Council Member Julie Menin represents District 5, covering the East Side of Manhattan and Roosevelt Island. An attorney, civic leader, three-time City Commissioner, and former small business owner, Julie has over two decades of experience in the public and private sectors. She currently serves as the Chair of the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection and as Co-Chair of the Women’s Caucus.
As Council Member, Julie has passed over 17 bills of which she was the primary sponsor, including the groundbreaking Healthcare Accountability Act to lower and bring transparency to excessive hospital prices. Her tenure has included several critical policy wins such as advancing universal childcare in New York City, creating a new right to counsel program for victims of domestic violence in divorce proceedings, easing burdens on small businesses by establishing a one-shop-stop web portal for all city licenses and codifying the right to reproductive health services. At the same time, Julie has effectively addressed a full range of constituent issues: sanitation and rat-mitigation concerns, street safety, unlicensed smoke shops, robust capital funding for district parks and schools, access to low-cost internet for NYCHA residents, and more.
Julie previously served as Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs and Commissioner of Media and Entertainment.
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