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Council passes consent resolutions backing REST act and Invest in Our New York; schedules public hearing on outdoor cooking law
Summary
On Feb. 18 the Poughkeepsie Common Council approved consent agenda items including a local-law introduction and two memorializing resolutions supporting state-level legislation to enable rent emergency stabilization and to increase state revenue; a separate zoning-related resolution for 556 Main Street was pulled from the consent agenda
The Poughkeepsie Common Council approved its consent agenda Feb. 18, adopting three items and removing a separate property-related resolution from the consent list.
The council set a public hearing for a proposed local law adding Section 15-17.1 to the city code to regulate outdoor cooking and food- and beverage-preparation facilities; the hearing was scheduled for April 1 at 6 p.m.
The council also approved two memorializing resolutions placed on the consent agenda:
- R25-23: a resolution calling on the New York State Legislature and governor to pass the Restoring Emergency Stabilization for Tenants (REST) Act (identified in the transcript as enabling easier municipal opt-in to rent stabilization programs); and - R25-24: a resolution calling on the Legislature and governor to pass a set of revenue and tax bills collectively described in the transcript as the Invest In Our New York package.
Both memorializing resolutions were discussed in public comment prior to the vote. Isaiah Feneschel, identified in the meeting as a lead organizer with Hudson Valley for Citizen Action of New York and a city resident, urged the council to back measures to tax high earners and to enact state-level changes that would make local rent stabilization easier to implement. The transcript shows the consent agenda motion passed by voice vote with council members answering “Aye.”
A separate resolution concerning 556 Main Street was pulled from the consent agenda during the meeting; council members and speakers said the item would be removed for further review.
Votes and procedural notes: Council adopted the consent agenda by voice vote; the public hearing date for the local-law introduction was announced as April 1 at 6 p.m.
