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Stated Meeting 9/19/95 SUPPLEMENT TO THE CITY RECORD THE COUNCIL —STATED MEETING OF TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2013 First let me say thank you Lord on behalf THE COUNCIL of all who are gathered here today. Thank you for your many and abundant blessings. Thank you for life itself, Minutes of the Proceedings for the for the measure of health we need to fulfill our calling, STATED MEETING for sustenance and for friendship. of Thank you for the ability to be involved in youthful work Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 3:48 p.m. and for the honor of bearing appropriate responsibilities. Thanks as well for the freedom to embrace you The President Pro Tempore (Council Member Rivera) or the freedom to reject you. Acting Presiding Officer Thank you for loving us even so, on your boundless, glorious and gracious nature. In the scriptures you have said Council Members that citizens ought to obey the governing authorities, since you have established those very authorities Christine C. Quinn, Speaker to promote peace and order and justice, therefore I pray for our Mayor, for the various levels of the city officials Maria del Carmen Arroyo David G. Greenfield James S. Oddo and in particular, for this assembled New York City Council. I'm asking that you grant them wisdom to govern Charles Barron Daniel J. Halloran III Annabel Palma amid the conflicting interests and issues of our times, Gale A. Brewer Vincent M. Ignizio Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. a sense of the welfare and true needs of our people, Fernando Cabrera Robert Jackson Diana Reyna a keen interest for justice and righteousness, Margaret S. Chin Letitia James Donovan J. Richards for confidence in what is good, fitting and well-pleasing in your sight, Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. Andy L. King Joel Rivera the ability to work together in harmony Elizabeth S. Crowley Peter A. Koo Ydanis A. Rodriguez even when there is honest disagreement, Inez E. Dickens G. Oliver Koppell Deborah L. Rose personal peace in our lives and joy in the past. Erik Martin Dilan Karen Koslowitz Eric A. Ulrich I'll pray for the agenda set before the City Council today; please give an assurance of what would please you Daniel Dromm Bradford S. Lander James Vacca and would benefit those who live and work Mathieu Eugene Jessica S. Lappin Peter F. Vallone, Jr. in and around our great city, Lewis A. Fidler Stephen T. Levin Albert Vann this Lord we pray in your precious name. Daniel R. Garodnick Melissa Mark-Viverito James G. Van Bramer Amen. James F. Gennaro Darlene Mealy Mark S. Weprin Council Member Dickens moved to spread the Invocation in full upon the Vincent J. Gentile Rosie Mendez Jumaane D. Williams Record. Vanessa L. Gibson* Michael C. Nelson Ruben Wills During the Communications from City, County and Borough Offices segment of Excused: Council Members Ferreras and Gonzalez. this Meeting, the Speaker (Council Member Quinn) asked for a Moment of Silence in memory of the following individuals: The Majority Leader (Council Member Rivera) assumed the Chair as the President Pro Tempore and Acting Presiding Officer. NYPD traffic agent Kalyanarat Ranasinghe, 71, was killed while on-duty on November 30, 2013 when he was accidently run over by a truck pulling out of a parking space in midtown Manhattan. He was a telecommunications engineer in his After being informed by the City Clerk and Clerk of the Council (Mr. native Sri Lanka before moving to the United Stated with his family in 2001 and McSweeney), the presence of a quorum was announced by the President Pro joining the NYPD in 2006. He is survived by his wife and their daughter. Tempore (Council Member Rivera). Nelson Mandela, 95, former President of South Africa who spent 27 years *Newly-elected Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson was ceremonially sworn-in incarcerated for his fight against apartheid before serving as his country’s first black later during these proceedings and is considered present and eligible to vote at this president, died on December 5, 2013. The Speaker (Council Member Quinn) noted Stated Meeting. that he will be remembered not only as one of the world’s greatest champions against the forces of oppression but also for his work on such issues as HIV/AIDS, equality, There were 49 Council Members marked present at this Stated Meeting held in appropriate rural development and education for all. The Speaker (Council Member the Council Chambers of City Hall, New York, N.Y. 10007. Quinn) thanked Council Member Jackson for bringing a poster of Nelson Mandela in the Chambers behind the front dais. The floor was then yielded to Council Member Jackson who praised the memory of Mr. Mandela and read the Mandela quote shown INVOCATION on the poster: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. The floor was then yielded to Council Members King, Williams, Barron, The Invocation was delivered by Rev. Dr. William L. Watkins, Jr. 204 West