat and
tears and now the city going
to tell you who you can sell
your own property to his
absurd and I hope m
ycolleagues understand this.
maybe when? Years from now
when your children want t
osell their homes to their
child. They cannot do it. They
have to go through or give it
to a nonprofit
.>>in which we don't know. Half
of the nonprofits have
violations. They are not good
actors anyway, so I just hope
my colleagues will vote no on
that and I hope my colleagues
to vote no on land use fort
david, 14, in which is in my
district has went through four
council members from tracy
boiling to myself to aleka
.ambrous, you and now again
council member darlene mealy,
which we gave 40 years before
and now they accent for 40
years again. And guess what we
gave the money back then. How
many of our new yorkers would
love to, not to pay taxes for
80 years. Think about that
just because you know someone
in finance or someone that's
in a city that should not be a
representative for you to get
free for not pan taxes for 8
0years, I hope my members vote
no on this article 14 4 14 I
nwhich they have not did
anything to upgrade this
property
.>>half of it is vacant and no
one know who's really the
owners. Now, I hope my
colleagues think about this.
imagine. Hey, taxes, anyone
council member.
>>when normal pete
councilmember your time has
already explained year out of
order fan taxes somebody eight
years. That's a sergeant's
,can you please go meet her
,mike. Thank you so much your
time has expired
.>>now recognizing council
nurse, right. Thank you,
majority leader. I wasn't
going to speak, but there were
shots fired. So, um oh, that's
so today I'm putting forward
bills for homeowners, owners
and tenants. Um,
>>the opposition to these
bills coming from individuals
who have done nothing for
homeowners are tenants. Um,
>>my bills intros 14 19 and 1
420 we are passing long overdue
reforms to the lien sale that
get rid of the opaque trust
system and bring municipal
debt collection back into
public hands through a
municipal land bank model that
balances our budget while
protecting homeowners were
also voting on my bill in 14
243 to ensure that when we do
spend our public dollars. We
are building housing and
producing homes for low income
families, which everybody in
this room agrees are the
number one group leaving this
city right now. Today we're
also voting on the community
opportunity to purchase act, a
landmark piece of social
housing legislation that I
inherited in culpable give,
certified vetted preservation
buyers. The first chance to
buy buildings that are in
physical distress that are in
city enforcement programs for
very lengthy periods of tim
eand that have expiring
affordability restrictions.
this is creating a program
that will protect tenants and
preserved permanently
affordable homes. I asked all
of my colleagues to do their
reading before they come to
vote on bills. Make sure you
know what you're talking about
this bill does not impact
homeowners in it with fiber
less units. Some people wanted
that, but we didn't get that?
what we have before us is a
bill that achieves as much
consensus from as many
stakeholders as possible, and
I urge my colleagues to take a
good look, and I ask for your
support. Thank you
.>>recognizing council member
in regard to what we just
talking about now. Copa. How
wrong can a person be your
body of a government be when
we start to take the
individual rights away from
the homeowner whether it's a
two family house, eric family
house for family house. What
does it matter. The ft iacs,
the person owns the home. They
have the right to sell the
home tomb they please the idea
that we have to consult with
the building department and
give us six month period of
time for someone else to make
an offer is absolutely
outrageous had say it's
government overreach is 100%
true, this is absolutely
maniacal. I do not understand
how this body works when it
comes to individual citizens
of this city. This is
overreach at its very best.
I'm a hold on me, homeowner
and no one is going to tell me
or anybody else I know that's
worked so damn hard to own a
three or four family home that
I have to submit the ability
to sell my house first to the
building department and then
offer it up to a non for
profit when my neighbor across
the street want to buy it and
they have to wait six months
.nonsense. This is absolutel
yridiculous and also I want to
just add to this hearing today
. This this meeting today
,that is absolutely ridiculous
and and everybody in this room
should be terribly embarrassed
that we stripped off veterans
women of this country deserve
better treatment and are city
today that we passed in
committee has failed to come
through for our veterans
stripped it totally off the
record for today, absolutely
ridiculous. Thank you very
much and shameful shame. Shame
on all of you seeing no one
else signed up to speak. We're
going to move to the agenda
report of special. Oh,
apologies. Recognizing deputy
speakers
.>>no, thank you. Thank you so
much and I'm sorry. Raised my
hand a little bit late. I just
wanted to chime in on the
whole copa conversation and
kind of share my two senses, I
think people are, you know,
mistaking what the intent of
this bill is this bill is not
intended to take over and t
otake anybody's property, but
there are properties that
exists in some of our
communities that are already
in stress that sometimes the
city's is already putting into
like their party transfer
programs and you know someone
will come in and they'll bid
on it that we don't know
that's not from our community
not have the best intentions
and so you know, I just want
to clarify that in my district
. I have a number of nonprofit
organizations that had the
foresight to acquire a number
of buildings that fall into
this category many, many years
ago, and it was because of
that foresight that we were
able to avoid a full arm, you
know, gentrification wave that
came our way many years ago
because those nonprofits have
preserved those buildings and
perpetuity. So there is a very
small universe of buildings
that would qualify for this
program. But if they did
.>>iris as a resident of my
community would rather that
buildings that are being sold
that are already in trouble,
we be sold to somebody from
the community a non profit
from the community that knows,
you know what the ins and outs
of that neighborhood rather
than through some speculator
that's going to come in and
you take those buildings and
do god knows what and there
will be, you know a little t
ono accountability, so I want
to thank, you know, sandy
nurse having the bravery to
deal with the insults and you
know the accusations and and
just the nastiness. And since
you know I'm on my way out, I
would just say, you know we
need to do better. We're going
grown adults in this room.
we've all done things that we
talk probably should not have
said things that we probably
should not have said and a lot
of us should be embarrassed
and absolutely actually sit
here with the first face like
we have nothing to be
embarrassed about this is not
one of those cases, sandy did
a fantastic job and I urge all
of my colleagues who actually
understood the piece of
legislation to support her
because it is not easy to get
these things done, and it's a
shame that we even have t
ohave this conversation to the
thank you. So
.>>much recognizing council
epstein.
>>I've been privileged to be
here for two weeks and I have
to say if you think about the
issues that affect working
class new yorkers
.>>today is the day to be proud
of. We're talking about
helping delivery workers we
are talking about helping
ensure that people who are
uber and lyft drivers get
.>>justice. We're talking about
creating opportunities for
more affordable.
>>housing really want to
applaud my colleagues today
because this is what new york
stands for.
>>this is what we're fighting
for
.>>this is an opportunity t
osave new york that we see you.
we know the affordability
crisis exist, people talk
about it every day, but these
are real ways to manage that
to keep people in the
affordable homes
.>>to fight for working class
job, and saif, our community.
that's why I see happening on
this agenda and that's what we
should be proud of and they're
going to be naysayers in every
legislative body they're going
to be people who say you know
what? This is not going to
have the outcome, but with the
opportunity here to create
those messages.
>>I live in a district that's
,you know I've lived in for
decades that have been
gentrified around me. If we
had copa in place 30 years ago
, we could have saved hundreds
of buildings from speculators
and developers we have.
>>now opportunities to do that
with this passage of this.
>>legislation I want t
oapplaud my colleagues for
doing that. I also want t
orespect councilman emily's
concerned about something in
her district an article 11,
there were.
>>sees not supportive of
something happening her own
district, where
.>>the affordability issues are
really a question where
they're talking about
affordable housing in a
hundred 20% of am I with no.
>>resale cap for homeowners,
this means? Yeah, she said. 80
years of no taxes and allowing
those homeowners to be able t
osell for whatever they want.
that is not the affordability
as a
.>>to for her sake and for the
sake of new york and
affordability to vote against
that the last thing is, I
understand the issues of
franchise agreements and
extending those, but in a
moment in the end of session
where there's lots of issues
on the table and there's not a
lot of transparency. I have
deep concerns about moving
that issue forward today. I've
encouraged by my to look at a
roberto 11 9 11 57 and
encourage them to vote against
those resolutions.
>>thank you, councilmembe
rseeing no one else signed up
to speak. We will move along
with the agenda.
>>report special.
>>committees, none reports of
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worker protection intros
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met.
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delivery workers. I meant it.
>>in a couple on general
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compensation amended in couple
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the committee on contracts
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city contracts and city
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couple of general orders,
>>reported of the committee on
economic development intro is
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amended a couple of.
>>report of the committee on
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internet access amended a
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in schools,
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on housing and buildings in 5
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couple of general motors intro
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>>amended a couple on general
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>>intro 490 be energy cold,
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general orders
,>>reported of the committee on
immigration intro 412
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practices amended in a couple
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committee on land use intros.
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committee on mental althhe
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intros 8 6811 69 a hypodermic,
syringes and needles services
program, coupled on general
orders reported the committee
on parks and recreation pre
considered intro 1501 naming
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>>general orders reported the
committee on public safety
intro 125, a collection for
minors amended a couple in
general orders 12 37, a arrest
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solid waste management intro.
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sanitation service providers.
>>amended in a couple months,
general orders reported the
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and infrastructure intra
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various persons commissioner
of couple on general orders. I
now ask that the role that the
clerk take a roll call vote on
all of the items coupled on
today's general orders
calendar. We thank you, o
.>>c ever eye on except for in
8 6 8, in which I don't know
what? Thank
.>>caban, I have to say you
know what I thank you. I vote
on all with the exception of
intros hundred 68 a and and 1
433, on which I vote? No, thank
you and thank you, wrestler. I
vote. Aye, on all, with the
exception of resolution 11 0 9
and I just want to thank the
speaker for being an
extraordinary leader and
somebody left lipstick on my
desk to see them now to m
yhome 11 ryan. That's the
that's a franchise. Thank you.
I am revote. Aye.
