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Change in Unincorporated Business Tax
SLR 13Introduced: 2009
Passed City Council: June 15, 2009
Mayor not decided
The unincorporated business tax will apply if the annual tax totals less than $5,400. The council says this change in the law will allow more freelancers and small businesses to qualify for the tax credit.
How Councilmembers Voted :
50-Yes 0-No 0-Abstain 2-Absent
| Name | Party | District | Vote |
| Maria del Carmen Arroyo | Democrat | 17 | Yes |
| Tony Avella | Democrat | 19 | Yes |
| Maria Baez | Democrat | 14 | Yes |
| Charles Barron | Democrat | 42 | Yes |
| Gale A. Brewer | Democrat | 6 | Yes |
| Anthony Como | Republican | 30 | Yes |
| Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. | Democrat | 27 | Yes |
| Elizabeth Crowley | Democrat | 30 | Yes |
| Bill de Blasio | Democrat | 39 | Yes |
| Inez E. Dickens | Democrat | 9 | Yes |
| Erik Martin Dilan | Democrat | 37 | Yes |
| Mathieu Eugene | Democrat | 40 | Yes |
| Simcha Felder | Democrat | 44 | Yes |
| Julissa Ferreras | Democrat | 21 | Yes |
| Lewis A. Fidler | Democrat | 46 | Yes |
| Helen D. Foster | Democrat | 16 | Yes |
| Daniel R. Garodnick | Democrat | 4 | Yes |
| James F. Gennaro | Democrat | 24 | Yes |
| Vincent J. Gentile | Democrat | 43 | Yes |
| Alan Gerson | Democrat | 1 | Yes |
| Eric N. Gioia | Democrat | 26 | Yes |
| Sara M. Gonzalez | Democrat | 38 | Yes |
| Vincent Ignizio | Republican | 51 | Yes |
| Robert Jackson | Democrat | 7 | Yes |
| Letitia James | Working Families | 35 | Yes |
| Melinda R. Katz | Democrat | 29 | Yes |
| G. Oliver Koppell | Democrat | 11 | Yes |
| Jessica S. Lappin | Democrat | 5 | Yes |
| John C. Liu | Democrat | 20 | Yes |
| Melissa Mark Viverito | Democrat | 8 | Yes |
| Miguel Martinez | 10 | Yes | |
| Darlene Mealy | Democrat | 41 | Yes |
| Rosie Mendez | Democrat | 2 | Yes |
| Kenneth Mitchell | Democrat | 49 | Yes |
| Michael C. Nelson | Democrat | 48 | Yes |
| James S. Oddo | Republican | 50 | Yes |
| Annabel Palma | Democrat | 18 | Yes |
| Christine C. Quinn | Democrat | 3 | Yes |
| Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | Democrat | 47 | Yes |
| Diana Reyna | Democrat | 34 | Yes |
| Joel Rivera | Democrat | 15 | Yes |
| James Sanders, Jr. | Democrat | 31 | Absent |
| Larry B. Seabrook | Democrat | 12 | Yes |
| Helen Sears | Democrat | 25 | Yes |
| Kendall Stewart | Democrat | 45 | Yes |
| Eric Ulrich | Republican | 32 | Yes |
| James Vacca | Democrat | 13 | Yes |
| Peter F. Vallone, Jr. | Democrat | 22 | Yes |
| Albert Vann | Democrat | 36 | Yes |
| David I. Weprin | Democrat | 23 | Yes |
| Thomas White, Jr. | Democrat | 28 | Absent |
| David Yassky | Democrat | 33 | Yes |