[0:01] Many, many years ago, we had a
[0:01] young councilwoman come into
[0:07] the council she came to my
[0:10] desk carrying a huge jug of
[0:12] coffee and spilt it all over
[0:14] my coffee. I still have those
[0:18] coffee stains to this day, we
[0:18] can never get it out. But on
[0:21] behalf of the sergeant in arms
[0:21] and myself would like to
[0:23] congratulate you and wish you
[0:24] the best of luck. Carlina
[0:51] rivera. You can on that note
[0:54] at this time, please place
[0:56] electronic devices, all
[0:58] electronic devices to vibrate,
[0:59] madam majority leader. Good
[1:04] afternoon and welcome to het
[1:05] state meeting of our august 14
[1:07] 2025 I am a leader, amanda
[1:09] fatties and I'd like to thank
[1:10] you for joining us, if you
[1:11] would like to follow along the
[1:12] agenda for today's meeting is
[1:14] posted on our web site on
[1:15] behalf of the body.
[1:17] >>I welcome the members of the
[1:18] public who have joined us
[1:19] today during stated meetings
[1:20] only members of the council
[1:22] speak members of the public
[1:24] shall remain silent if you
[1:24] wish to express your support
[1:26] of any remarks you make the
[1:28] silent approval gesture. I
[1:29] want to remind my colleagues
[1:31] at decorum is to be respected
[1:32] at all times insulting each
[1:34] other is not appropriate all
[1:35] remarks are to be addressed to
[1:37] the chair and member shaun not
[1:38] speak unless recognized by the
[1:41] chair. It is essential that
[1:42] even if we disagree. We treat
[1:43] each other with respect.
[1:46] >>please join us for the
[1:47] pledge of allegiance. What
[1:55] united states of america and
[1:59] the republic, it stands one
[2:03] nation. He did all the ability
[2:10] and justice strong roll call a
[2:18] break here. Aviles ayala and
[2:25] the.
[2:25] >>I banks here. Watcher here,
[2:37] brennan. Brewer? Yeah, brooks
[2:42] powers president cab bond
[2:51] present car, dela rosa here. I
[2:58] love aviles present.
[3:03] >>janowicz president felder
[3:24] police genero gutierrez. Hi,
[3:39] ella brennan. And if here such
[3:50] thanks. Present. Hold in here.
[3:59] hudson, joseph here. Krishnan.
[4:05] here. Lee. Here. Lewis
[4:13] president.
[4:14] >>mom arado present martin
[4:24] merely men in here.
[4:30] >>moreno here. Moya, darcy's
[4:48] president, nurse jose
[4:56] president paladino here,
[5:02] powers here, wrestler here,
[5:14] riley rivera, president, salon
[5:21] president police here,
[5:32] salamanca felt her here. Thank
[5:43] you, councilmember sanchez.
[5:50] >>preside.nt
[5:51] >>I didn't thank you,
[5:55] councilmember felder shellman
[6:00] here. Stevens. Here, young
[6:10] president inna vernikov
[6:21] president one shuang here,
[6:48] hudson present areola
[6:53] president farias present
[7:01] speaker adams genero, you got
[7:05] genero genero here. Thank you,
[7:15] >>thank you. We will now have
[7:15] today's on vacation, which
[7:16] will be delivered by reverend
[7:18] eric thomas, pastor of cylon
[7:20] presbyterian church, which is
[7:21] located at 260 jefferson
[7:22] avenue in brooklyn. Good
[7:32] afternoon. Like to thank
[7:34] speaker adams and council
[7:35] member. Oh say for the
[7:37] invitation and then the entire
[7:39] body for the opportunity to be
[7:40] with you today, please know
[7:43] that my congregation joins
[7:44] many communities of faith
[7:47] lifting you up weekly in our
[7:48] worship for such times as
[7:50] these. Let us pray or gracious
[7:54] and merciful god we give you
[7:56] thanks for this day and for
[7:58] your many blessings upon us,
[8:00] we ask that your presence is
[8:02] felt at this meeting and with
[8:03] all who participate. Let us be
[8:07] guided by your wisdom,
[8:09] creativity and courage for the
[8:10] betterment of our city and all
[8:12] who live in it, especially
[8:14] those who are most vulnerable
[8:17] equip us to carry out the
[8:19] change we wish to see surprise
[8:22] us with the ability to act
[8:25] with compassion and with
[8:27] justice, we ask these things
[8:28] with faith and with hope, a
[8:42] men. Thank you. I would now
[8:44] ask counsel member chi oh, say
[8:46] to spread the invocation on
[8:47] the.
[8:47] >>record. Thank you, reverend
[8:49] thomas for spreading today's
[8:51] implication reverend embodies
[8:52] what it means to live one's
[8:54] values with dignity and
[8:56] unwavering compassion. His
[8:57] work stands as a reminder of
[8:58] the power of service to uplift
[9:00] those in need. We're grateful
[9:02] for his leadership and for
[9:03] anchoring today's gathering
[9:06] and purpose as the first
[9:07] openly gay pastor asylum. He
[9:08] has led with immense courage
[9:10] and conviction since 2017. He
[9:13] has modernized the church
[9:14] through vital building repairs
[9:15] . The launch asylum of bed
[9:17] stuy and by opening its parish
[9:19] house to programs like the
[9:21] bedside kid's pscrehool of
[9:23] business he has given deeply
[9:25] to our community and for that.
[9:25] we are grateful. Thank you,
[9:28] majority leader and once again
[9:29] . Thank you, reverend thomas
[9:30] for being a staple of bed stuy
[9:32] and all he has done his
[9:35] company contributions are
[9:35] immeasurable. I make a motion
[9:37] for unanimous consent to
[9:38] spread the invocation and full
[9:39] upon the record.
[9:42] >>thank you. We will now as
[9:42] council member bob holds in
[9:43] for the adoption of minutes.
[9:46] >>now I make a motion that the
[9:47] minutes of the stated meetings
[9:49] of june 30 2025 july 14 2025
[9:54] be adopted as printed.
[9:57] >>messages and papers from the
[9:58] mayor,
[9:58] >>m. 1 56 through hundred 58
[10:01] merrill vetoes consumer and
[10:02] work of protection.
[10:03] >>hundred 59 merrill vito.
[10:05] >>received ordered, printed
[10:08] and filed communication from
[10:09] city, county and borough
[10:10] offices,
[10:11] >>em hundred 60 report.
[10:13] >>received ordered, printed
[10:14] and.
[10:14] >>filed hundred 61,
[10:16] commissioner of elections.
[10:17] >>recommendation received,
[10:18] ordered, printed and filed.
[10:20] >>petitions and communications
[10:21] none menus call ups 162
[10:23] through hundred 66. Thank you.
[10:26] I now ask that the clerk take
[10:27] a roll call vote on today's
[10:27] land use call ups a break ii.
[10:35] >>I ay yalla I banks, I botch
[10:43] er I brennan high brewer
[10:51] brooks powers I cab on I car
[10:59] de la rosa I dinna wits high.
[11:05] felder, I no, thank you. I
[11:07] heard that police would iron
[11:11] all hi. Thank you. Good to
[11:17] honey, I thank you. Thanks by
[11:24] holden hudson I, joseph.
[11:29] >>I krishnan I lee I. Lewis, I
[11:39] morato.
[11:39] >>I mart.
[11:47] >>huh? Mealy men in I morano I
[12:02] moya, marcie's I nurse? Oh,
[12:09] say I paladino powers I
[12:21] wrestler ii riley rivera, but
[12:39] I salam salamanca paladino.
[12:50] thank you. I thank you,
[12:55] sanchez, my shulman I. Stevens
[13:00] acts for permission to vote
[13:01] for items on today's agenda.
[13:05] >>permission. Frances I and
[13:09] all on. I inna vernikov, said
[13:26] williams. I thank you,
[13:32] adrienne huang, I thank you,
[13:43] salaam lender's collapse vote
[13:44] I thank you. Arriola I vote I
[13:56] farias speaker adams, I vowed
[14:06] I today's then use scallops
[14:07] are adopted by a vote of 41 in
[14:08] the affirmative and zero in
[14:09] the negative. We will not have
[14:11] communication from speaker
[14:12] adrian adams.
[14:12] >>thank you very much and good
[14:16] afternoon, everyone last month
[14:20] for new yorkers.
[14:20] >>were killed in a horrific
[14:21] shooting in midtown manhattan
[14:24] nypd detective data role islam
[14:28] .
[14:28] >>alan, etienne, wesley la
[14:29] patner and julia hyman. I know
[14:33] that our hearts are with the
[14:35] victim's loved ones in all
[14:36] those affected by this tragedy
[14:38] and I pray for a quick
[14:39] recovery for those who were
[14:41] injured and traumatised. This
[14:44] tragedy underscores our urgent
[14:47] and continued fight to end gun
[14:49] violence, which has taken too
[14:51] many lives and devastated our
[14:56] communities. Two more new
[14:57] yorkers died on the job over
[14:58] the past month, jose luis
[15:00] murano ramirez, a construction
[15:03] worker and diego sandoval,
[15:05] nevada a worker at a bodega.
[15:08] my thoughts and prayers are
[15:09] with their families and loved
[15:09] when this well loved ones as
[15:11] they mourn these tragic losses
[15:17] . Yesterday, we learned that
[15:17] trump's iced tea, yet another
[15:19] one of our students. Mamadou
[15:22] moo qatar was taken after
[15:24] showing up for a routine court
[15:27] appearance. The actions by
[15:28] isis, including their
[15:29] dangerous policy of targeting
[15:31] people attending court
[15:34] hearings as they are told to
[15:35] do and routine check ins stoke
[15:38] fear in our communities and
[15:40] undermine public safety, and I
[15:42] joined new yorkers to demand
[15:44] mukhtar is release and safe
[15:45] return to his community
[15:51] throughout the month of.
[15:52] >>we have many important
[15:54] holidays to recognize is
[15:56] national breast feeding month.
[15:57] the time when we promote the
[15:58] importance of lactation equity
[16:01] , including making lactation
[16:02] rooms more accessible in our
[16:04] workplaces and public spaces.
[16:07] the council is proud of our
[16:08] commitment to ensure
[16:09] accommodations for our nursing
[16:13] mothers. August 3 was to above
[16:15] a day of fasting, prayer and
[16:17] reflection observed by our
[16:20] jewish communities august 6 ,
[16:21] >>was jamaican independence
[16:25] day, august 10 was ecuadorian
[16:28] independence day today as
[16:31] pakistan independence day
[16:32] tomorrow is indian
[16:34] independence day and the
[16:35] national liberation day of
[16:39] korea nineteenth is
[16:40] afghanistan independence day
[16:42] and august 21 is national
[16:45] senior citizens day as I
[16:48] always have. I call our older
[16:49] adults the jewels of our
[16:50] communities and I strive to be
[16:53] them we all appreciated all we
[16:55] appreciate all that our
[16:56] seniors have done for us
[17:01] august 24 is ukraine
[17:02] independence day, august 26 is
[17:05] women's equality day, which
[17:06] was created thanks to the
[17:07] advocacy of former new york
[17:08] congresswoman bella abzug and
[17:14] august 31 is not just my 36
[17:15] wedding anniversary, but it is
[17:18] trinidad and tobago
[17:21] independence day cards, cards
[17:22] we need kind.
