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like to call to order the city Caucus

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meeting for Monday February 13 2023

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we have 26 items for original

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consideration if the clerk would could

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please read item number one item number

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one for final consideration a resolution

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declaring that the amendment of chapter

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264 Article 2 and chapter 264 attachment

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2 schedule C

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use regulations for non-residential

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districts of the code of the city of

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Schenectady relating to banquet

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facilities private clubs or lodges will

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not have a significant impact on the

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environment discussed and committed with

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the objection and on consent item number

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two item number two for final

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consideration a resolution declaring

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that the amendment of chapter 264 the

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zoning of the administrative code of the

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city of Schenectady to oh overlay

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historic district to the existing C4

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downtown mixed-use district of 308 State

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39.71-3-15.11 is a type 2 seek Seeker

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action with no significant impact on the

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environment discussed in committee with

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the objective on consent item number

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three item number three for final

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consideration an ordinance to amend

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chapter 183 Article 2 of the code of the

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city of Schenectady discussed and

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item number four item number four for

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original consideration a resolution

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calling for a public hearing

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four amendments to chapter 161 of this

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Schenectady city code regarding the

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collection of white goods discussed in

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item number five item number five for

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final consideration an ordinance to

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amend chapters 264 Article 2 and chapter

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264 attachment to schedule C youth

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regulations for non-residential

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districts of the code of the city of

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Schenectady relating to banquet

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facilities and private clubs or lodges

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on consent item number six item number

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six or final consideration an ordinance

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amending chapter 264 zoning of the

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administrative code of the city of

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Schenectady to add oh overlay historic

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district to to the existing C4 downtown

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mixed-use district of 308 State Street

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seven for original consideration a

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resolution authorizing the revision of

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fees related to public assembly

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inspections pursuant to the Schenectady

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city code subsection 204e discussed in

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item number eight item number eight for

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original consideration a resolution

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appropriating American Rescue plan act

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funds for sidewalk improvements discuss

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consent item number nine item number

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resolution authorized the mayor or his

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expend funds pursuant to the New York

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for original consideration a resolution

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authorizing a budget reappropriation

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within the 2023 general fund budget

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consideration a resolution authorizing a

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reappropriation to the 2023 capital

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budget discuss in committee without

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objection on consent item number 12.

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consideration a resolution authorizing a

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five-day public comment period for the

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allocation of two hundred thousand in

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cdbg CV funds for the small business

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assistance program discussing committee

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13. item number 13 for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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the mayor of his designee to enter into

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an agreement with Bethesda house for a

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hundred thousand dollars for

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neighborhood stabilization rent rehab

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objection and on consent item number 14.

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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the mayor or his designee to enter into

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an agreement with the Schenectady

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Guyanese Community Center for fifty

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thousand dollars discussed in committee

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without objection and on consent item

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number 15. item number 15 for original

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consideration a resolution appropriate

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in an American Rescue plan act funds for

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grout Park improvements discussed in

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item number 16 item number 16 for

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appropriate American Rescue plan act

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funds for Simon's Park improvements

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consent item number 17. item number 17

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declaring support for the New York State

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Clean Slate Act

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roll call by Mr palamini

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amending resolution

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2022-214 to apply a one-year time frame

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to the Aquatic Center and Miracle on

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Craig Street to scare Financial

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commitments to meet their respective

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project costs discussed in committee

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number 19. item number 19 for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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the mayor or his designee to enter into

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an option agreement with the capital

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region land bank or Society for various

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properties on and around Summit Avenue

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discussed and committed with objection

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on consent item number 20. item number

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twenty for original consideration a

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resolution authorizing the sale of 808

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Stanley Street for twenty eight thousand

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five hundred dollars discussed in

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item number 21 item number 21 for

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original consideration a resolution

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authorizing the mayor or to execute an

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agreement with CT mail Associates to investigate the

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feasibility of physically establishing

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the paper Street known as Revere Avenue

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consent item number 22 item number 22

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for original consideration a resolution

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authorizing the settlement of a claim by

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Maritza Brown discussed in committee

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without objection on consent item number

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23. item number 23 for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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settlement of a claim by Niagara Monarch

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power Corporation doing business as

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National Grid discussed in committee

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with the objection on consent item

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number 24. item number 24 for original

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consideration a resolution authorized in

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settlement of a claim by Robert DeLuca

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consent item number 25 item number 25

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for original consideration a resolution

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recognizing Black History Month 2023

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this item would be taken out of order

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and presented by council member Farley

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item number 26. item number 26 for

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original consideration and resolution

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recognizing the NAACP Founders Day

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discussed and committee with objection

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on consent if there's nothing more to

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come before the city council caucus I

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ask for a motion to adjourn moved by

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Miss Patrick second by Mr mood of Aaron

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all in favor

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we are adjourned I'd like to call the

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city council meeting to order for Monday

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February 13 2023.

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and I asked Pastor Brad Jones to offer

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the invocation

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let us pray

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Lord God I may not be as dumb as I look

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and and we may not be as smart as we

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think we are but but regardless we look

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to you for wisdom for the the business of the city

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wisdom for doing what is right and just

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so Lord I do pray your wisdom and

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guidance

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for the mayor of Schenectady for the

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city council of Schenectady and for all

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who are in positions of authority and

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responsibility for the care and the the

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working of the city

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so that every decision made and

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would accomplish what is best

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for the people you love the people of

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so that the people

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can live lives that are are

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able to to work well and and to be in in

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safe keeping

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to to have peace in our streets

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we pray for First Responders for fire

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department for the police for those who

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work in in hospitals for the ambulance

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uh drivers and EMTs Lord we just pray

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that you would give them wisdom and

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discernment to do their work well

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Lord we pray that you would you would

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govern this city

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and for those entrusted with the

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governance of the people of this this

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great City we pray that you would grant

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them that that wisdom and discernment

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needed for this we ask all this in Jesus

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name amen amen amen

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students from the seat Center to lead us

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in the Pledge of Allegiance

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one nation under God indivisible with

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liberty and justice for all thank you

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if the clerk would please complete the

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Roll Call

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Mr motivaran

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Mr Toro here Mr Farley

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Mr Williams

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Miss Patrick Mr polymini Miss

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item number 26 will be taken out of

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order and presented by council member

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it's a resolution to recognize Black

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History Month

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before please

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floor is yours thank you

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this time I'd like to call up Mr Dennis

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Richards

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someone switches I'd like you uh to

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receive and accept this uh Resolute to

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recognizing Black History Month for 2023

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whereas each February we acknowledge the

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struggles adversity strength and history

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of Black American Experience in the

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United States

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this year's theme is black resistance

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recognizes African-Americans resistance

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to Historic and ongoing oppression in

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all forms and has pursuit of

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self-determination and equality whereas

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Black History Month first originated as

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a part of an initiative by writer and

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educator Dr Carter G Woodson who

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launched a negro history week in 1926

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Wilson chose February for reasons of for

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tradition and reform as commonly said

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that Wilson selected February to

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Encompass the birthdays of two Americans

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who played a prominent role in shaping

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black history namely Abraham Lincoln and

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Frederick Douglass whose birthdays are

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the 12th and 14th

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whereas Black History Month remains a

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powerful symbolic celebration a time for

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acknowledgment reflection and

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inspiration despite an inequitable

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social system

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African Americans have found ways to

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survive advance and Thrive black

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Americans have struggled to protect

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their physical intellectual

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autonomy through Innovation lobbying

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litigation and legislation helping each

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other as a community these efforts have

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fueled and their perseverance and hope

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for our future

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black resistance strategies have served

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as a model for every other social

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movement in our country

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our nation has benefited from those

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efforts by progressing towards a more

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Equitable Society even though we still

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have a very far way to go

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African-American spirituals gospel folk

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music hip-hop rap have all been used to

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express struggle and hope and calls for

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solidarity to face racial oppression

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music has been used to illustrate

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societal ills and as a motivation for

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strength against harassment bringing

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attention to oppression black artists

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writers photographers and musicians who

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have participated in the Black Arts

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Movement the Harlem Renaissance the

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Chicago Black Renaissance or the

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soundtrack individual representation to

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resistance movements

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these individuals these individuals

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created art that supported the

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resistance movements but also provided a

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space for black people to express love

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and joy

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whereas during Black History Month

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throughout the year we reflect on more

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than 400 years of black history in

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America

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communities across the country paying

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tribute to generations of African

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Americans who struggled with diversity

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to fully achieve life liberty and the

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pursuit of happiness in American society

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black history is American history

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and now therefore be resolved down

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Schenectady city council our Mayor Gary

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R McCarthy do hereby pause in their

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deliberations to recognize the month of

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February of 2023 Black History Month

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black resistance in the city of

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Schenectady

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why this is so so relevant today for a

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couple reasons but Mr Richards is a

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Youth Development excuse me Mr Farley

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yes you have to move the resolution oh

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I'm surprised I got excited I can't wait

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to talk about this young man all right

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excuse me my I'll entertain a motion no would you like to move the resolution

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I would like to move the resolution may

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I have a second second by Mr Williams all in

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favor

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aye yay okay all right congratulations

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again

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I'm please please again I'm very sorry I

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get excited anytime I get to talk about

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extraordinary young people in our

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community

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um and Mr Richards is a Youth

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Development coordinator for the

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African-American history records project

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he also serves as an interview of those

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who hold these records of schenectady's

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African-American history his primary job

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is teaching the youth team skills

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necessary to become effective Warriors

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recorders and Liaisons of History

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um I had the absolute pleasure of of

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attending one of the events uh that Mr

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Richards and his team of people are to

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produce

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um and it was an amazing time it was

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something where I heard voices from all

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walks of life speak up against

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resistance and speak out against

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oppression and you sir have created not

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only a platform for that to happen but

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have inspired so many others to lift our

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voice so it is with a great great honor

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that I asked you to receive this

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resolution on our behalf okay

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thank you

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usually we don't do this but I'm going

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to ask you all to stand for this young

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man who has done such a beautiful job in

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our community

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would you like to say a couple words for

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you

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[Applause]

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uh first and foremost I want to thank

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councilman Farley for considering me for

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this resolution and also the rest of the

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council

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um to talk to them

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um

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I want to give a special shout out and

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thank you to members of my team uh

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Kareem to Ray starrkea King and William

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Rivas who have helped me along my way

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through this journey through poetry and

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African-American historic records

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project

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um what we do is we like Damani said we

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give uh we give people a space to share

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their voice and speak about the things

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that they are resisting against

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um I believe myself I am my very

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existence is a resistance to the

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establishments that bind us by different identities and I do my best to

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help people share their experiences as

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well so I'm very thankful to receive

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this resolution from the city and I look

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forward to seeing everybody's faces at

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our next open mic on February 24th at

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Electric City Barn

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thank you

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and as for approval of the minutes for

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January 23 2023

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motion by Mr Williams

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second

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by Mr Farley all in favor

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aye

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the clerk could please read any

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Communications and petitions

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Communications presented to city council

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for Monday February 13 2023 under

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official there were none under General

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from Camille sassanowski two emails

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dated January January 23rd and February

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10th asking each of the council members

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to look out for the well-being of

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citizens of Schenectady urging them to

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vote against the Clean Slate Act

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from Reverend Nicole Dees Jean Simone an

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email encouraging council members to

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support the Clean Slate act to help

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people gain access to employment housing

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education and other Essentials as they

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start start over and re-enter public

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life after incarceration

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from David jackaloni an email and letter

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addressing the arpa funds for sidewalk

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improvements and the creative Outdoor

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Advertising presentation he asked that

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the funds for the sidewalk Improvement

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not be approved without getting real

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numbers and cogent explanations because

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it will cost the city much more than

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expected and had questions to be

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thoughtfully considered before the start

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of the negotiation for the creative

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outdoor advertisings

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for Martin Allen Greenberg an email in

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support of the Clean Slate act there are

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a variety of safeguards in the

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legislation to ensure that the

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community's safety is maintained and

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that the benefits outweigh any

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disadvantages

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under petitions there were none thank

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you Cloudland council members for any

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committee reports

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this time we'll have privilege of the

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floor related to the legislative agenda

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so anything that's on the legislative

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agendas when people will be able to have

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the opportunity to speak we ask I have

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two people who they're signed up to

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speak and I ask that um no one speak on

