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Legislative Passed:
Local Law N of 2020
Ordinance 45.122.19
Ordiance 23.101.20
Ordinance 24.101.20
Resolution 112.121.20R
Resolution 113.121.20R
Resolution 114.121.20R
Resolution 116.121.20R
Resolution 104.112.20R
Resolution 105.112.20R
Resolution 106.112.20R
Resolution 107.112.20R
Resolution 108.112.20R
Resolution 109.112.20R
A
Yes,
welcome
everyone
to
monday
december
7th
meeting
in
caucus
of
the
albany
common
council
just
for
the
record
I'll
go
through.
We
have
council
member
flynn,
doshay
ballerin,
fahey,
o'brien,
farrell,
hoey
council
president
ellis
councilman
councilman.
I
go
and
that's
it.
Our
staff
j.r
pitardo,
our
attorney
michelle
legislative
aide,
our
clerk
danielle
gillespie.
A
We
also
have
the
city
treasurer
sean
farr
here,
corp
council,
brett
williams,
mayor's
chief
of
staff,
david
gallon
and
the
corp
council
did,
I
see
marisa
in
here
somewhere,
yes
right
in
the
center
there.
Yes,
I'm
just
trying
to
see
if
I
forgot
anyone
so
miss
frederick
has
also
joined
us
and
we
have
richard
berkley
from
the
bza
who's
also
with
us
how
you
doing
richard.
So
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
just.
I
need
a
motion
from
a
member
to
go
into
executive
session
regarding
a
personal
matter.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
We're
back
from
executive
session.
We
were
discussing
the
personnel
matter
back
into
our
regular
meeting.
I
it
looks
like
I
think
I
missed
mr
igo
before
and
miss
love
is
with
us
now,
as
well
as
mr
anani
from
the
council.
Okay,
jumping
excuse
me,
and
so
before
heading
into
the
agenda,
were
we
going
to
have
any
jenny
that
we
need
to
have
any
discussion
around
that
legislation?
I
don't
think
we
do.
I
think
we
can
just
go
down
the
list,
mention
them
and
speak
as
we
go.
A
Probably
the
better
way:
okay,
all
right
so
again
welcome
it's
the
monday
december
7th
of
2020
meeting
of
the
council.
It's
our
caucus
prior
to
our
main
meeting,
jumping
into
the
agenda
approval
of
meeting
minutes
from
the
previous
meeting.
We
have
the
november
16th
2020
meeting
minutes
for
approval.
A
E
A
A
A
Actually,
let
me
go
back
I'll
get
back
to
that
one.
First,
we
have
mr
conte's.
It's
number
six
on
the
agenda.
It's
45
122
of
19..
It's
an
ordinance!
It's
the
ordinance
for
the
snow
park,
city
parks
during
snow
emergencies.
It
was
in
law
the
other
night
in
past
with
a
positive
recommendation.
That's
number
six
on
the
agenda.
It's
ordinance
45,
122
19.,
then
next
on
to
number
13
was
which
is
mr
hoey's
hen
ordinance.
That's
23,
101
20.
A
A
A
A
H
J
I
A
Resolutions
introduced
it's
by
mr
inani.
It's
resolution,
112
121
20r,
calling
on
the
department
of
homeland
security
hall,
all
the
deportation
proceedings.
You
wanted
us.
You
wanted
to
pass
this
tonight
right,
mister,
yes,
thank
you,
anani
our
members
and
supporters.
All
co-sponsored
right,
okay,
we'll
be
passed.
A
K
A
Okay,
so
next
will
be
resolution
114,
121
20r,
I
believe
we're
all
started
with
mr
conte,
but
I
believe
we're
all
co-sponsors
and
in
favor
of
this
it'll
be
a
pass
tonight.
Okay,
next
resolution,
115
121
20r
by
miss
farrow
that
will
be
intro
and
whole
you're
going
to
discuss
that
at
your
upcoming
meeting.
Yes,.
D
A
Okay,
it's
going
to
be
referral
finance!
Okay
next
is
resolution.
116
121
20r,
it's
by
me
for
establishing
the
work
standard
work
days.
That's
at
this
point,
it'd
be
for
miss
frederick,
because
she's
new
everyone
else's
was
already
done.
We
had
discussion
in
our
caucus
about
the
city
auditors
needing
to
be
done.
We
still
working
on
that
or
or
is
it
going
to
be
for
next
meeting.
A
A
M
A
M
D
M
M
D
N
That,
actually
is,
is
the
administration
that
was
part
of
the
budget
process,
and
those
figures
are
essentially
provided
by
the
budget
office
to
the
council.
On
that
side,
I
I
know
I
can
speak
more
of
the
re-levies
than
that,
but
I'm
not
sure
I
think
it's
a
relatively
small
change,
but
I
think
was
also
part
of
the
budget
process.
M
P
M
M
N
I
mean
they,
you
know,
they're,
essentially,
as
presented,
I
sent
the
list
of
the
dgs
re-levies
the
demo
reed
levies
and
the
water
re-levies,
the
the
the
backup
documentation
on
saturday.
That
is
slightly
amended
today,
as
we
worked
our
way
through
it
over
the
weekend,
but
the
numbers
and
the
resolution
are,
as
you
know,
essentially
as
presented
again.
This
is
something
we
do
every
year.
N
A
A
M
O
M
M
M
N
N
M
P
M
M
C
L
M
So
I
mean
if
we
take
the
language
out
of
the
resolution,
I
guess
that
solves
the
problem.
I
just
don't
know
if,
if
we
want
to
do
that,
just
because
we
can't
answer
the
question
about
whether
or
not
the
zero
percent
is
what
is
being
referred
to
as
the
differential,
and
I
don't
know
that
whether
the
resolution
requires
us
to
state
whether
or
not
we're
changing
the
differential
or
not.
H
N
O
C
G
Yeah,
this
is
the
resolution
we
talked
about
at
caucus
last
week,
which
I
sent
out
over
the
weekend.
An
initial
draft
this
this
final
one
had
take
some
typos
and
grammatical
issue
corrections
in
it.
