Althea V. Stevens
Council member, District 16, New York City CouncilRaised shelters and homelessness at five meetings.
Chairs the Committee on Children and Youth; sits on 3 more committees
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- New York City Council · Council member
- Committee on Children and Youth · Chair
- Committee on Contracts · Member
- Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations · Member
- Committee on Civil and Human Rights · Member
- Committee on General Welfare · Member · until May 14, 2026
- Committee on Finance · Member · until Dec 31, 2025
- Committee on Education · Member · until Dec 31, 2025
- Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use · Member · until May 14, 2026
- Committee on Public Safety · Member · until Dec 31, 2025
Next New York City Council meeting: Thu, Nov 12, 1:30 pm · Agenda
Two clips, newest first
“I think that, yes, it is all hands on deck, but like, just, they don’t have the right to shelter.”
“I will speak to the new administration. Because I will not be having this conversation for the next 4 years. Give young people access to the vouchers so we can stop the cycle of homelessness for these young people so that they are not in DSS shelters 6 months later and they’re there and coming in and out.”
Issues Stevens raised, by number of meetings
- Shelters and homelessness5 meetings
- NYCHA and public housing3 meetings
District 16 on the current New York City Council map
Every roll call, and Stevens’ other bodies
Present at 22 of 23 roll calls at the New York City Council
- Committee on Children and Youth: talk time not compared. Presides over its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
- Committee on Contracts: talk time not compared. Fewer than four members can be compared fairly.
- Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations: talk time not compared. Seated for only 7 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Civil and Human Rights: talk time not compared. Seated for only 4 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on General Welfare: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Finance: talk time not compared. Seated for only 7 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Education: talk time not compared. Seated for only 4 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use: talk time not compared. Seated for only 3 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Public Safety: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Contracts: present at 8 of 11 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations: present at 11 of 15 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Civil and Human Rights: present at 3 of 5 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on General Welfare: present at 6 of 11 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Finance: present at 3 of 7 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Education: present at 3 of 4 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use: present at 1 of 4 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Public Safety: present at 1 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Criminal Justice: present at 2 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation: present at 5 of 13 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Mental Health and Addiction: present at 0 of 1 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Every meeting where we identified Stevens’ voice
- Sep 24, 2026New York City Council1.3 min33:51
- Sep 23, 2026Committee on Contracts5.3 min1:35:38
- Sep 16, 2026Committee on Children and Youth40.3 min12:05
- Aug 13, 2026New York City Council0.1 min20:40
- Jun 30, 2026New York City Council4.3 min39:22
- Jun 23, 2026Committee on Children and Youth37.9 min0:08
- Jun 11, 2026New York City Council0.1 min42:09
- May 6, 2026Committee on General Welfare2.4 min1:31:16
- Apr 29, 2026Committee on Contracts2.7 min15:06
- Apr 29, 2026Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations2.7 min15:06
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- Apr 27, 2026Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations2.0 min35:35
- Apr 21, 2026Committee on Children and Youth23.3 min24:01
- Apr 21, 2026Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use23.3 min24:01
- Apr 16, 2026New York City Council0.1 min1:05:15
- Mar 24, 2026Committee on Contracts5.8 min34:24
- Mar 18, 2026Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations8.2 min2:44:42
- Mar 16, 2026Committee on Children and Youth78.6 minVideo
- Mar 13, 2026Committee on Civil and Human Rights4.7 min1:43:08
- Feb 26, 2026Committee on Children and Youth30.5 min2:32
- Feb 26, 2026Committee on Civil and Human Rights5.8 min55:32
- Feb 25, 2026Committee on Contracts6.6 min16:43
- Feb 24, 2026New York City Council1.1 min29:09
- Feb 12, 2026New York City Council1.9 min1:14:39
- Feb 10, 2026Committee on General Welfare2.0 min3:09:03
- Feb 10, 2026Committee on Public Safety2.0 min3:09:03
- Feb 9, 2026Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations1.9 min1:09:10
- Jan 30, 2026Committee on Children and Youth8.8 min7:25
- Jan 29, 2026New York City Council0.2 min1:13:39
- Dec 18, 2025New York City Council0.7 min2:23:23
- Dec 18, 2025Committee on Public Safety0.0 min6:53
- Dec 18, 2025Committee on Finance0.1 min16:01
- Dec 3, 2025Committee on General Welfare4.7 min1:12:55
- Nov 25, 2025New York City Council1.6 min4:58
- Nov 25, 2025Committee on Finance0.1 min1:55
- Nov 17, 2025Committee on Children and Youth38.2 min0:50
- Nov 17, 2025Committee on Education38.2 min0:50
- Oct 30, 2025Committee on Children and Youth35.8 min5:14
- Oct 29, 2025New York City Council0.3 min1:06:29
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
We identified Stevens’ voice at 38 meetings across 10 bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Stevens was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Althea V. Stevens’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 Stevens 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 Stevens or of New York alone.