Marte explains vote, thanks community for St. Mary's Church landmarking

Marte.

Permission to explain my vote.

Permission granted.

First, I want to give a huge thank you to Councilmember De La Rosa and Speaker Menin on the paraprofessional bills.

And OG Councilmember Keith Powers, we still remember you, even though you're up there.

I also want to give a huge thank you to my community for starting and organizing and petitioning to landmark St.

Mary's Church on Grand Street.

So I want to give a huge thank you to Norma Ramirez, Sandra Stothers, who's the TA president at Grand Street Guild,

Ray Klein, who also helped with the petitioning, and of course, Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, who did the landmarking application pro bono for the residents of the Lower East Side, as well as the Archdiocese for receiving

this, you know, this ask from the community.

and being supportive of the application.

Thank you all.

I vote aye.

Thank you.

Mealy.