The one where the Council told Albany to legalize cannabis — and said the racial-justice math out loud

The Operating Budget of the Council of the City of New York.

Voted on its own operating budget, as prepared by its administrative services division.

Schedule detailing the lump sum OTPS Unit of Appropriation of the Operating Budget of the Council of the City of New York.

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Took up FY2019 budget modifications, adjusting both the expense and revenue sides (paired with M 0150-2019 for the new revenues).

Council Member Salamanca

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 OPERATING BUDGET OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

RESOLUTION APPROVING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 THE SCHEDULE DETAILING THE LUMP SUM OTHER THAN PERSONAL SERVICES UNIT OF APPROPRIATION OF THE OPERATING BUDGET OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

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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 selections for beverages included in children’s meals

Voted on Ben Kallos's bill making healthier drinks the default at restaurants, limited to water, sparkling or flavored water, nonfat/1% or nondairy milk, or 100% fruit or vegetable juice, including on children's meals.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting the results of cooling tower inspections and to repeal certain provisions of Local Law 77 for the year 2015, relating to cooling towers

Voted on a bill, sponsored by Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, to require the Health Department to report on cooling-tower inspection results.

A Local Law in relation to requiring an assessment of potential determinants of Legionnaires’ disease in the city

Voted on a bill requiring the Health Department to run a yearlong assessment of the potential determinants of Legionnaires' disease in the city.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to redacting the name of physicians whose license has been surrendered or revoked from birth certificates

Voted on a bill, sponsored by Mark Levine, permitting a physician's name to be redacted from a birth record when that physician's license has been surrendered or revoked by the state.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to documentation, submission and public availability of cooling tower inspections and certifications

A bill from Council Member Ben Kallos went to a vote requiring the Health Department to send cooling-tower owners electronic reminders before the annual certification deadline, have inspectors report to the department in real time, and make results available for public examination.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to holding information sessions and posting information online to provide guidance to building owners regarding maintenance and inspections of cooling towers

Voted on a bill from Health Chair Mark Levine directing the Health Department and DOB to hold information sessions at least twice a year for building owners on cooling-tower maintenance, cleaning, and inspection, and to post the guidance online.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the penalties for certain commercial vehicles parked overnight on residential streets

Voted on a bill creating an OATH-adjudicated route to enforce against commercial vehicles parked overnight on residential streets, with fines set higher than existing law: $400 for a first offense and $800 for a second within six months.

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

NYCHA

A resolution went to a vote calling for marijuana convictions not to be used to terminate someone's public housing, treating them as overlooked offenses for NYCHA tenants.

DCJS

Voted to call for marijuana convictions to be expunged, framing it as redress for the war on drugs and mass incarceration in communities of color.

Resolution calling on the New York State legislature to ensure that any law passed to legalize the market for the adult use of cannabis allows the City to enact its own regulatory measures on issues unique to its location including the home delivery and cultivation of cannabis in New York City.

Voted to claim city authority over the rules for growing marijuana and home delivery, citing New York City's unique density.

Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation prohibiting vertical integration and promoting small business growth in the recreational marijuana industry.

Voted to urge the state to ban vertical integration, so small businesses aren't drowned out by a large corporate marijuana industry.

Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to introduce and pass and for the Governor to sign legislation that prioritizes individuals with prior marijuana convictions in issuing licenses to sell recreational marijuana and requires other applicants for marijuana licenses to support the hiring of such individuals.

A resolution went to a vote seeking city authority over how licenses are issued, so legalization benefits the Black and Latino communities disproportionately hit by marijuana criminalization.

Resolution calling upon the New York State legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation that grants localities the authority to regulate public consumption of marijuana within their jurisdictions, including the authority to determine whether to enact any penalties and how to enforce such penalties.

A resolution came up for a vote seeking city authority to decide how public consumption of marijuana is regulated.

Glendale Apartments, Block 3676, Lots 31, 34, and 37; Queens, Community District No. 5, Council District No. 30.

Voted on a partial 40-year Article 11 exemption to preserve additional affordable units at the Glendale Apartments in Council Member Holden's Queens district.

368 EAST 8 STREET

An Article 11 property-tax exemption to preserve affordable housing at 368 East 8th Street went to a vote in Council Member Carlina Rivera's district (the Speaker read it aloud as '369').

Cooper Square MHA-Phase 1

Voted on a tax exemption to back the renovation of Cooper Square MHA Phase 1, an affordable building in Council Member Carlina Rivera's district.

332 Eldert Street

The companion 332 Eldert Street UDAAP affordable-housing project went to the same vote, sited in Council Member Reynoso's district (the Speaker pronounced it 'Eldart').

63 STOCKHOLM STREET

Put to a floor vote as one of two paired Bushwick affordable-housing sites, the 63 Stockholm Street UDAAP project moved through in Council Members Reynoso and Espinal's districts.

Application No. 20195418 HAM submitted by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development pursuant to Section 577 of Article XI of the Private Housing Finance Law for approval of a new real property tax exemption, and the termination of the prior exemption for property located at Block 1918, Lot 7, Borough of Manhattan, Community District 10, Council District 9.

A tax exemption to preserve the units at 167 West 133rd Street came up for a vote, in Council Member Perkins' district.