A hearing on challenges faced by NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) physicians, focusing on competitive wages, working conditions, staffing shortages, and their impact on patient care.

Discussions covered issues such as:

• Reduced appointment times
• Difficulty in recruiting and retaining doctors
• Burnout among medical staff
• The potential for a doctors' strike

The hearing also explored H+H's strategies to address these challenges and the need for increased funding to improve doctor compensation and working conditions.

Features testimony from H+H CEO Dr. Mitch Katz, representatives from the Doctors Council union, H+H physicians, and the public.

A hearing on several rezoning proposals:

• A new commercial life science building at 455 First Avenue in Kips Bay, Manhattan
• The SPARC Kips Bay Life Sciences Campus redevelopment plan
• A residential development at 2185 Coyle Street in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
• A contentious residential project at 441/467 Prospect Avenue (Arrow Linen site) in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

Discussions focused on affordable housing provisions, building heights, community benefits, job creation, and neighborhood impacts.

The Arrow Linen proposal drew extensive public testimony, with residents divided over housing needs and concerns about neighborhood character.

Features testimony from the Economic Development Corporation (EDC), the applicants, and the public.

The Stated Meeting happens every 2 weeks (4 weeks in summer), when the council votes on and introduces new legislation.

Several council members introduced new legislation and resolutions, including bills on pay equity reporting, suicide data collection, camera enforcement of street cleaning rules, and a resolution calling for increased renewable energy targets. The meeting also featured discussions on congestion pricing and immigration policies.

The Stated Meeting happens every 2 weeks (4 weeks in summer), when the council votes on and introduces new legislation.

Notably at this meeting, the council votes on several land use items, finance bills, and legislation related to campaign finance, security for non-public schools, and health insurance for city employees.

The council also passes multiple street co-naming bills and bids farewell to departing member Kalman Yeger, who is leaving to join the New York State Assembly.

A vote. The committee passes two bills: Intro 103-A, requiring the Department of Transportation to notify council members about parking space removals for specific purposes, and Intro 104-A, mandating FDNY consultation with local firehouses and information sharing with DOT for certain projects.