Speaker Menon used a press conference to introduce her new leadership team and to describe several newly created committees, saying the changes reflect the city’s priorities and are based on members’ experience and competency rather than ideology.

"Deputy speaker, Nantasha Williams, majority leader, Sean Abreu, majority whip, Camilla Hanks," Speaker Menon said as she read names from the leadership roster and named committee chairs for land use, finance, education, oversight and more. She described the temporary rules committee as having "voted on chairmanships and committee assignments" earlier in the day.

Deputy Speaker Nantasha Williams, whom the transcript identifies as chair of the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Organizations, said she would work closely with the speaker, emphasized transparency and pledged to center Southeast Queens perspectives: "Everything I do is grounded in Southeast Queens." Majority Leader Sean Abreu framed his priorities as affordability, universal childcare and housing, saying he brings a "people first" approach. Majority Whip Camilla Hanks called the appointment "a historic moment for Staten Island."

Speaker Menon announced new or re‑established committees: a subcommittee on early childhood education (chair: Jen Gutierrez), a committee to combat hate (chair: Yousef Salaam), a committee on disabilities (shared by Shahana Hanif) and a workforce development committee (chair: Julie Wan). She said the disability committee is intended to address accessibility and representation.

On personnel and discipline, a reporter asked why some returning members were moved from their prior chairs and whether ideology influenced assignments. Speaker Menon denied ideological motives and said the council will review prior contracting and agency management issues. She also addressed questions about Council Member Paladino's social‑media posts, saying a referral to the standards and ethics committee will address those comments and that some offensive tweets had been removed.

Speaker Menon also addressed agency staffing and budget posture, saying the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) is "woefully understaffed" and that the council will examine agency needs "with a fine tooth comb" as it develops the budget; she did not provide specific funding amounts.

Next steps: the council will proceed under its rules for reintroducing legislation and will hold committee hearings under the new chair structure. The transcript records no formal roll‑call vote totals for the temporary rules committee action; the speaker said committee votes took place but did not provide tallies or exact motions in the press conference transcript.