The one where NYC Council passed the nation's first 'Deliveristas' bill of rights — minimum pay, bathroom access, and an
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This stated meeting was the Council's landmark stand for the city's 65,000 app-based delivery workers. A package of bills (the 'Deliveristas' laws) forced delivery apps to set minimum per-trip pay, cap trip distances, let workers choose their routes, pay out earnings without fees, and open restaurant bathrooms to couriers , Brad Lander noting workers had already 'brought home over a billion dollars.' Sponsors thanked the Worker Justice Project in Sunset Park as the organizing 'linchpin.' Members also condemned the federal government's treatment of Haitian immigrants at the Texas border as 'inh
“with the new constitutional amendment, reduce that number from 25 to 10 to 0 in election day registration”
— Ben Kallos
“introduction 24 0 3 from the committee on housing and buildings sponsored by council member Brad Lander.”
— Corey D. Johnson
“Intro 23 97 a, hotel service employees. Amended and coupled on general orders with a message of necessity.”
— Clerk
“sponsored by councilmember Francisco Moya. The bill requires severance pay for hotel service employees”
— Corey D. Johnson
The decisions
24Herman Merrit, a resident of Brooklyn, Council candidate for appointment to the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, pursuant to § 440 (b)(1) of the New York City Charter.
Patricia Marthone, MUDr, a resident of Brooklyn, Council candidate for designation and subsequent appointment by the Mayor to the New York City Health + Hospitals Board of Directors pursuant to the By-Laws of the NYC Health + Hospitals.
Council Member Salamanca
with 3 related matters · M 0333-2021 · M 0334-2021 · M 0336-2021
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the disclosure of gratuity policies for food delivery workers
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring third-party food delivery services and third-party courier services to provide food delivery workers with insulated food delivery bags, and authorizing the commissioner of the department of consumer and worker protection to deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license for violations of chapter 15 of title 20 of such code
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing general provisions related to working conditions for third-party service workers and requiring that third-party food delivery services permit delivery workers to set limitations on distance and route for deliveries
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing minimum per trip payments to third-party food delivery service and third-party courier service workers
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing standards for payment of food delivery workers
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the agreements between third-party food delivery services and food service establishments and the provision of toilet facility access to food delivery workers
A Local Law in relation to severance pay for hotel service employees
Heard as a hotel-worker severance measure: it would trigger $500/week for up to 30 weeks when a hotel either fails to recall at least 25% of staff and reopen by November 2, or lays off 75% or more of its workforce. Hotels permanently closing to convert to another use are carved out so long as they offer 20 days of severance per pay year tied to the conversion.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to limitations on distance and route for food delivery workers; to amend three local laws for the year 2021 amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to providing food delivery workers with insulated food delivery bags and denying, suspend, revoking or refusing to renew a license for a third party delivery service, minimum per trip payments to third-party food delivery service and courier service workers, and standards for payment of food delivery workers, respectively, as proposed in introduction numbers 2288-A, 2294-A, and 2296-A, respectively; and in relation to requiring a study of the working conditions for food delivery workers
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to environmentally preferable purchasing by city agencies, and by repealing and reenacting subdivision e of section 6-306 of such code concerning power-supply standards for computer products procured by city agencies, and by repealing subdivision e of section 6-317 of such code concerning a program to recognize certain city agency contractors in connection with packaging reduction guidelines
Advanced as Int 2271-A, an amended version that tightens environmentally preferable purchasing rules: it updates energy-consumption standards, adds new furniture standards, and orders the MOCS director to issue rules and publish an annual environmental procurement report. Agencies would also have to flag to MOCS whenever an EPP spec conflicts with buying the highest-quality product at the lowest price.
A Local Law in relation to agency purchasing of textiles, and to establish a task force to recommend legislation and policy for environmentally preferable purchasing, use and disposal of such textiles
Moved forward as Int 2272-A, tackling environmentally preferable textile purchasing in two phases: first the city must report on four years of textile buying, use, and disposal habits, then a task force of industry experts is convened to recommend green purchasing guidelines for textiles.
Resolution approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget.
A Local Law in relation to extending the certification of no harassment pilot
840 Atlantic Avenue Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0827-2021
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR OF DR. SIMONA CHUNG KWON AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF HEALTH.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT BY THE COUNCIL OF JULIO MEDINA AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF CORRECTION.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT BY THE COUNCIL OF HERMAN MERRITT AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DESIGNATION OF PATRICIA MARTHONE, MUDr, AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH + HOSPITALS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to runaway and homeless youth eligibility for rental assistance
Council Member Levin laid out the gap this bill targets: a young person aging out of a runaway-and-homeless-youth shelter currently must spend 90 days in a DHS shelter just to qualify for a CityFHEPS voucher, and he argued the recent pilot program is not enough to fix it.
Little Italy Restoration Apartments, Block 493, Lot 41; Manhattan, Community District No. 2; Council District No. 1.
Approved, By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
Communication from the Mayor - Submitting the name of Dr. Simona Kwon to the Council for its advice and consent prior to her appointment to the Board of Health, Pursuant to Sections 31 and 553 of the City Charter.
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Vanessa L. Gibson: can I vote aye on all land use call items and general order calendar items?
Laurie A. Cumbo: clear bulk-vote permissions with Jason Goldman before the stated meeting
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- Majority leader welcomes attendees and opens the stated meeting; agenda posted on website — Laurie A. Cumbo
- Majority leader confirms a quorum is present after roll call — Laurie A. Cumbo
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Laurie A. Cumbo · Ben Kallos · Brad S. Lander
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