Speaker Menin on Intro 812A, Intro 496A, and elected official compensation
Menin covers Intro 812A by Encarnación requiring wellness checks on older adults during weather emergencies, Intro 496A by Williams requiring a study on acknowledging the 1863 draft riots, and a pre-considered introduction increasing elected official salaries by 18.2% per the Quadrennial Advisory Commission report.
Introduction 812A, sponsored by Deputy Whip Elsie-Encarnación, would require that
Commissioner of the Department for the Aging to develop a protocol in collaboration with New York City Emergency Management and relevant agencies to conduct wellness checks
during cold weather alerts, extreme heat warnings like we have now, and heat-related emergencies.
Thank you to Hannah Cohn and Joshua Newman.
Introduction 496A, sponsored by Deputy Speaker Dr.
Nantasha Williams, would require the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs to conduct a study and provide a report to the Mayor as well as the Council on the potential installation of structures acknowledging the giraffe riots of 1863.
Thank you to Tristan Monteith and Alejandro Caravelle.
Pre-considered introduction A, also sponsored by Dr.
Nantasha Williams, would increase the salaries of the mayor, public advocate, controller, council member, borough presidents, and district attorneys by 18.2%
since the last time their salaries were adjusted by local law, as recommended by the recently released report of the New York City Quadrennial Advisory Commission for the Review of Compensation Levels of Elected Officials.
It would change the timing of future commissions to the third year of a term of office rather than the first year and provide each commission with 120 days to complete their work.
Thank you to Jahari Frazier and Erica Cohen.