Yonkers Insider: Yonkers City Council: Municipal Operations and Public Safety Committee Meeting - 3/28/23 @ 6 p.m.

Please be advised that a Municipal Operations and Public Safety Committee Meeting has been scheduled ‎for Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 6:00pm. The meeting will occur at City Hall in the City Council Chambers, 4^th Floor.

Municipal Operations & Public Safety Committee

March 28, 2023

6:00 PM

 

Agenda Items:

 

 

1.      A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS ACKNOWLEDGING AND DENOUNCING THE CONTINUING ILLEGAL OPERATION OF CANNABIS DESPENSARIES IN THE CITY OF YONKERS AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE CHANGES TO THE “MARIJUANA REGULATION AND TAXATION ACT” TO GIVE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES DISCRETION AND AUTHORITY TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE DISPENSARIES TO PROTECT THE HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN OF THE CITY OF YONKERS.

 

2.      A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS ACKNOWLEDGING AND DENOUNCING THE CONTINUING AND RISING DANGERS OF THE UNSAFE CHARGING, STORAGE AND USE OF E-MOBILITY DEVICES AND LITHIUM ION BATTERIES IN THE CITY OF YONKERS AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND CALLING FOR THE GOVERNOR AND STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY TO PROPOSE LEGISLATION REGARDING THE STATE-WIDE REGULATION OF THE USE, STORAGE AND CHARGING OF “E-MOBILITY DEVICES AND LITHIUM ION BATTERIES” TO PROTECT HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE.

 

3.      Any additional items that may properly come before this Committee

 

Committee Members

Minority Leader Mike Breen, Chairman

Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy

Majority Leader Tasha Diaz

Majority Whip John Rubbo

Councilmember Shanae Williams