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anything that's not on the legislative

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agenda first person is Claudia Kavanaugh

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good evening

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tonight you're going to be voting on The

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Clean Slate bill that's being

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proposed in legislature

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I hope that you consider the employers

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and Property Owners when you're doing

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this in reading about your clean slate

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act I didn't read the categories where

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you were not going to add you know I

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could understand like small pot offense

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or something like that but you have some

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very serious people who were

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incarcerated and they've been paroled or

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in trying to get their lives back

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together that's fine

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but I do think that in order to have a

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society where people you know have

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informed consent

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if I have property and I want to know

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who I'm running my property to

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and I'm not the only one who feels that

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way

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and it's not being mean to anyone or but

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you you when you make decisions in life

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you have to live with your decisions

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even if they do mean incarceration and

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you are

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you know freed later or whatever the

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society needs to know especially

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employers and people that are renting

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property to you need to know that

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I don't think it's wrong at all and I

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just wanted to also ask

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with all the other problems in this city

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would not one eighth grader in this

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entire city passing a standardized math

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test

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this is what you're going to concentrate

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on trying to pass the Clean Slate you're

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gonna really you should be working with

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the city's uh the school district to see

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what you could do to help these kids

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a couple of you on this panel always

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talk about marginalized people what's

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more marginalized and not being able to

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pass a math test in eighth grade

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so something's very wrong

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I I think you're you're you're

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Focus needs to be someplace else

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something that will improve and and pro

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benefit the entire city if you have a

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whole population of children who can't

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write a cogent essay who can't do

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standardized math

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you're going to turn you're turning out

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an entire generation of marginalized

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people whatever that means

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and I think that maybe you should

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um just kind of put out there what you

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will allow and what you won't allow in

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your proposal for This Clean Slate bill

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because I think that the society you owe

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it to people owe it to society to know

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who they're dealing with employers need

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to know

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I I just hope that at some point that

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you guys get past and I'm so tired of

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every single time I read an article

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about the city council it's black people

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white black I have never in my life

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heard so much about race in my life as I

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have since this Council I I got to tell

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you I was born and raised in this town

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think about something that benefits the

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entire city

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and that's an educated population

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thank you

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Anthony Alexander

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I'm about to date everybody

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um

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can I let you saying about the children

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but it ain't up to it's a community

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raised to help raise these kids because

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when I grew up there was somebody that

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gave me a hand up to help me

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we got away from that because we got

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stuck in our own self it's raising about

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thinking about ourselves and still

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thinking about these babies

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I'm a parent of seven but I raised more

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than seven of differations different

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nationalities because that's how my

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grandmother raised me

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I give a damn about the people I give a

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damn about these kids I don't been to

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prison

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and I'm in a situation now I'm in that

572
00:27:25,860 --> 00:27:29,460
catch 22. if I get an apartment

573
00:27:29,460 --> 00:27:32,460
where I'm at they pay the substantial

574
00:27:32,460 --> 00:27:36,240
amount of money but DSS only gives 378

575
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,220
to get a place to live

576
00:27:38,220 --> 00:27:40,320
that still leaves me home as if I get a

577
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,299
job

578
00:27:42,299 --> 00:27:45,240
see my point so is it for the people to

579
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,220
be to get their own place out of the

580
00:27:47,220 --> 00:27:49,620
1500 that you're giving so I want y'all

581
00:27:49,620 --> 00:27:51,120
give seven eight hundred dollars to that

582
00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:52,620
person so they get a one a bedroom until

583
00:27:52,620 --> 00:27:54,840
then get on their feet

584
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,179
but like she said I agree with it ever

585
00:27:57,179 --> 00:27:59,640
since I've been up here it's more races

586
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,440
up here and I'm from the south Florida

587
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,419
where it's racing but since I've been

588
00:28:03,419 --> 00:28:05,400
here this race dividing we're supposed

589
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,919
to be Unified

590
00:28:07,919 --> 00:28:09,779
that's where it supposed to be we all

591
00:28:09,779 --> 00:28:12,240
here for a common cause guess what I

592
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,100
mean it means some of this stuff for a

593
00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:16,440
clean stretch for clean slate amend some

594
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:17,940
of this stuff you ain't got to agree

595
00:28:17,940 --> 00:28:19,679
with everything but some of the stuff

596
00:28:19,679 --> 00:28:22,020
okay one step at a time

597
00:28:22,020 --> 00:28:24,240
let's get the foot in the door tell all

598
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,799
of us to have a chance to get a job so

599
00:28:25,799 --> 00:28:27,299
we ain't got to worry about if I get a

600
00:28:27,299 --> 00:28:30,059
job I'm homeless the next day

601
00:28:30,059 --> 00:28:32,220
enjoy

602
00:28:32,220 --> 00:28:36,710
thank you

603
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,000
I have no one else signed up to speak so

604
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,500
I declare the public comment on the

605
00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:43,850
legislative agenda closed

606
00:28:43,860 --> 00:28:50,750
we have one item for roll call

607
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,760
item number 12.

608
00:28:53,760 --> 00:29:01,549
but the clerk would please read

609
00:29:01,559 --> 00:29:03,000
item number 12 for original

610
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,120
consideration a resolution authorizing

611
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:14,510
nope it's not 12. that's all no

612
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:22,029
item number 17 item number 17.

613
00:29:22,039 --> 00:29:24,059
for original

614
00:29:24,059 --> 00:29:25,799
consideration a resolution to clear and

615
00:29:25,799 --> 00:29:27,419
support the New York State Clean Slate

616
00:29:27,419 --> 00:29:29,580
Act

617
00:29:29,580 --> 00:29:33,110
need a motion

618
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,539
Mr Mr bear in second

619
00:29:36,539 --> 00:29:42,590
Mr Williams any discussion

620
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,520
okay if the clerk could please call the

621
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,789
roll

622
00:29:46,799 --> 00:29:49,559
Mr motiveran yeah

623
00:29:49,559 --> 00:29:51,960
Mr Toro

624
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,899
no Mr Farley yes

625
00:29:54,899 --> 00:30:02,630
Mr Williams

626
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,440
I thought it was important to build upon

627
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,720
how this meeting started and

628
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,460
highlighting the important message of

629
00:30:08,460 --> 00:30:10,919
wisdom and discernment truly I felt

630
00:30:10,919 --> 00:30:12,899
moved to say a few words and I wanted to

631
00:30:12,899 --> 00:30:14,820
highlight that it's important to not

632
00:30:14,820 --> 00:30:16,919
allow our fears to be at the detriment

633
00:30:16,919 --> 00:30:24,120
of others who have already paid their cost for the transgressions

634
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:25,500
and I would like to be very clear that

635
00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:27,179
it's not taking what they did to end up

636
00:30:27,179 --> 00:30:28,679
at their current predicament or stance

637
00:30:28,679 --> 00:30:30,659
in life lightly that's to understand

638
00:30:30,659 --> 00:30:32,399
that there was a cost

639
00:30:32,399 --> 00:30:34,440
that the expectation to be eligible for

640
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,260
this legislative item is to be paid in

641
00:30:37,260 --> 00:30:40,850
full with continued service

642
00:30:40,860 --> 00:30:42,480
so for me I wanted to point out a

643
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,340
situation that happened with with an

644
00:30:44,340 --> 00:30:47,039
individual that just came to the rail

645
00:30:47,039 --> 00:30:49,620
where it's an assumption was made about

646
00:30:49,620 --> 00:30:51,120
me and what I'm not doing and that's

647
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,100
specifically why we're here

648
00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:56,580
I have the opportunity to respond or

649
00:30:56,580 --> 00:30:58,260
provide more context but how often do

650
00:30:58,260 --> 00:30:59,760
individuals

651
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,220
who we are highlighting to address have

652
00:31:02,220 --> 00:31:03,600
the opportunity to have a similar

653
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,940
conversation where they can truly speak

654
00:31:05,940 --> 00:31:07,200
to what they've done and how

655
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,360
rehabilitative they are

656
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:10,559
more times than not that that

657
00:31:10,559 --> 00:31:12,899
opportunity is not given

658
00:31:12,899 --> 00:31:14,820
and as individuals that are advocating

659
00:31:14,820 --> 00:31:16,860
for the betterment of all individuals in

660
00:31:16,860 --> 00:31:18,120
this community

661
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,640
if we hear of a process or procedure

662
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:22,020
that is not effective we're not working

663
00:31:22,020 --> 00:31:23,880
it is our responsibility it is Our

664
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,220
obligation to take a moment to pause

665
00:31:26,220 --> 00:31:28,320
deliberate and understand what can we do

666
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,179
to improve the functionality of

667
00:31:30,179 --> 00:31:33,769
something that is already in place

668
00:31:33,779 --> 00:31:35,460
so I'm proud to say that I'm in support

669
00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:36,779
of this

670
00:31:36,779 --> 00:31:38,580
and I look forward to the efforts that

671
00:31:38,580 --> 00:31:40,620
us as a council can continue to do to

672
00:31:40,620 --> 00:31:45,590
address the needs of this community

673
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:46,620
yes

674
00:31:46,620 --> 00:31:51,049
thank you Miss Patrick

675
00:31:51,059 --> 00:31:53,940
Mr palamini

676
00:31:53,940 --> 00:31:58,679
where's the Clean Slate for the victims

677
00:31:58,679 --> 00:32:00,299
and their families

678
00:32:00,299 --> 00:32:01,679
there is none

679
00:32:01,679 --> 00:32:04,679
it continues forever

680
00:32:04,679 --> 00:32:08,700
even acts that are so-called minor

681
00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:11,100
stick with the individuals for the rest

682
00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:12,779
of their lives

683
00:32:12,779 --> 00:32:15,600
families have been destroyed

684
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,500
because of actions of others

685
00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:21,840
individuals have had their lives turned

686
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,179
upside down and destroyed

687
00:32:24,179 --> 00:32:28,320
because of action actions of others

688
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,059
there's no clean slate for those

689
00:32:30,059 --> 00:32:31,260
individuals

690
00:32:31,260 --> 00:32:33,120
there's no making something a little

691
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,279
easier for them

692
00:32:35,279 --> 00:32:38,520
those people have had their lives turned

693
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,260
upside down

694
00:32:40,260 --> 00:32:41,760
forever

695
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,220
and it's impacted them in ways that

696
00:32:44,220 --> 00:32:47,990
cannot be measured

697
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,539
this just doesn't make sense

698
00:32:51,539 --> 00:32:53,880
how can we look those individuals in the

699
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,640
eye and say

700
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,860
yeah we're going to give Clean Slate for

701
00:32:58,860 --> 00:33:05,210
people that impacted you

702
00:33:05,220 --> 00:33:07,320
I just don't see it

703
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,310
I vote no

704
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:14,029
it's Porterfield

705
00:33:14,039 --> 00:33:15,539
Kavanaugh brought up a few points about

706
00:33:15,539 --> 00:33:17,340
what's in the legislation and and I

707
00:33:17,340 --> 00:33:18,539
encourage you all to read it because

708
00:33:18,539 --> 00:33:20,159
there are some stipulations in them that

709
00:33:20,159 --> 00:33:22,860
tell you who and cannot who and

710
00:33:22,860 --> 00:33:24,419
um with individuals this will not impact

711
00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:27,299
and cannot benefit if you from it so sex

712
00:33:27,299 --> 00:33:29,100
offenders are not covered under this I

713
00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:31,620
just want to make that clear and also if

714
00:33:31,620 --> 00:33:32,460
someone

715
00:33:32,460 --> 00:33:33,659
um is working with a vulnerable

716
00:33:33,659 --> 00:33:35,760
population they can still have access

717
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,740
children and older adults they can still

718
00:33:37,740 --> 00:33:39,779
have access to people's uh criminal

719
00:33:39,779 --> 00:33:42,240
background so I just wanted to and also

720
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,000
law enforcement still has access to this

721
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,679
so we just want to make sure that we

722
00:33:46,679 --> 00:33:49,080
we're understanding this is not just a

723
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:50,820
carte blanche in everybody and it

724
00:33:50,820 --> 00:33:52,919
applies to everyone regardless that is

725
00:33:52,919 --> 00:33:54,960
not the case I also want to point out

726
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,899
the fact that several months ago we this

