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Acknowledgments and procedural matters
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Council Member Brooks-Powers concludes her opening remarks by acknowledging the staff involved in preparing for the hearing and addressing final procedural matters before the testimony begins.
- The council member thanks various council staff members for their hard work in preparing for the hearing.
- She acknowledges the presence of Council Minority Leader Joanne Areola.
- The council member instructs the committee counsel to go over procedural items and swear in the representatives from the MTA.
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
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Before we begin with testimony, I would like to thank council staff for their hard work in preparing for this hearing.
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Adrian Drapal, senior financial analyst, Julia Haramis, unit head, Chima Abachir, deputy director, Mark Chen, senior counsel, Kevin Kotowski and John Basile, senior policy analysts, and of course my staff, Julian Martin, my policy and budget director, and Renee Taylor, chief of staff.
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Also I like to acknowledge that we've been joined by council minority leader Joanne Areola.
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And with that I will now ask the committee council to go over some procedural items and swear in the representatives from the MTA.