Anthony Napolitano

Alderperson, Ward 41, Chicago City Council

We identified Napolitano’s voice at 18 meetings across six bodies.

4 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified

0.6min a meeting at the City Council, at least

23questions at the Committee on Budget and Government Operations

19 of 20present at roll calls, from the clerk

Also sits on 5 committees

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Next City Council meeting: Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 am · Agenda

Three clips, newest first

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Issues Napolitano raised, by number of meetings

Casino1 meeting

We count who raised an issue, not which side they took.

Every roll call, and Napolitano’s other bodies

Present at 19 of 20 roll calls at the City Council

From the clerk’s own record. We don’t compare members on it.

PresentAbsentOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Absent 1. Nov 14, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026. The clerk’s record covers 20 of the 22 meetings we hold, through Oct 14, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →

Committee on Budget and Government Operations: 1.1 min of speech a meeting, range 0.4–2.4. In the same range as 28 other members.
Committee on License and Consumer Protection: 0.9 min of speech a meeting, range 0.0–2.1. In the same range as 10 other members.
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: talk time not compared. On a random sample of meeting time, between 41% and 70% of members' speech here carries a name; we rank when the low end reaches 60%.
Committee on Police and Fire: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation: talk time not compared. Seated for only 3 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: present at 11 of 13 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on License and Consumer Protection: present at 10 of 10 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation: present at 1 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Questions

Napolitano asked 23 questions at the five Committee on Budget and Government Operations meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Napolitano’s 20 questions to city departments at the Committee on Budget and Government Operations, 12 went to police.

Who they question: 23 questions to a department, 2 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026.

Committee on Budget and Government Operations20 questions to city departments

Committee on Budget and Government Operations: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Police		1260%
Budget, finance and controller		420%
Human services, aging, youth		315%
Administration, HR, contracts and facilities		15%

Committee on License and Consumer Protection3 questions to city departments

Committee on License and Consumer Protection: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Economic development, business and licensing		3

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Napolitano’s voice

18, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Napolitano’s first remark.

Sep 9, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection4.2 min1:55:42
Jul 15, 2026City Council0.0 min3:12:48
Jun 17, 2026City Council0.8 min4:16:22
May 20, 2026City Council8.2 min3:49:17
May 6, 2026Committee on Police and Fire4.9 min1:29:48
May 5, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection4.2 min51:20
Apr 9, 2026Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation4.4 min39:15
Apr 9, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development1.5 min35:48
Mar 12, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection0.3 min33:30
Mar 12, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development0.6 min57:30

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Jan 21, 2026City Council3.1 min1:38:25
Dec 17, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations5.1 min2:50:18
Dec 9, 2025Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development0.1 min1:01:56
Nov 12, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations3.6 min1:29:12
Nov 10, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations1.1 min2:51:24
Nov 10, 2025Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development0.9 min30:32
Nov 5, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations7.3 min5:58:12
Oct 30, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations7.0 min2:06:25

How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 410 council lines drawn, 352 right, 0 wrong, 1 unclear, 57 couldn’t be judged

A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Napolitano was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Anthony Napolitano’s name only when both agree and a code check finds the name said on, or just before, their turn. Voices our transcripts merge with someone else’s are never attributed, so every count here undercounts what Napolitano said. For councils and their committees, of 410 lines drawn, 352 were right, 0 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 57. We have since removed the voices behind 110 of those lines (0 wrong, 1 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 300 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 268: all 268 right (90% lower bound 0.99). They couldn’t judge the other 32. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Napolitano or of Chicago alone.