Brooklyn council adopts ad hoc youth engagement and succession committee

The Brooklyn City Council voted to adopt Resolution 2025-2, establishing an ad hoc Brooklyn Youth Engagement and Succession Committee as a pilot program to advise council and the administration on youth concerns, programming and leadership development and to assist on matters of security and civic participation. The resolution was adopted as an emergency measure.

The Committee of the Whole recommended adoption at its meeting earlier in the evening, and council moved to adopt on third reading. A motion to adopt was made and seconded; the roll call recorded unanimous approval. Council members who voted “Yes” were Kathy Pucci, Steven Coyle, Andy Sellhertz, Matt Mosley, Kevin Tanski and Sue Grodick.

The resolution directs the new ad hoc committee to serve as a forum for “purposeful planning” and to provide guidance “including but not limited to addressing youth concerns and perspectives, assisting in security and developing programs and activities for the young people in the city,” language taken directly from the ordinance text placed on the meeting docket. The measure was described as a pilot program; the resolution text declares an emergency so the committee can begin work immediately.

Council did not set a membership roster or an explicit timetable for the committee in the meeting discussion. Staff and council members indicated the item had been vetted in committee and recommended for adoption; additional organizational details (member selection, formal charge, reporting requirements) were not specified in the meeting record.

The resolution will create a short-term advisory body aimed at expanding youth engagement and leadership opportunities; the city clerk’s office and council staff will be responsible for follow-up steps to implement the committee.