>>ayala. I would our banks. I,
anne? All except I voted
abstention on you 404, um,
resolution 12 5. Thank you
.yes, thank you, butcher
abstain on 14 33 and 1 4 4 3
and I on the rest of this
obscene. Thank you. Now,
brennan. I
.>>brewer. I'm voting aye on
all I will say regarding the
culpa bill, which I respect
all the calls I have received,
but I do believe that it is a
small number of buildings that
will be impacted and I think
we'll have the chance that
that is not the case to make
revisions and be regulations
and rules promulgated by the
agencies, so I vote ion all
except for 1 4 12 0 5 don'
tknow
.>>just a friendly reminder t
omembers to please give your
disclosures prior to your vote
. I'm
.>>sorry. I teach a cooney.
sorry. Thank you, brooks
.>>powers permission to explain
my vote. Permission granted,
I'm disclosing on the record
of the council proceedings
that the ed school of the asrt
is funded in the transparency
resolution. We are adopting
today and my child is
associated with this entity
with that, I vote I we thank
you. Car
.>>de la rosa. Permission t
ythank you. It's been an honor
to serve as the labor chair in
this council and the
leadership of our history
making speaker adrian atoms
together we have uplifted
working people across our city
and today we continue to make
history as we finally passed
the construction justice act
.many new yorkers who build
affordable housing cannot
afford to live in it and today
we are delivering for those
workers a bill that will give
them a combined minimum wage
and an essential benefits
package of at least $40 an
hour with no less than $25 of
this package being in wages as
well as a local hire component
and a plan so that new york
city residents benefit the
most
.>>as we move towards a new era
in new york city with
ambitious housing goals. We
must enter the dignity and
care of the workers who help
us achieve them. I want to
take a moment to thank the
staff speaker adams team, the
drafters, the legislative team
and my own staff who has
worked tyres, tiredness lied
to get us here
.>>most especially the
coalition that brought us to
this day. I want to thank the
laborers local 79 and
specifically the team led by
dave bulger, chris kolar,
anthony vita just this favor,
carlos crews are e and una
adams, who are here
,>>thank you and
congratulations. I vote? Aye,
I know. Thank you. Have you
less
.>>I like to disclose for the
record. My daughter is, uh, a
student in new york city
public schools. Thank you,
marty. I go, I don't a scout
except al you 404 and rose 1
20 5. Thank you. Dinner. Wits
permission to explain a vote.
>>granted. Thank you. I just
want to take a moment to think
to legislators here, a
majority leader for on 11. 20,
who was really trying t
oaddress an issue that exists
in some co ops and really took
the time to listen to members
of my community to really
tailor the bill to to weed out
the bad actors and not really
impact most of the co op
boards most every coal board,
especially in my district that
are doing the right thing and
just trying to be good
volunteers because that's what
they are volunteers, so I want
to thank her for taking all
the time and energy and input
into this bill. I'm obviously
voting yes and also counsel
sanchez, who took I don't kno
w, like a million years, I
think to really get all sides
of the the vendor debate and
really listen to everyon
eagain, including people in my
community that married writes
for our vendors. Expansion of
vendors, while including
critical enforcement
mechanisms in the bill, so I
just wanted to thank the two
of you publicly. And with tha
t, I'm going to vote I, anne
?all except I'm going t
oabstain on nine. Oh two. 14 51
. Thank you. Mmm. Yeah. I've
seen. Yeah, I'm going to vote
no on raizo 11 0 9 11 50 11 57
and land use for 14 slas
hrizzo, 12 0 5? Yes, on
everything else. Oh, thank you
. Felder? Yeah, I'm sorry. I
want to apologize to my
colleagues, I have a long lis
t. Um, I'm I'm I on everything.
are you ready that you want
the sheet of paper or do you
want, you can bring
.>>it up afterwards, huh?
>>? I have to say yes, it does
council think? Ok? No, we have
a team of three
.>>we're good. Okay. Ah, I'm a
no on 14 51 of 443 1014 no 1 9
0 2 4 3 1 1 2 5 1 1 4 6 0.
these are the lotto numbers by
the way 1 3 3 2 14 12 value
for 14 2 76 11 0 9 and I
abstain on 15 0 1. Thank you.
one moment, felice. I vote ion
all with a minor exception for
1 4 20 25 income some made
this districts
.>>vote no on that one
.>>lots of good bills, so they
built that we should be proud
of a bill to protect our taxi
drivers a bill to make sure
we're building larger
apartments because new york
city is a city of families. We
need to make sure we're
building housing for them, not
just closet sized studios and
many other bills that we
should all be proud of, so I
know. Except for 120 25. Thank
you. Thank you. Just one
hite. M the got general? Uh,
yes, I vote, I vote. Aye, all
with the exception of a nine.
oh, two be and 1 4 1 2 a on
which I vote no, and I'd asked
for just a little bit of
latitude for me to be able to
give my heartfelt thanks t
ospeaker atoms and my
colleagues who are graduating
the counsel for new horizons
it has been most rewarding to
serve with you and most
enriching to share your
camaraderie. I wish you every
success and blessing vaya con
dios gutierrez. I vote aye, on
all except 8 6 8 for, which
I'm abstaining and congrats
all the progressive caucus
members who passed bills today
. Thank you, councilman? No,
hanif, I I don't know hanks,
then councilmember brewer. I
just want to change to
resolution 11 0 9 is a no,
thank you. Thank you. Cards
well pulled in, um hi and all
except here's a list intro. 1
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7intro 14 20 rose oh, 11 86
intro 1008 intro 1401 900 t
obe intro 9 9 4 a intro. 451
intra 14 12 in 2991 intro
david, 31 intro 12 51 intro 1
332, entro 12 33 of which I
vote? No, I think I'd beat you
on that one. Thank you. Beach
on hudson stain on. No.
>>don't like permission to
explain my vote. Permission
granted. Thank you. I'd like
.>>to congratulate all of my
colleagues who've passe
dlegislation today and I'd like
to thank everyone in central
staff for making a day like
today happened and I'd like to
especially shutout council
members pierina, ana restler,
de sandy for weathering so
many storms in order to move
consequential legislation such
as the street mentor a reform
package. The cooling for all
bill the community justice act
and the community opportunity
to purchase act, each of you
as well as your indefatigable
in the federal
.>>fat teams. Excuse me, it's
late. Listen to feedback made
amendments to address concerns
and put up with misinformation
being spread about common
sense bells that will have a
positive impact on so many
lives. I'm proud to call you
all colleagues and the council
number nurse who has even had
individuals come to her
private home to protest the
copa legislation, I say good,
sandy. Good. I proudly vote on
all, and I'd like to disclos
eon the record that I'm a
member of the brooklyn botanic
garden, which is being funded
in today's transparency
resolution. Thank you. Thank
you, elise. Thank you. Just
want to change my vote and I
on everything on the agenda.
thank you. Thank you,
councilman joseph eye on
everything, except I abstain
on rizzo, 11 0 9 and resolve
105 7. I've stayed on both.
thank you,
>>krishnan. First I wanted to
disclose that we are finding
new york city public school
system and both my children
are students in new york city
public schools. I'd like to
abstain on intros 143314 43 I
vote no on intro 11 20 and
ivote yes, on everything else
with an enthusiastic yes for
interest hundred 76 to end the
unfair deactivation of drivers
driver power union power lee
permission to explain my vote.
>>permission. Granted, I jus
tlike to disclose for the
record that both my children
attend public schools, which
is being a funded or having
money taken away on this
transparency russo eye on all
with the exception of intra
451, which I have seen and no
one else hundred 4 and
accompanying rezo 12 0 5 and I
just wanted to say today is a
very proud day for immigrant
communities. Congratulations
to the deliveries does the
vendors are taxi workers. I
know this fight has been going
on for many, many, many, many
years and kudos.
congratulations to all m
ycolleagues that have passed
these bills and congrats,
sandy, for your bill and for a
thank you.f a l
>>recognizing council joseph
for her disclosure. I think
I'd like to disclose on the
record that my child is a
student in the new york cit
ypublic schools that's being
funded in this transparency
reza thank you much either. O
h, thank you. Thank you
.>>louis. Permission to explain
my vote for me, madam majority
leader, I would like to
congratulate councilman, a
nurse for working diligently
and responsibly on intra 900
after inheriting this bill and
I sincerely appreciate her and
her staff that took the time
to listen to wide raging
feedback and implementing that
feedback into the language o
fthe bill while I cannot
support nine or two today due
to concerns with the scope,
which we've discussed, I hope
concerns can be fleshed out
during the rule making. I
would also like to disclose
for the record that is being
funded and my brother's
associated with this entity I
bought I on all and would like
to abstain from 902 and vote
no on l u 404 and thank you
.morato
.>>I'd like to disclose for the
record that my husband works
for the board of.
