City Council

Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 1:30 p.m. (New York City time), Council Chambers - City Hall

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The Council held its stated meeting on March 10, 2026, presided over by Majority Leader Shaun Abreu, with an invocation by Pastor J. Alan Gooding of the Bronx introduced by Council Member Aldebol. Speaker Julie Menin reported on a suspicious device found in her district, an attempted act of terrorism outside Gracie Mansion, a new Council economic forecast showing nearly $400 million more in tax revenue projections than the mayor's office, and new senior staff appointments. The Council adopted land use items including redevelopments at 395 Flatbush Avenue (Council Member Hudson), 410 Beach Channel Drive (Council Member Brooks-Powers), and 33-01 Eleventh Street, and passed legislation on bus lane signage (Intro 409-A, Riley), archival review board consolidation (Intro 87-A, Brewer), cellar dwelling units (Intro 421-A, Pierina Ana Sanchez), a quadrennial compensation commission (Intro 500-B, Williams), and bus shelter cleanliness (Intro 416-A, Justin E. Sanchez). Members also introduced new bills and resolutions on police vehicle speed tracking, fair housing, pay equity, the Equal Rights Amendment, daylight saving time, deepfake protections, self-checkout staffing, and Puerto Rico tax policy.

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0:02 All electronic devices t

0:02 ovibrate majority leader. Good

0:08 afternoon and welcome to the

0:09 stated meeting of March 1

0:11 02026 I am majority leader

0:14 Shaun Abreu like to thank you.

0:15 Joining us as a reminder

0:16 decorum must be respected at

0:18 all times if you'd like t

0:19 ofollow along the agenda for

0:20 today's meeting is posted on

0:23 our web

0:23 . Please join us for the

0:25 pledge of allegiance or roll

0:51 call aldo baldo here, areola

1:02 Avilés

1:02 . But I sent Banks here,

1:10 Brewer here, Brooks Powers cab

1:20 on president.

1:20 Dela Rosa. Dear janowicz

1:27 here incarnation presenting

1:31 Epstein here, party, us

1:37 present.

1:37 Felder here. Police here

1:47 genero here.

1:47 Gutiérrez here, Hanif

1:59 Hankerson. I'm here. Thanks.

2:03 Hudson present Joseph

2:12 present Krishnan here. Lee.

2:18 Here. Lewis. Here. Maloney

2:23 present martin here, merely

2:37 moreno dorsey's president

2:45 Nurse here, o'shea president

2:55 Paladino wrestler here. Wow.

3:00 Reilly, president salam

3:05 president.

3:06 Justin Sanchez in attendanc

3:08 e. Pierina Sanchez cranky

3:14 history.

3:14 Santos was so here, showman

3:22 here. Stevens? Yep. Here.

3:26 Thomas Henry present on or

3:34 then Inna Vernikov. Williams,

3:40 I'm here. One president one

4:04 huang car abroad. President

4:09 ,speaker, men present you.

4:13 Thank you. We will now have

4:14 today's invocation, which will

4:15 be delivered by pastor j.

4:16 Gooding, the senior pastor of

4:19 miracle revival fellowship

4:20 tabernacle church, which is

4:20 located at 15 55 mccombs road

4:22 in the bronx? No. Let us pray.

