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An AcL Lo amend Lhe leglslaLlve law, ln relaLlon Lo requlrlng LhaL commlLLee and floor voLes be made
avallable onllne and LhaL sesslon and commlLLee meeLlngs be webcasL.

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Cur groups have long advocaLed for Lransparency ln governmenL and greaLer openness ln Lhe sLaLe
leglslaLure ln parLlcular.

1hls leglslaLlon wlll requlre, Lo Lhe exLenL pracLlcable, LhaL all commlLLee meeLlngs held by elLher house
of Lhe leglslaLure be webcasL. LeglslaLlve commlLLees conslder and voLe on measures lmpacLlng Lhe
enLlre sLaLe aL meeLlngs, and webcasLlng Lhelr proceedlngs wlll enable Lhe publlc across Lhe sLaLe Lo
beLLer follow Lhe acLlons of Lhe sLaLe leglslaLure ln Albany. lL wlll also enable Lhe press, whlch ls
lncreaslngly sLreLched Lhln as proflL marglns shrlnk, Lo cover commlLLee proceedlngs wlLhouL physlcally
aLLendlng meeLlngs. ln enabllng Lhe medla Lo more efflclenLly cover commlLLee voLes, new ?orkers wlll
also acqulre greaLer knowledge of leglslaLlve acLlons even when Lhey Lhemselves do noL waLch
commlLLee meeLlngs vla webcasL. WebcasLlng also creaLes efflclencles for leglslaLlve and governmenLal
sLaff, by enabllng Lhem Lo waLch commlLLee hearlngs from Lhelr desk whlle dolng oLher work.

1he blll wlll also requlre commlLLee and sesslon voLes be placed onllne, Lo Lhe exLenL pracLlcable, wlLhln
24 hours of Lhelr casLlng, so LhaL Lhe publlc and medla wlll know how lndlvldual lawmakers voLed on bllls
of lnLeresL. ln order Lo obLaln a comprehenslve accounLlng of voLes from Lhe full leglslaLure under
currenL pracLlce, a physlcal copy of Lhe voLes musL be obLalned from Lhe [ournal clerk ln each house.
uLLlng Lhe voLes of lndlvldual lawmakers onllne soon afLer Lhey have been casL wlll lncrease
governmenL Lransparency and accounLablllLy.

Whlle our organlzaLlons wholehearLedly supporL Lhls leglslaLlon, lL could be sLrengLhened furLher by
requlrlng archlvlng of vldeos on governmenLal webslLes, clarlfylng LhaL hearlngs and forums should be
webcasL ln addlLlon Lo meeLlngs, clarlfylng LhaL webcasLs should be conducLed llve, and provldlng onllne
memos of supporL or opposlLlon Lo leglslaLlon voLed on ln commlLLee. AddlLlonally, we would requesL
LhaL Lhe requlremenL LhaL Lhese vldeos are posLed "wlLhln LwenLy-four hours. . . Lo Lhe exLenL
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pracLlcable" ls clarlfled Lo lndlcaLe LhaL all vldeos are posLed onllne, and are posLed wlLhln LwenLy-four
hours Lo Lhe exLenL pracLlcable.

ln uecember 2013, Lhe new ?ork ClLy Councll passed and Mayor 8loomberg slgned leglslaLlon (lnL. no.
132-2010) requlrlng Lhe ClLy Councll, clLy agencles, commlLLees, commlsslons, and Lask forces webcasL
Lhelr publlc proceedlngs.
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Cur organlzaLlons acLlvely advocaLed for passage of Lhls leglslaLlon, and some
of our organlzaLlons LesLlfled ln favor of lLs passage boLh ln 2010 and 2013. 1he leglslaLlon followed
admlnlsLraLlve acLlon by Lhe ClLy Councll ln Aprll 2012
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, whlch now webcasLs lLs sLaLed meeLlngs and
mosL of lLs commlLLee hearlngs and meeLlngs.

1he SenaLe passed Lhls blll durlng Lhe 2013 sesslon followlng lLs lnLroducLlon for Lhe flrsL Llme ln !anuary.
1he Assembly lndlcaLed lasL year LhaL lL supporLs Lhe concepL buL prefers Lo lmplemenL Lhe blll's
provlslons admlnlsLraLlvely. ?eL Lhe Assembly dld noL admlnlsLraLlvely lmplemenL lLs provlslons ln 2013.
We urge Lhe SenaLe Lo pass Lhls leglslaLlon agaln. We call on Lhe Assembly Lo do so also or, aL mlnlmum,
more qulckly lmplemenL lLs provlslons admlnlsLraLlvely so LhaL by Lhe end of Lhe leglslaLlve sesslon Lhe
Assembly webcasLs lLs commlLLee meeLlngs and posL voLes onllne as Lhe SenaLe does admlnlsLraLlvely
now.



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lor Lhe LexL of Lhe n?C leglslaLlon, accompanylng hearlng maLerlals and LranscrlpLs, flscal lmpacL sLaLemenL, commlLLee
reporLs, and mayor's leLLer, see hLLp://leglsLar.councll.nyc.gov/LeglslaLlonueLall.aspx?lu=637961&Culu=7880l746-C397-
416L-8u20-43173u0Cu616&CpLlons=Advanced&Search

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