Overview
- Council members voted to overturn four vetoes, with the pay-equity and rent-limit measures passing 40–7 and the contracting overhaul passing 46–1.
- The pay-equity package requires large private employers with more than 200 city-based workers to file pay data reports and undergo studies to identify disparities.
- Lawmakers preserved the 30% income cap for CityFHEPS tenants by rejecting an administration push to raise tenant contributions to 40%.
- The Council codified and expanded the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services to accelerate payments to nonprofits delivering city services.
- City Hall argued the bills overreach and burden businesses, while groups like the Legal Aid Society praised the rent cap as protection for tens of thousands of voucher holders.