Many, many years ago, we had a
young councilwoman come into
the council she came to my
desk carrying a huge jug of
coffee and spilt it all over
my coffee. I still have those
coffee stains to this day, we
can never get it out. But on
behalf of the sergeant in arms
and myself would like to
congratulate you and wish you
the best of luck. Carlina
rivera. You can on that note
at this time, please place
electronic devices, all
electronic devices to vibrate,
madam majority leader. Good
afternoon and welcome to het
state meeting of our august 14
2025 I am a leader, amanda
fatties 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 web site on
behalf of the body.
>>I welcome the members of the
public who have joined us
today during stated meetings
only members of the council
speak members of the public
shall remain silent if you
wish to express your support
of any remarks you make the
silent approval gesture. I
want to remind my colleagues
at 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 shaun not
speak unless recognized by the
chair. It is essential that
even if we disagree. We treat
each other with respect.
>>please join us for the
pledge of allegiance. What
united states of america and
the republic, it stands one
nation. He did all the ability
and justice strong roll call a
break here. Aviles ayala and
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>>janowicz president felder
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hudson, joseph here. Krishnan.
here. Lee. Here. Lewis
president.
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president, nurse jose
president paladino here,
powers here, wrestler here,
riley rivera, president, salon
president police here,
salamanca felt her here. Thank
you, councilmember sanchez.
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president inna vernikov
president one shuang here,
hudson present areola
president farias present
speaker adams genero, you got
genero genero here. Thank you,
>>thank you. We will now have
today's on vacation, which
will be delivered by reverend
eric thomas, pastor of cylon
presbyterian church, which is
located at 260 jefferson
avenue in brooklyn. Good
afternoon. Like to thank
speaker adams and council
member. Oh say for the
invitation and then the entire
body for the opportunity to be
with you today, please know
that my congregation joins
many communities of faith
lifting you up weekly in our
worship for such times as
these. Let us pray or gracious
and merciful god we give you
thanks for this day and for
your many blessings upon us,
we ask that your presence is
felt at this meeting and with
all who participate. Let us be
guided by your wisdom,
creativity and courage for the
betterment of our city and all
who live in it, especially
those who are most vulnerable
equip us to carry out the
change we wish to see surprise
us with the ability to act
with compassion and with
justice, we ask these things
with faith and with hope, a
men. Thank you. I would now
ask counsel member chi oh, say
to spread the invocation on
the.
>>record. Thank you, reverend
thomas for spreading today's
implication reverend embodies
what it means to live one's
values with dignity and
unwavering compassion. His
work stands as a reminder of
the power of service to uplift
those in need. We're grateful
for his leadership and for
anchoring today's gathering
and purpose as the first
openly gay pastor asylum. He
has led with immense courage
and conviction since 2017. He
has modernized the church
through vital building repairs
. The launch asylum of bed
stuy and by opening its parish
house to programs like the
bedside kid's pscrehool of
business he has given deeply
to our community and for that.
we are grateful. Thank you,
majority leader and once again
. Thank you, reverend thomas
for being a staple of bed stuy
and all he has done his
company contributions are
immeasurable. I make a motion
for unanimous consent to
spread the invocation and full
upon the record.
>>thank you. We will now as
council member bob holds in
for the adoption of minutes.
>>now I make a motion that the
minutes of the stated meetings
of june 30 2025 july 14 2025
be adopted as printed.
>>messages and papers from the
mayor,
>>m. 1 56 through hundred 58
merrill vetoes consumer and
work of protection.
>>hundred 59 merrill vito.
>>received ordered, printed
and filed communication from
city, county and borough
offices,
>>em hundred 60 report.
>>received ordered, printed
and.
>>filed hundred 61,
commissioner of elections.
>>recommendation received,
ordered, printed and filed.
>>petitions and communications
none menus call ups 162
through hundred 66. Thank you.
I now ask that the clerk take
a roll call vote on today's
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communication from speaker
adrian adams.
>>thank you very much and good
afternoon, everyone last month
for new yorkers.
>>were killed in a horrific
shooting in midtown manhattan
nypd detective data role islam
.
>>alan, etienne, wesley la
patner and julia hyman. I know
that our hearts are with the
victim's loved ones in all
those affected by this tragedy
and I pray for a quick
recovery for those who were
injured and traumatised. This
tragedy underscores our urgent
and continued fight to end gun
violence, which has taken too
many lives and devastated our
communities. Two more new
yorkers died on the job over
the past month, jose luis
murano ramirez, a construction
worker and diego sandoval,
nevada a worker at a bodega.
my thoughts and prayers are
with their families and loved
when this well loved ones as
they mourn these tragic losses
. Yesterday, we learned that
trump's iced tea, yet another
one of our students. Mamadou
moo qatar was taken after
showing up for a routine court
appearance. The actions by
isis, including their
dangerous policy of targeting
people attending court
hearings as they are told to
do and routine check ins stoke
fear in our communities and
undermine public safety, and I
joined new yorkers to demand
mukhtar is release and safe
return to his community
throughout the month of.
>>we have many important
holidays to recognize is
national breast feeding month.
the time when we promote the
importance of lactation equity
, including making lactation
rooms more accessible in our
workplaces and public spaces.
the council is proud of our
commitment to ensure
accommodations for our nursing
mothers. August 3 was to above
a day of fasting, prayer and
reflection observed by our
jewish communities august 6 ,
>>was jamaican independence
day, august 10 was ecuadorian
independence day today as
pakistan independence day
tomorrow is indian
independence day and the
national liberation day of
korea nineteenth is
afghanistan independence day
and august 21 is national
senior citizens day as I
always have. I call our older
adults the jewels of our
communities and I strive to be
them we all appreciated all we
appreciate all that our
seniors have done for us
august 24 is ukraine
independence day, august 26 is
women's equality day, which
was created thanks to the
advocacy of former new york
congresswoman bella abzug and
august 31 is not just my 36
wedding anniversary, but it is
trinidad and tobago
independence day cards, cards
we need kind.
>>of new york city is home to
so many diverse communities
that our that are essential to
our culture and economy.
>>I hope that all who
celebrate and have a safe,
meaningful time spent with
their loved ones in community
members. I also want to wish a
happy birthday to my
colleagues who were born in
the month of minority leader.
this looks like half of your
conference councilmember mom
arado on the eighteenth
council member a car on the 28
council member inna vernikov
thirtieth.
>>and our brooklyn council
member darlene on the 31.
>>I also want to shout out and
say happy, belated birthday to
our deputy chief of staff for
communications. Our very own
mandela. Jones! Hey, now let's
move on to our stated agenda.
first we'll vote on the
following finance items.
>>a pre considered resolution
sponsored by council members
justin brannan establish a new
40 year article 11 tax
exemption for 14 4 and 5 story
buildings in the districts of
council members dela rosa.
