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City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Meeting

Common Council meetings are legislative sessions where we discuss and vote on proposed resolutions and laws, receive updates from agency representatives, and hear feedback from residents, like you.

We invite the public to speak for up to 3 minutes at meetings of the Common Council.

Voting occurs only at Common Council meetings.

Committee of the Whole and Special Meetings will not be regularly scheduled, but will be scheduled with public notice on an as needed basis. Committee of the Whole Meetings are work sessions and the public is not allowed to speak.

All Common Council meetings are webcast and televised live. Meetings are televised on Time Warner Cable channel 23 and Verizon Fios channel 39. Once completed, the meetings are archived on the webcasting site for later viewing.

Free parking is available under City Hall for those arriving before 8 pm. Enter the parking garage from the westbound arterial highway.

The Common Council is the law-making body of the City of Poughkeepsie and is comprised of 9 members. 8 ward representatives and 1 member At-Large. Similar to Congress at the federal level, we are the City of Poughkeepsie’s legislative body. The Council is separate from the Mayor’s administration but an equal partner in how our City is run.

Journeys Towards Justice – Voting Rights (virtual)

Voting is a fundamental right in the United States, but voter suppression is still a very real threat in communities of color and socio-economically disadvantaged areas. Representatives from the Andrew Goodman Foundation and NAACP Legal Defense Fund Voting Rights Project will talk about their work to prevent discrimination and preserve the fundamental right to vote.

Journeys Toward Justice is a multi-college collaboration spotlighting changemakers across the country who are driving justice and equity forward. The goal is to connect students, partners, and communities with one another and help us all understand the local and historical contexts of universal social justice issues and the work communities are doing. Co-organizers of this series include: Brown University, Campus Compact, Duke University, Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California – Berkeley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Richmond, University of San Francisco, Tulane University, and Yale University.

This session is co-sponsored by the Phillips Brooks House, Harvard University and the Mario Savio Social Justice Program at the Public Service Center, UC Berkeley.