REMARKS
Acknowledgments to council staff and leadership
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3 min
Speaker Adams takes time to acknowledge and thank various individuals and teams involved in the budget process, including council members, leadership teams, and staff.
- Special recognition is given to Finance Chair Justin Brannan and the leadership team
- The speaker thanks the members of the council's budget negotiating team
- Appreciation is expressed for the entire finance division staff and other council staff members
Adrienne E. Adams
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First, I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge and thank a few people from the council for their work throughout this process.
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I want to thank our finance chair, counsel member Justin Brennan, whose strong leadership was pivotal.
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To the progress that this council achieved in its fight for investments and restorations.
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I also want to express appreciation to our leadership team of deputy speaker Diana Ayala, majority leader, Amanda Ferrias, majority whips Silvina Brooks' powers and council members' chief powers Carlina Rivera, Raphael Salamanca, and Sandra Ng.
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I also want to thank the members of the council's budget negotiating team, which includes our leadership team, as well as council members, Gail Brewer, Eric Denowitz, Kevin Riley, Althea Stevens, Linda Lee, Nantasha Williams, Lynn Schulman, Julie 1, Shekha Krishnan, Krystal Hudson, Rita Joseph, Mercedes, Narcis, and Joe Burrelli.
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We also could not have reached this moment without the work of the entire finance division staff led by my deputy chief of staff for finance and chief financial officer Tanisha Edwards, and the director of the finance division Richard Lee.
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And including Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Leibowitz, Michael Tumi, Chima Obashire, Isha Wright, Elizabeth Hoffman, Aaliyahiah Ali, Julia Haramas, Florentine Kabore, Jack's Story, Daniel Krupp, Monica Salady, Adrian Drapaul, Danielle Gwen's, Rose Gold's Dean, Sandra Get Gray, Seymul Hamid, Neha Hylet, Owen Kotowski, Casey Lisquet, Andrew Lane Lawlis, Glenn Bartoloni, Fariah Rockman, Michael Sherman, Tenvere sing, Shana Ortiz, Emma Adev, Delara Damaku, William Sher Shemateng, Paul Sturm, Andrew Wilbur, Hector German, Vincent Giordano, Paul Simone, James Reyes, Savannah Chu, Carolina Gill, Emmanuel AFFOape, Michael Perez Perez.
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Vanessa Diaz Lopez, Nicole Anderson, and Maria Pagan.
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This budget and the investments we secured for New Yorkers are only possible because of your hard work and dedication finance team as true public servants.
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I also want to thank the office of General Counsel staff for their work on the counsel's side of the budget.
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Francesca Delaveccia, Alicia Vessel, and the entire public integrity unit Pearl Moore and the attorneys of the office of the general counsel and Jonathan Etrix of the legislative documents unit.
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Last but not least, I wanna thank members of my senior staff.
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Jeremy John, Faiza Ali, Mandela Jones, Danielle Castelli Mica, Meghan Lynch, Jay Coe, Danielle Porcaro, and every division and staff member of the city council, including all council members, staff, we thank you all.