About a week ago, news circulated that a Philadelphia councilwoman had introduced a bill to ban R. Kelly from Philadelphia after sexual assault allegations resurfaced against the singer. Now, that bill has been passed unanimously.

Council-member Helen Gym announced that the #MuteR.Kelly resolution passed Thursday (Jan 31) afternoon on Twitter.

“We reject a system that silences black women and accepts black pain. We believe survivors. R. Kelly is not welcome in Philadelphia,” the statement read.

“This resolution is about fundamentally stating a public declaration that R. Kelly and sexual predators like him don’t belong in a public sphere, with public support,” Gym said on CBS News-Philly. “This symbolic act of solidarity puts all sexual predators on notice.”