Community Board for Police Accountability adopts formal public-comment rules, including three-minute baseline

Apr 9, 2026

The Community Board for Police Accountability voted unanimously to require public comment at the start of every meeting and before substantive votes, set a three-minute baseline with a 30-second grace period, allowed limited advance written submissions, and charged the agenda-setting committee with identifying substantive votes in advance.

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A majority of members of the Community Board for Police Accountability voted unanimously to adopt a formal public-comment procedure that will (in most meetings) provide a three-minute speaking baseline, a 30-second grace period to finish remarks, and a mechanism for the facilitator to reallocate any leftover public-comment time.

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