Darlene Mealy
NYC Council Member · Since 2022
What This Office Can Do
- Proposes and votes on city laws
- Approves or rejects the city budget
- Holds agencies accountable through public hearings
- Directs discretionary funds to local projects
Background
Council Member Darlene Mealy has served the community of NYC Council District 41 for more than a decade, advocating for working families, women, seniors, and youth. She has authored key legislation on employment discrimination and minority business support, and previously chaired the Committee on Contracts.
Policy Priorities
- Employment Discrimination — Authored Local Law 33 of 2015, empowering the NYC Commission on Human Rights to pursue employment discrimination investigations and ensure fair hiring practices.
- Human Rights Reporting — Authored Local Law 29 of 2015, requiring the Commission on Human Rights to regularly report on its work combating unlawful discriminatory practices.
- Minority and Women-Owned Businesses (MWBEs) — As Chair of the Committee on Contracts, contributed to passing Local Law 1 of 2013, a foundational MWBE legislation that underpins the city's current MWBE program.
- Workplace Equality and Fairness — Focuses on legislation reflecting core community values of equality, fairness, and non-discrimination in the workplace.
Issue Stances
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Issue Stances
Legislative Record
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.8689/A.10055, authorizing the New York State Office for the Aging to establish, operate, and maintain programs for transportation services
Making available training and operational support to staff of food pantries
By Council Member Mealy: Pursuant to Rule 11.20(b) of the Council Rules and Section 19-160.2 of the New York City Administrative Code, the Council resolves that the action of the Department of Transportation approving a sidewalk café located at 185 Howard Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233, Borough of Brooklyn, Council District 41, Community District 3, related to Application No. D 2650179761 SWK (Cicchetti BK) shall be subject to review by the Council.
A Local Law in relation to resources for cleanup and enforcement of dumping
Requiring the police department’s property clerk to look for a claimant’s identification in seized property upon request
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to requiring that certain contact information be posted at work sites
Maximum working hours for home care employees
A plan regarding security perimeters adjacent to places of religious worship
Conduct & Ethics
Mealy allocated $5,000 in city council discretionary funds to Lynval Samuels, an individual documented in local press for disruptive public behavior including stopping traffic and splattering paint on parking meters, with no apparent vetting of the grant recipient.
Source →Landlord Robert Mulzac filed a federal complaint alleging Mealy moved into his commercial space, stopped paying rent in January 2014, and then called police to have him arrested after he posted signs calling her a 'deadbeat tenant'. All charges against Mulzac were dropped.
Source →Data sourced from NYC Legistar, NYC Campaign Finance Board, NYC Conflicts of Interest Board, and curated public records. This page is a permanent record of Darlene Mealy's service in District 41.