Overview
- Two sources told amNewYork that Speaker Julie Menin is set to appoint Manhattan Council Member Shaun Abreu to chair Transportation and Infrastructure at today’s first stated meeting, replacing Selvena Brooks-Powers.
- Reporting by the Daily News says Eric Dinowitz is expected to lead Education, Oswald Feliz to take Public Safety, and Shekar Krishnan to chair Oversight and Investigations, with several current chairs set to be replaced.
- Dinowitz would succeed Rita Joseph, who is expected to move to Higher Education, according to the Daily News.
- Menin is expected to select Crystal Hudson, her recent speaker-race rival, to chair General Welfare, which oversees the city’s homeless shelter system and other social services, the Daily News reports.
- Advocacy groups welcomed Abreu’s likely transit role, with Riders Alliance praising the choice, and coverage notes potential alignment with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s bus-speed priorities given Abreu’s sanitation and containerization record.