Shekar Krishnan

Council member, District 25, New York City Council

We identified Krishnan’s voice at 30 meetings across nine bodies. Named Jackson Heights four times, more than any other official.

8 of 13transcribed meetings with their voice identified

0.9min a meeting at the New York City Council, at least

3questions at the Committee on Education

23 of 23present at roll calls, from the clerk

Chairs the Committee on Oversight and Investigations; sits on 6 more committees

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Two clips, newest first

Shekar Krishnan · Member · Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics · Feb 4, 2026 · 1:18:55
“We have strong sanctuary policies in this city, and we are at a time, as we all know and you mentioned too, that is perilous for so many immigrants across our city and across the country.”
Shekar Krishnan · Council member · New York City Council · Nov 12, 2025 · 27:34
“Doing nothing in a housing crisis is not an option. Jackson Heights and Elmhurst and across Queens, we have seen rents rising to historic highs while while wages for working families have remained stagnant, forcing too many longtime residents to the brink of displacement.”

Issues Krishnan raised, by number of meetings

ICE and immigration enforcement2 meetings
Rent and the Rent Guidelines Board1 meeting

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

Every roll call, and Krishnan’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 Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics: 3.1 min of speech a meeting, range 1.0–5.8. In the same range as six other members.
Committee on Parks and Recreation: 0.9 min of speech a meeting, range 0.2–1.8. In the same range as six other members.
Committee on Education: 1.8 min of speech a meeting, range 0.2–4.8. In the same range as 10 other members.
Committee on Oversight and Investigations: talk time not compared. Presides over its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: talk time not compared. Seated for only 3 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Immigration: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
Committee to Combat Hate: talk time not compared. Seated for only 4 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics: present at 16 of 16 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Oversight and Investigations: present at 6 of 6 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Parks and Recreation: present at 15 of 16 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Education: present at 16 of 18 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection: present at 10 of 17 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: present at 9 of 11 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Immigration: present at 2 of 3 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee to Combat Hate: present at 3 of 4 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 Small Business: present at 3 of 3 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Questions

Krishnan asked three questions at the three Committee on Education meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Krishnan’s 3 questions to city departments at the Committee on Education, 3 went to schools / school district.

Who they question: 3 questions to a department, 1 body · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 8, 2026.

Committee on Education3 questions to city departments

Committee on Education: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Schools / school district		3

Neighborhoods Krishnan named

5 places Krishnan named in meetings

Lines where Krishnan 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

Jackson Heights 4 times, the most of any official
Queens 2 times
Brooklyn 1 time
Elmhurst 1 time
Flushing 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 Krishnan was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Krishnan’s voice

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

Sep 15, 2026Committee on Oversight and Investigations17.0 min0:39
Sep 15, 2026Committee on Education17.0 min0:39
Sep 1, 2026Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics14.0 min16:05
Jun 8, 2026Committee on Education1.8 min5:12:38
May 27, 2026Committee on Parks and Recreation3.1 min3:38:24
Apr 30, 2026New York City Council1.8 min29:52
Apr 16, 2026Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics1.3 min3:58
Apr 16, 2026New York City Council1.4 min55:21
Apr 6, 2026Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics5.9 min21:30
Mar 26, 2026Committee to Combat Hate0.0 min11:28

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Mar 23, 2026Committee on Parks and Recreation2.0 min1:23:40
Mar 19, 2026Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection1.8 min1:15:51
Mar 18, 2026Committee on Oversight and Investigations9.1 min33:15
Mar 12, 2026Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics3.7 min1:31:56
Mar 10, 2026New York City Council0.1 min37:57
Mar 5, 2026Committee on Oversight and Investigations43.5 min0:28
Mar 4, 2026Committee on Parks and Recreation1.8 min1:47:34
Feb 12, 2026New York City Council0.2 min34:18
Feb 10, 2026Committee on Education3.3 min1:31:52
Feb 4, 2026Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics2.9 min1:14:02
Jan 29, 2026New York City Council2.1 min38:19
Jan 28, 2026Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure2.1 min4:16
Dec 18, 2025New York City Council3.0 min1:18:24
Dec 18, 2025Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection0.2 min12:56
Dec 8, 2025Committee on Immigration0.4 min1:19:11
Nov 24, 2025Committee on Parks and Recreation25.1 min9:31
Nov 12, 2025New York City Council2.2 min27:33
Oct 30, 2025Committee on Oversight and Investigations10.9 min1:08:02
Oct 29, 2025Committee on Education0.8 min1:53
Oct 29, 2025New York City Council0.9 min1:03:59

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