# 🔴 LIVE: Speaker Menin and Council Members Discuss Today's Stated Meeting


**Body:** New York City Council
**Date:** October 23, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

At the New York City Council’s stated meeting on October 22, 2026, members outlined votes on legislation and land-use matters. The land-use agenda included rezonings intended to enable a nine-story, 300-bed long-term care facility at 1455 Coney Island Avenue and a six-story building at 135-27 Sapphire Street. The Council also planned action on a finance item concerning a partial 40-year property-tax exemption for specified buildings, but the transcript provides no dollar amount or procurement award. No contracts, vendor selections, bids, or city purchasing decisions were identified.

Members discussed the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), a revised measure that would give eligible community-oriented housing providers an opportunity to purchase certain residential properties when offered for sale; the Speaker said revisions narrowed the eligible building universe and addressed legal and stakeholder concerns. Other measures discussed included phasing out horse-drawn carriages by June 2028, with worker-transition support and possible compensation for owners left to administration consideration; expanding free 2-K access in the Bronx and Staten Island by fall 2027; and legislation concerning rent relief, voting access for people in custody, special-education reporting, and gender-based-violence data. The transcript describes proposed or upcoming votes but does not establish the outcomes of those votes.

**Source:** New York City Council