The one where the first Black Speaker takes her final gavel, and the Council clears a record legislative backlog on the
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It was the final stated meeting of 2025 and the valedictory of Speaker Adrienne Adams, NYC's first Black Speaker, closing 'the honor of a lifetime.' The body powered through a sweeping legislative slate: Krishnan's bill ending unfair app-deactivations, Nurse's hard-fought COPA tenant-preservation act, street-vendor reform, heat-death protections, and four land-use rezonings/exemptions. Tributes poured in for departing members; the gallery drew a 'first and final warning'; Mealy fought the Pacific Street 40-year tax break; and Gale Brewer summed up the mood: 'term limits suck.
“seven thirty four a, also sponsored by Council Member Brewer, would call on the governor to sign s eighty four fifteen, a eighty eight seventy one”
— Adrienne E. Adams
“Introduction four zero three a, sponsored by public advocate Jumaane Williams, would require the Department of Environmental Protection to report annually”
— Adrienne E. Adams
“Introduction thirteen fifty nine a, sponsored by Council Member Joseph, would require DOE to report annually on manifestation determination reviews”
— Adrienne E. Adams
“Introduction four seventy two a sponsored by council member Nantasha Williams would require borough presidents to provide equal employment opportunity trainings”
— Adrienne E. Adams
The decisions
44129 23rd Street (B): Block 645, Lot 67, Brooklyn, Community District 7, Council District 38.
Herkimer-Williams
with 4 related matters · LU 0435-2025 · LU 0437-2025 · LU 0436-2025 · LU 0438-2025
Heard as a land use application for the Herkimer-Williams site in Council Member Sandy Nurse's district, advancing a plan for four new mixed-use buildings that would deliver roughly 988 affordable residential units alongside commercial, light industrial, and open space.
- LU 434 through 438 Herkimer Williams approved with modifications and referred to CPC pursuant to section 197 — Clerk
79 EAST 125 STREET
with 1 related matter · LU 0427-2025
Heard as the MTA 125th and Lexington rezoning in Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala's district, creating a new subdistrict within the Special 125th Street and Transit Land Use Districts to enable a mixed-use building of 648 units, 171 of them affordable under MIH Option 1.
Longfellow Hall: Block 2377, Lot 18; Block 2691, Lot 89; Block 2758, Lot 8, Bronx, Community Districts 1, 2, and 3, Council District 17.
Tysens Park Apartments: Block 3983, Lots 1, 45, and 65, Staten Island, Community District 3, Council District 50.
129 23rd Street (A): Block 645, Lot 67, Brooklyn, Community District 7, Council District 38.
1692/1702/1706 Union Street: Block 1402, Lots 29 and 36, Brooklyn, Community District 9, Council District 35.
18-15 FRANCIS LEWIS BLVD
Heard as a private application to amend the zoning map at 18-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard in Council Member Vickie Paladino's district, adding a commercial overlay to bring an existing medical office building into compliance.
2149-2153 Pacific Street Article XI
Taken up as an Article 11 application in Council Member Mealy's district to rehabilitate a four-story building at 2941-2953 Pacific Street, preserving roughly 24 homeownership cooperative units.
Malcolm X II Phase B: Block 2012, Lot 45, Manhattan, Community District 10, Council District 9.