>>dinner with sanchez, phyllis
stephens and salamanca and a
pre considered resolution also
sponsored by council brannan
approving the w denesignation
and changes in the designation
of certain organizations to
receive funding and the
expense budget. Next we'll
vote on the following land use
items 47 hall street rezoning
will facilitate the
redevelopment of a site
containing 10 existing
buildings and council member
hudson's district. The
proposed redevelopment will
include both new construction
and renovation to provide
approximately 611 housing
units with approximately a
quarter of the unit's being
permanently affordable under
option one. It will also
include over 280000 square
feet of commercial space and
up to 60 accessory parking
spaces 3 47 flushing avenue
will amend the zoning map to
bring an existing commercial
building into in compliance
and council member wrestlers
district hundred 36 gold
street rezoning will
facilitate the development of
a new fourteenth story mixed.
>>use residential and
commercial commercial building
with approximately 114 housing
units, 29 of which will be
permanently affordable under
option one also in council
member wrestlers district 42-
11 thirtieth avenue rezoning
will facilitate the
redevelopment of a site
containing and existing one
story grocery store in council
member cubans district the new
five story mixed use
residential and commercial
building will provide
approximately 28 housing units
up to eight of which will be
permanently income restricted
under me options one or three.
it will also include
additional commercial floor
space for the store an
application to facilitate the
redevelopment and enlargement
of lenox hill hospital and
council member powers district
, which has served the city
since 18 60.
>>nine. It will include 475
single bed patient rooms,
modernized operating rooms and
other clinical spaces and the
creation of needed ambulance
bays, which will allow the
hospital to provide optimal
patient, patient care. The
modified proposal reflects
years of community input.
>>and includes changes to
reduce the maximum building
height as part of the project,
the hospital will make
significant investments to the
south bound entrance of the 77
street subway station,
including for accessibility
and the midtown south mixed
use plan, which is the largest
residential neighborhood
rezoning in two decades and
will deliver nearly 10000
units of housing over 2800, of
which will be permanently
affordable and council members
botch er and powers districts
through negotiation. The
rezoning, the council secured
over $448 million in economic
development investments to
support the garment district,
fashion and garment industry
as well as community benefits
and infrastructure
improvements to the midtown
south area, new yorkers are
facing a citywide housing
crisis, and we must confront
it by advancing housing units
and creating more homes with a
focus on.
>>affordability. We are proud
to pass another historic
rezoning today that builds on
our successful record, the
council's partnership with the
department of city planning
and community stakeholders,
including manhattan community
boards 4 and 5 represents a
model of community planning
and collaboration that can
advance housing solutions and
community investments that
benefit all new yorkers.
>>I want to thank council
members botch er and powers
for their leadership. I also
want to thank our planning and
land use team.
>>paris strawder, brian paul
and mccoy artha hot deborah
kerr or a line. Assad and
caroline antonelli and dana
leventhal for their engagement
alongside the local council
members to help make this
effort a success today will
also vote on the following
pieces of legislation,
resolution 986, sponsored by
council member crystal hudson
recognize august 14 2025 as
the ninetieth anniversary of
social security and
commemorate august 14 annually
as social security day in the
city of new york.
>>thank you. Two staff members
regina paul and chloe rivera
introduction for 22 ways
sponsored by councilmember
rivera would require the
office of technology and inna
to create a rooftop activity
category on the city's 311
website and 300 mobile device
application. Thank staff
members irene by husky and
erik brown.
>>introduction thousand 56, a
sponsored by council member
crystal hudson require
physicians and nurses employed
by contracted with.
>>the department of health and
mental hygiene and working in
public schools through the
office of school health to
complete annual competency
training on health concerns
related to sexual orientation,
gender identity, gender,
expression and sex
characteristics. Thank you to
our staff members christopher
pepe sarah's future and zohar
month, mom's ami. Next we will
vote on several bills to
provide information on patient
rights for transgender
individuals introduction 6 28,
a sponsored by public advocate
germany, williams would
require the department of
health and mental hygiene to
design signs describing the
rights of transgender patients
, including information on an
individual's right to be
referred by their preferred
name, title, gender and
pronoun and to make such signs
available to hospitals in this
city would also be required to
coordinate with the hospitals
to identify the services
offered to meet the specific
needs of transgender
individuals, including gender
reforming health care
introduction hundred 29,
sponsored by public advocate,
williams would require the
commissioner to report
annually on training provided
by hospitals to medical staff
regarding medical care for
transgender individuals. Thank
you to staff members, sarah's
suitor, and christopher pepe.
>>next we will vote on several
bills.
>>to improve the safety of
child care programs this
legislation is especially
important after the death of
adrienne year old nicholas
domine easy from a fentanyl
overdose at a day center in
the bronx nicholas parents,
zoila dominy seat and autumnal
phillies are here with us
today. Please stand. So we can
recognize you. Our hearts are
with you,
>>we passed this legislation
today in behalf of your
beloved baby.
>>we thank you for your
courage, your strength and
your determination to see this
legislation through god bless
you the tragic loss of a child
is something that no parents
or family should ever
experience our hearts are with
you.
>>as a council we remain
committed to ensuring the
safety of our children and we
thank you so much for your
fierce advocacy and
partnership on these bills.
>>resolution 163 b, sponsored
by council member sanchez
would call upon the new york
state assembly to pass and the
governor to sign s 6025 a 38
99 a, which would tighten
regulations enhance
inspections and provide
training and resources to
daycare providers and parents
to ensure the safety of
children and child day care
homes, programs,
>>and facilities across new
york state. Thank you to
joshua neuman introduction
1041 a also sponsored by
council, sanchez would require
ohh to conduct an annual
outreach campaign to inform
parents and legal guardians
about their rights regarding
their children in child care
programs in new york city and
introduction thousand 42 a
also sponsored by councilman
sanchez would require report
annually on training provided
to their employees who inspect
childcare programs. Thank you
so much to sarah sayeed
christopher pepe introduction
9 98, sponsored by council
member keith would codify new
york city's cooling center
program requiring the
commissioner of the new york
city office of emergency
management to designate
cooling center locations where
there is when there was a heat
related emergency and the
designation of at least seven
cooling centers per 100000
residents. The determiatinons
of where to locate cooling
centers would be required to
consider factors such as areas
where vulnerable populations
reside. The bill would also
require nice them to provide
information on how the public
can submit feedback about
their experiences at cooling
centers or report any
challenges accessing them.
thank you once again to our
staff members, sarah's pepe.