727
00:33:57,899 --> 00:34:01,200
Council approved funding for a housing

728
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:05,159
in the city where ex-offenders formerly

729
00:34:05,159 --> 00:34:07,500
incarcerated people could live and the

730
00:34:07,500 --> 00:34:09,599
majority of the people on the that irons

731
00:34:09,599 --> 00:34:11,460
Council now were on this Council then

732
00:34:11,460 --> 00:34:15,599
and voted in favor of that so it just I

733
00:34:15,599 --> 00:34:16,740
find a little puzzling that we're

734
00:34:16,740 --> 00:34:18,899
allowing some people to benefit and then

735
00:34:18,899 --> 00:34:21,000
when it comes to maybe another for

736
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,080
whatever reason

737
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:22,679
um

738
00:34:22,679 --> 00:34:25,139
I'm not sure the difference in in folks

739
00:34:25,139 --> 00:34:26,700
Minds that we're going to vote

740
00:34:26,700 --> 00:34:28,859
differently so

741
00:34:28,859 --> 00:34:31,320
um in addition to that we I believe that

742
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:32,820
we need to give people another chance

743
00:34:32,820 --> 00:34:34,500
and there's there are things put in

744
00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:37,619
place that you have to serve your time

745
00:34:37,619 --> 00:34:39,540
and then wait three years after all time

746
00:34:39,540 --> 00:34:41,220
is served and everything is done if you

747
00:34:41,220 --> 00:34:43,200
had a misdemeanor and then seven years

748
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,659
if you've had a felony so that gives you

749
00:34:45,659 --> 00:34:47,520
enough and nothing and you cannot within

750
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:48,960
that time

751
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,899
have had another offense and been

752
00:34:51,899 --> 00:34:54,359
interaction with the law enforcement so

753
00:34:54,359 --> 00:34:55,740
there are systems in place there are

754
00:34:55,740 --> 00:34:57,660
things put in place it's not just you

755
00:34:57,660 --> 00:34:59,280
know you could just get it and you don't

756
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:00,480
have to

757
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,880
um I'm going to use the word prove that

758
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,339
you um are ready to contribute to

759
00:35:05,339 --> 00:35:07,740
society and that you've you know you're

760
00:35:07,740 --> 00:35:09,359
sorry for what you did and you're

761
00:35:09,359 --> 00:35:10,920
willing to continue to move forward and

762
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,260
contribute to society so with that I

763
00:35:13,260 --> 00:35:16,250
vote Yes

764
00:35:16,260 --> 00:35:20,750
so motion passes four to three

765
00:35:20,750 --> 00:35:25,270
[Applause]

766
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:29,710
thank you

767
00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:32,160
I'd ask for approval of the legislative

768
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,280
agenda

769
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,720
moved by Mr mood of Aaron second by Mr

770
00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:40,970
Williams all in favor

771
00:35:40,980 --> 00:35:42,480
this time we'll have privilege of the

772
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,940
floor regarding General City business

773
00:35:44,940 --> 00:35:50,390
I have eight people signed up to speak

774
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:54,000
first person is Leonard dimassi

775
00:35:54,000 --> 00:36:01,050
thank you

776
00:36:01,060 --> 00:36:06,890
[Music]

777
00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:09,180
hello everybody I'm here to speak about

778
00:36:09,180 --> 00:36:11,460
the swimming pool

779
00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:13,200
um when I read in the paper it's like

780
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,920
doubled in costs it's 10 million plus

781
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,680
I'm asking on the council president or

782
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:21,720
anybody on the council

783
00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:24,000
what is going to be done with the

784
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:31,250
existing swimming pool

785
00:36:31,260 --> 00:36:33,359
there's no plan for the existing

786
00:36:33,359 --> 00:36:34,980
swimming pool

787
00:36:34,980 --> 00:36:37,020
you're not going to tear it up you're

788
00:36:37,020 --> 00:36:38,640
not gonna you're just going to leave it

789
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,440
there you're gonna

790
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,180
what what's going to be done with the

791
00:36:42,180 --> 00:36:44,640
existing swimming pool so there are

792
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:45,960
plans for the 16 pool but at this point

793
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:47,160
in time you'll we just hear your

794
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,140
comments and we can answer your response

795
00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:51,480
to you later but not at this moment

796
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,700
well it's hard to speak about a subject

797
00:36:53,700 --> 00:36:56,460
matter that I can't the paper doesn't

798
00:36:56,460 --> 00:36:58,320
discuss either

799
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,140
so I'm going to say if you have the

800
00:37:01,140 --> 00:37:04,020
existing swimming pool

801
00:37:04,020 --> 00:37:06,540
you already have the bathrooms close by

802
00:37:06,540 --> 00:37:10,440
you have the picnic areas right there

803
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,320
you have the Pavilion there I would fix

804
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,300
a filtration system and I think

805
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:17,520
everybody's smart enough on this Council

806
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,760
that they can handle a geese problem

807
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,920
with all the rest of the money

808
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,520
I would say look at the casino

809
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,440
and see if you can get some way to

810
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:30,119
operate like you have at the golf course

811
00:37:30,119 --> 00:37:33,660
a concession from Memorial Day to Labor

812
00:37:33,660 --> 00:37:34,500
Day

813
00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:37,619
and if it's not viable tear it down

814
00:37:37,619 --> 00:37:39,420
and if you're going to keep the park

815
00:37:39,420 --> 00:37:41,099
Administration Building

816
00:37:41,099 --> 00:37:45,180
empty tear it down make it a green area

817
00:37:45,180 --> 00:37:47,520
that's what a Park's for

818
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,099
Greenery we always talk about the

819
00:37:50,099 --> 00:37:51,300
environment

820
00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:54,180
actually cut down a SWAT the land it was

821
00:37:54,180 --> 00:37:55,680
good to knock down the stadium it was

822
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,359
never going to be used David's sake

823
00:37:57,359 --> 00:37:59,820
against long gone there's nobody that's

824
00:37:59,820 --> 00:38:01,859
Savvy or smart in our community we can

825
00:38:01,859 --> 00:38:04,920
do a project like he did

826
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:08,880
so let it go back to Forever Wild

827
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,160
it's like you know Schenectady is not a

828
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,980
rich city when you get all this money

829
00:38:13,980 --> 00:38:16,800
you gotta can't think you're rich

830
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:21,000
spend it wisely get the most out of it

831
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,040
if you start doing projects and you

832
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:24,900
don't even have to and you're going to

833
00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:26,640
leave the old swimming pool there it's

834
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,560
going to cause the taxpayers more money

835
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,180
down the line

836
00:38:30,180 --> 00:38:33,540
so I think of all of you you know you're

837
00:38:33,540 --> 00:38:37,140
smart people use your brains and get the

838
00:38:37,140 --> 00:38:39,480
most for your money and don't have any

839
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:43,260
costs out occur further down the line

840
00:38:43,260 --> 00:38:49,310
that's all I have to say thank you

841
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:57,410
Reverend Nicole John Simone

842
00:38:57,420 --> 00:39:00,910
good evening

843
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,260
first I want to thank members from the

844
00:39:04,260 --> 00:39:06,960
council for attending the NAACP

845
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:08,579
community prayer tonight which was at

846
00:39:08,579 --> 00:39:10,200
practice theater thank you for your

847
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,760
support of that event we will also be

848
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,380
having a black history program at The

849
00:39:13,380 --> 00:39:16,440
Bridge Church on the 26th that starts at

850
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:20,160
2 p.m and you are all invited to attend

851
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,380
um I want to say this uh first I want to

852
00:39:22,380 --> 00:39:25,980
say thank you for passing to have a

853
00:39:25,980 --> 00:39:27,780
resolution to support the Clean Slate

854
00:39:27,780 --> 00:39:29,760
Act

855
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,859
you know one of the hardest things

856
00:39:31,859 --> 00:39:35,160
I've ever had to do was forgive the

857
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:36,839
person who killed my mother's youngest

858
00:39:36,839 --> 00:39:37,680
sister

859
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,800
her name was Patricia Ann Bowens my

860
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,060
favorite

861
00:39:42,060 --> 00:39:45,540
who was shot and killed in Philadelphia

862
00:39:45,540 --> 00:39:47,339
um and I had to come to terms with the

863
00:39:47,339 --> 00:39:50,000
fact that the person who killed my aunt

864
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,200
deserved forgiveness

865
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,480
and that's something I dealt with

866
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:55,260
um

867
00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:56,940
as a Christian it's something I also

868
00:39:56,940 --> 00:39:59,400
dealt with mentally emotionally in a

869
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,020
whole lot of different ways and our

870
00:40:01,020 --> 00:40:02,460
prison system is supposed to be a

871
00:40:02,460 --> 00:40:04,200
rehabilitation system at least that's

872
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,540
what they say and at some point that's

873
00:40:06,540 --> 00:40:08,579
got to work we gotta trust it and we got

874
00:40:08,579 --> 00:40:10,260
to give people Second Chances

875
00:40:10,260 --> 00:40:12,320
uh one thing that I do

876
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,180
appreciate about that legislation is

877
00:40:15,180 --> 00:40:16,800
that people do have to

878
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:18,720
you know wait three years or seven years

879
00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,000
to prove that you know they are willing

880
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,400
to be um productive citizens in society

881
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:27,240
and um so I I think that I appreciate

882
00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:29,339
you guys seeing the positive impacts

883
00:40:29,339 --> 00:40:31,920
that it could have and then

884
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,500
um the person has left but that comment

885
00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:38,109
about the education

886
00:40:38,119 --> 00:40:41,400
2.3 million New Yorkers are going to be

887
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,859
impacted if this legislation is passed

888
00:40:43,859 --> 00:40:46,560
and be able to have a fresh start and a

889
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,099
good number of those 2.3 are parents

890
00:40:50,099 --> 00:40:51,900
how much better could a child do in

891
00:40:51,900 --> 00:40:54,599
school if their parent could get a job

892
00:40:54,599 --> 00:40:57,060
if their parent could come out of being

893
00:40:57,060 --> 00:41:00,800
incarcerated and actually fully be

894
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,180
their parent

895
00:41:03,180 --> 00:41:06,300
you know so you got to look at the

896
00:41:06,300 --> 00:41:08,220
positives of this and stop acting like

897
00:41:08,220 --> 00:41:10,740
these kids aren't dealing with the

898
00:41:10,740 --> 00:41:12,180
situations that their parents are

899
00:41:12,180 --> 00:41:15,020
dealing with in regards to incarceration

900
00:41:15,020 --> 00:41:19,550
and so it's

901
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:24,000
and having been a teacher as well

902
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,859
um I was an educator that was my first

903
00:41:25,859 --> 00:41:27,540
degree before theology

904
00:41:27,540 --> 00:41:29,520
so I was a teacher

905
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:30,920
how many

906
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:35,220
children were so excited

907
00:41:35,220 --> 00:41:36,839
when their parents were able to go home

908
00:41:36,839 --> 00:41:38,339
but did not realize the stress that

909
00:41:38,339 --> 00:41:39,359
their parents had to deal with because

910
00:41:39,359 --> 00:41:41,280
they couldn't get a job

911
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,200
that's a reality

912
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,520
for a lot of these children you wonder

913
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,440
why these children can't succeed is

914
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:47,700
because they're stressing about things

915
00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:49,980
they don't need to stress about

916
00:41:49,980 --> 00:41:52,859
and that includes having parents that

917
00:41:52,859 --> 00:41:54,480
cannot get jobs because they've been

918
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:55,680
incarcerated and this is the last thing

919
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:57,359
I want to say

920
00:41:57,359 --> 00:41:58,380
um

921
00:41:58,380 --> 00:42:00,839
there are certain crimes

922
00:42:00,839 --> 00:42:03,359
no there are certain things that when

923
00:42:03,359 --> 00:42:05,099
they were in my community were a crime

924
00:42:05,099 --> 00:42:06,720
but when they went to other communities

925
00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:09,000
they became a sickness

926
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,040
I think about the number of people that

927
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:12,359
are going to come out of prison who went

928
00:42:12,359 --> 00:42:14,520
to jail for having a nickel bag or for

929
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:15,780
selling weed and they're going to come

930
00:42:15,780 --> 00:42:17,460
out and find smoke shops smell it

931
00:42:17,460 --> 00:42:19,500
smelling marijuana and making lots of

932
00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:21,240
money off of marijuana while they still

