Official:Granting permission to Krishna Krupa, LLC, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Broad and Locust Streets, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the southwest corner of Broad and Locust Streets, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: December 7, 2006
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill allows a newsstand on Broad and Locust Streets to install fiber optic conduits for electricity and phone service. The construction must follow city regulations and the newsstand owner will need to get approval from relevant departments.
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