In this issue:
- City Charter Amendments
- Bargaining with power survey update
- Join us! Upcoming meetings
- Contribute! Share your story!
In this issue:
- City Charter Amendments
- Bargaining with power survey update
- Join us! Upcoming meetings
- Contribute! Share your story!
City Charter Amendments
This coming November as voters you will be asked to vote on five amendments to the City Charter.
The New York City Charter (aka the New York City Constitution) defines how the city is organized, how it functions, its powers, its institutions, and key processes of City government. It is how our city government is held accountable, and how it functions.
The City Charter Commission proposed five revisions, see the full report here.
The first proposal, Clean Streets, expands the Department of Sanitation ability to clean areas where they do not have authority currently to enforce cleaning of city owned properties. It will give sanitation the ability to issue street vending summonses in parks, which is already done by Parks Enforcement Officers and the NYPD.
The Second proposal, Fiscal Responsibility, is probably the most important Charter Revision Proposal. The proposal seeks to change certain fiscal budget deadlines, which seem to be outdated, for the current times. The second part of the proposal is a change to how the City looks at the monetary impact of proposed laws. The changes will affect how the City Council is able to hold the Mayor and City Administration accountable.
Read more from City & State and Citizens Union.
Bargaining with power survey update
Thanks to everyone who has completed our bargaining survey - we’re more than halfway to our goal of getting a majority of members to provide their input in this process. Here’s the link to complete your survey and to share with your coworkers. https://www.local768.net/bargaining_survey
DCWP Inspectors in Brooklyn are organizing for power.
Join us! Upcoming meetings
We had a great time participating in September’s Labor Day and African American Day parades. Check out photos, and join us for these upcoming events:
- MAT/Stewards Committee: October 16
- General Membership - October 23rd
- CitiField / Mets game, September, TBD
- NY Liberty WNBA game, Barclays, tickets start $23 / person, TBD
Contribute! Share your story!
Want to contribute to the next Local 768 Newsletter? Share your photos, your writing, your poetry, your drawings, your comics, cartoons, and more: https://www.local768.net/content_submission. Thank you!