>>elections and council member
holden, I think I have you
beat on this one. So I'd like
to vote ion all with the
exception of intro 14 43 l u
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obe intra 9 9 for a andrea 1 2
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d932. An intro 12 33. Aye, aye.
vote no
.>>thank you, cosmo. Cosmo
.>>thank you. I just want to
amend my vote. Aye. Aye, I am
had previously voted on? Uh,
yes, on the 4 5 1. Now I am
going no on intro 1 4 5 1 I
had it written down, but I
lift it out. Thank you comes 1
4 5 1. That's a no, thank you,
adrienne? Moments we know the
answer already mealy past and,
ah, thank men in a permission
to explain my vote, michigan's
first of all I want to thank
my colleagues, we have some
tremendous bills that we are
voting on today, and
particularly on the work of
protection angle. I just want
to say since we as a city
cannot have a city department
of labor because we are
preempted by the state it's
incumbent upon this city
council to do really strong,
robust worker protection and
that's exactly what we're
doing today, I particularly
want to congratulate and thank
on street vending council.
sanchez, who had a very big
idea and had to contend with a
lot of stakeholders and she
really listened and I know
moving forward in the next
iteration of the council and I
want to congratulate council
krishnan, who also had a very
difficult bill listening to a
lot of stakeholders and so
there is some fantastic bills
that we are voting on today. I
just want to congratulat
eeveryone. I'm voting aye on
all. With the exception of
intra nine. Oh to b and 14 51
for, which I have abstained.
thank you. Thank you, you
murano
.>>permission to explain my
vote
.>>granted, madam majorit
yleader. I want to be very
clear at the outset in
discussing discussing nine. Oh
, to be that everyone in this
chamber irrespective of party
agrees that new yorkers
deserve safe, affordable
housing and that predatory
behavior by bad landlords
should be stopped. Where I
think we disagree is on
whether this bill actually
accomplishes that goal copa is
being sold as a tenant
protection measure when in
reality, it is a sweeping
change to property rights that
will make housing harder to
finance harder to maintain and
ultimately harder to affor
dthis bill doesn't just
regulate bad actors that
rewrites the rules for every
owner of a covered building by
inserting the city iont
private property transactions
it delays sales for months
injects uncertainty in the
market and sends a clear
message to lenders and buyers.
new new york city is a risky
place to invest. And that
matters because when capital
dries up, buildings don't get
repaired when buildings don't
get repaired, tenants suffer,
copa assumes that nonprofit
purchasers will magically have
the resources to buy
,rehabilitate and manage these
buildings, but the bill
doesn't provide guaranteed
funding, staffing or capacity
to do that at scale. So what
happens. Instead, sales stole,
owners walk away properties
deteriorate and the very
tenants this bill claims t
oprotect our left living in
worse conditions. There's also
a fundamental fairness issue
here. We're telling small and
midsized sized property owner
s, many of them family owners
,many of them immigrants, many
of them working class that
when they want to sell. They
no longer control that
decision on equal terms that's
not progressive, that's
punitive. If this bill worked
crisis elsewhere. Instead,
cities that have tried similar
approaches have seen fewer
transactions, less investment
and more blight, affordable
housing is created by fixing
broken buildings, enforcing
existing laws and encouraging
responsible ownership, not by
freezing the market and hoping
government can manage
thousands of properties better
than the private sector. So
for those reasons I'm voting.
aye on all, with the exception
of nine. Oh, to be intro 14 4
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1407 intro 14 20, rezo 11 86
intro to 76. A intro. 1008
intro 14 2 1 intro. Nine. Oh,
to be well, I'm sorry to
repeat that in 9 9 4 a intro
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.>>intro 460 intro 14 12 intro
hundred 91 intro 4 3 1 intro
12 51 intro 13 32 and finall
yintra 4 7 2. Thank you. Coming
? Call me. Yes, moya, I vote
ion all all with exception of
nine. Oh two. And I have stain
on hundred 7 6. Thank you. My
apologies. Council member. I
have to ask you to repeat them
.>>yes, I vote. Aye, all with
the exception of I vote no on
nine o to a, uh, I'm
abstaining on to 7 6 in thank
you. Oh , >>nash's permission
to expand my
.>>vote. Granted, I wanted t
osay congratulations to all
those that work so hard for
the tenants. I understand that
is for protecting the tenants
today. I want to ask who is
looking out for the small
property owner in this city
today, the hardest things for
me, I was crying because I
could not say anything to mee
tthe advocates, the homeowners
they were hopeful and I
believe that we were going t
odo something for them. What is
this something, dr king said.
never one time to do the right
thing, but little that I know
in this place somewhere else
,not in this place here, the
fed the flaky, the external
forces misinformation t
oprevent the bill from 9 48
.>>b for always council member
were speaking on those that
are on the general order
calendar view of you that
feels supposed to be here,
he's not here. It is not on
the calendar. So you are not
allowed to speak on that bill
,if you would like to speak
.you can speak on the bills
that are being voted on today
and I can move you to general
discussion to speak on a bill
's not on the general
order camera is that civil
disobedience sometimes
acceptable in day and hear
this. This is my civil, this
is this? Is this is about
being in order I want.
>>to stay and so would you
like to speak on bills that
are on the general order
calendar about you like to
speak in general discussion. I
do that, but I want to know
who is watching who is looking
over for the police st of the
vote, I will thing a lot of
respect, I'll do that so now
on the vote for today. I have
an excellent woman that worked
for our community that
invested a lot of time.
>>and that's called terry codd
it she served with passion,
compassion, fairness and hold
folks accountable. So for tha
t. I want to say I'm so proud
to be part to vote today for
terri cadet, so to say that
you.
>>can have a street name after
yourself because you committed
to the cause of the city hold
people accountable at all
times, even when he's on
convenient. Uh, I'm going t
oupset on to 96 8 9. Oh, two b
el u david 1 412 or five. I
went to disclose that my hubby
worked for, and thank you,
madam. Cheer. I'm not trying
to be disrespectful. I'm angry
and disturbed by the folks and
I did not know what to say and
what to place among ourselves.
so thank you. And I massive,
I'll come back. Thank you
,>>thank you, councilmember I
oh, no. Nurse. Permissio
nexplain my vote.
>>granted, I just wanted t
otake an opportunity to clarify
since there has been clearly
some a lack of reading. What
this bill is and what this
bill isn't
.>>we took a bill that was
introduced five years ago that
covered 70% of all new york
city buildings, three units
and above and that was going
to be subject to an 18 month
timeline and at that point of
that bill. There were over 3
it. We took that bill and in
less than three months. We
brought it down to an
extremely targeted universe of
properties that we already
spend a lot of time and money
on trying to make safer
buildings. These are in
enforcement programs. This is
not the olympics, you do not
want to get into these
programs and to get into these
programs takes a lot of effort
and advocacy from us as
members who are constantl
ycalling down to the city,
saying why are you not
protecting these tenants and
why are you not working to
keep them safe. We do
emergency repairs in them. We
have. We're spending, lloyd,
that we have free housing
legal services that we're
paying for people to be in and
out of court because we have
years, constable property
managers who be better off
more than they could chew.
they are underwater and they
are not taking care of their
buildings. We are all putting
a ton of money into these
buildings we are creating a
small chance, just a tiny
chance that instead of that
building being sold to some
company with people and
investors from all over the
world that we have no
relationship to and we have no
relationship of accountability
to that? Maybe, just maybe we
get an opportunity for now
,nonprofits that we trust that
we fund that we have a
relationship with that we are
holding accountable all the
time. That's what we've been
doing for the last four years
that maybe they can have an
opportunity to purchase it
,fix it up, make it better and
make it safe for those tenants
. Thank you, majority leader
.sorry, I vote, I don't know.
thank you. Can't smoke
paladino the just in regard.
I'm going to give you my vote
in one second. I just want t
osay does anybody think about
nature and the tenants that
live in nature and how we what
we could do to already city
owned buildings that are
falling apart and dilapidated,
and these people are living
without kitchens without heat
and everything else. I think
we should re approach this
idea that you have a appointed
in the right direction, the
city don't properties that
should be maintained and are
not. Instead of going after
the private homeowner building
owner and such. Okay, let me
go forward with my vote. I
vote aye, on all except for
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70 intro. 407 intro 14 20.
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1000, a intro 1401 in nine. O
h, to be intro 9 9 for a intro,
adrienne to five a intro 14 5
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intro 391 intro 14 31 in 5
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like I said I on all the rest.
that's about it for today
.>>thank powers. Thank you. I'm
avoiding eye on all and I'm
standing on nine know to be. I
just want to congratulat
eeveryone on their fantastic
bills and lots of hard work t
oget here and that is it
?thanks. Thank you. One moment,
council member joseph voting
eye on 11 0 9 changing my will
to yes. Ah, thank you. Okay?
yeah. Oh, riley mission t
oexplain my vote granted, you
majority leader today marks a
meaningful moment as we close
out this year's final state
immediately led by madame
speaker herself, speaker
adrian atoms has been honored
to serve alongde ysiou and
support your leadership. You
made history as the first
african americans speak of
this council, but what we will
endure is how you lead with
steadiness, clarity and
purpose under your leadership,
this council became the most
diverse and we're meeting
women majority body and the
men, they get it in our city's
history and you equity was not
just actionable was something
attainable on a personal level
. I'm am grateful for our
shared work from the coalition
building during my time as co
chair the black latino asian
caucus to your leadership in
advance and diversity within
the and our collaboration to
secure capital investments for
schools, playgrounds and
libraries in district 12. I
also want to take this time t
orecognize my colleagues that
are leaving councilmember moya
council holding my brother's
council member brandon and
counsel member powers also
want to recognize and include
the bronx, our members,
leading deputy speaker diana
ayala lend you share rafael
salamanca whose leadership and
service has strengthened this
council and left a lasting
only in our city. But the bro.
we called the bronx on behalf
of the twelfth district in new
yorkers across the city I want
to thank madam speaker and
thank her staff as they depart
and thank you for your service
and dedication. I would that
mean said I vote ion oil, with
the exception of 900 be and 9
9 4 8, which I'm staying.
thank you and just want to
state for the record we're
fund in new york city public
schools and my babies are
associated with that entity it
. Thank you, councilman. One
okay. Your salam. I'm an eye
on all except for and and a
resolution 1 0 5 2 of which I
abstain. Thank you. Salamanca,
ivo. I know, but I never stand
on 900. Thank you,
councilmember your disclosure
.>>oh, thank you. I wanted this
goes on the record that we are
proven this budget are funding
for the new york city parks
apartment in which my wife is
associated with that
institution. We're also added
funding forgotten health in
which my wife is associated
with that institution and
funding for the council little
league in which my son is a
member of that instance. Thank
you. Thank you, sanchez
.>>I'd like to disclose upon
the record that my sibling is
associated with kun hee. Um
,and I just want to take a
moment to thank the speaker
for your leadership, the
incredible fights that you've
fought with this council the
places you put your name on
the line and the people that
you are uplifting today and
throughout all of your days as
council speaker. Thank you for
your leadership and I want to
congratulate our advocates who
have fought so hard
,especially the street vendor
project and we'll miss you
colleagues who are moving,
moving on from the council and
with that, I vote aye, on all.
