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Council Member Lee Welcomes Delegation from Gangnam, Korea

New York City Council · Oct 8, 2026 · starts 0:35:42 · 1 min 30 sec

Lee recognizes a delegation from Gangnam, Korea, including Chairman Min Jae-jin Lee and Representatives Jong-Won Lee and Hee-Ok Yum, and discusses exchange of ideas between cities.

Linda Lee

Thank you so much, Acting Majority Leader.

Linda Lee

I wanted to recognize some special guests that we have here from Korea in the province of Gangnam, which I'm sure you guys know, oppa Gangnam style, right?

Linda Lee

So we have in the back here, we have Chairman.

Linda Lee

Min Jae-jin Lee, who is almost like the speaker of the city council in Gangnam.

Linda Lee

So let's welcome him.

Linda Lee

And then we also have Representative Jong-Won Lee, as well as Representative Hee-Ok Yum.

Linda Lee

So we just had a meeting right before this to really exchange a lot of ideas on similar issues that we are going through as different cities across the world.

Linda Lee

And also to talk about how we can learn more from one another.

Linda Lee

And so we are very honored to have them here in the People's House at City Hall.

Linda Lee

And hopefully we will be able to visit them, Deputy Speaker, on that delegation trip we've been talking about to Korea as well.

Linda Lee

So thank you so much for being here and making the long trip to City Hall.

Linda Lee

Thank you so much.

Shekar Krishnan

Thank you, Councilmember, and welcome to our students and to our delegation from Korea.

Shekar Krishnan

It's very nice to have you here.

Shekar Krishnan

Now, next up is Councilmember Vernikoff.