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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 30/04/2025
🍎📝🏛️ citymeetings.nyc 🤝 NYC Charter Revision Commision In an official partnership, you can breezily skim and share Q&A and testimony from every Charter Revision Commission to-date. Every commission meeting will be published within 24 hours going forward.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 08/04/2025
Erik Bottcher asks the ED of the Mayor's Office of Food Policy about the feasibility of city-owned grocery stores at today's hearing. (Clearly asking about Zohran Mamdani's proposal without mentioning his name.) citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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Council Member Bottcher questions the feasibility of city-owned grocery stores | Committee on Oversight and Investigations | NYC City Council | April 08, 2025 | citymeetings.nyc
A segment from the 2 hr 6 min New York City Council Committee on Oversight and Investigations session on April 08, 2025 titled "Council Member Bottcher questions the feasibility of city-owned gro...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 03/04/2025
I have access to NYC council hearing recordings for NYC’s purchase of Legistar from Granicus from 2008, and on our Open Data laws from 2009. These were pre-Legistar. I’ll be doing a history feature in April some time. These are incredible in so many ways. Subscribe at citymeetings.nyc.
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Browse and research NYC council meetings quickly and easily.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 30/03/2025
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens is starting to enter its prime!
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 30/03/2025
Another citymeetings New York Daily News citation, this time in the opinion section on the Queens casino project -- www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/30/c...
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Citi Field casino: Bad bet for Queens
Time is running out to stop a Vegas-style casino next to Citi Field stadium. Many neighbors do not know that Metropolitan Park — hedge fund billionaire and Mets owner Steve Cohen’s casino proposal …
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 25/03/2025
What he said in August at his corp. counsel nomination hearing in August: 1. The city is not a party to that case. 2. But I'd recuse myself anyway. 3. Also, this is a pro-environment case. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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Mastro's involvement in New Jersey's congestion pricing case | Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections | NYC City Council | August 27, 2024 | citymeetings.nyc
A segment from the 11 hr 7 min New York City Council Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections session on August 27, 2024 titled "Mastro's involvement in New Jersey's congestion pricing case&q...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 24/03/2025
citymeetings #32 is out! I trawled ~50 hours of meetings to find discussions regarding changes to federal funding and policy across every prelim budget hearing last week. You can read it here: buttondown.com/citymeetings...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 24/03/2025
A special issue of citymeetings #32 goes out at 11 AM Eastern. I trawled ~50 hours of budget hearings last week and compiled a survey of discussions where changes to federal funding or policy came up at every budget hearing last week. You can subscribe on citymeetings DOT nyc.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 18/03/2025
Unlimited pastries for DEP's commissioner.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 17/03/2025
Facebook referred more visitors to citymeetingsnyc than Google last week for the first time and it's because of these statements by Brad Lander shared among union and retiree groups. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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Analysis of proposal to refinance pension system's unfunded liability | Committee on Finance | NYC City Council | March 05, 2025 | citymeetings.nyc
A segment from the 7 hr 15 min New York City Council Committee on Finance session on March 05, 2025 titled "Analysis of proposal to refinance pension system's unfunded liability". Read the s...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 15/03/2025
Been reworking my speaker identification tooling and sometimes language models will assign incredible roles to people.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 14/03/2025
Education hearing from yesterday is up now -- the video was made available late last night.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 12/03/2025
Got caught up in a few things -- but this 10-hour hearing is now up.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 12/03/2025
I know what you're all thinking: the 10-hour budget hearing for the Committee on Public Safety did not go up last night. It's because I went to bed before the video was made available, downloaded, and transcribed. But it'll be up in a bit this morning on citymeetings.nyc.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 10/03/2025
citymeeting #31 went out a few minutes ago! Notably -- - I'm talking at School of Data on March 29th. - I used tools to find federal funding cut discussions from 30 hours of budget hearings. - Highlights on the Queens Future casino proposal. Read the issue here: buttondown.com/citymeetings...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 04/03/2025
FYI: Hyacinths are starting to bloom, which means the best-smelling flower in existence will be carpeting the fragrance garden at Brooklyn Botanic soon.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 03/03/2025
citymeetings #30 is out! Notably: - I'm hiring a part-time intern to help me publish meetings using my tools. - If you're at Stanford or Columbia and interested in applying for the Magic Grant -- I'd love to chat. Read it here: buttondown.com/citymeetings...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 26/02/2025
Happy birthday citymeetings.nyc!
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 25/02/2025
Also notably: 1. citymeetings turns 1 year old this week! 2. My mug appeared in Who's Who in Emerging Tech in City & State yesterday. (Yes, the photo was taken in front of the wall of the McGolrick park bathroom.)
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 25/02/2025
citymeetings #29 is hot off the presses! Notably: - citymeetings turns 1 year old this week! - I announced *citymeetings PRO* today. You can subscribe on citymeetings dot nyc and read the issue here: buttondown.com/citymeetings...
