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12meetings

12 meetings listed from Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026; 8 transcribed, the newest on Sep 22, 2026, including 2 joint hearings, for at least 30 hours.

4 members seated · Chair: Elsie Encarnación

What the members said

39:46
ICE and immigration enforcementI’m glad to hear that. And speaking of centering the lived experience, I know that many of our immigrant families are experiencing a lot of mental health issues as a result of what they’re experiencing from the federal government, including depression, PTSD, substance abuse, anxiety, and so much more.Elsie EncarnaciónChair · Committee on Immigration · Mar 25, 2026Open the meeting at 39:46
  • 2:10:18
    ICE and immigration enforcementFor clients of yours that have been transferred from DOC to ICE custody, to your knowledge, has there ever been a judicial warrant presented?Shahana K. HanifMember · Committee on Immigration · Dec 8, 2025Open the meeting at 2:10:18

The talk-time ranking for the Committee on Immigration is held

63% 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

  • Oct 251
  • Dec 252
  • Jan 261
  • Feb 261
  • Mar 262
  • Apr 261
  • May 262
  • Jun 261
  • Sep 261
8 of 12 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026.Newest: Sep 22, 2026
Committee on Immigration · at least 2 h 33 min · 20 public speakersSep 22 · Require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status ( S.4814). took 2 h 27 minThe longest item after routine business: Require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected…, 2 h 27 min of this at least 2 h 33 min meeting.Speakers: Elsie Encarnación, Alexa Avilés, Rita C. Joseph
Longest item: 96% of the meeting2 agenda itemsWatch
Committee on Immigration · at least 5 h 51 min · 0 public speakersMay 28 · Executive Budget Hearings - Children and Youth took 5 h 51 minThe longest item after routine business: Executive Budget Hearings - Children and Youth, 5 h 51 min of this at least 5 h 51 min meeting.Speakers: Elsie Encarnación, Gale A. Brewer, Alexa Avilés, Rita C. Joseph
Longest item: 99% of the meeting2 agenda itemsWatch
Committee on Small Business · at least 2 h 50 min · 15 public speakersMay 6 · Oversight - Economic Impacts of Federal Immigration Policy Changes. took 2 h 50 minThe longest item after routine business: Oversight - Economic Impacts of Federal Immigration Policy Changes., 2 h 50 min of this at least 2 h 50 min meeting.Speakers: Shanel Thomas-Henry, Yusef Salaam, Frank Morano
Longest item: 99% of the meeting2 agenda itemsWatch
Committee on Housing and Buildings · at least 2 h 02 min · 14 public speakersApr 20 · Joint hearingStaff from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development testified on Intro 839 and the Certificate of No Harassment pilot program, after the oath was administered.Speakers: Pierina Ana Sanchez, Susan Zhuang, Rita C. Joseph
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All 8 transcribed meetings

4 more meetings are not transcribed yet.

Listed after the newest meeting above, not transcribed yet (video listings through Oct 22): 0

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Immigration took 77% of the Committee on Immigration’s meeting time, more than at most bodies in the city

Share of meeting time by topic, from the transcript · 6 meetings, 24 hours · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 8, 2026

Immigration77%
Schools and youth14%

bar = share of meeting time · line = 90% range · tick = typical New York body (shown where it is 0.5% or more)

26 public speakers a meeting; the biggest crowd, 51, came on Dec 8, 2025

Dec 8, 2025The Committee on Immigration met to consider four bills: Proposed Introduction 214A, Introduction 1268, Introduction 1272, and Introduction 1412.51 speakersMar 9, 202640 speakersOct 28, 2025The hearing was announced as concluded, with written testimony accepted for 72 hours after the close of the hearing.37 speakersMar 25, 2026The Committee on Immigration opened its hearing on the city's fiscal 2027 preliminary budget, with a focus on the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs.30 speakersSep 22, 2026The Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs commissioner testified on the Executive Order 13 audit and on implementation of its recommendations by city agencies.20 speakers

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