New York City Council Bills and Local Laws from 1998

Legislation records from the New York City Council span from 1998 through 2024. The dataset includes bills introduced by council members, tracking their progress through committees, votes, and mayoral action. It is provided by the City of New York's open data portal.

Use Cases

• Analyze legislative productivity trends over time using Intro Date and Enacted Date columns.
• Model bill passage outcomes based on Primary Sponsor and Committee using Status and Passed Date.
• Track the lifecycle duration of legislation by calculating intervals between Intro Date, Committee Hearings (implied), and Enactment Date.
• Profile sponsor activity and committee jurisdiction by counting bills per Primary Sponsor and Committee.

Strengths

• Covers 27 years of legislative history from 1998 to 2024.
• Tracks the full legislative process with 15 distinct data fields per record.

Limitations

• Total number of bills (rows) is unspecified, preventing assessment of statistical significance.
• Sample data is unavailable, obscuring data completeness and potential null values.

Provenance

Source

New York City Council via data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Official legislative record.

Time Range

1998 through 2024

Freshness

Updated as of April 3, 2025.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA