The Council's next two weeks: Planning Commission nominees after Question 3, a Board of Correction pick, and a homeownership hearing

With the election over, the City Council returns to its regular calendar next week. The first big item is Monday's Rules Committee hearing on Mayor Zohran Mamdani's five picks for the City Planning Commission, which picked up new final say over some land decisions when voters approved Question 3 on Tuesday. The committee will also take up a new Council candidate for the Board of Correction, the city's jail oversight board.

Why it matters to residents: these hearings decide who sits on the boards that shape what gets built in your neighborhood and how the city's jails are watched. Hearings are open to the public and streamed, and most allow public testimony.

Here is what is on the Council's published calendar for Nov. 9 to 20, from our records. Times are Eastern.

Monday, Nov. 9

Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics, 10 a.m. (agenda)

• Five City Planning Commission nominees: Anthony Crowell (M 93), Kenneth Knuckles (M 94), Julie Stein (M 95), Margaret Anadu (M 96) and Meenakshi Srinivasan (M 97). The nominations were referred to the committee Oct. 22. Our Question 3 story explains why the commission's job just got bigger.
• Martha King, Board of Correction (T2026-2639). The item describes her as the Council's candidate for appointment to the board under Section 626 of the City Charter, which lets the Council name some of its members. Its listed sponsor is Council Member Sandra Ung. King led the board's staff as executive director, and is now a senior program officer at the Charles H. Revson Foundation, according to her Correctional Association of New York biography. The board's 2026 news page shows that member Dwayne C. Sampson, a former chair, resigned effective Oct. 30. The page does not say whether King would fill that seat.

Tuesday, Nov. 10

Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, 11 a.m. (meeting) and Land Use Committee, noon (meeting). No items have been posted yet.

Thursday, Nov. 12

Finance Committee, 11 a.m. (meeting), then the stated meeting of the full Council, 1:30 p.m. (agenda). No agenda items are posted yet for either. Our records show the Board of Correction item is set to be formally introduced at this meeting.

Tuesday, Nov. 17

Housing and Buildings and Finance, joint hearing, 11 a.m. on homeownership (Housing agenda, Finance agenda). Twelve bills and resolutions are listed, including:

• Int. 862, from Selvena N. Brooks-Powers with 17 sponsors, for a homebuyer financial assistance program with a minimum number of buyers helped each year.
• Int. 1096, from Nantasha M. Williams, for outreach to homeowners at risk of displacement.
• Int. 1084, from Crystal Hudson, for automatic enrollment in city property tax payment plans.
• Int. 1091, from Mercedes Narcisse, on notice that some Buildings Department violations can lead to a tax lien.

Our deed theft story looked at how the city first used its new deed fraud law ahead of this hearing.

Wednesday, Nov. 18

Education, 1 p.m. (agenda), an oversight hearing on school bus service, with Int. 835, from Lincoln Restler with 11 sponsors, to create a school bus performance dashboard.

Thursday, Nov. 19

Finance, 11 a.m. (agenda), on Int. 1112, from Linda Lee, to let eight business improvement districts raise their annual spending. The full Council holds another stated meeting at 1:30 p.m. (meeting).

Friday, Nov. 20

Immigration, 10 a.m. (meeting). No items are posted yet. Our Nov. 1 story covered the issues members have raised.

Postponed

The Aging and General Welfare committee hearings set for Nov. 16, and the Higher Education hearing set for Nov. 17, are marked deferred in our records. No new dates are posted.

How to take part

Each meeting page above links to the agenda and, after the hearing, video and a searchable transcript. Agendas can change; items are often added a few days ahead. You can follow the full calendar on our meetings page or subscribe to it as a calendar feed.