"The New York City Council on Wednesday unanimously elected Manhattan Council Member Julie Menin as speaker the first Jewish person to hold the post, a role in which she pledged to be a speaker for every single member of this council. Menin was elected during the Council's 2026 Charter Meeting on Jan. 7, opening a new legislative session and continuing a women-majority Council."
"Speaker Menin, a three-time city commissioner and former regulatory attorney, wove her family's history into her remarks, describing her mother and grandmother as Holocaust survivors who immigrated to New York in the 1950s. When I think about what that honor means, I think about what brought me to this moment, and what brought all of us here today: It is the story of America, which is the story of New York and that is the story of immigrants, she said."
Julie Menin was unanimously elected New York City Council speaker on Jan. 7, becoming the first Jewish person to hold the post and pledging to represent every council member. Her election took place at the Council's 2026 Charter Meeting, inaugurating a new legislative session and maintaining a women-majority body. She succeeds Adrienne Adams and assumes duties including setting the Council agenda, overseeing committee assignments, and negotiating with the mayor's office. Menin, a three-time city commissioner and former regulatory attorney, invoked her family’s immigrant history and recounted opening a restaurant before Sept. 11, a turning point that motivated consumer-protection efforts.
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