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City Council · Thursday, January 23, 2025 · 1h 2m
The one where the Council passes a lobbying-ban bill aimed at City Hall's revolving door — and 9 members vote no
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A January stated meeting opens with a rabbi's unity prayer and a roll of memorials, then turns pointed: Int 0077, a revolving-door reform barring former city employees from lobbying any agency for two years, draws a floor speech from Lincoln Restler invoking 'the many scandals that have plagued the Adams administration' and naming the mayor's chief of staff. It passes 39-9 , the lone contested vote in a day that also recognizes Losar with Julie Won's Int 0100, designates Cecilia Gentile Day, marks the 80th Auschwitz-liberation anniversary, and advances long-pending ULURP items like the Gleason
From the room
“The council held a series of listening sessions with stakeholders to better understand the struggles of young New Yorkers”
— Adrienne E. Adams
“rabbi Joshua Rabin of the Astoria Center of Israel, which is located at 27 Dash 35 Crescent Street in Queens”
— Joshua Rabin
“It has also been an honor to work alongside rabbi Josh in our district's initiatives on resisting antisemitism”
— Tiffany L. Cabán
would reform the current system under which former city employees and public servants are allowed to lobby
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The decisions
1302Res 0712-2025RES 0712-2025Approved
Resolution approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget
Council Member Justin Brannan's preconsidered Resolution 712 advanced to approve new and changed designations of organizations slated to receive funding in the expense budget.
Roll-call vote
39 · 8 · 1
Adrienne E. AdamsAlexa AvilésAlthea V. StevensAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Carmen N. De La RosaChi A. OsséChris BanksChristopher MarteCrystal HudsonDarlene MealyDavid M. CarrDiana I. AyalaEric DinowitzFarah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaGale A. BrewerInna VernikovJames F. GennaroJoann Ariola Joseph C. BorelliJulie MeninJulie WonJustin L. BrannanKamillah HanksKeith Powers Kevin C. RileyKristy MarmoratoLincoln RestlerLinda LeeLynn C. SchulmanMercedes NarcisseNantasha M. WilliamsOswald J. FelizPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Rita C. JosephRobert F. HoldenSandra UngSandy NurseSelvena N. Brooks-PowersShahana K. HanifShaun AbreuShekar KrishnanSusan ZhuangTiffany L. CabánVickie PaladinoYusef Salaam
Procedure
- Announces vote on finance item, preconsidered resolution 712, sponsored by Justin Brannan, to approve designation/changes for organizations receiving expense budget funding. — Adrienne E. Adams
03Int 0077-2024INT 0077-2024Approved
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to post-employment activities of certain former public servants
Taken up to overhaul the rules letting former city employees lobby city government, barring a wide circle of departing officials , agency heads plus mayoral chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, chief counsel, chief and senior advisers, intergovernmental affairs director, communications director, press secretary, and any direct report to the mayor.
Roll-call vote
39 · 9
Adrienne E. AdamsAlexa AvilésAlthea V. StevensAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Carmen N. De La RosaChi A. OsséChris BanksChristopher MarteCrystal HudsonDarlene MealyDavid M. CarrDiana I. AyalaEric DinowitzFarah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaGale A. BrewerInna VernikovJames F. GennaroJoann Ariola Joseph C. BorelliJulie MeninJulie WonJustin L. BrannanKamillah HanksKeith Powers Kevin C. RileyKristy MarmoratoLincoln RestlerLinda LeeLynn C. SchulmanMercedes NarcisseNantasha M. WilliamsOswald J. FelizPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Rita C. JosephRobert F. HoldenSandra UngSandy NurseSelvena N. Brooks-PowersShahana K. HanifShaun AbreuShekar KrishnanSusan ZhuangTiffany L. CabánVickie PaladinoYusef Salaam
Conditions
- Covered former mayoral officials barred from lobbying any city agency for 2 years
04Int 0587-2024INT 0587-2024Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the 311 customer service center to conduct customer satisfaction surveys after each 311 request for service or complaint is closed and to publish 311 request and survey data each month
Heard to require the 311 customer service center to survey callers after each call, let them ask to reopen a service request or complaint, and publish the satisfaction data monthly online.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
05Res 0728-2025C 240363 ZMQZoning MapApproved
L.U. No. 206
06Int 0986-2024INT 0986-2024Approved
A Local Law in relation to a pilot program to involve mental health professional candidates in student wellness clubs in public middle and high schools
Advanced to create a two-year pilot bringing mental health professional candidates , such as aspiring licensed social workers , into student wellness clubs at public middle and high schools to lead discussions and workshops.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
07Int 0989-2024INT 0989-2024Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to student wellness club toolkits
Taken up to require DOHMH to build student wellness club toolkits guiding middle and high schoolers in starting peer-led wellness clubs, with DOE posting the guidance and making the toolkits available to all students.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
08Int 0996-2024INT 0996-2024Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to peer-based mental health literacy trainings for students
Heard to require the Health Department to offer peer-based mental health literacy training to public middle and high school students, with DOE distributing informational materials each academic year.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
09Int 1103-2024INT 1103-2024Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to community outreach regarding the availability of mental health resources in response to violent and traumatic incidents
Advanced to require the NYPD, within 48 hours of determining a violent or traumatic incident occurred, to notify the Mayor's Office of Community Mental Health, which would then connect local residents to resources like the 988 crisis hotline.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
10Int 0697-2024INT 0697-2024Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of sanitation to conduct waste characterization studies
Advanced to require the Department of Sanitation to run two waste characterization studies, with the residential and institutional stream due by January 31, 2028 and the commercial stream by January 31, 2032.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
Conditions
- First waste characterization study (residential/institutional waste streams) due by 01/31/2028
- Second waste characterization study (commercial waste stream) due by 01/31/2032
11Int 0100-2024INT 0100-2024Approved
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the suspension of alternate side parking regulations on Losar
Taken up to suspend alternate side parking rules for Losar, the Tibetan New Year, adding the holiday to the list of ASP suspension days.
Roll-call vote
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
Conditions
- Takes effect next month on Losar, 02/28/2025
12Res 0713-2025RES 0713-2025Approved
Resolution recognizing January 27, 2025, as the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp and commemorating January 27 annually as Auschwitz Remembrance Day in the City of New York to honor the memories of the over one million Jews and tens of thousands of others who died brutally there at the hands of Nazis during World War II.
Preconsidered Resolution 713, sponsored by Council Members Eric Dinowitz and Keith Powers, moved to recognize January 27, 2025 as Auschwitz Remembrance Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation.
Roll-call vote
Approved, By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
Citations & precedent
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate · Eric Dinowitz
13LU 0206-2024C 240363 ZMQZoning MapApproved
Gleason Funeral Home Commercial Overlay
Heard as a private application to add a commercial overlay near the Gleason funeral home in Council Member Paladino's district, clearing the way for a new accessory parking lot of 22 off-street spaces.
Roll-call vote
Approved, By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
Also in the record
Records not linked to a specific agenda item
Questions & answers
Q: Closing her sponsor remarks on Intro 100 (Losar recognition), Won urges colleagues to vote yes. Spoken color around the roll-call vote (the named roll-call itself is canonical Legistar data, not re-transcribed here).
Procedure
- members may notify legislative documents unit to vote against or abstain — Amanda C. Farías
- 3:05 p.m.
- 2:04 p.m.
- Other
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The people
On the dais · 2
Public testimony: 4 in favor
Practitioners & applicants
Adrienne E. Adams · Tiffany L. Cabán · Sergeant-at-Arms / Floor Clerk (unnamed) · Clerk (unnamed)
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