REMARKS
Speaker Adams presents legislation and resolutions for council vote
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Speaker Adrienne E. Adams introduces a wide range of legislation and resolutions for the council to vote on. These cover various topics including infrastructure, food aid, street naming, transportation, campaign finance, security for non-public schools, workforce development, and employee benefits.
- Presents resolutions calling for federal action on infrastructure and food aid
- Introduces bills related to transportation, including parking space removal and consultation with the fire department
- Presents legislation on campaign finance recalculations
- Introduces bills on security guard reimbursement for non-public schools and expediting health insurance coverage for city employees transferring between agencies
- Presents resolutions calling for state action on workforce development and licensing for immigrants
Adrienne E. Adams
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Today we will also vote on the following pieces of legislation.
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Resolution 11, sponsored by council member Crystal Hudson, would call on the United States Congress to pass and the president to sign the National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2023.
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We thank our staff member Nick Connell.
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Resolution 227, sponsored by council member Gail Brewer, would call on the congress to pass and the president to sign a renewed farm bill that increases funding for life saving food aid.
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We thank our staff member Nina Rosenberg.
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A pre preconsidered introduction sponsored by council member Shekhar Krishnan to coname 109 thoroughfares in public spaces based on request of communities and council members whose districts where they are located.
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We thank our staff members Patrick Mulvihill and Christopher Sartore.
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Introduction 103 a sponsored by council member Joanne Arriola would require the Department of Transportation to notify affected council members 10 days prior to the removal of parking spaces that will be repurposed for a street level bicycle corral requested by a local business, a car share program, or a bike share program.
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We thank our staff members, Mark Chen, Kevin Katowski, John Basile, and Connor Miele.
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Introduction 104 a, also sponsored by council member Areola, would require the department of transportation to consult with the fire department before approving open street applications and retain certain bicycle lane projects, which is already required for major transportation projects.
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FDNY would also be required to confer with affected local fire houses to ensure DOT has key information when implementing such projects.
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This can help ensure those projects do not impede local emergency responses.
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We thank our staff members Mark Chen, Kevin Kotowski, John Basile, and Connor Miele.
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Introduction 1111 a sponsored by council member Lynn Shulman would change the frequency with which the campaign finance board recalculates contribution and expenditure limits to account for changes in the consumer price index.
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The board would recalculate contribution and expenditure limits once every local general election instead of every 4 years to account for 2 year terms that occur every 20 years.
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We thank our our staff members, Jayasri Ganapathy, Erica Cohen, and David Seitzer.
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Introduction 532 a sponsored by council member Justin Brannen would expand a local program established by Local Law 2 of 2016 where non public schools can seek reimbursement from the city for costs related to employing security guards.
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Thank you to our staff members, Rachel Cordero and Josh Kingsley.
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Resid resolution 576 sponsored by majority leader Amanda Harrias would call on the New York State Legislature to pass and the governor to sign legislation amending the tax law to authorize the City of New York to offer a tax credit for businesses to incentivize the creation of workforce development and training programs for newly arrived immigrants.
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We thank our staff member Rebecca Barilla.
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Resolution 521 also sponsored by majority leader would call on the United States Department of Labor to expand the number of occupational safety and health administration or OSHA authorized outreach trainers in New York City's 10 designated languages.
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Thank you to our staff member Elizabeth Arts.
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Resolution 468 sponsored by council member Crystal Hudson would call on the New York State Legislature to pass and the governor to sign the Empire State Licensing Act which provides all New Yorkers with access to professional, occupational, commercial, or business licenses, permits, certificates, or related registrations regardless of an applicant's citizenship or immigration status.
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We thank our staff member Rebecca Barilla.
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Resolution 522 sponsored by council member Julie Menon would call in the New York State legislation to pass and the Governor to sign the Good Jobs Guarantee Act which would establish certain workforce training programs and increase employment opportunities for New Yorkers.
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We thank our staff member once again, Elizabeth Arts.
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And introduction 265 a sponsored by council member Rita Joseph would require city agencies to make their best possible efforts to expedite administrative processes related to providing continuing city administered health insurance coverage when an employee transfers from one agency to another.
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The bill would also require agencies to provide detailed information regarding accessing city accessing city administered benefits when an employee begins work.
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We thank again our staff member Elizabeth Arts and Rie Oguosawara.
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Thank you for your attention, colleagues.
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I turn it back over to our majority leader.
