Overview
- The Council voted on Dec. 4 to override four vetoes, passing the rent-cap and pay-equity measures 40–7 and the contracting office measure 46–1.
- CityFHEPS tenants will continue to pay no more than 30% of income toward rent, blocking an Adams plan to raise the share to 40% in a program serving over 60,000 families with roughly 10,000 approved households in shelters.
- Large private employers with more than 200 New York City employees must file pay data reports and undergo pay-equity studies to identify race and gender disparities.
- Lawmakers codified and strengthened the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services to address chronic delays in paying nonprofits that deliver city services.
- City Hall criticized the package as burdensome and an overreach into mayoral and state authority, while sponsors Amanda Farías, Tiffany Cabán, Diana Ayala and Speaker Adrienne Adams hailed protections for working New Yorkers.