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Council Member Zhuang honors hero officer and introduces bills on taxi fines and AI education

New York City Council · Sep 10, 2026 · starts 1:28:21 · 2 min 29 sec

Susan Zhuang recognizes an Asian police officer who saved a young Latino driver's life by jumping into a runaway car and performing CPR, then introduces Intro 1068 on taxi driver fines at bus stops and Intro 1067 on AI company public education.

Unidentified speaker

Thank you, Councilmember Zhuang, followed by Lee and then Santos also.

Susan Zhuang

Thank you.

Susan Zhuang

Before I talk about my bills, I want to recognize a hero and also share a story in my district.

Susan Zhuang

Sunday morning around 11.30, there's a car just drive through the red light, did not stop for pedestrian at all, and there's an officer sitting

Susan Zhuang

in opposite street in the car, and then he see something went wrong.

Susan Zhuang

And that driver's window was down.

Susan Zhuang

He jumped inside the car and stopped the car and realized that person is unconscious.

Susan Zhuang

So he pulled that person out, started CPR for that person.

Susan Zhuang

The whole story you can feel when you look at a video, you don't know it's a carjack or something where we all know something went wrong.

Susan Zhuang

So that Asian officer saved a young Latino, young man's life.

Susan Zhuang

He not only just saved the life for that driver, he saved the life of pedestrians, children, seniors.

Susan Zhuang

Who live in the community also.

Susan Zhuang

I want to give him a shout out.

Susan Zhuang

He doesn't want his name be mentioned, but I want to honor him.

Susan Zhuang

And also I want to honor him in our city council.

Susan Zhuang

For next, I'm proud to introduce two bills.

Susan Zhuang

One bill is the intro 1068, would help taxi drivers who get robbed from all the big companies.

Susan Zhuang

And then when the taxi driver pick up

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have older adults with mobility problems or some disabled people without, always when they stop, try to pick up people, they cannot be very,

Susan Zhuang

in the bus stop, they always get fines.

Susan Zhuang

So many older adults and those old age with mobility issue,

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need help and also TCO vehicle drivers need help.

Susan Zhuang

I have another bill.

Unidentified speaker

I'll give you 10 seconds, Council Member.

Susan Zhuang

Okay, another bill is the intro 1067 could provide, basically we love to use AI, this is a new tool, but AI companies should educate the public general

Susan Zhuang

This is also impact the environment.

Unidentified speaker

Thank you, Councilmember.

Susan Zhuang

Thank you.