De La Rosa and Menin thank state officials panel
De La Rosa thanks the state and international panel, emphasizing state-city partnership as the first line of defense and thanking MP Asato for her vulnerability. Speaker Menin also thanks the officials for their legislation and expertise.
Thank you, Senator.
We have a few questions for this panel, but I wanted to take a moment to thank you all.
You know, we do believe that city and state government have to work hand in hand, and we have to be the first line of defense in order to make sure that New Yorkers are protected.
And each and every one of you has been such an important partner in making that accountability a reality on the state level.
And to the Member of Parliament, thank you for sharing your story and your vulnerability and moving from that experience to action to hold these companies accountable.
My colleagues do have some questions for you all, but before we do that, speaking of questions.
I just want to thank all of our incredible elected officials for being here today.
We know how hard you've all worked on various legislation, and we really appreciate it so much.
And your expertise on this, and particularly in terms of the RAISE Act, we really appreciate that.
It's very helpful to have you here and to hear directly from you.
So thank you.
Thank you for waiting it out with us.
We so appreciate that.
Thank you.
We are going to hear from Councilmember Osei, followed by Gutierrez, Deputy Speaker Williams, and then Councilmember Hanif.