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New Bills: Allergens to Parade Rules

Though the City Council's budget scandal remains at center stage in City Hall, the legislative process has continued on.

Over the past month, more than a dozen bills have been introduced on the council floor, from fighting asthma triggers to overturning the New York Police Department's parade rules.

Here is a sample of legislation you may have missed.

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Recent Articles:

Meeting Amid Scandal
Unanswered Questions: City Council's Phantom Funds
Bogus Groups in the City Budget
Musical Chairs: Shuffling Seats in City Government
Stated Meeting: An End to E-Waste
The Council and Congestion Pricing: Part II
Stated Meeting: Budget Cuts and E-Waste
New Bills: Bed Bugs to Base Jumping
Stated Meeting: Green Carts Come to Town
A Permanent Address: Regulating Residency Requirements at the City Council
Stated Meeting: Wasting Electronics
New Bills: Ringing in the New Year With Legislation
Stated Meeting: Housing Discrimination
Budget Blues
State of the City
New Bills: Green Carts to Horse Carriages
How the City Council Expresses Its Opinions
Stated Meeting: Columbia Gets Approval
Stated Meeting: Savoring the Brooklyn Sugar Plant
Getting Paid: Debating the Council's Outside Income and Salaries
Stated Meeting: Capping Carbon
Problems With Pigeons
Stated Meeting: Restricting Council Ads
New Bills: Stormwater Fixes
New Bills: Bagging Plastic Bags
Stated Meeting: Preserving Neighborhoods
Stated Meeting with a State Agenda
Stated Meeting: Con Edison Rates and Reporting on Pesticides
Adding Up: How Much Members Spend on Ads?
New Bills: Biking On The Boss's Dollar
A One in Five Shot: Passing City Council Bills
Stated Meeting: Replacing Street Signs to Taking Recyclables
Next Round in the Cell Phone Fight
New Bills: Curbing to Protecting Trees
Stated Meeting: Rezoning Jamaica
New Bills: Paralyzing Peeping and Blasting Explosive Regulations
Stated Meeting: Making Room in Litter Baskets
The City Clerk -- Wait, Who?
Searchlight: Land Use and an Indicted Council Member
A Divided Council Confronts Congestion Pricing
Stated Meeting: Cell Phones, Yes, Markers, No
Quinn's Rule
New Bills: Clean Energy to Cough Syrup
'Imperfect' Campaign Finance Bill Wins Approval
Who Got What
Dividing the Wealth: Who Gets the Council's Discretionary Funds?
Sealed with a Kiss: The 2008 Budget
What the Campaign Finance Bill Would Do -- and Not Do
Stated Meeting -- Street Names Sparks Heated Debate
New Bills: Rights in Restaurants, Banning Markers
Stated Meeting – Protecting Fire Fighters
Stated Meeting City Council April 23, new bills
Stated Meeting - Bicycle Taxis, Baseball Bats, and Budget Boom
New Bills -- Housing Repairs and a Street Fight
Stated Meeting -- Protecting "Educational Whistleblowers"
The Council's Budget Response -- 4/9/2007
Stated Meeting -- Maintaining Mitchell-Lama -- 3/28/2007
New Bills -- Government on the Web, Parking, and Illegal Hotels -- 3/14/2007
Stated Meeting -- Metal Bat Ban, Benefits for Domestic Patners, and Chocolate Milk -- 3/14/2007
Stated Meeting -- Pedicabs, Nightclubs and the "N-Word" -- 2/28/2007
New Bills -- Domestic Partnerships, Wetlands, and Skinny Models -- 2/1/2007
Stated Meeting -- Do-It-Yourself Regulation -- 2/1/2007
New Bills -- Bikes; Public Housing -- 1/3/2007 & 1/9/2007
Stated Meeting -- Power and Pollution at City Hall -- 1/3/2007 & 1/9/2007
Stated Meeting -- Tax Breaks for Developers and Affordable Housing -- 12/20/2006
New Bills -- Affordable Housing and the 421-a Debate -- 12/18/2006
Stated Meeting -- Cleaner, Accessible Taxis; Faster Lobbying Reform -- 12/18/2006
New Bills -- Fake IDs, Commuter vans, Rescue Workers -- 12/11/2006
Stated Meeting -- Electrical Code, Property Taxes -- 12/4/2006
New Bills -- Nightlife Legislation, Tighter Agency Oversight, and Disclosure on Slavery -- 11/27/2006
Stated Meeting -- The Council Votes Itself a Raise -- 11/20/2006
New Bills -- Pay Raises, Diversity in Public Schools, Bike Lanes -- 11/6/2006
Stated Meeting -- Pay Raises for Council Members, Economic Incentives for Businesses -- 10/25/2006
New Bills -- Saving Middle-Income Housing and Improving Nightlife Safety -- 10/18/2006
Stated Meeting -- Helping Low-Income Homeowners -- 10/11/2006
New Bills -- Nightlife Safety, Property Tax Breaks -- 10/4/2006
Stated Meeting -- Repealing Bizarre Laws -- 9/27/2006
New Bills -- Commuting, Smoking, and Drinking -- 9/21/2006
Stated Meeting -- Veto Override: Gas Price Gauging -- 09/13/2006
New City Council Bills -- Conserving Energy, Limiting Noise - 08/23/06
Stated Meeting: Bouncer Control Act - 08/16/06
New Bills: Landmarks, Student Loans, and Traffic - 07/26/06
Stated Meeting: Garbage Plan - 07/19/06
2007 Budget - 06/29/06
Illegal Guns - 06/13/06
Discrimination and Harassment - 06/13/06
New Council Bills - 05/31/06
Hybrid Taxis - 05/24/06
Taxi Bills 05/10/06
Emerging Business Enterprise Bill 05/10/06
Gas Station Regulations 04/26/06
Stadium Financing 04/26/06
Street Electrocutions 04/05/06
Yankee Stadium 04/05/06
Lobbying Reform 03/22/06
The Council's Budget 03/22/06
Quinn's First Veto Override 03/01/06
Land Use and New Bills 02/15/06
Rules of the Council 02/01/06
Appointments of New York City Council Standing Committees 01/18/06
Quinn Elected as Speaker 1/04/05
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