NYC: Council voting to remove anti-LGBTQ Vickie Paladino from Mental Health Committee
The City Council is voting to remove Queens City Councilmember Vickie Paladino from the Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities, and Addiction on March 2 as a form of punishment for spewing anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and attacking drag story hour over the course of the last year.
The move came as part of a Rules Committee resolution involving committee membership changes across the City Council. The committee voted unanimously to approve the changes during a morning hearing ahead of a full Council vote in the afternoon.
As Speaker Adams has previously conveyed, statements of hate and intolerance — including those directed at the LGBTQIA+ community and our own members — are repugnant and unacceptable,” a spokesperson for Speaker Adrienne Adams told Gay City News in a written statement. “Members of the Council’s Committee on Mental Health are relied upon to ensure care and services for all New Yorkers are a priority. The Council is voting on Councilmember Paladino’s removal from this committee because of a lack of confidence in her commitment to inclusivity that equitably reflects the needs of all New Yorkers on an essential issue of public health and safety.”
The move comes nearly nine months after Speaker Adams said the Council would be “looking into what further action may be warranted” against Paladino in response to a flood of bigoted comments she posted on Twitter.
https://gaycitynews.com/council-voting-remove-anti-lgbtq-vickie-paladino-from-mental-health-committee/
= new reply since forum marked as read
