Hanif acknowledges colleagues, administration, advocates, and staff
Hanif acknowledges Council Members Caban and Epstein and thanks the administration, advocates, service providers, and public. She thanks committee staff including Sarah Sucher, Chloe Rivera, Emma Teran, Simone Lavin, and Teyuta Muai.
I'd like to acknowledge my colleagues who have joined us, Councilmember Tiffany Caban, Councilmember Harvey Epstein.
Thank you to the administration for being here today and to the disability advocates, service providers, healthcare workers, and members of the public who have come to testify or submitted written testimony.
Your presence here is an act of self-advocacy, and we do not take it for granted.
Thank you to the committee staff who have made today's hearing possible, including Senior Legislative Counsel
Sarah Sucher and Senior Legislative Policy Analyst Chloe Rivera, my Senior Advisor Emma Teran, Communications Director Simone Lavin, and Legislative Fellow Teyuta Muai.
And now I will turn it over to Chair Nurse for her opening remarks.