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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.

Julie Menin at the Interfaith Rally.
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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.
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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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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
City Council Speaker Julie Menin
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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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Street vendors criticize Adams for 11th-hour veto of Street Vendor Reform Package

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

By Barbara Russo-Lennon & Robert Pozarycki
City Council Speaker-designate Julie Menin
Politics

Julie Menin says she’s ready to become a City Council speaker that seeks common ground while standing firm in principles

By Adam Daly
Elected officials and street vendor advocates rally on the steps of City Hall in support of Intro 431A. Photo by Shane O'Brien.
Queens

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

By Shane O’Brien
City Council Member Julie Menin expected to be the next speaker
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Julie Menin says she has enough votes to become the next NYC Council Speaker

By Adam Daly
District 5
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Manhattan City Council District 5 primary candidates Julie Menin and Collin Thompson
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Election 2025: Incumbent faces challenger in Manhattan’s City Council District 5 primary race

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In the Community with Council Member Julie Menin

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‘No one is above the law’: Manhattan reps rally around brow-beaten Bragg as Trump indictment watch rolls on

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Councilmember Julie Menin introduces legislation to oversee inflated hospital prices

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Council bill would require schools to distribute suicide prevention resources

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Councilmember Julie Menin calls for more funding for NYC’s small business agency

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