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Council Member Brooks-Powers opens hearing on alternate side parking bill for Losar
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Council Member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers opens a hearing of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to vote on a bill suspending alternate side parking regulations on Losar, the Tibetan New Year. She introduces the bill and its significance for the city's Himalayan community.
- The bill (Intro 100) is sponsored by Council Member Julie Won
- Losar is celebrated by 61,000 New Yorkers
- The bill aims to ease parking stress for communities observing Losar
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
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Good morning, and welcome to this hearing of the committee on transportation and infrastructure.
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I am Silvina Brooks Powers, the chair of the committee.
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Today, we will be voting on intro 100 sponsored by council member Julie Yuan, a local law in relation to the suspension of alternate side parking regulations on Losar.
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Losar is the most important celebration in the Tibetan calendar, and is celebrated by 61,000 New Yorkers.
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Each year, on the 1st day of the 1st month of the Losar observers from the city's Himalayan community gather with family to welcome the arrival of the New Year.
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Moreover, passage of this bill will ease parking stress for communities that respect this day.
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I will now allow council member Juan to speak on her bill.