Int 0833-2024
Requiring the installation and maintenance of an informational sign at the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets in Manhattan to mark the site of New York’s first slave market.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Civil and Human Rightsintroduced 2024-04-18Local Law 2024/095
Enacted as Local Law 2024/095.
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Agenda: 2024-04-18Passed: 2024-10-12Enacted: 2024-10-12
Summary
This bill would require the New York City Department of Transportation to facilitate the installation and maintenance of an informational sign near the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets, in Manhattan, to mark the site of New York’s first slave market. The sign must be in place within 250 days of the bill’s enactment.
Committee on Civil and Human Rights — Human Rights Commission, Equal Employment Practices Commission and Equal Employment Opportunity.
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This bill: 146 days in committee
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Sponsors (19)
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams(prime)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-04-18 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-04-18 · City Council
ActionRe-referred to Committee by Council
2024-05-21 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-06-27 · Committee on Civil and Human Rights
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-06-27 · Committee on Civil and Human Rights
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-09-12 · Committee on Civil and Human Rights
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2024-09-12 · Committee on Civil and Human Rights
ActionAmended by Committee
2024-09-12 · Committee on Civil and Human Rights
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2024-09-12 · Committee on Civil and Human Rights
AdvancedApproved by Council
2024-09-12 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2024-09-12 · City Council
HeardHearing Scheduled by Mayor Cancelled
2024-09-27 · Mayor
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2024-10-12 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2024-10-15 · City Council
Votes (5)
Aye (4)
Kevin C. RileyRita C. JosephChristopher MarteNantasha M. Williams
Absent (1)
Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
Heard at (5)
City Council · 2024-09-12 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Civil and Human Rights · 2024-09-12 · 9:30 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Civil and Human Rights · 2024-07-18 · 9:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Civil and Human Rights · 2024-06-27 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2024-04-18 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (21)
- Summary of Int. No. 833-A
- Summary of Int. No. 833
- Int. No. 833
- April 18, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-18-24
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 18, 2024
- Hearing Testimony 9/19/23
- Committee Report 6/27/24
- Hearing Testimony 6/27/24
- Hearing Transcript 6/27/24
- Proposed Int. No. 833-A - 7/15/24
- Committee Report 9/12/24
- Hearing Transcript 9/12/24
- Committee Report - Stated Meeting
- September 12, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-12-24
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 12, 2024
- Int. No. 833-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 95
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. The department of transportation shall facilitate the installation and maintenance of an informational sign to memorialize the site of New York's first slave market at the intersection of Wall Street and Pearl Street in Manhattan. The sign shall bear an inscription that identifies the site as New York's first slave market and the year of its founding, and describes: the role of the slave market in the city's economy; the role of the city's government in establishing the market; and the use of the market in the sale of African and Indigenous American persons. The sign shall be placed at the site described herein within 250 days of the effective date of this local law.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
Session 13
JLB
LS # 126
7/10/2024 7:36 PM
Session 12
BM
LS # 126
12/22/22 8:00pm
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