>>and introduction 1100 a
sponsored by council member
carlina rivera require the
department of social services
to amend eligibility criteria
to include any period of time
detained in a city jail state
prison or residential mental
health to seek a treatment
facility as a time of person
has been homeless for the
purposes of qualifying for an
existing supportive housing
program administered and
wholly funded by the city
supportive housing housing
remains one of the most
effective solutions to provide
stability for people facing a
range of challenges. Yet these
barriers to eligibility for
justice involved new yorkers
has limited their access this
bill is a step towards
removing these barriers to
housing, that is a stabilizing
force to make our city safer
and ensure a more successful
reentry from the justice
system. We thank our staff
members jeff, jeremy whiteman
and natalie meltzer,
>>I would also like to
recognize which I did not. My
interns from district 28 are
here today and I welcome them
into city council chambers for
the first time welcome in
turns.
>>really? Thank you very much
for your attention and now I
turn it back over to our
majority leader.
>>thank you, speaker aamsd. We
will now move into discussion
of.
>>general orders and I'd like
to first recognized council.
sanchez followed by powers in
public advocate williams.
thank you, majority leader.
>>I'd first like to start with
a short moment of silence like
to use my time in that way for
nicholas. Thank you,
>>nearly two years have passed
since the heartbreaking loss
of one year old nicholas
phillies divinity, a radiant,
joyful child whose life was
stolen by fentanyl exposure in
a licensed daycare in the
bronx.
>>nicholas should be here
today, his parents spoiler
antonio, they did everything
right. They placed their trust
in a system meant to protect
their son but depraved
criminals exploited its
weaknesses and their families
world was shattered the depth
of their pain is unimaginable.
>>in our city continues to
mourn.
>>today we honor nicholas
memory through action.
>>the passages, the passage of
intros 1041042, shaped by his
family's courage will help
keep other children safe 1041
will ensure parents are
informed of their rights and
day care facilities, including
that a parent can walk in at
any time to ask to see their
child and the facility which
this family was denied in 1042
requires public reporting on
inspector training,
strengthening oversight and
transparency these steps move
us toward a future where no
families face such a tragedy,
but because there is more work
to do. We also are passing
rizzo hundred 63, calling on
the state legislature to pass
and the governor to sign
assembly bill 38 99 and senate
62 25 by assembly members
george alvarez and sent state
senator gustavo rivera, my
counterparts at the state,
respectively. These these
pieces of legislation would
further strengthen inspections
, improved training and
enhance transparency. I thank
you, speaker atoms.
>>health care council member
shulman and the prosecutors,
whose work has already secured
nearly a hundred years of
prison time for those
responsible nicholas light
will never fade in his memory
and in solidarity with his
family. We will keep working
until every child is safe and
no parent has to bear this
kind of loss. Thank you.
recognizing council member of.
>>powers. Thank you. I'm
excited today that we are
voting on two major landis
items in my district as well
as an important piece of
legislation to codify the new
york city's cooling centers
program first. I'm thrilled.
that will be voting on midtown
south mixed use rezoning. The
plan is a reflection of a
simple truth that we don't
have enough housing here in
new york city, and because of
that prints have been
skyrocketing, especially in
manhattan. The plan would
create over 95 new hundred new
units of housing through
office conversions and new
development, including more
than 2800 permanently
affordable homes. This is one
of the largest rezoning is
that we have done in this city
for housing in decades. The
plan also supports local
schools, streets, parks and a
brand new cross town bus way
dedicated bus way on 34 sheep.
I'm appreciative of all the
people who came together to
make this happen? I want to
give a shout out to my
colleague erik bottcher new
york city planning
commissioner dan garodnick
bannon franklin from my staff
to land used to here and so
many more, second after many
years of negotiations, I think
six years of negotiations.
we're voting on a plan to
modernize lenox hill hospital
on the upper east side after
beth israel's recent closure,
I believe it's strong,
strongly we can't risk losing
another hospital, the lenox
hill hospital treats 144000
patients a year employees 5000
health care workers and serves
new yorkers from all boroughs,
the renovation will expand
emergency department operate
the operating rooms upgrade
the operating with and
converted patient rooms to
single occupancy offering
patients more privacy and
reducing infection. This
project years ago at a scale
that we objected to, but
haven't worked over the last
years to get it to a better
place to deliver more
excellent health care at the
same time without cutting any
beds. We brought the height,
down from 516 feet to 370 feet
reduce a time line by
construction timeline by three
years. We have a new subway
station coming on site and
another subway investment
coming across the street and
$7.5 million of community
benefits. How about I thank
all the advocates in the
community to help who have
worked with us to improve the
plan to commit aboard eight to
caroline in bed for my staff
and all those who work on this
for the over the years and
just finally, I want to
mention we're promoting on a
bill today to codify the
city's cooling centers program
, which can be a life saving
resource during months like
very year, about 580 new
yorkers died prematurely
because of hot weather we know
the summers are getting hotter
and this is a way to keep
people safe. I want to thank.
I want to recognize council
member is not here, but it was
carrying this pill early in an
earlier of it. I also want to
thank haley brundage from my
office for her work and
everyone who helped push this
bill forward thanks to
everyone and hope you will
vote I thanks.
>>recognizing public advocate.
>>williams, I you, you amanda,
majority leader. Peace and
blessing level light to
everyone I'm want to thank
chair for her leadership in
the committee on health and
thank you, speaker atoms for
your leadership and allowing
me to speak before you today
after years of carrying the
bills will, speaking about.
it's a with a lot of pride
that I see them finally
brought to a vote from the
city council in a city with
the diversity that we have. I
believe that inch of 68 and in
hundred 29 have been long past
due interest is to be able to
require science should post a
detail on a hospital services
for trends and individuals and
point to note it doesn't
require any particular type of
service that makes it clear
what services are available
additionally, inches 6 29
would require the department
of health and mental hygiene
to report annually on training
provided by hospitals
regarding medical care for
transgender individuals,
nurses and physicians receive
minimal training on providing
company care on transgender
and gender nonconforming
individuals with some medical
schools, reportedly allocating
a median of five hours
curriculum as a result, many
of the tea community have
reported negative experiences
and face discrimination when
interacting with the health
care system, leading many to
avoid hospitals, including all
together.
>>now more than ever, I hope
everyone sees how
interconnected our ability to
get resources and our
connectivity to actually have
equity and justice is really
connected, I believe it's
important to see support to
support, particularly plus
anti.
>>to stay clearly the resource
and service developed to them
when so many other doors and
avenues are closing another
health care system like many
other civic and social facing
a lot of uncertainty and other
administration, particularly
this administration to help
see the importance of local
government. I also just want
to make sure I always point
out my own personal journey to
give people permission to join
the journey to make sure we're
including everyone as a black
man a man of caribbean descent
as a person of faith 10 years
ago. I likely wouldn't have
been the one sponsoring this
leader. This is a.