thank you. Shulman. Permission
to explain my vote. Permission
granted. So I want to
congratulate and say goodbye
to my colleagues who are
leaving and say, and we're
going to. You're going to be
missed. I also want to say in
terms of of sandy nurse, sandy
nurse pierina ana they worked
with me throughout the process
and sandy made major
concessions, but I asked for,
so I'm happy to vote yes, on
everything with the exception
of entry of 451, in which I
abstain. Thank you. Thank you.
stevens. Permission to explain
annabel permission granted,
it's been an honor of my life
to serving of council under
the leadership of our first
black speaker adrian adams
alongside my incredible
mentors I, diana ayala. You.
so all the outgoing members
who have been here to support
me, giving me guidance and
really show leadership during
your time. I will carry out
the jewels you shared with me
on this journey in my final
term. Um and with that. I've
always before I go. I also
want to give a special shout
out to sandy, who has been
really showing leadership and
standing up to everyone who
kept having lies and saying
things that we're not sure
about her bill continue t
ofight. Thank you for showing
us what it looks like fully
what courage, leadership and
integrity also supply who eve
nconvinced me to get on her
vendor, bill. We appreciate
all the hard work that you
guys continues to do with that
? I've an eye on all. Thank
you on
.>>permission saying, explain
my boat
.>>permission. Frances. Thank
you. I'm
.>>already know today on intro
for 31 b I appreciate all the
work by council, sanchez and
the conversations we've had
about this issue throughout my
time in the city council I
made addressing unlicensed and
legal treat mending a top
party in neighborhoods like
downtown flushing alcide works
are severely congested when.
>>unregulated bending
proliferates. It creates real
seniors, families and those
the mobility challenges, so
it's just trying to walk to
the supermarket alter to the
subway station. It generates
mounds of garbage plenty huge,
huge strain on our local bid
who's left cleaning and
palling up boxes left by
vendors and puts on small
business owners who pay a bit
frieze with these supplemental
sanitation services at the
anne 30, understand the
rationale in show for 31 b.
>>dead by expanding access to
licenses vendors will have
incentive to follow the rules
and increased enforcement a
higher penalties would the
activities
.>>have my own district, which
has a strict no venting policy
we have seen that even with
significant increase in
enforcement, illegal vending
continues unabated, expanding
the total number of licenses
does not address the
fundamental issues of how to
manage persistent a license
,spending my vote is not a
rejection of that concerns us
is builds or.
>>nor is it the need to create
a pathway so vendors t
oparticipate in the regulated
system, but I'm concerned, I'm
moving forward with the spill.
we're far coupling ever, the
more comprehensive strateg
yrisk closing the door on the
need to meaningful addressed
island since spending I
worried that passage. My
allows to believe you have
solved their problem helped
today is not the end of this
conversation, but the
beginning. We must continue
working to get a partners in
govementrn to find long term
sustainable solutions that
perfect public safety and
supports lawful commerce and
sure fairness for all. I also
abstain or intro for 451 and
eye on the rest and before I
finished. I want thank speaker
adams for her feelings
leadership, the last four
years. Thank you. Thank you.
thank you. Inna vernikov
.>>at all except no and intro
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intra 14 20, rizzo 86376. A
intro, adrienne 1000 intro 1
4or one into a nine or to be in
a 14 60 intro 14 12 in 2991
.>>intro david, 31 intro 12 51
and intro to 13 32. You just
thank you. Yeah. Okay, that's
what she who williams.
>>permission. Explain my vote.
granted. Thank you. While many
of the bills that we are
voting on today are perfect as
many typically are, I think
it's just a part of the
legislative process. I do know
that the spirit and intent of
all the bills are perfect and
so with that. I don't on all.
thank you for one well, vote
ion all thank. Are me huang
mealy. Could I explain my vot
e. I just want everyone to
think and I want to thank all
my colleagues who did vote
with members preference at
least we know what? We're here
for and we have to think about
with cooper the same sponsor
just said that response of the
same nonprofits and the same
nonprofits will be buying up
small homeowners buildings I
don't understand how no one is
paying attention to that, but
please pay attention to that
also, how do we know some of
these same nonprofits have a
lot of violations. We don't
know how long? Um, if people
can really opt out or if they
do pay their bill and the next
year, could they reclaimed
their property. These
questions haven't been asked
.>>and with then I vote yes, on
a m 8 6 a. M a and 11 48 and
true 12 29 a and true left 1
411 a. M entro 14 33 and no, I
abstain from everything else.
thank you. You're and merry
christmas, can we please get
quiet in the chambers. Arriola
.>>permission to explain my
vote. Permission granted first
I'd like to disclose that my
son works for the uae, which
is all the transparency
resolution and he's also has
an anniversary of 10 years
with the today and received a
plaque for his exemplary
service. So congratulations
,matthew. I'm proud of you
,>>I'd also like to thank m
ycolleagues for voting in the
affirmative for the package of
bills to protect our first
responders and our new yorkers
, especially intro 12 29
,which was legislation prompted
in honor of 20 40 year old
nicholas costello, who lost
his life waiting for a
nambulance for 19 minutes.
iwant to echo the sentiments of
my colleagues inna vernikov,
and paula on intro 9 0 to beep
copa but also want to add that
this legislation is legally
dubious at best and likely is
a substantial infringement on
the private property rights,
including the right to dispose
the right to selec
tcounterparts, the right to
determine timing in terms this
bill not be constitutional and
it also conflict with the
provisions of the federal
banking law, federal tax law
common law restraints on
alienation and uniform
commercial code. Additionally,
I am disappointed that our
veterans bills did not get the
services they.
>>are veterans did not get the
services they desperately
needed by the package of bills
that advanced because they
refer to finance instead of
being passed, it today, state
d
.>>the bills would have made a
difference in the lives of our
heroes and help get veterans
in need off the streets and
into stable long term housing.
>>I'm committed to making sure
that these bills passed in the
next legislative session. With
that, I would vote no on intro
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3, which is beautifying
medians for a bicycle lanes
that are on center moles and
the reason for.
>>my no vote on this is that I
have them in my district and
they become places where
parks department and y tt's
oclean those center
.>>malls. Also, I'm voting no
on the the the up. Okay. Thank
you so much for the time.
thank you. Farias have an iron
all with the exception of
introduction to 76, a. Anne,
which I vote no, and I've
already expressed my
reasonings in the committee
.lastly, I just want t
ocongratulate my colleagues on
their bills today and
particularly the street under
coalition and our big thank
you to all the folks I work
with me on the five bills that
I'm passing. Oh, oh. Mmm.
speaker adam's you just a
reminder as we areally ting
poster should be silenced in
the chambers and a friendly
reminder to my colleagues that
we have six resolutions that
we must vote on after this.
yes. Good. I yeah, this is it?
oh, and all items on today's
general order calendar are
adopted by a vote of 48 in the
affirmative zero and the
nnegative and zero abstentions,
with the exceptions of
introduction for 31 b, which
was adopted by a vote of 39 in
the affirmative nine and the
negative and zero abstentions
and in of five. 70 b, which
was adopted by a vote of 41 in
the affirmative. Seven in the
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and introduction 900 to be
,which was adopted by a vote of
30 and the affirmative 10 and
the negative in eight
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9 9 for a which was adopted by
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in the negative and zero
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the affirmative. Nine in the
negative and zero abstentions
428, which was adopted by a
vote of 41 in the affirmative.
seven in the negative and zer
oabstentions and in thousand
443 a, which was adopted by a
vote of 37 in the affirmative
.nine in the negative and two
abstentions and introduction
451 a, which was a a vote of
34 in the affirmative. Nine in
the negative and fiv
eabstentions and resolution 1
186, which was adopted by a
vote of 41 in the affirmative.
seven in the negative and zero
abstentions and 414 and
resoluonti 12 0 5, which were
adopted by a vote of four, but
by a vote of 32 in the
affirmative 13 and the
negative and three abstentions
and intro 12 33 a, which was
adopted by a vote of 43 in the
affirmative. Five in the
negative and zero abstentions
and introduction 12 51 a,
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40 in the affirmative. Eight
in the negative and zer
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which was adopted by a vote of
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which was adopted by a vote of
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and the negative and one
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abstentions and resolution 1
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adrienne in the negative and
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introduction hundred 25 a,
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the negative and zer
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and intro, 11 20 b, which was
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>>all were adopted by a vote
of 47 in the affirmative,
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zero abstentions and intro
1500 adrienne, which was
adopted by a vote of 46 in the
affirmative.
>>one in the negative and one
abstention and 207 and roseau,
>>11 96, which were adopted by
a vote of 47 in the
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negative and zero abstentions
and l use for 26 or 2734,
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d4 4 8 2 4 5 5 with their
accompanying resolutions were
adopted by a vote of 47 in the
affirmative, adrienne in the
negative and zero abstentions.
thank you. Yeah. Okay. And
with that all items on the
calendar have passed. We're
going to move through the
agenda of introduction
,introduction and reading bills
. All bills have been referred
to committee has indicated on
today's agenda.
>>thank you, speaker, we will
now move into the discussion
of resolutions, and I'd like
to recognize councilmember
brewer
.>>thank you very much. I have
to resolutions. Two
resolutions to discuss. One is
resolution 73 4 and it's been
a very challenging year in the
state prisons
.>>this resolution calls on
governor hopeful to sign the
prison reform omnibus bill,
which would strengthen
independent modernity and
oversight. I want to thank
natalie meltzer and again, sam
goldsmith for my office. This
has a lot to do with brooks
being killed by the guards at
a particular prison, and I
hope that it passes and is
signed by the governor
resolution 6 4 9 thi
sresolution calls on the
federal government to save the
historic transatlantic
passenger ship known as the
united states the ocean liner
is slated to be sunk off the
coast of florida as part of a
plan artificial reef. It is
the still has the record of
going to europe.