But
basically
this
is
the
same
one
I
sent
out
earlier
over
the
weekend
and
I
have
all
members
listed
as
co-sponsors.
A
A
We've
got
numbers,
excuse
me
resolution
cell
104
through
109.
they're
reappointments
to
the
bza,
it's
richard
berkeley,
serena,
joyce,
white
league,
martin,
daly,
raja
rice,
gill,
paige,
barnum
and
jeff.
Queen
your
appointments
to
the
bza,
my
apologies,
richard
berkeley
is
here.
I
I
missed
up.
I
didn't
have
michelle
reach
out
to
the
the
new
members
to
have
them
present
here
tonight.
So.
O
A
Discus,
yes,
any
and
all
for
this
yep,
okay,
okay,
so
again,
these
resolutions
are
reappointments.
Summary
appointments
are
two
new
appointments.
I
apologize
for
not
having
the
the
folks
come
in,
but
I
know
during
the
the
that
meeting
that
planning
media-
I
think
most
of
the
members
were
there
through
the
questioning
in
the
conversation
around
the
appointments.
A
C
P
G
A
A
So
so,
okay,
I'm
just
talking
to
members
about
the
mandatory
trainings.
There
are
three.
If
you
haven't
done
so,
please
we
need
to
have
those
completed.
I
believe,
there's
a
there
are
some
ramifications
with
the
department
of
labor
if
it
doesn't
get
taken
care
of.
So
please
jump
on
and
take
care
of
those
issues.
D
The
other
thing
is
for
any
that
you
have
done
in
your
job.
Some
of
them
are
specific
to
albany
that
you'll
have
to
do,
but
if
you've
done
the
sexual
harassment
prevention
training
in
your
job,
you
can
share
proof
of
that
with
with
staff,
and
that
and
you
don't
have
to
then
redo
it.
You
only
have
to
do
it
once,
but
there
are
several
that
are
albany
specific
for
three
training,
so
I
think
the
workplace
prevent
the
violence,
workplace,
violence
prevention
is
specific
to
albany
and
then
not
everywhere.
D
D
H
D
Hands
kelly,
can
I
just
mention
something
quickly
and
then
maybe
we
can
all
stretch
our
legs
or
something
for
a
minute,
but
I
just
wanted
to
bring
up
that
the
thing
that
we
had
talked
about
before
in
terms
of
evaluating
our
staff
and
going
through
that
process
and
just
to
let
people
know
that
that's
I'll
be
putting
together
working
with
leadership,
to
put
some
things
together
with
that,
so
we'll
be
able
to
talk
about
that
in
a
more
full
way.
Soon.
P
C
M
M
A
A
So
yeah
from
our
leadership
meeting,
we
we
did
talk
about
the
mayor,
re-engaging
the
covet
work-at-home
plan.
I
believe
it
was
called
something
along
those
lines,
but
some
folks
are
working
from
home
again.
City
hall
is
not
shut
down
like
most
or
some
of
the
other
city
halls
in
the
area.
It's
still
open,
but
some
employees
are
working
from
home.
A
She
mayor
also
mentioned
that
they'd
implemented
a
planned
kind
of
secession,
kind
of
disaster
planning
and
and
what
she's
done
is
make
is
making
an
effort
to
make
sure
none
of
her
command
staff
or
top
department
heads
are
all
in
one
area.
At
the
same
time,
you
know
like
the
the
commissioners
and
the
deputies,
she's
keeping
them
all
separate.
So,
in
the
event
of
you
know,
one
gets
coveted,
it
doesn't
take
down
the
you
know
her
whole
department,
which
is
which
is
smart.
D
D
The
she
also
another
big
piece
is
the
police
collaborative.
I
think
people
have
seen
there's
seven
public
meetings
that
are
coming
up,
and
it
would
be
great
if
everyone
can
share
that
out
to
try
to
get
as
much
input
as
possible
and
there's
a
deep
desire
to
learn
and
discuss
things
with
community
members,
and
they
will
need
to
it's
not
going
to
be
broadcast
on
facebook.
D
G
D
A
D
A
Yeah
and
there
was
emphasis
on
a
focus
of
city
of
albany
residents,
because
we
quite
often
have
folks
that
aren't
from
the
city
weighing
in
and
sometimes
they're
the
loudest
voices
and
that's
not
necessarily
a
good
thing.
There
was
a
recognition
that
obviously
with
covet
and
we're
supposed
to
be
some
in-person
engagement
with
community,
and
obviously
we
can't
do
that
stuff.
So
really
social
media
members
with
huge
social
media
presence.
A
G
A
It's
to
try
and
there's
that
second
letter
with
some
some
like
just
incorporating
that
and
and
talking
through
that.
I
I
think
there
were
some
you
know
in
the
previous
meeting
back.
You
know
the
police
department
stated
what
they
you
know,
making
the
tweaks
and
kind
of
changing
as
best
we
can
the
input
adding
the
input
that
we
got
from
the
last
the
last
meeting
to
try
to
get
closer,
I
mean
in
the
end,
I
I'm
sure.
B
I
forgot
to
mute
it's
off
a
different
subject,
so
I
don't
want
to
in
case
dj's
still
on
the
police
subject
some
time
ago
right
when
you
took
over
kelly,
we
were
working
with
with
my
brain.
Just
went
with
richard
on
the
living
wage
committee
that
we
would
put
together
and
we
came
up
with
people
we
nominated
fred
pfeiffer
is
the
one
that
jumps
right
out
at
me,
and
you
know
it's
been
over
well
over
a
year
and
he's
kind
of
disgusted.
D
D
A
Right
and
so
tom,
in
the
numerous
leadership
meetings
we've
had
those
discussions
and
and
keep
or
kept
getting
the
you
know
covers
an
issue.
This
is
an
issue
that
you
know
that's
an
issue
we
I
mean
we
have
to
get
back
to
that,
but
I
mean
throughout
the
course
of
probably
even
this
year.
It's
come
up.
