The Council’s week ahead: 14 hearings, from shelter safety to the city’s new safety office

After Thursday's stated meeting, the Council turns to committee work. Fourteen hearings are on the Council's official calendar from Monday, Oct. 26, through Friday, Oct. 30, several of them held jointly by two or three committees. The full Council next meets on Nov. 12.

Hearings are open to the public in person and online, and anyone can sign up to testify. Here is the week, with what our records show about each agenda. Times are New York time.

Monday, Oct. 26

• Criminal Justice, 10 a.m. Oversight of the Department of Probation's organizational strategy, with Int. 1104 from Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, on information for young people accused of crimes (meeting).
• General Welfare, 1 p.m.: deferred. The shelter safety hearing moved to Wednesday (below).

Tuesday, Oct. 27

• Transportation and Infrastructure, 9:30 a.m. Vision Zero oversight and six bills, including protected bike lanes and a low-traffic neighborhood pilot (meeting; our preview).
• Aging and Public Housing, 10 a.m. Older adult centers in NYCHA buildings, with Int. 1083 from Crystal Hudson, placing financial literacy advisors in older adult centers (meeting).
• Women and Gender Equity and Criminal Justice, 10 a.m. Maternal health and the criminal justice system, with Int. 902 from Linda Lee on mental health protocols for pregnant and postpartum people, which has 18 sponsors and has waited since May 14 (meeting).
• Children and Youth, 1 p.m. Conditions in secure youth detention, with four pieces of legislation (meeting; our preview).
• Workforce Development, 1 p.m. Oversight of the Office of Community Hiring (meeting).

Wednesday, Oct. 28

• Governmental Operations, 10 a.m. City advertising spending and the Mayor's Office of Ethnic & Community Media; three bills on agency reports to the Council; and a new proposal on agency use of communication technologies (meeting; our story).
• Housing and Buildings and Finance, 1 p.m. Homeownership, with eight bills. They include two from Brooks-Powers with 17 sponsors each, Int. 861 and Int. 862, on the housing voucher homeownership program and a homebuyer assistance program; Int. 1084 from Hudson, for automatic enrollment in property tax payment plans; and Int. 1091 from Mercedes Narcisse, on notice of when Buildings Department violations can lead to tax liens (meeting).
• Hospitals, 1 p.m. NYC Health + Hospitals' NYC Care program and access to care for uninsured New Yorkers (meeting).
• General Welfare, 1 p.m. Shelter safety, with Int. 99 from Gale A. Brewer, 16 sponsors, on how families with children are placed in shelters, and Int. 387 from Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on crime statistics in shelters. Both have waited since Jan. 29 (meeting).

Thursday, Oct. 29

• Early Childhood Education and Small Business, 1 p.m. "The Business of Child Care," with Int. 445 from Althea V. Stevens, expanding a Small Business Services pathways program (meeting).
• Contracts, 2 p.m. Oversight of PASSPort and three bills on small capital projects (meeting; our preview).

Friday, Oct. 30

• Immigration and Women and Gender Equity, 10 a.m. Pregnancy- and birth-related health outcomes for immigrants. The Health Committee's part of this joint hearing is listed as deferred (meeting).
• Public Safety and Governmental Operations, 1 p.m. The Office of Community Safety, with Int. 403 to create a Department of Community Safety (meeting; our preview).

Looking further ahead

Sanitation meets Nov. 2 on snow removal, with Int. 1042 from Ty Hankerson on publishing snow plowing data. The land use subcommittee and committee meet Nov. 10. Schedules can change; the meetings calendar updates from the Council's own calendar, and video and searchable transcripts follow each hearing on its meeting page.