Settlement Cluster Phase 3: Block 2750, Lot 22; Block 2832, Lots 4 and 30; Block 2846, Lot 37, Bronx, Community District 2 and 4, Council Districts 16 and 17.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the establishment of community hiring and compensation standards for city-assisted housing development projects
A Local Law to conduct a study and publish a report on the impacts of algorithmic tools and automated employment decision tools on employees
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to creating a division within the department of small business services to assist street vendors and reporting regarding such assistance efforts
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding business licensing and regulatory compliance of all mobile food and general vendors
Describes prior stakeholder polarization — vendors felt criminalized, brick-and-mortar businesses felt ignored, reform stalled — now resolved by a more balanced bill
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to issuing licenses to mobile food and general vendors
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the wrongful deactivation of app-based contracted delivery workers
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the establishment of compensation standards for security guards
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the establishment of standards and procedures to determine the existence of conflicts of interest and other misconduct concerning city contracts
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to voluntary labor and human rights disclosures in city procurement
- Disclosures are voluntary, cannot be used to deem a bidder non-responsible, and cannot be the sole basis for contract decisions
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing contracted ferry service at reduced cost to middle school students
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to language accessibility for ferry service
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to report on student access to home internet and electronic devices
A Local Law in relation to a pilot program to develop and distribute educational materials regarding the reduction of surplus food in public schools
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to report on manifestation determination reviews
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to outreach regarding youth programs provided by the police department
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the inspection and cleanup of catch basins and reports on catch basin inspection, cleanup, and maintenance
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating a land bank
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the sale of tax liens
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting regarding unresolved tax liens, and to repeal and replace section 11-356 of such code, relating to a temporary task force on tax liens
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the transfer of tax liens to a land bank
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the establishment of the Coney Island business improvement district
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the submission of the preliminary mayor’s management report, and in relation to the date of submission by the mayor of the preliminary certificate regarding debt and reserves and appropriations and expenditures for capital projects, the date of submission by the mayor of the preliminary budget, the date of publication by the director of the independent budget office of a report on revenues and expenditures, the date of submission by the community boards of statements in regard to the preliminary budget, the date of submission by the commissioner of finance of an estimate of the assessed valuation of real property and statement of real property taxes due, expected to be received, and uncollected, the date of submission by the mayor of a tax benefit report, the date of submission by the borough boards of statements on budget priorities, the date of submission by the borough presidents of proposed modifications of the preliminary budget, the date of publication by the director of the independent budget office of a report analyzing the preliminary budget, and the date of submission by the campaign finance board of estimates of the financial needs of the campaign finance board, relating to the fiscal year two thousand twenty-seven
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of social services to create web forms for benefits and services applications
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to giving qualified entities a first opportunity to submit a statement of interest and a first opportunity to purchase certain properties
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
Opposes COPA as taking away individual rights of homeowners (2/3/4-family houses), arguing owners can sell to whomever they please
Calls the requirement to consult the building department and give a six-month window for another offer outrageous government overreach
As a homeowner, refuses to submit a sale first to the building department then offer to a nonprofit while a neighbor waits six months
as amended
Approved, By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
Raises deep concerns about moving franchise-agreement extensions forward at end of session with little transparency; urges no votes on resolutions 1109 and 1157
Resolution authorizing the Department of Transportation to enter into a coordinated street furniture franchise for the installation, operation and maintenance of Coordinated Street Furniture in the Boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island.
Approved, By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
Encourages colleagues to vote against the franchise resolutions referenced as 11:09 and 11:57 (Res 1109 and Res 1157)
Resolution approving a tax exemption pursuant to Article XI of the Private Housing Finance Law (L.U. No. 414; Non-ULURP No.
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 the wrongful deactivation of high-volume for-hire vehicle drivers
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the planting of vegetation on new medians separating bicycle lanes from motorized vehicle traffic
Approved By Council — adopted without a recorded per-member roll-call (coupled calendar or voice vote).
Resolution calling on the New York City Department of Education to observe Veterans Day the Friday before November 11th if it falls on a Saturday and the Monday after the 11th if it falls on a Sunday.
Resolution calling on the New York State Assembly to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.2028-A/A.2965-A, to establish a property tax exemption for veterans with a 100 percent service-connected disability.
Resolution calling upon the New York City Housing Authority to include an admission preference for public housing in its next proposed agency plan for all veterans of the U.S. military.
Also in the record
Records not linked to a specific agenda item
Joann Ariola: Notes her son has a 10-year anniversary with DSNY and received a plaque for exemplary service
- Announcer calls for quiet and opens the meeting — Unidentified (Sergeant-at-Arms / floor announcer)
- Majority Leader opens the stated meeting of 12/18/2025 and welcomes members of the public — Amanda C. Farías
- Majority Leader reminds colleagues decorum must be respected, remarks addressed to the chair, no speaking unless recognized — Amanda C. Farías
- Pledge of allegiance led, then roll call commenced — Amanda C. Farías
+23 more procedural steps
The people
Public testimony: 4 in favor · 2 opposed
Rita C. Joseph · Sandy Nurse · Jennifer Gutiérrez · Sergeant-at-Arms / floor announcer (unnamed) · Adrienne E. Adams · Lincoln Restler · Frank Morano
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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. For this meeting: 1,400 oath/ecb hearings across the 2 sites discussed.
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