2014-23347. Agenda and Notice of Public Meetings of the New York Advisory Committee

Date and Time:

Friday, October 17, 2014, 12:00 p.m. [EST].

Friday, November 14, 2014, 12:00 p.m. [EST].

Friday, December 12, 2014, 12:00 p.m. [EST].

Friday, January 9, 2015, 12:00 p.m. [EST].

Place: Via Teleconference. Public Dial-in 1-877-446-3914; Listen Line Code: 6047238.

TDD: Dial Federal Relay Service 1-800-977-8339 give operator the following number: 202-376-7533—or by email at [e-mail].

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that planning meetings of the New York Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene via conference call on the third Friday in October and the second Friday of every month starting November 2014 through January 2015. The purpose of these planning meetings is for the committee to continue its work on its project on the solitary confinement of juveniles in New York City correctional facilities.

The meetings will be conducted via conference call. Members of the public, including persons with hearing impairments, who wish to listen to the conference calls should contact the Eastern Regional Office (ERO), ten days in advance of the scheduled meeting, so that sufficient number of lines may be reserved. You may contact the Eastern Regional Office by phone at 202-376-7533. Persons with hearing impairments would first call the Eastern Regional Office at the number listed above. Those contacting ERO will be given instructions on how to listen to the conference calls.

Members of the public who call-in can expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone number.

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The comments must be received in the regional office by 30 days after the meeting date. Comments may be mailed to the Eastern Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20425, faxed to [phone], or emailed to Evelyn Bohor at [e-mail]. Persons who desire additional information may contact the Eastern Regional Office at 202-376-7533.

Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Eastern Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission's Web site, www.usccr.gov,, or to contact the Eastern Regional Office at the above phone number, email or street address.

The meetings will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

Dated: September 25, 2014.

David Mussatt,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.