On Tuesday, on the steps of City Hall, New York City Council Majority Leader Transportation Committee Chair Shaun Abreu, Transportation Alternatives, members of Families for Safe Streets, and partner organizations rallied in support of the next phase of the Streets Plan. They demanded a fully funded and empowered Department of Transportation that finishes the bike and bus lane miles the Adams administration ignored as part of a high-quality citywide network;
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New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, CC ’89, joined District 7 Council member Shaun Abreu, CC ’14, at West Harlem nonprofit The Brotherhood Sister Sol on Wednesday to officially announce his appointment as City Council majority leader.
Menin and Abreu spoke about their joint political agenda to advance affordable housing, improve transportation, implement universal child care, and lower healthcare costs across New York City at the announcement event.
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“Late last month New York City officials announced a major enforcement action against restaurant delivery app companies, securing more than $5 million in restitution, civil penalties, and damages for food delivery workers.”
“When the City Council passes a law to protect workers, we mean it. Mayor Mamdani and DCWP are taking enforcement seriously, and workers are going to see the difference in their pockets,” Council Member Shaun Abreu noted.”
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“Shaun Abreu, city council majority leader representing Manhattan’s 7th District, which includes Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, and parts of West Harlem, recently announced that his landmark tipping transparency legislation officially takes effect today.” Read more here.
“Governor Kathy Hochul today rallied with local leaders to highlight her “Let Them Build” agenda, a series of landmark reforms to speed up housing and infrastructure development and lower costs as part of her 2026 State of the State.”
‘New York City Council Majority Leader Shaun Abreu said, “In the face of the current housing crisis, we need to do everything we can to grow our city’s housing stock and make sure New York is affordable for working families.”
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“Shaun Abreu, the new chairman of the City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, is best known to Streetsblog readers as the West Harlem Council member who championed the implementation of then-Mayor Adams’s signature achievement: getting trash off the sidewalk and into sealed bins in the so-called parking lane.” Read more here.
“Shaun Abreu, who represents part of the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights, was appointed Democratic Party majority leader in the City Council on Jan. 15.” Read more here.
“New City Council Speaker Julie Menin set a new tone for transportation policy by picking Council Member Shaun Abreu to lead the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee — while also excluding Republicans from the panel entirely.” Read more here.
“An Upper West Side elected official was voted in on Thursday as the majority leader of the New York City Council.”
“Councilmember Shaun Abreu, who represents the northern section of the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights, along with parts of Harlem, is the new majority leader of the council, as well as the chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.”
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“As new City Council Speaker Julie Menin names her leadership team and committee chair assignments on Thursday, she appointed Council Member Shaun Abreu as the legislature’s new chair of its Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.” Read more here.