933
00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:24,470
have to have a record

934
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,300
so when marijuana and opioids were a

935
00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:28,980
problem in my community it was a crime

936
00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:30,060
but as soon as it went to other

937
00:42:30,060 --> 00:42:32,640
communities it became a sickness

938
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,339
people have a right to be free

939
00:42:35,339 --> 00:42:38,840
thank you

940
00:42:38,850 --> 00:42:41,400
[Applause]

941
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:50,109
Rebecca palova Rebecca

942
00:42:50,119 --> 00:42:52,859
thank you

943
00:42:52,859 --> 00:43:00,410
um

944
00:43:00,420 --> 00:43:04,260
20 years ago I took in three kids

945
00:43:04,260 --> 00:43:06,060
whose parents

946
00:43:06,060 --> 00:43:08,760
whose family life would have been very

947
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:10,560
different

948
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:19,550
if this had been afforded to them

949
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,540
it's been a tough

950
00:43:21,540 --> 00:43:24,359
20 years

951
00:43:24,359 --> 00:43:27,060
a really tough 20 years

952
00:43:27,060 --> 00:43:29,339
because all they really wanted were

953
00:43:29,339 --> 00:43:36,770
their biological parents

954
00:43:36,780 --> 00:43:41,040
I moved up to Schenectady 10 years ago

955
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:46,750
as a single parent of four

956
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:50,630
and it wasn't

957
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:54,170
an easy Journey

958
00:43:54,180 --> 00:43:59,089
but I will say

959
00:43:59,099 --> 00:44:02,540
that in my time here the greatest

960
00:44:02,540 --> 00:44:06,359
support that I had within the school

961
00:44:06,359 --> 00:44:07,740
district

962
00:44:07,740 --> 00:44:11,160
was Damani Farley

963
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:17,630
I

964
00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:21,410
for any one of my children

965
00:44:21,420 --> 00:44:24,780
and especially my most challenging who's

966
00:44:24,780 --> 00:44:26,819
22

967
00:44:26,819 --> 00:44:28,619
and

968
00:44:28,619 --> 00:44:30,500
I pray every day

969
00:44:30,500 --> 00:44:33,060
that she

970
00:44:33,060 --> 00:44:38,270
stays out of trouble

971
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:41,400
but she'd be a lot worse off

972
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,760
if it hadn't been for countless

973
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:48,900
late nights and weekends

974
00:44:48,900 --> 00:44:50,579
when I could

975
00:44:50,579 --> 00:44:54,740
call the money and ask him to support me

976
00:44:54,740 --> 00:45:00,890
with my daughter

977
00:45:00,900 --> 00:45:02,579
when I say

978
00:45:02,579 --> 00:45:05,870
she wasn't easy

979
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,160
I love her with every

980
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:11,099
bone in my body every piece of my being

981
00:45:11,099 --> 00:45:13,560
but she

982
00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:19,670
has had to overcome a lot of struggles

983
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:21,180
and it

984
00:45:21,180 --> 00:45:23,280
offends me

985
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:27,349
the degree to which

986
00:45:27,359 --> 00:45:30,359
the newspaper slander that is currently

987
00:45:30,359 --> 00:45:32,280
out there

988
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:35,940
on the Integrity of someone who

989
00:45:35,940 --> 00:45:40,619
has unmatchable hours in this community

990
00:45:40,619 --> 00:45:44,280
with not just my child but so many

991
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,680
others

992
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:51,390
and that's all all I've got

993
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:54,140
[Applause]

994
00:45:54,140 --> 00:45:56,099
thank you

995
00:45:56,099 --> 00:46:05,230
Sean Young

996
00:46:05,240 --> 00:46:08,579
uh good evening I'd also like to thank

997
00:46:08,579 --> 00:46:10,079
the council the mighty Farley

998
00:46:10,079 --> 00:46:12,119
specifically for the resolution of Black

999
00:46:12,119 --> 00:46:13,619
History Month that young brother that

1000
00:46:13,619 --> 00:46:16,079
I've seen him grow a lot in these years

1001
00:46:16,079 --> 00:46:17,819
and he was

1002
00:46:17,819 --> 00:46:20,099
as deserving of that award as anyone I

1003
00:46:20,099 --> 00:46:21,300
could think of so I want to thank you

1004
00:46:21,300 --> 00:46:23,220
for that I also I want to thank you for

1005
00:46:23,220 --> 00:46:24,540
the resolution for passing the

1006
00:46:24,540 --> 00:46:26,579
resolution Around clean slate

1007
00:46:26,579 --> 00:46:28,500
um I believe that that piece of

1008
00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:30,180
legislation is uh

1009
00:46:30,180 --> 00:46:32,040
is a step in the right direction of

1010
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:34,319
addressing some historic

1011
00:46:34,319 --> 00:46:35,940
um some issues that have lasted

1012
00:46:35,940 --> 00:46:37,440
throughout history I heard a couple

1013
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,300
things while I I was sitting down

1014
00:46:39,300 --> 00:46:40,680
listening I was supposed to sign up for

1015
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:42,900
the other time to speak but I didn't but

1016
00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:44,700
you know a couple people got up here and

1017
00:46:44,700 --> 00:46:46,200
said that they never heard so much about

1018
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:49,020
race I find that interesting that they

1019
00:46:49,020 --> 00:46:50,700
never heard some that never heard so

1020
00:46:50,700 --> 00:46:53,099
much about race and then the correlation

1021
00:46:53,099 --> 00:46:54,900
with having the most people of color

1022
00:46:54,900 --> 00:46:56,940
sitting in our city council ever now

1023
00:46:56,940 --> 00:46:59,160
races all of a sudden an issue that is

1024
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:00,660
being brought to the Forefront is

1025
00:47:00,660 --> 00:47:01,800
because it's not something that has been

1026
00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:03,359
talked about before because the people

1027
00:47:03,359 --> 00:47:05,339
that are representing minions Community

1028
00:47:05,339 --> 00:47:07,619
who have been out without a voice are

1029
00:47:07,619 --> 00:47:08,660
now here

1030
00:47:08,660 --> 00:47:11,460
education is important our kids

1031
00:47:11,460 --> 00:47:13,200
Reverend Nikki already spoke to that

1032
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:17,160
like having people having family that

1033
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:19,140
can support their kids that can live in

1034
00:47:19,140 --> 00:47:20,579
good neighborhoods that can good good

1035
00:47:20,579 --> 00:47:24,180
jobs that's important to our kids

1036
00:47:24,180 --> 00:47:26,640
um sanity to their safety their

1037
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:28,920
well-being and for them to get education

1038
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:30,480
the district has to do a lot better as

1039
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:32,339
well but it's important to have our

1040
00:47:32,339 --> 00:47:34,140
parents at home

1041
00:47:34,140 --> 00:47:35,819
and I also want to address the fact that

1042
00:47:35,819 --> 00:47:39,960
we talked about victims and victims and like how does something last forever

1043
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:42,480
do you know that most people that

1044
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:45,300
incarcerated are victims themselves

1045
00:47:45,300 --> 00:47:47,400
they have suffered through something

1046
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:51,540
they were the kids in broken homes

1047
00:47:51,540 --> 00:47:54,240
okay they were the kids or the teenagers

1048
00:47:54,240 --> 00:47:56,819
or the adults who were who were

1049
00:47:56,819 --> 00:47:59,160
who suffered through violence some of

1050
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:01,380
the indicators some of the indicators of

1051
00:48:01,380 --> 00:48:03,060
violence and incarceration alone the

1052
00:48:03,060 --> 00:48:04,800
shame and more violence

1053
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:06,359
where do we see that more than anywhere

1054
00:48:06,359 --> 00:48:07,619
but then some of the most impoverished

1055
00:48:07,619 --> 00:48:09,960
communities in our city

1056
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:15,180
so I want you to to think about that and the fact that this goes on forever

1057
00:48:15,180 --> 00:48:17,280
we want a community

1058
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:19,560
that's good for everyone

1059
00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,900
we want a community that holds people

1060
00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:23,819
accountable

1061
00:48:23,819 --> 00:48:26,099
holds the individual accountable holds

1062
00:48:26,099 --> 00:48:28,380
the institutions accountable holds

1063
00:48:28,380 --> 00:48:30,000
Society accountable when it's been wrong

1064
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:31,740
we always we look back we are

1065
00:48:31,740 --> 00:48:33,060
celebrating Black History Month today

1066
00:48:33,060 --> 00:48:36,359
and we're acknowledging history

1067
00:48:36,359 --> 00:48:38,819
how has that history impacted our

1068
00:48:38,819 --> 00:48:42,119
community we know how it's impacted our community

1069
00:48:42,119 --> 00:48:45,060
and this is this legislation is doing

1070
00:48:45,060 --> 00:48:47,280
something about it it is a step in the

1071
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:49,079
right direction for the betterment of

1072
00:48:49,079 --> 00:48:52,260
the entire Community we want people to

1073
00:48:52,260 --> 00:48:54,240
have good jobs that's Economic

1074
00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:56,760
Development right we want people to be

1075
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:58,260
homeowners

1076
00:48:58,260 --> 00:49:01,079
right that's Public Safety we want

1077
00:49:01,079 --> 00:49:03,180
people to be in their families doing

1078
00:49:03,180 --> 00:49:05,160
what they're supposed to do for their

1079
00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:08,339
kids for for the other family members

1080
00:49:08,339 --> 00:49:10,020
that's a community

1081
00:49:10,020 --> 00:49:13,260
and I am almost you know as sick and

1082
00:49:13,260 --> 00:49:15,240
tired as everyone else where we're in a

1083
00:49:15,240 --> 00:49:17,040
situation where we ignore history

1084
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:18,720
where we want to just say keep punishing

1085
00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:20,940
them keep punishing them keep punishing

1086
00:49:20,940 --> 00:49:22,859
them and so we can get the same thing

1087
00:49:22,859 --> 00:49:26,099
over and over and over again

1088
00:49:26,099 --> 00:49:30,000
recidivism rates 40 plus percent right

1089
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,400
now right people are being left out of

1090
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:34,980
opportunity there are there's tons of

1091
00:49:34,980 --> 00:49:36,720
jobs right now employers are telling we

1092
00:49:36,720 --> 00:49:39,000
have jobs for people we can't feel we

1093
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,339
need people in those jobs give them the

1094
00:49:41,339 --> 00:49:42,900
opportunity this is not about making

1095
00:49:42,900 --> 00:49:44,339
anyone unsafe

1096
00:49:44,339 --> 00:49:46,560
seven years for someone with a felony

1097
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:48,599
that gets off parole or probation three

1098
00:49:48,599 --> 00:49:51,540
years for a misdemeanor after probation

1099
00:49:51,540 --> 00:49:53,760
that's a long time

1100
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:55,500
they paid their dues give them the

1101
00:49:55,500 --> 00:49:58,380
opportunity thank you thank you

1102
00:49:58,380 --> 00:50:02,760
[Applause]

1103
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:13,550
Kelly Williams

1104
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:16,260
uh good evening everybody it's actually

1105
00:50:16,260 --> 00:50:18,180
been a long long time since I've

1106
00:50:18,180 --> 00:50:20,460
actually attended one of these forgot

1107
00:50:20,460 --> 00:50:22,680
how fun they were

1108
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,260
I haven't said that uh the reason I'm

1109
00:50:25,260 --> 00:50:26,880
here I have a lot going on health issues

1110
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:28,380
things like that is we all have various

1111
00:50:28,380 --> 00:50:32,099
things but I too was troubled last week

1112
00:50:32,099 --> 00:50:34,380
when I read a couple articles popped up

1113
00:50:34,380 --> 00:50:37,859
on the phone and the it was almost like

1114
00:50:37,859 --> 00:50:40,740
one was written by Fox News the other

1115
00:50:40,740 --> 00:50:43,260
one CNN you know two different stories

1116
00:50:43,260 --> 00:50:45,980
but a lot of different the same message

1117
00:50:45,980 --> 00:50:48,960
uh an incorrect message and then just

1118
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,660
message was being sent the one article

1119
00:50:51,660 --> 00:50:53,700
pointed out to me because it started

1120
00:50:53,700 --> 00:50:56,160
with the word Schenectady failed

1121
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:58,260
and I read the rest of the article and I