[17:22] >>of new york city is home to
[17:25] so many diverse communities
[17:26] that our that are essential to
[17:28] our culture and economy.
[17:30] >>I hope that all who
[17:31] celebrate and have a safe,
[17:32] meaningful time spent with
[17:34] their loved ones in community
[17:37] members. I also want to wish a
[17:38] happy birthday to my
[17:40] colleagues who were born in
[17:41] the month of minority leader.
[17:44] this looks like half of your
[17:46] conference councilmember mom
[17:47] arado on the eighteenth
[17:50] council member a car on the 28
[17:54] council member inna vernikov
[17:57] thirtieth.
[17:58] >>and our brooklyn council
[17:59] member darlene on the 31.
[18:04] >>I also want to shout out and
[18:06] say happy, belated birthday to
[18:07] our deputy chief of staff for
[18:09] communications. Our very own
[18:14] mandela. Jones! Hey, now let's
[18:15] move on to our stated agenda.
[18:19] first we'll vote on the
[18:20] following finance items.
[18:21] >>a pre considered resolution
[18:23] sponsored by council members
[18:24] justin brannan establish a new
[18:25] 40 year article 11 tax
[18:27] exemption for 14 4 and 5 story
[18:30] buildings in the districts of
[18:31] council members dela rosa.
[18:32] >>dinner with sanchez, phyllis
[18:34] stephens and salamanca and a
[18:37] pre considered resolution also
[18:38] sponsored by council brannan
[18:40] approving the w denesignation
[18:41] and changes in the designation
[18:43] of certain organizations to
[18:44] receive funding and the
[18:47] expense budget. Next we'll
[18:48] vote on the following land use
[18:49] items 47 hall street rezoning
[18:52] will facilitate the
[18:52] redevelopment of a site
[18:53] containing 10 existing
[18:54] buildings and council member
[18:56] hudson's district. The
[18:57] proposed redevelopment will
[18:59] include both new construction
[19:00] and renovation to provide
[19:02] approximately 611 housing
[19:04] units with approximately a
[19:05] quarter of the unit's being
[19:07] permanently affordable under
[19:10] option one. It will also
[19:11] include over 280000 square
[19:12] feet of commercial space and
[19:15] up to 60 accessory parking
[19:18] spaces 3 47 flushing avenue
[19:19] will amend the zoning map to
[19:20] bring an existing commercial
[19:22] building into in compliance
[19:23] and council member wrestlers
[19:26] district hundred 36 gold
[19:27] street rezoning will
[19:28] facilitate the development of
[19:29] a new fourteenth story mixed.
[19:31] >>use residential and
[19:32] commercial commercial building
[19:33] with approximately 114 housing
[19:36] units, 29 of which will be
[19:37] permanently affordable under
[19:38] option one also in council
[19:40] member wrestlers district 42-
[19:44] 11 thirtieth avenue rezoning
[19:44] will facilitate the
[19:45] redevelopment of a site
[19:47] containing and existing one
[19:48] story grocery store in council
[19:50] member cubans district the new
[19:52] five story mixed use
[19:53] residential and commercial
[19:54] building will provide
[19:55] approximately 28 housing units
[19:56] up to eight of which will be
[19:58] permanently income restricted
[19:59] under me options one or three.
[20:02] it will also include
[20:03] additional commercial floor
[20:04] space for the store an
[20:06] application to facilitate the
[20:07] redevelopment and enlargement
[20:08] of lenox hill hospital and
[20:10] council member powers district
[20:11] , which has served the city
[20:13] since 18 60.
[20:14] >>nine. It will include 475
[20:17] single bed patient rooms,
[20:18] modernized operating rooms and
[20:20] other clinical spaces and the
[20:22] creation of needed ambulance
[20:23] bays, which will allow the
[20:24] hospital to provide optimal
[20:25] patient, patient care. The
[20:28] modified proposal reflects
[20:29] years of community input.
[20:30] >>and includes changes to
[20:31] reduce the maximum building
[20:33] height as part of the project,
[20:34] the hospital will make
[20:36] significant investments to the
[20:37] south bound entrance of the 77
[20:39] street subway station,
[20:40] including for accessibility
[20:43] and the midtown south mixed
[20:44] use plan, which is the largest
[20:45] residential neighborhood
[20:47] rezoning in two decades and
[20:48] will deliver nearly 10000
[20:50] units of housing over 2800, of
[20:52] which will be permanently
[20:53] affordable and council members
[20:54] botch er and powers districts
[20:58] through negotiation. The
[20:58] rezoning, the council secured
[20:59] over $448 million in economic
[21:03] development investments to
[21:03] support the garment district,
[21:05] fashion and garment industry
[21:06] as well as community benefits
[21:08] and infrastructure
[21:09] improvements to the midtown
[21:13] south area, new yorkers are
[21:14] facing a citywide housing
[21:15] crisis, and we must confront
[21:16] it by advancing housing units
[21:18] and creating more homes with a
[21:21] focus on.
[21:21] >>affordability. We are proud
[21:23] to pass another historic
[21:26] rezoning today that builds on
[21:27] our successful record, the
[21:29] council's partnership with the
[21:30] department of city planning
[21:32] and community stakeholders,
[21:33] including manhattan community
[21:34] boards 4 and 5 represents a
[21:36] model of community planning
[21:38] and collaboration that can
[21:40] advance housing solutions and
[21:41] community investments that
[21:42] benefit all new yorkers.
[21:46] >>I want to thank council
[21:47] members botch er and powers
[21:48] for their leadership. I also
[21:49] want to thank our planning and
[21:51] land use team.
[21:52] >>paris strawder, brian paul
[21:54] and mccoy artha hot deborah
[21:57] kerr or a line. Assad and
[22:01] caroline antonelli and dana
[22:02] leventhal for their engagement
[22:04] alongside the local council
[22:05] members to help make this
[22:05] effort a success today will
[22:09] also vote on the following
[22:10] pieces of legislation,
[22:11] resolution 986, sponsored by
[22:12] council member crystal hudson
[22:14] recognize august 14 2025 as
[22:17] the ninetieth anniversary of
[22:18] social security and
[22:19] commemorate august 14 annually
[22:22] as social security day in the
[22:23] city of new york.
[22:26] >>thank you. Two staff members
[22:27] regina paul and chloe rivera
[22:30] introduction for 22 ways
[22:31] sponsored by councilmember
[22:32] rivera would require the
[22:33] office of technology and inna
[22:35] to create a rooftop activity
[22:36] category on the city's 311
[22:39] website and 300 mobile device
[22:41] application. Thank staff
[22:43] members irene by husky and
[22:47] erik brown.
[22:47] >>introduction thousand 56, a
[22:48] sponsored by council member
[22:50] crystal hudson require
[22:51] physicians and nurses employed
[22:53] by contracted with.
[22:54] >>the department of health and
[22:55] mental hygiene and working in
[22:56] public schools through the
[22:57] office of school health to
[23:00] complete annual competency
[23:01] training on health concerns
[23:02] related to sexual orientation,
[23:05] gender identity, gender,
[23:06] expression and sex
[23:07] characteristics. Thank you to
[23:08] our staff members christopher
[23:11] pepe sarah's future and zohar
[23:12] month, mom's ami. Next we will
[23:15] vote on several bills to
[23:17] provide information on patient
[23:18] rights for transgender
[23:20] individuals introduction 6 28,
[23:22] a sponsored by public advocate
[23:24] germany, williams would
[23:24] require the department of
[23:26] health and mental hygiene to
[23:27] design signs describing the
[23:29] rights of transgender patients
[23:30] , including information on an
[23:32] individual's right to be
[23:33] referred by their preferred
[23:34] name, title, gender and
[23:37] pronoun and to make such signs
[23:38] available to hospitals in this
[23:40] city would also be required to
[23:42] coordinate with the hospitals
[23:44] to identify the services
[23:45] offered to meet the specific
[23:47] needs of transgender
[23:48] individuals, including gender
[23:49] reforming health care
[23:51] introduction hundred 29,
[23:52] sponsored by public advocate,
[23:54] williams would require the
[23:56] commissioner to report
[23:57] annually on training provided
[23:58] by hospitals to medical staff
[24:00] regarding medical care for
[24:02] transgender individuals. Thank
[24:03] you to staff members, sarah's
[24:04] suitor, and christopher pepe.
[24:08] >>next we will vote on several
[24:09] bills.
[24:09] >>to improve the safety of
[24:11] child care programs this
[24:14] legislation is especially
[24:15] important after the death of
[24:16] adrienne year old nicholas
[24:19] domine easy from a fentanyl
[24:19] overdose at a day center in
[24:21] the bronx nicholas parents,
[24:23] zoila dominy seat and autumnal
[24:25] phillies are here with us
[24:26] today. Please stand. So we can
[24:30] recognize you. Our hearts are
[24:34] with you,
[24:34] >>we passed this legislation
[24:36] today in behalf of your
[24:40] beloved baby.
[24:40] >>we thank you for your
[24:41] courage, your strength and
[24:42] your determination to see this
[24:43] legislation through god bless
[24:47] you the tragic loss of a child
[24:50] is something that no parents
[24:51] or family should ever
[24:52] experience our hearts are with
[24:56] you.
[24:56] >>as a council we remain
[24:58] committed to ensuring the
[24:59] safety of our children and we
[25:01] thank you so much for your
[25:03] fierce advocacy and
[25:04] partnership on these bills.
[25:08] >>resolution 163 b, sponsored
[25:09] by council member sanchez
[25:11] would call upon the new york
[25:13] state assembly to pass and the
[25:14] governor to sign s 6025 a 38
[25:19] 99 a, which would tighten
[25:22] regulations enhance
[25:22] inspections and provide
[25:23] training and resources to
[25:25] daycare providers and parents
[25:27] to ensure the safety of
[25:28] children and child day care
[25:31] homes, programs,
[25:31] >>and facilities across new
[25:34] york state. Thank you to
[25:36] joshua neuman introduction
[25:38] 1041 a also sponsored by
[25:40] council, sanchez would require
[25:42] ohh to conduct an annual
[25:44] outreach campaign to inform
[25:45] parents and legal guardians
[25:47] about their rights regarding
[25:48] their children in child care
[25:49] programs in new york city and
[25:53] introduction thousand 42 a
[25:54] also sponsored by councilman
[25:56] sanchez would require report
[25:59] annually on training provided
[26:00] to their employees who inspect
[26:03] childcare programs. Thank you
[26:04] so much to sarah sayeed
[26:07] christopher pepe introduction
[26:09] 9 98, sponsored by council
[26:11] member keith would codify new
[26:12] york city's cooling center
[26:14] program requiring the
[26:15] commissioner of the new york
[26:15] city office of emergency
[26:18] management to designate
[26:19] cooling center locations where
[26:20] there is when there was a heat
[26:22] related emergency and the
[26:23] designation of at least seven
[26:25] cooling centers per 100000
[26:27] residents. The determiatinons
[26:29] of where to locate cooling
[26:31] centers would be required to
[26:32] consider factors such as areas
[26:34] where vulnerable populations
[26:38] reside. The bill would also
[26:38] require nice them to provide
[26:39] information on how the public
[26:40] can submit feedback about
[26:42] their experiences at cooling
[26:43] centers or report any
[26:45] challenges accessing them.
