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Voting on various pieces of legislation
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Council Member Adams presents several pieces of legislation for voting. These bills cover a wide range of topics including musician compensation, boiler engineer licensing, electric vehicles, rent stabilization, correctional health services, social services, food quality feedback, and flood mitigation.
- Resolution 368-A calls for federal legislation to ensure fairer compensation for musicians from streaming services.
- Introduction 1207-A modifies requirements for high pressure boiler engineer licenses.
- Introduction 676-A requires a study on increasing the use of electric for-hire vehicles.
- Other bills address rent stabilization notifications, correctional health services notifications, social services application confirmations, food quality feedback surveys, and flood mitigation in Southeast Queens.
Adrienne E. Adams
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Today we'll also vote on the following pieces of legislation.
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Resolution three sixty eight a sponsored by council member Shahana Hanif calls on congress to reintroduce and pass the president to sign the living wage for musicians act.
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This legislation would establish a new streaming royalty to ensure fairer compensation for artists and musicians.
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Thank you to our staff members Elizabeth Arts, Ri Ogasara, and Ri Ogasara.
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Introduction twelve o seven a sponsored by council member De La Rosa would allow participants for a high pressure boiler engineer license to concurrently complete the two year apprenticeship program and three year practical experience experience requirements within the same three year time frame.
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Thank you to our staff members Johari Fraser, Austin Malone, Jose Conde, Andrew Born, and Dirk Spencer.
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Introduction six seventy six a sponsored by majority leader Amanda Farias would require that the Taxi and Limousine Commission conduct a study on the challenges and opportunities related to increasing the use of electric for hire vehicles and installing new charging infrastructure.
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We thank our staff members Stephanie Ali, Elliot Heisler, and Mark Chead.
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Introduction ten thirty seven a sponsored by council member Sandy Nurse would require the owner of a multiple dwelling unit with rent stabilized units to post a sign stating that the building contains such units, and providing information for how tenants can submit inquiries to New York State homes, and community renewal to find out if their units are rent stabilized.
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Thank you to our staff members Elliot Heisler, Austin Malone, Jose Conde, Andrew Bourne, Dirk Spencer.
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Introduction 04:12 a sponsored by council member Lincoln Ressler would require correctional health services to seek authorization from an individual in custody of the Department of Correction to contact their attorney of record and emergency contacts if the individual attempts suicide, is hospitalized, or is seriously injured.
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CHS would be required to notify parties authorized by the individual to receive this information within three hours of CHS confirming the suicide attempt, determining that hospitalization is necessary, or evaluating that an injury is serious with limited exception.
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Thank you to our staff members Jeremy Whiteman and Natalie Meltzer.
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Introduction eleven forty eight a sponsored by council member Tiffany Caban would require the Department of Social Services to provide an application confirmation notice and document receipts to any applicant for cash assistance or snap benefits.
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DSS would also be required to make an electronic copy of submitted documents available.
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Thank you to our staff members Sahar Monsami and Nina Rosenberg.
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Introduction 905 a sponsored by council member Julie Wan would establish a six month pilot program to evaluate food quality feedback surveys for city food contracts valued at $1,000,000 or more.
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Participating agencies would post their findings online within thirty days after the pilot concludes, and the office of food policy would evaluate the program's effectiveness and make recommendations for future feedback initiatives.
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Thank you to our staff members Alex Polinoff, Chris Satori, and Alex Yablon.
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And introduction ten sixty seven b, sponsored by council member Nantasha Williams, would require the existing Southeast Queens flood mitigation plan to incorporate updates on any New York City groundwater studies.
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The bill would also create an interagency task force to recommend changes to policies with regard to Southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance.
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This task force