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everybody

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like to call to order the city council

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Caucus meeting for Monday April 10 2023

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we have two public hearings this evening

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if the clerk would please read public

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hearing number one public hearing number

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one

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the 2023-2024 proposed HUD annual action

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plan

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public hearing number two amending the

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city the Schenectady city code to add

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Provisions related to the use of school

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bus stop armed cameras

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we have nine items for original

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consideration if the clerk would please

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read item number one item number one

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under final consideration an ordinance

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to amend section 186 6-16 of the code of

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the city of Schenectady discussed in

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committee without objection on consent

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item number two item number two for

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original consideration a resolution

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calling for a public hearing on the

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abandonment of a portion of Amelia

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objection on consent item number three for original

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consideration a resolution calling for a

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public hearing on the abandonment of a

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portion of Larch Street

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discussing committee with objection on

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consent item number four item number

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four for original consideration a

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resolution calling for a public hearing

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amending sections 248-18 of the

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Schenectady city code to designate Fuller street from South

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Church Street to South Ferry Street a

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one-way Street discussed in committee

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number five item number five for

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original consideration a resolution

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requesting State legislation requiring

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compliance with the city code related to

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rental residential property registration

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for eviction proceedings discussed and

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item number six item number six for

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original consideration a resolution

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confirming the reappointments of Father

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Dominic isopo Lawrence dalke and

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Lawrence DeAngelis and confirming the

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appointment of Michael Michael Dalton to

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the city of Schenectady Board of Ethics

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discussed and committed with objection

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on consent item number seven item number

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resolution approving the increase of the

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Schenectady Municipal Golf Course rates

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for the golf cart use discussed and

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original consideration a resolution

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authorizing the mayor or his designee to

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enter into supplemental agreement number

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three with New York State Department of

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Transportation for the implementation

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and funding in the first instant 100 of

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the federal aid and state marchaselli

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program eight eligible costs

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of a Transportation federal aid project

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and appropriating funds for replacement

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of Kings Road Bridge over CSX New York

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1758.95 discussed in committee with

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objection on consent item number nine under contract and

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Supply a resolution awarding the bid and

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contract for crack ceiling of city

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streets 2023 to Sealcoat USA

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non-consent if there's nothing more to

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come before the city council caucus I'd

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ask for a motion to adjourn

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my Ms Patrick second by Mr mcvering all

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aye we are adjourned I'd like to call

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the city council meeting to order for

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Monday April 10 2023.

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and I'd like to call on Pastor Gene

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Nicole Simone two for the

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let us pray

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Lord we thank you for this day and for

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now for allowing us to come together for

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the business of the city

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Lord as we are coming out of this High

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holy season in many Faith traditions

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Lord help us to hold on to our faith our

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compassion our hope our integrity our

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morals the things that we were taught as

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kids growing up Lord help us to hold on

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to our heart of service

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Lord as the council members and others

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are serving the community serving this

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city Lord may we be guided by you may we

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be guided by our compassion and our love

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for our fellow brothers and sisters in

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the name of Jesus I pray amen amen and

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as councilmember Williams who lives in

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the Pledge of Allegiance

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States of America

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and to the Republic which it stands one

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nation under God indivisible and 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 Farley is absent Mr Williams

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Mr palomini Miss Porterfield here thank

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we have one out of order resolution recognizing Saint Albert's on

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20th anniversary and I'd like council

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member palominium to please present this

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resolution

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may I have the floor you have the floor

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this is a resolution recognizing Saint

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adelbert's 120th anniversary

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whereas the church of Saint Adalbert

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Schenectady New York is proudly

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celebrating its 120th anniversary on

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Sunday April 23 2023 and whereas In 1902

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70 Polish immigrant families who had

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been drawn by the promise of political

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Liberty economic prosperity and

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religious freedom to the United States

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determined that they needed a place to

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worship God in the Roman Catholic

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tradition educate their children to be

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contributing members of the American

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society and maintain their cherished

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polish culture and whereas two

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committees were formed one was to select

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the site for the church while the other

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was to seek approval to establish the

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parish on December 1st the first

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committee placed the deposit on seven

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Lots between Crane and Lansing streets

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when Spring weather allowed it they

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began clearing trees and preparing the

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site for Three Wooden buildings a church