>>but I'm proud thanks to kim
watson benjamin on my staff
who toll instructed to make
sure you make sure I push past
my comfort and she has done
that every single day and I'm
inviting everyone to push past
their comfort, that is the
only way we're going to get
through this, so thank you so
much. I so walant to just a
shot of veronica evie's rosie
mendez elizabeth. The demand
from my office as well. Let's
get through this together.
thank you so much recognizing
councilmember brewer, followed
by rivera, then hudson and.
>>boettcher. Thank you very
much I wanted to speak about
the garment center and the
great work that's been going
down in mid town south so as
president, I was the one that
put in money. That's a cole of
25 million over several years
to improve the garment center,
and also we tried to get a
purchase of a building. We
were not successful of that
pratt center was very helpful
thanks to councilman boxer and
powers. I know that a lot of
work has gone into this and I
want to be clear on the money,
the good news is I understand
it is that they be an advisory
group comprised of people from
the government makers and from
local electives and community
boards to make sure that money
goes in the future.
>>to support the garment
center, not just the programs
that are very unclear. Thank
you very much for that number
two, I hope that ed will hire
a staff member to participate
in this process or oversight,
and I hope that the new york
fashion workforce development
coalition will have
nominations that are taken
very seriously and have a say
in the hiring. I'm very glad
about the carve out. I know
that calcium obata worked
really hard and took a lot of
crap from people who should
not have given it to him about
the car belt. I really, really
thank them back garment center
is really important to our
city. I still hope we can buy
a building for the garment
center. I was able to get 20
million. It was costing 60
million, probably more. Now
this garment center has the
broadway as it's customer, you
can't go to brooklyn and bronx
and get a button when there's
a button breaking admitted in
the middle of a production.
>>so and secondly, the
individuals who work they're
going to pay very well as they
should, and I just want to
make sure that thearm gent
center continues. I know we'll
have housing, but the garment
center is first and foremost
on my list of centers that
need to be continued. I really
want to thank everybody,
particularly those from the
government center f I t and so
on who came together. Thank
you very much recognizing
council member at good. Good.
afternoon. Today we will
vote on my bill intro. 1100 a
simple we powerful change that
can help break the cycle of
homelessness and incarceration
for thousands of new yorkers
and I'm urging your support
right now if you're homeless
and censor rikers the time
doesn't count towards your
homeless history for
supportive housing eligibility
. The clock resets even if you
were living on the street the
day before you were detained
or you have nowhere to go once
you're released instead of
getting stable housing and
care to. Many are pushed back
into shelters are on the
streets. My bill requires a
time spent in jails they
prisons are a court ordered
mental health facility will
count toward the homelessness
history requirement for city
funded supportive housing. If
the person was homeless before
and will likely be homeless
after release. The facts are
clear. Homelessness is 10
times more common among
formerly incarcerated people
in the general public one
third of individuals admitted
to new york city jails were
unhappy house before
incarceration and nearly 70%
of people on rikers, who could
benefit from supportive
housing are shut out because
of the chronic homelessness
definition, it costs over
$500000 a year to incarcerate
someone but supportive housing
saves public dollars, and it
changes lives. This bill makes
sure that when individuals
leave jail, they can access
the housing and services they
need to stabilize instead of
returning to the conditions
that led them to jail in the
first place. I would like to
thank colleagues from
supportive housing network of
new york fortune society and
all those with lived
experience for their support
through the legislative
process over the last year and
a half.
>>I ask you all to vote yes on
intro 1100 my glass bill, no
pressure. Thank you.
recognizing councilmember
hudson.
>>! Thank you so much today.
I'd like to speak about
introduction 1056, which will
enhance support for support
services for lgbt plus young
people in public schools
despite serving 915000
children our city's public
school system does not
currently have any requirement
in place to ensure medical
personnel like school nurses
or physicians have training in
the unique needs of lgbt plus
people when young queer people
have access to health care
professionals who understand
and affirm their identities.
they are less likely to
experience severe mental
health challenges and more
likely to receive care that
directly meets their needs in
256 would require physicians
and nurses employed by or
contracted with the department
of health and mental hygiene
who work in public schools to
complete an annual lgbt plus
competency training, which
would focus on health concerns
for the community like
information related to gender
for care health care and a
list of referrals and
resources to help medical
personnel connect students
with such care.
>>this bill came out of the
lgbt plus caucuses policy
agenda to address concerns
that school personnel were
unfamiliar with new
developments facing lgbt plus
medical care. I'd like to
thank the many groups working
with young queer people,
including the alley forney
center transformative schools
and night clue who helped
improve and support this
legislation and I've urge you
all to urge you all to vote. I
thank you. Recognizing
councilmember butcher.
>>I want to start by the
departure of one of my longest
serving aides hannah moses,
who was actually my field
director and my campaign and
is now my legislative and
budget director is sadly
moving on, but I want to thank
hannah for everything she's
done for me and our team and
the people of council district
. Eric, thank you. Hannah.
>>and today is a big, big day
for council district three
because we are passing
rezoning that will generate
9008 535 new homes, including
2842 permanently affordable
apartments. That's as many
affordable homes that have
been built below 96 street in
manhattan in the last five
years combined is the biggest.
>>neighborhood rezoning in
decades in new york city, and
it's coming along with big big
benefits for the community and
so many other ways. In
addition to the protections
for the garment industry and
record investments in programs
to assist the garment industry
. We're turning broadway from
21 street up to 42 street into
a grand pedestrian plaza that
will rival the great public
spaces of the world in cities
like barcelona and paris,
that's broadway 34 street bus
way car free bus way.
>>we're gonna have a
incredible investments in
schools, parks, a new station
we're honoring the past with
new landmark designations and
so this is what it looks like
when people come together to
solve complex problems and
really deliver the housing and
other benefits. Our city needs
. I want to thank my colleague
keith powers. Want to thank
speaker adams and her
leadership and the whole team
at council planning and land
use everyone on my staff was
city planning. Thank you so
much seeing no one else signed
up to speak.
>>report of special committees
, none reports of standing
committees,
>>reported of the committee on
criminal justice intro. 1100 a
supportive housing.
>>a couple of general orders,
>>reported of the committee on
finance pre considered roseau
1013 transparency resolution
coupled on general orders pre
considered 342 and rizzo, 1028
tax exemption couple on
general orders reported.
>>the committee on health
intro. 6 28 and 6 29 a care
for trans individuals.
>>amended in a couple of guns
general.
>>orders centro 9 98, a
cooling centers amended in a
couple of on general orders
until 2041 a and 1042 age I
met him a couple times general
lowers until 2056 a competency
training amended in a couple
months, general orders
reported the committee on land
you sell, you hundred 24 to
132 various.
>>applications approved with
modifications and referred to
the city planning commission,
intersection hundred 70 of the
new york city charter.
