Overview
- Liz Breadon’s office released final committee assignments late Monday, installing allies who backed her narrow 7–6 presidency win in key roles.
- Benjamin Weber will chair Ways and Means, while Gabriela Coletta Zapata is listed as vice president and returns as Government Operations chair.
- Brian Worrell declined an offer to serve as vice president and was assigned to lead the environmental justice resiliency and parks committee and the labor and economic development committee.
- Mayor Michelle Wu said Tuesday she did not direct councilors Sharon Durkan and Enrique Pepén to recruit Breadon, describing her late-night contacts as updates while she finished her inaugural speech.
- Several councilors criticized the opaque process and urged diverse leadership after Worrell, who had been a leading contender, lost; the full council does not reconvene until Jan. 28.