City Council, at odds with Mayor Adams, overrides him on two major issues

New York City Council is no stranger to butting heads with Mayor Eric Adams on numerous issues. This was the case last week when councilmembers voted to override his vetoes on several pieces of legislation related to street vending and food delivery worker protections.

- By ARIAMA C. LONG Amsterdam News Staff

The council has been struggling to address ongoing issues impacting Black and Brown immigrants, including the excessive misdemeanor criminal penalties for street vendors and a wage raise for app-based grocery delivery workers. This led to advocates and council members pushing to pass bills Introduction 47-B, Introduction 1133-A, and Introduction 1135-A. Adams ended up vetoing all three, which the City Council has slammed as anti-immigrant.

"Mayor Adams' vetoes were another example of him prioritizing Trump's agenda above our city by disregarding the work of his own administration on these bills and harming working-class New Yorkers," said New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams in a statement. "The Council's override of the mayor's senseless vetoes enact these laws that advance and protect the working people of our city."

Street vending

In 2023, Adams moved the oversight for street vendors from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) to the Department of Sanitation (DSNY), with assistance from the NYPD.