Eric Dinowitz

Council member, District 11, New York City Council

Chairs the Committee on Education; asked 271 questions at the 11 meetings where we identified them. Named Bronx most often: 11 times.

12 of 17transcribed meetings with their voice identified

1.7min a meeting at the New York City Council, at least

271questions at the Committee on Education

23 of 23present at roll calls, from the clerk

Chairs the Committee on Education; sits on 4 more committees

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Eric Dinowitz · Council member · New York City Council · Dec 18, 2025 · 1:11:17
“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 · Chair · Committee on Education · Jun 24, 2026 · 4:06
“And is it your understanding that that’s actually happening in schools, that teachers are guiding the use of AI? And for what purpose is this AI used? What’s the educational benefit?”

Issues Dinowitz raised, by number of meetings

Shelters and homelessness2 meetings
ICE and immigration enforcement2 meetings

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

Every roll call, and Dinowitz’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 Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation: 0.5 min of speech a meeting, range 0.0–1.5. In the same range as five other members.
Committee on Education: talk time not compared. Presides over its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Committee on Higher Education: talk time not compared. Ran some of its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Committee on Housing and Buildings: talk time not compared. Seated for only 4 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Civil Service and Labor: talk time not compared. Seated for only 3 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Aging: talk time not compared. Seated for only 7 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Education: present at 18 of 18 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Higher Education: present at 8 of 8 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation: present at 11 of 13 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Housing and Buildings: present at 4 of 4 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Civil Service and Labor: present at 4 of 4 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: present at 8 of 9 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Aging: present at 5 of 6 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
Task Force to Combat Antisemitism: present at 1 of 1 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Questions

Dinowitz asked 271 questions at the 11 Committee on Education meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Dinowitz’s 247 questions to city departments at the Committee on Education, 212 went to schools / school district.

Who they question: 247 questions to a department, 1 body · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 8, 2026.

Committee on Education247 questions to city departments

Committee on Education: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Schools / school district		21286%
Police		2611%
Budget, finance and controller		94%

Neighborhoods Dinowitz named

7 places Dinowitz named in meetings

Lines where Dinowitz 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

Bronx 11 times
Bedford Park 1 time
Brooklyn 1 time
Canarsie 1 time
Hunts Point 1 time
Queens 1 time
Woodside 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 Dinowitz was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Dinowitz’s voice

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

Sep 29, 2026Committee on Higher Education3.0 min58:57
Sep 24, 2026New York City Council4.5 min7:58
Sep 22, 2026Committee on Education44.9 min0:24
Sep 22, 2026Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation3.4 min1:10:15
Sep 10, 2026New York City Council2.2 min1:17:26
Sep 9, 2026Committee on Education3.8 min0:13
Aug 18, 2026Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation2.6 min59:46
Aug 13, 2026New York City Council1.2 min1:16:08
Jun 30, 2026Committee on Education3.1 min0:19
Jun 30, 2026New York City Council2.4 min1:14:22

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Jun 24, 2026Committee on Education34.6 minVideo
Jun 17, 2026Committee on Higher Education2.7 min41:38
Jun 16, 2026Committee on Aging2.8 min58:50
Jun 11, 2026Committee on Education8.5 min0:19
Jun 8, 2026Committee on Education33.0 min1:51:57
Jun 8, 2026Committee on Higher Education33.0 min1:51:57
May 19, 2026Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation0.1 min3:23
Apr 30, 2026New York City Council2.1 min25:40
Apr 29, 2026Committee on Education52.7 min0:55
Apr 16, 2026New York City Council2.1 min1:42:36
Mar 23, 2026Committee on Education95.8 min7:27
Mar 20, 2026Committee on Higher Education3.3 min1:18:24
Mar 3, 2026Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure6.6 min2:02:53
Feb 24, 2026Committee on Education2.0 min1:06
Feb 12, 2026New York City Council2.1 min1:03:38
Feb 10, 2026Committee on Education40.7 min0:28
Jan 30, 2026Committee on Education16.6 min0:34
Jan 29, 2026New York City Council2.1 min1:46:15
Dec 18, 2025New York City Council3.5 min1:10:38
Dec 2, 2025Committee on Housing and Buildings21.8 min1:11:46
Nov 25, 2025New York City Council2.4 min8:03
Nov 24, 2025Committee on Higher Education37.6 min0:23
Nov 13, 2025Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation6.7 min40:25
Nov 13, 2025Committee on Civil Service and Labor6.7 min40:25
Nov 12, 2025New York City Council2.1 min1:05:06
Oct 29, 2025New York City Council1.9 min1:22:29
Oct 28, 2025Committee on Higher Education22.1 min0:54

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 Dinowitz’s voice at 37 meetings across eight bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Dinowitz was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Eric Dinowitz’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 Dinowitz 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 Dinowitz or of New York alone.