Erik D. Bottcher
Former member, Council, New York City CouncilWe identified Bottcher’s voice at eight meetings across four bodies.
Every roll call, and Bottcher’s other bodies
Present at 5 of 7 roll calls at the New York City Council, roll call through Jan 29, 2026
- New York City Council: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Organizations: talk time not compared. Listed on the roster as Chair, so isn’t compared with the members.
- Committee on Public Housing: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Immigration: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Organizations: present at 4 of 5 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Public Housing: present at 2 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Immigration: present at 3 of 3 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Civil Service and Labor: present at 2 of 4 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Contracts: present at 1 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Economic Development: present at 2 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Higher Education: present at 2 of 3 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Housing and Buildings: present at 1 of 1 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction: present at 1 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Public Safety: present at 1 of 1 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Small Business: present at 2 of 3 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Technology: present at 0 of 1 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Every meeting where we identified Bottcher’s voice
- Jan 29, 2026New York City Council1.4 min1:41:13
- Dec 18, 2025Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Organizations1.5 min0:21
- Dec 18, 2025New York City Council0.1 min1:42:47
- Nov 20, 2025Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Organizations24.7 min0:33
- Oct 29, 2025Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Organizations2.3 min0:15
- Oct 29, 2025New York City Council2.0 min52:33
- Oct 28, 2025Committee on Immigration0.8 min2:12:03
- Oct 27, 2025Committee on Public Housing0.6 min1:28:04
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
A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Bottcher was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Erik D. Bottcher’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 Bottcher 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 Bottcher or of New York alone.