1122
00:50:58,260 --> 00:50:59,819
started thinking about

1123
00:50:59,819 --> 00:51:02,579
Schenectady family especially when it

1124
00:51:02,579 --> 00:51:04,619
came to the school district

1125
00:51:04,619 --> 00:51:07,500
four years ago our daughter went into

1126
00:51:07,500 --> 00:51:09,599
seventh grade in the school

1127
00:51:09,599 --> 00:51:11,760
and within the first week we never saw

1128
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:13,260
her again

1129
00:51:13,260 --> 00:51:15,540
not the daughter we sent

1130
00:51:15,540 --> 00:51:18,300
because of the conditions the things

1131
00:51:18,300 --> 00:51:22,339
that were happening The Bullying the

1132
00:51:22,339 --> 00:51:26,160
constant badgering the aggressive nature

1133
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:28,700
the Blind Eye

1134
00:51:28,700 --> 00:51:33,059
the staff with their hands tied

1135
00:51:33,059 --> 00:51:37,140
I spent three quarters of that that year

1136
00:51:37,140 --> 00:51:40,619
seeking parent and parent conferencing

1137
00:51:40,619 --> 00:51:42,780
seeking mediation

1138
00:51:42,780 --> 00:51:46,380
seeking any and everything possible

1139
00:51:46,380 --> 00:51:51,119
but when I sat there at the end of the third quarter right course towards

1140
00:51:51,119 --> 00:51:53,160
the end of it

1141
00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:56,819
in the morning the day after my daughter

1142
00:51:56,819 --> 00:51:58,319
was attacked

1143
00:51:58,319 --> 00:52:01,140
that I'm in there right there bottom

1144
00:52:01,140 --> 00:52:03,559
basement school I see three security

1145
00:52:03,559 --> 00:52:05,880
four teachers a principal and two

1146
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,380
guidance counselors

1147
00:52:07,380 --> 00:52:10,079
and there was yet another person new to

1148
00:52:10,079 --> 00:52:11,640
the whole situation presenting

1149
00:52:11,640 --> 00:52:14,520
aggression towards my daughter

1150
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:16,500
I made the mistake thinking this was

1151
00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:17,339
their

1152
00:52:17,339 --> 00:52:21,480
playing field they'll take care of this

1153
00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:23,819
and in front of me my daughter was

1154
00:52:23,819 --> 00:52:26,510
attacked

1155
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:29,700
that's where Schenectady failed

1156
00:52:29,700 --> 00:52:31,859
I literally had to pull her out of

1157
00:52:31,859 --> 00:52:34,200
school and said there's no way you could

1158
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:36,720
ever even make me believe that my

1159
00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:38,280
daughters you can guarantee my

1160
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:39,660
daughter's safety

1161
00:52:39,660 --> 00:52:41,819
principal agreed with me immediately no

1162
00:52:41,819 --> 00:52:43,920
argument

1163
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:46,200
then funny enough the solution to

1164
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:49,260
continue the education was to send her

1165
00:52:49,260 --> 00:52:51,420
to Washington Irving where all the

1166
00:52:51,420 --> 00:52:53,460
people that were her attacking her were

1167
00:52:53,460 --> 00:52:54,660
currently at

1168
00:52:54,660 --> 00:52:56,819
I was beside myself

1169
00:52:56,819 --> 00:52:59,700
to say I was upset angry

1170
00:52:59,700 --> 00:53:02,339
I I'm pretty sure most of us here are

1171
00:53:02,339 --> 00:53:03,359
parents

1172
00:53:03,359 --> 00:53:05,700
uh nobody here would want any of their

1173
00:53:05,700 --> 00:53:07,260
children to go through it either today

1174
00:53:07,260 --> 00:53:10,440
in the past in the future

1175
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:11,940
so

1176
00:53:11,940 --> 00:53:13,740
because of everything you know we're

1177
00:53:13,740 --> 00:53:15,540
looking at the same school I'm looking

1178
00:53:15,540 --> 00:53:19,319
at what homeschooling would would do how

1179
00:53:19,319 --> 00:53:22,140
it would rearrange the family

1180
00:53:22,140 --> 00:53:25,260
and that was going to be stress within

1181
00:53:25,260 --> 00:53:27,900
itself I didn't know how I was going to

1182
00:53:27,900 --> 00:53:29,640
be able to continue efficiently the

1183
00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:31,740
education of my daughter

1184
00:53:31,740 --> 00:53:34,619
eighth grade came a lot of speculation

1185
00:53:34,619 --> 00:53:36,300
no one's really getting back in touch

1186
00:53:36,300 --> 00:53:38,880
with me uh it took me almost all the

1187
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:40,500
fourth quarter just to get a tutor to

1188
00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:42,059
help her finish her seventh grade year

1189
00:53:42,059 --> 00:53:44,040
to be able to meet at a public library

1190
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:45,720
closer to us I'm going to need you to

1191
00:53:45,720 --> 00:53:49,200
summarize sir I'll be very quick then

1192
00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:51,599
what happened was

1193
00:53:51,599 --> 00:53:54,839
Mr Farley came into the picture

1194
00:53:54,839 --> 00:53:58,559
Mr Farley his team his his culture

1195
00:53:58,559 --> 00:53:59,880
brokers

1196
00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:01,920
they came to the picture they came to

1197
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:03,780
our house they spoke with us they spoke

1198
00:54:03,780 --> 00:54:05,460
with the teachers they spoke with the

1199
00:54:05,460 --> 00:54:08,880
principal they put in place to allow her

1200
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:10,859
to feel safe again

1201
00:54:10,859 --> 00:54:13,980
to allow her to continue in Prosper in

1202
00:54:13,980 --> 00:54:16,260
her education to have the plans to have

1203
00:54:16,260 --> 00:54:19,319
the goals that she has now

1204
00:54:19,319 --> 00:54:22,559
the very insinuation

1205
00:54:22,559 --> 00:54:25,200
of any impropriety of this man that has

1206
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:27,599
given more than I would say most I have

1207
00:54:27,599 --> 00:54:29,099
ever seen

1208
00:54:29,099 --> 00:54:31,740
is not only inappropriate it is

1209
00:54:31,740 --> 00:54:33,420
downright disgusting

1210
00:54:33,420 --> 00:54:35,839
and I wanted to make sure that this

1211
00:54:35,839 --> 00:54:38,460
experience was put into the minds for

1212
00:54:38,460 --> 00:54:40,200
anyone that has anything to think about

1213
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:42,780
it or make decisions in the future

1214
00:54:42,780 --> 00:54:44,720
this man is a blessing to the community

1215
00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:47,220
there are pillars in the community when

1216
00:54:47,220 --> 00:54:48,839
you take down the pillar you're weak in

1217
00:54:48,839 --> 00:54:50,280
the community

1218
00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:52,580
I need you to thank you

1219
00:54:52,580 --> 00:54:57,069
[Applause]

1220
00:54:57,079 --> 00:55:06,890
Robert Sanders

1221
00:55:06,900 --> 00:55:08,579
good evening

1222
00:55:08,579 --> 00:55:11,460
Madam president council members

1223
00:55:11,460 --> 00:55:12,900
it's been a while

1224
00:55:12,900 --> 00:55:15,839
I came here to address you

1225
00:55:15,839 --> 00:55:17,880
um over just by what everybody's

1226
00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:20,880
addressing you about it's the city and

1227
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:23,640
its problems and if anyone believed

1228
00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:26,339
inequality it's been me I worked in the

1229
00:55:26,339 --> 00:55:29,579
public defender's office 15 years

1230
00:55:29,579 --> 00:55:32,160
I'm a disabled person

1231
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:34,500
I'm a lobbyist for Fathers and Families

1232
00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:37,740
of New York State I want everybody to

1233
00:55:37,740 --> 00:55:41,819
have equality and it's a problem today

1234
00:55:41,819 --> 00:55:43,859
and uh

1235
00:55:43,859 --> 00:55:46,800
you know what you just passed I agree

1236
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:48,720
with 100 because you know everybody

1237
00:55:48,720 --> 00:55:51,480
should start at the same starting point

1238
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:54,960
an end at the same ending point

1239
00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,660
but what I'm here to say is you know

1240
00:55:57,660 --> 00:55:59,579
Schenectady the city of Schenectady the

1241
00:55:59,579 --> 00:56:02,579
county I'll put it in the county too you

1242
00:56:02,579 --> 00:56:04,920
know we got to have the same

1243
00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:07,500
distribution level and what I'm getting

1244
00:56:07,500 --> 00:56:09,780
at is our children

1245
00:56:09,780 --> 00:56:11,700
and probably Mr Farley knows is better

1246
00:56:11,700 --> 00:56:14,819
is they're our main goal here and the

1247
00:56:14,819 --> 00:56:18,300
city I said this council member mood of

1248
00:56:18,300 --> 00:56:21,420
Aaron and the president

1249
00:56:21,420 --> 00:56:23,520
we should have uh Children and Families

1250
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:27,119
board here or a committee why we don't I

1251
00:56:27,119 --> 00:56:28,200
don't know

1252
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:31,680
I mean I've asked for it and as

1253
00:56:31,680 --> 00:56:33,300
lobbyists

1254
00:56:33,300 --> 00:56:36,660
up in Albany you know why don't we have

1255
00:56:36,660 --> 00:56:38,640
this we see where our problems stem from

1256
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:40,260
the group

1257
00:56:40,260 --> 00:56:43,380
and the gentleman that just spoke he's

1258
00:56:43,380 --> 00:56:45,720
telling you about his little girl

1259
00:56:45,720 --> 00:56:49,020
okay you people are passing these well

1260
00:56:49,020 --> 00:56:50,880
we're going to get 50 000 but that's the

1261
00:56:50,880 --> 00:56:53,760
house this that this that I want money I

1262
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:55,800
want to go back to Greg Fisher my

1263
00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:58,319
president I want to say my city is going

1264
00:56:58,319 --> 00:57:00,839
to give Fathers and Families of New York

1265
00:57:00,839 --> 00:57:02,819
State money Schenectady

1266
00:57:02,819 --> 00:57:04,859
okay but you know what now I know you

1267
00:57:04,859 --> 00:57:06,540
know this is new for you actually we've

1268
00:57:06,540 --> 00:57:08,400
been around for a while

1269
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:10,800
but I want to do that but you know our

1270
00:57:10,800 --> 00:57:12,839
children are our future I said this 30

1271
00:57:12,839 --> 00:57:14,160
years ago

1272
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:16,920
okay but you know what you're not doing

1273
00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:18,420
that you're not really looking at that

1274
00:57:18,420 --> 00:57:20,400
no I had people say well you should go

1275
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:22,440
to the county

1276
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:23,880
well you know what

1277
00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:26,280
I hate to say the county really isn't

1278
00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:28,380
taking the lead and when I talk to the

1279
00:57:28,380 --> 00:57:30,780
council I know the council's listening

1280
00:57:30,780 --> 00:57:32,819
and I know right here in the city of

1281
00:57:32,819 --> 00:57:35,460
Schenectady the city of Schenectady is

1282
00:57:35,460 --> 00:57:37,319
actually going to do something and

1283
00:57:37,319 --> 00:57:38,880
they're not really looking at me and

1284
00:57:38,880 --> 00:57:40,680
listening to me I know you don't want to

1285
00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:41,819
hear from me

1286
00:57:41,819 --> 00:57:44,099
but this is something like you got you

1287
00:57:44,099 --> 00:57:47,099
know you got a city review board on the

1288
00:57:47,099 --> 00:57:48,960
police you got all kinds of committees

1289
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:52,680
this is something that needs to happen

1290
00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:54,780
because you know if you've got a pins

1291
00:57:54,780 --> 00:57:56,819
problem if you've got CPS we're eating

1292
00:57:56,819 --> 00:57:58,859
Woodlawn or you got a problem on the

1293
00:57:58,859 --> 00:58:01,619
hill or you got it over in Bellevue with

1294
00:58:01,619 --> 00:58:03,839
sex offenders I ran for counsel I know

1295
00:58:03,839 --> 00:58:06,480
where they're at okay

1296
00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:08,880
you know why you need to do this because

1297
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:11,280
you guys you're running next year this