[26:46] thank you once again to our
[26:48] staff members, sarah's pepe.
[26:52] >>and introduction 1100 a
[26:54] sponsored by council member
[26:55] carlina rivera require the
[26:57] department of social services
[26:59] to amend eligibility criteria
[27:00] to include any period of time
[27:02] detained in a city jail state
[27:02] prison or residential mental
[27:04] health to seek a treatment
[27:07] facility as a time of person
[27:09] has been homeless for the
[27:10] purposes of qualifying for an
[27:12] existing supportive housing
[27:13] program administered and
[27:14] wholly funded by the city
[27:17] supportive housing housing
[27:18] remains one of the most
[27:20] effective solutions to provide
[27:21] stability for people facing a
[27:22] range of challenges. Yet these
[27:26] barriers to eligibility for
[27:27] justice involved new yorkers
[27:28] has limited their access this
[27:30] bill is a step towards
[27:32] removing these barriers to
[27:33] housing, that is a stabilizing
[27:35] force to make our city safer
[27:37] and ensure a more successful
[27:39] reentry from the justice
[27:42] system. We thank our staff
[27:44] members jeff, jeremy whiteman
[27:46] and natalie meltzer,
[27:47] >>I would also like to
[27:48] recognize which I did not. My
[27:50] interns from district 28 are
[27:52] here today and I welcome them
[27:53] into city council chambers for
[27:55] the first time welcome in
[28:00] turns.
[28:00] >>really? Thank you very much
[28:02] for your attention and now I
[28:03] turn it back over to our
[28:07] majority leader.
[28:07] >>thank you, speaker aamsd. We
[28:08] will now move into discussion
[28:09] of.
[28:09] >>general orders and I'd like
[28:12] to first recognized council.
[28:13] sanchez followed by powers in
[28:15] public advocate williams.
[28:18] thank you, majority leader.
[28:21] >>I'd first like to start with
[28:22] a short moment of silence like
[28:24] to use my time in that way for
[28:37] nicholas. Thank you,
[28:37] >>nearly two years have passed
[28:40] since the heartbreaking loss
[28:40] of one year old nicholas
[28:43] phillies divinity, a radiant,
[28:45] joyful child whose life was
[28:47] stolen by fentanyl exposure in
[28:49] a licensed daycare in the
[28:52] bronx.
[28:52] >>nicholas should be here
[28:54] today, his parents spoiler
[28:57] antonio, they did everything
[28:59] right. They placed their trust
[28:59] in a system meant to protect
[29:02] their son but depraved
[29:04] criminals exploited its
[29:05] weaknesses and their families
[29:06] world was shattered the depth
[29:10] of their pain is unimaginable.
[29:11] >>in our city continues to
[29:16] mourn.
[29:16] >>today we honor nicholas
[29:17] memory through action.
[29:18] >>the passages, the passage of
[29:20] intros 1041042, shaped by his
[29:23] family's courage will help
[29:24] keep other children safe 1041
[29:28] will ensure parents are
[29:29] informed of their rights and
[29:31] day care facilities, including
[29:32] that a parent can walk in at
[29:35] any time to ask to see their
[29:37] child and the facility which
[29:40] this family was denied in 1042
[29:43] requires public reporting on
[29:45] inspector training,
[29:47] strengthening oversight and
[29:48] transparency these steps move
[29:50] us toward a future where no
[29:52] families face such a tragedy,
[29:55] but because there is more work
[29:56] to do. We also are passing
[29:58] rizzo hundred 63, calling on
[30:01] the state legislature to pass
[30:02] and the governor to sign
[30:04] assembly bill 38 99 and senate
[30:08] 62 25 by assembly members
[30:09] george alvarez and sent state
[30:11] senator gustavo rivera, my
[30:13] counterparts at the state,
[30:16] respectively. These these
[30:17] pieces of legislation would
[30:19] further strengthen inspections
[30:20] , improved training and
[30:23] enhance transparency. I thank
[30:24] you, speaker atoms.
[30:25] >>health care council member
[30:27] shulman and the prosecutors,
[30:28] whose work has already secured
[30:30] nearly a hundred years of
[30:31] prison time for those
[30:35] responsible nicholas light
[30:36] will never fade in his memory
[30:37] and in solidarity with his
[30:39] family. We will keep working
[30:41] until every child is safe and
[30:42] no parent has to bear this
[30:43] kind of loss. Thank you.
[30:49] recognizing council member of.
[30:50] >>powers. Thank you. I'm
[30:51] excited today that we are
[30:52] voting on two major landis
[30:54] items in my district as well
[30:55] as an important piece of
[30:57] legislation to codify the new
[30:58] york city's cooling centers
[31:00] program first. I'm thrilled.
[31:01] that will be voting on midtown
[31:03] south mixed use rezoning. The
[31:05] plan is a reflection of a
[31:05] simple truth that we don't
[31:07] have enough housing here in
[31:08] new york city, and because of
[31:10] that prints have been
[31:11] skyrocketing, especially in
[31:13] manhattan. The plan would
[31:13] create over 95 new hundred new
[31:16] units of housing through
[31:18] office conversions and new
[31:19] development, including more
[31:19] than 2800 permanently
[31:24] affordable homes. This is one
[31:24] of the largest rezoning is
[31:25] that we have done in this city
[31:27] for housing in decades. The
[31:27] plan also supports local
[31:29] schools, streets, parks and a
[31:30] brand new cross town bus way
[31:32] dedicated bus way on 34 sheep.
[31:35] I'm appreciative of all the
[31:36] people who came together to
[31:37] make this happen? I want to
[31:38] give a shout out to my
[31:39] colleague erik bottcher new
[31:40] york city planning
[31:41] commissioner dan garodnick
[31:42] bannon franklin from my staff
[31:43] to land used to here and so
[31:47] many more, second after many
[31:48] years of negotiations, I think
[31:49] six years of negotiations.
[31:50] we're voting on a plan to
[31:52] modernize lenox hill hospital
[31:53] on the upper east side after
[31:55] beth israel's recent closure,
[31:57] I believe it's strong,
[31:58] strongly we can't risk losing
[32:00] another hospital, the lenox
[32:01] hill hospital treats 144000
[32:05] patients a year employees 5000
[32:06] health care workers and serves
[32:07] new yorkers from all boroughs,
[32:10] the renovation will expand
[32:11] emergency department operate
[32:12] the operating rooms upgrade
[32:13] the operating with and
[32:14] converted patient rooms to
[32:15] single occupancy offering
[32:17] patients more privacy and
[32:19] reducing infection. This
[32:20] project years ago at a scale
[32:23] that we objected to, but
[32:24] haven't worked over the last
[32:25] years to get it to a better
[32:27] place to deliver more
[32:28] excellent health care at the
[32:29] same time without cutting any
[32:32] beds. We brought the height,
[32:33] down from 516 feet to 370 feet
[32:36] reduce a time line by
[32:37] construction timeline by three
[32:39] years. We have a new subway
[32:40] station coming on site and
[32:44] another subway investment
[32:45] coming across the street and
[32:46] $7.5 million of community
[32:49] benefits. How about I thank
[32:50] all the advocates in the
[32:51] community to help who have
[32:52] worked with us to improve the
[32:52] plan to commit aboard eight to
[32:54] caroline in bed for my staff
[32:55] and all those who work on this
[32:57] for the over the years and
[32:58] just finally, I want to
[32:59] mention we're promoting on a
[33:00] bill today to codify the
[33:02] city's cooling centers program
[33:04] , which can be a life saving
[33:05] resource during months like
[33:09] very year, about 580 new
[33:10] yorkers died prematurely
[33:11] because of hot weather we know
[33:12] the summers are getting hotter
[33:13] and this is a way to keep
[33:15] people safe. I want to thank.
[33:17] I want to recognize council
[33:18] member is not here, but it was
[33:20] carrying this pill early in an
[33:22] earlier of it. I also want to
[33:24] thank haley brundage from my
[33:25] office for her work and
[33:27] everyone who helped push this
[33:29] bill forward thanks to
[33:30] everyone and hope you will
[33:31] vote I thanks.
[33:34] >>recognizing public advocate.
[33:36] >>williams, I you, you amanda,
[33:37] majority leader. Peace and
[33:38] blessing level light to
[33:39] everyone I'm want to thank
[33:42] chair for her leadership in
[33:43] the committee on health and
[33:45] thank you, speaker atoms for
[33:46] your leadership and allowing
[33:47] me to speak before you today
[33:50] after years of carrying the
[33:51] bills will, speaking about.
[33:52] it's a with a lot of pride
[33:53] that I see them finally
[33:55] brought to a vote from the
[33:56] city council in a city with
[33:58] the diversity that we have. I
[33:59] believe that inch of 68 and in
[34:02] hundred 29 have been long past
[34:05] due interest is to be able to
[34:05] require science should post a
[34:06] detail on a hospital services
[34:09] for trends and individuals and
[34:10] point to note it doesn't
[34:11] require any particular type of
[34:12] service that makes it clear
[34:13] what services are available
[34:16] additionally, inches 6 29
[34:18] would require the department
[34:19] of health and mental hygiene
[34:20] to report annually on training
[34:21] provided by hospitals
[34:22] regarding medical care for
[34:24] transgender individuals,
[34:25] nurses and physicians receive
[34:27] minimal training on providing
[34:28] company care on transgender
[34:29] and gender nonconforming
[34:32] individuals with some medical
[34:33] schools, reportedly allocating
[34:34] a median of five hours
[34:37] curriculum as a result, many
[34:38] of the tea community have
[34:41] reported negative experiences
[34:42] and face discrimination when
[34:43] interacting with the health
[34:45] care system, leading many to
[34:46] avoid hospitals, including all
[34:47] together.
[34:47] >>now more than ever, I hope
[34:49] everyone sees how
[34:50] interconnected our ability to
[34:52] get resources and our
[34:53] connectivity to actually have
[34:55] equity and justice is really
[34:57] connected, I believe it's
[34:58] important to see support to
[35:00] support, particularly plus
[35:03] anti.
[35:03] >>to stay clearly the resource
[35:04] and service developed to them
[35:05] when so many other doors and
[35:06] avenues are closing another
[35:08] health care system like many
[35:09] other civic and social facing
[35:11] a lot of uncertainty and other
[35:14] administration, particularly
[35:15] this administration to help
[35:15] see the importance of local
[35:17] government. I also just want
[35:18] to make sure I always point
[35:20] out my own personal journey to
[35:22] give people permission to join
[35:23] the journey to make sure we're
[35:26] including everyone as a black
[35:27] man a man of caribbean descent
[35:28] as a person of faith 10 years
[35:30] ago. I likely wouldn't have
[35:32] been the one sponsoring this
[35:34] leader. This is a.
