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Julie Menin Claims Supermajority to Lead NYC Council, Setting Up Check on Mamdani

The speakership will be decided in January after Menin released 36 pledged backers plus major union endorsements.

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City Council Member Julie Menin is a front-runner for speaker.
Council member Julie Menin speaks during rally of 240 Holocaust survivors for 240 hostages kidnapped by Hamas during terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Rally was held at Museum of Jewish Heritage on Nov. 1, 2023. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
New York City Council Member Julie Menin speaks in New York City on June 28, 2022.

Overview

  • Menin said she has commitments from 36 current and incoming members, clearing the 26 votes needed to win the speakership if the support holds.
  • Her roster spans Republicans and some progressives, with City & State verifying most of the pledges and NY1 publishing the names supplied by her campaign.
  • Major unions backing Menin include the United Federation of Teachers, 32BJ SEIU, the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council and the Carpenters, while 1199SEIU endorsed rival Crystal Hudson.
  • Positioning herself as a moderate, Menin has privately discussed reviving the Council’s subpoena power to strengthen oversight of the incoming administration.
  • The formal speaker vote will occur when the new Council organizes in January, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has not publicly weighed in, and some rivals have conceded as others try to keep coalitions intact.