>>hell you, eric, 33, and
rizzo, 1029 and a 34 in roseau
1033 47 flushing avenue,
coupled on general orders 335
through 341 various
applications approved with
modificatis aonnd referred to
the city planning commission
person 270 of the new york
city charter report of the
committee on technology and
422 a rooftops amended in a
couple on general orders calendar 324 in
roseau 1031 321 in roseau 1041
various applications returned
from city planning coupled on
general orders resolution
appointing various persons
commission of couple on
general orders. I now ask that
the clerk take a roll call
vote on all of the items
coupled on today's general
orders calendar. Riley. Thank
you of permission of all all
items on today's baby.
>>meeting gender permission.
granted, I don't thank you.
councilman.
>>thank you. Are you? I aviles
high.
>>ayala I banks? I don't know,
watcher, I I know brennan.
brewer? Yes, brooks powers cab
on eye at all car majority
leader requests a unanimous
consent to all vote on all
land use call ups permission.
vincent.
>>thank you. I'll be voting
first. Let me disclose on the
record that in the
transparency resolution. We're
voting on today. We're funding
the jewish community center,
staten island, and I am
associated with that entity
and I be voting no on pre
considered resolution 1013 as
well as introductions thousand
56 28 a and I on the rest.
thank you, de la rosa high.
thank you. Yes. You're okay.
dinner. What's iona felder I
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, I thank you. Thanks. I vote.
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>>holden iron all except
intros 1056 a and 6 28 and pre
considered rizzo 1013 of which
I vote? No, hudson, I, joseph
krishnan. I ellie, I. Lewis.
hi,
>>morato. I vote aye, on all
with the exception of intros
1056 a 6 20 a and the pre
considered resolution 1013. I
vote no marched mealy men by
murano, I vote. Aye, all with
the exception of pre
considered resolution 2013
1056 a 6 2829 a. On those I
vote no moya. Narcisse, try
nurse.
>>oh, say about eye on all
paladino.
>>I vote. Aye, and all except
show 105620 and transparency
rizzo 1013 powers, but I don't
all wrestler, but ion all. And
I just would like to take a
moment to thank council member
rivera for being such a
wonderful colleague. We will
miss you and wish you the best
. Rivera I vote, I proudly
thank you, everyone, thank you
, salam vote ion all and I
want to disclose on the record
that I have membership with
the ncaa and my daughter
represents 1 1 of my daughters
is a member of youth represent
salamanca sanchez proudly, I
showman. I know. Um, I inna
vernikov. Anne. All except no
on intro 7 56 6 28 and no one
reconsidered rizzo 1013. Thank
you. Williams. Permission to
explain my vote. Permission.
grand take. Great. Hi,
everybody. Happy summer. I
just wanted to take this very
quick moment to give a shout
out to my wonderful interns.
leana, alyssa, abigail sham,
sir. Enough in iowa. He thanks
for a great summer and yes,
you will be missed council
member of era and with that
vote all. Thank you so much
leader.
>>thank you, councilmember
hanif for disclosure.
>>I like to disclose on the
records the atlantic avenue
merchants association. It is
in today's transparency, rizzo
and I am associated with that.
>>entity. Thank you. Council
number one huang, I.
>>areola. I'd like to just
close for the record that in
the transparency resolution is
nding for the and my son has
an affiliation with that
agency I vote aye, on all with
the exception of intros 1 5 6
a to 6 2 8 and pre considered
rizzo 1013. Thank you. Farias.
>>sorry, kolya council member
joseph for her.
>>disclosure. Thank.
>>rachel. Thank you. And this
trend so transparency. Rizzo,
my son is a new york city
public schools student and
it's beng ifunded and he's
also affiliated with bro, sis.
that's also being funded in
this transparency reza thank
you,
>>thank you. Padilla? Yes, I
have.
adams I all items on today's
general order calendar are
adopted by a vote of 44 and
the affirmative. Zero on the
negative and zero abstentions
with the exception of
introduction, 6 28, a
introduction 1056 and
resolution and 13, which were
adopted by a vote of 37 in the
affirmative. Seven in the
negative and zira abstentions
and introduction, 6 29 a,
which was adopted by a vote of
43 in the affirmative,
adrienne in the negative zero
abstentions. There were and
the revised land use call up
vote is 43 in the affirmative
and zero in the negative with
no obsessions with that's we
will move into introduction
and reading of bills, all
bills have been referred to
committee has indicated on
today's agenda.
>>thank you. We will now move
into the discussion of
resolution and I have no one
signed up, so I'll just scan
of the room, councilmember
hudson.
>>thank you so much I'd like
to briefly discuss my
resolution 9 8 6. Today this
council is voting to recognize
august 14 2025 as the 90
anniversary of social security
and commemorate august 14
annually, a social security
day in the city of new york 90
years ago today, president
franklin d. Roosevelt signed a
social security act into law
to quote, give some measure of
protection to the average
citizen and to their family
against the loss of a job and
against poverty ridden old age
end quote. Currently new
yorkers receive social
security benefits more than
40% of whom neither monthly
checks to meet basic needs
despite a 26% jump in the
number of older americans by
20 35, the trump
administration is actively
dismantling the infrastructure
in place that supports older
adults in recent months, the
federal government has made
policy changes that make these
benefits harder to access from
closing offices and removing
language access services to
limiting direct deposit
information changes and
eliminating the federal office
tasked with supporting older
adults I'd like to thank for
their leadership and work to
highlight this crucial
anniversary, and I.
>>thank you, majority leader.
thank you, councilmember
seeing no one else signed up
to speak. We will now have a
voice vote on today's
resolutions. If you wish to
vote against or abstain from
any of today's resolutions,
please notify the legislative
documents unit by email or by
approaching the dais. I'll now
read today's resolution into
the record resolution 5 63 b
calls on the new york state to
enact senate bill 6 20 62 25
ana assembly bill 38 99 a,
which would tight end
regulations enhanced
inspections and provide
training and resources to
daycare providers and prenats
to ensure the safety of
children and child take care
homes, programs and facilities
across new york state. All
those in favor, say aye,
>>I'll oppose, say name any
abstentions. The ayes have it
resolution 986 recognizes
august 14 2025 as the
ninetieth anniversary of
social security and
commemorates august 14
annually as social security
day in the city of new york.
all those in favor, say aye,
I'll oppose, say name.
>>any abstentions, have it, we
will now move into general discussion, and I'd
like to first recognize
council member rivera do madam
speaker, colleagues and
friends. Thank you for the
time and.
>>of course, the kind words
and anecdotes today will be my
last stated meeting as a
member of the new york city
council.
>>I believe we all ran for
office, hoping to make lasting
positive change for our
communities working over
almost eight years with the
members in this body on causes
large and small has proven to
me that we share the dream
that new yorkers always
deserve better from expanding
health care access to
strengthening public schools
from reducing food insecurity
to fighting for more
affordable housing.
>>my focus has been to improve
the lives of our neighbors.