[35:36] >>but I'm proud thanks to kim
[35:38] watson benjamin on my staff
[35:40] who toll instructed to make
[35:41] sure you make sure I push past
[35:43] my comfort and she has done
[35:44] that every single day and I'm
[35:47] inviting everyone to push past
[35:48] their comfort, that is the
[35:48] only way we're going to get
[35:49] through this, so thank you so
[35:50] much. I so walant to just a
[35:51] shot of veronica evie's rosie
[35:54] mendez elizabeth. The demand
[35:55] from my office as well. Let's
[35:57] get through this together.
[35:57] thank you so much recognizing
[36:00] councilmember brewer, followed
[36:01] by rivera, then hudson and.
[36:03] >>boettcher. Thank you very
[36:04] much I wanted to speak about
[36:06] the garment center and the
[36:07] great work that's been going
[36:08] down in mid town south so as
[36:10] president, I was the one that
[36:12] put in money. That's a cole of
[36:15] 25 million over several years
[36:16] to improve the garment center,
[36:19] and also we tried to get a
[36:20] purchase of a building. We
[36:21] were not successful of that
[36:23] pratt center was very helpful
[36:25] thanks to councilman boxer and
[36:28] powers. I know that a lot of
[36:29] work has gone into this and I
[36:31] want to be clear on the money,
[36:33] the good news is I understand
[36:34] it is that they be an advisory
[36:36] group comprised of people from
[36:38] the government makers and from
[36:40] local electives and community
[36:41] boards to make sure that money
[36:42] goes in the future.
[36:45] >>to support the garment
[36:46] center, not just the programs
[36:47] that are very unclear. Thank
[36:49] you very much for that number
[36:51] two, I hope that ed will hire
[36:53] a staff member to participate
[36:55] in this process or oversight,
[36:58] and I hope that the new york
[36:59] fashion workforce development
[37:00] coalition will have
[37:01] nominations that are taken
[37:03] very seriously and have a say
[37:04] in the hiring. I'm very glad
[37:06] about the carve out. I know
[37:08] that calcium obata worked
[37:09] really hard and took a lot of
[37:12] crap from people who should
[37:13] not have given it to him about
[37:14] the car belt. I really, really
[37:15] thank them back garment center
[37:17] is really important to our
[37:20] city. I still hope we can buy
[37:21] a building for the garment
[37:21] center. I was able to get 20
[37:23] million. It was costing 60
[37:25] million, probably more. Now
[37:27] this garment center has the
[37:30] broadway as it's customer, you
[37:32] can't go to brooklyn and bronx
[37:34] and get a button when there's
[37:36] a button breaking admitted in
[37:37] the middle of a production.
[37:40] >>so and secondly, the
[37:41] individuals who work they're
[37:42] going to pay very well as they
[37:45] should, and I just want to
[37:45] make sure that thearm gent
[37:46] center continues. I know we'll
[37:47] have housing, but the garment
[37:49] center is first and foremost
[37:50] on my list of centers that
[37:53] need to be continued. I really
[37:54] want to thank everybody,
[37:55] particularly those from the
[37:56] government center f I t and so
[37:58] on who came together. Thank
[37:59] you very much recognizing
[38:04] council member at good. Good.
[38:08] afternoon. Today we will
[38:08] vote on my bill intro. 1100 a
[38:12] simple we powerful change that
[38:13] can help break the cycle of
[38:15] homelessness and incarceration
[38:16] for thousands of new yorkers
[38:17] and I'm urging your support
[38:20] right now if you're homeless
[38:21] and censor rikers the time
[38:23] doesn't count towards your
[38:24] homeless history for
[38:25] supportive housing eligibility
[38:29] . The clock resets even if you
[38:30] were living on the street the
[38:31] day before you were detained
[38:32] or you have nowhere to go once
[38:34] you're released instead of
[38:35] getting stable housing and
[38:37] care to. Many are pushed back
[38:38] into shelters are on the
[38:41] streets. My bill requires a
[38:42] time spent in jails they
[38:43] prisons are a court ordered
[38:44] mental health facility will
[38:45] count toward the homelessness
[38:48] history requirement for city
[38:50] funded supportive housing. If
[38:51] the person was homeless before
[38:52] and will likely be homeless
[38:55] after release. The facts are
[38:56] clear. Homelessness is 10
[38:58] times more common among
[38:59] formerly incarcerated people
[39:00] in the general public one
[39:03] third of individuals admitted
[39:04] to new york city jails were
[39:07] unhappy house before
[39:08] incarceration and nearly 70%
[39:10] of people on rikers, who could
[39:12] benefit from supportive
[39:13] housing are shut out because
[39:14] of the chronic homelessness
[39:18] definition, it costs over
[39:18] $500000 a year to incarcerate
[39:20] someone but supportive housing
[39:23] saves public dollars, and it
[39:26] changes lives. This bill makes
[39:27] sure that when individuals
[39:28] leave jail, they can access
[39:29] the housing and services they
[39:30] need to stabilize instead of
[39:31] returning to the conditions
[39:32] that led them to jail in the
[39:36] first place. I would like to
[39:37] thank colleagues from
[39:38] supportive housing network of
[39:39] new york fortune society and
[39:40] all those with lived
[39:42] experience for their support
[39:44] through the legislative
[39:44] process over the last year and
[39:48] a half.
[39:48] >>I ask you all to vote yes on
[39:50] intro 1100 my glass bill, no
[39:54] pressure. Thank you.
[39:57] recognizing councilmember
[40:01] hudson.
[40:02] >>! Thank you so much today.
[40:03] I'd like to speak about
[40:04] introduction 1056, which will
[40:06] enhance support for support
[40:07] services for lgbt plus young
[40:09] people in public schools
[40:12] despite serving 915000
[40:13] children our city's public
[40:14] school system does not
[40:15] currently have any requirement
[40:17] in place to ensure medical
[40:19] personnel like school nurses
[40:20] or physicians have training in
[40:21] the unique needs of lgbt plus
[40:25] people when young queer people
[40:26] have access to health care
[40:27] professionals who understand
[40:28] and affirm their identities.
[40:30] they are less likely to
[40:31] experience severe mental
[40:32] health challenges and more
[40:33] likely to receive care that
[40:34] directly meets their needs in
[40:37] 256 would require physicians
[40:38] and nurses employed by or
[40:39] contracted with the department
[40:40] of health and mental hygiene
[40:41] who work in public schools to
[40:43] complete an annual lgbt plus
[40:47] competency training, which
[40:48] would focus on health concerns
[40:49] for the community like
[40:50] information related to gender
[40:52] for care health care and a
[40:53] list of referrals and
[40:54] resources to help medical
[40:55] personnel connect students
[40:56] with such care.
[40:59] >>this bill came out of the
[41:00] lgbt plus caucuses policy
[41:02] agenda to address concerns
[41:03] that school personnel were
[41:05] unfamiliar with new
[41:06] developments facing lgbt plus
[41:08] medical care. I'd like to
[41:09] thank the many groups working
[41:10] with young queer people,
[41:13] including the alley forney
[41:14] center transformative schools
[41:16] and night clue who helped
[41:17] improve and support this
[41:19] legislation and I've urge you
[41:20] all to urge you all to vote. I
[41:24] thank you. Recognizing
[41:26] councilmember butcher.
[41:27] >>I want to start by the
[41:31] departure of one of my longest
[41:34] serving aides hannah moses,
[41:35] who was actually my field
[41:37] director and my campaign and
[41:38] is now my legislative and
[41:41] budget director is sadly
[41:41] moving on, but I want to thank
[41:42] hannah for everything she's
[41:45] done for me and our team and
[41:47] the people of council district
[41:49] . Eric, thank you. Hannah.
[41:56] >>and today is a big, big day
[41:58] for council district three
[42:00] because we are passing
[42:01] rezoning that will generate
[42:08] 9008 535 new homes, including
[42:14] 2842 permanently affordable
[42:15] apartments. That's as many
[42:16] affordable homes that have
[42:18] been built below 96 street in
[42:20] manhattan in the last five
[42:22] years combined is the biggest.
[42:25] >>neighborhood rezoning in
[42:26] decades in new york city, and
[42:28] it's coming along with big big
[42:31] benefits for the community and
[42:32] so many other ways. In
[42:35] addition to the protections
[42:37] for the garment industry and
[42:38] record investments in programs
[42:41] to assist the garment industry
[42:42] . We're turning broadway from
[42:44] 21 street up to 42 street into
[42:48] a grand pedestrian plaza that
[42:50] will rival the great public
[42:51] spaces of the world in cities
[42:53] like barcelona and paris,
[42:57] that's broadway 34 street bus
[42:58] way car free bus way.
[43:00] >>we're gonna have a
[43:04] incredible investments in
[43:09] schools, parks, a new station
[43:10] we're honoring the past with
[43:13] new landmark designations and
[43:14] so this is what it looks like
[43:16] when people come together to
[43:19] solve complex problems and
[43:22] really deliver the housing and
[43:23] other benefits. Our city needs
[43:24] . I want to thank my colleague
[43:26] keith powers. Want to thank
[43:27] speaker adams and her
[43:29] leadership and the whole team
[43:31] at council planning and land
[43:32] use everyone on my staff was
[43:36] city planning. Thank you so
[43:40] much seeing no one else signed
[43:41] up to speak.
[43:45] >>report of special committees
[43:46] , none reports of standing
[43:48] committees,
[43:48] >>reported of the committee on
[43:49] criminal justice intro. 1100 a
[43:52] supportive housing.
[43:53] >>a couple of general orders,
[43:54] >>reported of the committee on
[43:55] finance pre considered roseau
[43:58] 1013 transparency resolution
[43:59] coupled on general orders pre
[44:00] considered 342 and rizzo, 1028
[44:05] tax exemption couple on
[44:06] general orders reported.
[44:06] >>the committee on health
[44:07] intro. 6 28 and 6 29 a care
[44:11] for trans individuals.
[44:12] >>amended in a couple of guns
[44:13] general.
[44:14] >>orders centro 9 98, a
[44:16] cooling centers amended in a
[44:17] couple of on general orders
[44:18] until 2041 a and 1042 age I
[44:21] met him a couple times general
[44:22] lowers until 2056 a competency
[44:25] training amended in a couple
[44:26] months, general orders
[44:26] reported the committee on land
[44:27] you sell, you hundred 24 to
[44:31] 132 various.
[44:31] >>applications approved with
[44:32] modifications and referred to
[44:33] the city planning commission,
[44:35] intersection hundred 70 of the
[44:35] new york city charter.
[44:37] >>hell you, eric, 33, and
[44:38] rizzo, 1029 and a 34 in roseau
[44:42] 1033 47 flushing avenue,
[44:43] coupled on general orders 335
[44:45] through 341 various
[44:47] applications approved with
[44:48] modificatis aonnd referred to
[44:49] the city planning commission
[44:50] person 270 of the new york
[44:52] city charter report of the
[44:53] committee on technology and
[44:56] 422 a rooftops amended in a
[44:57] couple on general orders calendar 324 in
[45:00] roseau 1031 321 in roseau 1041
[45:04] various applications returned
[45:05] from city planning coupled on
[45:08] general orders resolution
[45:08] appointing various persons
[45:09] commission of couple on
[45:10] general orders. I now ask that
[45:11] the clerk take a roll call
[45:13] vote on all of the items
[45:15] coupled on today's general
[45:16] orders calendar. Riley. Thank
[45:21] you of permission of all all
[45:23] items on today's baby.
