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Brewer questions CEC on position on bills and working group

New York City Council · Jun 22, 2026 · starts 1:16:07 · 1 min 9 sec

Brewer asks if CEC's commission will take a position on the bills; Saeed says no, as it is beyond their scope. Brewer asks about the Future of Community Boards Working Group; Salter describes it as district managers who convene regularly, issued a report, and have called for increased funding and better land use support.

Gale A. Brewer

Will your board take a position on these bills, or you're not going to as far as you know?

Sarah Saeed

You're talking about the commission.

Gale A. Brewer

Yeah, yeah.

Gale A. Brewer

So you see board.

Sarah Saeed

No, I don't think so.

Gale A. Brewer

Okay.

Gale A. Brewer

Is there some reason why not?

Gale A. Brewer

Why not to?

Gale A. Brewer

Or do you think it's up to the council to decide and not the CUC?

Sarah Saeed

I think it's, yeah, there's no specific reason.

Sarah Saeed

I think it's beyond the scope of what we are.

Sarah Saeed

Asked to do so, yeah.

Gale A. Brewer

Okay.

Gale A. Brewer

And the future of community boards working group, what does it achieve?

Gale A. Brewer

I just don't know.

Gale A. Brewer

That's my ignorance.

Benjamin Salter

They convene on a regular basis.

Benjamin Salter

Obviously, they issued that report a while ago.

Benjamin Salter

They helped do the term limit session two years ago that you were a part of and that we helped fund.

Benjamin Salter

They meet regularly to make recommendations for things.

Benjamin Salter

I think they've called for increased funding.

Benjamin Salter

They've called for better land use, but I'm not aware of the tangible.

Benjamin Salter

achievements.

Gale A. Brewer

Okay.

Benjamin Salter

But I find them a useful, obviously, group to talk to.

Gale A. Brewer

Okay.

Gale A. Brewer

And who's on that?

Gale A. Brewer

Is that community board members and so on?

Benjamin Salter

It's DMs.

Gale A. Brewer

Multi-district managers.

Gale A. Brewer

Yeah.

Gale A. Brewer

Okay.