New York City Council

Composition

An asterisk () next to the election year denotes a special election. A double asterisk (**) next to the election year means the member took office after certification to fill the remainder of an unexpired term.*

Salary

Council members currently receive $148,500 a year in base salary, which the council increased from $112,500 in early 2016. The salary raise came with new ethics guidelines and restrictions; most outside income is prohibited, and members no longer receive additional compensation for serving on committees.

Law

The New York City Charter is the fundamental law of the government of New York City including the council. The New York City Administrative Code is the codification of the laws promulgated by the council and is composed of 29 titles. The regulations promulgated by city agencies pursuant to law are contained in the Rules of the City of New York in 71 titles.

A local law has a status equivalent with a law enacted by the legislature (subject to certain exceptions and restrictions), and is superior to the older forms of municipal legislation such as ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations. Each local government must designate a newspaper of notice to publish or describe its laws. The secretary of state is responsible for publishing local laws as a supplement to the Laws of New York (the "session laws" of the state), but they have not done so in recent years. The New York City Charter, the New York City Administrative Code, and the Rules of the City of New York are published online by the New York Legal Publishing Corp. under contract with the New York City Law Department.

History

The history of the New York City Council can be traced to Dutch colonial times when New York City was known as New Amsterdam. On February 2, 1653, the town of New Amsterdam, founded on the southern tip of Manhattan Island in 1625, was incorporated as a city under a charter issued by the Dutch West India Company. A Council of Legislators sat as the local lawmaking body and as a court of inferior jurisdiction. During the 18th and 19th centuries the local legislature was called the Common Council and then the Board of Aldermen. In 1898 the amalgamation charter of the City of Greater New York renamed and revamped the council and added a New York City Board of Estimate with certain administrative and financial powers. After a number of changes through the ensuing years, the present Council was born in 1938 under a new charter which instituted the council as the sole legislative body and the New York City Board of Estimate as the chief administrative body. Certain functions of the council, however, remained subject to the approval of the board.

In 1938, a system of proportional representation known as single transferable vote was adopted; a fixed quota of 75,000 votes was set, so that the size of the council fluctuated with voter turnout. The term was extended to four years in 1945 to coincide with the term of the mayor. Proportional representation was abolished in 1947, largely from pressure from Democrats, who played on fears of Communist council members being elected (two already had). It was replaced by a system of electing one council member from each New York State Senate district within the city. The Charter also provided for the election of two council members-at-large from each of the five boroughs. In June 1983, however, a federal court ruled that the 10 at-large seats violated the United States Constitution's one-person, one-vote mandate.

In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Board of Estimate's structure was inconsistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because, although the boroughs had widely disparate populations, each had equal representation on the board. In response, the new Charter abolished the Board of Estimate and provided for the redrawing of the council district lines to increase minority representation on the council. It also increased the number of Council Members from 35 to 51. The council was then granted full power over the municipal budget, as well as authority over zoning, land use and franchises. In 1993 the New York City Council voted to rename the position of president of the city council to the public advocate. As the presiding officer, the public advocate was an ex officio member of all committees in the council, and in that capacity had the right to introduce and co-sponsor legislation. However the city charter revision of 2002 transferred the duties of presiding officer from the public advocate to the council speaker; the public advocate remains a non-voting member of the council.

In 2022, the composition of first female majority City Council included the first Muslim woman, the first South Asian members, and the first openly gay Black woman.

Term limits

A two-term limit was imposed on city council members and citywide elected officials in a 1993 referendum. The movement to introduce term limits was led by Ronald Lauder, the heir to the Estée Lauder fortune. In 1996, voters turned down a council proposal to extend term limits. Lauder spent $4 million on the two referendums.

However, in 2008, under pressure from Mayor Michael Bloomberg (who, like many Council members, was facing the end of his two-term limit at that time), the council voted 29–22 to extend the limit to three terms; the council also defeated (by a vote of 22–28, with one abstention) a proposal to submit the issue to public referendum.

Legal challenges to the extension of term limits failed in federal court. The original decision by Judge Charles Sifton of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Long Island, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island) was upheld by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Vermont, Connecticut and New York), and a proposal in the New York State Legislature to override the extension was not passed.

Voters voted to reinstate the two-term limit law in another referendum in 2010. However, according to The New York Times, incumbent members of the city council who were elected prior to the 2010 referendum "will still be allowed to run for a third term. People in office before 2010 were eligible for three terms."

Presiding officers since 1898

Through several changes in title and duties, this person has been, together with the mayor and city comptroller, one of the three municipal officers directly elected by all of the city's voters, and also the person who—when the elected mayor resigns, dies, or otherwise loses the ability to serve—becomes acting mayor until the next special or regular election.

Until 1989, these three officers, together with the five borough presidents, constituted the New York City Board of Estimate. Political campaigns have traditionally tried to balance their candidates for these three offices to appeal as wide a range of the city's political, geographical, social, ethnic and religious constituencies as possible (and, when possible, to both genders).

Notes

a. Became acting mayor upon the death or resignation of the elected mayor.

b. Later won election as mayor.

c. Unsuccessful candidate for mayor in a subsequent general election.

d. Not elected by citywide popular vote (Ardolph Kline had been elected deputy president by his fellow aldermen, and then succeeded as president upon Mitchel's resignation).

