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. She succeeds former Speaker Adrienne Adams, who was term-limited, and assumes the powerful position responsible for setting the Council’s agenda, overseeing committee assignments, and serving as a central negotiating figure with the mayor’s office.
