The Council tried to wrest unilateral authority from the mayor’s office over 21 administration appointments, setting off a monthslong battle over mayoral power.
New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is opening a new front in the battle between an increasingly diminished mayor and an emboldened city legislature — setting up the potential to change the balance of power in City Hall.
The bill could be introduced as soon as next Wednesday, two of the officials said, and the commission would be tasked with developing ballot proposals that would go before voters in 2025 or the following year. The new bill would give the speaker, the public advocate, the comptroller and the mayor a specified number of appointments to the commission, along with all of the borough presidents, according to three people who were in the meeting. How many appointments each official would get is still under discussion.
"Through the Charter Revision Commission, a procedure codified in the city's laws, we gave working-class New Yorkers from all walks of life the opportunity to share their vision for a safer, more affordable city,” Garcia said in a statement. “We are excited for millions of New Yorkers to flip their ballots and weigh in on these proposals this November."
The Council last formed its own charter revision commission in 2018, which paved the way for the advice and consent referendum for the city’s chief corporation counsel that was approved by voters a year later.for the post after a contentious nomination hearing and months of opposition from councilmembers who took issue with the nominee’s previous legal clientele — including the state of New Jersey, which Mastro represented in its lawsuit to block congestion pricing.
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