At
least
I
brought
it
up
personally,
at
least
two
of
the
meetings.
A
D
Say
it
might
be
getting
muddy
too,
because
we
do
have
these
two
different
things
with
similar
names,
so
in
fairness
to
the
administration
bringing
up
both
of
them,
it
might
be
redundant.
So
I
think
that
we'll
bring
up
a
lot
more
pointedly
to
discuss
specifically
the
living
wage
committee
that
you're
talking
about
yeah.
B
There
was
an
ordinance
passed
back
10
10
years
ago.
I
mean
richard
will
kind
of
remember
it.
You
know
this
committee
just
fell
apart
and
we
were
ready
to
go
and
it
was
you
know
the
mayor
needed
to
appoint.
I
think
two
people,
if
I
remember,
and
if
she
had
trouble
we
could
find
people
for
her
to
appoint.
I
mean,
but
richard
has
something.
G
G
A
A
I
mean
we've
had
a
lot
of
stuff
going
on
in
in
a
lot
of
issues,
but
my
argument
would
be
that
something
slowed
down,
so
this
might
have
been
a
good
opportunity
to
take
advantage
of
the
slowdown
to
try
to
to
you
know,
fill
these,
but
it
just
it.
A
lot
of
stuff
kind
of
got
got
stalled
and
I
I
apologize
for
that.
But
we
are
talking
about
it
and
we
have
had
conversations
about
it.
B
A
D
J
R
D
So
I
will
clarify
it's
not
my
point
or
my
choice,
but
just
what
the
administration
shared
with
me
shared
with
leadership,
that
there
was
a
feeling
with
the
people
who
are
in
charge
of
the
police,
collaborative
that
it
would
be
best
to
have
those
public.
Those
different
focus
meetings
not
broadcast
on
facebook,
so
that
people
speaking
in
them
could
feel
comfortable
to
share,
perhaps
more
information
than
they
would
if
they
were
broadcast
on
facebook.
E
J
S
B
R
R
S
H
E
Yep,
I
am
here
all
those
who
are
signed
up
for
public
comment
period
tonight.
You
have
five
minutes
to
speak
on
any
subject.
You
wish
to
speak
upon
during
public
comment.
Council
members
cannot
respond
to
you.
They
cannot
answer
questions
at
that
time.
If
you
should
ask
common
council
members
choose
to,
they
will
respond
to
those.
Your
public
comment
statements
at
a
later
period
in
the
agenda
of
the
meeting.
Once
again
at
a
four
minute
mark.
E
Q
Q
As
you
know,
two
of
the
four
neighborhoods
adjacent
to
washington
park
as
members
of
our
association,
our
members
of
the
association
support
council
member
conte's,
proposed
changes
to
the
snow
emergency
ordinance.
This
is
a
common
sense
approach
to
modify
the
existing
city
code
to
address
situations
where
a
park
related
event
overlaps
a
declared
snow
emergency.
Q
Q
Second
residents,
who
would
who
would
utilize
the
interior
park
streets
for
us?
A
declared
snow
emergency
pay
a
yearly
parking
fee,
a
program
that
is
included
in
this
evening's
agenda
under
held
resolutions,
23
41
20r,
without
suspending
social
event
parking
rules
residents
are
then
paying
for
a
service
that
they
are
unable
to
utilize.
They
are,
in
effect,
being
denied
the
service
for
which
they
pay
as
part
of
their
yearly
parking
permit.
Q
Furthermore,
bear
in
mind
that,
since
this
change
is
related
to
declared
snow
emergencies,
that
road
conditions
and
accessibility
will
even
be
more
challenging
further
exacerbating
the
dangers
for
drivers
and
pedestrians
and
finally,
residents
that
travel
for
work
to
and
from
the
neighborhood
must
contend
with
finding
parking.
At
the
same
time
that
city
crews
start
clearing
the
even
and
odd
sides
of
the
streets
residents
in
our
neighborhood
must
contend
with
sorry.
Q
In
the
more
suburban
parts
of
our
city
are
unaware
of
the
logistical
challenges
that
our
neighborhood
residents
must
contend
with
during
these
snow
emergencies.
The
idea
that
it
only
adds
a
few
more
minutes
to
a
daily
commute
is
problematic
in
its
logic
and
doesn't
align
to
the
reality
of
the
situation.
Q
Q
As
all
members
of
the
common
council
are
aware,
residents
in
our
neighborhoods
bear
the
brunt
of
a
number
of
special
events
in
through
and
around
washington
park.
We
recognize
that
each
of
these
groups
are
committed
to
supporting
a
variety
of
excellent
causes
and
we
commend
those
efforts.
We
support
those
organizations
and
their
missions
as
well
and
do
not
believe
the
proposed
change
would
negatively
impact
these
special
events.
J
E
F
B
F
This
change
takes
effect
on
april
first,
but
I
have
already
had
to
inform
five
staff
five
of
our
40
staff,
that
they
will
be.
Let
go
on
january
1st,
the
first
round
of
cuts,
I'm
anticipating
our
340b
program
in
albany,
supports
our
meal
program,
our
housing,
transportation,
mental
health
services
and
support
for
access
to
medications
and
medical
care
for
the
persons
who
are
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
city
of
albany
community.
F
I'd
like
to
thank
richard
conte,
and
also
the
council
members
who
have
supported
this
resolution,
calling
for
the
governor
and
the
new
york
state
legislature
to
take
action
now
to
reverse
the
340b
medicaid
carve
out
before
lives
are
lost
in
the
city
of
albany
and
throughout
new
york
state.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
tonight.
T
Hi
good
evening,
thank
you,
mr
president,
members
of
the
common
council
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
this
evening.
My
name
is
zachary
simpson.
I
reside
at
175
homestead
avenue.
I
am
the
newly
elected
chair
of
the
council
of
albany
neighborhood
associations,
also
known
as
cana,
I'd
like
to
speak
tonight
in
strong
support
of
the
resolutions.
