Crystal Hudson

Council member, District 35, New York City Council

Raised shelters and homelessness at 10 meetings, more than any other official we can identify. Named Manhattan most often: five times.

12 of 17transcribed meetings with their voice identified

1.2min a meeting at the New York City Council, at least

23 of 23present at roll calls, from the clerk

Chairs the Committee on General Welfare; sits on 5 more committees

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Two clips, newest first

Crystal Hudson · Chair · Committee on General Welfare · Jun 24, 2026 · 17:24
“Despite New York City’s reputation as a place of inclusion, LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly transgender and gender non-conforming people, LGBTQ+ youth, and LGBTQ+ people of color remain disproportionately impacted by housing insecurity. Many are forced from their homes due to family rejection. Many face barriers to accessing safe and affirming shelters, and many encounter discrimination when seeking permanent affordable housing.”
Crystal Hudson · Chair · Committee on Aging · Dec 9, 2025 · 55:14
“I would take that as a yes. For homebound and mobility-limited older adults who cannot realistically participate in online programming, even with training, due to cognitive issues, sensory loss, or poverty, what non-digital alternatives is NYC Aging investing in so they’re not left further behind as more services move online?”

Issues Hudson raised, by number of meetings

Shelters and homelessness10 meetings
Rent and the Rent Guidelines Board1 meeting

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

Every roll call, and Hudson’s other bodies

Present at 23 of 23 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. Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →

Committee on Finance: 0.3 min of speech a meeting, range 0.1–0.9. In the same range as 12 other members.
Committee on General Welfare: talk time not compared. Presides over its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Committee on Aging: talk time not compared. Seated for only 7 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Civil Service and Labor: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Housing and Buildings: talk time not compared. We could name only 16% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
Committee on Land Use: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Organizations: talk time not compared. Seated for only 4 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on General Welfare: present at 10 of 10 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Finance: present at 23 of 27 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Aging: present at 8 of 9 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Civil Service and Labor: present at 4 of 7 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Housing and Buildings: present at 12 of 15 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Land Use: present at 7 of 7 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Organizations: present at 5 of 5 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations: present at 14 of 15 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections: present at 0 of 1 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Standards and Ethics: present at 3 of 3 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Neighborhoods Hudson named

7 places Hudson named in meetings

Lines where Hudson 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

Manhattan 5 times
Brooklyn 4 times
Bronx 3 times
Harlem 1 time
Queens 1 time
Staten Island 1 time
Upper East Side 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 Hudson was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Hudson’s voice

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

Sep 24, 2026New York City Council1.5 min22:40
Sep 22, 2026Committee on General Welfare15.6 min0:30
Sep 22, 2026Committee on Civil Service and Labor2.7 min26:27
Sep 10, 2026New York City Council1.9 min1:24:02
Aug 13, 2026New York City Council1.4 min1:14:53
Jul 15, 2026Committee on Finance0.5 min1:07:55
Jul 15, 2026Committee on Housing and Buildings0.5 min1:07:55
Jun 30, 2026New York City Council3.6 min27:48
Jun 30, 2026Committee on Finance0.3 min10:34
Jun 30, 2026Committee on Housing and Buildings0.4 min7:14

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Jun 24, 2026Committee on General Welfare16.4 min16:50
Jun 16, 2026Committee on Aging1.9 min11:56
Jun 11, 2026New York City Council1.9 min1:09:08
May 13, 2026Committee on Civil Service and Labor0.1 min9:37
May 6, 2026Committee on General Welfare39.3 min0:48
Apr 30, 2026Committee on Finance0.5 min14:52
Apr 28, 2026Committee on General Welfare1.9 min0:22
Apr 16, 2026New York City Council0.1 min54:55
Apr 13, 2026Committee on General Welfare25.6 min0:26
Apr 10, 2026Committee on Aging1.3 min31:22
Mar 25, 2026Committee on Finance3.3 min1:20:58
Mar 18, 2026Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations1.4 min1:07:53
Mar 17, 2026Committee on General Welfare76.9 min9:16
Mar 12, 2026Committee on Aging1.9 min1:03:42
Mar 11, 2026Committee on Finance1.4 min1:14:40
Mar 10, 2026New York City Council1.5 min30:02
Mar 9, 2026Committee on General Welfare26.0 min1:22
Feb 12, 2026New York City Council0.3 min33:55
Feb 12, 2026Committee on Finance0.1 min2:18
Feb 10, 2026Committee on General Welfare18.3 min12:30
Jan 29, 2026New York City Council1.0 min53:52
Jan 7, 2026New York City Council2.1 min49:06
Dec 18, 2025New York City Council3.4 min1:55:21
Dec 18, 2025Committee on Land Use0.1 min30:31
Dec 9, 2025Committee on Aging26.4 minVideo
Dec 4, 2025Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Organizations0.3 min4:34
Nov 20, 2025Committee on Housing and Buildings0.5 min2:08:20
Nov 12, 2025New York City Council1.8 min25:36
Oct 29, 2025Committee on Aging2.0 min1:24
Oct 29, 2025Committee on Land Use0.5 min14:35
Oct 29, 2025Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Organizations0.1 min6:28

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 Hudson’s voice at 41 meetings across nine bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Hudson was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Crystal Hudson’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 Hudson 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 Hudson or of New York alone.