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a school and the rectory and whereas in

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the meantime this second committee

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approached Bishop Burke who gave his

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approval and suggested that the parish

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be named for Saint adelbert and whereas

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on March 30th 1903 the first mass was

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celebrated in the parish on the newly

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completed Foundation of a parishioner's

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house on June 4th 1903 the certificate

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of incorporation of the church of Saint

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Adalbert was signed

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uh where whereas on July 4th 1903 the

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foundation of the wooden church was

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completed in a temporary floor installed

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by Autumn the church school and rectory

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were completed and whereas on October 9

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1909

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the wooden church was destroyed by fire

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arrangements for a new Brick Church

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building were being planned and the

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Cornerstone was laid in the spring of

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1910 and whereas on April 7 1911 the

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completed

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brick structure was dedicated

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it's long and whereas created on a hill

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stands the church of Saint adilbert its

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magnificent steeple spiraling heavenward

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a reminder of the shrine of Our Lady of

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chenstahova

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I practiced the spiritual and cultural

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focal point of Poland thus located it

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offered a panoramic view of the city of

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Schenectady and whereas Saint Alberts is

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today under the spiritual guidance of

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Father Matthew h forzoni and whereas

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Saint adelbert stands stand stand stands

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prepared to meet the challenges of the

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coming decades while retaining the

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spiritual resolve which characterizes

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its past now therefore be it resolved

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that the Schenectady city council and

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the Mayor Gary R McCarthy do hereby

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pause in her deliberations to call on

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all schenectadians to celebrate the

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120th anniversary of Saint adalberts and

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learn more about the church's enormous

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contributions to the city of Schenectady

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this was previously moat passed so we

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don't have to do that again no prairies

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congratulations

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thank you

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and would you like to introduce your

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colleagues

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okay first John I want to thank you

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because he was my contact person thank

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you so much

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I do want to thank the city of

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Schenectady and everybody for being here

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mayor McCarthy thank you Gary the

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president of the city council Miss

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Porterfield thank you Marion and all the

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city council people over here I think I

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know most of you not everybody here I do

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want to thank all our parishioners we

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have we have more but we you know they

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wanted like two or three hundred people

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wanted to come here I said no we we're

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not going to do that that's that's way

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too much you know father for Sony

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couldn't make it he had other things

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going on he's got a lot of things on his

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plate anyway

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um

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our church is not hard to believe I've

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been going to church there for 70 years

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you know I haven't been going there for

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120 just 70 years but unbelievable our

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church I also I always want to say I

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think it's one of the best looking

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structurally in the city of Schenectady

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and I also think it's one of the best

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looking Churches in the Capital District

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but that's my own personal point of view

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you know for sure no it's a beautiful

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church if you ever get a chance if

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you've never been in Santa Barbara's you

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should come over there come over for the

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mass and if you can make it to the mass

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you should just come over and look to

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see what you are missing and it's always

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we always have great greeters here and

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things like that everybody's always

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smiling look at that you know it's

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always like that okay listen I'm gonna

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stop talking thank you so much and your

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father for his only viewers here he

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would say God bless you and God bless

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America

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okay thank you thank you

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yeah in Polish you would be saying

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thank you everybody thank you have a

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good evening

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Philadelphia

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thank you

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we have two public we have two public

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hearings this evening and I just want to

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remind you that we've extended the

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comment a public comment for the public

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hearing to four minutes and they also

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respectfully ask that you only make your

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comments relevant to the public hearing number one the 2023-24

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proposed HUD annual action plan

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and I see that

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I have no one signed up to speak

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so I declare the public hearing closed

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um

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is there anyone here that has signed up

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to speak to the public hearing regarding

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the Schenectady city code to add

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Provisions to relating to the use of the

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school bus code camera

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okay so that's public hearing number two

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so I have no one else no one signed up

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to speak so I declare that public

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hearing closed

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I'll ask for approval of the minutes

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from March 27 2023.