T
Honoring,
the
former
chairs
of
cana,
harold
rubin
and
howie
stoller,
I'd
first
like
to
speak
about
harold
rubin,
who
recently
passed
at
the
age
of
93,
and
my
heart
goes
out
to
his
wife,
ruth
and
their
family
in
1976,
harold
rubin
co-founded
cana,
and
served
as
kana's
chair
for
the
first
20
years.
Harold
was
well
known
as
a
man
of
strong
moral
character
and
integrity.
T
He
believed
that
receiving
municipal
services
was
a
matter
of
right,
not
as
a
favor.
He
was
a
major
part
of
the
fight
against
the
empire,
state
plaza
arterial
connector
that
would
have
gone
through
the
heart
of
center
square
and
the
washington
park.
He
was
canada's
main
spokesperson,
especially
at
hearings
on
the
city
budget.
He
fought
for
years
to
allow
members
of
the
public
to
make
comments
of
public
common
council
meetings.
T
T
After
margie
skinner
served
as
cain's
chair
for
five
years,
howie
stoller
stepped
up
and
accepted
the
cana
chair
mantle
and
what
was
intended
to
be
a
year
or
two
of
service
how
he
dutifully
served
as
kane's
chair
for
20
years,
just
like
harold,
howie
stoller
brought
cana
into
the
21st
century,
with
storing
email,
communications,
meeting
agendas
and
meeting
minutes
online
for
members
of
the
public
and
the
city
to
review
how
we
work
to
engage
canada.
An
issue
is
directly
relevant
and
important
to
our
neighborhoods
from
gun,
violence
to
affordable
housing
to
code
enforcement
and
others.
T
T
We
are
living
in
unprecedented
and
challenging
times,
and
I
intend
to
ensure
the
continued
vibrancy
of
cana
and
its
participation
in
decisions
affecting
our
city
in
the
months
and
years
ahead.
Like
all
of
you
and
like
harold
and
howie,
I
value
our
neighborhoods
and
I
recognize
all
the
work
that
still
needs
to
be
done.
So,
on
behalf
of
the
members
of
cana,
thank
you
all
for
honoring
howard,
harold
rubin
and
howie
stoller,
two
very
accomplished
individuals
and
outstanding
pillars
of
our
community.
Thank
you.
E
K
Hi,
my
name
is:
can
you
guys
hear
me
hi?
My
name
is
shadi
kadivi.
I
am
the
president
of
the
washington
park,
neighborhood
association,
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
neighborhood
association
as
a
resident
and
a
resident
as
well,
and
I'm
speaking
with
respect
to
the
ordinance
451
451-2219,
the
snow,
emergency,
ordinance
or
modification
that
richard
conte
has
proposed.
K
So
we
understand
that
this
impacts
all
parks,
but
particularly
we
do
have
a
shortage
and
in
snow
emergencies
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
residents
that
pay
for
their
parking
fees
are
able
to
park
in
the
park,
especially
since
we,
a
lot
of
us,
don't
have
access
to
our
own
parking
spots.
We
park
on
the
street.
E
A
A
H
R
H
T
J
R
J
A
S
E
H
Go
ahead,
mr
president,
last
thursday
december
3rd
law,
billing
and
coach
committee
met,
and
we
took
up
three
proposed
piece
of
legislation,
one
we
just
passed,
which
I
don't
understand
why
we
pass
them
before.
We
give
the
the
notices,
but
the
other
two
were
mr
conte's
one
that
was
just
discussed
by
a
lot
of
the
public
speakers
parking
in
the
snow
emergencies
and
another
one
was
mr
hoey's
piece
on
making
the
hen
ordnance
permanent.
D
D
A
Kim
bro,
yes,
thank
you.
Mr
president,
public
safety
met
on
november
30th
to
review
applicants
for
the
cprb.
We
had
a
good
group
of
applicants
and
we
ended
up
choosing
paul
collins
hackett
to
fill
the
vacant
seat.
He
will
be
at
our
caucus
on
the
16th
to
introduce
himself.
Some
members
are
probably
familiar
with
him
in
any
case,
so
he'll
be
here
for
that.
We
also
have
a
public
safety
public
safety
meetings
on
december,
9th
and
10th.
Where
we'll
be
reviewing
applicants
for
our
violence
prevention
task
force.
A
E
G
G
To
the
extent
such
special
event
would
otherwise
restrict
the
availability
of
snow
emergency
barking.
So
it's
directly
related
to
the
availability
is
no
emergency
parking
and,
just
to
you
know,
really
quickly
recap
what
a
snow
emergency.
Yes,
everybody
knows
no
emergency
is,
but
when
that's
declared,
and
especially
in
the
downtown
neighborhoods
awards,
which
are
much
more
densely
populated
and
where
on
street
parking
is
difficult
to
come
by,
but
once
the
snow
emergency
is
declared,
fifty
percent
of
the
on-street
parking
is
eliminated.
G
There's
the
brochure
which
is
not
really
showing
up
there,
but
everyone's
familiar
with
the
snow
emergency
brochure
and
the
standard
locations
that
are
publicized,
which
are
standing
locations
that
everybody
knows
about
one
of
the
essential
parts
of
the
snow
emergency
system.
In
order
for
it
to
work
is
it
has
to
be
simple,
consistent
and
uniform.
G
There
is
a
provision
in
the
mou
regarding
that
show
that
does
provide
that,
in
the
event
of
declares
no
emergency,
that
the
event
will
be
suspended,
that
that
was
added
very
specifically
to
what
happened.
Last
year.
It
happened
after
I
introduced
my
ordinance
and,
after
I
advocated
with
the
mayor's
office,
also
that
some
something
like
that
really
needed
to
be
included.
While
we
were
also
considering
this
proposed
ordinance,
so
that's
how
that
provision
got
there,
but
in
order
you
know
to
to
really
safeguard
this
provision
moving
forward.
G
I
think
it's
important
that
we
codify
that
provision
and
that's
what
my
ordinance
would
do
put
it
in
the
city
code.
I
will
also
note
that
my
ordinance
does
have
the
full
support
of
the
mayor,
who
agrees
that
it's
important
to
codify
this
position
city
code
as
well,
so
the
administration
is
on
board.
