Committee on Housing and Buildings Meeting - September 29, 2025
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The Committee on Housing and Buildings, jointly with the Committee on Civil Service and Labor, held a meeting on September 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM in the Council Chambers at City Hall. The committee, chaired by Pierina Ana Sanchez, heard testimony and held discussions on worker safety, climate change impacts on labor, building code amendments related to means of egress and construction site safety training, cellar occupancy in residential dwellings, and a resolution regarding labor disputes at the Daily News.
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- Oversight hearing held on worker safety and effects of climate change on labor (T2025-4045)
- Introduction Int 0261-2024 on means of egress requirements in certain new buildings laid over by committee
- Introduction Int 1376-2025 on department of health guidance for worker protection from extreme weather laid over by committee
- Introduction Int 1384-2025 on construction site safety training requirements for mental health and wellness laid over by committee
- Introduction Int 1404-2025 on cellar occupancy in one- and two-family dwellings laid over by committee
- Resolution 1015-2025 condemning Alden Global Capital labor practices at Daily News laid over by committee
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Committee on Housing and Buildings
Jointly with the Committee on Civil Service and Labor.
Agenda
- Oversight - Worker Safety and the Effects of Climate Change on Labor.
- A Local Law to amend the New York city building code, in relation to the means of egress requirements in certain new buildings
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the department of health and mental hygiene posting worker guidance for best practices for protecting workers from extreme weather
- A Local Law to amend the New York city building code, in relation to requiring construction site safety trainings to include mental health and wellness, suicide risk and prevention, and alcohol and substance-misuse
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, to allow the occupancy of cellars in certain one- and two-family dwellings
- Resolution condemning Alden Global Capital cuts and managerial hostility towards unionized Daily News staff and calling on the hedge fund to reach a contract deal with the newspaper’s union.
- Jointly with the Committee on Civil Service and Labor
- Roll Call
- Agenda Item
- Oversight - Worker Safety and the Effects of Climate Change on Labor.
- A Local Law to amend the New York city building code, in relation to the means of egress requirements in certain new buildings
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the department of health and mental hygiene posting worker guidance for best practices for protecting workers from extreme weather
- A Local Law to amend the New York city building code, in relation to requiring construction site safety trainings to include mental health and wellness, suicide risk and prevention, and alcohol and substance-misuse
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, to allow the occupancy of cellars in certain one- and two-family dwellings
- Resolution condemning Alden Global Capital cuts and managerial hostility towards unionized Daily News staff and calling on the hedge fund to reach a contract deal with the newspaper’s union.
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