The one where a year-round sidewalk-cafe bill split the Council while a wave of rezonings and landmarks sailed through o
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Speaker Adrienne Adams opened with memorials for victims of violence including O'Shea Sibley before the Council moved a packed agenda: the Ocean Crest/Bayswater rezoning, the 1160 Flushing Avenue industrial-preservation rezoning, 56 William Avenue, and two landmark designations -- including the former Colored School No. 4 -- all advanced. The friction point was Intro 31c, the year-round Open Restaurants bill. Members from Carr to Holden to Marte to Yeger broke off to vote no on 31c (and the lead-paint intros 5a/6a) while supporting everything else, with Brewer voicing reservations and Marte wa
“6 89 a, sponsored by public advocate, Gjonaj Williams, would eliminate the Department of Building permanent filing fees”
— Adrienne E. Adams
“Resolution 2 37 a calls on New York State Legislature to pass and the governor to sign the Fair College Admissions Act”
— Keith Powers
“O'Shea Sibley was at a Brooklyn gas station in my district with friends late Saturday night and was stabbed to death.”
— Inna Vernikov
“we give it over to an agency and say, you make the policy, what they're supposed to be doing is executing the policy”
— Kalman Yeger
The decisions
11A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to granting licenses and revocable consents for sidewalk cafes and roadway cafes, to repeal subchapter 6 of chapter 2 of title 20 of such administrative code, relating to granting licenses and revocable consents for sidewalk cafes, to amend section 2 of local law number 114 for the year 2020, relating to the establishment of a permanent outdoor dining program, in relation to the commencement of such program, and to amend section 1 of local law number 77 for the year 2020, relating to establishing a temporary outdoor dining program, in relation to the expiration of such program
Members heard the outdoor dining measure framed around the COVID-19 pandemic, when sidewalk and street seating became a lifeline that kept small businesses open.
- Restaurants may continue outdoor dining after the law takes effect if they apply for a license and submit a petition for revocable consent before a DOT-set date, which cannot be less than 3 months after the rules go into effect
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 records of lead-based paint investigations
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the remediation of lead-based paint in dwelling units in multiple dwellings
L.U. No. 239
L.U. No. 241
L.U. No. 242
1160 Flushing Avenue
128 WEST 17 STREET
The hearing took up the historic designation tied to a school that served Black children exclusively until the segregated school was closed by the public school system in 1869, the detail anchoring the site's significance.
Approved, By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
7120 New Utrecht Avenue Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0241-2023
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- 6:59 p.m.
- Sergeant-at-arms calls the floor to order and instructs members to set electronic devices to vibrate ahead of the stated meeting. — Sergeant-at-Arms
- Majority Leader Keith Powers gavels in and welcomes attendees to the stated meeting of 08/03/2023. — Keith Powers
+8 more procedural steps
The people
Jennifer Gutiérrez · Kevin C. Riley · Rafael Salamanca, Jr. · Adrienne E. Adams
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