🔴 LIVE: "Voting on Rikers Island"

New York City Council · April 15, 2026

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Opening and logistics

11:51 → 12:12(21s)

Council staff opened the hearing with procedural instructions (silence electronics, sign up to testify) and transferred the meeting to the chairs.

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A joint New York City Council hearing examined barriers to voting for people detained at Rikers Island, featuring testimony from the Department of Correction, the Board of Elections, advocates and volunteers and discussion of two local bills (Intros 7-86 and 7-97) and calls for state legislation to enable jail-based polling sites.

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