Speaker of the New York City Council
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First sitting speaker to support a ban
New York City's horse-drawn carriages will stop running in Central Park by June 2028. The City Council voted 40-7 on October 22 to pass Romanch's Law, ending an industry that has operated for more than 160 years.
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Scheduled a Council hearing on the Hunts Point collapse; pressed to hold a vote on the Amazon contractor bill
Zohran Mamdani became New York City's first Muslim and South Asian mayor on January 1, 2026, at 34. His early months brought a $1.7 billion child care partnership with Governor Kathy Hochul, a two-year rent freeze and a $28 billion housing plan, but his plan to tax the wealthy stalled against Council Speaker Julie Menin and Hochul.
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