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Sanchez thanks staff and calls roll call

New York City Council · Oct 22, 2026 · starts 0:10:45 · 49 sec

Sanchez thanks Nurse and her own team, including Deputy Chiefs of Staff Ben Ratner and Kim Castellanos, District Director Maria Jose Mares, and other staff. She also thanks Housing and Buildings Committee staff and lists members present before asking the clerk to call the roll.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Thank you, Councilmember Nurse, and congratulations.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

I'd like to also thank my team, Deputy Chiefs of Staff Ben Ratner and Kim Castellanos, District Director Maria Jose Mares, Gerard Fernandez, Soraya Bonilla, Oriana Roa Acevedo, Malia Sardinia, and Marcus Khan.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

I'd also like to thank the Housing and Buildings Committee staff, Senior Legislative Council Austin Malone,

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Legislative Council Billy X, Senior Policy Analyst Jose Conde, Senior Policy Analyst Dirk Spencer, Data Scientist Mohamed Shadid and Noah Slosberg, and Finance Analyst Carla Naranjo and Spencer Kuhn.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

I'm joined today by the members of our committee, including Deputy Speaker Williams, Majority Leader Abreu, Council Members Wilson, Maloney, Salam, Riley, Felice, Hudson, Joseph, and Zhuang.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

And with that, I will now ask the clerk to call the roll.