Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/14/2026 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall
Jointly with the Committee on Criminal Justice.
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            Roll call Not available
T2026-1546 *   Oversight - Voting on Rikers.Oversight Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
T2026-1546 *   Oversight - Voting on Rikers.Oversight Filed, by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0786-2026 *Selvena N. Brooks-Powers  Procedures for early mail and absentee ballots for voters in department of correction custody.IntroductionThis bill would require the Commissioner of Correction to collaborate with the Board of Elections to create procedures for curing ballots for voters in the custody of the Department of Correction. The Commissioner would also be charged with helping incarcerated voters get new ballots when their previous ballot has an uncurable defect. Additionally, this bill would require the Department of Correction to report on statistics over the last five years regarding curing ballots for voters in their custody, such as how many cure affirmations were delivered to voters in their custody and how many cure affirmations were returned to the Board of Elections, as well as collaborating with the Department of Correction to determine how many ballots had uncurable defects and how many ballots were ultimately rejected and not counted.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0786-2026 *Selvena N. Brooks-Powers  Procedures for early mail and absentee ballots for voters in department of correction custody.IntroductionThis bill would require the Commissioner of Correction to collaborate with the Board of Elections to create procedures for curing ballots for voters in the custody of the Department of Correction. The Commissioner would also be charged with helping incarcerated voters get new ballots when their previous ballot has an uncurable defect. Additionally, this bill would require the Department of Correction to report on statistics over the last five years regarding curing ballots for voters in their custody, such as how many cure affirmations were delivered to voters in their custody and how many cure affirmations were returned to the Board of Elections, as well as collaborating with the Department of Correction to determine how many ballots had uncurable defects and how many ballots were ultimately rejected and not counted.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0797-2026 *Public Advocate Jumaane Williams  Reporting on voter registration and voting in city jails.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Correction to, in addition to semi-annual reporting on voter registration forms, annually report on the number of voter registration and voting activities in city jails, as well as on demographic information for people returning voter registration forms to the Department of Correction.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0797-2026 *Public Advocate Jumaane Williams  Reporting on voter registration and voting in city jails.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Correction to, in addition to semi-annual reporting on voter registration forms, annually report on the number of voter registration and voting activities in city jails, as well as on demographic information for people returning voter registration forms to the Department of Correction.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
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