to disband the NYPD\u2019s Strategic Response Group<\/a> \u2014 a favorite target of law enforcement reform activists and the DSA.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that you are more interested in doing the performative stuff for social media attention, rather than doing the difficult work to resolve this important issue,\u201d Feliz added. <\/p>\n
Other members with low marks at legislative meetings were Darlene Mealy (D-41), who missed three of 15 meetings, Rita C. Joseph (D-40), who missed three of 18 meetings, and Alexa Avil\u00e9s (D -38) \u2013 who\u2019s skipped out on two of 18 meetings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both Avil\u00e9s and Oss\u00e9 were caught ditching a Sept. 24 meeting to protest Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s appearance at the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n
The remaining members have only one or no absences at meetings and the data does not count excused call outs for medical or bereavement reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n
New York City Council Member Julie Menin attends an announcement by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani regarding the expansion of a pilot program for non-profit funding at the Bushwick Starr in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Oct. 8, 2026. Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post<\/p>\n
The council\u2019s 2026 attendance policy, which was blasted out internally in May of this year and later obtained by The Post, doesn\u2019t outline a set number of no-shows that would lead to disciplinary action \u2014 but the policy does note that regular attendance is a \u201ccore responsibility\u201d for members.<\/p>\n
\u201cCouncil Members must appear in person at a meeting, unless, in the event of unforeseen circumstances, they are authorized to participate remotely,\u201d it states.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Committee meeting absences \u2013 where legislation is first heard before it\u2019s brought to vote by the entire council \u2013 are much more common place among members. <\/p>\n
City Council Member Alexa Aviles at an April rally outside City Hall. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n
Only four active members have a 100% committee attendance rate \u2014 Elsie Encarnacion, Justin Sanchez, Shantel Thomas-Henry, and Speaker Julie Menin \u2013 though Menin has only been required to attend 2 meetings this session.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those with the worst attendance were James Gennaro (D-24) who only showed for 52.3% meetings, Ty Hankerson (D-28) who showed for 60% and Althea Stevens who attended 62.1% (D-16). <\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Gennaro said he \u201cendured a series of health challenges\u201d over the last year and is still being monitored for one of the unspecified issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has a good record of chairing his own committee and attending Stated meetings,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cThat said, he has had to prioritize medical appointments over some committee hearings.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of our legislative work happens in committee meetings and hearings where we discuss proposed laws, receive updates from agencies, and hear feedback from New Yorkers like you,\u201d the council\u2019s\u00a0website reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s Democratic Socialists of America crony Chi Oss\u00e9 has the worst attendance record of any member…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2494,301,19077,57,9,24,55,54,56,58],"class_list":["post-376809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-chi-osse","tag-city-council","tag-julie-menin","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}