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🍎 citymeetings.nyc #29
Early Childhood Centers, Public Health Preparedness, NYPD & the POST Act, Foster Care Hi! I'm announcing citymeetings.nyc PRO today. Right now, it is the...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 24/02/2025
Today's NYC Council hearing re: NYPD's gang database and DNA collection practices is up on citymeetings.nyc. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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NYC City Council | Committee on Public Safety | February 24, 2025 | 10:00 AM | citymeetings.nyc
A hearing on the NYPD's gang database and DNA collection practices, focusing on two bills: - Intro 125, which would prohibit DNA collection from juveniles without parental consent - Intro 798, which ...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 24/02/2025
Not the main event today, but part of this Zoning & Franchises hearing deals with a contentious sidewalk cafe application for Le Dive in Dimes Square in Chris Marte's district, veering into discussion on open streets, etc. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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NYC City Council | Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises | February 24, 2025 | 11:00 AM | citymeetings.nyc
A hearing on two proposals: - A mixed-use residential and community facility building in South Jamaica, Queens, including approximately 125 apartments with 31 permanently affordable units - A sidewal...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 21/02/2025
I think Today in Gay wins the award for first citymeetings.nyc mention in a podcast, mentioning the committee vote to designate January 31 as Cecilia Gentili Day. I love to see it. One of the underrated things about actually-transparent meetings is that they amplify real, on-the-ground advocacy.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 19/02/2025
I know the FAD is the last thing on anyone’s mind these days but this piece linked to a DEP hearing on citymeetings the other day and I thought it was a really fun read about regional water politics in NYC and upstate. kingstoncreative.net/the-catskill...
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The Catskills’ Lost Future: Water, Power, and the Fight for Local Control - Kingston Creative
As a local marketing agency that celebrates the potential of the Hudson Valley and Catskills community, we present this historical, philosophical and political look into the murky depths of the New Yo...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 17/02/2025
citymeetings #28 went out this morning! Read the issue here: buttondown.com/citymeetings... Subscribe on citymeetings.nyc.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 13/02/2025
Two link to today's Stated Meeting address where Adrienne Adams talks about Trump & Elon Musk. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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Speaker Adams criticizes Trump administration's early actions | Stated Meeting | NYC City Council | February 13, 2025 | citymeetings.nyc
A segment from the 1 hr 24 min New York City Council Stated Meeting session on February 13, 2025 titled "Speaker Adams criticizes Trump administration's early actions". Read the summary and ...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 03/02/2025
citymeetings issue #27 is hot off the presses! The NYC council budget hearings begin in March. If you want to follow them, citymeetings will publish breakdowns same-day. I'm also building a professional offering if you need advanced research/alerts. buttondown.com/citymeetings...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 31/01/2025
Writing the newsletter for Monday and, at the rate that everyone cites the figure, 1.4% will be seared into my eyeballs by the end of this year.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 31/01/2025
A fun little aside from Jumaane Williams at the DOE hearing today.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 29/01/2025
This afternoon Crystal Hudson asked NYC Aging and NYCHA about the impact of the federal funding pause on NYC's older adult programs. A bit of insight into what folks in NYC govt. are hearing and doing w.r.t. NYC's programs. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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Impact of White House budget office pause on federal grants and older adult programs | Committee on Aging | NYC City Council | January 28, 2025 | citymeetings.nyc
A segment from the 2 hr 53 min New York City Council Committee on Aging session on January 28, 2025 titled "Impact of White House budget office pause on federal grants and older adult programs&qu...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 27/01/2025
citymeetings #26 went out this morning! With a link to my @thoughtbot.com interview, a nod to budget season (+ a paid offering), and highlights on: - DOT's capital planning - Worker protection bills - DSNY's snow preparedness - The Veterans Advisory Board buttondown.com/citymeetings... Enjoy!
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🍎 citymeetings.nyc #26
DOT Capital Planning, Worker Protection, Snow Preparedness, Veterans Advisory Board Hi! Two updates before the highlights -- Podcast interview My Giant...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 27/01/2025
Just for fun, here are two recent updates to NYC Council's A/V work: - Last year one of the chambers introduced a new camera angle (screenshot shown). - All the video this year has more saturated color. I like it. Apparently they replaced all the cameras.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 23/01/2025
I talked about how citymeetings works and how I plan to sustain it on Giant Robots Smashing Into Giant Robots (the Thoughtbot podcast). You can give it a listen wherever you find your podcasts or here: podcast.thoughtbot.com/558
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558: Using AI to Bring Transparency to City Government with Vikram Oberoi
Chad talks with NYC local Vikram Oberoi about how he used AI to breakdown local city meetings into accessible bitesize chunks.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 22/01/2025
The Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit really milking this event that happened on the 18th for this week’s newsletter.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 21/01/2025
EDC is looking into relocating the Whitehall Terminal (that Staten Island Ferry operates out of)? citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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Improving ferry service with federal funding | Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | NYC City Council | January 21, 2025 | citymeetings.nyc
A segment from the 2 hr 36 min New York City Council Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure session on January 21, 2025 titled "Improving ferry service with federal funding". Read th...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 21/01/2025
The MTA's created an "outer borough transportation fund" to improve transportation outside the congestion relief zone. Discussion by Margaret Forgione @ DOT and CM Chris Banks here -- citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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Discussion on the impact of congestion pricing on outer boroughs | Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | NYC City Council | January 21, 2025 | citymeetings.nyc
A segment from the 2 hr 36 min New York City Council Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure session on January 21, 2025 titled "Discussion on the impact of congestion pricing on outer bor...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 21/01/2025
Today's DOT hearing is up, covering progress on the Streets Plan and more. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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NYC City Council | Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | January 21, 2025 | 10:00 AM | citymeetings.nyc
A hearing on the Department of Transportation's (DOT) capital plan, infrastructure, and street repairs. Discussions focused on: - Major projects like the Belt Parkway reconstruction and BQE replacem...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 21/01/2025
*Current* mayoral candidate Paperboy Love Prince gave testimony at a Committee on Finance vote a few weeks ago. Face painted, he began his testimony with a big cackle. (And also had a lot to say.) His testimony is on citymeetings: citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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Testimony by Paperboy Love Prince, Founder of Paperboy Prince Love Gallery | Committee on Finance | NYC City Council | December 19, 2024 | citymeetings.nyc
A segment from the 38 min New York City Council Committee on Finance session on December 19, 2024 titled "Testimony by Paperboy Love Prince, Founder of Paperboy Prince Love Gallery". Read th...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 20/01/2025
2025's inaugural citymeetings newsletter (#25!) went out this morning. With highlights from: - A hearing on NYC's immigrant protections. - H+H doctor working conditions. - The Arrow Linen rezoning. buttondown.com/citymeetings... You can subscribe on citymeetings.nyc.
