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The city, in numbers

How NYC government works

Every number on this page is computed from official records, updated 2026-07-09. Nothing is estimated by hand.

The Council

51
Council districts across 5 boroughs
38
active committees; 36 members chair one
17
committee meetings scheduled in the next 45 days

The bills

595
bills introduced per year on average (2014–2025)
172
become law per year on average
29%
of all introduced bills ever become law (n=8,368)
965
introduced in 2026 so far; 46 already law
63%
pass once they get a public hearing
99%
pass once a committee approves them
Computed from 7,137 bills introduced 2014–2025 in official Council records. See Records for the year-by-year picture.

Do laws get followed once they pass?

2,229
reports that 765 local laws legally require, across 183 agencies
47%
have never been filed to the public portal (1,048 reports)
517
more are overdue past a 120 day grace period
Computed from the city’s own Government Publications catalog of legally mandated reports, updated 2026-07-08. Passing a law is step one; this is the scoreboard for step two. Each passed bill’s page shows its own reports.

Rules being written right now

After laws pass, agencies write the rules that make them real. These landed in the City Record in the last 45 days; comment instructions live on each official notice.

dcwp noh junk feesConsumer and Worker Protection · City Record, 2026-07-08
official notice
dcwp noa cancellation of subscriptionsConsumer and Worker Protection · City Record, 2026-07-08
official notice
dcwp noh requirements for hvfhv services and protections for driversConsumer and Worker Protection · City Record, 2026-07-06
official notice
notice of adoption of rule relating to containerization requirements for buildings containing 10 or more dwelling unitsSanitation · City Record, 2026-07-01
official notice
office of the comptroller affordable neighborhoods for new yorkers construction wage regulations - adoption of final 485Comptroller · City Record, 2026-06-30
official notice
dcwp noa debt collector penalty scheduleConsumer and Worker Protection · City Record, 2026-06-29
official notice
Not yet available as public data

Comment deadlines for proposed rules is not published as open data today. The NYC Rules portal shows deadlines on each notice page, but no dataset carries them holds it. You can help change that by asking: publish proposed-rule comment periods (open and close dates) as a dataset, so anyone can build deadline reminders.

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The money around it

$149M
paid to lobbying firms in 2025 by 2,246 clients ($144M in 2024)
$14M
raised by 192 Council candidates in the 2025 election
700
organizations both lobby City Hall and do business with the City
19,767
lobbying filing rows with the City Clerk, 2025 to 2026
54
City agencies issued contract awards since 2023
2,016
organizations tracked in our graph so far

Beyond the Council

Citywide elected officials, verified against official directories 2026-07-08. Campaign money from CFB records, 2025 election.

Zohran MamdaniMayor · official site
$4.7M raised
Jumaane WilliamsPublic Advocate · official site
$0.7M raised
Mark LevineComptroller · official site
$2.2M raised

The 52 members

Every current Council member, by borough. Tap any name for their record, money, and who lobbies them.

Manhattan · 10
Christopher Marte · D1Harvey D. Epstein · D2Carl Wilson · D3Virginia Maloney · D4Julie Menin · D5Gale A. Brewer · D6Shaun Abreu · D7Elsie Encarnación · D8Yusef Salaam · D9Carmen N. De La Rosa · D10
Bronx · 7
Eric Dinowitz · D11Kevin C. Riley · D12Shirley Aldebol · D13Pierina Ana Sanchez · D14Oswald J. Feliz · D15Althea V. Stevens · D16Amanda C. Farías · D18
Queens · 12
Vickie Paladino · D19Sandra Ung · D20Tiffany L. Cabán · D22Linda Lee · D23Shekar Krishnan · D25Julie Won · D26Nantasha M. Williams · D27Ty Hankerson · D28Lynn C. Schulman · D29Phil Wong · D30Selvena N. Brooks-Powers · D31Joann Ariola · D32
Brooklyn · 16
Lincoln Restler · D33Jennifer Gutiérrez · D34Crystal Hudson · D35Chi A. Ossé · D36Sandy Nurse · D37Alexa Avilés · D38Shahana K. Hanif · D39Rita C. Joseph · D40Darlene Mealy · D41Chris Banks · D42Susan Zhuang · D43Simcha Felder · D44Farah N. Louis · D45Mercedes Narcisse · D46Kayla Santosuosso · D47Inna Vernikov · D48
Staten Island · 3
Kamillah Hanks · D49David M. Carr · D50Frank Morano · D51
Citywide or district unconfirmed
James F. GennaroJustin E. SanchezPublic Advocate Jumaane WilliamsShanel Thomas-Henry

Why 52 records for 51 seats: the roster includes the Public Advocate, a citywide official who can introduce legislation but holds no district seat, and records can briefly overlap during transitions. We show what the record shows.

Sources: NYC Council official records (bills, members, committees, meetings) · City Clerk eLobbyist filings · NYC Campaign Finance Board contributions · City Record procurement notices · NY Department of State corporate registry. Full methodology in each linked page’s footer.