How Did Councilman Brannan Score Lower Than Treyger?
City and State released a couple of articles this week ranking NYC Council Members on their responsiveness, bill writing and being present. See here, here, and here.
I knew I had to look into the story more because I wasn’t sure how Brannan scored lower than Treyger….something is off.
Several people have sent the links and asked why I haven’t commented or shared the information, even Democrats! It takes time to check things out and see what’s going on.
This above graphic was sent to me and shows Brannan ranked 42 out of 50 Council members for attendance with only 72.48% days present at meetings. YIKES! I thought, “What the heck is going on here?”
Then a Bay Ridge resident shared on social media that Brannan was out for medical leave. The person sharing that information is someone well-respected in the community. If what this resident wrote is true, then his absences will all be grouped together.
If you have read this blog for a bit, you know I follow the local politicians and Brannan never mentioned anything serious. Awhile back, he did write about being home ill, but it sounded more like a virus, than a serious condition that would require medical leave.
January 2019 – Brannan was present for all 11 meetings/committees that he was scheduled for
February – 12 Meetings – Brannan present for 9 (2 meetings were on the same day when he was out)
- Absent February 7th – (2 meetings)
- Absent February 27th
March – 10 Meetings – Brannan was present for 8
- Absent March 11th (present on March 13th)
- Absent March 14th
April – 9 Meetings – Brannan was present for 5 (one he missed due to conflicting schedule with another meeting ) and one was medically excused
- Absent April 11th
- (April 16th – conflict with another meetings)
- Absent April 29th Committee on Public Safety
- Absent April 30th – medical
May – 12 meetings – Brannan was present for 8 (medical for 4)
- May 1st – medical
- May 8th – medical – 2 meetings
- May 14th – medical
- May 15th – medical
Present for May 20th
June – 11 Meetings – Brannan was present for 8 – 1 Conflict of Schedule (see below)
- Absent on June 6th Committee on Public Safety
- Absent June 17th Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
- Absent June 25th Committee on Education
- June 27th – Conflict with this meeting
July – 2 Meetings – Brannan attended one.
- Absent on July 22 – Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing
August – 1 Meeting – Brannan was present for it.
September – 10 meetings (Brannan was present for 9)
- Absent September 23rd – Committee on Public Safety
October – 5 meetings – Brannan was present for all (NYC Council deferred 7 meetings this month)
November – 2 committee meetings – Brannan was present for both
December- There are no meetings for December listed on the site. Doesn’t NYC Council work in December?
It appears that the majority of the missed meetings are around the time when Brannan took medical leave (it’s marked on the NYC Council Meeting Agenda) so what the Bay Ridge resident said adds up.
Of course, there are some regular missed days, but everyone has those for the flu , funerals, events or emergencies.
City and State didn’t do a good job reporting here. A medical absence shouldn’t have been counted towards any council member. Another councilman was on leave for a new baby and got a low rating due to their strange rating system. There’s too many spin doctors out there looking to get clicks instead of reporting the news we need.
Hugs,
marlene
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