Council Overrides Adams’ Veto + Actors Join Strike
No. 331 | Monday, July 17, 2023
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New York City Council voted overwhelmingly to override Mayor Adams’ veto on a package of bills to expand rental assistance. It is the first time the Council has overridden a veto in nearly a decade, since the Bloomberg Administration.
The Screen Actors Guild have joined writers on the picket lines in New York City and Los Angeles, as Hollywood studios refuse to negotiate a new contract with workers. According to a Deadline report, studio CEOs intend to drag out the strike to intentionally “bleed out” workers before engaging in contract talks in the fall.
The federal monitor overseeing Rikers Island asked a judge to hold the City in contempt of court for repeatedly ignoring reform mandates.
Tens of thousands of New Yorkers are being denied emergency rental assistance even as evictions rise, showing the need for greater tenant protections.
A state judge ordered New York's redistricting commission to again redraw its congressional maps, which would likely result in district lines that heavily favor Democrats. The case will be appealed to the state's highest court, which has shifted to the left since the last time it considered this issue.
NYCHA released a new cost estimate that claims the cost of fixing public housing in New York has increased from $45 billion to $78 billion. The analysis was released the same day as a proposal to demolish three NYCHA-owned towers in Manhattan and allow for private infill development in addition to replacing the towers at the same site.
Mayor Adams is expected to appoint Acting Police Commissioner Edward Caban to succeed Keechant Sewell as head of the NYPD permanently. Caban was previously Sewell’s first deputy commissioner.
The Adams Administration is preparing to open a new dormitory-style shelter for migrants in Brooklyn, and considering two new migrant shelters in Queens.
NYC’s UPS workers are preparing for a potential strike; the contract between UPS and the Teamsters expires at the end of the month.
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