[45:25] >>meeting gender permission.
[45:27] granted, I don't thank you.
[45:28] councilman.
[45:42] >>thank you. Are you? I aviles
[45:47] high.
[45:48] >>ayala I banks? I don't know,
[45:53] watcher, I I know brennan.
[46:01] brewer? Yes, brooks powers cab
[46:03] on eye at all car majority
[46:08] leader requests a unanimous
[46:08] consent to all vote on all
[46:09] land use call ups permission.
[46:11] vincent.
[46:12] >>thank you. I'll be voting
[46:14] first. Let me disclose on the
[46:14] record that in the
[46:16] transparency resolution. We're
[46:17] voting on today. We're funding
[46:18] the jewish community center,
[46:19] staten island, and I am
[46:20] associated with that entity
[46:21] and I be voting no on pre
[46:23] considered resolution 1013 as
[46:26] well as introductions thousand
[46:27] 56 28 a and I on the rest.
[46:41] thank you, de la rosa high.
[46:48] thank you. Yes. You're okay.
[47:02] dinner. What's iona felder I
[47:09] felice eye on all. General, I
[47:17] thank you. Good sharers. Honey
[47:23] , I thank you. Thanks. I vote.
[47:29] I.
[47:30] >>holden iron all except
[47:31] intros 1056 a and 6 28 and pre
[47:35] considered rizzo 1013 of which
[47:36] I vote? No, hudson, I, joseph
[47:53] krishnan. I ellie, I. Lewis.
[48:00] hi,
[48:00] >>morato. I vote aye, on all
[48:01] with the exception of intros
[48:04] 1056 a 6 20 a and the pre
[48:06] considered resolution 1013. I
[48:14] vote no marched mealy men by
[48:26] murano, I vote. Aye, all with
[48:28] the exception of pre
[48:30] considered resolution 2013
[48:34] 1056 a 6 2829 a. On those I
[48:45] vote no moya. Narcisse, try
[48:59] nurse.
[49:00] >>oh, say about eye on all
[49:05] paladino.
[49:05] >>I vote. Aye, and all except
[49:07] show 105620 and transparency
[49:11] rizzo 1013 powers, but I don't
[49:18] all wrestler, but ion all. And
[49:20] I just would like to take a
[49:22] moment to thank council member
[49:24] rivera for being such a
[49:25] wonderful colleague. We will
[49:26] miss you and wish you the best
[49:38] . Rivera I vote, I proudly
[49:40] thank you, everyone, thank you
[49:47] , salam vote ion all and I
[49:48] want to disclose on the record
[49:52] that I have membership with
[49:53] the ncaa and my daughter
[49:54] represents 1 1 of my daughters
[49:56] is a member of youth represent
[50:06] salamanca sanchez proudly, I
[50:08] showman. I know. Um, I inna
[50:15] vernikov. Anne. All except no
[50:17] on intro 7 56 6 28 and no one
[50:22] reconsidered rizzo 1013. Thank
[50:34] you. Williams. Permission to
[50:34] explain my vote. Permission.
[50:38] grand take. Great. Hi,
[50:40] everybody. Happy summer. I
[50:41] just wanted to take this very
[50:42] quick moment to give a shout
[50:43] out to my wonderful interns.
[50:46] leana, alyssa, abigail sham,
[50:48] sir. Enough in iowa. He thanks
[50:51] for a great summer and yes,
[50:52] you will be missed council
[50:54] member of era and with that
[50:55] vote all. Thank you so much
[50:59] leader.
[51:00] >>thank you, councilmember
[51:00] hanif for disclosure.
[51:04] >>I like to disclose on the
[51:04] records the atlantic avenue
[51:06] merchants association. It is
[51:08] in today's transparency, rizzo
[51:09] and I am associated with that.
[51:11] >>entity. Thank you. Council
[51:22] number one huang, I.
[51:27] >>areola. I'd like to just
[51:28] close for the record that in
[51:30] the transparency resolution is
[51:32] nding for the and my son has
[51:34] an affiliation with that
[51:35] agency I vote aye, on all with
[51:38] the exception of intros 1 5 6
[51:41] a to 6 2 8 and pre considered
[51:43] rizzo 1013. Thank you. Farias.
[51:51] >>sorry, kolya council member
[51:52] joseph for her.
[51:53] >>disclosure. Thank.
[51:54] >>rachel. Thank you. And this
[51:57] trend so transparency. Rizzo,
[51:58] my son is a new york city
[51:59] public schools student and
[52:01] it's beng ifunded and he's
[52:02] also affiliated with bro, sis.
[52:03] that's also being funded in
[52:04] this transparency reza thank
[52:12] you,
[52:12] >>thank you. Padilla? Yes, I
[52:16] have.
[52:17] adams I all items on today's
[53:35] general order calendar are
[53:36] adopted by a vote of 44 and
[53:37] the affirmative. Zero on the
[53:38] negative and zero abstentions
[53:39] with the exception of
[53:40] introduction, 6 28, a
[53:43] introduction 1056 and
[53:45] resolution and 13, which were
[53:46] adopted by a vote of 37 in the
[53:48] affirmative. Seven in the
[53:49] negative and zira abstentions
[53:51] and introduction, 6 29 a,
[53:52] which was adopted by a vote of
[53:54] 43 in the affirmative,
[53:55] adrienne in the negative zero
[53:57] abstentions. There were and
[53:59] the revised land use call up
[54:00] vote is 43 in the affirmative
[54:02] and zero in the negative with
[54:06] no obsessions with that's we
[54:07] will move into introduction
[54:08] and reading of bills, all
[54:09] bills have been referred to
[54:10] committee has indicated on
[54:12] today's agenda.
[54:13] >>thank you. We will now move
[54:14] into the discussion of
[54:15] resolution and I have no one
[54:17] signed up, so I'll just scan
[54:18] of the room, councilmember
[54:22] hudson.
[54:23] >>thank you so much I'd like
[54:23] to briefly discuss my
[54:25] resolution 9 8 6. Today this
[54:27] council is voting to recognize
[54:30] august 14 2025 as the 90
[54:32] anniversary of social security
[54:36] and commemorate august 14
[54:37] annually, a social security
[54:38] day in the city of new york 90
[54:40] years ago today, president
[54:42] franklin d. Roosevelt signed a
[54:43] social security act into law
[54:45] to quote, give some measure of
[54:46] protection to the average
[54:47] citizen and to their family
[54:48] against the loss of a job and
[54:51] against poverty ridden old age
[54:53] end quote. Currently new
[54:56] yorkers receive social
[54:57] security benefits more than
[54:58] 40% of whom neither monthly
[54:59] checks to meet basic needs
[55:02] despite a 26% jump in the
[55:03] number of older americans by
[55:05] 20 35, the trump
[55:07] administration is actively
[55:08] dismantling the infrastructure
[55:09] in place that supports older
[55:11] adults in recent months, the
[55:12] federal government has made
[55:13] policy changes that make these
[55:14] benefits harder to access from
[55:17] closing offices and removing
[55:18] language access services to
[55:19] limiting direct deposit
[55:21] information changes and
[55:22] eliminating the federal office
[55:23] tasked with supporting older
[55:28] adults I'd like to thank for
[55:29] their leadership and work to
[55:30] highlight this crucial
[55:30] anniversary, and I.
[55:33] >>thank you, majority leader.
[55:34] thank you, councilmember
[55:35] seeing no one else signed up
[55:37] to speak. We will now have a
[55:38] voice vote on today's
[55:40] resolutions. If you wish to
[55:40] vote against or abstain from
[55:42] any of today's resolutions,
[55:43] please notify the legislative
[55:44] documents unit by email or by
[55:45] approaching the dais. I'll now
[55:48] read today's resolution into
[55:49] the record resolution 5 63 b
[55:52] calls on the new york state to
[55:54] enact senate bill 6 20 62 25
[55:57] ana assembly bill 38 99 a,
[55:59] which would tight end
[56:01] regulations enhanced
[56:02] inspections and provide
[56:02] training and resources to
[56:04] daycare providers and prenats
[56:06] to ensure the safety of
[56:06] children and child take care
[56:10] homes, programs and facilities
[56:11] across new york state. All
[56:12] those in favor, say aye,
[56:15] >>I'll oppose, say name any
[56:18] abstentions. The ayes have it
[56:20] resolution 986 recognizes
[56:25] august 14 2025 as the
[56:27] ninetieth anniversary of
[56:27] social security and
[56:29] commemorates august 14
[56:30] annually as social security
[56:31] day in the city of new york.
[56:33] all those in favor, say aye,
[56:35] I'll oppose, say name.
[56:38] >>any abstentions, have it, we
[56:41] will now move into general discussion, and I'd
[56:44] like to first recognize
[56:45] council member rivera do madam
[56:52] speaker, colleagues and
[56:53] friends. Thank you for the
[56:55] time and.
[56:55] >>of course, the kind words
[56:58] and anecdotes today will be my
[56:59] last stated meeting as a
[57:00] member of the new york city
[57:03] council.
[57:04] >>I believe we all ran for
[57:04] office, hoping to make lasting
[57:07] positive change for our
[57:09] communities working over
[57:10] almost eight years with the
[57:12] members in this body on causes
[57:14] large and small has proven to
[57:16] me that we share the dream
[57:18] that new yorkers always
[57:22] deserve better from expanding
[57:23] health care access to
[57:24] strengthening public schools
[57:26] from reducing food insecurity
[57:27] to fighting for more
[57:29] affordable housing.
[57:29] >>my focus has been to improve
[57:30] the lives of our neighbors.
[57:34] >>I have relished the
[57:36] successes an admittedly
[57:37] learned from the missteps
[57:39] along the way, but I'm.
[57:40] >>leaving the council today
[57:41] with accomplishments that I am
[57:45] proud of direct investments in
[57:46] local schools,
[57:47] >>libraries, parks and
[57:49] cultural institutions,
[57:50] victories on health, housing
[57:51] and transportation policy to
[57:53] strengthen our communities and
[57:56] economy, a landmark workforce
[57:58] development center affordable
[57:59] housing projects that have
[58:01] been completed and road maps
[58:01] that will create even more the
[58:05] eastside coastal resiliency
[58:07] project, which will provide
[58:08] flood protection to my
[58:10] communities for generations to
[58:13] come 44 local laws that builds
[58:16] on fairness, dignity and
[58:18] livability for my community
[58:20] and city and the
[58:22] accomplishment that are most
[58:23] proud of outside these walls,
[58:24] becoming a mother to.
[58:35] >>my to beautiful children.
[58:37] they are. They really are
[58:38] beautiful. It's a ist' a fact.
[58:41] >>I couldn't have done all of
[58:42] this without my staff. Katie,
[58:47] sheila, eddie lysander. You
[58:48] some are beyond my interns.
[58:51] thank you. Thank you to the
[58:52] many people who at some point
[58:53] over the last eight years,
[58:55] chose to be on my team help
[58:59] implement a compassionate
[59:01] forward thinking agenda so
[59:03] many wonderful people out
[59:05] there that made a choice to
[59:06] serve. I want to thank the
[59:09] advocates, my colleagues of, course, my amazing family I
[59:12] know my husband's watching on
[59:13] the live stream and my friends
[59:17] for your collaboration, your
[59:18] patients and support. I want
[59:19] to thank you, madam.
