Ok... the City Council page finally came up. Here are the members and their party. See a trend? The vote was 41-4, by the way. I could be paranoid but there are exactly 4 non-Democrats on this list (although the total is over 45 so my theory already has holes in it but it’s fun anyway).
“Oh, those poor children. We must protect them from those nasty “metal” bats even if their parents think otherwise. What do they know anyway? It takes a village!”
Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. 32 Queens Democrat
Maria del Carmen Arroyo 17 Bronx Democrat
Tony Avella 19 Queens Democrat
Maria Baez 14 Bronx Democrat
Charles Barron 42 Brooklyn Democrat
Gale A. Brewer 6 Manhattan Democrat
Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. 27 Queens Democrat
Bill de Blasio 39 Brooklyn Democrat
Inez E. Dickens 9 Manhattan Democrat
Erik Martin Dilan 37 Brooklyn Democrat
Simcha Felder 44 Brooklyn Democrat
Lewis A. Fidler 46 Brooklyn Democrat
Helen D. Foster 16 Bronx Democrat
Dennis P. Gallagher 30 Queens Republican
Daniel R. Garodnick 4 Manhattan Democrat
James F. Gennaro 24 Queens Democrat
Vincent J. Gentile 43 Brooklyn Democrat
Alan J. Gerson 1 Manhattan Democrat
Eric N. Gioia 26 Queens Democrat
Sara M. Gonzalez 38 Brooklyn Democrat
Vincent Ignizio 51 Staten Island Republican
Robert Jackson 7 Manhattan Democrat
Letitia James 35 Brooklyn Working Families
Melinda R. Katz 29 Queens Democrat
G. Oliver Koppell 11 Bronx Democrat
Jessica S. Lappin 5 Manhattan Democrat
John C. Liu 20 Queens Democrat
Melissa Mark Viverito 8 Manhattan Democrat
Miguel Martinez 10 Manhattan Democrat
Michael E. McMahon 49 Staten Island Democrat
Darlene Mealy 41 Brooklyn Democrat
Rosie Mendez 2 Manhattan Democrat
Hiram Monserrate 21 Queens Democrat
Michael C. Nelson 48 Brooklyn Democrat
James S. Oddo 50 Staten Island Republican
Annabel Palma 18 Bronx Democrat
Christine C. Quinn 3 Manhattan Democrat
Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. 47 Brooklyn Democrat
Diana Reyna 34 Brooklyn Democrat
Joel Rivera 15 Bronx Democrat
James Sanders, Jr. 31 Queens Democrat
Larry B. Seabrook 12 Bronx Democrat
Helen Sears 25 Queens Democrat
Kendall Stewart 45 Brooklyn Democrat
James Vacca 13 Bronx Democrat
Peter F. Vallone, Jr. 22 Queens Democrat
Albert Vann 36 Brooklyn Democrat
David I. Weprin 23 Queens Democrat
Thomas White, Jr. 28 Queens Democrat
David Yassky 33 Brooklyn Democrat
So much for my paranoid theory. One of the co-sponsors of the bill is a Republican.