REMARKS
Council Member Adrienne E. Adams introduces legislation to be voted on today
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Council Member Adrienne E. Adams presents a comprehensive overview of upcoming votes and legislation at a New York City Council meeting.
- The council will vote on a resolution reauthorizing a tax exemption for rent-stabilized buildings, landmark designations, and rezoning for new developments.
- Legislation includes recognizing Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, opposing solitary confinement in city jails, and amending public procurement policies.
- The Department of Education is required to post dress code policies and report on their implementation.
- The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene must provide rapid testing services for sexually transmitted infections in all five boroughs.
- The meeting covers topics ranging from housing and urban development to health, education, and civil rights.
Adrienne E. Adams
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1st, we'll vote on the following finance item, a preconceived resolution sponsored by council member Justin Brennan, reauthorizing a 40 year article 5 tax exemption for the preservation of 1 rent stabilized building and council member O'SAY's district.
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Next, we will vote in the following land use items.
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The Landmark's reservation Commission's designation of the Old Croton aqueduct Walk as a historic landmark and council member Sanchez's district.
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The Old Croton aqueduct Walk is a public walkway on top of Old Croton AquaDuct, an engineering marvel built in 1842, which brought the 1st direct water supply to New York City.
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Upon its completion, the 41 mile long aqueduct carried 45,000,000 gallons of water daily to the city from a reservoir in Croton, New York.
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On April 27 1940, after completing a substantial renovation, the Parks department opened the AquaDuct Walk as an official public park.
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And continues to maintain and upgrade the park to this day.
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2118 Avenue U Rezoning will facilitate the construction of a new four story mixed use building.
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It will include approximately 10 housing units, including 3 affordable units in ground floor commercial retail space and council member of Verticalife's district.
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58 dash 75 Queen's Midtown Express Way rezoning will facilitate the enlargement of a preexisting development in Council member 1's district.
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27 through 20 or dash 24 College Point Boulevard commercial overlay.
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We'll facilitate the development of a one story commercial building with a drive through and bring several existing commercial uses into conformance in council member Paladino's district, and resilient home, Staten Island, an HPD application for UDAP, approval in Article 11 exemption to facilitate the construction of 8 2 family homes and 71 family home containing total of 23 units.
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The sites which were part of the build and back program after being ravaged by Hurricane Sandy will be redeveloped under HPD's open door program creating new homeownership buildings that are affordable to moderate and middle income households in Councilmember Cars District.
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Today, we will also vote on the following pieces of legislation.
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Resolution 10, sponsored by council member Robert Holden, would recognize July 27th annually as Korean War Veterans Armises Day in the city of New York to honor the courage and sacrifice of those who served.
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Thank you to our staff member, Regina Paul.
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Resolution 504, sponsored by council member, Sandy Nurse, authorizing the speaker to engage in litigation on behalf of the New York City Council to oppose the Department of Corrections efforts to suspend local law 42 of 2024, which banned solitary confinement in city jails.
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Thank you to our staff members, Jeremy Whiteman, and Natalie Meltzer.
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Introduction 863A, sponsored by council member Justin Brennan, would require public notice if an contract differs from an agency's annual procurement plan in terms of contract, length, contract length, nature of services or affected civil services titles and headcount.
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Bill would also apply these requirements to contract amendments that would increase the contract's value to over $1,000,000.
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Thank you to our staff members, Alex Polinoff and Alex Yeglawn.
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Resolution 292 sponsored by Kelsma Ralthead Stevens, calls with the New York City Department of Education to create an inclusive school dress code policy that complies with Title 9 of the Federal Education amendments Act and accounts for diverse cultures, gender expressions, and body diversity.
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Thank you to our staff member, Chloe Rivera.
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Next introduction to 118 a, sponsored by deputy speaker, Diana Ayala, requires the Department of Education to post dress code policies on its web site and report on dress code policies in DOE Schools for 5 years, including information about whether each school has a dress code policy and data on dress code violations and penalties broken down by month, week, and student race, and gender.
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Thank you to our staff member Nadia Jean Francois.
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And introduction 4th 35 A sponsored by council member, Pierina Sanchez, would require the Department of Health And Mental Hygiene to make available rapid testing services For sexually transmitted and transmitted infections in at least 5 boroughs, DOH MH would be required to determine the locations for such rapid testing services and report to the council on the considerations that went into making such determinations.
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DO HMH would also be required to conduct an education campaign to inform communities of the locations, and availability of rapid testing services and would be required to report to the council annually for 3 years on the availability of rapid testing services throughout New York City.
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Thank you to our staff members Christopher Pepe and Sandra Sutra.
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Thank you for your attention colleagues.
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Now I turn it back over to our majority leader.
