NYC Council Introduction 910

intro.nyc/0910-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session Mayor's Desk for Signature
Establishment of community hiring and compensation standards for city-assisted housing development projects.
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Introduced: May 23, 2024

This bill would require housing developers of certain housing development projects that receive city financial assistance to pay their workers a minimum combined wage and essential benefits package of at least $40 per hour with no less than $25 of that package being wages. It would also require such developers to engage in best efforts to ensure that at least 30 percent of the workers on such housing development projects are residents of New York City. Furthermore, this bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to provide a model community hiring plan to developers, maintain and update a public database of ongoing projects, and issue annual reporting of violations of this law. This bill would require the comptroller to enforce its requirements as well as provide for a private right of action for aggrieved workers.

Approved by Committee December 18, 2025

Committee on Civil Service and Labor Votes 9:0:0
Carmen N. De La Rosa (Affirmative)
Tiffany L. Cabán (Affirmative)
Erik D. Bottcher (Affirmative)
Eric Dinowitz (Affirmative)
Oswald J. Feliz (Affirmative)
Kamillah Hanks (Absent)
Julie Menin (Affirmative)
Frank Morano (Affirmative)
Francisco P. Moya (Affirmative)
Yusef Salaam (Affirmative)

Approved by Council December 18, 2025

Votes 47:0:1
Adrienne E. Adams (Affirmative)
Diana I. Ayala (Affirmative)
Shaun Abreu (Affirmative)
Joann Ariola (Affirmative)
Alexa Avilés (Affirmative)
Chris Banks (Affirmative)
Erik D. Bottcher (Affirmative)
Justin L. Brannan (Affirmative)
Gale A. Brewer (Affirmative)
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers (Affirmative)
Tiffany L. Cabán (Affirmative)
David M. Carr (Absent)
Carmen N. De La Rosa (Affirmative)
Eric Dinowitz (Affirmative)
Harvey D. Epstein (Affirmative)
Amanda C. Farías (Affirmative)
Simcha Felder (Affirmative)
Oswald J. Feliz (Affirmative)
James F. Gennaro (Affirmative)
Jennifer Gutiérrez (Affirmative)
Shahana K. Hanif (Affirmative)
Kamillah Hanks (Absent)
Robert F. Holden (Affirmative)
Crystal Hudson (Affirmative)
Rita C. Joseph (Affirmative)
Shekar Krishnan (Affirmative)
Linda Lee (Affirmative)
Farah N. Louis (Affirmative)
Kristy Marmorato (Affirmative)
Christopher Marte (Affirmative)
Darlene Mealy (Negative)
Julie Menin (Affirmative)
Frank Morano (Affirmative)
Francisco P. Moya (Affirmative)
Mercedes Narcisse (Affirmative)
Sandy Nurse (Affirmative)
Chi A. Ossé (Affirmative)
Vickie Paladino (Affirmative)
Keith Powers (Affirmative)
Lincoln Restler (Affirmative)
Kevin C. Riley (Affirmative)
Yusef Salaam (Affirmative)
Rafael Salamanca, Jr. (Affirmative)
Pierina Ana Sanchez (Affirmative)
Lynn C. Schulman (Affirmative)
Althea V. Stevens (Affirmative)
Sandra Ung (Affirmative)
Inna Vernikov (Affirmative)
Nantasha M. Williams (Affirmative)
Julie Won (Affirmative)
Susan Zhuang (Absent)