Carl Wilson

Council member, District 3, New York City Council

Raised shelters and homelessness at three meetings. Named Chelsea two times, more than any other official.

5 of 6transcribed meetings with their voice identified

10 of 10present at roll calls, from the clerk

Also sits on 8 committees

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Next New York City Council meeting: Thu, Nov 12, 1:30 pm · Agenda

Two clips, newest first

Carl Wilson · Member · Committee on General Welfare · Jun 24, 2026 · 1:22:22
“I have some questions I think best for DSS as well. First is around LGBTQ older adults. In 2017, a survey of queer older adults, you know, nearly one-quarter of the respondents earned less than 30% of area median income. And nearly 1 in 4 of the respondents reported living in substandard housing, and some even in shelters.”
Carl Wilson · Council member · New York City Council · Jun 30, 2026 · 2:19:52
“This budget comes at a time when the Trump administration is taking healthcare away from the neediest, violating the rights of transgender New Yorkers, trying to instill fear in our immigrant communities, and doing incredible damage to the cultural, social, social and legal fabric of our country.”

Issues Wilson raised, by number of meetings

Shelters and homelessness3 meetings
ICE and immigration enforcement1 meeting

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

Every roll call, and Wilson’s other bodies

Present at 10 of 10 roll calls at the New York City Council

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

PresentExcusedAbsentOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Absent 0. May 14, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →

Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation: 0.8 min of speech a meeting, range 0.1–1.9. In the same range as five other members.
New York City Council: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on General Welfare: talk time not compared. Seated for only 3 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management: talk time not compared. Seated for only 4 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Housing and Buildings: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Health: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use: talk time not compared. Seated for only 3 meetings in 12 months.
Committee to Combat Hate: talk time not compared. Seated for only 1 meeting in 12 months.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation: present at 7 of 8 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on General Welfare: present at 3 of 3 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management: present at 5 of 7 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Housing and Buildings: present at 6 of 6 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Health: present at 6 of 6 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection: present at 4 of 5 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use: present at 2 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee to Combat Hate: present at 1 of 1 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Higher Education: present at 1 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Neighborhoods Wilson named

4 places Wilson named in meetings

Lines where Wilson named the place, read by two AI readers that both agree it means that place. Each dot plays the newest one; brighter means named more often.

New York

Chelsea 2 times, the most of any official
Hell's Kitchen 2 times, the most of any official
Manhattan 1 time
West Village 1 time

Places are drawn at the centre of their own boundary in the city’s 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs) file (NYC Department of City Planning, via NYC Open Data). A dot says the place was named, not where Wilson was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Wilson’s voice

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

Oct 7, 2026Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection2.0 min40:54
Sep 24, 2026New York City Council1.9 min45:38
Sep 22, 2026Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation1.1 min1:05:41
Sep 22, 2026Committee on General Welfare0.6 min45:05
Sep 18, 2026Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use1.3 min1:03:47
Sep 10, 2026New York City Council2.2 min31:25
Sep 9, 2026Committee on Housing and Buildings3.5 min6:00:14
Sep 2, 2026Committee on Health0.6 min2:10:49
Aug 13, 2026New York City Council2.8 min39:14
Jul 15, 2026Committee on Health1.7 min1:16:34

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Jun 30, 2026New York City Council1.9 min2:19:39
Jun 30, 2026Committee on Housing and Buildings0.1 min8:09
Jun 24, 2026Committee on General Welfare1.7 min1:22:20
Jun 23, 2026Committee to Combat Hate0.4 min1:07:03
Jun 22, 2026Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation1.1 min1:07:59
Jun 4, 2026Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation3.8 min2:11:11
Jun 4, 2026Committee on General Welfare3.8 min2:11:11
Jun 4, 2026Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management3.8 min2:11:11
May 19, 2026Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation0.1 min3:46
May 19, 2026Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management1.5 min1:19:22
May 14, 2026New York City Council1.9 min30:36

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 Wilson’s voice at 21 meetings across nine bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Wilson was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Carl Wilson’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 Wilson 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 Wilson or of New York alone.