>>I have relished the
successes an admittedly
learned from the missteps
along the way, but I'm.
>>leaving the council today
with accomplishments that I am
proud of direct investments in
local schools,
>>libraries, parks and
cultural institutions,
victories on health, housing
and transportation policy to
strengthen our communities and
economy, a landmark workforce
development center affordable
housing projects that have
been completed and road maps
that will create even more the
eastside coastal resiliency
project, which will provide
flood protection to my
communities for generations to
come 44 local laws that builds
on fairness, dignity and
livability for my community
and city and the
accomplishment that are most
proud of outside these walls,
becoming a mother to.
>>my to beautiful children.
they are. They really are
beautiful. It's a ist' a fact.
>>I couldn't have done all of
this without my staff. Katie,
sheila, eddie lysander. You
some are beyond my interns.
thank you. Thank you to the
many people who at some point
over the last eight years,
chose to be on my team help
implement a compassionate
forward thinking agenda so
many wonderful people out
there that made a choice to
serve. I want to thank the
advocates, my colleagues of, course, my amazing family I
know my husband's watching on
the live stream and my friends
for your collaboration, your
patients and support. I want
to thank you, madam.
>>speaker for your support and
camaraderie and all my love to
you always so that deputy
speaker, of course, to the
dedicated staff of this great
council.
>>to my colleagues in the face
of unprecedented attacks on
the fabric of what makes new
york. Great. Continue to stand
strong.
>>to my constituents. It's
been the honor of my life to
represent the second district.
these are the neighborhoods
that raised me. I'm deeply
grateful for your trust as my
time as your council member
comes to an end. I'm
reflecting on what we've
achieved together to make our
neighborhoods and city fairer
and more livable for all born
and raised on the lower east
side, the proud product of a
puerto rican family who came
to new york from puerto rico
from opportunity. I have
carried that same drive into
public service. I'll keep
taking that same drive with me
as I hope you will, too, as we
continue to advocate for the
people of the greatest city in
the.
>>world. Ah, thank you so much
everyone. It's been the
absolute honor and privilege
thank you. Unless puerto rican
.
>>recognizing minority leader
areola. Thank you, majority
leader, madam speaker. I too
would like to thank our intern
, ben fox today is his last
day he returns to school. It's
the second year that he has
been our intern and he has
really been an asset to our
office and we will miss him
greatly, although we do remain
friends and continue to keep
in touch throughout the year.
so good luck to you, ben, as
you return to your educational
institution 249 years ago on
july 2 776 in a sweltering
chamber in philadelphia, the
members of the second
continental congress took a
vote that changed the world
forever on that day, not the
fourth of as so many believe
the founding fathers declared
that the 13 american colonies
were henceforth free and
independent states, they would
no longer be ruled by the
british empire, john adams
himself wrote that july 2
would be celebrated for
generations as the great
anniversary festival of our
freedom.
>>yet over time that date
faded from public memory and
was eclipsed in our minds by
the day the declarations.
final text was approved, which
is july 4.
>>but history matters, and it
is important that future
generations. Remember that the
day, the crucial vote in
american history occurred was
july 2, that is why I'm
introducing a resolution to
designate july 2 as freedom
day in new york city this new
day will not replace the
fourth of but instead it will
deepen its meaning. It will
ensure that every new yorker
knows when our independence
was truly declared and under
the courage the voters gave
that gave birth to our nation.
>>I ask you all to sign on to
rezo 2012 as sponsors and help
preserve american history for
new yorkers for the future.
thank you for the time
recognizing.
>>minority web paladino,
followed by a council member
brewer.
>>good afternoon, everybody.
the bill I'm introducing today
is in 2962 it seeks to amend
the administrative code of the
city of new york by removing
specific benchmarks related to
protected bike lanes and
protected bus slings from the
city's streets master plan it
would repeal the formal
definitions of projected
bicycle lanes and protected
and eliminate the quantitative
targets for installing those
lanes. However, other elements
of the master plan such as
improvements to pedestrian
infrastructure transit signal
priority accessible pedestrian
signals and the intersection
redesigns would and should
remain in place. I am not
opposed bike lanes where bike
lanes are appropriate, but but
one size fits all master plan
that employ imposes a specific
amount of bike lanes or
protected bus lanes is just
the recipe for disaster in
many cases installing these
lanes create more dangerous
conditions for the cyclists,
pedestrians and drivers the
intent of this legislation is
to allow greater flexibility
and discretion in how the city
approaches street design and
transportation planning rather
than being bound by numerical
mandated targets. Now more
than ever. We need to ensure
that critical projects
involving street redesign or
infrastructure are tailored to
community specific needs and
our balanced with traffic flow
neighborhood character and
overall public safety. That is
why I'm asking for the support
of each and every one of you
for intro 1362. Thank you very
much.
>>recognizing councilman
murano, followed by brewer
than louis. Thank you
colleagues today. I'm proud to
introduce legislation
alongside my co sponsored
council member that I believe
will make our democracy
stronger and our elections.
fairer right now as I think a
lot of you know if you're
running for mayor, public
advocate or controller, and
you matching funds from the
campaign finance board, you're
required to participate in a
that makes sense if taxpayers
are footing the bill for your
campaign, you should face the
public answer questions and
explain your vision, but
here's the loophole that rule
doesn't apply to city council
or borough president races,
which means someone can take
thousands hundreds of
thousands in public funds and
never show up for a single
debate, and I've seen it
happen firsthand in my special
election in april 1 of my
opponents refused to
participate in any in person
debates at all this bill
closes that gap, it says if
you take public money in a
council or borough president
race. You must participate in
at least one official debate,
no ducking, no hiding, no
candidate protection program,
and I think this is going to
make a big difference and let
me say I couldn't ask for a
better partner to bring this
forward with an lincoln
restler. We be the city
council's bipartisan by
borough political odd couple
pretty sure netflix has
already option the sitcom
rights, but we both agree
voters deserve transparency,
accessibility and respect, so
hopefully this is just the
beginning of a new era of
wrestler moreno collaboration.
but if a republican from
staten island the most
conservative district in the
city no less and the co chair
of the progressive caucus from
brooklyn can work together on
good government reform
legislation like this. I think
that sends a message to the
whole council and I think
maybe there's hope for the
whole city, no matter how
polarized it seem we are at
times thanks very much.
>>recognizing comes remember,
brewer, followed by lewis and.
>>majority were brooks paris.
>>well, thank you very much. I
too want to thank the interns
who are here today, samantha
sabban, who's at northwestern
max morgan. Ej, who is an
american university, brandon
shows the news at laguardia
high school and then, of
course, here. So I can't
remember where I want you down
somewhere, but I will find you
. Samantha's also here and
also elise kwan, who's was a
member of the staff. I do also
want to congratulate counsel
rivera on her new job, I will
miss all her gossip. She has a
great deal to share, and I
wish her the.