With
this
approach.
Also
and
again,
it's
important
that
there
be
a
consistent
rule
that
everybody
can
point
to.
So
we
don't
have
the
situation
again.
We
don't
have
any
kind
of
modifications.
G
It
would
apply
to
other
city
parks
only
to
the
extent
that
those
parks
might
be
used
during
a
snow
emergency
for
overflow
parking
and
only
to
the
extent
that
there
is
a
special
event
in
the
park
that
might
impede
that
parking.
I'm
not
aware
of
anything
else,
but
it
would
provide
a
protection
to
the
extent
that
that
might
be
out
there,
and
you
know
I
would
also
argue
to
some
extent
my
language
is
a
little
bit
more
flexible
than
what's
in
the
mou,
but
it
it
is
important.
G
I
think
that
we
have
a
standard
provision
in
the
snow
emergency
rules
that
can
be
pointed
to
and
that
will
provide
the
protection
and
the
availability
of
that
parking
moving
moving
further,
when
we
first
actually
adopted
these
rules
under
the
whalen
administration.
I
believe,
if
we
had
known
this
would
have
been
an
issue
it
would
have
been
included
back
then,
but
you
know
we
didn't
know
it
would
be
an
issue.
It
happened
once
before
many
years
ago.
G
U
U
U
They
make
roughly
anywhere
from
thirty
five
hundred
to
four
thousand
dollars
per
event.
This
legislation,
I
believe,
would
have
an
impact
on
a
number
of
groups
who
hold
events
specifically
lights
in
a
park
that
is
held
by
the
police
athletic
league.
I
believe
that
these
type
of
legislation,
quite
frankly,
needs
to
be
left
to
the
discretion
of
city
administration,
not
create
a
blanket
policy
with
little
room
for
adjustments
right.
U
You
know
to
pass
a
local
law
there's
a
process
that
has
to
go
and
most
of
the
time
it's
a
long
process.
It's
not
something
that
can
happen
overnight.
Currently,
the
city
of
albany
has
an
agreement,
a
memorandum
of
understanding
with
this
non-profit
already.
So
that
is
what
the
fundamental
difference
is
between
the
sponsor
and
I,
on
this
specific
legislation.
U
U
Not
only
is
this
going,
this
legislation
unnecessary,
but
would
also
harm
other
organizations
and
their
organizations.
So
again
the
mouss
are
easy
to
change.
Legislation
is
a
process,
and
I
think
that
moving
forward,
if
we
want
to
legislate
every
mou,
what
is
the
point
of
having
a
memorandum
of
understanding?
U
U
A
states
person
for
this
city
has
done
phenomenal
work
and
when
this
piece
of
legislation
was
brought
up
the
first
time,
quite
frankly,
the
executive
director
heard
about
it
was
two
days
ago
about
having
this
legislation
passed
and
again
he
this
he
agrees
that
this
piece
of
legislation
is
unnecessary.
If
a
non-profit
has
a
contract
with
the
city
of
albany,
that
should
be
sufficient
enough.
If
they're
not
following
it,
then
you
get
away.
You
break
the
contract.
So
thank
you,
mr
president,
and
I
will
be
voting.
E
M
M
M
We
can't
ask
our
residents
to
do
the
impossible
and
get
their
cars
off
the
road
if
they
don't
have
driveways
and
they
don't
have
other
places
to
park
the
cars
so
accommodations
have
been
made.
People
have
recognized
that
this
is
a
problem
with
a
snow
emergency,
so
accommodations
have
been
made
for
people
to
park
in
the
empire,
state
plaza
for
people
to
park
in
certain
other
locations
in
the
city.
M
M
Personally,
I'm
not
thrilled
with
the
idea
of
any
organization,
regardless
of
its
financial
needs,
encouraging
people
to
come
out
during
the
snow
emergency
before
the
roads
are
all
cleared
to
to
go
to
a
particular
event.
I
think
that
in
those
extraordinary
circumstances,
just
like,
we
have
extraordinary
circumstances
right
now
where
people
are
dealing
with
the
realities
of
the
situation
and
they
make
accommodations.
E
G
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I'll
just
note,
actually,
we
haven't
had
access
to
parking
at
the
empire
state
plaza
since
the
the
9
11
attack
on
the
world
trade
center
and
ever
since
then
the
state
has
not
allowed
us
to
use
that
for
parking.
I
believe
the
garage
in
the
mansion
neighborhood
is
sometimes
made
available,
but
that's
also
all
dependent
on
when
a
snow
emergency
happens
and
whether
or
not
the
state
workers
are
going
to
be
needing
it.
Just
a
couple
of
points.
G
G
Sometimes,
in
the
snow
emergency
system
that
causes
car
towing,
we
have
a
lot
of
turnover
in
terms
of
people,
students
who
move
in
and
out
other
transient
populations
who
move
in
and
out
of
our
our
neighborhoods
and
there's
not
always
the
time
to
re-educate
constantly
on
the
nuances
of
the
snow
emergency.
That's
why
it
needs
to
be
very
simple,
the
same
all
the
time
to
kind
of
enhance
compliance,
and,
as
I
say
it
is
a
uniform
policy,
I
don't
know
of
any
other
special
event
in
a
city
park
that
happens.
G
That
would
be
impacted
by
this
frankly,
because
this
really
involves
cars
driving
through
the
park
and
taking
up
areas
that
otherwise
would
be
made
available
for
off-street
parking.
A
special
event
that
happens
in
the
park
that
doesn't
involve
you
know
the
use
of
parking
spaces
would
not
be
canceled.
It
would
continue,
so
it's
very
narrowly
tailored
only
to
those
events
that
might
impact
the
availability
of
overflow
parking
and
only
to
the
extent
that
it
might
impact
that
parking.
G
Now.