[59:22] >>speaker for your support and
[59:24] camaraderie and all my love to
[59:29] you always so that deputy
[59:33] speaker, of course, to the
[59:34] dedicated staff of this great
[59:39] council.
[59:39] >>to my colleagues in the face
[59:40] of unprecedented attacks on
[59:41] the fabric of what makes new
[59:44] york. Great. Continue to stand
[59:47] strong.
[59:48] >>to my constituents. It's
[59:48] been the honor of my life to
[59:49] represent the second district.
[59:50] these are the neighborhoods
[59:51] that raised me. I'm deeply
[59:53] grateful for your trust as my
[59:58] time as your council member
[59:59] comes to an end. I'm
[1:00:00] reflecting on what we've
[1:00:00] achieved together to make our
[1:00:03] neighborhoods and city fairer
[1:00:04] and more livable for all born
[1:00:06] and raised on the lower east
[1:00:09] side, the proud product of a
[1:00:10] puerto rican family who came
[1:00:11] to new york from puerto rico
[1:00:13] from opportunity. I have
[1:00:14] carried that same drive into
[1:00:18] public service. I'll keep
[1:00:18] taking that same drive with me
[1:00:19] as I hope you will, too, as we
[1:00:22] continue to advocate for the
[1:00:24] people of the greatest city in
[1:00:27] the.
[1:00:27] >>world. Ah, thank you so much
[1:00:28] everyone. It's been the
[1:00:30] absolute honor and privilege
[1:00:31] thank you. Unless puerto rican
[1:01:24] .
[1:01:25] >>recognizing minority leader
[1:01:34] areola. Thank you, majority
[1:01:35] leader, madam speaker. I too
[1:01:36] would like to thank our intern
[1:01:38] , ben fox today is his last
[1:01:39] day he returns to school. It's
[1:01:42] the second year that he has
[1:01:43] been our intern and he has
[1:01:45] really been an asset to our
[1:01:47] office and we will miss him
[1:01:49] greatly, although we do remain
[1:01:51] friends and continue to keep
[1:01:51] in touch throughout the year.
[1:01:53] so good luck to you, ben, as
[1:01:55] you return to your educational
[1:01:58] institution 249 years ago on
[1:02:03] july 2 776 in a sweltering
[1:02:04] chamber in philadelphia, the
[1:02:07] members of the second
[1:02:08] continental congress took a
[1:02:09] vote that changed the world
[1:02:11] forever on that day, not the
[1:02:13] fourth of as so many believe
[1:02:16] the founding fathers declared
[1:02:18] that the 13 american colonies
[1:02:21] were henceforth free and
[1:02:23] independent states, they would
[1:02:24] no longer be ruled by the
[1:02:28] british empire, john adams
[1:02:30] himself wrote that july 2
[1:02:32] would be celebrated for
[1:02:34] generations as the great
[1:02:36] anniversary festival of our
[1:02:41] freedom.
[1:02:41] >>yet over time that date
[1:02:43] faded from public memory and
[1:02:44] was eclipsed in our minds by
[1:02:46] the day the declarations.
[1:02:47] final text was approved, which
[1:02:48] is july 4.
[1:02:51] >>but history matters, and it
[1:02:52] is important that future
[1:02:54] generations. Remember that the
[1:02:56] day, the crucial vote in
[1:02:58] american history occurred was
[1:03:01] july 2, that is why I'm
[1:03:02] introducing a resolution to
[1:03:04] designate july 2 as freedom
[1:03:05] day in new york city this new
[1:03:09] day will not replace the
[1:03:11] fourth of but instead it will
[1:03:13] deepen its meaning. It will
[1:03:14] ensure that every new yorker
[1:03:16] knows when our independence
[1:03:17] was truly declared and under
[1:03:20] the courage the voters gave
[1:03:23] that gave birth to our nation.
[1:03:25] >>I ask you all to sign on to
[1:03:27] rezo 2012 as sponsors and help
[1:03:31] preserve american history for
[1:03:31] new yorkers for the future.
[1:03:32] thank you for the time
[1:03:38] recognizing.
[1:03:39] >>minority web paladino,
[1:03:40] followed by a council member
[1:03:45] brewer.
[1:03:45] >>good afternoon, everybody.
[1:03:46] the bill I'm introducing today
[1:03:47] is in 2962 it seeks to amend
[1:03:52] the administrative code of the
[1:03:53] city of new york by removing
[1:03:56] specific benchmarks related to
[1:03:58] protected bike lanes and
[1:04:00] protected bus slings from the
[1:04:02] city's streets master plan it
[1:04:06] would repeal the formal
[1:04:08] definitions of projected
[1:04:10] bicycle lanes and protected
[1:04:14] and eliminate the quantitative
[1:04:16] targets for installing those
[1:04:20] lanes. However, other elements
[1:04:21] of the master plan such as
[1:04:23] improvements to pedestrian
[1:04:26] infrastructure transit signal
[1:04:29] priority accessible pedestrian
[1:04:30] signals and the intersection
[1:04:33] redesigns would and should
[1:04:34] remain in place. I am not
[1:04:37] opposed bike lanes where bike
[1:04:39] lanes are appropriate, but but
[1:04:42] one size fits all master plan
[1:04:45] that employ imposes a specific
[1:04:47] amount of bike lanes or
[1:04:49] protected bus lanes is just
[1:04:51] the recipe for disaster in
[1:04:55] many cases installing these
[1:04:57] lanes create more dangerous
[1:04:59] conditions for the cyclists,
[1:05:00] pedestrians and drivers the
[1:05:03] intent of this legislation is
[1:05:06] to allow greater flexibility
[1:05:07] and discretion in how the city
[1:05:11] approaches street design and
[1:05:16] transportation planning rather
[1:05:17] than being bound by numerical
[1:05:22] mandated targets. Now more
[1:05:23] than ever. We need to ensure
[1:05:26] that critical projects
[1:05:27] involving street redesign or
[1:05:30] infrastructure are tailored to
[1:05:33] community specific needs and
[1:05:35] our balanced with traffic flow
[1:05:37] neighborhood character and
[1:05:38] overall public safety. That is
[1:05:42] why I'm asking for the support
[1:05:42] of each and every one of you
[1:05:45] for intro 1362. Thank you very
[1:05:50] much.
[1:05:51] >>recognizing councilman
[1:05:51] murano, followed by brewer
[1:05:54] than louis. Thank you
[1:05:55] colleagues today. I'm proud to
[1:05:58] introduce legislation
[1:05:59] alongside my co sponsored
[1:06:00] council member that I believe
[1:06:03] will make our democracy
[1:06:04] stronger and our elections.
[1:06:06] fairer right now as I think a
[1:06:08] lot of you know if you're
[1:06:09] running for mayor, public
[1:06:11] advocate or controller, and
[1:06:13] you matching funds from the
[1:06:14] campaign finance board, you're
[1:06:16] required to participate in a
[1:06:18] that makes sense if taxpayers
[1:06:20] are footing the bill for your
[1:06:21] campaign, you should face the
[1:06:23] public answer questions and
[1:06:24] explain your vision, but
[1:06:27] here's the loophole that rule
[1:06:29] doesn't apply to city council
[1:06:31] or borough president races,
[1:06:32] which means someone can take
[1:06:35] thousands hundreds of
[1:06:36] thousands in public funds and
[1:06:37] never show up for a single
[1:06:39] debate, and I've seen it
[1:06:41] happen firsthand in my special
[1:06:42] election in april 1 of my
[1:06:44] opponents refused to
[1:06:45] participate in any in person
[1:06:46] debates at all this bill
[1:06:49] closes that gap, it says if
[1:06:51] you take public money in a
[1:06:53] council or borough president
[1:06:55] race. You must participate in
[1:06:56] at least one official debate,
[1:06:58] no ducking, no hiding, no
[1:07:00] candidate protection program,
[1:07:02] and I think this is going to
[1:07:03] make a big difference and let
[1:07:04] me say I couldn't ask for a
[1:07:05] better partner to bring this
[1:07:07] forward with an lincoln
[1:07:08] restler. We be the city
[1:07:11] council's bipartisan by
[1:07:12] borough political odd couple
[1:07:14] pretty sure netflix has
[1:07:14] already option the sitcom
[1:07:17] rights, but we both agree
[1:07:19] voters deserve transparency,
[1:07:22] accessibility and respect, so
[1:07:23] hopefully this is just the
[1:07:25] beginning of a new era of
[1:07:28] wrestler moreno collaboration.
[1:07:28] but if a republican from
[1:07:30] staten island the most
[1:07:32] conservative district in the
[1:07:33] city no less and the co chair
[1:07:34] of the progressive caucus from
[1:07:36] brooklyn can work together on
[1:07:38] good government reform
[1:07:38] legislation like this. I think
[1:07:41] that sends a message to the
[1:07:42] whole council and I think
[1:07:44] maybe there's hope for the
[1:07:45] whole city, no matter how
[1:07:47] polarized it seem we are at
[1:07:48] times thanks very much.
[1:07:53] >>recognizing comes remember,
[1:07:53] brewer, followed by lewis and.
[1:07:55] >>majority were brooks paris.
[1:07:56] >>well, thank you very much. I
[1:07:57] too want to thank the interns
[1:07:59] who are here today, samantha
[1:08:00] sabban, who's at northwestern
[1:08:04] max morgan. Ej, who is an
[1:08:05] american university, brandon
[1:08:06] shows the news at laguardia
[1:08:08] high school and then, of
[1:08:10] course, here. So I can't
[1:08:12] remember where I want you down
[1:08:12] somewhere, but I will find you
[1:08:14] . Samantha's also here and
[1:08:16] also elise kwan, who's was a
[1:08:17] member of the staff. I do also
[1:08:21] want to congratulate counsel
[1:08:22] rivera on her new job, I will
[1:08:25] miss all her gossip. She has a
[1:08:27] great deal to share, and I
[1:08:29] wish her the.
[1:08:30] >>best I want to point out the
[1:08:32] council member luis and I
[1:08:33] bought her flowers. I didn't
[1:08:34] see flowers from anybody else.
[1:08:41] thank you. Hey. Well, now
[1:08:45] everyone's going to run and go
[1:08:47] buy flowers, so I'm
[1:08:49] recognizing council member
[1:08:50] luis, followed by a majority
[1:08:52] were brooks powers and council
[1:08:55] member shulman.
[1:08:55] >>thank you, madam majority
[1:08:56] leaders today. I'm introducing
[1:08:57] to resolutions. The first
[1:08:59] resolution 1021 calls on the
[1:09:01] state to expand coverage for
[1:09:04] colon cancer screenings to
[1:09:04] individuals age 35 and older
[1:09:07] and to require such coverage
[1:09:09] and all insurance policies.
