Statement from Speaker Adams on Mayor’s Charter Revision Commission Approving Rushed Ballot Proposals to Amend City Charter

"The Mayor's Charter Revision Commission's proposed changes to the City's constitution represent a power grab that will make government less responsive to New Yorkers by consolidating even more power to the Mayor and his agencies. The Commission's failure to come close to the standards within its own proposals, let alone basic levels of transparency, is utter hypocrisy and denies any public input on the final proposals while approving them just two days after release to the public. This will undermine our local democracy and protections established by oversight that ensure government serves New Yorkers and keeps our communities safe. The Mayor's Commission is not only blocking voters' rights to decide on the existing advice-and-consent proposal on the November ballot, but is also taking away the will of the voters who elected 51 Council Members to represent them. This cynical attempt to weaken our city's representative democracy must be completely rejected."

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