Farias explains vote - historic budget collaboration with mayor

Farias.

Permission to explain my vote?

There's a new majority leader in this city.

I actually looked up and was confused for one second.

Permission granted.

Well, thank you, interim majority leader Krishnan.

Sounds nice.

We're proud to have reached an on-time and historic budget agreement that delivers meaningful investments for all New Yorkers.

A huge thank you to our incredible finance team for their tireless work, to Speaker Menon, Chair Lee, and obviously across City Hall, Mayor Mamdani and his team for partnering with the council to get this across the finish line.

We really had a great collaboration this year, and our communities will be better because of it.

And with that, I vote aye and all.

Thank you.

I'm disclosing on the record of the council proceedings that Turo College, the Stroke and Brain Injury Assistance Organization, and Yellow to Yellow, the

childhood center funded in the budget that we are adopting, and I, my spouse, and a sibling, respectively, are associated with that entity.

I also want to vote no on Reso 530, 531, 532, 533.

It's in order, so it should be easier.

534 and 535.

And I abstain on Intro 956.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilman.

You know, you're right.

Feliz.