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Speaker Adams presents various resolutions and legislation for voting
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Speaker Adrienne E. Adams introduces a series of resolutions and legislation for voting, covering a wide range of topics including cultural appreciation, affordable art spaces, healthcare, criminal justice reform, and housing issues.
- Resolution 792 declaring March 25 as Greek Cultural Appreciation and Independence Day
- Resolutions calling for state action on affordable art spaces, healthcare costs, and safety net hospitals
- Resolutions addressing criminal justice reform, including parole board composition and jury duty eligibility for formerly incarcerated individuals
- Resolutions regarding the RAD PACT program and NYCHA resident engagement
- Legislation addressing eviction proceedings, mortgage foreclosure actions, and unlawful eviction cases
Adrienne E. Adams
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Today, we will also vote on the following pieces of legislation.
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Resolution seven ninety two sponsored by council member Tiffany Caban and majority leader Amanda Farias declares March 25 as Greek cultural appreciation and independence day annually in the city Of New York.
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Resolution seven twenty a sponsored by council member Carlina Rivera calls on the New York state legislature to pass and the governor to sign a five zero s one zero seven seven known as the New York City Arts Space Act to promote the development of affordable space affordable art spaces in New York City.
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Thank you to our staff member Regina Paul.
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Resolution seven twenty one a sponsored by council member Lynn Schulman calls on the New York state legislature to pass and the governor to sign s one eight zero four a one twenty eight.
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Legislation that would eliminate deductibles, co payment, co insurance, or any other cost sharing requirements for asthma inhalers.
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Resolution seven twenty two a, also sponsored by council member Schulman, calls upon the United States Congress to reintroduce and pass and the president to sign HR two thousand six sixty five, the supporting safety net hospitals act to delay Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment reductions until fiscal year twenty twenty six.
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Thank you to our staff member Josh Newman.
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Resolution four fourteen a sponsored by council member Sandy Nurse calls on the New York state legislature to pass and the governor to sign s four seventy nine four seven nine five a five nine five nine requiring at least one member of the state board of parole to be a formerly incarcerated person.
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Resolution four fifteen a sponsored by public advocate Jumaane Williams calls on the New York state legislation to pass and the governor to sign s two zero six a, a one forty three two a which would remove the lifetime ban on jury duty for convicted felons and postpone jury service for any person currently incarcerated for a felony.
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Resolution four seventeen a sponsored by council member Kevin Riley calls on the New York state legislature to pass and the governor to sign s four eight one two a five two six nine a which would allow for the return of fines, restitution, and reparation payments where they would where there was an unjust conviction in a timely manner.
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We thank our staff member Chad Benjamin.
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Resolution seven thirty sponsored by council member Chris Banks calls on the New York State Legislature to pass and the governor to sign legislation to conduct a thorough study on the RAD PACT program to assess the effects of conversion on residents and the program's impacts on tenants rights, security and community well-being.
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Resolution seven thirty one also sponsored by council member banks calls on the New York State Legislation to pass and the governor to sign legislation to to implement a more robust resident engagement and voting process at each NYCHA development that is considering RAD PACT conversion.
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Thank you to our staff member Charles Kim.
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Resolution one nineteen a sponsored by council member Crystal Hudson calls on the New York state legislation to pass and the governor to sign a one six two one s four zero nine eight in relation to prohibiting property owners from filing eviction proceedings for tenants who reside in buildings with substantial pending housing maintenance code violations.
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Thank you to our staff members Charles Kim, Andrew Bourne, and Dirk Spencer.
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Resolution two forty six a also sponsored by council member Nurs calls on the New York state legislature to pass and the governor to sign legislation requiring unlawful eviction cases to be heard within five days.
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Legislation 05/24 a sponsored by council member Kevin Riley would call on the New York state legislature to pass and the governor to sign s one twenty six in relation to legal representation and certain mortgage foreclosure actions.
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Thank you to our staff members Jose Conde, Andrew Born and Dirk Spencer.