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Mar 25, 2025
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12:00 PM
Committee on Veterans
A hearing on the Department of Veterans Services (DVS) fiscal year 2026 preliminary budget.
Discussions focused on:
- The agency's $5.9 million budget (a 16.1% decrease from FY2025)
- Concerns about inadequate funding
- Priorities including data collection
- Support for transitioning service members
- Housing assistance
- Claims processing.
The hearing also addressed challenges with federal VA funding cuts, the implementation of the Dwyer Veterans Peer Support Program, and proposed property tax exemptions for Cold War veterans.
Features testimony from the Department of Veterans Services (DVS) and the public.
2 hr 37 min
Mar 25, 2025
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11:30 AM
Committee on Land Use
A vote. The committee unanimously passes several land use items:
- Site selection for a 547-seat primary school in the Bronx (LU 251)
- Affordable housing projects in Manhattan (LU 252 and 253)
- An amended project summary for a previously approved development in the Bronx (Brook 156th project)
- The transfer of various city-owned properties to the Health and Hospitals Corporation (LU 238).
5 min
Mar 25, 2025
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11:00 AM
Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions
A hearing on amending the previously approved project summary for Brook 156, a mixed-use affordable housing development in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx.
Features testimony from the New York City Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).
5 min
Mar 25, 2025
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10:00 AM
Committee on Housing and Buildings
A hearing on the preliminary budget for the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Department of Buildings (DOB).
Discussions focused on housing preservation, enforcement actions against negligent landlords, construction safety, implementation of Local Law 97 on emissions reductions, and efforts to address quality of life issues like sidewalk sheds.
Council members raised concerns about increasing housing violations, lack of specific preservation goals, delays in discretionary contracts, and staffing challenges.
Features testimony from HPD, DOB, and the public.
6 hr 25 min
Mar 25, 2025
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09:30 AM
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
A hearing on the Department of Sanitation's (DSNY) fiscal year 2026 preliminary budget and solid waste management initiatives.
Discussions focused on:
- Containerization efforts
- Rat mitigation
- Citywide composting programs
- Commercial waste zones implementation
- Concerns about the financial impact of new waste management rules on Business Improvement Districts and community organizations
The hearing also addressed staffing levels, overtime spending, and funding for community composting programs.
Features testimony from the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and the public.
4 hr 1 min