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Erik Bottcher asks the ED of the Mayor's Office of Food Policy about the feasibility of city-owned grocery stores at today's hearing. (Clearly asking about Zohran Mamdani's proposal without mentioning his name.) citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

Council Member Bottcher questions the feasibility of city-owned grocery stores | Committee on Oversight and Investigations | NYC City Council | April 08, 2025 | citymeetings.nyc

A segment from the 2 hr 6 min New York City Council Committee on Oversight and Investigations session on April 08, 2025 titled "Council Member Bottcher questions the feasibility of city-owned gro...

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I have access to NYC council hearing recordings for NYC’s purchase of Legistar from Granicus from 2008, and on our Open Data laws from 2009. These were pre-Legistar. I’ll be doing a history feature in April some time. These are incredible in so many ways. Subscribe at citymeetings.nyc.

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Brooklyn Botanic Gardens is starting to enter its prime!

Another citymeetings New York Daily News citation, this time in the opinion section on the Queens casino project -- www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/30/c...

Citi Field casino: Bad bet for Queens

Time is running out to stop a Vegas-style casino next to Citi Field stadium. Many neighbors do not know that Metropolitan Park — hedge fund billionaire and Mets owner Steve Cohen’s casino proposal …

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What he said in August at his corp. counsel nomination hearing in August: 1. The city is not a party to that case. 2. But I'd recuse myself anyway. 3. Also, this is a pro-environment case. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

Mastro's involvement in New Jersey's congestion pricing case | Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections | NYC City Council | August 27, 2024 | citymeetings.nyc

A segment from the 11 hr 7 min New York City Council Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections session on August 27, 2024 titled "Mastro's involvement in New Jersey's congestion pricing case&q...

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citymeetings #32 is out! I trawled ~50 hours of meetings to find discussions regarding changes to federal funding and policy across every prelim budget hearing last week. You can read it here: buttondown.com/citymeetings...

A special issue of citymeetings #32 goes out at 11 AM Eastern. I trawled ~50 hours of budget hearings last week and compiled a survey of discussions where changes to federal funding or policy came up at every budget hearing last week. You can subscribe on citymeetings DOT nyc.

Unlimited pastries for DEP's commissioner.

Facebook referred more visitors to citymeetingsnyc than Google last week for the first time and it's because of these statements by Brad Lander shared among union and retiree groups. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

Analysis of proposal to refinance pension system's unfunded liability | Committee on Finance | NYC City Council | March 05, 2025 | citymeetings.nyc

A segment from the 7 hr 15 min New York City Council Committee on Finance session on March 05, 2025 titled "Analysis of proposal to refinance pension system's unfunded liability". Read the s...

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Been reworking my speaker identification tooling and sometimes language models will assign incredible roles to people.

Education hearing from yesterday is up now -- the video was made available late last night.

Got caught up in a few things -- but this 10-hour hearing is now up.

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I know what you're all thinking: the 10-hour budget hearing for the Committee on Public Safety did not go up last night. It's because I went to bed before the video was made available, downloaded, and transcribed. But it'll be up in a bit this morning on citymeetings.nyc.

I know what you're all thinking: the 10-hour budget hearing for the Committee on Public Safety did not go up last night. It's because I went to bed before the video was made available, downloaded, and transcribed. But it'll be up in a bit this morning on citymeetings.nyc.

citymeeting #31 went out a few minutes ago! Notably -- - I'm talking at School of Data on March 29th. - I used tools to find federal funding cut discussions from 30 hours of budget hearings. - Highlights on the Queens Future casino proposal. Read the issue here: buttondown.com/citymeetings...

FYI: Hyacinths are starting to bloom, which means the best-smelling flower in existence will be carpeting the fragrance garden at Brooklyn Botanic soon.

citymeetings #30 is out! Notably: - I'm hiring a part-time intern to help me publish meetings using my tools. - If you're at Stanford or Columbia and interested in applying for the Magic Grant -- I'd love to chat. Read it here: buttondown.com/citymeetings...

