Chair Lee thanks Speaker and Finance Division leadership team
Chair Lee thanks Speaker Julie Menin for her leadership, and expresses deep appreciation for the Finance Division staff including Director Nathan Toth, Managing Director Jonathan Rosenberg, deputy directors, chief economists, chief counsel, and senior counsel who prepared briefings and reports for the budget.
Today, the Finance Committee will take the necessary actions for the City Council to adopt a $125.8 billion budget for fiscal year 2027.
To begin, I would like to thank Speaker Julie-Menin for her leadership throughout this entire budget process.
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and the council remained committed to reaching a budget that keeps vulnerable families housed, invests in New Yorkers, and safeguards our city's long-term fiscal future.
I also want to thank the Council Finance Division for their hard work in their preparations of the briefings, presentations, and reports which went into crafting this budget, and we deeply,
deeply appreciate the dedication of all the financial analysts and economists who got us this vote today.
A very special thank you to the Finance Division's leadership team who spearheaded the effort.
Finance Director Nathan Toth.
Managing Director Jonathan Rosenberg, Deputy Directors Amra Adev, Chima Obesher, Paul Simone, and Isha Wright, Chief Economist and Assistant Director Dilara Dimnaku,
Supervising Economist Paul Sturm and Andrew Wilber, Assistant Directors Alia Ali, Julia Haramis, Florentine Kabor, Daniel Krup, Caitlin O'Hagan, James Reyes, and Jack Story,
Chief Counsel Nicholas Connell, Senior Counsel Nadia Jean-Francois, my committee counsel Brian Sarfo, I don't know why I feel like I have to do that, my senior advisor, sorry,
Athena Say, and the many finance analysts, economists, and support staff who have worked behind the scenes to bring everything together.