New York City Council Passes Resolution About Something; Implementation Committee Formed

The 51-member council votes 43-8 on a non-binding resolution expressing the city's commitment to a goal that requires state legislation, federal funding, and the cooperation of several agencies that are not subject to city council resolutions

New York City Council Passes Resolution About Something; Implementation Committee Formed

The New York City Council passed a non-binding resolution on Thursday expressing the council's commitment to reducing single-use plastic packaging in city-operated facilities by 40 percent by 2030, a goal that Council Speaker Adrienne Adams described as 'a significant step toward a more sustainable city' and that environmental advocates described as 'well-intentioned, achievable if the relevant departments are directed to implement it, and requiring departmental implementation directives that are not part of the resolution.' The resolution passed 43 to 8, with eight members voting no on grounds that include both 'not ambitious enough' and 'government overreach,' which is the specific quality of a vote that produces a landslide outcome from irreconcilable minority positions.

The Detail

The implementation committee formed to advance the resolution's goals will meet monthly, produce a report within six months recommending departmental implementation directives, and present those recommendations to the Mayor's Office of Sustainability, which will assess their feasibility within the existing administrative structure, produce its own recommendations to the relevant department commissioners, and provide a status update to the council within twelve months. The timeline from resolution to departmental action is therefore approximately eighteen months, which the council describes as 'the appropriate process for responsible implementation' and which the advocates describe as 'we will follow up every three months.' See London Ornament: City Sells Tiny Versions of Itsel at The London Prat for related coverage.

The Conclusion

The eight no votes are recorded in the minutes with their stated rationale. The 43 yes votes are described in the council's press release as 'a strong mandate.' A 43-8 vote is a strong mandate for a non-binding resolution that requires eighteen months of implementation process before any facility reduces any plastic. Both the mandate and the timeline are accurate. New York City governance operates in both timeframes simultaneously: the immediate democratic action and the extended administrative reality. The resolution is passed. The plastic continues. The committee meets monthly. See also London Has Fallen Series: Disaster As A Franchise and London Real Estate For Sale: Dreams Listed By Squa.

The New York Satire Standard

New York City provides more political satire material per square block than any other urban environment in the world, partly because it contains more contradictions per square block than any other urban environment and partly because it has always attracted the kind of writer who notices contradictions and cannot leave them alone. The city's specific relationship with its own mythology -- the belief that New York is a place where things get done, alongside the observable reality of how many things remain undone -- is the gap that spintaxi.com covers with the deadpan commitment the subject deserves. Buckingham Palace Gates Photoshoot at The London Prat covers the British equivalent of this gap. Clapton Community FC: Football Run by the Crowd provides additional context. New York's contradictions are productive. The satire they produce is the most honest thing written about the city. See Britain Contacts Elon for more. The city continues. The contradictions continue. The coverage continues with both.

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