01M 0124-2019C 190051 PPXApproved
City Council · Wednesday, January 9, 2019 · 1h 6m
The 'charter meeting' that broke its own no-vote tradition to fast-track a school-bus safety package
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By tradition the Council's first meeting of 2019 was a 'charter meeting' where members gavel in, gavel out, and vote on nothing. Speaker Corey Johnson scrapped that to clear a backlog and pass the STOP Act: seven school-bus safety bills (GPS tracking, route dry-runs, parent hotlines) prompted by winter storm Avery stranding special-education students. It passed 47-0 with cross-aisle praise from Borelli to Treyger. Rafael Espinal won amnesty for small businesses fined over storefront signs. New bills landed too: BIC powers against sham trade-waste unions, language-access enforcement, and develo
From the room
“the New York State Education Department to require, implement, and enforce more extensive”
— Laurie A. Cumbo
“calling upon the New York State Education Department to require, implement, and enforce”
— Laurie A. Cumbo
“reducing poverty in America by promoting opportunities and economic mobility executive order”
— Stephen T. Levin
“ordained from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University”
— Keith Powers
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The decisions
1402Int 0089-2018INT 0089-2018Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to report the duration of school bus routes
Part of the STOP package, this bill would require DOE to report the average scheduled length of school-bus routes in each community school district and to hand the Council the actual GPS-recorded bus times.
Roll-call vote
48
Adrienne E. AdamsAlan N. MaiselAlicka Ampry-SamuelAndrew CohenAntonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikBen KallosBill PerkinsBrad S. LanderCarlina RiveraCarlos MenchacaChaim M. DeutschCorey D. JohnsonCosta G. ConstantinidesDaniel DrommDeborah L. RoseDiana I. AyalaEric A. UlrichFernando CabreraFrancisco P. MoyaHelen K. RosenthalI. Daneek MillerInez D. BarronJames G. Van BramerJoseph C. BorelliJumaane D. WilliamsJustin L. BrannanKalman YegerKaren KoslowitzKeith PowersLaurie A. CumboMargaret S. ChinMark GjonajMark LevineMark TreygerMathieu EugenePaul A. VallonePeter A. KooRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Rafael Salamanca, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Robert F. HoldenRory I. LancmanRuben Diaz, Sr.Stephen T. LevinSteven MatteoYdanis A. Rodriguez
03Int 0451-2018INT 0451-2018Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation and distribution of a school bus ridership guide
A STOP-package measure would require DOE to distribute a school-bus ridership guide , hard copy and electronic , covering eligibility, what the service entails, and rider responsibilities, with specific guidance for students in temporary housing or foster care.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
04Int 0926-2018INT 0926-2018Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to report on procedures following receipt of a notice of misconduct about an employee of a school bus vendor
Another package bill would make DOE tell parents and post online how to file a complaint about a school-bus employee, how that complaint is investigated and what can result, plus the protocols for bus service during inclement-weather emergencies.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
05Int 0929-2018INT 0929-2018Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting by the department of education of complaints and investigations relating to school bus transportation services
This STOP bill would require DOE to report on parent calls and complaints about bus service , how many came in, how many investigations into bus employees were opened, how many were substantiated, and what DOE did in response.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
06Int 1099-2018INT 1099-2018Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the placement of communication devices and tracking devices on school buses
The package's centerpiece tracking bill would mandate a GPS device on every school bus, with real-time location available to authorized parents, plus a two-way communication device to reach the driver , a direct answer to the November tracking failure.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
07Int 1148-2018INT 1148-2018Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to report policies and goals relating to the provision of school bus transportation services
A STOP-package bill would require DOE to report how bus routes are determined and their time goals, share routes with parents at least 15 days before the school year, and name which vendors completed , and which skipped , the contractually required dry run of their routes.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