[1:09:10] currently, the federal
[1:09:11] government only requires
[1:09:12] insurance plans to cover these
[1:09:14] screenings beginning at age 45
[1:09:17] , however, colon cancer rates
[1:09:18] and younger adults have risen
[1:09:20] for decades, the national
[1:09:21] cancer institute reports a
[1:09:23] study increase in diagnoses
[1:09:26] among those under 50 with many
[1:09:28] cases already advanced by the time they are detective
[1:09:33] health and hospitals notes
[1:09:35] that when colon cancers found
[1:09:36] early the five year survival
[1:09:38] rate is 90% waiting to screen
[1:09:41] can cost lives the second
[1:09:43] resolution 1022 calls on the
[1:09:45] state to hold corporations
[1:09:47] criminally liable when their
[1:09:49] negligence and recklessness at
[1:09:52] unmarked worksites result in
[1:09:52] serious injury or death.
[1:09:55] result. 1022, addresses a
[1:09:56] pressing concern and our
[1:09:58] housing work sites that are
[1:09:59] not properly marked or secured
[1:10:02] , which pose a serious dangers
[1:10:04] to residents, pedestrians,
[1:10:05] visitors and children who not
[1:10:07] realize they're walking into
[1:10:09] hazardous areas I am proud to
[1:10:10] advocate for these two
[1:10:12] resolutions and our urging, my
[1:10:13] colleagues to sign on and
[1:10:15] lastly, I want to wish our
[1:10:18] colleague extraordinaire,
[1:10:19] council member rivera on her
[1:10:20] next endeavor, and I want to
[1:10:21] thank you for your service in
[1:10:23] your hard work. Thank you.
[1:10:27] recognizing majority where
[1:10:28] brooks powers, followed by
[1:10:29] council members schulman,
[1:10:30] hudson and salaam.
[1:10:32] >>thank you. I want to begin
[1:10:33] by acknowledging two of my
[1:10:35] outstanding cooney creel,
[1:10:36] >>launch interns who are with
[1:10:37] us today and chambers showing
[1:10:41] money and alfonso alarcon.
[1:10:44] thank you for all the work you
[1:10:45] have done on behalf of the 31
[1:10:50] council district and we will
[1:10:50] be sad to see you go next. I'm
[1:10:52] proud to introduce three bills
[1:10:54] that will strengthen safety,
[1:10:56] improved communication with
[1:10:56] our communities and expand
[1:10:59] transit options and in
[1:10:59] neighborhoods that need the
[1:11:02] most. Two of these bills are
[1:11:03] the result of extensive
[1:11:04] discussions with our commuter
[1:11:06] van working group aimed aimed
[1:11:07] supporting the growth of the
[1:11:09] license community band
[1:11:10] industry to better serve
[1:11:12] transit deserts while cracking
[1:11:13] down on the dangerous,
[1:11:17] unlicensed vans that undermine
[1:11:18] safety and take riders away
[1:11:19] from public transit. The first
[1:11:22] bill intro 346 requires a
[1:11:24] department of transportation
[1:11:25] to conduct a comprehensive
[1:11:26] study of the commuter van
[1:11:27] industry every four years, the
[1:11:29] study will examine ridership
[1:11:31] service areas and stop
[1:11:33] locations and help us better
[1:11:34] understand how commuted bans
[1:11:37] fits into the al broader
[1:11:39] transit network, the second
[1:11:41] bill in 2347, directs our
[1:11:43] enforcement agency used to
[1:11:44] take a tougher approach to
[1:11:46] illegal operations by ensuring
[1:11:48] that every license van stopped
[1:11:49] on our streets is held
[1:11:50] accountable for all applicable
[1:11:52] violations and faces the
[1:11:53] maximum penalty is allowed
[1:11:56] under law. The third bill
[1:11:57] injured 13 45, responds to
[1:11:59] changes we've seen with our
[1:12:01] bus network redesign such as
[1:12:02] the queen's bus network
[1:12:04] redesign, it would require
[1:12:06] dealt coordination with the to
[1:12:08] notify nearby homeowners and
[1:12:11] businesses whenever a bus stop
[1:12:12] is created removed within 50
[1:12:13] feet of their property. This
[1:12:15] is especially important for
[1:12:16] seniors in new yorkers with
[1:12:18] disabilities who deserve
[1:12:20] advanced notice when bust
[1:12:21] access changes in their
[1:12:24] neighborhood. These bills
[1:12:24] reflect our commitment to a
[1:12:26] transportation system that is
[1:12:27] safer, more accessible and
[1:12:28] more responsive to the needs
[1:12:30] of every community I urge my
[1:12:31] colleagues to join me in
[1:12:33] advancing them, and I also
[1:12:34] would like to join the chorus
[1:12:37] and just saying thank you to
[1:12:39] council member carlina rivera
[1:12:40] just being a tremendous
[1:12:43] colleague, mentor and friend
[1:12:44] throughout this time that
[1:12:45] you've been here. You've
[1:12:47] helped me champion a lot of
[1:12:49] meaningful legislation and I'm
[1:12:51] really thankful for all that
[1:12:52] you've done for me personally
[1:12:53] and as well as this body, so
[1:12:54] thank you and good luck in
[1:12:55] this next chapter.
[1:12:59] >>recognizing counts member
[1:13:00] shulman, followed by hudson,
[1:13:01] then salam, thank you,
[1:13:02] majority leader. No new yorker
[1:13:03] should have to choose between
[1:13:05] their health and their
[1:13:06] paycheck. That's why I'm
[1:13:08] introducing intro 13 69, which
[1:13:09] guarantees every worker in our
[1:13:12] city five hours of paid time
[1:13:13] each year for preventive
[1:13:14] medical care check screenings,
[1:13:16] particularly cancer screenings
[1:13:17] and counseling that can catch
[1:13:19] illness early and save lives.
[1:13:20] this is a simple common sense
[1:13:22] step to keep our work force
[1:13:24] healthy, reduce health care
[1:13:25] costs and protect the well
[1:13:26] being of every new yorker
[1:13:28] healthy workers mean the
[1:13:29] strongest city and that starts
[1:13:30] with giving people the time
[1:13:30] they need to take care of
[1:13:33] themselves. I also want to
[1:13:35] join in congratulating council
[1:13:37] member in her new role, and
[1:13:39] it's a thank her for
[1:13:40] everything that she has done,
[1:13:41] I will say that I knew council
[1:13:45] rivera when she was a staffer
[1:13:46] for council member rosie
[1:13:48] mendez and worked on her first
[1:13:50] campaign and was very excited
[1:13:51] when she helped me on mine and
[1:13:54] so congratulations. And we're
[1:13:55] going to miss you. Thank you.
[1:13:58] >>recognizing councilmember
[1:13:59] hudson, followed by salam and
[1:14:00] a lot of.
[1:14:02] >>some to give a thank you to
[1:14:03] my summer interns ilana juan
[1:14:06] and levi and also wanted to
[1:14:08] say thank you, councilmember
[1:14:10] rivera for all that you've
[1:14:11] done here in the council, all
[1:14:13] of the meaningful legislation
[1:14:14] that you've passed the advice,
[1:14:19] the wisdom, the friendship
[1:14:19] that you've offered to so many
[1:14:22] of us. Congratulations on your
[1:14:23] next steps and I wish you all
[1:14:27] the best recognizing
[1:14:29] councilmember salaam. Thank
[1:14:31] you. I like as the council
[1:14:32] likes to say to associate my
[1:14:34] remarks with all the great
[1:14:35] remarks before me regarding
[1:14:38] the lovely council member as
[1:14:39] she goes on to her next
[1:14:42] adventure.
[1:14:42] >>colleagues. I'm proud to
[1:14:43] introduce david bills that
[1:14:45] advanced accessibility,
[1:14:46] security and cultural pride
[1:14:48] first result, hundred 25,
[1:14:50] which honors harlem's own fat
[1:14:53] man's school, a grammy award
[1:14:54] winner whose voice moved
[1:14:56] millions by standing by,
[1:14:58] designating august 6 as fat
[1:14:59] man school day. Just this past
[1:15:02] saturday. We've got the
[1:15:04] opportunity to on august 9 two
[1:15:05] celebrate the cold naming of
[1:15:09] 109 street and fifth avenue,
[1:15:09] also known as museum mao as
[1:15:12] isaac, fat man school freeman
[1:15:14] third place. Thank you to the
[1:15:17] majority leader, but he is for
[1:15:18] co priming sponsor in this
[1:15:19] resolution. Secondly, I'm
[1:15:22] introducing intro 1 3 6 6 with
[1:15:25] council member wan to require
[1:15:26] online web forms for all
[1:15:28] benefit applicator
[1:15:31] applications. This will make
[1:15:32] it easier for new yorkers to
[1:15:33] apply for services without
[1:15:35] unnecessarily travel or
[1:15:36] paperwork ensuring more
[1:15:38] accessible and use friendly
[1:15:41] process. Third control one,
[1:15:42] eric 6 7, also with councilman
[1:15:45] with julie. Juan, we're
[1:15:47] requiring dot gov domains for
[1:15:48] all city agency websites. This
[1:15:50] will ensure residents know
[1:15:51] when they are interacting with
[1:15:53] the secure official city
[1:15:55] website site, hoping to
[1:15:56] productive it protect against
[1:15:57] fraud and phishing attempts.
[1:16:01] finally, I'm introducing intro
[1:16:03] 1 3 6 5 to help property
[1:16:04] owners by requiring the
[1:16:06] department of buildings to
[1:16:08] email regular reminders to
[1:16:11] work permits or signed off for
[1:16:13] many, preventing costly delays
[1:16:14] . This will save owners from
[1:16:18] unexpected fees, stalled
[1:16:19] projects and lost time when
[1:16:20] they're ready to sell or
[1:16:23] refinance these mergers. These
[1:16:25] measures are about serving new
[1:16:26] york is better and I urge my
[1:16:27] colleagues to co sponsor and I
[1:16:31] think the speaker for her
[1:16:32] support in these efforts
[1:16:37] recognize the de la rosa,
[1:16:38] followed by north seasons and.
[1:16:41] >>thank you, madam majority
[1:16:42] leader. I want to join the
[1:16:44] chorus of praise for our
[1:16:47] colleague carlina I met
[1:16:49] carlina and staffers in the
[1:16:51] city council. Many, many moons
[1:16:54] ago from that to becoming
[1:16:54] elected. Officials
[1:16:55] representing the communities
[1:16:56] that raised us. I have been
[1:16:57] proud to watch your trajectory
[1:16:59] and I wish you the best. Thank
[1:17:00] you for being a latina leader
[1:17:02] who is fierce and stands up
[1:17:05] for her community at every
[1:17:05] turn I wish you all the best I
[1:17:07] want to also join council
[1:17:10] sanchez, in sending my deepest
[1:17:12] condolences to the parents of
[1:17:14] nicholas phyllis dominici me
[1:17:15] massing, see me, sarah's south
[1:17:18] stay this our community will
[1:17:19] stand with you and remembering
[1:17:21] the legacy of your child. No
[1:17:22] parent should have to bury
[1:17:24] their child and we stand with
[1:17:27] you. I also want to turn our
[1:17:28] attention to my resolution.