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so

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um second by Miss Patrick all those in

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favor

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aye

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ask for the clerk to 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 April 10 2023 under official

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there were none under General

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from members of American Legion Post 21

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a thank you note for the much needed

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donation under petitions there were none

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call on City Council Members to provide

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any 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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I have no one signed up to speak

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so

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for the legislative agenda for things

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that are on the agenda you you signed up

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on an on City business sir

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we we have no one on that sheet so if

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there's something on the agenda that

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someone like to speak to this is the

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opportunity

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is it on the legislative agenda

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yes yes then you can come at this time

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you're welcome

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I apologize

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say okay

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and again I have four minutes is that

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you have three three okay good evening

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um I'm Reverend Nicole John Simone

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president of the Schenectady NAACP and

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as president of the local branch of the

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NAACP I often hear the concerns of the

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people of this community

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both black and white young and old these

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concerns don't always come in the form

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of rank complaints sometimes people stop

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me in the grocery store stopped by my

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church call me on the phone to voice

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their concerns and they trust me to

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bring those concerns to you so I want to

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bring to your attention this evening

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something that I have now received

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several complaints about the community

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is greatly concerned with the way that

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the board of Ethics is being used by

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members of this Council

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in 1971 the Schenectady city council

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recognized the fundamental principle

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that officers and employees of the city

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hold their positions to serve and

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benefit the public and not for obtaining

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unwarranted personal and private gain in

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the exercise and performance of their

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official powers and duties with that

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principle in mind clear and reasonable

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standards of ethical conduct were

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established with the City Board of

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Ethics being charged with the obligation

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to review issues and render opinions

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relative to the administration of these

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standards this is the overview as stated

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on the city's websites website the board

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was formed for this reason in 1971.

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it was not formed to be used as a weapon

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against your colleagues

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and that is what people are seeing right

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now that is the complaint that they're

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bringing forward

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and that concern is further affirmed

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when you go to the city's website and

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the only other complaint to be found is

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one made against another

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African-American council member 10 years

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ago

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so

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is it correct

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that although the ethics board has been

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in existence for 52 years the only time

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it's been used to make complaints was

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against two African-American city

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council members of which there have only

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been four

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maybe I'm missing something

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perhaps older complaints have been

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removed from the website but the truth

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remains is that the last time the board

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was used was to bring a complaint

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against an African-American council

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member

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no wonder why people are stopping me in

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the stores calling me on my phone

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I'm taking their concerns seriously and

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I hope you will do the same

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I hope you will take a close look at how

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this board is used who serves on this

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board the diversity of this board the

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mission of this board

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and view the original intent of this

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board

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thank you for your time and attention to

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this matter

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thank you

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I have no one else signed it to speak on

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the legislative agenda so I declare the

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public comment close

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ask for approval of the legislative

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agenda

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movement second by Mr Williams all those

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in favor

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aye

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this time oops one second

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is metal sheet okay as for privilege of

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the floor regarding General City

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business

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I have eight people that are signed up

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and the first person is Bailey Gardner

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and I just want to remind you it is

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three minutes for this part of it okay

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thank you you're welcome good evening I

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am Bailey Gardner I am from Schenectady

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County connects which many of you may

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know has connected a job training agency

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so we operate the Summer Youth

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Employment Program and last year believe

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it or not for the 2022 program we

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received 479 applications of Youth who

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are eager to work throughout the county

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and from that 479 applications we have

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the ability to fund 190 positions and

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that was until just before the program

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when the city and the school district

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came together and we just need to thank

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you for your support of an additional 75

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youth last year it was tremendous that

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we were able to then take on those 75

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youth individually interview them place

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them at work sites throughout the county

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and they got their six weeks of work

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experience through the county and City

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partnership with the school district

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support on the administration in the

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school district has been tremendously

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supportive of our programming we now

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have an inter internship partnership

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that is also a part of the city

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partnership and we thank you for that as

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well we have some of our youth here

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tonight to speak to you about their

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experiences and just to share with you

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how impactful this has been not only for

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the summer experience where some of

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these youth get their first jobs some

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have the job coaching that they need to

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be successful and learn the foundational

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skills that they may not have learned

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had they just started a job showed up

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late and then got fired so we're there

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to be that intermediary where we really

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support the youth and teach them those

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skills and really help them to learn the

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foundational skills that will help them

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on a career pathway towards

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self-sustainability which I know is a

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city school district and County priority

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for all of our citizens here so I just

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wanted to thank you again for your

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support we would love to have a

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conversation about how we may be able to

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further this partnership for the 2023

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Summer Youth Employment Program and some