>>faster than any other ocean
liner. It's as long as two
chris as a chrysler building
it is in alabama, but we would
love to have it back on the
brooklyn a waterfront word
started in 19 51. Thank you,
dirk spencer seeing no one
else signed up to speak. W
ewill not have a voice vote on
today's resolutions. If you
wish to vote againstr o
abstain from any of today's
resolutions, please notify the
legislative documents unit by
the record, please. Quiet in
the chambers, resolution 82,
supports the mission and
growth of the climate museum.
all those in favor, say aye
,aye
.>>all opposed, say name any
abstentions. The.
>>ayes have it resolution for
99 calls on the united states
congress to pass on the
president assigned to
protecting consumers from
deceptive, eh? I act all those
in favor, say aye, all opposed
, say name any abstentions.
the ayes have it resolution
500 calls on the new york
state legislature to introduce
and pass and the governor to
sign legislation entitled the
new york state college safety
act requires that all campuse
sof the state university of new
york and the city university
of new york permit autoimmune
and immunocompromised students
and faculty to learn the teach
via remote instruction in as
many courses as feasible.
>>whenever students or faculty
are dealing with an
unpredictable or temporarily
debilitating impact
.>>of their condition. All
those in favor, sayye, a all
opposed, say nay, any
obsessions. The ayes have it
resolution 6 49 a calls on the
united states congress to pass
in the president to sign
legislation allocating funds
for the restoration of the
united states and for its
relocations of the city of new
york. All those in favor, say
aye,
>>all opposed, say nay, any
abstentions. The ice habit
resolution 7 34 a calls on the
governor to sign senate bill
84 15 an assembly bill 80 71
,known as the prison reform
omnibus bill.
>>all those in favor, say aye,
all opposed, say nay, any
abstentions. The.
>>ayes have it resolution 8 4
2, recognizes the month of
annually as music in our
school's month in the city of
new york.
>>all those in favor, say aye
.all opposed, say nay.
>>any obsessions. The
.>>ayes have it resolution 2061
a calls on the new york state
legislature to pass on the
governor to sign legislation
requiring pain management
options to be offered t
opatients undergoing in office
kind procedures.
>>all those in favor, say aye,
opposed, say name any
abstentions. The ayes have it
pretty considered resolution
11 94, celebrates the new york
knicks in a spectacular win of
the 20 25 emirates cup
championship, let's
.>>go next. All those in favor,
say aye. All opposed, say nay,
any abstentions. The ayes have
it, we will now move into
general discussion, and I'd
like to first recognize
council salamanca. Thank you,
madam majority leader. Um,
since joining the new york
city council almost 10 years
ago. Actually nine years and
10 months. It has been one of
my greatest honors of my life
when I stepped into this role.
I made a promise to fight for
the community that raised me
to make the south bronx in new
york city a stronger,
healthier and safer and more
equitable for every family who
calls it home. And over the
years we've done exactly that
doing the work.
>>together together we
expanded affordable housing
across the district and
throughout all new york.
>>city. We invested in schools
such as the schools that I
grew up in attending and
giving our students are tools,
technology and classrooms that
they need and I'm proud to say
that I was able to do that
with an investment of over $50
million in my schools, we
rebuilt the parks and
playgrounds that shaped my my
childhood and that of my son,
who now enjoys them creating
beautiful safe spaces for the
next generation to play and
grow and I'm proud to say that
I was able to invest another
$50 million in capital dollars
to my playgrounds and I'm
proud to say that 90% of all
my playgrounds in my district
have been redeveloped. We
confront the cove it together
and we also confronted the
health disparities that have
impacted our borough and the
city for far too long working
to close gaps and care and
bringing better health care
options to our community and
you have two year we fought
for food insecurities with
compassion, making sure our
neighbors had access to fresh
,healthy food when they needed
it most. Now I'm max austin.
what are you most proud of the
attack new york city council
and I can say that I'm
extremely proud of some of the
bills that I was able to pass,
such as the 15% home to set
aside, which many said w
ecannot do it even in our own
legislative department. But we
got it done, and I'm proud t
osay that I was part of closing
to jails in my district alone,
a juvenile detention center
called spofford, which we
retransmission formed into a
into over a thousand units of
housing and just recently we
were able to close the
floating jailed in the house
want community and I was able
to see it bars out of our
communities now none of this
would have been possible
without the support, trust and
resilience of my community or
without the love and strength
from my family who stood side
by side with me and every step
of the way.
>>but of course, most
important, like we all we have
a team and I would like to
thank with due respect, my
team team salamanca. I need to
thank my chief of staff
shahana, and it's a tank.
brian haiti. Who is my deputy
chief of staff legislative
director, budget director, and
he is the he is my face here
in city hall, surana, maritsa
,saida, legler, angel, freddie
and crystal by a group of
dedicated, hard working
individuals who poured their
hearts. It's serving this
district, your committed your
commitments made everything
every accomplishment possible
and I'm of the work we have
been done. We have done.
>>together and it finally want
to thank you, madam speaker
for number one. Allow me to be
part of your leadership and
number two for real, pointing
me as the as your land, use
something that I'm extremely
proud of and a position that
I've served in the last eight
years. I want to thankou, y
chief of staff jeremy a. I
want to thank the land news
pirating your team and I want
to thank the sergeant of arms
for always keeping us safe and
protect, calling it seem? I
want to thank will and you
team your photographer team
who make us always look good
even in our bad days. I want
to thank the finance team for
actually for standing with us
and ensuring that we
understand the budget, you
know, and I was proud to say
that I was part of the budget
negotiating team for the last
eight years and I also want to
attack the department, even
though they gave me a hard
time getting hearings or
passing bills. I want to thank
you for your hard work in your
dedication and finally we need
to thank the clerks that are
here who ensure that our votes
are counted and make this
possible, please, let's give
them a big round of applause.
>>so my district district 17
.I want to thank you for
allowing me to serve you your
families and the borough and I
better south bronx and the one
that I heard it 10 years ago.
god bless you all. Thank you
,>>recognizing councilmember
marm. Arado! Thank you so t
omy d 13 family it's been not
just the pleasure, but a
profound honor to represent
you over the past two years
.>>these truly have been two of
the best years of my life and
I will carry this experience
with deep gratitude and pride
as I look forward to
continuing to see you around
the neighborhood and and to my
colleagues. Thank you for your
help, the debates and the
shared commitment to serving
our city. I have made
friendships here. Some I
wouldn't be. I was surprised
to make, and I appreciate it
and thank you. And to those
who chose exclusion over
inclusion. I wish you grease
and now to the incredible
staff that I have down in my
district, I couldn't eve
nbegin to explain how much I
appreciate you. You made so
much possible. You're
dedication your long hours,
your unwavering support has
meant more to me than I can
ever express and my family.
most importantly, thank you
for your patience, your
sacrifice and endless love you
are my foundation, my strength
and the reason why I do this
work and less and certainly
not least we cannot forget t
othank carl and the sergeant at
arms teams for always going
above and beyond, and we have
seen that here today for
keeping us safe, not only in
the people's house, but always
in our district and I thank
you all so much it was really
truly an honor to be here
.those last two years. Thank
you.
>>recognizing council. Holden.
thank you, majority leader and
serving eight years in this
council has been a dream come
true representing the district
that my my parents grew upn I
and my grandma and gram
parsons has farm in the exact
neighborhood right around the
corner from where I live in my
office is a few blocks away.
this is an unbelievable honor
to serve eight years as the
council member for the
district 30, and it's a
bittersweet, um, kind of
crosswords for me, but I would
do would like to thank the
sergeant at arms staff, the
wonderful staff and it's been
said and and chief called the
aba and again. I also chief
raffi rat. I call him raffi
perez, but great great people
,great staff and they did keep
us safe, and so it was very
difficult, sometimes getting
through the picket lines
outside, but they always had
somebody there and I want t
othank them and also go out of
there also for photography. I
got to talk photography with
him. Many, many hours and I
appreciated that he did make
us look good even made me look
good at my age, but it was
great. Um, but I
.>>just want to talk about the
experience in the last four
years, especially yesterday an
important package of veteran
legislation cleared our
committee and today the
speaker and the council
leadership killed it using a
procedural trick to avoid a
vote before the full body.
that's disgraceful. Now these
bills dealt with veteran
housing, homelessness, mental
health and support for veteran
organizations, but instead of
letting veterans finally get
some relief from this city
leadership chose politics and
personal payback, and that's
what this was I've never
.>>that's not called leadersphi
folks. This had nothing to do
with the cost or policy and o
rand everything to do with
vendetta against me. I had
over a hundred bills that I
introduced over the years and
nothing got through and the
veterans were cross were
caught in the crossfire. It's
vindictive and petty. The
message from this city council
at the veterans today is
simple. Drop dead. That's the
veterans and that they served
our country and this is how
they get back. They got back
at the whole committee, too
,because there's people there's
councilman a member and
paladino and bernick off the
head bills that were
sacrificed also only because
it came from the committee
chaired by bob holden.
>>and this is something this
is not demonstrating
leadership. This is nowhere
near leadership leadership I
sdoing the right thing for
constituents, so instead I got
my for speaking up against
bills or speaking up against
leadership, my constituents
were hurt, my parks weren't
funded. My schools were in
.>>this is not leadership,
folks, this is a lack of
leadership. So I just wanted
to say it's been a great honor
, especially the first fou
ryears in the council serving
this body.
>>this lead these last fou
ryears again when you're when
your bills are boycotted your
boycotted. It's not a great
feeling, folks, but I stayed
true to my principles. I spoke
up how I felt and they didn't
like it. They didn't like tha
t. I went to the press. They
didn't like what I exercised
my first amendment rights.
they didn't like it, and
that's chilling.
