Roll call vote on amendment to extend horse carriage phase-out
The Council conducts a roll call vote on Council Member Gennaro's amendment to extend the effective date of Intro 943A to January 1, 2030. During the roll call, Council Members Brewer, Gennaro, and Marte explain their votes. The amendment is defeated by a vote of 6 in favor and 43 against.
Is there anyone else who would like to speak on the motion?
Seeing none, roll call vote.
Al the bowl.
I vote no.
Ariola.
I vote yes.
Aviles.
Banks.
No.
Brewer.
I vote no.
I think there'll be a huge effort to accomplish what everyone wants, which is jobs for the individuals and figuring out how to deal with the medallions.
Thank you.
Brooks Powers.
I vote no.
De La Rosa.
No.
Dynowitz.
No.
Encarnacion.
No.
Epstein.
No.
Farias.
I vote no.
Vote no.
Thank you.
Felder.
Yes.
Feliz.
No on the amendment.
General.
Mr.
Majority Leader, I wish to speak on my vote, if that's appropriate here.
You can.
Thank you.
Okay.
First, I just want to point out that I don't really need anyone in this chamber to apologize for me.
And this is not any slight.
On the Mahajan family.
I'm just trying to get justice for the workers.
I will point out that according to the family's good efforts to try to get some compensation for the tragic loss, which can never be compensated for,
the entities that were named in the lawsuit
are the City of New York, Consolidated Edison, the Parks Department, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
Conspicuously absent is the horse carriage industry, which I know
full well carries very significant liability insurance, but yet the lawyers for the family, you know, did not seek to name them in the lawsuit.
So I think that's something people should understand.
And so...
The horse carriage industry
did not cause this tragic death.
And so this has been, you know, something that is not well understood.
And there was a rush to judgment because there was a, can I see?
So there was a, the day of Romance's death is the day that the speaker came out and said,
Please, you've got to direct your comments to the chair, to me, please.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Mr.
So there was...
So the proclamation to move forward with this bill that could not be disputed by anyone who wants to flex on the speaker was that...
That was made the day of the incident before an investigation could even take place.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Your vote?
I vote yes on the amendment.
Thank you.
Sorry.
Thank you.
Gutierrez.
No.
Hanif?
No.
Hankerson?
No.
Hanks?
No.
Hudson?
No.
Joseph.
No.
Krishnan.
No.
Lee.
No.
Lewis.
No.
Maloney.
No.
Marte.
I vote no, and I want to apologize.
Start his time, please.
I remember, too, if you could just ask for permission in advance.
Thank you.
Yeah.
I just want to say I'm sorry for the remarks made by some of my colleagues and the language and the emotion they put towards you.
I know you guys are going through a lot at this moment, and we should respect the family to be here to honor their nephew.
So thank you for being here, and I'm sorry again.
Thank you.
Mealy.
Morano.
No.
Narcisse.
No.
Nurse.
I vote no.
Jose.
No.
Palladino.
Yes.
Wrestler.
No.
Riley.
No.
Salam.
No.
Justin Sanchez.
Nay.
Perina Sanchez.
No.
Santos Woso.
No.
Shulman.
No.
Stevens.
No, and love and light to the family.
Thank you.
Thomas Henry.
No.
Ong.
No.
Vernikov.
Oh, yes.
Williams.
No.
Wilson.
No.
One.
No.
Wong.
No.
Zhuang.
No.
Brooks Powers.
No.
Thank you.
Car.
Aye.
The nays have it.
Nay.
Speaker minute.
No.
By a vote of 43 in the affirmative.
No, this is definitely not.
We're fixing this.