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🍎 citymeetings.nyc #25
Immigrant Protections, H+H Doctors, Arrow Linen Rezoning Hi! This is the first citymeetings.nyc issue of 2025. The NYC Council's been back in session for 2...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 17/01/2025
More of the flavor of delightful NYC coverage I've come to expect from @hellgatenyc.com.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 17/01/2025
NYC Council's last hearing before Trump's inauguration on Monday was Chair @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social's hearing today on NYC's protections and resources for immigrant communities. All 6.5 hrs in short, linkable segments are now up on citymeetings -- citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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NYC City Council | Committee on Immigration | January 16, 2025 | 10:00 AM | citymeetings.nyc
A hearing on New York City's protections and resources for immigrant communities in light of potential changes to federal immigration policies under the incoming Trump administration. Discussions foc...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 16/01/2025
Hey @davepeck.org thank you for the nice little shoutout here! davepeck.org/2025/01/15/s...
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davepeck.org
Dave Peck's home on the web. Dave is an independent software developer, investor, and civic technologist.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 14/01/2025
I reviewed each step of @justinbrannan.bsky.social's finance committee meeting breakdown this morning as I always do. I intervened zero times during the chapter extraction process: a first. (Anyway, meeting's up.) citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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NYC City Council | Committee on Finance | January 14, 2025 | 10:00 AM | citymeetings.nyc
A hearing on several bills related to property tax administration and preventing deed theft. Discussions focused on: - Improving outreach about tax exemptions - Recording tax liens in ACRIS - Notify...
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 08/01/2025
citymeetings.nyc is amazing and makes public meetings so much more accessible to citizens! I can browse the topics that came up at #NYC council and watch clips of relevant discussions or testimony in a few minutes. I'd never have the time or patience to watch hours just to see if something came up.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 08/01/2025
A short NYC Council Stated Meeting to open the year. Only one comment on congestion pricing, which I thought was surprising. It was by Chris Banks. citymeetings.nyc/city-council...
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Council Member Chris Banks opposes congestion pricing toll plan | Stated Meeting | NYC City Council | January 08, 2025 | citymeetings.nyc
A segment from the 37 min New York City Council Stated Meeting session on January 08, 2025 titled "Council Member Chris Banks opposes congestion pricing toll plan". Read the summary and watc...
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 04/01/2025
There is a moment at Randy Mastro's corp. counsel hearing where he asserts that NJ's case against congestion pricing is a pro-environment case, @keithpowersnyc.bsky.social says he'd contest otherwise, then Randy Mastro goes "can't speak to the governor's intentions!", and it's emblematic.
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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Tech heroes are few and far between lately, but I think Vikram Oberoi qualifies. hellgatenyc.com/vikram-obero...
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Why Vikram Oberoi Is Every NYC Journalist's Favorite New Yorker
His project, citymeetings.nyc, transcribes and summarizes *every* *single* City Council meeting.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 28/12/2024
Writing Monday's citymeetings newsletter and there's a bullet point from Greenwood Cemetery which reminds me: I ate what looked like a very ripe persimmon off one of their trees several weeks ago but I, uh, miscalculated. And, well,
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 26/12/2024
Software engineer @vikramoberoi.com's citymeetings.nyc is making keeping tabs on City Council meetings a little less painful. hellgatenyc.com/vikram-obero...
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Why Vikram Oberoi Is Every NYC Journalist's Favorite New Yorker
His project, citymeetings.nyc, transcribes and summarizes *every* *single* City Council meeting.
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Vikram Oberoi @vikramoberoi.com · 26/12/2024
Awww thank you @hellgatenyc.com!!
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