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of our youth are also signed up for

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privilege of the floor so thank you so

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much and have a wonderful evening thank

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you

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Ronaldo Guerrero

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hello my name is Ray and I would like to

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start with thank you for giving me a

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chance to actually start my first job

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and now also like to thank my job coach

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for teaching me a lot of

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skills that I will need later on in my

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career

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I work at the Mount Pleasant Boys and

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Girls Club and

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hopefully

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thank you guys thank you for coming

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Mariah Jacobs

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it it says Jacob's here

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hi my name is Mariah and I'm interning

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as a media specialist for Schenectady

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County School District

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My overall experience so far in this

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internship has been very pleasant and I

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am very happy I got this opportunity I

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really enjoy working

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with the student voice and documenting

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other people's experiences likes

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dislikes and changes they would like to

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see happen in Schenectady I would

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recommend this internship to others I

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actually have there's great connections

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opportunities and experiences with the

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youth program and I would like to thank

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my job coach and my supervisor Dr Cottle

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even though he's not here but I still

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like thinking and I like thank you guys

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for listening thank you thank you

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Brian Hernandez

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hello my name is Brian Hernandez and I

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would like to start off by saying thank

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you for your contribution to this

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program and I'd also like to thank my

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job coach I speak on the behalf of me

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and many other kids that we are truly

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grateful for this opportunity

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um but more on me it I work at

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ring of Hope boxing club which some of

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you may have heard of it's on Erie

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Boulevard it's an amazing boxing program

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where we teach kids from all ages even

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adults yes

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just stop by

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um

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but

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I don't really have like a certain

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position I work as a coach sometimes I could be the janitor

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to help out but um

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my experience in the program has been

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great I've been going to this gym for

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two years and I've only been working for

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the gym for like about two months but I

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built an attachment before I started

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working so it's been great I got to I've

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been my coach is my boss so

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sometimes sometimes he get uh

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ordered me to do something in like a

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coach way

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but it's it's been great

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I get to basically work with my second

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family and get paid for it and um it

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feels very rewarding

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and

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at the current moment I I just turned 16

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like last month so

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um I just got my permit and soon enough

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I'll get my license so this program

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and hopefully I get a car but this

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program is could eventually help me fund

570
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,800
for that car

571
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,040
and any suggestions no

572
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:11,390
um

573
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,700
and I recommend that kids join it it's a

574
00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:18,300
it's they're they take care of you and

575
00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:21,839
yeah we're taken care of if we need

576
00:36:21,839 --> 00:36:24,480
anything we could ask them they make

577
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,520
sure that we are doing what we are

578
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,880
supposed to and

579
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:30,780
um

580
00:36:30,780 --> 00:36:32,700
and they work very well with our

581
00:36:32,700 --> 00:36:34,920
supervisors my supervisors Kenneth

582
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,680
Brooks which some of you may know so and

583
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:42,119
he tells me that it's super easy for him

584
00:36:42,119 --> 00:36:44,640
it's very and it's super easy for me too

585
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,680
and I think it's super easy for anyone

586
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:50,040
who wants to join but um that's all for

587
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,339
today and uh thank you for hearing me

588
00:36:53,339 --> 00:36:57,170
thank you for coming thank you

589
00:36:57,180 --> 00:36:58,680
and I have heard of Ring of Hope and

590
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:00,900
I've been there

591
00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:09,710
Ed laven Jr

592
00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:11,520
I'm sure you all remember me from the

593
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,780
March meeting prior to St Patrick's Day

594
00:37:14,780 --> 00:37:16,859
that's where you told me the mayor

595
00:37:16,859 --> 00:37:18,720
doesn't deal with judges

596
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:20,700
I just would like to read you the statue

597
00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:23,579
the mayor also signs all commissions and

598
00:37:23,579 --> 00:37:25,260
appointments and approves all official

599
00:37:25,260 --> 00:37:27,000
bonds unless an ordinance otherwise

600
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:31,320
prescribes at 79.90 statutes direct the

601
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:33,000
mayor to be active and Vigilant in

602
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,940
enforcing all laws and ordinances for

603
00:37:35,940 --> 00:37:37,619
the government of the city and to

604
00:37:37,619 --> 00:37:39,300
properly deal with any neglect or

605
00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:41,940
violation of Duty by a subordinate that

