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Procedure

Committee pauses while members attend other committee votes

New York City Council · Oct 22, 2026 · starts 0:02:50 · 4 min 25 sec

With the roll held open, staff confirm no members are online and the room shifts to informal discussion. Council Member Linda Lee notes she also has Parks and Finance committee business and coordinates holding her other votes open while the Rules roll remains open.

Council Staff

Nobody's online, right?

Council Staff

No.

Council Staff

You're free to go.

Council Staff

Yes.

Linda Lee

Anyway, so.

Linda Lee

I have parks and finance, actually, my committee.

Linda Lee

I don't know how parks...

Linda Lee

Actually, mine's in the chambers.

Linda Lee

Yeah, I have to sometimes do both.

Linda Lee

Can you hold parks open for me after I do my vote?

Linda Lee

Okay.

Linda Lee

Well, unless I'm running late.

Linda Lee

I'll do here first.

Linda Lee

Yeah, who has more?

Linda Lee

Yeah.

Council Staff

Wow, now we have 30 minutes.

Sandra Ung

I went to 250.

Unidentified speaker

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Unidentified speaker

What time is she has a vote too, right?

Unidentified speaker

Don't fall early.

Unidentified speaker

I'm really early.

Council Staff

You were just leading to the first one.

Linda Lee

Actually, I don't think, all the controversial votes, I don't think I'm a target.

Linda Lee

They get us mixed up all the time, too.

Linda Lee

They mix up me and Sandra.

Linda Lee

But I think between you, me, and Julie Wan, they mix me up a lot.

Linda Lee

The funny part is when they mix me up for Susan, because I'm like, she's so much better than I am.

Linda Lee

Like, I don't know how you can mix her up.

Linda Lee

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Linda Lee

Temporary.

Unidentified speaker

You know, you've got to remind people.

Unidentified speaker

Yeah, you're temporary.

Unidentified speaker

We're all temporary.

Unidentified speaker

We're all temporary.

Unidentified speaker

There are layers to that one.

Unidentified speaker

Everything was funny.

Unidentified speaker

I've got to think about this one.

Unidentified speaker

Wait a minute.

Unidentified speaker

I've got to switch it up.

Unidentified speaker

I'm glad I was asked to do that one and not this one, though.

Linda Lee

Yeah, this one would be bad.

Unidentified speaker

Yeah.

Linda Lee

Everything's here today, apparently.

Linda Lee

Yeah, all the votes are here.

Council Staff

Boys, we're good?

Council Staff

We're good?

Council Staff

We're rolling?

Council Staff

Thank you.