Sec. 1 \u2013 These Bylaws, upon adoption, shall be the Bylaws of Community Board No. 8 (the “Board”), and shall be the governing instrument of said Board, subject only to the provisions of the amended New York City Charter (the “Charter”), the Open Meetings Law (OML), the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) and other applicable provisions of law.
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\n
Sec. 1 \u2013 The Board shall exercise those powers and perform those functions set forth in the Charter.\u00a0 The boundaries of its district shall be as approved pursuant to the Charter.\u00a0 The Board may exercise its powers either separately or jointly with one or more other Community Boards with regard to any matter which concerns its district and one or more other districts.<\/p>\n
Sec. 1 \u2013 The Community Board shall consist of:<\/p>\n
Sec. 2 \u2013 Each Appointed Member shall serve for a term of two (2) years.\u00a0 Vacancies in the membership of the Board shall be filled by appointment made in accordance with the Charter for the remainder of the unexpired terms.<\/p>\n
Sec. 3 \u2013 Each Appointed Member shall be required to serve on two committees of the Board, which the Member shall designate, subject to approval by the Chairperson of the Board, as the Member’s “Areas of Responsibility.”\u00a0 The Member may also serve on additional committees, but each Member shall be responsible for assuring that such additional service does not interfere with the Member’s obligations to those committees which constitute the Member’s Areas of Responsibility.<\/p>\n
Sec. 4 – An appointed Member may be removed by the Board for failure to comply with section 3 of this Article; for three consecutive absences from meetings of the Board; for failure to attend six or more meetings of the Board in a period of any one year; or for other good cause.\u00a0 A proceeding to remove an Appointed Member shall be initiated by the Board\u2019s Executive Committee, by serving written notice on such Member, specifying the grounds for the proposed removal.\u00a0 The Member shall have thirty (30) days in which to respond to the notice.\u00a0 Removal by the Board shall require a majority vote of the Appointed Members present at the regular meeting next succeeding the aforesaid 30 day period.\u00a0 The notice for such meeting shall include the proposed action in its agenda.
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\n
Sec. 5 \u2013 Any member may resign at any time by submitting a resignation in writing to the Chairperson of the Board and the Borough President.\u00a0 Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or, if no time be specified, upon the date of the submission thereof, but in no event any later than 30 days thereafter.\u00a0 A resignation need not be accepted to become effective.<\/p>\n
Sec. 1 \u2013 The Board shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month, except during the months of July and August.\u00a0 Special meetings shall be called on the request of the Borough President, or on the request of one-third of the Appointed Members of the Board, or at such time as the Chairperson, in his or her discretion, may determine.<\/p>\n
Sec. 2 \u2013 All meetings shall be held within the Board’s community district, and shall be open public meetings unless otherwise stated in the notice of meeting. The Board and all of its committees and subcommittees shall be subject to New York State’s Open Meetings Law (OML).\u00a0 No final vote or action may be taken at any Board Meeting closed to the public. \u00a0The determination of whether a Board Meeting shall be closed to the public shall be made by a majority vote off all the Appointed Members.
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\n
Sec. 3 \u2013 Written notice of each Board or committee meeting, stating the place, date and time of the meeting, shall be mailed by the Chairperson or the secretary to each member of the Board and to every elected member of the Federal, State and Municipal Legislature whose district is, in whole or in part, included within the Board’s community district, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the meeting except that a special, or emergency, meeting may be called upon at least 72 hours notice.\u00a0 The notice of any meeting called on less than ten (10) days’ notice shall, in addition to the above requirements, specify the matter requiring short notice and a written statement from the Chairperson that time does not allow for ten (10) days’ notice; at any such meeting, only the matter specified in the notice of meeting may be acted upon.\u00a0 Notice of meetings to be held within 72-hours must be emailed to the persons noted above and the Board\u2019s email list, noted on the Board\u2019s website and posted on the Board\u2019s established place for such notices.