>>so going forward, I hope the
next speaker will be fair that
will have an even hand and
we'll do the right things by
51 districts, not just a few
of their favorite, so this is
not the finest hour of this
council. Never believe that I
came in, I attended all
hearings meetings never missed
a day stayed until the end of
the hearings, most of the time
and I did, I wasn't rewarded
at all
.>>most jobs when you work har
d, you show up, you do the
right thing chaired a
committee, you get rewarded.
somehow I didn't and that's
that's the bittersweet, you
know I'm a sweet that I
represented my district. I did
love being in my district, but
I didn't like what was
happening here, and it was
very, very on. Fear you,
everyone. Thanks. Okay. Okay.
>>recognizing council hours.
thank you. And thank you.
everyone for a remarks today
when I came into office in 2
018. I had the same hopeful
vision for our city that is
still hold today that new york
elike my family, a small
business owner and a nurse
could make it here because a
city made it possible to
access good, affordable
housing, good schools and a
way to make a living and I've
taken that vision with me
every single day the city
counts on the number of issues
I've championed over the last
eight years. Our victories and
alluding reducing rents at
places like waterside plaza
and fighting for tenants and
strives in town to creating a
new life sciences center and a
new high school and keep spay
to rezoning be south to create
10000 new homes through new
conversions to reducing
barriers to housing for
tenants, including sorts of
income discrimination of the
fair chance for housing act
tackling quality of life if
shoes like noise cameras and
tackling scaffolding is
spending arts education
through new york city are
fighting 20 18 to provide fair
fares for transit writers and
investing millions of dollars
to our schools, our parks,
libraries and a cultural
institutions. I am honored
every single day to walk into
this place and work alongside
so many people, I think have
sometimes different visions
for this city, but a shared
hope. Hopefully a shared a
collaborative spirit to get
things done for their
constituents. I want to
congratulate all my colleagues
who are leaving here today on
a tremendous eight years in
city council. There's so much
to be proud of not only today,
but over the last eight years
of the work that you have done
to make it a better place and
for all of you are leaving. I
just say thank you for being
great partners and friends
throughout your eight years
and lifetime friends I know
that. Of course, none of us
can do any of this without
great partners in the room and
I have incredible staff we've
been with me throughout these
eight years that have helped
make this work easier and more
rewarding ben jacobs has been
me for eight years. Thank you
for holding it down every
single day and turn the rest
of my staff to haley to pat t
ofranklin to walker, etan erik
and all the others throughou
tthe years. Thank you for
giving your best every single
day. This is a hard job in a
hard business, but thank you
for being a great role models
for everyone here. I want to
thank all the staff of the
city council who do the work
here to make this a better
place or so many behind the
scenes who actually make this
place work. Sometimes we fight
. Sometimes we disagree, but
what matters is we get things
done, and we do it on behalf
of new yorkers. So thank you
to the entire staff here who
have really led with your
hearts every single day. I
want to thank my colleagues in
this last term and all is here
you become all of you become
true friends over the course
of our time and our office and
I know that will last move far
, far in the years ahead, and
I do want to join the echo of
people who give a shout out t
oarm aging sergeant arms of the
carl I will miss hearing that
stated call and sometimes in
private trying to do it back,
but I don't have the voice you
have. But you guys are the
first faces we often see whe
nwe walk in this building and
you were the last ones when we
walk out of here and the
friendly nature and the way
you guys work for us every day
your friendship just means the
world to all of us and I'm
glad we're all recognizing
that here today and, um, just
so many people to name and I
think most my colleagues have
gone to most of them. But just
thank you to everyone in this
building. Thank you to
everyone across the street.
thank you all the staff of all
the council members, but most
of all think of the people of
fourth council is your of
detrick, where I grew up and I
have spent my life. It has
been an honor serving you and
I look forward to doing this
work together. Thank you
,>>recognizing counts, remembe
r, brennan, you thank. Thank
you. Um, I obviously want to
thank the voters for sending
me here a couple of times and
taking a a chance on a punk
rock kid from southern
brooklyn who never dreamt of
being a politician over the
last eight years I've been
able to build seven new public
schools in my district
renovated 17 parks and
playgrounds and brought back
over $350 million I
ninvestment, improving the
district where I grew up em
serving his chair, the finance
committee for the past fou
ryears has been an incredibly
rewaingrd experience,
something that I'm so lucky
that the speaker put her trust
in me and pointing me to tha
trole and what I learned over
the past four years doing
battle with city hall on a
daily basis and the fights
that we adrienne together as a
council and the millions and
millions of dollars in cuts
that we restored had we not
fought back those cuts would
have gone through the the
mighty council finance
division. There are so many
smart, dedicated people as
someone who got his start in
the council 15 16 years ago as
a staffer I know how hard the
staff works and how much of
the glory that we get as
elected officials so much o
fthat hard work is actually
done by the staff behind the
scenes, especially during
budget season in very, very
long hours and the sacrifice
that we all make our families
make to support us in public
service, so it has been an
amazing run. This is the best
job in the world getting paid
to worry about the
neighborhood where you grow up
is just about as good as it
gets, um, but it is time to
shuffle on and I look forward
to seeing and supporting the
council and the years to com
eand this has been a great tim
e. Thank you, everybody. Oi,
>>! Okay
.>>speaker and.
>>diana ayala. Just want to
start off by saying that I'm
shocked that he didn't mention
me at all because younow, k I
thought that we were my empire
counsel and absolut. I'm
shocked. I'm just shocked, but
now I didn't want to make this
a long speech, I, you know, I
think when I came into the
council. I was, um, very a a
lot younger and also very
naive. I had no political
ambition whatsoever and ran
solely for the purpose of
being able to lend continuity
to the good work of my
predecessor and because of my
love for my community, um, and
that district. I am so excited
and happy that I did take that
chance, even when I was
throwing up most days because
I was scadre out of my mind,
um, because I think that I
have. I have served on my
community. Well, I came here
with a goal of improving, you
know, conditions that impact
new yorkers every single day
and I think I've done that on
multiple fronts. Obviously,
you know, time is a thief and
it won by by really quickly.
um, we face a very challenging
, some challenging times
because we were in two years
along the pandemic hit. Um,
and it robbed us of the
ability to really focus on
projects in the distric
tbecause we will always kind of
on high alert. There was so
were starving, um, and we were
all out there and I want t
othank, you know, many of my
colleagues here, ralph, you
know, and I did a lot of food
distribution. Ralph is the
food master, but he's also
been very generous with his
resources and has made sure
that the rest of us also
benefit from it. So I want to
thank him for that. I want
thanks to the bronx allegation
for accepting me, I represent
districts, right practically
to burrows, I, adrienne
district and and when I got to
the bronx, you know most
people were like, well, but
she really belongs here, is
she like for manhattan and and
I'm like, no, I actually was.
you know, I lived most of my
adult life in the bronx, tom
and I love the borough I love
the people and I was really
excited to be there, but they
really embraced me like family
and I will, you know forever.
take that, you know, take that
with me for president and
former members that we're hear
the good, the bad and the ugly
and you know the staff, the
staff has been you. We have an
amazing leadership team we
have an amazing budget
negotiating team, but we would
not be able to do that without
the help and the support of
all of you and your different
legislative and you know
,fiscal divisions and calms
division, um, faisal and
jeremy. You know, I I love you
guys so much, you know, I I
don't even want to look over
their meek and own and my
little age. Phyllis, who is no
longer here, I hope she's
enjoying her retirement, um,
and you know, and madame
speaker. Thank you for, um for
believing in me when we met
and you know, I she when she
called me, she says. Ana, I
want to tell you that I want
to, you know I want to. To
deputy speaker, and I was so
excited and I'm like and she
says. William is not a model
from not finished. I also
wanted to cheer the general
welfare committee and if you
know me if you heard my story,
you know, that is one of those
committees that really speak
to my heart because I lived
all of those experiences, and
I was like, wait, you're
giving me both and she was
like, yes, I'm giving you a
boyfriend. I was just so
excited. Um, but I know that,
you know, and I think you know
you've been a great partner
and I hope that I have, you
know, been that that support
to you as well, you know, a
huge pleasure to work
alongside u amanda. Nobody
looks prettier up the m and
the silvina, you know justin
rough, all of you all of you
that have served, you know,
with me and in some capacity.
you're welcome for the coke
poquito today, you know I will
try to bring food every now
and then for those starving
members. I don't have time to
go out and e and you know, and
I hope that you remember me as
well and that you know you, we
can continue to have a
relationship outside of this.
you haven't seen the last of
me, but I would be remiss if
I'd also did not thank the
sergeant at arms team. Those
are might my die, you know,
hard, um, champions in this in
this space and I've loved
spending so much time with
them, so I wanted to call out,
you know, carl the album
rafael perez beyond the vain
hope michael leonardo keith
polite pedro google, danny
wong nasally page pate water
lewis, rachael, missy,
christiana, james marino, ben
levi. Danel, your woodfin
travel keying the tape, anne
lynn preston, cameron, michael
caine, kimberly smith, thomas,
my staff who have been, you
know, fantastic, keeping
things, you know up today and
under control in the district
but also my committee staff
here, you know, when I was
chair of them mental health
committee consumer and work of
protection and now in the
general welfare. I've had the
best team that anyone can hav
e, and I am so grateful for
them and I wish them so much
successful. Whoever gets those
committees. Make sure that you
treat them well, because these
are good, smart talent, said
young people that deserve to
be treated like the smart,
dedicated, hard working people
that they are with that.
goodbye.
>>recognizing majority whip
brooks powers. Thank you. So I
want you to take a moment t
orecognize you, speaker adams,
for your extraordinary
leadership and service to this
body into the people of new
york city. It has been a true
honor to serve alongside you,
not just as colleagues in this
chamber. But as
representatives of southeast
queens, a part of the city
that has too often been
overlooked yet consistently
produces leaders who governed
with integrity, balance and
deep respect for the lived
experience of new yorkers as
the.
>>first black speaker of the
new york city council ledger
in one of the most
consequential periods in our
city's history
.>>under your leadership, this
council centered affordability
,>>equity and dignity,
particularly for the out of
communities that know
firsthand what it means to
live in transit deserts t
ofight for housing stability
and to stretch every dollar
just to stay in the city we
love together we worked
through some of the most
complex policy debates based
in new york from housing in
public safety.