606
00:37:41,940 --> 00:37:45,060
statute 79.200

607
00:37:45,060 --> 00:37:46,859
so now I would like to ask that question

608
00:37:46,859 --> 00:37:49,140
again what do you intend to do about

609
00:37:49,140 --> 00:37:51,000
these three corrupt judges and city

610
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,800
clerk's office that deprive me of my

611
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,020
civil rights the due process and a fair

612
00:37:55,020 --> 00:37:59,710
hearing

613
00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:02,160
as I explained before sir this is your

614
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,440
opportunity for public to come and to

615
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,240
speak but this is not where we there

616
00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:07,859
will be a dialogue you would have to

617
00:38:07,859 --> 00:38:09,000
make an appointment to speak with the

618
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,609
mayor if that's your desire

619
00:38:12,619 --> 00:38:15,780
will be about both of you

620
00:38:15,780 --> 00:38:18,000
thank you

621
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:24,109
Mariah Lopez

622
00:38:24,119 --> 00:38:28,069
hello

623
00:38:28,079 --> 00:38:32,220
um I had plans to read notes

624
00:38:32,220 --> 00:38:34,619
um but I'm not

625
00:38:34,619 --> 00:38:37,200
um my name is Mariah Lopez I am the

626
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,060
volunteer executive director of the

627
00:38:39,060 --> 00:38:41,880
oldest trans Rights group in the nation

628
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,099
I understand that I have three minutes

629
00:38:44,099 --> 00:38:46,260
uh

630
00:38:46,260 --> 00:38:48,599
I'm gonna try to keep it within that but

631
00:38:48,599 --> 00:38:50,339
I'm not sure a trans woman of color has

632
00:38:50,339 --> 00:38:52,619
ever addressed this body and I want to

633
00:38:52,619 --> 00:38:54,000
give you a little bit of my background

634
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,740
that's going to inform hopefully my

635
00:38:55,740 --> 00:38:57,839
brief comments that we can all follow up

636
00:38:57,839 --> 00:39:00,540
during normal business hours I have

637
00:39:00,540 --> 00:39:02,520
brought some of the most meaningful and

638
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,320
important landmark cases for Trans

639
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,480
rights in the state of New York

640
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,060
I have been bringing litigation against

641
00:39:09,060 --> 00:39:11,040
the city of New York which has

642
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,839
considerable more resources than the

643
00:39:12,839 --> 00:39:16,579
city of Schenectady since at least 1999

644
00:39:16,579 --> 00:39:19,260
the most recent Landmark case I settled

645
00:39:19,260 --> 00:39:22,619
was in 2021 because of that the city of

646
00:39:22,619 --> 00:39:24,119
New York is now committed to opening

647
00:39:24,119 --> 00:39:26,339
trans and disability-friendly shelters

648
00:39:26,339 --> 00:39:27,839
in every Borough

649
00:39:27,839 --> 00:39:29,579
on the way over here I had a friend in

650
00:39:29,579 --> 00:39:31,500
the Comptroller's office do a little

651
00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:33,839
back of the envelope math and we believe

652
00:39:33,839 --> 00:39:36,839
that I have cost the city more than 20

653
00:39:36,839 --> 00:39:39,180
million dollars

654
00:39:39,180 --> 00:39:41,160
so I'm going to ask that this Council be

655
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,440
responsive I am now a local resident of

656
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,000
the city of Schenectady

657
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,460
that gentleman and I come from entirely

658
00:39:47,460 --> 00:39:49,680
different backgrounds but I will say

659
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,960
unlike that gentleman my organization

660
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:53,640
and myself have access to some of the

661
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,680
best constitutional lawyers in the

662
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,240
country

663
00:39:57,240 --> 00:39:59,940
I do not believe a lot of what I have

664
00:39:59,940 --> 00:40:03,240
observed here on the city level

665
00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:05,940
on the local city government level is

666
00:40:05,940 --> 00:40:08,339
entirely ethical as it pertains to poor

667
00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:10,920
and disabled people and so I will be

668
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:12,839
following up with my city council folk

669
00:40:12,839 --> 00:40:15,720
here about bringing local legislation to

670
00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:18,660
fill the gaps to protect poor and

