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Chair Riley opens meeting and welcomes committee members

New York City Council · Aug 13, 2026 · starts 0:00:06 · 52 sec

Council staff calls the meeting to order and Chair Riley welcomes colleagues including Brooks-Powers, Cabán, Abreu, Salaam, Banks, Zhuang, Encarnación, Sanchez, Thomas-Henry, and Minority Leader Carr. Riley notes the committee will vote on four proposals referred by the subcommittees and thanks Subcommittee Chairs Lewis and Marte for their leadership.

Council Staff

Good morning and welcome to today's New York City Council vote on the Committee of Land Use.

Council Staff

At this time, please silence all electronic devices and no one may approach the dais.

Council Staff

Chair, you may begin.

Kevin C. Riley

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the meeting of the Committee on Land Use.

Kevin C. Riley

I'm Councilmember Kevin Riley, chair of this committee.

Kevin C. Riley

I want to welcome my esteemed colleagues joining me today, including Councilmember Brooks Powers, Councilmember Caban, Majority Leader of Bayou, Councilmember Salam, Councilmember Banks, Councilmember Zhuang,

Kevin C. Riley

Councilmember Encarnacion, Councilmember Justin Sanchez, Councilmember Thomas Henry, and Minority Leader David Carr.

Kevin C. Riley

Today we are voting on four proposals referred to us by our subcommittee.

Kevin C. Riley

And like always, I would like to thank Chair Lewis in Zonin and Chair Marte in Landmarks for their ongoing leadership.