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Council speaker unveils committee to combat hate and previews bills to protect houses of worship
Summary
Speaker Menon announced a council committee to combat hate, instructed the ethics committee to conclude its review of remarks by Council member Vicky Paladino, and previewed bills directing NYPD to publish public perimeter plans to ensure safe entry and exit at houses of worship and schools while preserving peaceful protest rights.
Speaker Menon opened the meeting by announcing the formation of a committee to combat hate and by saying she had asked the council’s ethics committee to meet immediately to conclude its review of what she described as Islamophobic rhetoric by Council member Vicky Paladino. "The rise in Islamophobia is not something that we will tolerate in our city," she said.
The speaker previewed a package of bills the council will hear that, she…
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