The one where a lame-duck council jams through the How Many Stops Act over NYPD's objections while Charles Barron takes
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On the last stated meeting before a new term, the Council passed the contentious How Many Stops Act (Int 586-A) requiring NYPD to log low-level investigative stops, splitting 39-7 as Robert Holden warned 'it won't work' and Speaker Adams insisted it 'is not about individual' officers. Solitary-confinement and police-transparency fights ran alongside a wave of departing-member valedictories , Charles Barron's defiant 'I'll be back,' Marjorie Velazquez's 'this isn't a goodbye.' Barron also broke from the room to oppose a Stapleton rezoning as only '30% affordability and 70% market,' extending hi
“an article 11 tax exemption request to facilitate the development of 10 new residential buildings with 71 affordable rental units”
— Adrienne E. Adams
“sponsored by council member Tiffany Caban, would call on the state legislature to pass and the governor to sign s dot 10 99”
— Adrienne E. Adams
“Introduction 7 81 b sponsored by public advocate Jemani Williams would require the NYPD to report on the justification for vehicle stops.”
— Adrienne E. Adams
“A young black man who was found deceased in a local park in my district at the height of the most recent wave of black lives matters protest”
— Carmen N. De La Rosa
The decisions
22A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating a private right of action to enforce the provisions of the earned safe and sick time Act
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the establishment of a document vault to store certain procurement-related documents
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to banning solitary confinement in city jails and establishing standards for the use of restrictive housing and emergency lock-ins
Public Advocate Williams's introduction would ban solitary confinement in city jails, guarantee everyone in custody at least 14 hours of out-of-cell time in shared space, and set up a new disciplinary process to temporarily separate people who commit violence in custody.
- All people in city custody would have at least 14 hours of out-of-cell time in shared spaces under the solitary confinement ban
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 requiring reports on removals involving individuals experiencing homelessness and the outcomes for those individuals
L.U. No. 282; G 230037 NUK
L.U. No. 292; Non-ULURP No. G 230040 XAK
541-545 Bay Street
with 1 related matter · LU 0296-2023
- Council modifies the application to remove the MIH workforce option
Ret.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the New York police department to report on instances in which an individual denied an officer consent to a search
Council Member Crystal Hudson introduced this How Many Stops Act component, which would make NYPD report every time someone refuses an officer's request for a consent search that has no other legal basis, plus the circumstances around it; a related framing later in the hearing emphasized officers reporting declined searches.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing the body-worn camera footage of the police department to the department of investigation
Sponsored by the Public Advocate, the introduction would require NYPD to hand body-worn camera footage to the DOI inspector general within 10 days of a request, unless the law bars disclosure.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to report on police-civilian investigative encounters
A How Many Stops Act bill from the Public Advocate and Council Member Alexa Aviles, it would require NYPD to publicly report level 1 and level 2 investigative stops , data not currently recorded, since only level 3 reasonable-suspicion stops must be logged today.
- NYPD offered language changes to align Int 0586 with current reporting practices, and the Council accepted all of those changes
Lynn C. Schulman: raised concerns to speaker's office; modifications made to specify day-to-day police interaction is not affected
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on the use of large donations received by the police department
Heard as an introduction by Council Member Althea Stevens, the bill would require an annual report on donations to the NYPD worth more than $1 million, along with where the department spent that money.
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to report on the justification for the stop in vehicle encounter reports
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams's introduction would compel the NYPD to report its justification for vehicle stops.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the evaluation of civil actions alleging improper conduct by the police department
Council Member Camilla Hanks introduced this measure to tighten reporting on civil actions filed against the NYPD, aimed squarely at closing a gap in that data.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, relation to requiring the New York City Police Department to report information and data regarding the department operations
Taken up as an introduction from Council Member Farah Louis, it would widen NYPD's reporting obligations and push most existing reports onto the department's public website, covering stop-question-and-frisk, officer deployment, and overtime spending.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing information on the reduced fare programs to persons issued a summons for fare evasion
Heard as an introduction sponsored by Majority Whip Selvina Brooks-Powers, the bill would force HRA to build informational materials on reduced-fare programs like Fair Fares and have the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice hand them to anyone arrested or summonsed for fare evasion.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to outreach to unlicensed mobile car wash operators and authorizing seizure for certain mobile car washes, and to repeal certain educational outreach requirements upon expiration thereof
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing reusable beverage containers in sports venues
Preconsidered L.U. No. 296
Preconsidered L.U. No. 297
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Charles Barron: Barron requests an extension of his speaking time
- 11:17 a.m.
- 11:44 a.m.
- Majority Leader Keith Powers opens the stated meeting of 12/20/2023 and notes the agenda is posted on the city council website. — Keith Powers
- Roll call taken; quorum established (canonical attendance on file via Legistar). Majority Leader confirms a quorum present. — Keith Powers
+9 more procedural steps
The people
Public testimony: 44 in favor · 5 opposed
Crystal Hudson · Althea V. Stevens · Nantasha M. Williams · Adrienne E. Adams
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