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Candidate: New York City Council / District 05

Julie Menin (D)

(Incumbent)

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Council Member Julie Menin is an attorney and civic leader with over two decades of experience in the public and private sectors. She served as census director, commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and as commissioner of Media and Entertainment. 

With the New York City Council, Julie has passed many bills including the groundbreaking Health Care Accountability Act. Her policy wins include advancing universal childcare, easing burdens on small businesses and codifying the right to reproductive health services.

She currently co-chairs the Council’s Women’s Caucus and serves as chair of the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection.

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Op-Ed | A responsible path forward for New York City’s budget

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MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor blasts Menin over budget response, says Council ignores bigger problems

By Sadie Brown & Shane O’Brien
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No property tax hike or dipping into reserves: City Council counters Mamdani’s preliminary budget

By Adam Daly
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MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor says he’s reviewing protest bills, says ‘serious’ constitutional concerns cloud decision

By Adam Daly
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NYC Council passes protest buffer zone bills, sending them to Mayor Mamdani’s desk

By Adam Daly
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Opinion

Op-ed | The Speaker’s Corner: Protecting safety and preserving freedom

By Julie Menin
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Advocates testify for package of bills aimed at protecting houses of worship and schools as NYPD raises some concerns

By Shea Vance
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City Council softens protest buffer zone bills, dropping 100-foot perimeter rule

By Adam Daly
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Why experts say Mayor Mamdani has more than one way to close NYC’s big budget deficit without raising taxes

By Claude Solnik
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin at the launch of the District 2 Pre-K and 3-K Center on the Upper East Side, Feb. 19, 2026.
Politics

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor, Speaker Menin unite to open long-delayed child care center as property tax dispute looms

By Adam Daly
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Politics

Mamdani restarting homeless encampment sweeps after earlier opposition, puts Department of Homeless Services in charge

By Shea Vance
City Council Speaker Julie Menin leads Tuesdays hearing on Code Blue operations, joined by Council Member Oswald Feliz, Chair of the Committee on Public Safety, and Council Member Crystal Hudson, Chair of the Committee on General Welfare.
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‘These deaths are not inevitable’: City Council questions Mamdani admin’s cold-weather response after 18 people die

By Adam Daly
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City Government

Op-ed | The Speaker’s Corner: A new chapter for New York City

By Julie Menin
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Hundreds attend CM Shanel Thomas-Henry’s inauguration at packed Elmcor center

By Shane O’Brien
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Education

Fighting hate: Speaker Menin rolls out a plan to combat antisemitism with a primary focus on educating young New Yorkers

By Claude Solnik
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Speaker Menin taps Manhattan’s Shaun Abreu as next City Council Transportation chair

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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Queens

Street vendors criticize Adams for 11th-hour veto of Street Vendor Reform Package

By Shane O’Brien
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Politics

2025 YEAR IN REVIEW: Mamdani’s historic mayoral victory topped slate of NYC politics’ biggest stories

By Barbara Russo-Lennon & Robert Pozarycki
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Julie Menin says she’s ready to become a City Council speaker that seeks common ground while standing firm in principles

By Adam Daly
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Queens

Street vendors, including Queens cohort, rally at City Hall for increased number of licenses

By Shane O’Brien
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Julie Menin says she has enough votes to become the next NYC Council Speaker

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