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The City Council is currently considering amendments to its
Rules, to promote a more fair, effective, and transparent
Council.
The Council held its first public hearing on the issue on
February 24th, with testimony from good government groups, not
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for-profit organizations, and interested New Yorkers. You can
review the Committee Report, testimony, and transcript, or
watch the video of the hearing.
At this time, Speaker Mark-Viverito would like your input on
potential changes. Please complete the following survey by
Friday, March 28th. Your answers will be recorded
anonymously.
After the surveys are compiled, and considered along with public
testimony and additional research, the Speaker will
bring a set of proposals to the Democratic and Republican
Caucuses for discussion. After that discussion, a proposal will
be put forward for an additional public hearing in the Rules
Committee, and eventually brought to the floor.
If you have any questions, please contact Ivan Luevanos, in
Member Services, at [email protected], 212 -788-
9120.
Thank you for your input.
1. Overall Priorities
1. How important is each of the following to you?
Note: This is not an exhaustive set of the proposals being
considered).
5- Most
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1 -Least
Important
Fair & objective formula for discretionary funding nmlkj
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Require grantees to provide short annual report of
accomplishments with Council
funding.
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Establish dedicated legislative drafting unit nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
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Make it possible for bill sponsors to get a privileged legal
memo if Council attorneys
believe there are issues with Councils power to pass
legislation
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Make more information available to the public (on legislation
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Give sponsors a greater role in bill amendment process nmlkj
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Strengthen chairs ability to schedule hearings & oversee
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Bills with 2/3 of CMs as sponsors automatically get a committee
vote on whether to have
a hearing on the bill (in addition to the existing ability of
prime sponsors to require the
same thing)
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Better website & online tools that allow CMs to interact
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Offer translation & hearing-impaired signing services at
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Which of the following best characterizes your opinion about
what the allocation of Member Items should be?
2. For Expense Funds:
3. For Capital Funds?
4. Do you believe the Council should require grantees to provide
a short annual report of
accomplishments with Council funding?
2. Member Items
Equal across the board
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Totally needs-based
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Some combination of equality & need based (e.g. everyone
gets the same base, but with modest adjustments for need)
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Equal member item amounts, but with more needs-based initiatives
(like DOVE, IOI) where amounts are allocated to districts based
on
need.
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If you believe Expense Funding should be needs-based, what are
the top items that you believe should be reflect in the
formula?
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Equal across the board
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Totally needs-based
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Some combination of equality & need based (e.g. everyone
gets the same base, but with modest adjustments for need)
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If you believe Capital Funding should be needs -based, what are
the top items that you believe should be reflect in the
formula?
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5. Do you think w e should swear p eople in who testify before
Comm ittees?
6. Do you feel you have too many C omm ittee meetings to attend,
in order to do all parts of
your job effectively?
7. If yes, which of these w ould you be open to:
3. Other Issues
Yes, swear everyone in
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Only swear in government officials
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Leave it up to Chairs, while making clear it is acceptable to
do
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Other (please specify)
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No
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Other (please specify)
Consolidate committees so there are fewer of them
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Have Members serve on fewer committees (even though this would
mean fewer people on popular committees like Education,
Housing,
Land Use, Finance, General Welfare, etc.)
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Change requirements so committees do not all have to meet
monthly (e.g. some could have quarterly requirement, though they
would be
allowed to meet more frequently)
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