Standing committees

• Committee on Aging (Chair: Crystal Hudson)
  • Subcommittee on Senior Centers and Food Insecurity (Chair: Darlene Mealy)
• Committee on Children and Youth (Chair: Althea Stevens)
• Committee on Civil and Human Rights (Chair: Nantasha Williams)
• Committee on Civil Service and Labor (Chair: Carmen De La Rosa)
• Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection (Chair: Julie Menin)
• Committee on Contracts (Chair: Julie Won)
• Committee on Criminal Justice (Chair: Sandy Nurse)
• Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries & International Intergroup Relations (Chair: Carlina Rivera)
• Committee on Economic Development (Chair: Amanda Farías)
• Committee on Education (Chair: Rita Joseph)
• Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency & Waterfronts (Chair: James F. Gennaro)
• Committee on Finance (Chair: Justin Brannan)
• Committee on Fire & Emergency Management (Chair: Joann Ariola)
• Committee on General Welfare (Chair: Diana Ayala)
• Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation (Chair: Lincoln Restler)
• Committee on Health (Chair: Lynn Schulman)
  • Subcommittee on COVID & Infectious Diseases (Chair: Francisco Moya)
• Committee on Higher Education (Chair: Eric Dinowitz)
• Committee on Hospitals (Chair: Mercedes Narcisse)
• Committee on Housing and Buildings (Chair: Pierina Sanchez)
• Committee on Immigration (Chair: Alexa Avilés)
• Committee on Land Use (Chair: Rafael Salamanca)
  • Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings, and Dispositions (Chair: Kamillah Hanks)
  • Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises (Chair: Kevin Riley)
• Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities, and Addictions (Chair: Linda Lee)
• Committee on Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Gale Brewer)
• Committee on Parks and Recreation (Chair: Shekar Krishnan)
• Committee on Public Housing (Chair: Chris Banks)
• Committee on Public Safety (Chair: Yusef Salaam)
• Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections (Chair: Keith Powers)
• Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management (Chair: Shaun Abreu)
• Committee on Small Business (Chair: Oswald Feliz)
• Committee on Standards and Ethics (Chair: Sandra Ung)
• Committee on Technology (Chair: Jennifer Gutiérrez)
• Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Chair: Selvena Brooks-Powers)
• Committee on Veterans (Chair: Robert F. Holden)
• Committee on Women and Gender Equity (Chair: Farah Louis)
• Taskforce to Combat Hate (Co-chairs: Eric Dinowitz and Shahana Hanif)

Caucuses

• Black, Latino and Asian (BLA) Caucus
• Common-Sense Caucus
• Irish Caucus
• Italian Caucus
• Jewish Caucus
• LGBT Caucus
• Progressive Caucus
• Women's Caucus

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56. (September 14, 1921). "Curran Defeats La Guardia by 60,000 — Haskell Third — Gilroy Wins — Hines Loses — Hines's Manager and a Candidate Shot — Fusion Wins All Over City — Wet Republican Runs 3 to 1 Behind — Bennett a Poor Fourth — Connolly Wins in Queens — Organization Leader Defeats Denis O'Leary, Insurgent Democrat, by 3 to 1 — Lockwood in Easy Victory — With 455 Districts Missing, Curran Has 83,425, LaGuardia 30,955, Bennett 3,777". New York Times.
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58. (January 3, 1922). "Hylan Reinstalled, Pledges Old Policy; Keeps His Old Staff — In Inaugural Address Continues His Criticism of Press, Legislature and Port Authority — Refers to His Large Vote — Says It Is Not a Personal Tribute, but It Imposes Grave Responsibility — For Higher Aldermanic Pay — Craig Appears With Draft of New Charter Providing $5,000 Salaries for Members". New York Times.
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61. (December 31, 1925). "Hylan And Enright Out With Pensions; Last-Hour Shifts In Police Department; Walker Fills Important City Posts — Collins Mayor for a Day — Leach is the Active Head of the Police Force for the Last Day of 1925 — Hylan to Get $4,205 A Year — Retirement Voted by Board of Estimate, He Quits to Assure Pension — Enright to Draw $5,000 — Approval of His Retirement as Commissioner One of Hylan's Last Official Acts". New York Times.
62. (January 29, 1956). "J.V. M'Kee is Dead; Served as Mayor — President of Old Aldermanic Board Replaced Walker in Wave of Reform — Known as 'Holy Joe' — Former Teacher Entered Politics 'by Accident' — Headed Trust Company". [[The New York Times]].
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64. (May 16, 1933). "M'Kee Reinstates Man The Man He Had Ousted — Just Before Quitting Office He Names McEneny, Dropped in School Site Inquiry — Now Finds Charges Fail — O'Brien Assures His Departing Associate He Will Always Be Welcome at City Hall". New York Times.
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66. (May 17, 1933). "City Charter Bill Voted — Aldermen Provide Referendum on Question of Revision". New York Times.
67. (December 30, 1933). "Rockway Subway Approved by City — Long Island Road's Route Held Best of 3 Proposed — Buying of Line Up to LaGuardia — Cost Put at $34,114,000 — Estimate Board Also Passes on Site of Staten Island Tube and Brooklyn Tunnel". New York Times.
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