New York City Council Charter Meeting (Organizational/Rules and Speaker Election)

The City Clerk will call the Charter Meeting to order.

Roll Call

The New York State Attorney General will perform the ceremony of the duly elected Council Members taking their oath of office.

Invocation

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1297-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the gender-motivated violence protection law.

Nomination and Election of the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections

At a duly convened meeting, we, the undersigned members of the Minority (Republican) Delegation of the Council of the City of New York, hereby designate and appoint Council Member David M. Carr as Minority Leader of the Council of the City of New York, for the term which commenced on January 1, 2026. Signed: David M. Carr, Frank Morano, Vickie Paladino and Inna Vernikov

Pursuant to Rule 4.10 of the Council of the City of New York and Paragraph 5 of the Bylaws of the Minority Delegation of the same, I hereby designate and appoint Council Member Inna Vernikov as Minority Whip of the Council of the City of New York, for the term which commenced on January 1, 2026. Signed: David M. Carr, Minority Leader

Continuation of the 2024-2025 Rules of the Council, As Amended.

Petitions and Communications

Messages & Papers from the Mayor

Adjourned

The City Clerk will open the floor for nominations for the office for Speaker of the Council of the City of New York pursuant to Section 44 of the New York City Charter for the term commencing January 7, 2026 and terminating December 31, 2029.

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 125-A of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the police department from collecting DNA from a minor without consent from a parent, legal guardian or attorney

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 408-A of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to creating a division within the department of small business services to assist street vendors and reporting regarding such assistance efforts

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 431-B of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding business licensing and regulatory compliance of all mobile food and general vendors

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1251-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to issuing licenses to mobile food and general vendors

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1391-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the establishment of compensation standards for security guards

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 479-A of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the establishment of standards and procedures to determine the existence of conflicts of interest and other misconduct concerning city contracts

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 570-B of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating a land bank

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1407-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the sale of tax liens

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1419-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting regarding unresolved tax liens, and to repeal and replace section 11-356 of such code, relating to a temporary task force on tax liens

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1420-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the transfer of tax liens to a land bank

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 902-B of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to giving qualified entities a first opportunity to submit a statement of interest and a first opportunity to purchase certain properties

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1120-B of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing timelines for cooperative corporations to approve or deny the sale of cooperative apartments

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1412-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to redefining terms concerning immigration enforcement to account for current enforcement practices, and prohibiting the maintenance of an office or quarters on property under the jurisdiction of the department of correction by federal immigration authorities

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 958-A of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation of affordable homeownership opportunities

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1433-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the citywide percentage of rental units in projects receiving city financial assistance that must be 2- and 3-bedroom units and amending the city’s fair housing plan

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1443-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the citywide percentage of rental units in projects receiving city financial assistance that must be affordable for extremely low-income and very low-income households

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1451-A of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the New York city police department to provide the civilian complaint review board with direct access to officer body-worn camera footage and to establish related procedures

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 1279-B of 2025 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a department of sanitation rule regarding supplemental sanitation service providers placing out refuse or recycling

Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 276-A of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the wrongful deactivation of high-volume for-hire vehicle drivers

Communication from the Speaker

Communication from City, County & Borough Offices

Communication from the Comptroller - Submitting Report to the Mayor and City Council on City Comptroller Audit Operations for Fiscal Year 2025, in accordance to New York City Charter Section 93(f).

The Board of Elections certified the election for the Members of the City Council on December 2, 2025. The following individuals have been duly elected: 1st Christopher Marte 27th Nantasha M. Williams 2nd Harvey D. Epstein 28th Ty Hankerson 3rd Erik D. Bottcher 29th Lynn C. Schulman 4th Virginia Maloney 30th Phil Wong 5th Julie Menin 31st Selvena N. Brooks-Powers 6th Gale A. Brewer 32nd Joann Ariola 7th Shaun Abreu 33rd Lincoln Restler 8th Elsie Encarnacion 34th Jennifer Gutiérrez 9th Yusef Salaam 35th Crystal Hudson 10th Carmen N. De La Rosa 36th Chi A. Ossé 11th Eric Dinowitz 37th Sandy Nurse 12th Kevin C. Riley 38th Alexa Avilés 13th Shirley Aldebol 39th Shahana K. Hanif 14th Pierina A. Sanchez 40th Rita C. Joseph 15th Oswald J. Feliz 41st Darlene Mealy 16th Althea V. Stevens 42nd Chris Banks 17th Justin E. Sanchez 43rd Susan Zhuang 18th Amanda C. Farías 44th Simcha Felder 19th Vickie Paladino 45th Farah N. Louis 20th Sandra Ung 46th Mercedes Narcisse 21st Shanel Thomas-Henry 47th Kayla Santosuosso 22nd Tiffany L. Cabán 48th Inna Vernikov 23rd Linda Lee 49th Kamillah M. Hanks 24th James F. Gennaro 50th David M. Carr 25th Shekar Krishnan 51st Frank Morano 26th Julie Won

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