1298
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:12,000
year

1299
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:14,640
you know why you need to know this even

1300
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:17,160
if it's the county that does it because

1301
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:20,220
you know why even the county legislators

1302
00:58:20,220 --> 00:58:22,619
there's district one in District Two

1303
00:58:22,619 --> 00:58:25,680
they're running in this area but like I

1304
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:28,859
said fat me okay they're going to go to

1305
00:58:28,859 --> 00:58:31,500
every city council

1306
00:58:31,500 --> 00:58:34,800
in all of New York because our children

1307
00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:37,619
and it's just not guys it's women it's

1308
00:58:37,619 --> 00:58:39,839
grandmothers it's everybody

1309
00:58:39,839 --> 00:58:43,140
so it's it's like your dad you know I

1310
00:58:43,140 --> 00:58:45,059
knew your dad well he was a good man

1311
00:58:45,059 --> 00:58:46,319
great man

1312
00:58:46,319 --> 00:58:48,839
you know and it's everybody

1313
00:58:48,839 --> 00:58:51,119
this is what comes first our children

1314
00:58:51,119 --> 00:58:54,000
are coming first and so they should be

1315
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:55,920
you know something that's on the city

1316
00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:58,079
council's agenda and I want to speak to

1317
00:58:58,079 --> 00:58:59,819
the mayor about this I've seen him cut

1318
00:58:59,819 --> 00:59:01,740
out a little early but this this is an

1319
00:59:01,740 --> 00:59:04,079
important item and I got a lot more

1320
00:59:04,079 --> 00:59:06,599
talks about I know the timer just went

1321
00:59:06,599 --> 00:59:08,099
off I don't want to take up too much of

1322
00:59:08,099 --> 00:59:10,559
your time but this is something that

1323
00:59:10,559 --> 00:59:11,819
really should be I don't know how the

1324
00:59:11,819 --> 00:59:13,440
president runs her schedule or anything

1325
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:14,700
like that

1326
00:59:14,700 --> 00:59:16,859
but this is something that really needs

1327
00:59:16,859 --> 00:59:19,559
to be addressed and come next year you

1328
00:59:19,559 --> 00:59:22,339
know I'll be a bit a little bit more

1329
00:59:22,339 --> 00:59:25,319
proactive about how I do things but I

1330
00:59:25,319 --> 00:59:27,599
appreciate your time your patience have

1331
00:59:27,599 --> 00:59:29,520
a good day God bless you

1332
00:59:29,520 --> 00:59:34,130
thank you

1333
00:59:34,140 --> 00:59:35,339
[Applause]

1334
00:59:35,339 --> 00:59:40,670
Mark Marva Isaacs

1335
00:59:40,680 --> 00:59:42,900
she's she was there I guess she's gone

1336
00:59:42,900 --> 00:59:47,630
okay uh Janice Rouse

1337
00:59:47,640 --> 00:59:54,490
foreign

1338
00:59:54,500 --> 00:59:57,540
I wanted to talk a little bit about just

1339
00:59:57,540 --> 01:00:00,720
the atmosphere of the city council in

1340
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:03,480
regards to you know the Clean Slate act

1341
01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:05,339
you know thank you for passing it four

1342
01:00:05,339 --> 01:00:08,220
of you who voted for it

1343
01:00:08,220 --> 01:00:10,500
um you know sometimes I think about this

1344
01:00:10,500 --> 01:00:12,920
legislation and I think about America

1345
01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:16,140
because you know America has been given

1346
01:00:16,140 --> 01:00:18,299
a clean slate act

1347
01:00:18,299 --> 01:00:19,980
um you know the crimes that were

1348
01:00:19,980 --> 01:00:21,839
committed through slavery and so forth

1349
01:00:21,839 --> 01:00:24,180
and so on we all realized that that was

1350
01:00:24,180 --> 01:00:26,700
wrong I don't think any of us would

1351
01:00:26,700 --> 01:00:29,819
differ from that that you know that

1352
01:00:29,819 --> 01:00:33,180
slavery was wrong and what has been

1353
01:00:33,180 --> 01:00:36,059
caused as a result of the oppression

1354
01:00:36,059 --> 01:00:39,599
that um people of African-American

1355
01:00:39,599 --> 01:00:42,720
descent had faced in this country you

1356
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:45,839
passed a resolution this evening

1357
01:00:45,839 --> 01:00:48,359
um on black history month and the

1358
01:00:48,359 --> 01:00:50,940
beginning of that resolution talks about

1359
01:00:50,940 --> 01:00:55,079
and I'll read each February I'm gonna go

1360
01:00:55,079 --> 01:00:57,660
right here where it says the strength

1361
01:00:57,660 --> 01:00:59,040
and history of Black Americans

1362
01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:01,920
experiences in the United States this

1363
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:03,480
year's theme is black resistance

1364
01:01:03,480 --> 01:01:06,059
recognizing African Americans resistance

1365
01:01:06,059 --> 01:01:09,780
to historical and ongoing oppression in

1366
01:01:09,780 --> 01:01:11,700
all forms in pursuit of

1367
01:01:11,700 --> 01:01:14,040
self-determination equality

1368
01:01:14,040 --> 01:01:17,160
when we started this when you start your

1369
01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:18,960
um session you do the Pledge of

1370
01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:21,420
Allegiance in the pursuit of happiness

1371
01:01:21,420 --> 01:01:24,660
you know for all Americans and you know

1372
01:01:24,660 --> 01:01:26,819
my mother used always told me that for

1373
01:01:26,819 --> 01:01:29,940
much for those that much is given much

1374
01:01:29,940 --> 01:01:31,559
is required

1375
01:01:31,559 --> 01:01:34,260
for those who need more should get more

1376
01:01:34,260 --> 01:01:37,880
and as a result of our historic

1377
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:41,099
oppression against the people all

1378
01:01:41,099 --> 01:01:42,780
elected officials whether you're black

1379
01:01:42,780 --> 01:01:45,180
white blue green or yellow whether

1380
01:01:45,180 --> 01:01:47,339
you're a Republican or a Democrat or a

1381
01:01:47,339 --> 01:01:49,619
liberal we got to get to a place so we

1382
01:01:49,619 --> 01:01:52,020
need some healing in America we need to

1383
01:01:52,020 --> 01:01:53,819
do the right thing this is enough this

1384
01:01:53,819 --> 01:01:55,859
is not about Republicans Or democrats

1385
01:01:55,859 --> 01:01:59,099
this is about what's right we cannot

1386
01:01:59,099 --> 01:02:01,500
keep holding people down for their

1387
01:02:01,500 --> 01:02:04,559
entire life for mistakes made it does

1388
01:02:04,559 --> 01:02:06,839
affect all affects the children it

1389
01:02:06,839 --> 01:02:08,640
affects families it affects communities

1390
01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:10,680
I need to address their chair I need to

1391
01:02:10,680 --> 01:02:12,299
address the chair yes it affects

1392
01:02:12,299 --> 01:02:14,280
communities it affects us all in many

1393
01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:16,799
different facets just like the

1394
01:02:16,799 --> 01:02:18,720
historical oppression that has happened

1395
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:21,299
in many different facets so I'm saying

1396
01:02:21,299 --> 01:02:24,599
to you as elected officials let's start

1397
01:02:24,599 --> 01:02:26,700
looking at some empathy y'all let's

1398
01:02:26,700 --> 01:02:30,000
start looking at what's right and stop

1399
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:32,760
all of this partisan and black and white

1400
01:02:32,760 --> 01:02:34,500
stuff it's got to stop

1401
01:02:34,500 --> 01:02:37,319
we have at-risk Youth and we we know we

1402
01:02:37,319 --> 01:02:39,299
put that on our agenda because there are

1403
01:02:39,299 --> 01:02:41,880
at-risk parents there are parents that

1404
01:02:41,880 --> 01:02:43,740
may have made mistakes early on in life

1405
01:02:43,740 --> 01:02:45,660
and as a result they paid their price

1406
01:02:45,660 --> 01:02:46,920
they went to prison they did whatever

1407
01:02:46,920 --> 01:02:50,700
they had to do everybody is not bad even

1408
01:02:50,700 --> 01:02:52,260
though they may have made some mistakes

1409
01:02:52,260 --> 01:02:55,980
but we as America we want forgiveness

1410
01:02:55,980 --> 01:02:58,680
but we're not willing to give it and I'm

1411
01:02:58,680 --> 01:03:01,980
saying to you it's time as politicians

1412
01:03:01,980 --> 01:03:05,040
that we all voted whether I voted for

1413
01:03:05,040 --> 01:03:07,079
you you you it doesn't matter somebody

1414
01:03:07,079 --> 01:03:09,540
voted for you that's why you're here

1415
01:03:09,540 --> 01:03:13,500
so I'm asking you to stand up do the

1416
01:03:13,500 --> 01:03:16,319
right thing and next time we have a vote

1417
01:03:16,319 --> 01:03:18,780
and something important is this it's not

1418
01:03:18,780 --> 01:03:21,180
going to be four to three it's going to

1419
01:03:21,180 --> 01:03:22,920
be if there's seven people sitting here

1420
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:24,359
it should be seven

1421
01:03:24,359 --> 01:03:27,650
so I thank you for your time thank you

1422
01:03:27,650 --> 01:03:32,109
[Applause]

1423
01:03:32,119 --> 01:03:46,010
now for Tompkins Alfred Tompkins

1424
01:03:46,020 --> 01:03:48,780
good evening everyone

1425
01:03:48,780 --> 01:03:50,900
thank you for

1426
01:03:50,900 --> 01:03:53,520
your work and

1427
01:03:53,520 --> 01:03:55,880
the things that you do in our community

1428
01:03:55,880 --> 01:03:59,099
and how you Faithfully serve in the

1429
01:03:59,099 --> 01:04:02,870
midst of adversity

1430
01:04:02,880 --> 01:04:07,500
I was thinking about this I was reading

1431
01:04:07,500 --> 01:04:09,720
this article last week

1432
01:04:09,720 --> 01:04:12,319
and about my friend

1433
01:04:12,319 --> 01:04:14,579
Domani Farley

1434
01:04:14,579 --> 01:04:18,059
we've worked together for a while

1435
01:04:18,059 --> 01:04:19,880
and

1436
01:04:19,880 --> 01:04:22,500
when I first started working for the

1437
01:04:22,500 --> 01:04:23,940
school district

1438
01:04:23,940 --> 01:04:26,460
I remember being in a number of

1439
01:04:26,460 --> 01:04:30,540
situations he and I where we were

1440
01:04:30,540 --> 01:04:32,819
out

1441
01:04:32,819 --> 01:04:36,559
after the hours of our work

1442
01:04:36,559 --> 01:04:40,380
and helping families

1443
01:04:40,380 --> 01:04:43,920
and and and I think of

1444
01:04:43,920 --> 01:04:47,400
um how we so easily reached into his

1445
01:04:47,400 --> 01:04:49,920
pocket and

1446
01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:51,599
um I know he'd be a little embarrassed

1447
01:04:51,599 --> 01:04:55,619
me telling you this but these are those

1448
01:04:55,619 --> 01:04:58,680
are some of the things that we don't get

1449
01:04:58,680 --> 01:05:01,380
out of that article those articles that

1450
01:05:01,380 --> 01:05:03,240
were written

1451
01:05:03,240 --> 01:05:06,359
um trying to tear down his character

1452
01:05:06,359 --> 01:05:10,380
I think of Damani in his work as a man

1453
01:05:10,380 --> 01:05:14,280
in the community as a father as a

1454
01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:16,440
husband

1455
01:05:16,440 --> 01:05:19,799
um he's had quite an impact on our

1456
01:05:19,799 --> 01:05:23,099
community he's had quite an impact in

1457
01:05:23,099 --> 01:05:26,700
the in the lives of of you've heard of

1458
01:05:26,700 --> 01:05:28,020
families

1459
01:05:28,020 --> 01:05:31,680
um Untold number of of parents and

1460
01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:32,819
children

1461
01:05:32,819 --> 01:05:35,880
it would be one thing if it was

1462
01:05:35,880 --> 01:05:37,859
something that I read about or I heard

1463
01:05:37,859 --> 01:05:40,200
about but

1464
01:05:40,200 --> 01:05:42,140
um many situations

1465
01:05:42,140 --> 01:05:44,880
we were in the midst of

1466
01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:49,460
and so I watched how this man worked