>>to mental health, education
and economic recovery.
>>you created space for
diverse viewpoints respected
the legislative process. It
never lost sight of the fact
that this body exists to serve
hard working new yorkers and
you reminded us that
leadership is about steadiness
principle in showing up for
new yorkers, even when it's
hard. I would also like to
recognize deputy speaker yala
and council members powers
brandon in salamanca and all
of the al gone members for
their hard work in service to
our.
>>city. I look forward to
seeing all the incredible work
will continue to accomplish
for new york and beyond. Thank
you.
>>recognizing counts. Member
honey, followed by hudson
,then brewer.
>>today I speak as a muslim
leader on this body and as
your colleague of david years.
>>a member of this bod
ycontinues to dehumanize peopl
e. This week, she called for
the expulsion of muslims from
our.
>>country. This is not the
first time she has said
something this racist and
abhorrent, but the leniency of
this body emboldens her
hateful rhetoric
.>>that puts new yorkers in
danger
.>>and she's proud of it too.
so you won't apologize, just
like every other time. So I
the line where do we draw the
.>>is that if she says. Qerue
people are rumors.
>>or that immigrants should be
deported or if she trivializes
the holocaust know it couldn't
be so she already did all that
I am a muslim in this body,
which represents almost a
million muslim new yorkers
.>>I stand before you a
testament to the resilience of
my people. I'm a walking,
breathing reminder to people
like her that they are losing
as.
>>the city council. We must
send a clear message to the
new yorkers that we represent
that racism is unacceptable.
this colleague must b
eexpelled or at the very very
least censured. We all know
this. We must act and
colleagues this hateful
incident has happened on our
watch. I looked to my
colleagues to step up now new
yorkers expect us to do bette
r, we must do better now I
speak to the young muslim agh
at home. You are strong. I'm
with you. Together. We are
even stronger and as you walk
through life hearing. Hey, be
normalized and made to fee
lscared. Don't be as long as I
breathe there will be at least
one member of this council
fighting for you, even if then
justice is coming from inside
the house. Thank you.
recognizing council hudson,
thank you. And I had written
here. Good afternoon, but I'll
say good evening,
>>I'd like to take a moment
today to recognize our
outgoing colleagues, all of
whom will be messed and also
to address the leadership of
the of speaker adrian adams
and the legacy she leaves
behind in this chamber and
across our city as the first
black speaker of the new york
city council, who also led the
first majority women council
in our city's history from day
one, there was pressure for
her not to push back to fal
lin line and fold to avoid
conflict with the mayor, but
speaker adams understood her
responsibility to protect the
independence and integrity of
this council and to stand up
for new yorkers, many people
undeservedly claimed the
legacy of shirley chisholm,
unbought and unbossed, but
speaker adams lives it she
listened to her members
trusted a diverse majority
women body and allowed this
council to legislate boldly
even when it was difficult
.>>under her leadership, we
approved more than 157000 new
homes, expanded housing
vouchers, childcare care and
mental health supports
confronted the black maternal
mortality crisis and protected
lgbt new yorkers access t
ocare through innovative
programs she championed, like
cuny reconnect and direct cash
assistance for new mothers she
has changed lives beyond the
headlines, speaker adams has
led with steadiness and
seriousness through moments of
tension, disagreement and
challenged without ever losing
sight of this body's dignity
and she's done this with the
help of her incredible staff
led by jeremy john and fisa
ali, to whom I say thank you.
we never know how goo
dsomething is until it's gone.
>>so often institutions resist
black women's leadership
.>>questioning our authority
presence, even treating us as
something to tolerate rather
than embrace speaker, adams
shows us that when black women
lead, we transformed the
institutions that were never
designed for us to begin with.
I'm proud to have served under
her leadership and I'm honored
to forever call her my
colleague and of course, my
spellman sister, madame
speaker. Thank you for your
courage, your integrity and
your historic service to the
city of new york and on behalf
of the black latino asian
caucus executive committee. We
like to present you with a
lovely bouquet of flowers
wrapped in pink and green
majority leader.
>>recognizing council member.
thank you very much. I'm a
very mundane level. I'm
talking about until 1505,
which would combine at the
department of records. The
archival review board and
their board of archives,
reference and research
advisory board into one
archival review advisory board
, I say this because I spent
many years working on archives
and is why I have such an
interest and number two term
limit suck. Thank you very
much
.>>recognizing minority leader
areola
.>>thank you so much I was
originally standing up t
oagain echo the thank you t
oour sergeants at arms. Carl no
one can quite a room like you
by just saying all rise and
and rafael john, thank you for
protecting us, rafi, I met you
. I was only 32. How is it
that I aged and you didn't all
our clerks.
>>our new york city clerk our
facilities are photographers
are parliamentarian jeff
ayanna, an unsung hero who
sits there and keeps us soul
honest
.>>johanna castro, who I have
1000 question mark. Text fro
mthank you. So very much and of
course, the committee counsels
from all our committees that
we chair and and that I was
blessed to chair.
>>but on the heels of what
council members. Shahana,
honey just said there was a
reason that we have free
speech and in our constitution
and that's to protect us from
government retaliation,
height of hypocrisy for
members of this council so dr.
who swore to uphold that
constitution to call out a
council member, even if it
isn't my name, but by in for
punishment for exercisin
gtheir right to free speech. My
colleagues often say things. I
disagree with and I often find
abhorrent, but like every
american I can choose to
respond to their speech with
my own speech, I suggest our
colleague stop acting like
what they say they detest and
we will all do the
.>>same on that note. I don't
want to let this day go by
without saying to my colleague
kristy marmorato
.>>are a class act. Lady
.>>you walked into this chamber
at a few more moments. You
walked into this chamber t
orepresent the district 13 and
represent it. You did and some
days, most aids you didn't get
a fair shake even from your
own colleagues and yet you
still stood with your head,
eyes and you acted with grace
and that's why we call you our
lion s. You will be greatly
missed our minority whip and
myself. It was an honor to
work with you. It was an honor
to partner with you. It was an
honor to become your friend a
member of your extended famil
y. Gino. When renata all lucky
to have you and we are at a
disadvantage to lose you, but.
>>understand something you
made your mark here and you
fought hard.
>>harder than anyone that I've
ever seen you
.>>faced such adversity from
the moment you walked through
those doors and yet you never
lost your integrity, your
temper
.>>you gave your word and you
kept it and
.>>you. You've never lost, your
honor, you are an honorable
woman and I applaud you. Thank
you
,>>recognizing councilmember
moreno
.>>thank you, person want t
othank my family who stuck
around, especially my four
year old son carmine to see me
sworn in after the stated
meeting today. It's been a
marathon day and my staff who
did the same and my friends,
especially the indefatigable
curtis sliwa, although I guess
he's got nowhere to be these
days, but it's nice for him t
ocome
.>>as well, but I speak to you
today with a lump in my throat
because I'm going to miss a
lot of my colleagues that are
leaving, but especially
because this is council member
bob holden's last day. Now I
know the room is divided. Some
of you won't miss him because
he's the democrat tha
tprogressives loves to hat
eothers won't miss him because
he's the conservative that
drives republicans crazy, but
I'm here to say without any
hedging. I'm going to miss bob
holding a lot because beneath
all the controversy beneath
the bluntness beneath the
refusal to go along just to
get along. Bob has been
something that is far too rar
ein this body authentic. He's
been stubborn in the best way
stubborn for taxpayers
stubborn for seniors, stubborn
for public safety and stubborn
for the people who don't have
a lobbyist or a public
relations team, whispering I
narea. And if you want to talk
about legacy, the landmark
veterans legislation that we
were supposed to pass today
would have been the perfect
coda for bob's legacy in the
city council, bob has been the
best advocate in this council
for veterans, not in words,
not in photo ops in work, real
work. He's also been the best
advocate in this body for
animal rights he's been
steadfast for law enforcement
whether you agreed with him or
not, you never had to wonde
rwhere he stood and you never
had to wonder who he was
standing up for. I also have
to say this bob holden got
elected eight years ago
because of the votes he
received on the reform party
line and at the time I was
proud, along with curtis sliwa
to be a leader of the reform
party and if neither curtis
nor I do anything else
worthwhilen p iublic life.
we're both pretty proud of
that because bob holden's
election was a reminder that
voters still have a way of
rewarding independence and
I'll close with a line from
dead poets society, another
staten island councilman jimmy
otto said. When another queens
councilman tom ognibene. He
left this body. Oh, captain,
my captain
.>>bob holden. Captain
.>>you drove a lot of people
here crazy, but you make this
council better.
>>and in my opinion, this body
is worse off without you. God
bless you and thank you for
your service to new york city
.we're really going to miss you
.>>recognizing council member.
it's my turn, mavis speaker.
I've had many bit of in thi
slifetime and today is one of
them.
>>as you close this historic
chapter. I want to begin to
buy public saying thank you
from my heart and on behalf of
district 40 who lives are
better because you chose to
lead. Adrian, you have never
wavered your values in moment
of uncertainty you walk from d
and your purpose. Guided by
integrity, courage and
unwavering commitment to the
people of this city you showed
us what principled leadership
looks like especially when the
path was not easy during the
most challenging times. Our
city has faced you lead with
clarity, compassion and
strength, you reminded us that
leadership is not about title
,but about service, integrity
and courage and
.>>you serve with excellence.
I'm am deeply grateful for
your leadership, your support,
your mentorship. You made
space for voices to be heard
for collaborations to thriv
eand for us to leave boldly and
pensively.
>>I am better because I had
the opportunity to serve
alongside you. It is important
for me to note that you're an
incredible leader was filled
by an extraordinary team I
want to personally extend my
deepest thanks to your
incredible staff
communications team, your
partnership, professionalism
and dedication over the years
made the work stronger in the
missing clearer the body
benefited greatly from your
commitment and care. Adrian,
you will not be.