4:34 Oh, laura. God, how

4:35 excellent is that name in all

4:39 the earth first, we thank thee

4:40 for brand New mercy and a

4:40 brand New day for this is the

4:42 day the lord has made and we

4:44 shall rejoice and be glad in

4:48 it even now as we come before

4:48 you in celebration of women's

4:52 history month. We thank you

4:54 for speaking manning and the

4:55 31 women of our City Council

4:57 who have broken barriers and

4:58 lifted up their voices heard

5:00 story can be told by their

5:03 courage and perseverance t

5:04 ohelp shape our City and

5:08 communities. So as we invoke

5:08 your divine presence upon

5:09 these chambers and this City

5:12 council, we pray your wisdom

5:13 and guidance and their

5:14 governing upon our great City

5:16 of New York, we ask your

5:18 blessings upon this council

5:21 and grant them the wisdom t

5:22 omake policy and laws that will

5:24 make fair, fair and just

5:25 decision for us all. I pray

5:28 that you bind us together in

5:30 the spirit of oneness

5:32 recognizing the significance

5:33 that we are better togethe

5:36 rhelp us to always walk in the

5:37 spirit of common unity that

5:38 enables us to build thriving

5:42 communities, communities that

5:43 where there is darkness help

5:45 us be your shining beams of

5:48 light communities that where

5:48 there is despair will

5:50 transcend your spirit of hop

5:53 ecommunities that are engulfed

5:56 by hate can embrace your

5:56 spirit of love communities

5:58 that are ravaged by senseless

6:00 violence be transformed and

6:03 transformed by your spirit of

6:06 peace communities that are

6:07 full of grudges can mirror

6:08 your spirit of generosity

6:11 community that even when we

6:12 don't agree, never becomes a

6:14 community that becomes

6:16 disagreeable, and so I pray

6:17 from these chambers, every

6:20 person religion, creed and

6:21 color in every borough be

6:24 treated with justice, dignity

6:25 and liberty for us all. Lastly

6:28 , I pray that as prayer and

6:30 this City. These things we ask

6:37 and your matchless name and

6:39 for your sake. Amen. Amen.

6:47 Thank you. I would not ask

6:48 council members Shirley aldo

6:49 able to spread the invocation

6:50 on the record.

6:56 Thank you, majority leader

6:59 abrio speaker mennen happy

7:01 women's history month t

7:04 oeveryone I am very proud t

7:07 ointroduce an incredibly

7:08 special community and faith

7:10 leader to represent the east

7:11 bronx here at City Hall pastor

7:13 jay alan gooding. Pastor

7:18 gooding is a respected and

7:19 influential minister, leader

7:21 and advocate. I'm a musician

7:22 like that. The best.

7:25 He grew up in the bronx

7:26 surrounded by faith, community

7:28 and music his work with the

7:29 church began at agent just 11

7:32 years old when he became the

7:34 organist of the miracle

7:36 revival temple in the bronx

7:37 under the pastorate of his

7:40 father, gooding attended bronx

7:41 public schools before turning

7:43 his bachelor's degree in

7:46 theology

7:46 . Pastor getting went on to

7:47 establish the fellowship

7:48 tabernacle church of god and

7:49 christ in the east bronx, the

7:51 parish w aas fixture of the

7:54 community for decades as a

7:56 gathering space service

7:57 provider and spiritual center

8:00 now as superintendent gooding

8:03 overseas to churches in the

8:04 bronx county and serves as the

8:05 chairman of eastern New york's

8:07 urban and civic affairs

8:08 department for the first

8:11 ecclesiastical jurisdiction of

8:12 eastern New York

8:15 . In addition to his work as

8:16 posture and praised leader

8:18 gooding has consistently been

8:19 an active participant and

8:20 leader in civic organizations

8:22 across the bronx in New York

8:24 state. Previously he served as

8:25 brx conommunity board 11 and

8:28 bronx borough president's

8:29 clergy tax force coalition and

8:31 the bronx business alliance

8:34 executive board

8:35 . Currently pastor gooding I

8:36 sdeeply embedded in our

8:37 district 13 communities.

8:38 He serves as the president

8:39 of the 49 precinct clergy

8:42 council covering the eas

8:43 tbronx neighborhoods of

8:44 allergen morris park by nest,

8:46 pelham parkway on pelham

8:49 gardens getting awful serves

8:50 as outreach director for

8:52 jacoby hospitals stand up t

8:54 oviolence program. This program

8:56 brings violence, interrupters

8:57 to work in areas hard hit by

9:00 violence to mediate conflicts

9:01 and provide support to at risk

9:02 people and communities,

9:05 gooding's leadership and

9:06 guidance have played a key

9:06 role in the program. The

9:08 programs continued success and

9:12 growth putting has received

9:13 numerous awards and citations

9:14 in recognition of the breath

9:16 and depth of his work, pastor

9:19 gooding is committed to god

9:21 ,his family and the communities

9:22 that he has been called to

9:25 serve he represents the best

9:26 of the bronx and the best of

9:28 our district 13 community

9:31 th.ank you, pastor gooding

9:33 for joining us here today and

9:34 for all you contribute to the

9:36 bronx through your leadership

9:38 community service and faith,

9:41 Madam speaker and majority

9:43 leader abrio I would like to

9:46 move that the implication

9:47 delivered by pastor jay allen,

9:49 gooding senior be entered into

9:50 the record. Thank

9:52 . You. Thank you,

9:53 councilmember al double. We

9:54 will now acts councilmember

9:55 Harvey for the adoption of

9:59 minutes, I make a motion that

9:59 the minutes of the stadium

10:00 meeting of February 24 2026 be

10:04 adopted as.

