A hearing on potential charter revisions related to housing and land use, focusing on reforming the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) process.

Discussions centered on:

• Balancing citywide housing needs with local community input
• Streamlining approvals for affordable housing
• Implementing comprehensive planning
• Strengthening fair housing mandates
• Reforming the Civilian Complaint Review Board

Other topics included open primaries to increase voter participation and preserving community input in land use decisions.

Features testimony from City Council members, housing advocates, community board representatives, and the public.

A hearing on potential charter reforms, including:

• Changing election structures (moving to even-year elections, implementing open primaries or nonpartisan elections, extending ranked-choice voting)
• Streamlining processes for climate and infrastructure projects
• Strengthening fair share provisions
• Creating a mayoral removal process
• Reforming community board appointments

Discussions focused on:

• Increasing voter participation
• Addressing climate resilience
• Improving equity in city services
• Enhancing government accountability

Features testimony from It's Electric, the Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice (MOCEJ), Solar One, the Manhattan Institute, Citizens Union, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI), and the public.

A hearing on housing issues and potential charter reforms to address New York City's housing crisis.

Discussions focused on:

• Reforming the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP)
• Increasing affordable housing production
• Ensuring equitable distribution of housing across neighborhoods
• Addressing barriers for smaller and minority/women-owned developers

Proposed charter changes included:

• Streamlining approval processes
• Limiting member deference in the City Council
• Empowering the City Planning Commission
• Improving inter-agency coordination

Features testimony from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), housing developers, community advocates, policy experts, and the public.

A hearing on various aspects of city governance and potential charter revisions.

Discussions focused on:

• Improving contracting and procurement processes
• Land use and housing policies
• Ethics oversight
• Election reforms.

Key proposals included:

• Elevating the Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS) to a charter agency
• Streamlining the ULURP process
• Creating an independent ethics commission
• Implementing open primaries or nonpartisan elections.

Other topics covered budget transparency, recall elections, and citizen assemblies for charter revision.

Features testimony from the Independent Budget Office (IBO), Human Services Council, Legal Aid Society, Urban Pathways, Citizens Budget Commission, Reinvent Albany, Common Cause, Citizens Union, and the public.

A hearing on potential reforms to New York City's land use and housing development processes, focusing on addressing the city's housing crisis and affordability issues.

Discussions centered on:

• Streamlining the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP)
• Implementing comprehensive citywide planning
• Reforming community board representation
• Balancing citywide housing needs with local community input
• Potential changes to the Landmarks Preservation Commission

Features testimony from urban planning experts, the Brooklyn Borough President, housing advocates, labor unions, and the public.

The inaugural meeting of the newly formed Charter Revision Commission, focusing on its mission to review the city charter with particular emphasis on housing and planning amidst New York City's affordability crisis.

Discussions included the commission's structure, responsibilities, and commitment to transparency and independence.

The meeting also covered ethics rules for commissioners, the history and structure of the city charter, and processes for proposing amendments.

Features presentations from the Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB), the NYC Law Department, and introductions from the 13 appointed commissioners.