The one where NYC became the first U.S. city to cap Uber and Lyft - after reading dead cab drivers' names into the recor
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Turned a driver-suicide crisis into national precedent: it froze new for-hire-vehicle licenses for a year and moved to mandate minimum driver pay, making New York the first U.S. city to do so - memorializing medallion owner Kenny Chow and other drivers lost amid the medallion-debt collapse. Staten Island and outer-borough members broke ranks, warning of lost service. In the same session Ydanis Rodriguez pushed the contested Inwood rezoning (5,000+ affordable units) past Inez Barron's lone no, and Carlina Rivera landed her Union Square tech-hub package - even as Corey Johnson threatened to clea
“a commencement of establishing a protective zoning measure in neighborhoods South Of 14th Street”
— Carlina Rivera
“This tech hub will bring true true community benefits, tech education, and workforce development”
— Carlina Rivera
“has a potential to bring up to 40 affordable units with protections in place for the tenants”
— Carlina Rivera
“Approved with modifications and referred to the city planning commission pursuant to rule 11.7”
— Reading Clerk
The decisions
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with 1 related matter · LU 0175-2018
A Local Law in relation to applications for retail dealer licenses for sale of cigarettes or tobacco products
Resolution approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to conducting a study of the impact vehicles for hire have on the city of New York, and authorizing the commission to establish and revise vehicle utilization standards for high-volume for-hire services and to regulate the issuance of new licenses to for-hire vehicles
- cap exemption for wheelchair-accessible vehicles
Levin acknowledges the counter-argument raised by colleagues and New Yorkers: people of color face long-standing discrimination from yellow-cab drivers, and app-based hail services filled a void by not discriminating; the cap must not undermine that.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing minimum payments to for-hire vehicle drivers and authorizing the establishment of minimum rates of fare
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reducing penalties for unauthorized street hails by licensed for-hire vehicle drivers
Application No. C 180204(A) ZMM submitted by the NYC Economic Development Corporation, pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the New York City Charter, for an amendment of the zoning map, section nos. 1b, 1d, 3a and 3c, Borough of Manhattan, Community District 12, Council District 10.
- For future rezonings/land-use applications, responsible contractor language and worker safety protection must be an integral component
Article XIV, Chapter 2
L.U. No. 137
DCAS
“HPD”
L.U. No. 140
“HPD”
L.U. No. 150
A Local Law in relation to the naming of one thoroughfare and public place, Jean-Jacques Dessalines Boulevard in the Borough of Brooklyn.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DESIGNATION BY THE COUNCIL OF NATHAN N. JOSEPH AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to clarifying the requirements for site safety training providers and persons required to obtain site safety training
L.U. No. 135
L.U. No. 136
L.U. No. 138
Block 2233, Lot 12 and 630 Academy Street (Block 2233, p/o Lot 20
Application No. C 180073 MMM submitted by the NYC Economic Development Corporation, pursuant to Sections 197-c and 199 of the New York City Charter and Section 5-430 et seq. of the New York City Administrative Code for an amendment to the City Map, Borough of Manhattan, Community District 12, Council District 10. This application is subject to review and action by the Land Use Committee only if called-up by vote of the Council pursuant to Rule 11.20(b) of the Council and Section 197-d(b)(3) of the New York City Charter.
Block 1991, Lots 2 and 3
Application No. N 180245 ZSK submitted by Fulton Star LLC and the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, pursuant to Section 197-c and 201 of the New York City Charter for the grant of a special permit pursuant to 74-533 of the Zoning Resolution to waive required accessory off street parking spaces for dwelling units in a proposed mixed use development within a transit zone on property located on the west side of Downing Street between Putnam Avenue and Fulton Street, Borough of Brooklyn, Community District 2, Council District 35. This application is subject to review and action by the Land Use Committee only if called-up by vote of the Council pursuant to Rule 11.20(b) of the Council and Section 197-d(b)(3) of the New York City Charter.
Balton Commons
Block 2185, Lot 36, Block 2197, Lot 47; and Block 2197, Lot 75
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- 10:32 a.m.
- 12:36 p.m.
- Majority Leader announces a quorum is present and calls the Stated Meeting to order — Laurie A. Cumbo
- Council recites the Pledge of Allegiance led by the presiding Majority Leader — Laurie A. Cumbo
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Stephen T. Levin · Mark Gjonaj · Ben Kallos · Laurie Cumbo · City Clerk (Reading Clerk) (unnamed) · City Council Clerk (unnamed) · Brad Lander
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