>>best I want to point out the
council member luis and I
bought her flowers. I didn't
see flowers from anybody else.
thank you. Hey. Well, now
everyone's going to run and go
buy flowers, so I'm
recognizing council member
luis, followed by a majority
were brooks powers and council
member shulman.
>>thank you, madam majority
leaders today. I'm introducing
to resolutions. The first
resolution 1021 calls on the
state to expand coverage for
colon cancer screenings to
individuals age 35 and older
and to require such coverage
and all insurance policies.
currently, the federal
government only requires
insurance plans to cover these
screenings beginning at age 45
, however, colon cancer rates
and younger adults have risen
for decades, the national
cancer institute reports a
study increase in diagnoses
among those under 50 with many
cases already advanced by the time they are detective
health and hospitals notes
that when colon cancers found
early the five year survival
rate is 90% waiting to screen
can cost lives the second
resolution 1022 calls on the
state to hold corporations
criminally liable when their
negligence and recklessness at
unmarked worksites result in
serious injury or death.
result. 1022, addresses a
pressing concern and our
housing work sites that are
not properly marked or secured
, which pose a serious dangers
to residents, pedestrians,
visitors and children who not
realize they're walking into
hazardous areas I am proud to
advocate for these two
resolutions and our urging, my
colleagues to sign on and
lastly, I want to wish our
colleague extraordinaire,
council member rivera on her
next endeavor, and I want to
thank you for your service in
your hard work. Thank you.
recognizing majority where
brooks powers, followed by
council members schulman,
hudson and salaam.
>>thank you. I want to begin
by acknowledging two of my
outstanding cooney creel,
>>launch interns who are with
us today and chambers showing
money and alfonso alarcon.
thank you for all the work you
have done on behalf of the 31
council district and we will
be sad to see you go next. I'm
proud to introduce three bills
that will strengthen safety,
improved communication with
our communities and expand
transit options and in
neighborhoods that need the
most. Two of these bills are
the result of extensive
discussions with our commuter
van working group aimed aimed
supporting the growth of the
license community band
industry to better serve
transit deserts while cracking
down on the dangerous,
unlicensed vans that undermine
safety and take riders away
from public transit. The first
bill intro 346 requires a
department of transportation
to conduct a comprehensive
study of the commuter van
industry every four years, the
study will examine ridership
service areas and stop
locations and help us better
understand how commuted bans
fits into the al broader
transit network, the second
bill in 2347, directs our
enforcement agency used to
take a tougher approach to
illegal operations by ensuring
that every license van stopped
on our streets is held
accountable for all applicable
violations and faces the
maximum penalty is allowed
under law. The third bill
injured 13 45, responds to
changes we've seen with our
bus network redesign such as
the queen's bus network
redesign, it would require
dealt coordination with the to
notify nearby homeowners and
businesses whenever a bus stop
is created removed within 50
feet of their property. This
is especially important for
seniors in new yorkers with
disabilities who deserve
advanced notice when bust
access changes in their
neighborhood. These bills
reflect our commitment to a
transportation system that is
safer, more accessible and
more responsive to the needs
of every community I urge my
colleagues to join me in
advancing them, and I also
would like to join the chorus
and just saying thank you to
council member carlina rivera
just being a tremendous
colleague, mentor and friend
throughout this time that
you've been here. You've
helped me champion a lot of
meaningful legislation and I'm
really thankful for all that
you've done for me personally
and as well as this body, so
thank you and good luck in
this next chapter.
>>recognizing counts member
shulman, followed by hudson,
then salam, thank you,
majority leader. No new yorker
should have to choose between
their health and their
paycheck. That's why I'm
introducing intro 13 69, which
guarantees every worker in our
city five hours of paid time
each year for preventive
medical care check screenings,
particularly cancer screenings
and counseling that can catch
illness early and save lives.
this is a simple common sense
step to keep our work force
healthy, reduce health care
costs and protect the well
being of every new yorker
healthy workers mean the
strongest city and that starts
with giving people the time
they need to take care of
themselves. I also want to
join in congratulating council
member in her new role, and
it's a thank her for
everything that she has done,
I will say that I knew council
rivera when she was a staffer
for council member rosie
mendez and worked on her first
campaign and was very excited
when she helped me on mine and
so congratulations. And we're
going to miss you. Thank you.
>>recognizing councilmember
hudson, followed by salam and
a lot of.
>>some to give a thank you to
my summer interns ilana juan
and levi and also wanted to
say thank you, councilmember
rivera for all that you've
done here in the council, all
of the meaningful legislation
that you've passed the advice,
the wisdom, the friendship
that you've offered to so many
of us. Congratulations on your
next steps and I wish you all
the best recognizing
councilmember salaam. Thank
you. I like as the council
likes to say to associate my
remarks with all the great
remarks before me regarding
the lovely council member as
she goes on to her next
adventure.
>>colleagues. I'm proud to
introduce david bills that
advanced accessibility,
security and cultural pride
first result, hundred 25,
which honors harlem's own fat
man's school, a grammy award
winner whose voice moved
millions by standing by,
designating august 6 as fat
man school day. Just this past
saturday. We've got the
opportunity to on august 9 two
celebrate the cold naming of
109 street and fifth avenue,
also known as museum mao as
isaac, fat man school freeman
third place. Thank you to the
majority leader, but he is for
co priming sponsor in this
resolution. Secondly, I'm
introducing intro 1 3 6 6 with
council member wan to require
online web forms for all
benefit applicator
applications. This will make
it easier for new yorkers to
apply for services without
unnecessarily travel or
paperwork ensuring more
accessible and use friendly
process. Third control one,
eric 6 7, also with councilman
with julie. Juan, we're
requiring dot gov domains for
all city agency websites. This
will ensure residents know
when they are interacting with
the secure official city
website site, hoping to
productive it protect against
fraud and phishing attempts.
finally, I'm introducing intro
1 3 6 5 to help property
owners by requiring the
department of buildings to
email regular reminders to
work permits or signed off for
many, preventing costly delays
. This will save owners from
unexpected fees, stalled
projects and lost time when
they're ready to sell or
refinance these mergers. These
measures are about serving new
york is better and I urge my
colleagues to co sponsor and I
think the speaker for her
support in these efforts
recognize the de la rosa,
followed by north seasons and.
