Committee to Combat Hate meeting
April 15, 2026, 1:00 PM
VOTE*
The Committee to Combat Hate held a hearing on Int 0327, a bill that would require the city to reimburse nonpublic schools for the cost of installing video surveillance cameras. No vote was taken.
What was discussed
- Chair introduces the nonpublic-school security camera reimbursement bill Chairperson Yusef Salaam opened the vote on Int 0327-B, sponsored by Council Member Narcisse, which would let qualifying nonpublic schools be reimbursed for installing video surveillance cameras—extending an existing program that reimburses such schools for security guards—and noted the bill was
- Council Member Narcisse on extending security reimbursement to cameras Council Member Mercedes Narcisse said Int 0327 applies the same principle as the existing guard-reimbursement program to surveillance cameras at school entrances and exits, with reporting requirements for accountability and means-testing so wealthier schools would not qualify.
- Committee adopts the camera reimbursement bill over two dissents The committee adopted Int 0327-B by a vote of 4 in the affirmative to 2 in the negative, with Council Member Julie Won among those opposed.
Agenda
1 item
- Int 0327-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reimbursing nonpublic schools for the cost of video surveillance cameras Approved by Committee