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\n
Sec. 4 \u2013 Each notice of meeting shall contain an agenda, as determined by the Chairperson of the Board, except that the Chairperson shall be required to place on the agenda any item requested by a member of the Board prior to the mailing of the notice of meeting.\u00a0 Any item not on the written agenda as contained in the notice of meeting, may be added to the agenda at the meeting provided a majority of the members of the Board present vote to add such item.\u00a0 No item may be acted or voted upon unless said item appears on the agenda, or has been added thereto as herein provided.\u00a0 For the purposes of this section, a resolution included in a committee report which has been mailed with a notice of meeting shall be deemed to be included in the agenda of the meeting.<\/p>\n
Sec. 5 \u2013The presence of more than 50% of the Appointed Members shall constitute a quorum.\u00a0\u00a0 No Appointed Member may be present by proxy.\u00a0 All appointed members who are part of the quorum must be present.
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\n
Sec. 6 \u2013 Each Appointed Member shall be entitled to one vote.\u00a0 Unless otherwise specified in the Charter or these Bylaws, all questions shall be decided by a majority of those present and entitled to vote.<\/p>\n
Sec. 7 \u2013 The procedure followed at all meetings shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Charter, these Bylaws, and, when no contrary provision exists, “Roberts Rules of Order.”\u00a0 The Board, however, shall have the power to adopt any rules of procedure not inconsistent with the Charter or these Bylaws.<\/p>\n
Sec. 8 \u2013 Attendance shall be taken at every meeting.\u00a0 Each Appointed Member shall be marked “present” or “absent.”<\/p>\n
Sec. 9 \u2013 Minutes shall be taken at all meetings, shall be a public record, and shall be available for inspection on request at the office of the Board.\u00a0 Copies of minutes shall be forwarded to all persons to whom notice of meetings shall have been sent.\u00a0 The minutes shall contain all resolutions and motions brought before the Board, the results of all votes taken and a summary of all reports presented to the Board, including majority and minority reports.\u00a0 Copies of all reports shall, when submitted to the Board in writing, be annexed to the minutes.\u00a0 Minutes shall be posted on the Board’s website.
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\n
Sec. 1 \u2013 The Officers of the Board shall be a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson, a treasurer, and a secretary.\u00a0 Each officer shall be an Appointed Member of the Board.\u00a0 Election of officers and committee chairs shall take place each year at the regular meeting of the Board held in the month of June.\u00a0 Each officer and committee chair shall serve for a term of one (1) year, commencing on the first day of July and until a successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified.
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\n
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the June election may be postponed, and the term of incumbent officeholders automatically extended when the nominating committee, elected under the provisions of Section 2 of this Article, reports to the Board that:<\/p>\n
The Board may respond to such report by voting to postpone such election to the September meeting, which meeting shall then constitute an election meeting under Section 2 of this Article, at which time, the nominating committee shall render its completed report and the election(s) shall go forward.\u00a0 The vote required for postponement shall be by a majority of Appointed Members present and entitled to vote.\u00a0 In the event the election is postponed, persons holding an affected office at the time of such vote shall have their terms extended until the September meeting, and newly elected individuals shall commence their service upon election.\u00a0 Persons elected at a September election meeting shall have a term running until the following June 30th.
\n[Added 4\/27\/95]
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\n
Sec. 2 \u2013 At the regular meeting of the Board held in the month of April, a nominating committee consisting of not less than three (3) nor more than five (5) Appointed Members shall be elected by the Board.\u00a0 This committee shall designate its chairperson and shall present candidates for the officers and committee chairs to be filled at the election meeting.\u00a0 Additional candidates may be nominated from the floor at the election meeting.\u00a0 A majority of the Board members present and entitled to vote shall be required to elect a candidate to office.\u00a0 Should no candidate receive a majority on the first ballot, all of the candidates, except those two receiving the largest number of votes, shall be dropped from the ballot, and a second ballot shall take place.
\n[Added 3\/9\/04]
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\n
Sec. 3 \u2013 Upon the death, resignation, termination of Board membership or removal of any officer or elected Committee Chairperson, the vacancy created shall be filled as follows:<\/p>\n
Sec. 4 \u2013 An officer may resign at any time by submitting a resignation in writing to the Chairperson.\u00a0 Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or, if no time be specified, upon the date of submission thereof, but in no event any later than 30 days thereafter. A resignation need not be accepted to become effective.<\/p>\n
Sec. 5 \u2013 An officer may be removed for cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Appointed Members present at a regular meeting, or a special meeting called on not less than ten (10) days’ notice, provided that written notice of the proposed removal shall have been served on such officer at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting, specifying the grounds for such proposed action in its agenda. A proceeding to remove an officer shall be initiated by the Board’s Executive Committee, which shall authorize service of the notice upon the officer.
