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Chair Brooks-Powers thanks committee staff including departing members

New York City Council · Jun 25, 2026 · starts 0:04:14 · 1 min 5 sec

Brooks-Powers thanks senior counsel Jeremy Whiteman on his final hearing, policy analyst Chad Benjamin, financial analyst Julian Martin on his last hearing, communications director Kiera Powell, and chief of staff Renee Taylor.

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I would like to thank my staff and committee staff for their hard work.

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Jeremy Whiteman, senior counsel to the committee, who is serving in his very final hearing with the city council.

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And I just want to thank you for the work that you've provided to the committee all of these years.

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Senior counsel to the committee.

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Also, we have Chad Benjamin, policy analyst.

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Casey Lageski.

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Financial analyst Julian Martin, my deputy chief of staff, who also is serving in his last hearing before departing to go on to his next chapter.

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And we'd like to thank Julian for all of his amazing work, both on the Committee on Criminal Justice and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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My communications director, Kiera Powell, and of course my chief of staff, Renee Taylor.

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I look forward to a productive discussion about how we can strengthen court operations to enhance fairness and accountability across the board.