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250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1

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Descriptions and Jurisdictions of Committees

Date		Time	Location	Meeting Topic	Meeting Details	Agenda	Minutes	Multimedia

6/17/2026		1:00 PM	250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3	Oversight - Racial Equity at CUNY.	Meeting details	Agenda	Not available	Not available
6/8/2026		10:00 AM	Council Chambers - City Hall Jointly with the Committee on Finance	Executive Budget Hearings - Higher Education	Meeting details	Agenda	Not available	Not available
4/28/2026		10:00 AM	250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2 Jointly with the Committee on Children and Youth.	Oversight - Strengthening CUNY Pathways for Current and Former Foster Youth.	Meeting details	Agenda	Minutes	Video
4/23/2026		Deferred	250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1 Jointly with the Committee on Children and Youth.	Oversight - Strengthening CUNY Pathways for Current and Former Foster Youth.	Meeting details	Agenda	Not available	Not available
4/15/2026		1:00 PM	250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1 Jointly with the Subcommittee on Early Childhood Education and the Committee on Workforce Development	Multiple meeting items, please see Meeting Details for more information	Meeting details	Agenda	Minutes	Video
3/24/2026		Deferred	250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3		Meeting details	Agenda	Not available	Not available
3/20/2026		12:30 PM	250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3	Preliminary Budget Hearing - Higher Education	Meeting details	Agenda	Minutes	Video
2/27/2026		11:00 AM	250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3 Jointly with the Committee on Workforce Development.	Oversight - Aligning Higher Education with Workforce Demand.	Meeting details	Agenda	Minutes	Video
2/25/2026		Deferred	250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2 Jointly with the Committee on Workforce Development.		Meeting details	Agenda	Not available	Not available
2/23/2026		Deferred	250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1 Jointly with the Committee on Workforce Development.		Meeting details	Agenda	Not available	Not available

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27	28 Higher Education 10:00 AM Jointly with the Committee on Children and Youth.	29	30	1 May
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18	19	20	21	22
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Person Name	District	Title	Start Date	End Date	Web Site	Borough	Political Party

Carl Wilson	District 03	Committee Member	5/15/2026	12/31/2026		Manhattan
Eric Dinowitz	District 11	Committee Member	1/15/2026	12/31/2029	https://council...ov/district-11/	Bronx	Democrat
Harvey D. Epstein	District 02	Committee Member	1/15/2026	12/31/2029	https://council...gov/district-2/	Manhattan	Democrat
Joann Ariola	District 32	Committee Member	1/15/2026	12/31/2029	https://council...v/joann-ariola/	Queens	Republican
Lincoln Restler	District 33	Committee Member	1/15/2026	12/31/2029	https://council...incoln-restler/	Brooklyn	Democrat
Rita C. Joseph	District 40	CHAIRPERSON	1/15/2026	12/31/2029	https://council...ov/rita-joseph/	Brooklyn	Democrat
Virginia Maloney	District 04	Committee Member	1/15/2026	12/31/2029	https://council...gov/district-4/	Manhattan	Democrat

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