Now that the 2026 term for the City Council is in full swing after the holidays, Speaker Julie Menin announced on Jan. 15 council members have been appointed and reappointed to the committees they will serve on during their tenure.
The newly elected District 30 Council Member Phil Wong will be serving on four key committees: Finance, Education, Public Safety, and Transportation and Infrastructure. He is also a member of the Speaker’s Budget Negotiation Team, which will work with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office on the Fiscal Budget for 2027. Council Member Joann Ariola was reappointed as chair of the Committee on Fire and Emergency Management, on which she successfully passed several pieces of legislation dedicated to firefighter safety.
