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Speaker outlines Council agenda: insurance oversight, library/DCAS sites for housing, end no-bid contracts and year-round outdoor dining

New York City Council · February 13, 2026
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Presiding Official told attendees the Council will push for an office of insurance accountability, examine 215 library sites and 1,000 DCAS sites for affordable housing, move to end long-term no-bid contracting, and advance bills to make outdoor dining year-round and reduce related fees.

Presiding Official told the Council and attendees that a set of policy priorities will be central to the coming legislative session, highlighting insurance pricing transparency, proactive land use for housing, procurement reform and outdoor dining. "One of those is to create a new office of insurance accountability," the Presiding Official said, describing the office as modeled on a previously created health care accountability office to expose opaque…

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