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New York City Council · Dec 18, 2025

Thursdayat least 4 h 06 min42 officials identified0 public speakersRoll call: 48 present, 3 absent (clerk)Video: YouTube, 2 recordings

The result on the general orders calendar was announced as “adopted by a vote of 48 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative, and 0 abstentions,” with listed exceptions.

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17 of 23 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026.This meeting: Dec 18, 2025

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  1. 0:00Recording 1Viebit · not transcribed
  2. 0:00Recording 2YouTube · at least 4 h 06 min

What happened

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  1. A motion was made to adopt as printed the minutes of the stated meetings of November 25th, 2025, and December 4th, 2025.23:58rec. 2
  2. The result on the general orders calendar was announced as “adopted by a vote of 48 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative, and 0 abstentions,” with listed exceptions.3:01:51rec. 2
  3. The Council took voice votes on resolutions including 82A, 499, 500, 649A, 734A, 842 and 1061A, and each was announced as “the ayes have it.”3:08:17rec. 2

Quotes

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Today I am urging my colleagues to vote aye on Intro 1412, the Safer Sanctuary Act. Our sanctuary laws exist for one reason, and it’s to keep people safe.Tiffany L. Cabán · Council member · District 2255:55rec. 2
That approach may boost unit counts, But it ignores the lived reality of families across our city. It’s families with children and even multigenerational households. The consequences are clear. Families with young children are leaving New York City at alarming rates, and roughly 70% of people in our shelter system are members of homeless families.Eric Dinowitz · Council member · District 111:11:17rec. 2
I just want to say, does anybody think about NYCHA? And the tenants that live in NYCHA and how we— what we could— should do to already city-owned buildings that are falling apart and dilapidated, and these people are living without kitchens, without heat, and everything else.Vickie Paladino · Council member · District 192:14:39rec. 2

Who spoke

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Roll call: 48 present, 0 excused, 3 absent. From the clerkPublic comment: 0 speakers.

How we count

Each summary sentence is checked against the transcript before it is published; in a blind check, 144 of 150 sentences were right. A voice gets an official’s name only when two AI readers and a code check agree, so the minutes undercount and are not attendance. Officials only: members of the public are counted, never named, shown or quoted, and full transcripts aren’t published because they can carry their names. More on how we know

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Hamlet, “New York City Council, Dec 18, 2025: New York.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/nyc/council/meetings/2025-12-18. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Dec 18, 2025.