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Speaker Julie Menin and Council Members Honor 25th Anniversary of 9/11 with Funding Announcement and Wreath-Laying Ceremony

Council’s $1 million investment in the 9/11 Memorial & Museum will fund free field trips for New York City students, with a focus on eighth graders, and expand educational programming NEW YORK — Ahead ...
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September 3, 2026

NEW YORK — Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Council Members gathered at the 9/11 Memorial this morning to honor the nearly 3,000 ...
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NYC Council Approves Year-Round Outdoor Dining, Nation’s First Office of Insurance Affordability, and Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Package

Package invests in small business owners, protects consumers from rising insurance costs, and improves quality-of-life with sanitation and neighborhood cleanliness initiatives NEW YORK – Today, the ...
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Speaker Julie Menin and Council Members to Launch Sweeping Review of E-Bike and E-Scooter Safety

Hearing to include over a dozen legislative proposals and oversight of existing laws as Council plans comprehensive action to improve safety for pedestrians and riders NEW YORK, NY — Today, the New ...
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Council Member Nurse, Brooklyn Elected Officials and Residents Host a “Jobs for the Junction” Rally, Following the MTA’s Low Local Hiring Numbers

Brooklyn, NY Council Member Sandy Nurse rallied this morning alongside a chorus of local elected officials and residents calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to increase local ...
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NYC Council Approves Land Use Projects Resulting in Nearly 3,250 New Homes for New Yorkers, Over Half of Which Are Affordable

CITY HALL, NY – Today, the New York City Council voted to approve major land use projects that will collectively deliver nearly 3,250 homes, more than half of which are affordable. Amid a housing ...
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Speaker Julie Menin, Council Member Susan Zhuang, and Small Business Owners Highlight New Legislation to Cut Red Tape, Reduce Fines, and Support Small Businesses

Red Tape Relief Act would create new interagency inspection coordination program modeled after New Business Acceleration Team and new bill would establish commission to review and issue ...
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Speaker Julie Menin and New York City Council Announce Agreement with Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Fiscal Year 2027 Budget

Budget includes historic investment of $1,000 college savings accounts for every public school kindergartner, the largest-ever expansion of Fair Fares, expanded funding for housing vouchers, with ...
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Speaker Julie Menin, Housing Chair Pierina Sanchez, and NYC Council Secure Historic Agreement to Expand Housing Voucher Access, Providing Tens of Thousands of New Yorkers ...

Transformative agreement with Mamdani Administration provides urgently-needed relief to thousands of households in FY27, ends years of litigation, and contains the cost of expansion CITY HALL, NY – ...
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Statement from Speaker Julie Menin and Health Chair Lynn Schulman on Fatal Accident Involving Horse Carriage

NEW YORK, NY – New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Council Member Lynn Schulman, Chair of the Committee on Health, today issued the following statement after the death of a teenager in an ...
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Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin Urge Albany to Help Close City’s Multi-Billion Dollar Budget Gap

For the first time in recent history, Mayor and Speaker jointly call for increased revenue and an end to the drain of City resources to the state Mayor and Speaker urge State to reduce NYC PTET tax ...
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Small Lots, Big Impact: Speaker Menin Proposes Reforms To Unlock Up To 35,000 Units Of Housing On Small Lots Across New York City

NYC Council Forms New Advisory Group on Housing Affordability to Shape and Inform Major Housing Policies NEW YORK, NY – As part of the Council’s proactive land use and housing agenda, New York City ...