1467
01:05:49,460 --> 01:05:51,000
and

1468
01:05:51,000 --> 01:05:54,240
um and so from that perspective I could

1469
01:05:54,240 --> 01:05:56,579
see that it was an honorable guy

1470
01:05:56,579 --> 01:06:02,579
a guy with a testimony among people

1471
01:06:02,579 --> 01:06:07,440
um and his testimony of that show that

1472
01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:10,859
revealed that he was a person who cared

1473
01:06:10,859 --> 01:06:14,640
and who cared for people loved this

1474
01:06:14,640 --> 01:06:15,900
community

1475
01:06:15,900 --> 01:06:20,099
and so that that's that was exciting to

1476
01:06:20,099 --> 01:06:22,520
see and encouraging to for me to see

1477
01:06:22,520 --> 01:06:26,220
I've been a resident uh all my life here

1478
01:06:26,220 --> 01:06:29,119
in Schenectady very proud of Schenectady

1479
01:06:29,119 --> 01:06:32,339
all of its challenges and bumps and

1480
01:06:32,339 --> 01:06:35,520
bruises and all of that stuff raised my

1481
01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:38,359
family and so

1482
01:06:38,359 --> 01:06:43,740
my youngest child is is 36 and and as I

1483
01:06:43,740 --> 01:06:45,780
said we have four children

1484
01:06:45,780 --> 01:06:47,940
and so

1485
01:06:47,940 --> 01:06:51,240
um we've been at it a while and to see

1486
01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:54,420
someone rise up in the ranks that was

1487
01:06:54,420 --> 01:06:58,799
that's caring as Mr Farley was really

1488
01:06:58,799 --> 01:07:06,230
encouraging so thank you thank you

1489
01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:08,520
I have no one else signed up to speak so

1490
01:07:08,520 --> 01:07:10,140
I declare the public comment of City

1491
01:07:10,140 --> 01:07:12,539
business closed

1492
01:07:12,539 --> 01:07:14,579
at this time any miscellaneous business

1493
01:07:14,579 --> 01:07:19,190
of the council

1494
01:07:19,200 --> 01:07:21,660
okay seeing none

1495
01:07:21,660 --> 01:07:25,309
oh

1496
01:07:25,319 --> 01:07:29,510
go ahead Miss Patrick

1497
01:07:29,520 --> 01:07:31,260
missed that for a second sorry about

1498
01:07:31,260 --> 01:07:33,839
that I wanted to

1499
01:07:33,839 --> 01:07:36,720
um thank everyone for coming out tonight

1500
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:39,119
um I wanted to remind folks about the

1501
01:07:39,119 --> 01:07:40,920
programs that we have going now five

1502
01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:43,980
days a week for seniors to find a

1503
01:07:43,980 --> 01:07:45,780
nutritious meal and some socialization

1504
01:07:45,780 --> 01:07:48,000
with one another and you can certainly

1505
01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:51,000
find that that schedule in The Gazette

1506
01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:54,000
on Saturdays actually I wanted to

1507
01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:56,640
congratulate the nine new officers who

1508
01:07:56,640 --> 01:07:58,619
just graduated from zone five and we'll

1509
01:07:58,619 --> 01:08:01,260
be joining our force and wish them the

1510
01:08:01,260 --> 01:08:04,260
best as they move into their roles

1511
01:08:04,260 --> 01:08:05,039
um

1512
01:08:05,039 --> 01:08:07,200
I wanted to say again that our

1513
01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:09,480
Schenectady shares program we had our

1514
01:08:09,480 --> 01:08:14,400
last official sort I thank councilwoman

1515
01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:16,500
detoro for working on that project with

1516
01:08:16,500 --> 01:08:17,339
me

1517
01:08:17,339 --> 01:08:19,020
um as well and this huge volunteer

1518
01:08:19,020 --> 01:08:21,299
committee that we've had we probably our

1519
01:08:21,299 --> 01:08:23,400
goal was fifteen thousand pounds of food

1520
01:08:23,400 --> 01:08:25,199
and personal hygiene items I think we're

1521
01:08:25,199 --> 01:08:28,140
going to probably be at like 19 or 20

1522
01:08:28,140 --> 01:08:30,440
000 pounds when we get our final figure

1523
01:08:30,440 --> 01:08:32,640
spent a few hours there this morning

1524
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:34,859
sorting and unloading trucks and loading

1525
01:08:34,859 --> 01:08:37,380
trucks Etc to go to any number of food

1526
01:08:37,380 --> 01:08:39,299
pantries across the county with really

1527
01:08:39,299 --> 01:08:42,900
and the schools with a lot of good food

1528
01:08:42,900 --> 01:08:47,100
and good items so I'm very pleased with

1529
01:08:47,100 --> 01:08:48,540
how that came out and I want to tell

1530
01:08:48,540 --> 01:08:50,160
everybody that there'll be a phase two

1531
01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:52,739
I'm not sure what that will be yet but

1532
01:08:52,739 --> 01:08:54,060
we also will be doing this program

1533
01:08:54,060 --> 01:08:56,359
annually

1534
01:08:56,359 --> 01:08:59,940
I wanted to comment on the housing piece

1535
01:08:59,940 --> 01:09:01,199
that I think that we passed I think

1536
01:09:01,199 --> 01:09:03,179
you're talking about Cara house at

1537
01:09:03,179 --> 01:09:06,440
Bethesda house that I think we supported

1538
01:09:06,440 --> 01:09:09,299
as a council I think that's what you

1539
01:09:09,299 --> 01:09:11,520
were referring to and it is transitional

1540
01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:14,819
housing for uh recently incarcerated

1541
01:09:14,819 --> 01:09:17,339
folks and I think you know Bethesda

1542
01:09:17,339 --> 01:09:20,640
house is choosing to as part of this uh

1543
01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:23,100
Capital project that they have

1544
01:09:23,100 --> 01:09:24,960
um house folks and I think that that's

1545
01:09:24,960 --> 01:09:26,960
uh great and I think that's why we all

1546
01:09:26,960 --> 01:09:30,319
supported that that initiative I think

1547
01:09:30,319 --> 01:09:33,179
we heard a lot tonight

1548
01:09:33,179 --> 01:09:36,480
um I think as I said last time and as I

1549
01:09:36,480 --> 01:09:39,179
heard spoken by many people I think it's

1550
01:09:39,179 --> 01:09:41,699
really imperative that this city council

1551
01:09:41,699 --> 01:09:43,980
continue to do the work that it does on

1552
01:09:43,980 --> 01:09:47,400
anti-poverty anti-hunger on education on

1553
01:09:47,400 --> 01:09:49,400
Workforce Development

1554
01:09:49,400 --> 01:09:51,600
supporting the organizations like safe

1555
01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:53,940
house and ywca's domestic violence

1556
01:09:53,940 --> 01:09:55,860
supporting programs like the homes

1557
01:09:55,860 --> 01:09:58,800
program that allows people to purchase

1558
01:09:58,800 --> 01:09:59,840
houses

1559
01:09:59,840 --> 01:10:02,520
or Habitat for Humanity the support that

1560
01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:04,679
we give there so I think those things

1561
01:10:04,679 --> 01:10:06,660
are very very critical to all of our

1562
01:10:06,660 --> 01:10:09,239
residents that we continue doing the

1563
01:10:09,239 --> 01:10:10,920
work that we can to try to make sure

1564
01:10:10,920 --> 01:10:12,660
that we're supporting people that need

1565
01:10:12,660 --> 01:10:15,480
that help as much as possible

1566
01:10:15,480 --> 01:10:20,820
and that's all I have tonight thank you Mr Farley

1567
01:10:20,820 --> 01:10:24,000
okay so I'll start off by saying uh

1568
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:27,140
there was no one more surprised than me

1569
01:10:27,140 --> 01:10:31,320
to read a headline that implied I was

1570
01:10:31,320 --> 01:10:34,440
making um six hundred thousand dollars a

1571
01:10:34,440 --> 01:10:37,140
year in

1572
01:10:37,140 --> 01:10:39,360
to that you know the paper who kind of

1573
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:41,159
wrote the headline I guess you know it's

1574
01:10:41,159 --> 01:10:42,780
going to backfire on you because maybe

1575
01:10:42,780 --> 01:10:45,480
you don't know that my wife and I every

1576
01:10:45,480 --> 01:10:48,000
Sunday buy multiple copies of that paper

1577
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:51,780
to clip coupons and among this new news

1578
01:10:51,780 --> 01:10:53,699
it seems like honey if you're watching

1579
01:10:53,699 --> 01:10:55,260
you can we can stop clipping coupons now

1580
01:10:55,260 --> 01:10:57,120
because I didn't know that we were going

1581
01:10:57,120 --> 01:10:59,040
to make that uh make that make that

1582
01:10:59,040 --> 01:11:00,719
amount of money

1583
01:11:00,719 --> 01:11:03,659
um I think in all seriousness you know

1584
01:11:03,659 --> 01:11:06,540
uh it's

1585
01:11:06,540 --> 01:11:09,060
a headline and we are people who are

1586
01:11:09,060 --> 01:11:12,060
serving in government and you know being

1587
01:11:12,060 --> 01:11:14,219
in the political Arena uh some things

1588
01:11:14,219 --> 01:11:16,980
just come with the territory uh

1589
01:11:16,980 --> 01:11:19,620
but I want to thank everyone who came

1590
01:11:19,620 --> 01:11:26,280
out tonight in support of the Clean Slate support of me

1591
01:11:26,280 --> 01:11:28,620
um I really appreciate that

1592
01:11:28,620 --> 01:11:31,260
um I also want to oddly thank those who

1593
01:11:31,260 --> 01:11:33,900
might have a different position on clean

1594
01:11:33,900 --> 01:11:36,000
State and me

1595
01:11:36,000 --> 01:11:37,739
specifically

1596
01:11:37,739 --> 01:11:39,540
because even though it might have not

1597
01:11:39,540 --> 01:11:41,400
been what their intention was what they

1598
01:11:41,400 --> 01:11:43,080
did is they opened up a very important

1599
01:11:43,080 --> 01:11:45,600
point of reflection for me

1600
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:47,520
um sometimes doing the work you're just

1601
01:11:47,520 --> 01:11:48,900
doing it your head's down and there's

1602
01:11:48,900 --> 01:11:50,880
one foot in front of the other but I

1603
01:11:50,880 --> 01:11:53,340
have gotten all these emails and phone

1604
01:11:53,340 --> 01:11:56,159
calls of people and families who have

1605
01:11:56,159 --> 01:11:57,960
reached out you know how can we support

1606
01:11:57,960 --> 01:11:59,880
how can we make sure that we set the

1607
01:11:59,880 --> 01:12:01,500
record straight

1608
01:12:01,500 --> 01:12:03,659
um and as a young man I learned that

1609
01:12:03,659 --> 01:12:05,100
leadership is not about having the

1610
01:12:05,100 --> 01:12:08,040
answers but it's also about having the

1611
01:12:08,040 --> 01:12:10,560
courage to ask the right questions of

1612
01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:12,540
yourself and others

1613
01:12:12,540 --> 01:12:16,260
and the question that was answered

1614
01:12:16,260 --> 01:12:17,820
um when I opposed to people why they

1615
01:12:17,820 --> 01:12:19,920
felt the need to do that

1616
01:12:19,920 --> 01:12:21,360
was

1617
01:12:21,360 --> 01:12:24,239
just a heartwarming and very inspiring

1618
01:12:24,239 --> 01:12:27,060
time for me to reflect on some things I

1619
01:12:27,060 --> 01:12:28,679
even you know personally have forgotten

1620
01:12:28,679 --> 01:12:30,239
uh

1621
01:12:30,239 --> 01:12:32,580
so that was really a great thing for me

1622
01:12:32,580 --> 01:12:35,340
to quite honestly have to experience

1623
01:12:35,340 --> 01:12:38,340
um but it was all variations of the same

1624
01:12:38,340 --> 01:12:41,580
thing and that was the theme of that was

1625
01:12:41,580 --> 01:12:44,060
showing up

1626
01:12:44,060 --> 01:12:46,920
and you know I

1627
01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:48,659
started to think about the first parent

