What: New York City Bill for Open Captions Hearing for Ordinance Int 2020-2020. Hearing being held by the Committee on Civil and Human Rights.

When: Thursday, December 2, 2021, 10:00 AM EST

Where: Virtual – online only!

How to see it live: Virtual Room 3 of New York City Council live stream:

https://council.nyc.gov/livestream/#virtual-room-3

Testify virtually or in writing: https://council.nyc.gov/testify/

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If you are planning on testifying live via video conferencing, register no later than 24 hours before the hearing. Each person who intends on testifying live should register separately. Persons who do not register in advance will not be permitted to testify live via video conferencing.

Written testimony may be submitted without registration by emailing it to testimony@council.nyc.gov or via the website at https://council.nyc.gov/testify/ up to 72 hours after the close of the hearing.

For questions about accessibility or to request additional accommodations please contactswerts@council.nyc.gov or nbenjamin@council.nyc.gov or (212) 788-6936 at least 72 hours before the hearing. All other questions should be directed to jganapathy@council.nyc.gov.

After the hearing, the archived video will be available via the NYC Council calendar page: https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/Calendar.aspx Go to 12/2/2021 and the Committee on Civil and Human Rights, and the video link will be in the last column on the page.