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Council Member Oswald Feliz explains his vote for Julie Menin
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Council Member Oswald Feliz supported Julie Menin for Speaker, focusing on her extensive government background and the critical need for fiscal and administrative reform within the city.
- He advocated for comprehensive procurement reform to address the high costs and long timelines of city projects, such as park renovations and public bathrooms
- He highlighted the importance of managing the city's $116 billion budget more efficiently to achieve better results for residents
- He cited Menin's diverse experience as a former small business owner and census director as key qualifications for the role
- He praised her ability to bring people together and work collaboratively across a diverse Council
Oswald Feliz
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Proud and honored to vote for my good friend, Julie Menon for speaker of this city council for many reasons, including because of the many priorities that she's mentioned these past few months, including affordable housing, childcare affordability, and also procurement reform.
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Briefly on procurement reform, New York City is a large city, a large city with a budget of approximately $116,000,000,000 and a city with many challenging issues.
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We have to make sure that we properly manage our city, make sure that we're getting the best results out of our budget.
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Can we say we're doing the the very best we can when it costs millions of dollars to build a city bathroom, or it takes $20,000,000, and ten years to renovate a small park in the Bronx?
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If it takes that long, you know, by the time that the park is renovated, residents who live there will probably no no longer live there.
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So we have to make sure, that we work on many things, including, and especially procurement reform.
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But more than that, Julie understands the importance of working together, bringing people together in such a diversity.
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She has decades of experience in government, a former small business owner, former census director.
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Her dedication to this city has prepared her to fight and to resolve, the challenges that we that we face.
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So I'll probably vote yes for, Julie.
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Congratulations to you and to your family who has joined.
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Thank you.