08Int 1173-2018INT 1173-2018Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to report on school bus transportation services
Part of the package, Int 1173 would require DOE to report broadly on school-bus service: the vendors, the vehicles and staff they use, routes and transportation sites, how many students ride or are eligible, and delays and no-shows , subcontractors included.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
09Int 1226-2018INT 1226-2018Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the establishment of the Throggs Neck business improvement district
Lawmakers took up the creation of a new Throgs Neck Business Improvement District, the bill that would formally establish the Bronx commercial corridor's self-funding district.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
10Int 1227-2018INT 1227-2018Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to authorizing an increase in the amount to be expended annually in the Hudson Square business improvement district and an extension of the Hudson Square business improvement district boundaries
An expansion of the Hudson Square BID was on the agenda, the measure widening the existing improvement district's boundaries to take in more of the neighborhood.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
11Int 1299-2018INT 1299-2018Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to enforcement of prohibitions against unauthorized commuter vans
Members weighed a fix to the for-hire-vehicle rules, clarifying that a public bus service run under a state or local government contract does not count as an 'unauthorized commuter van' , tightening enforcement against actual illegal commuter-van operators.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
12Int 0828-2018INT 0828-2018Approved
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to an online list of required reports
A reporting-transparency bill from Government Operations chair Fernando Cabrera got a hearing: it would force DORIS to post online every locally-mandated report , its frequency, governing law, and responsible agency , and, when an agency misses a deadline, publish the request in place of the missing report.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
13Int 0728-2018INT 0728-2018Approved
A Local Law in relation to establishing temporary programs, conducting education, establishing a task force related to accessory sign violations and waiving penalties for violations for signs that are accessory to a use on the same zoning lot
Council Member Rafael Espinal's awning-sign relief bill was heard, pairing a temporary program to clear outstanding awning-violation judgments with a two-year moratorium on new ones and a waiver of work-without-permit penalties dating back to December 2017.
Roll-call vote
46 · 1 · 1
Adrienne E. AdamsAlan N. MaiselAlicka Ampry-SamuelAndrew CohenAntonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikBen KallosBill PerkinsBrad S. LanderCarlina RiveraCarlos MenchacaChaim M. DeutschCorey D. JohnsonCosta G. ConstantinidesDaniel DrommDeborah L. RoseDiana I. AyalaEric A. UlrichFernando CabreraFrancisco P. MoyaHelen K. RosenthalI. Daneek MillerInez D. BarronJames G. Van BramerJoseph C. BorelliJumaane D. WilliamsJustin L. BrannanKalman YegerKaren KoslowitzKeith PowersLaurie A. CumboMargaret S. ChinMark GjonajMark LevineMark TreygerMathieu EugenePaul A. VallonePeter A. KooRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Rafael Salamanca, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Robert F. HoldenRory I. LancmanRuben Diaz, Sr.Stephen T. LevinSteven MatteoYdanis A. Rodriguez
Procedure
- Int 728-B (accessory sign violations) was the sole non-unanimous item: 46 affirmative, 1 negative, 1 abstention. Revised land-use call-ups passed 48-0. — Laurie A. Cumbo
14Int 0720-2018Laid over
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
Also in the record
Records not linked to a specific agenda item
Citations & precedent
Local Law 30 of 2017 · Carlos Menchaca
Conflict of Interest Board guidelines (2018) · Stephen T. Levin
Procedure
- 10:08 a.m.
- 11:11 a.m.
- Non-council employees asked to leave the main floor and clear the center aisle; devices to vibrate. — unidentified clerk/sergeant-at-arms
- Moment of silence for Detective Lyons, Firefighter Pollard, Luis Garden Acosta, the Hon. William Thompson Sr., and the Hon. Seymour Boyers — Corey D. Johnson
+6 more procedural steps
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The people
On the dais · 3
Andy L. KingDonovan J. RichardsVanessa L. Gibson
Practitioners & applicants
Deborah L. Rose · Corey D. Johnson · Inez D. Barron · Joseph C. Borelli · Chaim M. Deutsch · Laurie A. Cumbo · Ben Kallos
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The intelligence
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Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat.
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