>>thank you, madam majority
leader. I want to join the
chorus of praise for our
colleague carlina I met
carlina and staffers in the
city council. Many, many moons
ago from that to becoming
elected. Officials
representing the communities
that raised us. I have been
proud to watch your trajectory
and I wish you the best. Thank
you for being a latina leader
who is fierce and stands up
for her community at every
turn I wish you all the best I
want to also join council
sanchez, in sending my deepest
condolences to the parents of
nicholas phyllis dominici me
massing, see me, sarah's south
stay this our community will
stand with you and remembering
the legacy of your child. No
parent should have to bury
their child and we stand with
you. I also want to turn our
attention to my resolution.
result. 1015, which support
the daily news workers new
york's home newspaper has been
breaking news and publishing
critical coverage for 106
years since olden capital has
taken over, which is a
predatory, predatory hedge
fund, which acquired the paper
in 20 21, the daily news has
faced severe cuts and his
staff has been slashed its
printing plant and officers
sold for $90 million and it's
newsroom reduced to just 65
journalists to cover people if
we believe in the free press
and we believe that workers in
our in our city should live
and work in dignity that I ask
you all to support a
resolution 1015, which calls
on something as radical as a
for journalists paid sick time
and a guarantee of a secure
retirement for daily news
workers. Please sign on and
help us get this resolution
passed. Thank you,
>>recognizing councilman
bernard sees I I want to say
thank you, master matter
majority and thank you, madam
speaker and to this evening. I
want to talk about carlina
rivera. You for being who you
are. Thank you for being my
partner to eat together that
prevent me from eating late at
night, so I'm.
>>going to miss you greatly.
I'm looking for other partners
. Now I want to talk about
last saturday, we celebrated
the life of a woman a 10 1 of
the folks that got killed out,
um, at 3 45 parts a product
qiana a loving father and a
dedicated 32 security officer
allen die as a hero in this
final moments he showed the
courage, resilience and
dignity that reflects the very
best of his haitian heritage.
those quiet qualities. Shape
who he was guided. How, how he
lived and inspired all of us
who knew him. He held the
elevator and maybe said that
prevent more folks from dying
alan's life was one of the
service protecting I mean,
protecting others. That's what
he did, showing kindness and
working hard to provide for
his loved ones his lost lives
avoid void in our community
but also a lasting example of
bravery and resilience and
selflessness.
>>to allen loved one. We are
here for you. We're going to
support and for those I have
to say thank you to
congressman I, hakeem jeffries
and course, said schumer. That
was that helped me to bring
the daughters that was in
dominican republic and the
mother that was in haiti, so I
want to say thank you to
catholic charities that
looking and helping me to make
sure the families stay
together and go to the good
school that it can be in the
children, so I want to say
thank you so much for everyone
I showed up to show support in
time like that. So thank you,
madam majority. I'm done.
>>recognizing comes from
resentments. Thank.
>>you, madam majority leader.
>>a council member rivera. I
just I want to thank you,
carlina ah, you know, early on
. Yes, yes! Yeah, you're the
one you know, early on when
you're a a legislator. You
don't know what you're doing.
and since the very beginning
even before I was in office.
you were you were there for me
for everything from a phone
call to sitting to bouncing
ideas off of and to have such
guidance from I go serious
legislator who dealt with
everything from, you know,
keeping our kids safe from
lead to criminal justice
reform to our bicycle
infrastructure to foie gras. I just want to thank you for
always for being a friend and
for always being there. Um,
and this this council feel a
lot different without you here
and I know I'm a am very happy
for you. Um you move on to the
next phase of your life and
I'm sure family is very happy
for you as well. So thank you,
councilmember rivera. I also
want to just shut on my
interns who are here. Emma
burke and joshua falken. Thank
you for their work unless I'm
introducing a piece of
legislation today in 13 49
with hospital's committee
chair mercedes narcisse. Just
going to make it a little
easier and more affordable for
cities, medical and health
care facilities so they could
focus on what's most important
, which is caring for patients
under the seas current
commercial waste own program
businesses, including medical
facilities are locked into
contracts with specific waste
haulers who ultimately
subcontract medical waste
component to whoever the to
two other organizations or
other companies, but for
health care facilities that
generate medical waste, our
hospital clinics, doctor's
offices. This creates
unnecessary burdens and costly
burdens and especially for
bigger institutions that have
facilities across multiple
zones. This becomes
problematic. So with this bill
where attempting to reduce the
costs for our hospitals and
our health care facilities so
that they could focus on
what's more important, most
important reducing
administrative costs to care
for patients, patients, health
, especially as our federal
government seeks to cut our
health care dollars this bill
is more important now than
ever. Thank you, madam
majority leader no on elese
signed up to speak. I'd like
to take a couple seconds to
think council member carlina
being staffers together to
doing to raisers together to
being able to watch you really
do the work here and learn
from you in the councils and
then joining you and leading
with you. I thank you. And I'm
honored to have that time
together and congratulations
on your next time endeavor.
>>and with that, I'll now call
on speaker atoms to close
today's state and meeting.
thank you, majority leaer adnd
of course. Carlina.
>>with this being your last
stated carlina. Of course I'm
going to take a moment to
recognize you for your years
of service to the people of
your district and to our
entire city. We, the three of
us make the triangle from the
former session in the new york
city council. We are the last
three standing, um, learned a
lot from our former carl
colleagues right here in these
chambers and in the member's
lounge and in other places and
the triangle is now duo.
>>okay, especially when people
still get the two of you
confused just saying carlina
has been a voice for the lower
east side, where she grew up
serving district staff member
for her predecessor and
representing the district
since 20018. She's been a
leader for reproductive health
care leading efforts to
establish the council's
funding for abortion access in
an increase our commitment to
$1 million. This is now the
nation's largest municipal
funding for direct abort
access to help those who
cannot afford it, and I have
to say that that package was
amongst the first for the
previous counsel and the small
, but so mighty women's caucus
.
>>of which you co chaired.
>>11 of us in the women's
caucus.
>>um, one of the strongest
bodies that I've ever been
blessed to be a part of with
your leadership and.
>>former counsel margaret chan
and I will never forget the
two of you, margaret and
carlina leading us right here
in this women in this city
council, her advocacy for our
city's vibrant arts and
cultural institutions and
libraries as chair have been
pivotal to our success in
restoring she is a fighter for
our cultural organizations and
libraries baseline ing
increasing funding for these
pillars of our neighborhoods,
it's under carlina and his
leadership that we got that
done her work on criminal
justice issues.
>>including today's bill on
supportive housing will have a
lasting impact on the safety
in our jails and entire city
for years to come as deprive
ized colleague and member of
my leadership team in the
council councilmember rivera
has helped guide the counsel's
focus.
>>and work to improve the
lives of.
>>our constituents in the
entire city of new.
>>york, not just your own
district. I'm so grateful for
your friendship. I'm so
grateful for your support. I
am so grateful for our chats
together, particularly in this
session. I will never forget
the fatwa bill. Thank you,
>>for helping save the little
babies. Yes, carlina, I love
you. You will be missed, but
I'm so proud of you, you're
achievements here in the
council and.
>>the great work that you will
do, madam and president, we
salute you.
>>the stated meeting of