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SUPPLEMENT TO THE CITY RECORD THE COUNCIL —STATED MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 Oh merciful and compassionate God, THE COUNCIL look with compassion on the whole human family. Help us to break down the walls that separate us, unite us in bonds of love and work Minutes of the Proceedings for the through our struggles to accomplish STATED MEETING your purpose on earth that in good time of all people may obtain Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 2:45 p.m. prosperity, justice and happiness. We pray for our city. The President Pro Tempore (Council Member Rivera) We ask you, God, to continue showering Acting Presiding Officer your grace and mercy upon our city. May this great city of New York will remain forever Council Members [a} shining example and beacon of freedom, justice, peace and harmony between its people. Christine C. Quinn, Speaker We as you, God, to protect our city and its inhabitants from any harm, indeed, you are the best protector. Maria del Carmen Arroyo Sara M. Gonzalez James S. Oddo Our Lord, keep and strengthen members of this Council. Charles Barron David G. Greenfield Annabel Palma Take their hands and bless their efforts Gale A. Brewer Daniel J. Halloran III Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. to lead our city better, to overcome any obstacles Fernando Cabrera Vincent M. Ignizio Diana Reyna and challenges laid ahead of us. May their sincere commitment and dedication bear fruits, Margaret S. Chin Robert Jackson Donovan Richards fulfilling hopes and dreams of all New Yorkers. Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. Letitia James Joel Rivera We ask you also, God, to keep our nation Elizabeth S. Crowley Andy King Ydanis A. Rodriguez and all world nations to continue to path of peace, Inez E. Dickens Peter A. Koo Deborah L. Rose not the path of conflicts and wars, Erik Martin Dilan G. Oliver Koppell Eric A. Ulrich the path of justice, Daniel Dromm Karen Koslowitz James Vacca not the path of aggressions and operations, the path of brotherhood and cooperation, Mathieu Eugene Bradford S. Lander Peter F. Vallone, Jr. not the path of suspicions and division Julissa Ferreras Jessica S. Lappin Albert Vann and we say, amen. Lewis A. Fidler Stephen T. Levin James G. Van Bramer Helen D. Foster Melissa Mark-Viverito Mark S. Weprin Daniel R. Garodnick Darlene Mealy Jumaane D. Williams James F. Gennaro Rosie Mendez Ruben Wills Council Member Gennaro moved to spread the Invocation in full upon the Record. Vincent J. Gentile Michael C. Nelson At this point, the Speaker (Council Member Quinn) asked for a Moment of The Majority Leader (Council Member Rivera) assumed the Chair as the Silence in memory of the following individuals: President Pro Tempore and Acting Presiding Officer. Medgar Evers, NAACP field secretary and civil rights leader, died at the age of After being informed by the Deputy City Clerk and Acting Clerk of the Council 37 on June 12, 1963 from an assassin’s bullet in Jackson, Mississippi. The floor was (Ms. Fuentes), the presence of a quorum was announced by the President Pro yielded to the Majority Whip (Council Member Vann) who spoke in respectful Tempore (Council Member Rivera). memory of the legacy of Medgar Evers on the fiftieth anniversary of his death. There were 51 Council Members marked present at this Stated Meeting held in John Noel, 62, long-time WNBC-TV news reporter died after a lengthy battle the Council Chambers of City Hall, New York, N.Y. 10007. with brain cancer on June 6, 2013. The floor was yielded to the Assistant Majority Leader (Council Member Fidler) who spoke in respectful memory of his friend, Nr. Noel. * * * INVOCATION ADOPTION OF MINUTES The Invocation was delivered by Imam Shamsi Ali, Jamaica Muslim Center, 8537 168th Street, Jamaica, NY 11432 . In the name of God, most gracious, most merciful. Council Member Lander moved that the Minutes of the Stated Meetings of April Praise be to God, the cherisher 25 and May 8, 2013 be adopted as printed. and the sustainer of the world. CC2 COUNCIL MINUTES — STATED MEETING June 12, 2013 them in any number of ways, including reducing other benefits employees receive, MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR such as health insurance; reducing the number of hours employees work; and laying them off altogether. Employers may also become less willing to hire new employees, as this bill would make hiring them more expensive. Furthermore, given that higher wage jobs typically come with paid leave, it is likely that entry-level and lower wage M-1159 workers—the very people this bill is intended to help—will suffer these effects Communication from the Mayor – Mayor’s veto and disapproval message of disproportionately. Introductory Number 97-A, in relation to the provision of sick time earned The bill's proposed enforcement scheme will create a new, large, and unwieldy by