New York City Council Stated Meeting - August 14, 2025
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The New York City Council held a stated meeting on August 14, 2025, at 1:45 PM in Council Chambers at City Hall. The meeting included adoption of previous minutes, consideration of mayoral veto messages, approval of land use applications and zoning amendments, passage of local laws on health, housing, and technology matters, and introduction of numerous resolutions and bills. Key actions included approval of tax exemptions for affordable housing, zoning modifications for multiple development projects across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, and enactment of laws addressing supportive housing eligibility, hospital signage for transgender patients, cooling centers, and rooftop activity complaints.
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- Approved Resolution 1013-2025 designating organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget (37-7 vote)
- Approved Resolution 1028-2025 for real property tax exemption for affordable housing in Manhattan and Bronx
- Enacted Local Law 2025/126 requiring hospital signage regarding patient rights and services for transgender individuals
- Enacted Local Law 2025/127 requiring reporting on hospital training for transgender medical care
- Enacted Local Law 2025/128 amending regulations on cooling centers
- Enacted Local Law 2025/129 requiring outreach on child care rights
- Enacted Local Law 2025/130 requiring reporting on child care inspector training
- Enacted Local Law 2025/131 requiring training for medical personnel in public schools
- Enacted Local Law 2025/132 amending supportive housing eligibility for involuntarily confined persons
- Enacted Local Law 2025/125 creating separate 311 category for rooftop activity complaints
- Approved multiple zoning map amendments and special permits for development projects including Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan, 47 Hall Street Rezoning, 347 Flushing Avenue, 236 Gold Street, 42-11 30th Avenue, and Lenox Hill Hospital expansion
- Received three mayoral veto messages regarding protections for delivery workers and grocery delivery worker minimum payments
- Adopted Resolution 986-2025 recognizing August 14, 2025 as the 90th anniversary of Social Security and commemorating August 14 annually as Social Security Day
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