City Council · Tuesday, June 18, 2019 · 17m

The one where the Council paused for a cop's suicide, then voted pension parity for FDNY and 9/11 cadets

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This recess stated meeting was short but heavy. Speaker Corey Johnson opened by mourning three losses , Officer Mike Caddy, who took his own life amid what Johnson called a mental-health crisis, plus Deputy Chief Steven Stilkes and Detective Joseph Calabrese , and called a moment of silence. The body then passed two home-rule resolutions: SLR 13, giving FDNY members the same disability-pension cancer presumption (the '5-year look-back') firefighters had been denied, and SLR 14, restoring pension credit for 390 police cadets stranded in pension tiers 3/3R. Both passed near-unanimously (SLR 13 a

From the room

“to sign on to the letter so that we can let this chancellor know we support his efforts”
— Inez D. Barron

“All items on today's general order calendar are adopted by a vote of 46 in the affirmative”
— Laurie A. Cumbo

“the exception of SLR 14, which was adopted by a vote of 45 in the affirmative, 0 negative, and 1 abstention”
— Laurie A. Cumbo

“they are given the same level of pension benefits as other people who did the same exact work”
— Corey D. Johnson

The decisions

01SLR 0013-2019Approved

State Legislation Resolution requesting the New York State Legislature to pass bills introduced by Senators Gounardes, Liu, Ortt, S.5246-A, and Assembly Members Reyes, Cruz, Braunstein, De La Rosa, Ramos, M.G. Miller, Dickens, Griffin, Colton, Simon, DeStefano, Lawrence, Ortiz, Sayegh, L. Rosenthal, Raia, Mikulin, et al., A.7716-A, “AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to disabilities of certain retired firefighters caused by cancer”.

Advanced a preconsidered State Legislative Resolution backing Albany bills to give FDNY retirees a 5-year look-back window for disability presumption on cancers ranging from lymphatic and digestive to breast, prostate, and melanoma. The push was framed explicitly as ending the gap between FDNY members and every other New York fire department, which already carry that presumption.

Roll-call vote

Adrienne E. AdamsAlan N. MaiselAlicka Ampry-Samuel Andrew CohenAndy L. KingAntonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikBen KallosBill PerkinsCarlina Rivera Carlos MenchacaChaim M. DeutschCorey D. JohnsonCosta G. ConstantinidesDaniel Dromm Deborah L. RoseDiana I. AyalaDonovan J. RichardsFarah N. LouisFernando Cabrera Francisco P. MoyaHelen K. RosenthalI. Daneek MillerInez D. BarronJames G. Van BramerJoseph C. BorelliJustin L. BrannanKalman Yeger Karen KoslowitzKeith Powers Laurie A. CumboMargaret S. ChinMark Gjonaj Mark LevineMark TreygerMathieu EugenePeter A. KooRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Robert F. HoldenRuben Diaz, Sr.Stephen T. LevinSteven MatteoVanessa L. GibsonYdanis A. Rodriguez

Legislation →ULURP case →

02SLR 0014-2019Approved

State Legislation Resolution requesting the New York State Legislature to pass bills introduced by Senators Gounardes, Comrie, Gaughran, Kaminsky, Kaplan, Savino, S.5903-A, and Assembly Members Abbate, Cruz, Rozic, Pheffer Amato, D’Urso, Solages, Braunstein, Ortiz, Colton, Perry, Barnwell, D. Rosenthal, DenDekker, Lentol, Weprin, M. G. Miller, et al., A.7620-A, “AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing certain members of the New York city police pension fund to receive a membership date in the New York city police pension fund attributable to service in the titles of police cadet program or police cadet program II in the New York city police department cadet program”.

Took up a resolution to restore pension fairness for fire cadets who served before 2012 and were shut out of NYSERS credit, with those promoted to officer after July 1, 2009 dropped into reduced-benefit tier 3/3r instead of tier 2. The core grievance: these cadets lost pension credits they should have earned for their early service.

Roll-call vote

45 · 1

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Procedure

Council rises for a moment of silence for officer Mike Caddy, deputy chief Steven Silks, and detective Joseph Calabrese — Corey D. Johnson
11:08 a.m.
1:33 p.m.
Sergeant clears the floor of non-council employees before the stated meeting begins — Sergeant-at-Arms

+4 more procedural steps

The people

On the dais · 5

Brad S. LanderEric A. UlrichPaul A. ValloneRafael Salamanca, Jr.Rory I. Lancman

Practitioners & applicants

Inez D. Barron

The intelligence

Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.

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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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State Legislation Resolution requesting the New Yo

SLR 0013-2019Approved

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City Council · Tuesday, June 18, 2019 · 17m

The one where the Council paused for a cop's suicide, then voted pension parity for FDNY and 9/11 cadets

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From the room

“to sign on to the letter so that we can let this chancellor know we support his efforts”
— Inez D. Barron

“All items on today's general order calendar are adopted by a vote of 46 in the affirmative”
— Laurie A. Cumbo

“the exception of SLR 14, which was adopted by a vote of 45 in the affirmative, 0 negative, and 1 abstention”
— Laurie A. Cumbo

“they are given the same level of pension benefits as other people who did the same exact work”
— Corey D. Johnson

The decisions

01SLR 0013-2019Approved

State Legislation Resolution requesting the New York State Legislature to pass bills introduced by Senators Gounardes, Liu, Ortt, S.5246-A, and Assembly Members Reyes, Cruz, Braunstein, De La Rosa, Ramos, M.G. Miller, Dickens, Griffin, Colton, Simon, DeStefano, Lawrence, Ortiz, Sayegh, L. Rosenthal, Raia, Mikulin, et al., A.7716-A, “AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to disabilities of certain retired firefighters caused by cancer”.

Roll-call vote

Legislation →ULURP case →

02SLR 0014-2019Approved

State Legislation Resolution requesting the New York State Legislature to pass bills introduced by Senators Gounardes, Comrie, Gaughran, Kaminsky, Kaplan, Savino, S.5903-A, and Assembly Members Abbate, Cruz, Rozic, Pheffer Amato, D’Urso, Solages, Braunstein, Ortiz, Colton, Perry, Barnwell, D. Rosenthal, DenDekker, Lentol, Weprin, M. G. Miller, et al., A.7620-A, “AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing certain members of the New York city police pension fund to receive a membership date in the New York city police pension fund attributable to service in the titles of police cadet program or police cadet program II in the New York city police department cadet program”.

Roll-call vote

45 · 1

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Procedure

Council rises for a moment of silence for officer Mike Caddy, deputy chief Steven Silks, and detective Joseph Calabrese — Corey D. Johnson
11:08 a.m.
1:33 p.m.
Sergeant clears the floor of non-council employees before the stated meeting begins — Sergeant-at-Arms

+4 more procedural steps

The people

On the dais · 5

Brad S. LanderEric A. UlrichPaul A. ValloneRafael Salamanca, Jr.Rory I. Lancman

Practitioners & applicants

Inez D. Barron

The intelligence

Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.

Sign in for the full graph

Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat.

In view

State Legislation Resolution requesting the New Yo

SLR 0013-2019Approved

Roll call

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