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\n
Sec. 6 \u2013 The Chairperson shall be the chief executive officer of the Board.\u00a0 All reports required by the Charter shall be filed by the Chairperson.\u00a0 In addition, the Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall be an ex-officio member of all committees except the nominating committee.<\/p>\n
Sec. 7 \u2013 The Vice-Chairperson shall have any of the powers and perform any of the duties of the Chairperson if the Chairperson so directs, or if the Chairperson shall be incapacitated.
\n[Revised 3\/9\/04]<\/p>\n
Sec. 8 \u2013 The Treasurer is the Chief Financial Officer of the Board. The Treasurer shall monitor board finances, maintain the Board\u2019s financial records and oversee budget modifications and expenditures. The Treasurer shall submit a written report to the Board each month. In the absence of the treasurer, the Chairperson may designate any other officer of the Board to act as treasurer on a temporary basis. In addition, the treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as shall be assigned to the treasurer by the Chairperson of the Board.<\/strong> Sec. 9 \u2013 The secretary shall cause the minutes of meetings of the Board to be recorded and the records of the Board, including minutes, reports, communications and correspondence to be maintained in an orderly manner.\u00a0 The secretary shall cause records to be maintained showing the attendance of all members at meetings.\u00a0 In addition, the secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as shall be assigned to the secretary by the Chairperson of the Board. In the absence of the secretary, the Chairperson may designate any other officer of the Board to act as secretary on a temporary basis.<\/p>\n Sec. 10 \u2013 The Chairperson of the Law, Rules and Ethics Committee shall act as Parliamentarian and shall advise the Board members and officers on all matters of procedure and all matters pertaining to the Bylaws and Charter.\u00a0 In the event the Parliamentarian is absent or has a conflict of interest, the Chairperson or the Board may appoint any other Board member to act in place of the Parliamentarian. Sec. 1 \u2013 The following standing committees shall be established:<\/p>\n Aging Sec. 2 \u2013 Each standing committee shall consist of a committee Chairperson, such other Appointed Members as volunteer and are approved by the Chairperson of the Board and such other members of the Community nominated by the Chairperson of the committee and appointed by the Chairperson of the Board.\u00a0 The committee chairpersons in consultation with the Chairperson of the Board shall determine the size and membership for each committee.\u00a0\u00a0 Community committee members shall serve through the next June meeting, subject to reappointment, unless removed by the Board Chairperson in consultation with the Committee Chairperson The Board may create such additional standing committees to cover additional substantive areas of responsibility, as it deems necessary or advisable.\u00a0 No person may serve as Chairperson of more than one standing committee. \u00a0At their discretion, each committee chairperson shall structure the committee with at least one Vice-chair who shall be an appointed member of the Board. \u00a0When there is a vacancy in a committee chair, or when the Chairperson, and the Vice-Chairperson if any, of a committee will be unavailable to conduct a meeting or hearing, the Chairperson of the Board, in his or her discretion, may appoint any Appointed member of such committee, or any member of the Board’s Executive Committee, to conduct, on an ad hoc basis, a scheduled meeting or public hearing of such committee, or any public hearing of such committee which is mandated by law. Sec. 3 \u2013 The Chairperson of each standing committee shall preside at committee meetings and at public hearings conducted by the committee, and shall file all committee reports with the Board, including records of attendance of all committee members at such meetings and public hearings.\u00a0 Each committee shall act only when a quorum is present.\u00a0 Such quorum shall consist of a majority of its Appointed Community Board members.\u00a0 Appointed Board Members may be appointed to committees at any point during the year, or transferred from one committee to another, with the consent of the Chairperson and the committee chairs involved, as the needs of the various committees shall require. Sec. 4 \u2013 An Appointed Member may be removed from a committee’s rolls by the Committee Chairperson for missing three consecutive meetings of the committee; or for failure to attend six or more committee meetings in a period of any one year; or for other good cause, provided that the Board Chairperson approves such removal.