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Council Member Harvey Epstein explains his vote for Julie Menin
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Council Member Harvey Epstein cast his vote for Julie Menin for Speaker, highlighting their twenty-year professional relationship and her commitment to addressing the city's most pressing social issues.
- He emphasized the urgent need to fix the affordability crisis to prevent the displacement of long-term families
- He called for legislative focus on expanding access to childcare
- He expressed confidence that Menin's leadership will provide necessary support for struggling New Yorkers over the next four years
Harvey Epstein
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I wanna thank, you all, Julie, for your leadership, your commitment.
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We've known each other for over twenty years, and the work you've done for future generations of this city has really been remarkable.
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You know, families are facing displacement.
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We know that New Yorkers are struggling every single day, and they turn to the city council to to look towards us to help them, to support them, to be with them.
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And that's exactly and I know what you're gonna do every single day.
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We have to fix the affordability crisis.
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We gotta deal with childcare.
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We gotta make New Yorkers feel like they can continue to live here and stop the displacement of long term families.
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That is our commitment.
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I know that is your commitment for the next four years.
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I look forward to you being our amazing speaker, and I vote a for Julie Menon.