Happy birthday citymeetings.nyc!

Also notably: 1. citymeetings turns 1 year old this week! 2. My mug appeared in Who's Who in Emerging Tech in City & State yesterday. (Yes, the photo was taken in front of the wall of the McGolrick park bathroom.)

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citymeetings #29 is hot off the presses! Notably: - citymeetings turns 1 year old this week! - I announced *citymeetings PRO* today. You can subscribe on citymeetings dot nyc and read the issue here: buttondown.com/citymeetings...

citymeetings #29 is hot off the presses! Notably: - citymeetings turns 1 year old this week! - I announced *citymeetings PRO* today. You can subscribe on citymeetings dot nyc and read the issue here: buttondown.com/citymeetings...

🍎 citymeetings.nyc #29

Early Childhood Centers, Public Health Preparedness, NYPD & the POST Act, Foster Care Hi! I'm announcing citymeetings.nyc PRO today. Right now, it is the...

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Today's NYC Council hearing re: NYPD's gang database and DNA collection practices is up on citymeetings.nyc. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

NYC City Council | Committee on Public Safety | February 24, 2025 | 10:00 AM | citymeetings.nyc

A hearing on the NYPD's gang database and DNA collection practices, focusing on two bills: - Intro 125, which would prohibit DNA collection from juveniles without parental consent - Intro 798, which ...

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Not the main event today, but part of this Zoning & Franchises hearing deals with a contentious sidewalk cafe application for Le Dive in Dimes Square in Chris Marte's district, veering into discussion on open streets, etc. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

NYC City Council | Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises | February 24, 2025 | 11:00 AM | citymeetings.nyc

A hearing on two proposals: - A mixed-use residential and community facility building in South Jamaica, Queens, including approximately 125 apartments with 31 permanently affordable units - A sidewal...

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I think Today in Gay wins the award for first citymeetings.nyc mention in a podcast, mentioning the committee vote to designate January 31 as Cecilia Gentili Day. I love to see it. One of the underrated things about actually-transparent meetings is that they amplify real, on-the-ground advocacy.

I know the FAD is the last thing on anyone’s mind these days but this piece linked to a DEP hearing on citymeetings the other day and I thought it was a really fun read about regional water politics in NYC and upstate. kingstoncreative.net/the-catskill...

The Catskills’ Lost Future: Water, Power, and the Fight for Local Control - Kingston Creative

As a local marketing agency that celebrates the potential of the Hudson Valley and Catskills community, we present this historical, philosophical and political look into the murky depths of the New Yo...

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citymeetings #28 went out this morning! Read the issue here: buttondown.com/citymeetings... Subscribe on citymeetings.nyc.

Two link to today's Stated Meeting address where Adrienne Adams talks about Trump & Elon Musk. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

Speaker Adams criticizes Trump administration's early actions | Stated Meeting | NYC City Council | February 13, 2025 | citymeetings.nyc

A segment from the 1 hr 24 min New York City Council Stated Meeting session on February 13, 2025 titled "Speaker Adams criticizes Trump administration's early actions". Read the summary and ...

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citymeetings issue #27 is hot off the presses! The NYC council budget hearings begin in March. If you want to follow them, citymeetings will publish breakdowns same-day. I'm also building a professional offering if you need advanced research/alerts. buttondown.com/citymeetings...

Writing the newsletter for Monday and, at the rate that everyone cites the figure, 1.4% will be seared into my eyeballs by the end of this year.

A fun little aside from Jumaane Williams at the DOE hearing today.

This afternoon Crystal Hudson asked NYC Aging and NYCHA about the impact of the federal funding pause on NYC's older adult programs. A bit of insight into what folks in NYC govt. are hearing and doing w.r.t. NYC's programs. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

Impact of White House budget office pause on federal grants and older adult programs | Committee on Aging | NYC City Council | January 28, 2025 | citymeetings.nyc

A segment from the 2 hr 53 min New York City Council Committee on Aging session on January 28, 2025 titled "Impact of White House budget office pause on federal grants and older adult programs&qu...

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