\u00a0 An Appointed Member who is removed from two or more committees for poor attendance or other cause may, in the discretion of the Board Chairperson, be refused appointment to another Board committee.\u00a0 Members of a committee who are not Appointed Board Members shall be dropped automatically from the committee’s rolls after missing three consecutive meetings.<\/p>\n Sec. 5 \u2013 The Board may, by resolution, establish such special committees as it shall deem advisable, or, upon the recommendation of a committee, may establish such subcommittees as it shall deem advisable.\u00a0 Any such committee or subcommittee shall have and may exercise such powers as may be granted to it by such resolution.\u00a0 The resolution may also provide for the composition of the committee or subcommittee, the method of selection of its Chairperson and its members, its purposes, its length of existence, and any other matters concerning its operation.\u00a0 Any committee or subcommittee established by such a resolution may at any time be terminated by resolution of the Board.\u00a0 A special committee or subcommittee, without a specified term of existence, shall be deemed discontinued immediately following the annual Board elections next succeeding its creation, unless such committee or subcommittee is specifically continued either by resolution of the Board or by public declaration of the newly elected Chairperson, which declaration shall be recorded in the minutes.<\/p>\n Sec. 6 \u2013\u00a0 There shall be an Executive Committee, which shall have as its members the officers of the Board, the immediate past Chairperson of the Board and the Chairperson of each of the standing and special committees.\u00a0 This committee shall meet at the call of the Chairperson or upon the request of one-third of its members.\u00a0 It may consider such matters as it deems advisable, and may make recommendations to the Board.\u00a0 The Chairperson shall serve as Chair of the Executive Committee.\u00a0 This committee shall have the power to adopt its own rules of procedure consistent with the Charter and these Bylaws.\u00a0 Officers and Committee Chairs who are automatically members of the Executive Committee, shall count such Committee as one of the two in their Area of Responsibility.<\/p>\n Sec. 7 \u2013 The following provisions shall apply to specific committees:<\/p>\n Sec. 8 \u2013 The Chairperson of each Committee when reporting to the full Community Board the vote of his or her Committee with regard to an expression of preference or support for the granting of funding to any group or combination of groups, shall report the vote of the total Committee; and, where the resolution of preference or support would have been changed by consideration of only the votes of Appointed Board Members of the Committee, the Chairperson of the Committee shall supplement the report with a statement of what the vote totals would have been if only the votes of Appointed Board Members had been counted.<\/p>\n Sec. 9 \u2013 Notwithstanding any contrary provisions contained in subsections 7(2) and 7(3) of this Article VI, any former member of the Board, in the year subsequent to becoming term-limited, may apply to serve as a Community committee member on any standing committee (with the exception of the Executive and Budget committees) of which they had been a member during any of the past five years, subject to the approval of the chairperson of the committee involved and the Board Chairperson, with no requirement that such recently term-limited individual attend three consecutive meetings of the committee involved before applying to be appointed as a Community committee member. The \u201cyear subsequent\u201d is understood to extend from the date that such individual\u2019s Appointed Member status terminates as the result of term limits until June 30 of the following year. After such one-year period, any such term-limited former Board member may reapply for appointment to the Board or continue their service as a Community committee member. Sec. 1 \u2013 Public Hearings of the Board shall be held on matters mandated by the Charter and on all such other matters as the Board may deem advisable.<\/p>\n Sec. 2 \u2013 The Board may by resolution designate Committees of the Board to hold public hearings.<\/p>\n Sec. 3 \u2013 Notification of the date and location of a public hearing and distribution of such notification shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.030 of the “Uniform Land Use Review Procedures” for matters mandated thereby and by flyers and\/or notice in the local press for such other matters as the Board may deem advisable to hold hearings on.<\/p>\n Sec. 4 \u2013 Public Hearings shall be conducted in conformity with the provisions of Section 4.040 of the “Uniform Land Use Review Procedures” when required; in all other cases the conduct of public hearings shall be determined by resolution of the Board.