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Sanchez acknowledges staff, advocates, and coalition partners

New York City Council · Jun 30, 2026 · starts 0:05:34 · 1 min 8 sec

Sanchez thanks the legislative division staff including Andrea Vasquez, Jeff Baker, and general counsel Maka Ehebe; finance division staff; Mayor's counsel Steve Banks; and the Homes Can't Wait Coalition, Legal Aid Society, Vocal New York, WIN, Coalition for the Homeless, and other advocates, as well as her own team.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

And with that, I have a long list of acknowledgements, but I've kept you long enough, so I just want to finally thank, of course, the staff, the ledge division.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

I see you, Andrea Vasquez, Smita Desmug, Jeff Baker, of course, our general counsel, Maka Ehebe, our finance division, Jonathan Rosenberg, Nick Connell, Julia Haramis.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

I've given him, this is awkward, but I've given him a nickname that I said I wouldn't say in public, but

Pierina Ana Sanchez

You know, we're there.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

The general counsel at the mayor's side, Stevie B, Steve Banks, we got to the finish line here.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Really, really appreciate all the work.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

And the coalition, the Homes Can't Wait Coalition, Legal Aid Society, Vocal New York, WIN, Coalition for the Homeless, VOA, Safety Net Project, CSS.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

There are more, but I just want to thank you all for holding the line, getting us to this finish line.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

And to my team, my chief of staff, Maria Villalobos, Ben Ratner, Kim Castellanos, Gerard Fernandez, Dylan Campos, Maria Jose Mares, Soraya Bonilla, Oriana Roa Acevedo, our interns, Mia, Marcus, and Ari.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Everybody worked so hard on this.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Thank you for indulging me.