>>forgotten your impact is
etched into the institution
and into future leaders who
were follow. We will ensure
that your legacy lives through
the values that you've up held
the doors you've opened and
the standards you set? Let
this be a reminder that as the
first black woman in our
city's history to lead the new
york city.
>>council. You did not just
make history. You are
unapologetic. You honored it.
your next chapter be as
powerful, purposeful as the
legacy you leave behind to my
sister's speaker. Thank you
for everything. This is.
>>a good bye for now and not
I love recognizing council
member in our I I don't want
to go back, but I just want t
oask one question. Who is going
care who cared
.>>about the homeowner, the
small property owner, the
black and brown communities
that's losing their home. So
having said that I'm not going
to go all the names I'm going
to say there and I'm going to
say before those faith fake
,flaky and external forces got
to stop. This is this is the
legislators here. We have t
omake tough decisions and I
want to know that next time
when we bring any bill up that
has to do with small property
owners I want my sisters, my
colleagues, my friends to
stand with us. I mean, with me
because there is no way we can
leave this happening in the
city council majority black
folks in here working for the
people we need to take on the
practice small property owner
.we was shaped that bill was
shaped by homeowners advocates
civil rights leaders,
religious leaders, community
leaders, providers, everyone
came together to say we need a
lifeline for the small
property owner
.>>I don't care much about the
but that's the side, that's
where the platform that can
give those folks an
opportunity to hold their hom
e. They are struggling out
there, but having said that I
want to see. I want to say
thank you to every all my
colleagues that stayed on and
that tried to fight with me, I
would never forget that for
austin. Austan baker. I want
to say 1030 p. M. We were on
the phone to make the best out
of it. I want to say thank you
from the battle of my heart
and I have to say enough on
all this back just for this
evening. I'm not going to let
go and for that. I'm going to
finish me saying the best
speaker ever for me because
here, madam speaker adrianne
adams. You stood strong.
>>you did not wave. You did
not shake you are black woman
and you have learned how to
stand up, stand on, keep on
going no matter what's going
on. So for that, my sister. I
want to say I'm so happy to
get to know you. I can tell
you the best speaker because
that's the speaker. I have in
this city council and I love
you. I appreciate you and your
leadership really admired that
in every day. Whatever I can
do to support I love women
counts leadership so.
>>I want to say thank you. And
for that. I want to say all
the staff here. If I have
calling joanna called, called
called all the folks all the
soft here I am my I appreciate
you. I know every day you
sacrifice your family to b
ehere to help us out. I love
you all. Thank you. The
photographers, the I love you
all but but I'm thank you so
much council member.
>>okay while the hug is
happening, recognizing council
.>>good, thank you. Um
,>>I know folks have already
left, but I just want to make
sure that I
.>>emphasized that the only
hypocrisy in these chambers
are coming from colleagues of
mine who are here representing
a party that quite literally
stifle and sensor and make
excuses for hate. S
oforgetting that there words
whether their tweets or posts
are hashtags that they have
wait and that they are on the
ground impacts when someone
reads your tweets.
>>councilmember neave has
moved with integrity and love
always. I hate that you
experience hate at your place
of work
.>>and I hope that we can be
better and I'm proud to cal
lher a friend and a colleague
and a friend. I also want t
otake a moment to thank our
hard speaker adrian atoms this
job is impossible. I don't
know why people want it. I
want to be honest, but you
have been tremendous. You have
been absolutely tremendous in
this role you have been kind.
you have bn teehoughtful. You
have been fair. Um,
>>you let me tear a committee
in an industry that I don't
come from? You took a chance
and I've learned so much and I
owe that to you. You have done
so much for my community
,bushwick, williamsburg and
ridge. What is better because
of you because you were the
speaker because we were proud
to vote you the speaker. Um, I
love saying that we were born
at the same hospital, I shout
out to amherst hospital and
what you have done for
maternal mortality speaker. A
lot of.
>>people here before you, I
think talk the talk, but you
showed up every single yea
ryou brought in the midwives
you brought in the pool as you
step foot into every single
hospital that we were that we
were hoping to impact and it
was so genuine and I thank you
. Actually actually thank you,
because it is easy to just say
you care about it and the hard
thing is putting the money
behind that prioritizing that,
pushing the policies to do
that, and I think you hold the
record for that and when my
last six seconds. I want to
say thank you. And until
estelle. We go to my wonderful
chief of staff on your layer.
she has been incredible, loyal
, hardworking and I will mis
sher greatly and if you've
worked with anya, you kno
wthat girl knows her stuff, so
do not cross her, please. I
wish her the best. Thank you
so much merry christmas,
everybody.
>>and with that wonderful
message. Seeing no one els
esigned up to speak and I do
not expect any raised hands on
now, call on speaker adrian
adams to close today, stated
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
, oh, oh, right. Everybody
have a seat. This is not going
to take long. I'm about t
oadjourn the final stated
meeting of the colleagues.
this has been the honor of a
many of you came in andthis
.>>hadn't governed before
hadn't managed offices before
your work over the last fou
ryears has transformed the
lives of millions of new
yorkers for the betterment of
them of their families. You
have.
>>put forth life changing
legislation that
.>>will last a lifetime.y m
work with you all has been
unprecedented. I thank you for
your leadership.
>>your leadership, my
leadership team. You all have
seen some unbelievable things
and we'll put the budget right
in the center of unbelievable,
because we had some things to
deal with members we have
endured some hours and some
pain and some resistance and
yes, even some contempt at
some point in time, but
through.
>>it all. We stood up, we
stood our ground and.
>>we stood for over 8 million
people of the city of new york
that needed us to stand up for
them an our budget and we won
,we won and we won and we won.
>>and we beat budget cuts bac
k.
>>we restored and got even
more. I'll layer that finance
team, the best in the world,
richard lee shout out to
nisitua. Edwards as well for a
job well done. $115 billion,
and you all did that for thi
scouncil in four our
constituents legislative team
the most legislation that
we've ever seen in david years
led.
>>by jeff baker. Jeff, you can
get some sleep now. Tell your
wife. We're real sorry, but
you can get some sleep now
.>>we thank you. Johanna
.>>thank you. Come steam
mandela and team with some of
the best writers some of the
best
.>>coaches got a shout out ben
because ben was with me from
my district office days.
thanks. A my senior staff. I
can't say enough for my super
chief jeremy john, jeremy.
>>you have led this body in
ways that many of them don't
even know jeremy has really
,really been that guy behind
the.
>>scenes jeremy brings decades
of expertise to this council
,and he never wavered and he's
never been shy about sharing
all of his brilliance with
this body he's given that
freely and he's giving it up
for you.
>>for our constituents and for
the betterment of all new yor
k. Tell betty you're coming.
>>home. Thank you. Fisa ali. I
have always considered you in
my heart to be the
infrastructure of the new york
city council
,>>fisa has been a leader for
years and years and years
dedicating herself
.>>to community engagement and
over these four years. She has
dedicated herself to you
colleagues to you. Thank you.
fisa. I could just go on and
on and on and on just looking
at everybody's faces, you
.>>all my sergeant's led by the
amazing all rise the best diab
colleagues. Karl, you've kept
us safe with your amazing
security team they have alway
.>>been here. John.
>>has always I get a joint and
get back to your weight for
you every
.>>we thank you for your
service for keeping all of us
safe for your love.
>>for this institution for
continuing to hold it up after
year after year. Ralphie the
best fish tank I've ever seen
him of thank you. Thank you,
jason netanyahu, leader of the
best ogc that we've ever seen.
I see pay stock. I've seen a
sitting back there, pesach. I
got a show she was. You have
been an amazing, amazing
person
.>>that has been with me for
gosh even befeor I was elected
. We've known each other that
long. Thank you for your
leadership and your support,
not just for this body but
.>>for queens, your beloved
queen's our beloved queens.
thank you
,>>pesach and colleagues as we
move on our clerk staff mike
sweeney. Yeah. Oh, my gosh,
thank you, mike, for all of
your hard work, jonathan, for
keeping me in line because you
just say those words and a on
general orders coupled on
general orders coming, my
constituent jonathan at ladies
and gentlemen, I think the
entire staff, all of you that
take the time to count these
votes, make sure that it's
right. Make sure that we get
it right in this council, jeff
campagna. You were my
companion for quite a while
when we we work together on
the landmarks committee. Thank
you so much.
>>for all of your dedication
to this body. This has been an
amazing ride for me colleague
s. Hi, frank. Frank. Just let
everybody know you here again,
just just do.
>>that do that roll call thing
that you do welcome addition
to this body, you all have
eme guidance and you all h
.>>you all have given me
confidence to go on t
owhatever the next great thing
is in store for me. I know
that I can do that because you
all are the wind beneath my
wings and I'll say something
else, you know, my love for
veterans has been questioned
today and I take personal
offense to that
.>>this veteran walks with me
on a daily basis, even though
he no longer walks with me on
this earth, this veteran, my
dad, veteran of the united
states air.
>>force I lost him to covid it
in may 2020 my allegiance t
omy father as a veteran
.>>will never be questioned. I
do this work for this veteran,
this veteran, this veteran who
is so proud of his child,
>>from my husband, who was a
veteran that had to lead t
omake sure that our puppy
didn't tear up our house for
that veteran also, united
states air force. This work. I
do is for our veterans let it
never be said that adrienne
adams does not stand up for
veterans veteran stood up for
us, a veteran birthed this
first black speaker of the new
york city council and soul
colleagues. I love you all
more than you will ever know,
and I thank you for growing me
into the person that I am
today. Our work will never be
forgotten. Go forth and do the
work that you're constituents
.>>voted you to do remember
them.
>>most importantly, colleagues
never forget the least of
these. This is the work for
those that need us so badly
remember the least of these,
the stated meeting of decembe
r18 2025 is here by a german
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