I
you
know,
I'm
I'm
aware
and
appreciative
that
this
is
the
major
fundraiser
for
pal
and
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
discussed
you
know
in
during
the
meeting
law
committee
meeting
was
and
again
the
the
the
likelihood
of
a
snow
emergency
happening
when
the
lights
show
is
happening
is
kind
of
rare
when
it
happened
last
year.
G
It
was
only
the
second
time
in
my
memory,
because
snow
emergencies
don't
happen
all
the
time
and
we
don't
get
that
huge
downpour
snow
all
the
time
so
it
you
know
it's
kind
of
a
hit
and
miss
whether
it
might
happen
during
the
show.
But
you
know
you
can
also
add.
If
it
does
happen
during
the
light
show,
you
can
also
add
at
the
tail
end
additional
days
to
compensate
for
those
days
when
there's
no
emergency
may
have
suspended
the
show.
G
G
So
if
you
want
to
use
it
the
whole
the
12
days
of
christmas
you're
still
within
the
season,
if
you
add
a
couple
of
days
on
after
january
1st
and
that's
one
way
of
addressing
the
financial
concern,
if
that
is
a
concern,
and
that
happens
to
be
able
to
to
continue-
and
you
might
even
the
show-
might
even
get
more
publicity
by
that
as
well
and
more
more
people
coming
out
for
it.
So
again,
I
just
think
it's
it's
something.
What
do
we
need
to
do?
G
The
mayor
is
on
board.
She
agrees
that
we
need
to
do
this,
that
we
have
the
uniform
policy
that
we
codify
it
and
so
that
it's
a
protection,
that's
in
code-
and
you
know
it's
really
important
for
the
availability
of
parking
that
people
know
when
there's
a
snow
emergency
when
it's
publicized
that
that
parking
will
be
available
and
not
you
know
they
try
and
all
of
a
sudden
something
happens.
So
I
would
appreciate
your
support
tonight.
It's
important
issue
for
residents
downtown.
Thank
you.
H
O
J
R
J
H
S
B
B
G
U
You
know
as
one
of
the
prime
sponsors
I
know
a
lot
of
people
want
to
thank
my
friend
tom
hobby,
but
it's
an
effort
that
was
pushed
by
tom
hoey,
judy
dolce
and
my
and
myself
so
just
want
to
throw
that
out
there,
but
no.
I
really
want
to
thank
tom
for
actually
for
his
leadership
on
bringing
this
environmental
justice,
food
and
security
legislation
forward.
I
also
want
to
thank
all
the
members.
You
know
it
started
with
legal
counsel
when
jared
was
here.
U
I
want
to
thank
scott.
You
know
the
reddick
center.
You
know
I
want
to
thank
john
raphael
also
to
get
us
to
this
point,
to
make
it
permanent
here
in
our
city
of
albany,
since
the
backyard
hands
legislation
was
introduced,
we
we
looked
at
the
history
of
this
type
of
legislation
right
some
of
the
concerns
that
individuals
had,
particularly
in
the
pine
hills
neighborhood.
I
remember.
I
heard
a
story
that
I
was
a
rooster
on
south
island.
U
I
used
to
wake
up
the
neighborhood
all
the
time
right
across
from
the
pineal
elementary
school,
so
I
had
some
concern
generally,
but
you
know
that's
why
we
did
a
pilot.
We
listened
to
the
residents
and
so
far
we
have
nothing
but
positive
feedback.
So
we
look.
We
also
looked
at
what
other
cities
did
when
they
legalized
backyard
hands,
and
so
that
this
was
the
best
practice
for
for
moving
forward.
U
These
efforts
allowed
us
to
produce
the
the
pilot
in
the
beginning,
and
that
way
we
wanted
to
sunset,
and
now
we
are
trying
to
make
it
permanent.
I
I
think
this.
This
legislation
provides
an
appropriate
regulatory
approach
that
addresses
residents
concerns
about
razor,
hence
and
an
urban
environment.
It's
why
I
wanted
to
be
a
sponsor
of
this
legislation.
U
U
J
H
S
J
E
C
I
Thank
you,
council
president
ellis.
This
is
a
good
policy
change.
It's
been
something
we've
been
working
on
for
roughly
eight
months
now,
trying
to
get
the
language
corrected
and
having
back
and
forth
meetings
with
the
administration,
the
the
increase
of
the
labor
force
will
make
it
so
that
we
have
people
who
are
working
on
our
roads,
people
who
are
working
on
our
projects
to
look
and
represent
more
of
the
community
and
population
of
our
city.
I
I
Our
city
is
is
over
forty
percent
minority,
and
that
is
something
that
we
need
to
recognize.
So
it's
important
that
when
we
see
individuals
out
on
the
streets
and
they're
working
on
these
projects,
they
they
look
like
our
representation,
but
also
not
that
they
live
in
our
city
and
it's
a
good
way
to
try
to
recycle
as
much
funds
and
as
much
resources
as
we
can
to
maximize
every
dollar
we
can
spend.
You
know
to
better
out
our
neighborhoods
and
our
community,
so
this
is
good
good
policy.
I
It's
been
through
several
several
discussions
and
conversations,
and
I
really
do
appreciate
everyone
that
has
worked
on
this
and
helped
push
this
to
the
through
the
process.
Apologized
and
my
dog
is
as
excited
as
I
am
about
this
so
he's
also
in
support
of
this.
But
but
thank
you.
Thank
you,
everybody
because
it
you
know.
Sometimes
people
don't
realize
how
long
it
takes
to
get
something
to
the
floor
takes
a
lot
of
time,
a
lot
of
effort.
So
I
appreciate
everyone
to
help
push
this
through.
O
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
just
really
want
to
commend
the
sponsor
for
putting
forth
this
legislation
when
we
talk
about
making
systemic
changes
to
our
city.
This
is
a
legislation
that
mirrors
that
quite
beautifully
seven
percent
increase
more
than
seven
percent
increases,
no
no
small
feed.
So
I
want
to
thank
the
sponsor
I'd
be
hearing
my
dog
in
the
background.
He's
also
excited
for
this
legislation,
but
thank
you
very
much
for
bringing
this
forward
and
excited
to
see
some
changes.
