Phil Wong

Council member, District 30, New York City Council

We identified Wong’s voice at 39 meetings across seven bodies. Named Middle Village six times, more than any other official.

8 of 13transcribed meetings with their voice identified

0.3min a meeting at the New York City Council, at least

40questions at the Committee on Education

18 of 18present at roll calls, from the clerk

Also sits on 6 committees

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Four clips, newest first

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Issues Wong raised, by number of meetings

Shelters and homelessness2 meetings
Rent and the Rent Guidelines Board1 meeting

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

Every roll call, and Wong’s other bodies

Present at 18 of 18 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. Jan 7, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →

Committee on Education: 2.6 min of speech a meeting, range 1.2–4.7. In the same range as 10 other members.
Committee on Finance: 1.1 min of speech a meeting, range 0.4–3.1. In the same range as 12 other members.
Committee on Public Safety: 3.0 min of speech a meeting, range 1.4–5.0. In the same range as four other members.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: 1.6 min of speech a meeting, range 0.4–3.6. In the same range as six other members.
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Veterans: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Education: present at 14 of 14 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Finance: present at 20 of 20 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Public Safety: present at 9 of 9 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: present at 11 of 11 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management: present at 6 of 6 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Veterans: present at 5 of 5 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Questions

Wong asked 40 questions at the seven Committee on Education meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Wong’s 37 questions to city departments at the Committee on Education, 25 went to schools / school district.

Who they question: 37 questions to a department, 1 body · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 8, 2026.

Committee on Education37 questions to city departments

Committee on Education: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Schools / school district		2568%
Police		1027%
Budget, finance and controller		25%

Neighborhoods Wong named

10 places Wong named in meetings

Lines where Wong 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

Middle Village 6 times, the most of any official
Maspeth 5 times, the most of any official
Queens 4 times
Elmhurst 3 times, the most of any official
Ridgewood 3 times, the most of any official
Bronx 1 time
Brooklyn 1 time
Chinatown 1 time
Jackson Heights 1 time
Jamaica 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 Wong was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Wong’s voice

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

Sep 22, 2026Committee on Education1.0 min1:04:34
Sep 16, 2026Committee on Public Safety5.6 min1:26:57
Sep 10, 2026New York City Council0.2 min49:56
Sep 9, 2026Committee on Public Safety4.0 min1:31:48
Sep 9, 2026Committee on Fire and Emergency Management4.0 min1:31:48
Aug 13, 2026Committee on Finance0.4 min2:57
Aug 13, 2026New York City Council0.2 min1:08:14
Aug 11, 2026Committee on Finance3.8 min13:27
Jun 30, 2026New York City Council0.2 min2:22:02
Jun 25, 2026Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure2.6 min31:34

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Jun 24, 2026Committee on Education4.5 min46:02
Jun 22, 2026Committee on Veterans4.0 min34:07
Jun 11, 2026New York City Council0.1 min42:40
Jun 9, 2026Committee on Finance1.5 min51:53
Jun 8, 2026Committee on Education4.8 min1:00:27
Jun 8, 2026Committee on Finance4.8 min1:00:27
Jun 1, 2026Committee on Public Safety7.3 min1:52:07
Jun 1, 2026Committee on Finance7.3 min1:52:07
Jun 1, 2026Committee on Fire and Emergency Management7.3 min1:52:07
Apr 30, 2026New York City Council1.9 min56:02
Apr 29, 2026Committee on Education7.1 min1:40:32
Apr 29, 2026Committee on Public Safety7.1 min1:40:32
Apr 23, 2026Committee on Veterans0.5 min41:52
Apr 16, 2026New York City Council1.1 min45:02
Mar 25, 2026Committee on Finance3.4 min1:57:19
Mar 23, 2026Committee on Education9.9 min2:33:27
Mar 20, 2026Committee on Veterans2.9 min31:49
Mar 18, 2026Committee on Public Safety5.9 min22:36
Mar 17, 2026Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure11.9 min51:08
Mar 13, 2026Committee on Fire and Emergency Management6.6 min1:05:00
Mar 11, 2026Committee on Finance7.1 min1:40:26
Mar 10, 2026New York City Council0.1 min44:16
Mar 4, 2026Committee on Veterans2.1 min1:11:16
Mar 3, 2026Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure5.0 min1:56:05
Feb 25, 2026Committee on Fire and Emergency Management4.0 min33:20
Feb 10, 2026Committee on Education1.0 min54:18
Feb 9, 2026Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure2.8 min27:32
Jan 30, 2026Committee on Education3.1 min48:14
Jan 29, 2026New York City Council0.5 min1:14:56

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 Wong was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Phil Wong’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 Wong 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 Wong or of New York alone.