Rodriguez, Vann, Dilan, Mealy, and Eugene who all spoke in honorable memory of 118th Street, New York, NY 10026. Nelson Mandela. Oh God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come. * * * CC2 COUNCIL MINUTES — STATED MEETING December 10, 2013 vote in favor at a public meeting. Under Introductory Number 951-A, board or During the Communications from City, County and Borough Offices segment of commission members may not adopt a final rule unless it is posted online and this Meeting, the President Pro Tempore (Council Member Rivera) recognized the distributed to them at least three days in advance of their meeting. Moreover, board following Council Member-elects in the Chambers: Steven Matteo, Assembly or commission members would be bound to the text of the final rule as posted online Member Alan Maisel, Ritchie Torres, and Robert Cornegy. and distributed in advance unless they voted unanimously to revise it. These new procedural hurdles would not increase transparency. CAPA already provides for an extensive notice and comment period to allow the public to comment.on proposed rules, and to allow boards and commissions to consider those comments before a final vote. The goal of notice and comment — as well as City ADOPTION OF MINUTES websites allowing for electronic comments — is to solicit ideas for how to change and improve a rule from the version that was first published in the City Record. These ideas are, of course, taken under consideration by all rulemaking agencies, including boards and commissions. This bill would not expand the opportunity to Council Member Lander moved that the Minutes of the Stated Meeting of comment on rules in any meaningful way, nor is it likely that it would provide board November 14, 2013 be adopted as printed. or commission members with any new information. Instead, Introductory Number 951-A would disempower boards and commissions by taking away their ability, by anything less than a unanimous vote, to make necessary changes to a rule that may result from discussion of the rule at the public meeting prior to its adoption. Board or MESSAGES & PAPERS FROM THE MAYOR commission members who choose to carefully consider a rule before voting to adopt it would be forced to either delay the entire rulemaking process by at least thirty days until the next meeting or to seek unanimous consent for a change they consider necessary. This would have the perverse effect of making board or commissioner M-1338 members less likely, rather than more likely, to consider public comment on the rule. Communication from the Mayor – Mayor’s Veto and Disapproval Message of Introductory Number 951-A's micromanagement of TLC's pilot program Introductory Number 951-A - in relation to public notice of final rules. approval process is also misguided. TLC has already developed a regularized and transparent process for the review, approval and implementation of pilot programs, November 27, 2013 which includes the Law Department review and approval of program documents. As Michael McSweeney with the new CAPA requirements in Introductory Number 951-A, the new restrictions on pilot program approval would have the perverse effect of making the City Clerk of the Council Commission less likely, rather than more likely, to consider public comment on the 141 Worth Street program, to avoid the likelihood of delay caused by changes that do not have New York, NY 10013 unanimous support. Because the additional procedures required by Introductory Number 951-A Dear Mr. McSweeney: would serve only to prolong rulemaking by boards and commissions without enhancing the efficiency or openness of the regulatory process, I hereby disapprove Transmitted herewith is the bill disapproved by the Mayor. The bill is as follows: Introductory Number 951-A. Introductory Number 951-A Sincerely, A local law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to public notice of final rules. Michael R. Bloomberg Mayor Sincerely, Cc: The Honorable Christine C. Quinn Patrick A. Wehle Referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations. cc: Honorable Christine C. Quinn COMMUNICATION FROM CITY, COUNTY & BOROUGH OFFICES (The following is the text of the Mayor’S Veto and Disapproval Message of Int No. 951-A:) M 1339 Communication from the Board of Elections - Submitting the Certification of November 27, 2013 Election of Vanessa L. Gibson, as the new Council Member of the 16th Councilmanic District, Bronx County. Hon. Michael McSweeney (The following is Page Four of the four-page Certification:) City Clerk and Clerk of the Council 141 Worth Street New York, NY 10013 Dear Mr. McSweeney: Pursuant to Section 37 of the New York City Charter, I hereby disapprove Introductory Number 951-A, which amends the City's Administrative Procedure Act ("CAPA") by increasing the amount of notice required for votes on final rules by certain boards and commissions, and which also creates additional procedural hurdles for the Taxi and Limousine Commission ("TLC") to adopt pilot programs.
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