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Council Member Virginia Maloney explains her vote for Julie Menin as Speaker
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In her first stated meeting, Council Member Virginia Maloney explains her support for Julie Menin, citing Menin's extensive experience and record of delivering results for Manhattan's East Side.
- She praises Menin's dedication to funding parks, schools, and cultural institutions
- She highlights Menin's legislative work on medical costs, small business permits, and universal childcare
- She emphasizes the need for a competent, independent Council to meet the city's current challenges
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Maloney.
Shahana K. Hanif
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Permission to explain my vote.
Michael McSweeney
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Permission granted.
Virginia Maloney
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This is my first stated meeting as a member of the New York City Council, and this vote is a particularly important one.
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The speaker sets the standard for how this institution governs, how we work together, and how we effectively deliver for New Yorkers.
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I'm proud to support Julie Menon to serve as our speaker.
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Council member Menon brings more than two decades of experience inside and outside of city government.
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And as her neighbor, I have seen firsthand the depth of her dedication to community.
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As an east sider, I personally benefited from her consistent focus on execution and results through her funding of parks, schools, cultural institutions, things that make our shared Manhattan communities such wonderful places to live and work.
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She's taken that same love of community to the city level with legislation protecting New Yorkers from unfair medical costs, streamlining small business permits process, and championing universal childcare.
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Her commitment to the council's role as a serious and independent branch of government has earned her the respect of her colleagues.
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Her experience matters, particularly at a moment when New Yorkers look to city leaders for competence and effective government.
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This council must work together to meet a new era of challenges.
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Council member Menon is uniquely prepared to lead us in that effort, and I am proud to support her as our next speaker.