Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection approves amended Int. No. 813-A

Chair Harvey D. Epstein presided over the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection on Sept. 9, 2026, where the panel approved an amended version of Intro. No. 813 (recorded as Int. No. 813-A). The committee vote was recorded as eight in favor — Epstein, Aldebol, Ariola, Banks, Hanks, Ossé, Schulman and Wilson — with three members absent (Brewer, De La Rosa and Krishnan).

The meeting record lists supporting materials for the introduction, including a summary of Int. No. 813 and 813-A, a memorandum in support, a fiscal impact statement for the City Council, hearing testimony from April and June 2026, and committee reports dated June 17 and Sept. 9, 2026. The transcript shows the amendment was proposed and then approved by the committee; the record does not specify a mover or seconder, nor does it record further action toward final adoption by the full City Council in this transcript.