Analysis finds Black women make nearly 2 percent less than white men in the same position within the City workforce
City Hall, NY – Today the Council released a report on pay disparities within the New York City municipal workforce, analyzing data made available by a law the Council passed in 2019 and which shows the median salary for men is $21,600 higher than for women.
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The Council will also vote to increase protections for domestic workers under human rights law
City Hall, NY – Continuing the vital work of protecting New York City’s small businesses, today the Council will vote to extend measures passed earlier in the pandemic to help keep these businesses afloat. The first of these bills would extend the laws that already prohibit third-party delivery platforms from charging restaurants more than 15% per order for delivery and more than 5% per order for all other fees, pushing the end date of these caps until February 17, 2022.
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The $98.7 billion budget includes $500 million in new reserves and major investments in education, housing and quality of life
City Hall, NY – City Hall, NY – Speaker Corey Johnson, Finance Committee Chair Daniel Dromm, Capital Budget Subcommittee Chair Helen Rosenthal, and Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced a $98.7 billion budget agreement for the Fiscal Year 2022 that includes major investments and restorations in education, seniors, youth and quality of life enhancements like sanitation services.
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City Hall, NY—Today, Speaker Corey Johnson and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the City will commit $40.5 million in the FY22 Budget to raise City contracted shelter security guards’ wages to meet the prevailing wage rate for security guards. These security guards will see their wages increase from as low as $15 dollars per hour to approximately $18 an hour, in addition to benefits such as family health care.
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The Council will also vote on a bill that creates an Office of Ethnic and Community Media
City Hall, NY – After a year that wreaked havoc on New York City’s small businesses, the Council will vote today on two bills to help relieve restaurants and mom-and-pop stores by restructuring the penalty system that hits them with onerous fines.
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The Council will also vote on a bill to address maternal mortality
City Hall, NY – The New York City Council will vote on legislation today to require the City to pay higher rates in its rental assistance voucher program for homeless New Yorkers. Int. 146-C also eliminates the program’s current five-year cap for vouchers. Moving forward, anyone who continues to qualify for the program will be eligible.
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The New York City Council will vote on legislation this week to require the City to pay higher rates in its rental assistance voucher program for homeless New Yorkers. Int. 146-C also eliminates the program’s current five-year cap for vouchers. Moving forward, anyone who continues to qualify for the program will be eligible. These changes will increase the number of apartments available to homeless New Yorkers and help move more people out of shelter and into permanent housing. Last night, 48,245 people slept in a Department of Homeless Services shelter, according to the latest figures provided by the city on Tuesday.
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Re: Eid Mubarak
New York, NY – “Eid Mubarak to our Muslim sisters and brothers. As we close out the holy month of Ramadan, I’m wishing peace, joy, and blessings to all celebrating.
I am grateful for our city’s wonderful and diverse Muslim community, which contributes in so many ways to making New York the greatest city in all the world.”
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The Council will also vote on bills to regulate moped industry
City Hall – With plastic waste wreaking havoc on our planet, the New York City Council is further proving its commitment to reducing plastic waste in our City landfills. Members will vote on a bill to prohibit food service establishments from providing single-use plastic straws, stirrers and splash sticks to customers who don’t ask for them.
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New bill will create a “Marshall Plan for Moms” Task Force
City Hall, NY – In recognition of the negative impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women, and working mothers in particular, new legislation will be introduced in the City Council on May 12 to help revitalize and restore mothers in the workforce.
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