1628
01:12:48,659 --> 01:12:51,060
who reached out when we go back to 2015

1629
01:12:51,060 --> 01:12:52,820
where kids were walking over the bridge

1630
01:12:52,820 --> 01:12:55,440
and there were they were being assaulted

1631
01:12:55,440 --> 01:12:57,540
and it was making its way going viral

1632
01:12:57,540 --> 01:12:59,219
and things like that and parents were

1633
01:12:59,219 --> 01:13:02,159
afraid to have their kids walk home you

1634
01:13:02,159 --> 01:13:04,980
know we showed up

1635
01:13:04,980 --> 01:13:07,560
um you know I think about

1636
01:13:07,560 --> 01:13:09,239
you know some of the times when you know

1637
01:13:09,239 --> 01:13:11,280
when we were dealing with this pandemic

1638
01:13:11,280 --> 01:13:12,199
here

1639
01:13:12,199 --> 01:13:16,380
in the in our we're all afraid we didn't

1640
01:13:16,380 --> 01:13:19,920
know what to expect and we had to stop

1641
01:13:19,920 --> 01:13:21,600
kids from entering the school building

1642
01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:25,080
and everyone had to go learn remotely

1643
01:13:25,080 --> 01:13:26,219
um there were a lot of kids that that

1644
01:13:26,219 --> 01:13:29,880
didn't work for and they needed a place

1645
01:13:29,880 --> 01:13:31,380
that they could be in front of a

1646
01:13:31,380 --> 01:13:34,380
certified teacher so I was a part of the

1647
01:13:34,380 --> 01:13:36,960
collective we that created that space

1648
01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:38,460
for them and multiple Paws around the

1649
01:13:38,460 --> 01:13:43,850
city they needed us and we showed up

1650
01:13:43,860 --> 01:13:48,780
when it was time yeah we showed up when

1651
01:13:48,780 --> 01:13:51,719
it was time for uh we were dealing with

1652
01:13:51,719 --> 01:13:54,900
um neighboring cities and all across the

1653
01:13:54,900 --> 01:13:56,340
country you know where

1654
01:13:56,340 --> 01:13:58,860
almost you know people are feeling

1655
01:13:58,860 --> 01:14:01,140
burning down because there was the

1656
01:14:01,140 --> 01:14:04,440
outrage and the expression of crying for

1657
01:14:04,440 --> 01:14:06,840
justice over George Floyd's uh murder

1658
01:14:06,840 --> 01:14:09,540
and the lack of accountability you know

1659
01:14:09,540 --> 01:14:11,760
our neighboring cities were in a lot of

1660
01:14:11,760 --> 01:14:13,980
trouble and small business owners were

1661
01:14:13,980 --> 01:14:16,260
boarding up their shops here

1662
01:14:16,260 --> 01:14:18,960
um our police were suited in riot gear

1663
01:14:18,960 --> 01:14:21,960
um ready to you know engage a crowd of

1664
01:14:21,960 --> 01:14:24,120
people and we were very concerned

1665
01:14:24,120 --> 01:14:25,560
as people that lived in the community

1666
01:14:25,560 --> 01:14:28,140
and so is our leaders

1667
01:14:28,140 --> 01:14:30,260
um I was a part of that Collective we

1668
01:14:30,260 --> 01:14:32,820
that stood in a breach there that made

1669
01:14:32,820 --> 01:14:34,380
sure that leadership understanding that

1670
01:14:34,380 --> 01:14:37,020
people's voices needed to be heard

1671
01:14:37,020 --> 01:14:39,360
and we could do it

1672
01:14:39,360 --> 01:14:42,960
without causing harm to people in

1673
01:14:42,960 --> 01:14:45,060
property and businesses that lived here

1674
01:14:45,060 --> 01:14:47,159
I was able to do that so once again we

1675
01:14:47,159 --> 01:14:49,140
showed up

1676
01:14:49,140 --> 01:14:51,480
um I just want to say that

1677
01:14:51,480 --> 01:14:52,980
so no

1678
01:14:52,980 --> 01:14:56,699
those words won't tear me down

1679
01:14:56,699 --> 01:14:59,699
and they won't tear us apart

1680
01:14:59,699 --> 01:15:02,600
because people who take that position

1681
01:15:02,600 --> 01:15:05,040
they can't fathom they can't even begin

1682
01:15:05,040 --> 01:15:07,080
to imagine what it is that holds me up

1683
01:15:07,080 --> 01:15:09,140
and holds us together

1684
01:15:09,140 --> 01:15:12,659
that is forged in love our

1685
01:15:12,659 --> 01:15:14,940
responsibility to one another and that

1686
01:15:14,940 --> 01:15:18,120
is reinforced by Time and Time and Time

1687
01:15:18,120 --> 01:15:21,179
Again by showing up

1688
01:15:21,179 --> 01:15:22,920
so I just want to say thank you for

1689
01:15:22,920 --> 01:15:24,420
every everyone who's come out and said

1690
01:15:24,420 --> 01:15:25,980
nice things

1691
01:15:25,980 --> 01:15:28,500
um it was a pleasant thing to hear or

1692
01:15:28,500 --> 01:15:30,540
how we've impacted people's life in a

1693
01:15:30,540 --> 01:15:32,219
positive way and we're going to continue

1694
01:15:32,219 --> 01:15:34,199
to do that and we're just going to

1695
01:15:34,199 --> 01:15:36,600
continue to show up

1696
01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:47,239
[Applause]

1697
01:15:47,239 --> 01:15:49,800
thank you

1698
01:15:49,800 --> 01:15:50,650
okay

1699
01:15:50,650 --> 01:15:52,980
[Applause]

1700
01:15:52,980 --> 01:15:56,219
you can take about the dinner afterwards

1701
01:15:56,219 --> 01:15:57,960
so I just want to thank everyone also

1702
01:15:57,960 --> 01:15:59,520
for coming out tonight speaking to

1703
01:15:59,520 --> 01:16:01,500
whatever your position was on the things

1704
01:16:01,500 --> 01:16:03,360
that were on our agenda tonight or

1705
01:16:03,360 --> 01:16:04,920
anything that impacted City business

1706
01:16:04,920 --> 01:16:06,780
altogether

1707
01:16:06,780 --> 01:16:08,699
um so thank you for coming out and

1708
01:16:08,699 --> 01:16:10,620
always voicing your opinion it's

1709
01:16:10,620 --> 01:16:12,960
important for us to hear from you not

1710
01:16:12,960 --> 01:16:14,219
only when there's things that are

1711
01:16:14,219 --> 01:16:16,860
challenging but also there's things that

1712
01:16:16,860 --> 01:16:18,920
you think that we could do things better

1713
01:16:18,920 --> 01:16:21,900
or ways to improve things or you could

1714
01:16:21,900 --> 01:16:23,280
even come and say hey you did something

1715
01:16:23,280 --> 01:16:26,219
right we're not opposed to that either

1716
01:16:26,219 --> 01:16:28,679
so um as I remind you this is Black

1717
01:16:28,679 --> 01:16:30,960
History Month and there will be a

1718
01:16:30,960 --> 01:16:33,179
program at um

1719
01:16:33,179 --> 01:16:36,420
as the Christian Bridge Christian Center

1720
01:16:36,420 --> 01:16:39,780
on the 26th at 2 p.m everyone's invited

1721
01:16:39,780 --> 01:16:42,239
to come out and it should be very

1722
01:16:42,239 --> 01:16:46,370
um very informative we're actually

1723
01:16:46,380 --> 01:16:49,320
um honoring Educators in the in the

1724
01:16:49,320 --> 01:16:50,699
Schenectady school system and the

1725
01:16:50,699 --> 01:16:53,219
Schenectady school district from we're

1726
01:16:53,219 --> 01:16:55,199
calling them Trailblazers so people like

1727
01:16:55,199 --> 01:16:57,420
the very first president actually or

1728
01:16:57,420 --> 01:16:59,940
African-American person that was um was

1729
01:16:59,940 --> 01:17:01,380
hired by the school district so come out

1730
01:17:01,380 --> 01:17:03,000
it's a wonderful history lesson and

1731
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:04,320
you'll maybe somebody we could see some

1732
01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:06,060
of your former teachers or at least hear

1733
01:17:06,060 --> 01:17:07,380
something about them so we invite you

1734
01:17:07,380 --> 01:17:09,300
all to be there

1735
01:17:09,300 --> 01:17:12,179
I do also want to offer my condolences

1736
01:17:12,179 --> 01:17:15,960
to the family of Mr palamini and Mrs um

1737
01:17:15,960 --> 01:17:18,420
Patrick for the their loss and their

1738
01:17:18,420 --> 01:17:20,460
families

1739
01:17:20,460 --> 01:17:22,320
and finally I just want to address

1740
01:17:22,320 --> 01:17:24,420
something that was said today it said a

1741
01:17:24,420 --> 01:17:26,400
lot about the you know they're

1742
01:17:26,400 --> 01:17:27,960
constantly hearing about race and race

1743
01:17:27,960 --> 01:17:30,540
and races as it relates to this Council

1744
01:17:30,540 --> 01:17:32,580
I just want to bring up the fact that we

1745
01:17:32,580 --> 01:17:34,440
don't write those articles we don't have

1746
01:17:34,440 --> 01:17:36,719
control of what people say it's clear

1747
01:17:36,719 --> 01:17:38,760
there is where a difference there's

1748
01:17:38,760 --> 01:17:40,980
races different races here but that's

1749
01:17:40,980 --> 01:17:43,140
not what we should be focusing on

1750
01:17:43,140 --> 01:17:45,900
and what anyone should be focusing on

1751
01:17:45,900 --> 01:17:47,820
we are here to do a job for all of you

1752
01:17:47,820 --> 01:17:49,500
regardless you don't have to look like

1753
01:17:49,500 --> 01:17:52,620
me I'm here to serve you and I believe

1754
01:17:52,620 --> 01:17:55,790
that all of us

1755
01:17:55,800 --> 01:17:57,659
I want to believe that all of us feel

1756
01:17:57,659 --> 01:18:00,300
the same way so

1757
01:18:00,300 --> 01:18:02,159
um please if you could help us in that

1758
01:18:02,159 --> 01:18:04,020
and when people start talking about it

1759
01:18:04,020 --> 01:18:06,900
in a very divided way about race talk

1760
01:18:06,900 --> 01:18:08,880
about us as a council of elected people

1761
01:18:08,880 --> 01:18:11,520
as Miss Rouse said

1762
01:18:11,520 --> 01:18:14,340
you somebody elected all of us so we're

1763
01:18:14,340 --> 01:18:16,140
all sitting here and we want to serve

1764
01:18:16,140 --> 01:18:16,920
you

1765
01:18:16,920 --> 01:18:19,140
um the city so keep that in mind and

1766
01:18:19,140 --> 01:18:21,360
let's work together and let's not only

1767
01:18:21,360 --> 01:18:22,500
let

1768
01:18:22,500 --> 01:18:23,480
um

1769
01:18:23,480 --> 01:18:26,040
the US

1770
01:18:26,040 --> 01:18:28,140
honoring people of color during one

1771
01:18:28,140 --> 01:18:30,719
month but throughout the year and let's

1772
01:18:30,719 --> 01:18:33,480
honor all of us all the time we have

1773
01:18:33,480 --> 01:18:39,050
other you know opportunities pup

1774
01:18:39,060 --> 01:18:41,760
so I just wanted to say publicly that we

1775
01:18:41,760 --> 01:18:43,440
really have to work together and let's

1776
01:18:43,440 --> 01:18:45,060
do that and I believe it's possible

1777
01:18:45,060 --> 01:18:47,159
let's put things behind us that have

1778
01:18:47,159 --> 01:18:49,739
happened and let's move forward

1779
01:18:49,739 --> 01:18:51,540
thank you for your time

1780
01:18:51,540 --> 01:18:53,280
and that with that I'll ask for a motion

1781
01:18:53,280 --> 01:18:56,520
to adjourn moved by Miss Patrick

1782
01:18:56,520 --> 01:18:58,320
second by Mr

1783
01:18:58,320 --> 01:19:00,600
Farley all in favor

1784
01:19:00,600 --> 01:19:02,219
we're adjourned thank you have a good

1785
01:19:02,219 --> 01:19:04,400
night