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Susan Zhuang (Chinese: 莊文怡; pinyin: Zhuāng Wényí) is an American politician who is a member of the New York City Council for the 43rd district, which covers Sunset Park, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Borough Park, and other neighborhoods in southern Brooklyn.
Adrienne Eadie Adams (born December 9, 1960) is an American politician serving as Speaker of the New York City Council since 2022. A Democrat, Adams represents the 28th district. She is the first woman elected to the district, and the first African-American elected as Council Speaker. [1]
The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs.. The council serves as a check against the mayor in a mayor-council government model, the performance of city agencies' land use decisions, and legislating on a variety of other issues.
Parks and pandemic recovery were at the top of the agenda in New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’s first “state of the city” speech.
A member of the Democratic Party, she formerly served as the Speaker of the New York City Council. The third person to hold this office, she was the first female and first openly lesbian speaker. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She ran to succeed Michael Bloomberg as the city's mayor in the 2013 mayoral election , but lost the Democratic primary.
Mayor Adams is joining forces with the City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Queens) and several progressive groups to demand state lawmakers pass a bill that would allow hotels to convert their ...
Former New York City Council Speaker and CEO of the non-profit WIN Christine Quinn says one factor in particular, is driving the dramatic increase in homelessness — a lack of affordable housing.
Lander is a co-founder of the Progressive Caucus in the New York City Council, a group that was described by The New York Times as "the City Council's most liberal members." [24] For his first term, Lander shared the title of Co-Chair of the caucus with his Manhattan colleague Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. [25]