{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-45","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Charter § 45","heading":"Section 45. Sergeant-at-arms; procedure; expulsion of members.","body":"The council may elect a sergeant-at-arms and such research, drafting, clerical and other assistants as are needful to its purposes, within the appropriation provided therefor. It may appoint committees and shall appoint a finance committee properly staffed to consider budgetary and related matters and a land use committee consisting of at least one council member from each borough; shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members, subject, however, to review by any court of competent jurisdiction; shall keep a public journal of its proceedings; shall make a complete transcript of each of its meetings and committee hearings available for public inspection free of charge within sixty days after such meeting or hearing and provide a copy of any requested pages of such transcript at a reasonable fee to cover copying and, if relevant, mailing costs; shall sit with open doors; shall have authority to compel the attendance of absent members and to punish its members for disorderly behavior, and to expel any member, after charges and a hearing, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the council members.","path":["New York City Charter","Chapter 2: Council"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Charter/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:59Z","sha256":"8e500c31276deeaef651e4495b874473fb5bc6056aa2c5dd34ddc5901f69254a","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":true,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-44","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-46"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}