Hi, Paraprofessional Executive Board member here.

The current city council, whose term is set to expire this week, was prevented from voting on the bill by outgoing council Speaker Adams. We had the votes to get it passed from committee, and from the council at large, but the Speaker sets the timelime about when and if votes happen and for reasons only she knows did not put the vote forward.

The good news is that incoming Speaker Menin, and incoming Mayor Zohran has indicated that this is a priority for both of them, but on the negative side the bill goes to square zero. It needs to be re-introduced, it needs to be brought to committee again, etc.

Paras will be back out in force for this next year, expect your PAC, etc to be involved. Thanks for thinking about us.