[1:17:30] result. 1015, which support
[1:17:33] the daily news workers new
[1:17:35] york's home newspaper has been
[1:17:37] breaking news and publishing
[1:17:39] critical coverage for 106
[1:17:42] years since olden capital has
[1:17:43] taken over, which is a
[1:17:45] predatory, predatory hedge
[1:17:47] fund, which acquired the paper
[1:17:48] in 20 21, the daily news has
[1:17:51] faced severe cuts and his
[1:17:51] staff has been slashed its
[1:17:54] printing plant and officers
[1:17:55] sold for $90 million and it's
[1:17:58] newsroom reduced to just 65
[1:18:00] journalists to cover people if
[1:18:03] we believe in the free press
[1:18:05] and we believe that workers in
[1:18:06] our in our city should live
[1:18:09] and work in dignity that I ask
[1:18:10] you all to support a
[1:18:12] resolution 1015, which calls
[1:18:14] on something as radical as a
[1:18:21] for journalists paid sick time
[1:18:21] and a guarantee of a secure
[1:18:24] retirement for daily news
[1:18:26] workers. Please sign on and
[1:18:27] help us get this resolution
[1:18:28] passed. Thank you,
[1:18:31] >>recognizing councilman
[1:18:33] bernard sees I I want to say
[1:18:35] thank you, master matter
[1:18:36] majority and thank you, madam
[1:18:39] speaker and to this evening. I
[1:18:40] want to talk about carlina
[1:18:44] rivera. You for being who you
[1:18:45] are. Thank you for being my
[1:18:47] partner to eat together that
[1:18:49] prevent me from eating late at
[1:18:50] night, so I'm.
[1:18:51] >>going to miss you greatly.
[1:18:52] I'm looking for other partners
[1:18:55] . Now I want to talk about
[1:18:57] last saturday, we celebrated
[1:18:58] the life of a woman a 10 1 of
[1:19:01] the folks that got killed out,
[1:19:05] um, at 3 45 parts a product
[1:19:08] qiana a loving father and a
[1:19:10] dedicated 32 security officer
[1:19:15] allen die as a hero in this
[1:19:17] final moments he showed the
[1:19:19] courage, resilience and
[1:19:21] dignity that reflects the very
[1:19:22] best of his haitian heritage.
[1:19:26] those quiet qualities. Shape
[1:19:27] who he was guided. How, how he
[1:19:31] lived and inspired all of us
[1:19:34] who knew him. He held the
[1:19:36] elevator and maybe said that
[1:19:38] prevent more folks from dying
[1:19:40] alan's life was one of the
[1:19:43] service protecting I mean,
[1:19:44] protecting others. That's what
[1:19:47] he did, showing kindness and
[1:19:48] working hard to provide for
[1:19:51] his loved ones his lost lives
[1:19:52] avoid void in our community
[1:19:52] but also a lasting example of
[1:19:57] bravery and resilience and
[1:20:00] selflessness.
[1:20:00] >>to allen loved one. We are
[1:20:03] here for you. We're going to
[1:20:05] support and for those I have
[1:20:07] to say thank you to
[1:20:10] congressman I, hakeem jeffries
[1:20:12] and course, said schumer. That
[1:20:14] was that helped me to bring
[1:20:16] the daughters that was in
[1:20:18] dominican republic and the
[1:20:19] mother that was in haiti, so I
[1:20:21] want to say thank you to
[1:20:22] catholic charities that
[1:20:24] looking and helping me to make
[1:20:25] sure the families stay
[1:20:28] together and go to the good
[1:20:29] school that it can be in the
[1:20:31] children, so I want to say
[1:20:32] thank you so much for everyone
[1:20:35] I showed up to show support in
[1:20:37] time like that. So thank you,
[1:20:38] madam majority. I'm done.
[1:20:41] >>recognizing comes from
[1:20:43] resentments. Thank.
[1:20:43] >>you, madam majority leader.
[1:20:47] >>a council member rivera. I
[1:20:48] just I want to thank you,
[1:20:51] carlina ah, you know, early on
[1:20:52] . Yes, yes! Yeah, you're the
[1:20:54] one you know, early on when
[1:20:55] you're a a legislator. You
[1:20:57] don't know what you're doing.
[1:20:59] and since the very beginning
[1:21:00] even before I was in office.
[1:21:02] you were you were there for me
[1:21:05] for everything from a phone
[1:21:06] call to sitting to bouncing
[1:21:08] ideas off of and to have such
[1:21:11] guidance from I go serious
[1:21:12] legislator who dealt with
[1:21:14] everything from, you know,
[1:21:16] keeping our kids safe from
[1:21:18] lead to criminal justice
[1:21:20] reform to our bicycle
[1:21:23] infrastructure to foie gras. I just want to thank you for
[1:21:27] always for being a friend and
[1:21:30] for always being there. Um,
[1:21:31] and this this council feel a
[1:21:34] lot different without you here
[1:21:35] and I know I'm a am very happy
[1:21:38] for you. Um you move on to the
[1:21:40] next phase of your life and
[1:21:41] I'm sure family is very happy
[1:21:43] for you as well. So thank you,
[1:21:47] councilmember rivera. I also
[1:21:48] want to just shut on my
[1:21:48] interns who are here. Emma
[1:21:50] burke and joshua falken. Thank
[1:21:52] you for their work unless I'm
[1:21:54] introducing a piece of
[1:21:55] legislation today in 13 49
[1:22:00] with hospital's committee
[1:22:01] chair mercedes narcisse. Just
[1:22:02] going to make it a little
[1:22:04] easier and more affordable for
[1:22:06] cities, medical and health
[1:22:07] care facilities so they could
[1:22:08] focus on what's most important
[1:22:10] , which is caring for patients
[1:22:13] under the seas current
[1:22:14] commercial waste own program
[1:22:16] businesses, including medical
[1:22:17] facilities are locked into
[1:22:18] contracts with specific waste
[1:22:20] haulers who ultimately
[1:22:22] subcontract medical waste
[1:22:26] component to whoever the to
[1:22:29] two other organizations or
[1:22:29] other companies, but for
[1:22:31] health care facilities that
[1:22:32] generate medical waste, our
[1:22:34] hospital clinics, doctor's
[1:22:35] offices. This creates
[1:22:37] unnecessary burdens and costly
[1:22:38] burdens and especially for
[1:22:42] bigger institutions that have
[1:22:43] facilities across multiple
[1:22:44] zones. This becomes
[1:22:45] problematic. So with this bill
[1:22:47] where attempting to reduce the
[1:22:48] costs for our hospitals and
[1:22:50] our health care facilities so
[1:22:53] that they could focus on
[1:22:54] what's more important, most
[1:22:56] important reducing
[1:22:57] administrative costs to care
[1:23:01] for patients, patients, health
[1:23:04] , especially as our federal
[1:23:05] government seeks to cut our
[1:23:06] health care dollars this bill
[1:23:08] is more important now than
[1:23:10] ever. Thank you, madam
[1:23:12] majority leader no on elese
[1:23:14] signed up to speak. I'd like
[1:23:15] to take a couple seconds to
[1:23:19] think council member carlina
[1:23:21] being staffers together to
[1:23:23] doing to raisers together to
[1:23:25] being able to watch you really
[1:23:28] do the work here and learn
[1:23:29] from you in the councils and
[1:23:30] then joining you and leading
[1:23:32] with you. I thank you. And I'm
[1:23:34] honored to have that time
[1:23:36] together and congratulations
[1:23:37] on your next time endeavor.
[1:23:40] >>and with that, I'll now call
[1:23:42] on speaker atoms to close
[1:23:43] today's state and meeting.
[1:23:45] thank you, majority leaer adnd
[1:23:49] of course. Carlina.
[1:23:54] >>with this being your last
[1:23:55] stated carlina. Of course I'm
[1:23:56] going to take a moment to
[1:24:00] recognize you for your years
[1:24:00] of service to the people of
[1:24:01] your district and to our
[1:24:03] entire city. We, the three of
[1:24:06] us make the triangle from the
[1:24:07] former session in the new york
[1:24:09] city council. We are the last
[1:24:12] three standing, um, learned a
[1:24:13] lot from our former carl
[1:24:15] colleagues right here in these
[1:24:19] chambers and in the member's
[1:24:21] lounge and in other places and
[1:24:24] the triangle is now duo.
[1:24:30] >>okay, especially when people
[1:24:32] still get the two of you
[1:24:34] confused just saying carlina
[1:24:37] has been a voice for the lower
[1:24:38] east side, where she grew up
[1:24:41] serving district staff member
[1:24:45] for her predecessor and
[1:24:46] representing the district
[1:24:47] since 20018. She's been a
[1:24:49] leader for reproductive health
[1:24:51] care leading efforts to
[1:24:53] establish the council's
[1:24:53] funding for abortion access in
[1:24:57] an increase our commitment to
[1:24:58] $1 million. This is now the
[1:25:01] nation's largest municipal
[1:25:02] funding for direct abort
[1:25:04] access to help those who
[1:25:05] cannot afford it, and I have
[1:25:09] to say that that package was
[1:25:11] amongst the first for the
[1:25:15] previous counsel and the small
[1:25:19] , but so mighty women's caucus
[1:25:22] .
[1:25:22] >>of which you co chaired.
[1:25:25] >>11 of us in the women's
[1:25:28] caucus.
[1:25:28] >>um, one of the strongest
[1:25:29] bodies that I've ever been
[1:25:30] blessed to be a part of with
[1:25:34] your leadership and.
[1:25:35] >>former counsel margaret chan
[1:25:38] and I will never forget the
[1:25:41] two of you, margaret and
[1:25:45] carlina leading us right here
[1:25:46] in this women in this city
[1:25:52] council, her advocacy for our
[1:25:53] city's vibrant arts and
[1:25:55] cultural institutions and
[1:25:56] libraries as chair have been
[1:25:58] pivotal to our success in
[1:26:00] restoring she is a fighter for
[1:26:07] our cultural organizations and
[1:26:10] libraries baseline ing
[1:26:11] increasing funding for these
[1:26:13] pillars of our neighborhoods,
[1:26:14] it's under carlina and his
[1:26:15] leadership that we got that
[1:26:17] done her work on criminal
[1:26:21] justice issues.
[1:26:21] >>including today's bill on
[1:26:23] supportive housing will have a
[1:26:25] lasting impact on the safety
[1:26:26] in our jails and entire city
[1:26:27] for years to come as deprive
[1:26:31] ized colleague and member of
[1:26:33] my leadership team in the
[1:26:36] council councilmember rivera
[1:26:38] has helped guide the counsel's
[1:26:40] focus.
[1:26:40] >>and work to improve the
[1:26:42] lives of.
[1:26:43] >>our constituents in the
[1:26:45] entire city of new.
[1:26:46] >>york, not just your own
[1:26:49] district. I'm so grateful for
[1:26:51] your friendship. I'm so
[1:26:52] grateful for your support. I
[1:26:54] am so grateful for our chats
[1:26:57] together, particularly in this
[1:27:01] session. I will never forget
[1:27:03] the fatwa bill. Thank you,
[1:27:04] >>for helping save the little
[1:27:10] babies. Yes, carlina, I love
[1:27:11] you. You will be missed, but
[1:27:13] I'm so proud of you, you're
[1:27:15] achievements here in the
[1:27:17] council and.
[1:27:17] >>the great work that you will
[1:27:20] do, madam and president, we
[1:27:23] salute you.
[1:27:24] >>the stated meeting of