10:04 Printed messages and papers

10:05 from the Mayor. None

10:07 communication from City

10:08 ,county and borrow offices

10:10 reconsidered 48 and 49 counci

10:15 lbudget

10:16 . Finance em 50 controllers

10:21 report received, ordered,

10:21 printed and filed em 5

10:24 1conflicts of interest board

10:26 appointment referred to rules

10:28 , petitions and communications

10:30 none land use call ups em 52.

10:34 Thank you right now. Ask for

10:35 the clerk take a roll call

10:35 vote on today's land use,

10:38 collar cab on.

10:41 Permission to vote on all

10:42 items on today's agenda

10:47 permission granted

10:48 . I vote ion all thank you.

10:49 Thank you, al jabal. My vote.

10:57 I arriola Avilés I

11:02 . Banks, all right, Brewer?

11:06 Yes, Brooks Powers.

11:13 De La Rosa I donna wits.

11:19 Incarnation high Epstein eye

11:24 on all Farah Felder high.

11:32 Felice, see, Gennaro, I

11:39 thank you, Gutiérrez, I kaz

11:44 ,remember Brooks Powers land

11:45 use call ups. I thank you,

11:56 Hanif Hankerson, Hanks

11:58 . I. Hudson, I

12:03 . Joseph I. Krishnan I Lee, I.

12:09 Lewis I. Maloney.

12:13 I mart, I Mealy murano,

12:27 Narcisse

12:27 . I Nurse? I don't. I

12:30 . Jose. I would thank you,

12:39 Paladino wrestler Riley salam

12:46 . Justin Sanchez I, marina

12:50 Sanchez I santoso so I thank

12:55 you, shulman I. Stevens.

13:03 Thomas. Henry. Hi. On.

13:08 The majority leader, I ask

13:08 permission to vote in all

13:14 today's agenda.

13:15 Permission granted, ivo iona

13:17 items. Thank you, councilman

13:21 vernick. Aww, put it. No. Mmm.

13:31 I one high want huang, I you

13:55 know it's land use call ups

13:57 .hi. Thank you, but not honey.

14:13 If car abre u I speaker mannan

14:27 I. Today's land use call ups

14:27 are adopted by a vote of 41 in

14:28 the affirmative and zero in

14:31 the negative. Thank you. Thank

14:34 you will now have

14:35 communication from speaker.

14:37 Julie Menin. Afternoon

14:38 ,everyone, as we are meeting

14:40 now a suspicious device was

14:41 found in a crawl park in my

14:45 district. I just got off the

14:46 phone with the police

14:48 commissioner, the nypd is

14:50 investigating this incident.