J
J
L
U
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
president.
You
know
this
pandemic
has
exposed
the
disparities
in
all
our
communities,
but
also
we
look
at
what
the
united
states
department
of
homeland
security
is,
has
continued
to
do
and
some
changes
that
have
happened,
but
they
have
continued
to
deport
individuals
from
the
united
states.
U
During
this
global
pandemic,
the
bbc
has
come
out
against
what
the
homeland
security
is
doing
as
it
relates
to
deport
individuals,
and
I
think
that
it's
important
that
we
send
a
message
that
in
these
challenging
times
that
we're
in
we
should
try
to
minimize
the
spread
of
the
coronavirus
and
hotend.
The
deportation
is
not
only
going
to
benefit
the
united
states,
but
also
going
to
benefit
our
allies
in
other
countries
where
these
individuals
are
being
deported.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
co-sponsors,
and
thank
you,
mr
president,.
E
D
And
I
think
that
zach
simpson,
who
is
the
new
cana
president,
actually
summed
up
what
howie
has
done
really
well,
but
we
are
so
fortunate
to
have
his
leadership
in
our
city
for
the
past
20
years
and
kane
has
done
so
much
good
and
howie
in
that
role
has
really
changed
what
canada
is
for
the
city.
So
we
appreciate
his
all
that
he's
done
and-
and
I
I
can't
imagine
him
still
not
being
involved
in
some
way
so
look
forward
to
more
that
he'll
do.
S
S
Having
made
a
significant
contribution
to
our
city
as
well
as
our
other
honoree,
the
very
founder
of
cain
and
harold
rubin,
but
I
do
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
give
a
shout
out
to
zach
simpson
a
12th
ford
resident,
but
who's.
Actually,
I
am
confident
will
do
a
great
job
as
a
cane
president.
He's
really
shown
himself
with
our
neighborhoods
in
the
12th
ward
and
even
beyond,
with
his
uptown
neighborhood,
cooperative
and.
S
E
G
G
I
know
that
we
are.
This
is
part
of
it,
a
larger
effort
of
that's
being
made
by
a
broad-based
coalition
to
get
similar
resolutions
by
local
legislative
bodies
around
the
state
to
to
weigh
in
on
this.
I
think
we
might
be
the
first,
but
I'm
sure
that
others
throughout
the
state
will
be
joining
us
and
again.
I
appreciate
your
support
of
this
tonight.
Thank
you.
E
B
E
D
J
H
R
R
E
S
J
L
J
H
J
H
J
J
H
S
S
H
J
J
R
J
I
H
J
H
H
J
A
J
A
J
J
J
S
J
G
Thank
you.
Mr
president.
I
want
to
thank
mr
simpson
who
spoke
earlier.
It
was
very
difficult
to
try
to
condense
into
one
resolution
39
years,
a
career
not
just
in
public
service
with
the
state
of
new
york,
but
a
tremendous
career,
civic
career
with
with
neighborhood
groups,
including
cana
and
several
neighborhood
associations.
G
I
I
don't
think.
Sometimes
we
realize
how
much
of
a
contribution
harold
made
to
really
empowering
empowering
neighborhoods
and
neighborhood
groups
and
the
organization
of
neighborhood
groups
as
a
potent
force
in
our
city,
really
to
be
a
voice
for
the
community
outside
of
politics
or
the
old
political
machine,
and
to
be
able
to
influence
and
to
be
able
to
assure
that
residents
and
city
neighborhoods
got
the
services
that
they
were
entitled
to
and
deserving
of.
G
I've
known,
I
knew
harold,
for
I
don't
know
how
long
from
you
know
before
I
was
on
the
council,
but
certainly
while
a
member
of
the
council,
I
and
he
was
always
studiously
very
non-partisan
in
his
involvement-
and
you
know
deliberately
never
registered
the
political
party
to
maintain
his
nonpartisanship,
although
he
did
eventually
make
a
change
once
he
finished,
but
he
he
was.
My
neighbor
also
lived
across
the
street
from
him
on
chestnut
street
for
over
20
years,
and
he
was
he
was.
G
G
But
tonight
I
really
want
to
you
know
for
the
council
to
go
on
record
and
expressing
our
gratitude
for
what
harold
did
and
also
extending
our
condolences
to
his
wife
ruth
of
70
years,
and
you
know
ruth
and
harold
were
real,
really
partners
in
a
lot
of
ways.
Now
I'll
tell
you
sometimes,
when
harold
was
would
give
me,
he
would
be
cleaning
out
his
files,
because
he
would
say
tell
me
that
mrs
rubin
has
told
me
that
I've
got
to
start.
G
You
know
getting
rid
of
this
or
that
or
whatever
a
lot
of
his
stuff
was
donated
to
the
archives
at
the
albany
ualbany.
But
sometimes
he
would
give
me
some
material
that
he
had
that
he
thought
would
be
of
interest
because
mrs
rubin
told
him
he
had
to
start
getting
rid
of
all
this
paper.
But
theirs
was
a
relationship
of
deep
love
also
and
in
in
every
way
they
were
partners
as
well
and
they
are
both
really
missed
in
our
neighborhood,
and
I
wish
and
harold's
children
and
grandchildren.
G
E
E
S
Yes,
on
the
resolutions
regarding
the
appointments
to
the
board
is
earning
appeals,
I'm
going
to
be
voting
present,
and
that
is
not
passing
judgment
on
any
one
of
these
proposed
appointees.
I
know
many
of
them
and
the
credentials
of
all
of
them
look
certainly
strong
enough
to
be
to
be
on
the
board.
My
issue
is
with
the
process
that
was
followed.
S
S
U
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
just
want
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
individuals
who
are
going
to
be
appointed.
I've
known
some
of
them
and
you
look
at
their
resume,
really
impressive,
hard-working
they
care
about
this
city.
They
they
want
to
see
this
city
move
in
the
right
direction,
and
I
just
want
to
you
know,
put
a
record
that
you
know
these
individuals
are
voluntary.
Some
of
them
volunteer
some
are
going
to
pay.