employees. bureaucracy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. This bill is an employment bill, in that it regulates the employment relationship between workers and their employers. June 7, 2013 Yet the bill assigns responsibility to an agency, the Department of Consumer Affairs, that specializes in the protection of consumers, not the interpretation, investigation and enforcement of labor and employment laws. Under this bill, the Department would have to accept, investigate, and mediate complaints about a host of issues, Michael McSweeney including whether employers appropriately informed their employees about the law, City Clerk of the Council whether employers provided required sick leave to their employees, and whether 141 Worth Street employers retaliated against their employees in violation of the bill. It would have to New York, NY 10013 inspect and audit employers' records pertaining to their employees, and it would have to bring enforcement actions. Not only are the employment law issues in these matters far afield from the agency's expertise, but DCA will have to devote Dear Mr. McSweeney: substantial, recurring resources to perform the new responsibilities under the bill, particularly because these efforts will involve virtually every employer in the City. Transmitted herewith is the bill disapproved by the Mayor. The bill is as follows: We estimate, at a minimum, that DCA will have to hire forty-nine new staff and spend 8 million dollars in fiscal year 2014 and 4.8 million dollars annually thereafter. Introductory Number 97-A Thus, the bill will cost the City substantial resources we do not have to create a new part of an agency that has no experience performing the functions this bill will require. A local law to amend the administrative code of the city New York, in relation to the provision of sick time earned by employees. Finally, an employment matter such as this one is not an appropriate matter for local legislation. If this bill becomes law, it will harm New York City's competitive position by adding to the already high cost of doing business in New York City. Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties as well as New Jersey will enjoy a cost Sincerely, advantage, undermining the hard work we have done to ensure that the City's economic recovery has been stronger and faster than the rest of the nation's. This bill, which will impose significant new costs on employers and create a vast new Patrick A. Wehle bureaucracy, is bad for the City's economy, and it will harm the very people it seeks to help. (The following is the text of the Mayor’s Veto and Disapproval Message of Int No. 97-A:) Sincerely, June 6, 2013 Michael R. Bloomberg Mayor Hon. Michael McSweeney City Clerk and Clerk of the Council Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Labor. 141 Worth Street New York, NY 10013 Dear Mr. McSweeney: COMMUNICATION FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES Pursuant to Section 37 of the New York City Charter, I hereby disapprove M-1160 Introductory No. 97-A, which would create a new mandate for paid sick leave for Communication from the New York City Banking Commission - Transmitting employees of employers with fifteen or more employees and for all domestic workers recommendations of the interest rate to be charged for Fiscal Year 2014 for in New York City and would require the Department of Consumer Affairs to enforce non-payment of taxes on real estate, and for non-payment of water and the bill's requirements. sewer rents and transmitting recommendation of the discount rate to be Intro. 97-A would require, with certain exceptions, that business and not-for- allowed for early payment of real estate taxes for Fiscal Year 2014, profit employers with fifteen or more employees who work over eighty hours a year pursuant to the City Charter. provide their employees up to five days of paid sick time, and it would entitle domestic workers who work more than eighty hours a year for the same employer to May 14, 2013 up to five days of paid sick time. Employers with fewer than fifteen employees, meanwhile, would have to provide unpaid sick time to their employees. The bill Honorable Christine Quinn would create extensive and burdensome recordkeeping and notice requirements for employers, and it would establish a broad and multi-faceted enforcement role for the Speaker of the Council Department of Consumer Affairs. Violations of the bill's requirements could result in City HaIl civil penalties up to $2,500 per violation, triple lost wages, and equitable relief New York, NY 10007 including reinstatement. While the motivation behind Intro. 97-A is laudable, the bill will have Re: Interest Rates for Fiscal Year 2014 for: Non-Payment deleterious effects on businesses and not-for-profit organizations throughout the City, of Taxes for Real Estate; Non-Payment of Water and and it will hurt the City's economy.

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