14:51 This is obviously an evolving

14:52 and developing situation this

14:56 morning. Finance chair Linda

14:56 Lee I released a New council

14:58 economic forecast and budget

15:00 analysis ahead of our

15:02 preliminary budget oversight

15:03 hearings, which begin tomorro

15:05 w. I want to encourage every

15:06 member to show up for these

15:10 incredibly important budget

15:12 hearings, the economic

15:12 forecast shows a difference of

15:14 nearly $400 million in tax

15:19 revenue projections compared

15:20 to the mayor's office and

15:20 budget and management for

15:22 fiscal years 20 26 and 20 27

15:26 combined are separate fiscal

15:28 analysis identified nearly $

15:31 17 billion in potential savings

15:34 and a in fiscal year 26 alone,

15:36 which of course, and it's on

15:40 thirtieth. That analysis shows

15:40 we can protect critical

15:43 government services without

15:44 drawing down on our rainy day

15:47 fund, which had been proposed

15:49 by the administration and its

15:50 preliminary budget, and I want

15:51 to make clear the rainy day

15:52 fund has never been drawn dow

15:55 n, whether it be during covid

15:56 or during the asylum seeker

15:58 crisis. So we think that this

15:59 should only be reserved for

16:02 true fiscal emergencies wer

16:03 ecommitted to maintaining

16:05 fiscal discipline and will

16:05 continue to collaborate with

16:07 the administration to ensure

16:08 the finances of the fiv

16:09 eboroughs remained strong over

16:13 the weekend, we witness an

16:14 attempted act of isis

16:16 influence terrorism outside

16:18 gracie mansion during a

16:19 protest that occurred in my

16:23 district. This could clearly

16:24 have easily become a lethal

16:27 situation. I'm relieved that

16:28 no one was injured at the

16:29 Mayor and his family are safe

16:31 that the residents in my

16:32 district are safe now, of

16:33 course, as I mentioned there

16:35 is another suspicious device

16:37 that is under investigation,

16:38 which is a really intolerable

16:42 situation to alleged suspects

16:43 were charged yesterday, and

16:44 they must be held fully

16:47 accountable. I'm deeply

16:48 grateful to the nypd for their

16:50 swift and heroic response,

16:52 particularly nypd chief aaron

16:55 edwards and sergeant luis

16:56 navarro, who without

16:58 hesitation risked their own

16:59 safety for the safety of

17:03 others the right to peacefully

17:04 protect is, of course,

17:05 sacrosanct, regardless of the

17:06 content, violence and

17:09 terrorism have absolutely no

17:10 place in our City on a more

17:14 celebratory note. I want t

17:15 osay, of course, it's Sunday

17:17 was international

17:18 . Woman's day and so we are,

17:20 of course, a women led New

17:22 York City Council and I know

17:23 that the pride that we all

17:25 field cannot be measured.

17:27 We're so proud of women in the

17:28 City and all that they are

17:29 accomplishing women in public

17:31 service and across every

17:32 different industry and sector

17:35 ,and so it was a very

17:37 celebratory day and lastly, I

17:38 want to say in the person

17:40 outside. I'm very excited to

17:42 announce David New

17:43 appointments to our senior

17:46 staff joe daniels was the

17:48 former and president of the 9

17:51 11 memorial museum he handled

17:53 the construction of that very

17:55 complicated project and when

17:56 there was 60 active projects

17:58 going on around ground zero.

18:00 He is going to be our New

18:02 senior adviser for economi

18:03 cdevelopment together with leah

18:05 goldman, who has done a lot in

18:09 terms of economic development

18:10 and a different public private

18:13 partnerships together, joe and

18:14 leah will co direct our New

18:16 office for advancing

18:18 partnerships and economic

18:19 expansion or apex for short.

18:23 We're also welcoming greg

18:23 krakauer, who served as

18:25 counselor and senior adviser

18:26 to the New York state attorne

18:28 ygeneral. He will be the New

18:30 counsel to the speaker working

18:33 on oversight and

18:34 investigations matters and

18:37 lastly, but certainly not

18:37 least I'm so thrilled to say

18:40 that mca job is being elevated

18:43 to general counsel. She is the

18:45 first black person to ever

18:46 occupy the office of general

18:48 counsel in the City Council.

18:49 Mark. I particularly want t

19:01 ocongratulate you.

19:01 So March 14 is wholly the

19:03 hindu festival of colors of

19:05 love and of course, of spring

19:06 in which it feels like today

19:08 on March 17 we're going to be

19:10 celebrating st patrick's day

19:11 and I look forward to once

19:13 again marching down fifth

19:14 avenue at the annual st

19:16 patrick's day parade and I

19:17 hope many of you can join

19:20 March 23 is pakistan day,

19:22 which commemorates the

19:23 adoption of the lahore

19:24 resolution that led to the

19:25 formation of the nation of

19:28 pakistan. I join all pakistani

19:29 New yorkers who celebrate this

19:31 day of freedom and

19:33 independence March 20 is greek

19:35 independence day and we, our

19:37 cities vibrant greek

19:39 communities and observance o

19:39 fthis important celebration

19:43 next on the birthday fronts. I

19:44 want to wish a happy birthday

19:45 to Council Member Chi oh, say

19:47 who was celebrating on 18 and

19:51 the Council Member Lincoln

19:51 wrestler whose birthday is on

19:53 the 19 happy birthday,

19:57 wishing you both wonderful

19:58 celebrations. I want to take a

20:02 moment

20:02 , okay? I want to take a

20:03 moment on a more somber note

20:06 to acknowledge a passing a