{"id":53102,"date":"2025-11-26T16:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/53102\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:49:07","slug":"manhattan-dem-julie-menin-likely-to-be-next-nyc-council-speaker-setting-up-possible-clash-with-zohran-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/53102\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Dem Julie Menin likely to be next NYC Council speaker\u2014setting up possible clash with Zohran Mamdani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/06\/opinion\/new-york-city-urgently-needs-a-sane-city-council-speaker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Councilwoman Julie Menin<\/a> said Wednesday she\u2019s locked up a \u201csuper majority\u201d in her bid to become the next speaker of the City Council.<\/p>\n<p>Menin, a Manhattan Democrat who has positioned herself as a moderate in contrast to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/25\/lifestyle\/mamdani-mayoral-win-causing-rift-on-nycs-elite-upper-east-side\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">incoming socialist mayor<\/a>, said Wednesday that she has secured support from a diverse slate of 36 lawmakers from Yusuf Salaam to Big Apple Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored and humbled by the trust and faith that my colleagues have put in me to lead the City Council as a force of action for New York families,\u201d Menin said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37772644\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-11-victim-advocates-nyc-111092993.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Menin speaks at a podium with microphones, flanked by a man in a suit and other individuals, advocating for the 9\/11 Victims Fund.\" class=\"wp-image-37772644\"  \/>Julie Menin, D-Manhattan, is expected to be a moderating force. LP Media<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this broad five borough coalition, we stand ready to partner with Mayor-Elect Mamdani\u2019s administration and deliver on a shared agenda that makes New York more affordable through universal childcare, lowers rent and healthcare costs, and ensures that families across the City can do more than just get by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The race has been heating up in recent days as frontrunner candidates Menin and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/06\/us-news\/lefty-zohran-mamdani-ally-duking-it-out-with-pro-israel-pol-in-nyc-council-speaker-race\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Hudson (D-Brooklyn)<\/a> brandished their labor endorsements \u2013 with Menin getting the backing of heavyweights like 32BJ and the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/10\/opinion\/the-horrible-reasons-the-teachers-union-just-endorsed-zohran-mamdani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United Federation of Teachers<\/a> and Hudson getting support from 1199 SEIU.<\/p>\n<p>Menin, who will be the first Jewish speaker, is widely considered to be a moderating force on the Mamdani agenda while progressive caucus member Hudson was considered to be the most amendable candidate to the Mamdani agenda.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37772828\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/new-york-city-mayor-elect-115978903_0d87e0.jpg\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani, New York City Mayor-elect, listens as Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office.\" class=\"wp-image-37772828\"  \/>Menin is widely considered to be a moderating force on Zohran Mamdani\u2019s agenda. AP<\/p>\n<p>Menin however, has signaled support for some of Mamdani\u2019s policies such as universal childcare.<\/p>\n<p>Her support stretches across the political aisle, netting support from both conservative and left council members across the five boroughs.<\/p>\n<p>Sources also told The Post that mayor-elect Mamdani and Menin are having a call today to speak about the legislative agenda ahead of them.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Mamdani did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting by Haley Brown and Hannah Fierick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Councilwoman Julie Menin said Wednesday she\u2019s locked up a \u201csuper majority\u201d in her bid to become the next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[301,19077,57,9,56,63,65,64,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-53102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-city-council","9":"tag-julie-menin","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}