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Happy birthday citymeetings.nyc!

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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

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

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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...

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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.

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

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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...

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citymeetings #26 went out this morning! With a link to my @thoughtbot.com interview, a nod to budget season (+ a paid offering), and highlights on: - DOT's capital planning - Worker protection bills - DSNY's snow preparedness - The Veterans Advisory Board buttondown.com/citymeetings... Enjoy!

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Just for fun, here are two recent updates to NYC Council's A/V work: - Last year one of the chambers introduced a new camera angle (screenshot shown). - All the video this year has more saturated color. I like it. Apparently they replaced all the cameras.

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I talked about how citymeetings works and how I plan to sustain it on Giant Robots Smashing Into Giant Robots (the Thoughtbot podcast). You can give it a listen wherever you find your podcasts or here: podcast.thoughtbot.com/558

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The Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit really milking this event that happened on the 18th for this week’s newsletter.

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EDC is looking into relocating the Whitehall Terminal (that Staten Island Ferry operates out of)? citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

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The MTA's created an "outer borough transportation fund" to improve transportation outside the congestion relief zone. Discussion by Margaret Forgione @ DOT and CM Chris Banks here -- citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

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Today's DOT hearing is up, covering progress on the Streets Plan and more. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

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Current mayoral candidate Paperboy Love Prince gave testimony at a Committee on Finance vote a few weeks ago. Face painted, he began his testimony with a big cackle. (And also had a lot to say.) His testimony is on citymeetings: citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

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2025's inaugural citymeetings newsletter (#25!) went out this morning. With highlights from: - A hearing on NYC's immigrant protections. - H+H doctor working conditions. - The Arrow Linen rezoning. buttondown.com/citymeetings... You can subscribe on citymeetings.nyc.

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More of the flavor of delightful NYC coverage I've come to expect from @hellgatenyc.com.

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NYC Council's last hearing before Trump's inauguration on Monday was Chair @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social's hearing today on NYC's protections and resources for immigrant communities. All 6.5 hrs in short, linkable segments are now up on citymeetings -- citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

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Hey @davepeck.org thank you for the nice little shoutout here! davepeck.org/2025/01/15/s...

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I reviewed each step of @justinbrannan.bsky.social's finance committee meeting breakdown this morning as I always do. I intervened zero times during the chapter extraction process: a first. (Anyway, meeting's up.) citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

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citymeetings.nyc is amazing and makes public meetings so much more accessible to citizens! I can browse the topics that came up at #NYC council and watch clips of relevant discussions or testimony in a few minutes. I'd never have the time or patience to watch hours just to see if something came up.

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A short NYC Council Stated Meeting to open the year. Only one comment on congestion pricing, which I thought was surprising. It was by Chris Banks. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...

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There is a moment at Randy Mastro's corp. counsel hearing where he asserts that NJ's case against congestion pricing is a pro-environment case, @keithpowersnyc.bsky.social says he'd contest otherwise, then Randy Mastro goes "can't speak to the governor's intentions!", and it's emblematic.

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Tech heroes are few and far between lately, but I think Vikram Oberoi qualifies. hellgatenyc.com/vikram-obero...

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Writing Monday's citymeetings newsletter and there's a bullet point from Greenwood Cemetery which reminds me: I ate what looked like a very ripe persimmon off one of their trees several weeks ago but I, uh, miscalculated. And, well,

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Software engineer @vikramoberoi.com's citymeetings.nyc is making keeping tabs on City Council meetings a little less painful. hellgatenyc.com/vikram-obero...

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