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Council Member Hanif advocates for Resolution 368 supporting the Living Wage for Musicians Act
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Council Member Shahana K. Hanif delivers remarks in support of Resolution 368, which endorses the Living Wage for Musicians Act. She highlights the challenges faced by musicians due to low streaming payouts and emphasizes the importance of fair compensation for artists, particularly in New York City.
- Hanif explains that the average recording artist receives less than a third of a penny per stream on Spotify
- She emphasizes the difficulty for musicians to make a living under current streaming payment models
- Hanif thanks her colleagues, team members, and the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) for their work on the resolution
Shahana K. Hanif
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Thank you, majority leader.
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Thank you, speaker Adams, for including resolution three six eight in support of the living wage for musicians act on today's agenda.
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I'd also like to thank council members Osei Rivera Menon Caban for introducing this resolution alongside me and chairs Della Rosa and Lewis for seeing the bill through committee.
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Most of us, myself included, use streaming platforms as our primary way of listening to song music.
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The songs that we stream soundtrack our lives.
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But the popularity of music streaming platforms has not benefited the artists that make the songs we listen to.
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Currently, the average recording artist receives less than a third of a penny when someone streams their song on Spotify.
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These low rates of pay make it incredibly difficult for musicians to eke out a living.
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We all know that New York City makes the best music in the entire world.
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If we want to keep it that way, we have to make sure musicians can make enough money to live here.
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The living wage
Amanda Farías
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You can continue.
Shahana K. Hanif
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I I have like two paragraphs.
Amanda Farías
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Councilmember Hanif, you have to wrap.
Shahana K. Hanif
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Okay.
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Okay.
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I'd like to thank I'd like to thank
Althea V. Stevens
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Quiet in the chambers, please.
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Quiet in the chambers.
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Respectfully to our local union.
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She she has to wrap.
Shahana K. Hanif
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I'd like to thank Alex Liao, Mouslamia, Nishat Jodhuri, and Matt Malloy from my team, as well as Elizabeth R.
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Rei Osoara, and Natalie Meltzer from the legislative division for their work on this resolution.
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And thank you to u a UMAW for all of your inspiring organizing, especially Damon Krukowski, Spencer Peppet, and Joey Le Neve de Francesco.
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I urge my colleagues to vote yes.