Res 0503-2026
Resolution
Review Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption and the Federal Communications Commission to explore approaches that promote the availability of professional sports programming on free, over-the-air broadcast television.
- Title
- Review Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption and the Federal Communications Commission to explore approaches that promote the availability of professional sports programming on free, over-the-air broadcast television.
- Type
- Resolution
- Status
- Committee
- Introduced
- 2026-06-11
Sponsors
- Frank Morano Council Member, District 51 (Staten Island)
- Harvey D. Epstein Council Member, District 2 (Manhattan)
- Tiffany L. Cabán Council Member, District 22 (Queens)
- Lynn C. Schulman Council Member, District 29 (Queens)
Money behind the sponsors
Money spent in the sponsors' 2025 election races, not on this bill. Outside spending is independent of the campaigns; PAC gifts went directly to a sponsor's campaign. NYC Campaign Finance Board.
- Harvey D. Epstein 4 outside spenders · 11 PAC gifts $175,717
- Lynn C. Schulman 2 outside spenders · 24 PAC gifts $76,265
- Tiffany L. Cabán 13 PAC gifts $10,300
- Frank Morano 5 PAC gifts $2,800
Shared backers of the sponsors
Lobbying clients, PACs, or outside spenders tied to more than one of this bill's sponsors — through lobbying that named them, PAC gifts to their campaigns, or outside spending in their races. About the sponsors' money and lobbying, not a claim about this bill.
- Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR/SEIU) Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- CSA COPE (School Supervisors & Administrators) Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- PSC-CUNY Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- 32BJ SEIU American Dream Fund Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- 1199SEIU Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors
- United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 342 Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors
- American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc. for the benefit of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc. and Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors
- Heights Hill Community Advisory Board Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors
- The Epilepsy Institute Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors
- Coalition for Fairness in SoHo and NoHo, Inc. Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors
- Arthur Kill Terminal LLC Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors