The Brooklyn City Council elected Councilmember Kathy Pucci as council president and named Councilmember Sue Grodick president pro tempore during its organizational meeting. Council also voted to fill standing committee assignments and several committee and commission seats, including appointments to the newly created Connecting and Belonging Commission.

The votes were taken by roll call. Kathy Pucci received six votes in favor and one abstention to become council president; Pucci thanked colleagues after the vote, saying, "And thank you all very much. I appreciate the support." Sue Grodick was elected president pro tempore by roll call vote following nomination.

Council voted to allocate members to standing committees required by the city charter. Andy Selhertz, Erin Borowski and Kathy Pucci were listed for the finance committee; public works was assigned to Andy Selhertz, Kathy Pucci and Matt Mosley; and public safety and environmental affairs was assigned to Sue Grodick, Erin Borowski and Steven Coyle. Council also confirmed other standing and liaison appointments: Mosley as school board liaison; Grodick to Fair Housing; Steven Coyle and Kathy Pucci to the Volunteer Fire Dependence Board; and Kevin Tanski to the Sustainability Advisory Board, among others.

Council made several council-appointed seats on commissions and boards. The council-approved appointees to the Connecting and Belonging Commission included Leon Stevens, Victor Ardito, Reverend Luis Viscorando, Cindy Ortiz, James Brown, Ginger Marshall and others named during the meeting. The mayor-appointed and mayor-nominated seats were noted as pending the mayor's nominations and superintendent input for a school representative and a high-school student member.

Nominations and votes on specific committee and commission appointments were carried by roll call as recorded in the meeting minutes. Several votes included one or more abstentions where listed during the roll call. Following the organizational business, each standing committee planned brief organizational meetings to elect chairs and set meeting dates and times.

The council president said she would follow up on two Community Reinvestment Area Commission appointees (Kelly Soupek and Alice Miller) to confirm whether they are willing to serve; those appointments were deferred to the council meeting on the thirteenth.

Council members closed the organizational portion of the meeting and immediately convened the three standing committees for short organizational sessions.