Once elected, Ms. Rose will commute to City Hall by car, plans to set up office hours in the council office at
130 Stuyvesant Pl., St. George, and will establish advisory committees to hear directly each quarter from
her district’s interest groups.

And before she is sworn in, she must hire a staff, learn all she can, and attend a freshmen training on Dec. 1
and 2.

Her notebook already is swelling with resumes, committee meeting agendas from 2008, and notes on
constituent concerns, including, on page one, those of the Waterview Court residents locked out of their
Rosebank homes since 2007, when a nor’easter broke their retaining wall.

Ms. Rose will leave CSI by the end of the year, she said, because both roles require a full-time commitment.

A week off to rest would be nice to squeeze in, if she can:

"I’ve run three campaigns in one year,” she said. “That’s borderline Superwoman stuff. ...I’m going to have
to talk to myself and make sure I don’t overdo it.”

Ms. Rose said the most life-changing reality of her new role has been being recognized wherever she goes.
“It’s amazing, because I’m a ‘people person.’ Sometimes, they greet me like a rock star,” she said. “And
then the gravity of it is very sobering when I think about how people are really depending on me to find
solutions to whatever their problems are. ... And getting ready is like preparing for school. It’s very
exciting.”
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