Story with martha begins now in. Martha thank you very much. It afternoon im Martha Maccallum and this is the story. We have breaking news right now in new York City as you just saw quite a bit of news in florida as well. Obviously in beirut. For the first time in history, the sitting mayor of the biggest city in the country Eric Adams was indicted on a tangle of charges around Campaign Donations and bribery and the government of turkiye. Also as you just heard Hurricane Helene has now strengthened to a category three hurricane. Its expected to grow further before making landfall several hours away. So we are watching it, its enormous Peer Arlington with the Big Bend of florida we are going to have live coverage for you as it changes this afternoon. Also waiting in new york a couple big things, trump will speak shortly from Trump Tower. But first. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not give in to White House calls for a ceasefire in lebanon. As u. S. Officials say w
Obtain permits from department of environment is pending in land use. The hearing to review access and involvement in the Building Permit process will be heard at tomorrows gao Committee Meeting at 2 00 a. M. Tomorrow. We have an ordinance supervisor fewer proposed an ordinance two weeks ago to require the rent board to maintain an inventory of Residential Rental units and report information on those units. This is mainly a rent board issue. I note it because d. B. I. Would have some role in providing information to the rent board about buildings. Finally, proposition h passed. This is the save Small Business proposition mostly regarding planning code issues but it does add a 30day deadline for permit possessing for certain Small Businesses, mostly just change of use permits for Small Businesses. We are working with the Planning Department and other permitting departments to figure out how to implement that. We will have more to update you in future meetings. I am happy to answer any q
Commissioner jacobo here. Commissioner tam present. We have a quorum. Our item is item 2, president s announcements. President mccarthy good morning, everybody. Welcome to november 2020 b. I. C. Commission, once again apologizy in advance if i mispronounce anybodys names. Im president of the building inspection commission. And im joined by fellow commissioners and director, Patrick Oriordan and staff. Mayor breed of the Public Health director, the city is unfortunately experiencing another increase in covid cases and hospitalizations. Resulting in more than citywide measures as of november 13 that hopefully will reduce the pandemic infections. D. B. I. Leadership and staff for the ongoing hard work under these complicated circumstances. Even though the Public Health protocols, our new space is open on a limited basis to the public and the department continues to issue permits, conduct and schedule onsite job inspections and respond to complaints and task Code Enforcement steps as warra
To speak via couple comment are available by calling 4156550001 and entering access code 1461951064. When we reach the item that you want to speak on that we are discussing, press star, three to enter the queue. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes to speak. When you have 30 seconds remaining, you will hear a chime indicating that you have 30 seconds left. Be when your time is up, i will indicate that your time has allotted to speak. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, and turn down your volume. Id like to call roll now. [roll call] clerk we do expect commissioner moore to join us shortly. She is experiencing some technical difficulties, so hopefully, shell be able to resolve those soon. Commissioners, first on your agenda is consideration of items proposed for continuance. Item 1, case number 2020002743d 2020002743drp at 1555 oak street, proposed for continuance to december 3, 2020, item 2, 2019015984 cua, at 590 second avenue, proposed fo
The virus in the first place. We remember not too long ago the when we finally made the announcement that we would be opening gyms and hair salons and nail salons. Just think about how good it felt to feel normal. To go and get your hair done or your nails done or to go and workout at the gym and enjoy your time there, but just think about how much more important it was to the people who were finally able to open their business, who were finally able to get a paycheck, who finally had some level of certainty in their lives that they would be able to take care of themselves. Now, think about whats happening now. Im sure that so many of those people are scared. Last week we told the restaurants that they would no longer be able to operate indoors. What that meant was not only layoffs, but it also meant that there was a lot of lost revenue because of the food that they no longer were able to use. When you think about some of the things and the sacrifices that people are making, thats what