<\/p>\n Sec. 1 \u2013 Pursuant to the requirements of the City Charter, there shall be Gallery Sessions at each monthly meeting of the Board, at which members of the public may be heard, subject to the rules set forth hereinafter.<\/p>\n Sec. 2 \u2013 The first portion of each Board meeting, not to exceed thirty (30) minutes, shall be devoted to the Gallery Session.\u00a0 No more than five speakers will be permitted at each Gallery Session and each speaker will be limited to three (3) minutes.<\/p>\n Sec. 3 \u2013 Anyone wishing to speak must call the Board Office in advance, and state the topic to be covered.\u00a0 If the topic would ordinarily be handled by a committee of the Board, the Board Office will so advise the caller and recommend that the caller proceed instead to the next meeting of the relevant committee.\u00a0 A speaker insisting to be heard, despite the above advice, will be scheduled to speak but the matter raised may be immediately referred to committee by the Board.<\/p>\n Sec. 4 \u2013 Speakers will be placed on a list, on a first-come first-served basis. Persons calling the Board Office to seek speaking time on behalf of another, must be able to answer inquiries concerning the topic to be covered by the speaker, and may only reserve time for one such speaker.<\/p>\n Sec. 5 \u2013 Presentations should cover only matters of general interest, and not a personal problem (i.e., difficulties between an individual and a City agency) which is better resolved at the Board Office. Presentations should not be ad hominem, and rules of decorum will be enforced by the Chair.<\/p>\n Sec. 6 \u2013 The Board reserves the right, through its chair, to decide when an excessive number of speakers has signed up on a single topic, and to cancel (upon advance notice) the later speakers signed up on such topic, in order to reach other speakers who will allow for a variety of topics.<\/p>\n Sec. 7 \u2013 Board Members may ask questions of speakers, (during which time the 3 minute clock is stopped) but may not engage in discussions or statements during the time reserved for the gallery session.<\/p>\n Sec. 8 \u2013 If there are fewer than 5 speakers signed up for any gallery session, or if persons have signed up to speak but do not show up, the Chair may, in its discretion, depending on the length of the evening’s agenda, permit sign-ups just before or during the time reserved for the gallery session.<\/p>\n Sec. 1 \u2013 The Chairperson of the Board or the Chairperson’s designee shall be the only authorized spokesperson for the Board.<\/p>\n Sec. 1 \u2013 The Board shall appoint a District Manager pursuant to the provisions of the Charter. Such District Manager shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall be in charge of the operation of the Board Office, preside over the meetings of the District Cabinet and shall perform such other functions as are mandated by the Charter and as may be assigned to the District Manager by the Chairperson and the Board.<\/p>\n Sec. 2 \u2013 The District Manager shall be paid such compensation as shall be determined by the \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Board or fixed by law.<\/p>\n Sec. 3 \u2013 The Board may employ such other personnel as it may deem necessary.<\/p>\n Sec. 1 \u2013 These Bylaws may be amended by resolution of the Board adopted at two (2) consecutive regular meetings by a majority of Appointed Members present and entitled to vote at each meeting. The full text of the proposed amendment shall be included in the notice of each such meeting. EFFECTIVE DATE Article I Sec. 1 \u2013 These Bylaws, upon adoption, shall be the Bylaws of Community Board No. 8 (the “Board”), and shall be the governing instrument of said Board, subject<\/p>\n
\n[Amended 11\/13\/2018<\/p>\n
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\nArticle VI<\/h2>\n
Committees<\/h3>\n
\nBudget
\nEconomic Development
\nEducation, Libraries and Cultural Affairs
\nEnvironment and Sanitation
\nHealth, Hospitals and Social Services
\nHousing
\nLand Use
\nLaw, Rules and Ethics
\nParks and Recreation
\nPublic Safety
\nTraffic and Transportation
\nYouth
\n[Amended 11\/13\/2018]<\/p>\n
\n[5\/12\/15)<\/p>\n
\n[Amended 11\/13\/2025]<\/p>\n
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\n\n
\n[Amended 5\/15\/19]<\/li>\n
\n[Added 4\/11\/07]
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]
\n[Amended 11\/12\/19]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n[Added 4\/14\/2026]<\/p>\nArticle VII<\/h2>\n
Public Hearings<\/h3>\n
Article VIII<\/h2>\n
Gallery Session<\/h3>\n
Article IX<\/h2>\n
Public Relations<\/h3>\n
Article X<\/h2>\n
District Manager and Board Office<\/h3>\n
Article XI<\/h2>\n
Amendments<\/h3>\n
\n[Amended 5\/12\/15]<\/p>\nArticle XII<\/h2>\n
\nThese Bylaws shall take effect immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"