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8 meetings listed from Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026; 5 transcribed, the newest on May 27, 2026, including one joint hearing, for at least 16 hours.

4 members seated · Chair: Sandy Nurse

What Sandy Nurse said on Apr 28, 2026

30:29
In— from 2016 to 2017, about 6% of inquiries with an identified protected class were for discrimination on the basis of arrest or conviction record.Sandy NurseChair · Committee on Civil and Human Rights · Apr 28, 2026Open the meeting at 30:29

The talk-time ranking for the Committee on Civil and Human Rights is held

71% of members’ talk time is identified; members are compared from 60% (preliminary under 80%). Each member’s page has their clips and meetings. The minutes below count only speech we named by voice, so they are floors, not a ranking.

Every member, with roll calls and clips

Latest meetings

  • Dec 252
  • Feb 261
  • Mar 261
  • Apr 261
  • May 261
  • Aug 261
  • Oct 261
5 of 8 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026.Newest: Oct 16, 2026
Committee on Parks and Recreation · at least 4 h 07 min · 0 public speakersMay 27 · Joint hearingThe Committee on Finance, jointly with the Committees on Civil and Human Rights and Parks and Recreation, opened day 2 of the fiscal '27 executive budget hearings, beginning with the Commission on Human Rights.Speakers: Linda Lee, Sandy Nurse, Ty Hankerson, Shekar Krishnan and 1 more
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Committee on Civil and Human Rights · at least 1 h 52 min · 6 public speakersApr 28 · Committee meetingThe chair opened the hearing for public testimony after a five-minute break, with a first panel including the Legal Aid Society.Speakers: Sandy Nurse
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Committee on Civil and Human Rights · at least 4 h 36 min · 8 public speakersMar 13 · Committee meetingThe committee then heard from the Equal Employment Practices Commission, whose executive director testified on its audits, staffing and budget requests.Speakers: Sandy Nurse, Shahana K. Hanif, Althea V. Stevens, Shaun Abreu
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Committee on Civil and Human Rights · at least 2 h 45 min · 9 public speakersFeb 26 · Committee meetingThe Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice (MOERJ) testified on the office's work and the citywide racial equity plan.Speakers: Sandy Nurse, Althea V. Stevens, Shahana K. Hanif, Lynn C. Schulman
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All 5 transcribed meetings

3 more meetings are not transcribed yet.

Listed after the newest meeting above, not transcribed yet (video listings through Oct 22): 2

Coming upNothing posted on city calendars as of Oct 29. Some boards post elsewhere. RSS feed

Seven public speakers a meeting; the biggest crowd, 11, came on Dec 8, 2025

Dec 8, 202511 speakersFeb 26, 2026The Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice (MOERJ) testified on the office's work and the citywide racial equity plan.9 speakersMar 13, 2026The committee then heard from the Equal Employment Practices Commission, whose executive director testified on its audits, staffing and budget requests.8 speakersApr 28, 2026The chair opened the hearing for public testimony after a five-minute break, with a first panel including the Legal Aid Society.6 speakers

bar = public speakers at that meeting · tick = average meeting