Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

Former member, Council, New York City Council

We identified Salamanca’s voice at seven meetings across two bodies.

Former member. Salamanca’s term ended Dec 31, 2025; our record covers only the final months.

2 of 4transcribed meetings with their voice identified

5 of 5present at roll calls through Dec 18, 2025, from the clerk

Every roll call, and Salamanca’s other bodies

Present at 5 of 5 roll calls at the New York City Council, roll call through Dec 18, 2025

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 Dec 18, 2025.

Official roll call, from the clerk →

New York City Council: talk time not compared. Seated for only 4 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Land Use: talk time not compared. Listed on the roster as Chair, so isn’t compared with the members.
Committee on Land Use: present at 7 of 7 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Civil and Human Rights: present at 1 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Economic Development: present at 1 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts: present at 1 of 2 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 Rules, Privileges and Elections: present at 1 of 1 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management: present at 1 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Salamanca’s voice

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

Dec 18, 2025Committee on Land Use11.5 min6:57
Dec 18, 2025New York City Council0.3 min2:21:07
Dec 11, 2025Committee on Land Use4.1 min0:05
Dec 4, 2025Committee on Land Use3.4 min0:23
Nov 19, 2025Committee on Land Use21.3 min0:27
Oct 29, 2025Committee on Land Use5.4 min0:24
Oct 29, 2025New York City Council0.3 min16:57

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