U
We
just
want
to
show
my
support
for
the
hard
work
and
dedication
that
they
have
shown
to
our
city
over
the
years
and
continue
the
show
it's
a
really
diverse
board.
I
think
this
is
the
most
diverse
that
I've
seen
in
the
past
as
it
relates
to
the
bza.
So
I
just
want
to
commend
and
congratulate
the
individuals
who
are
being
appointed
and
I
look
forward
to
them
moving
the
city
forward
with
common
council
members.
G
Thank
you,
mr
president,
so
we're
about
to
embark
on
confirming
the
appointment
or
reappointment
of
six
members,
all
of
whom
are
all
of
which
are
for
terms
that
have
expired
and
which
have
either
been
left
vacant
for
a
while
or
the
member
that
is
being
reappointed,
has
already
served.
Basically,
a
full
term
got
a
freebie,
you
might
say,
and
now
we're
confirming
that.
That's
what
you
have
see
some
of
the
appointments
here
are
for
only
two
weeks.
G
That
undercuts
our
advise
and
consent
authority,
and
the
other
thing
is
that
the
the
general
city
law,
which
authorizes
and
provides
for
the
establishment
of
bzas
as
well
as
planning
boards
very
deliberately
provides
that
terms
to
these
boards
are
staggered.
In
a
way
so
that
a
certain
number
comes
up
each
year,
an
even
number
comes
up
each
year,
that
is,
that
is
deliberate
to
allow
us
to
have.
G
You
know
our
you
know
advising
consent
authority
where
we're
looking
every
year
at
a
fixed
number,
not
having
six
names
thrown
at
us
at
once,
so
it
was
never
the
intent
or
under
on
the
general
city
law
under
the
under
the
city
charter
that
we'd
be
doing.
This
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
individuals
who
are
before
us
tonight,
some
of
whom
I've
known
for
a
long
time,
but
it's
the
process,
that's
the
problem,
and
I
don't
think
we
can
just
keep
on
casting
off.
G
You
know
the
process,
because
that
undercuts
our
authority
as
well.
It's
not
with
the
zoning
board.
Only
there
are
two
members
of
the
the
planning
board,
whose
terms
have
expired
one.
Actually
now
they
will
both
have
been
for
over
a
year
two
years,
where
we're
still
waiting
for
whether
or
not
the
reappointments
there
historic
resources.
Commission
is
again
another
one
where
there
is
significant.
I
think
this
just
about
all
the
members
except
one
are
serving
expired
terms.
G
Some
long
expired
and,
as
discussed
earlier
tonight,
we're
still
waiting
on
the
living
wage
compliance
committee,
which
was
authorized
many
years
ago.
There
was
a
board,
it
sort
of
got,
became
dormant.
We
reconstituted
the
board
and
gave
it
new
authority,
and
that
board
is
still
you
know,
laying
fairly
you
might
say
so.
This
is
this
is
an
important
issue.
G
We
emphasize
that
I'll
also
know
in
terms
of
diversity
of
the
the
the
six
members
we're
doing
tonight,
plus
the
one
member
currently
on
the
board,
whose
term
does
not
expire
until
next
year.
The
seven
members,
four
of
the
seven
members,
are
going
to
come
from
my
area
from
the
center
square
in
the
hudson
park
neighborhoods.
G
So
there
is
an
issue
here
of
kind
of
geographic
balance
which
I'm
okay.
If
everyone
wants
to
come
from
my
area,
but
you
know
you
might
want
to
have
other
parts
of
the
city
represented
on
the
zoning
board
as
well.
So
that's
just
my
general
comment
on
on
the
on
the
process
that
we've
gone
through.
I've
constantly
mentioned
it
and
again
it's
it's.
G
G
You
know
it's
nothing
to
do
whether
you
support
the
mayor,
don't
support
the
mayor,
whatever
it's
respecting
our
role
as
a
legislative
body,
our
authority
to
have
a
check
and
balance,
and
if
we
respect
ourselves,
we
really
need
to
deal
with
this
issue
in
a
way
that
restores
the
authority
that
we're
supposed
to
have.
Thank
you.
H
J
C
G
Thank
you,
mr
president,
again
just
on
the
process,
I
I
forgot
one
of
the
other
discussions
we
had
was
a
long-standing
proposal
to
reduce
the
size
of
the
bca,
these
seven
to
five
members,
and
that
that
we
could
kind
of
have
that
discussion
as
part
of
this
process.
I
would
prefer
to
have
done
it
now
when
we
had
three
vacant
positions,
but
the
understanding
is
that
some
members
will
be
cycling
off
the
administration
and
the
planning
department.
G
H
C
O
J
H
C
U
Yes,
I
just
wanted
to
just
really
quick.
You
know,
martin
daly's,
a
constituent
of
mine
in
the
10th
ward,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
him
for
his
service,
not
just
on
behalf
of
the
10th
ward,
but
to
the
rest
of
the
city,
and
I'm
glad
to
see
that
he's
going
to
be
reappointed.
And
thank
you
all
for
supporting
his
reappointment.
G
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Actually
martin
was
a
six-word
constituent
before
he
moved
over
to
the
10th.
I
think
I've
known
him
longer
than
mr
anani.
I
do
want
to
say
you
know
I
I
really
I've
known
martin
for
a
long
time
for
a
while.
He
is
really
you
know
one
of
the
he's
he's
a
native
albanian.
He
grew
up
here.
His
family
grew
up
here.
He
is
really
impressed
with
his
knowledge,
his
enthusiasm
and
and
his
involvement.
G
He
served
on
the
ida
for
a
bit
before
he
came
over
to
the
the
bca,
but
I
really
can't
you
know.
I
really
need
to
say
his
praises
because
I
think
martin
is
the
type
of
person
that
we
really
need.
Young
involved
has
been
here
type
of
person.
We
really
need
in
city,
got
involved
in
boards
and
commissions
like
this,
so
I'm
I'm
happy
to
vote
for
this
one
as
it
was
for
all
of
them.
Thank
you.