Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics

Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 10:30 a.m. (New York City time), 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1

Committee: Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics

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0:03 You're not. Ow! Ow! I know

0:03 .good. Good morning. Good

0:10 morning and welcome to today's

0:11 New York City Council hearing

0:13 for the committee on rules

0:15 privileges election standard

0:16 and ethics at this time I

0:17 would like to remind everyone

0:19 that silence electronic

0:20 devices. Also at this point

0:21 going forward, but what is

0:23 approaching to no one I

0:23 sapproach today is chia ready.

0:29 Good morning. I'm Sandra on

0:30 showed a committee of rules

0:32 privileges election standard

0:33 and ethics. I'm joined by my

0:35 colleagues said, please

0:36 speaker natasha Williams,

0:37 majority leader brew minority

0:40 leader David Carr, definitely

0:45 majority leader

0:45 . You sat here and council

0:47 members Elsie akon, asean

0:48 shaker Krishnan, then delete

0:48 and camera rally, the

0:50 committing of rules,

0:51 privileges, elections and

0:51 santa ethics is meeting today

0:55 regarding section 10.6 0 o

0:56 ffor the committee to discuss

1:00 the confidential business, but

1:02 soon. Section 10.6 year old

1:03 off the rules of the castle.

1:06 Therefore, I am making a

1:07 motion for the committee to

1:09 move into executive session

1:10 pursuant to section 1 0 5 for

1:12 the New York state public

1:13 offices law. All those in

1:15 favor, say aye, aye

1:17 , noting that the ice. Abbott,

1:19 I'm now going to closest

1:20 portion of the meeting and we

1:22 open in executive session. I

1:23 asked that all a subcommittee

1:24 staff cleared the room. I also

1:27 ask the sergeant at arms stuff

1:28 this portion of meeting if

1:30 executive session results in

1:31 decision to consider further

1:33 actions and reconvene. We will

1:34 not return, we will simply let

1:35 the sergeant of arms smell w

1:37 not returning if executive

1:39 session results in a vote, we

1:40 will return to regular session

1:42 to report the vote when

1:42 executive session concludes

1:47 .oh, please put up all

1:48 thank you,

1:28:22 hey, good, good, good. Good

1:28:23 afternoon. I'm Sandra own

1:28:24 chair of the rules privileges,

1:28:26 election standards ethics

1:28:27 committee. I'm again joined by

1:28:28 my colleagues that please

1:28:30 speaker natasha Williams,

1:28:31 minority door David Carr,

1:28:33 majority leader shine, brule

1:28:34 De lima, the majority leader

1:28:36 Chris Banks and council

1:28:37 members Elsie akash in shaker

1:28:41 krishna. The rules privileges

1:28:42 election the rules privileged

1:28:44 election standard ethic

1:28:45 committee opened a meeting

1:28:46 earlier today to discuss

1:28:48 confidential business pursuant

1:28:51 to section 10.6 0 of the rules

1:28:52 of the council because it was

1:28:54 necessary for the committee to

1:28:56 discuss confidential business.

1:28:57 The committee voted to move

1:28:59 into executives session

1:29:00 pursuant to article seven o

1:29:02 fthe public offices law we

1:29:03 . Are now. We're trying to

1:29:05 open session to make public

1:29:05 the outcome of today's meeting

1:29:09 . During the executive session

1:29:10 , the committee voted to work

1:29:10 towards resolving an issue

1:29:15 . This concludes the summary

1:29:15 of the committee's vote during

1:29:16 today's meeting and this

1:29:17 meeting is