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Int 1324-2025

Providing stipends for community board members.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislationintroduced 2025-06-11

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2025-06-11Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require that community board members receive a stipend of $25 per hour, a total of no more than $100 per month, for their attendance at official community board meetings, including hearings and committee meetings.

Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal LegislationMunicipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency, Law Department, Federal legislation, State legislation and Home Rule requests.

How it compares

22% of similar bills passed

11 passed · 39 died

This bill: 203 days in committee

Similar bills: median 345 days · 39 days when passed

Sponsors (1)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-06-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-06-11 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2025-06-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (4)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision c of section 2800 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 102 for the year 1977, is amended to read as follows: c. [Members] Each member of a community [boards] board shall [serve as such without compensation but] receive a stipend in the amount of $25 for each hour that the member has attended a meeting or hearing held under subdivision h of this section or a meeting held under subdivision i of this section, not to exceed $100 per month. Each member of a community board shall additionally be reimbursed for actual and necessary out-of-pocket expenses in connection with attendance at regularly scheduled meetings of the community board. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. NAW LS #17387 06/05/2025 2:10 PM 1 1