671
00:40:18,660 --> 00:40:20,339
vulnerable people

672
00:40:20,339 --> 00:40:22,920
I can guarantee you though that if I

673
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,320
decide to start making noise oh and

674
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:28,859
vocal and why and hrx send their regards

675
00:40:28,859 --> 00:40:30,900
I guarantee you if we decide to make

676
00:40:30,900 --> 00:40:32,520
noise here

677
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:34,500
it will be a noise that can drive the

678
00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:37,079
Democracy I hope

679
00:40:37,079 --> 00:40:39,060
that is someone that has been as

680
00:40:39,060 --> 00:40:40,980
consequential as I've been

681
00:40:40,980 --> 00:40:43,140
with the expertise in human and civil

682
00:40:43,140 --> 00:40:45,900
rights that I have that will be easy to

683
00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:48,839
plug some of the sort of holes and gaps

684
00:40:48,839 --> 00:40:50,579
and with that I'll give several examples

685
00:40:50,579 --> 00:40:54,720
and then see my time

686
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:57,780
New York State's change to the scoff law

687
00:40:57,780 --> 00:41:00,240
s are allowing local the local

688
00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:03,300
Schenectady traffic division and SPD to

689
00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:05,520
Target certain groups or to recklessly

690
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:07,980
enforce in a way that disproportionately

691
00:41:07,980 --> 00:41:10,440
negatively impacts poor and minority

692
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:11,700
communities

693
00:41:11,700 --> 00:41:13,859
the city council knows that the city has

694
00:41:13,859 --> 00:41:16,980
a surplus financially you do not need to

695
00:41:16,980 --> 00:41:19,800
be going after poor people with a gotcha

696
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,740
game so that they're forced to move

697
00:41:22,740 --> 00:41:24,900
their cars to the other side of the

698
00:41:24,900 --> 00:41:26,820
street and by the way this is hyper

699
00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:30,720
local government I get it but living

700
00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:34,440
here coming from New York City

701
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:37,560
it is apparent that one of the sort of

702
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,079
one of the one of the draws is that

703
00:41:40,079 --> 00:41:43,079
government is local and small and it

704
00:41:43,079 --> 00:41:45,780
should be more responsive I have raised

705
00:41:45,780 --> 00:41:49,079
issues about I hear my time ma'am uh

706
00:41:49,079 --> 00:41:51,540
with regard to some of the executive

707
00:41:51,540 --> 00:41:54,599
agencies and SPD and I haven't got that

708
00:41:54,599 --> 00:41:56,099
much of a response from the mayor's

709
00:41:56,099 --> 00:41:58,440
office and Corporation Council Perhaps

710
00:41:58,440 --> 00:41:59,880
it is

711
00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:03,240
time for city council to act and finally

712
00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:05,040
I'm going to ask that city council

713
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,280
consider legislation for right to

714
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,020
counsel for poor minority folk here

715
00:42:10,020 --> 00:42:12,119
facing landlord tenant court some people

716
00:42:12,119 --> 00:42:13,859
can't even read

717
00:42:13,859 --> 00:42:16,740
those people should not be expected when

718
00:42:16,740 --> 00:42:18,359
it's one of the most consequential

719
00:42:18,359 --> 00:42:20,579
decisions in their life to stand at Pro

720
00:42:20,579 --> 00:42:22,859
Se and landlord tenant Corps thank you

721
00:42:22,859 --> 00:42:24,720
for being considerate and allowing me to

722
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:27,599
go over ma'am and rest you enjoy the

723
00:42:27,599 --> 00:42:30,180
rest of your evening thank you

724
00:42:30,180 --> 00:42:33,890
Wayne Harper

725
00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:35,400
yeah

726
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,640
you know you can be poor minority

727
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,800
but you could get someone to read to you

728
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:42,720
if you can't read sick and tired of

729
00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:44,579
hearing people that can't follow the law

730
00:42:44,579 --> 00:42:46,980
and then when you try to enforce the law

731
00:42:46,980 --> 00:42:49,140
it's about race and I'm getting sick and

732
00:42:49,140 --> 00:42:50,820
tired of hearing about race everything's

733
00:42:50,820 --> 00:42:53,820
racial today and it's mainly

734
00:42:53,820 --> 00:42:57,540
Marion black on white now

735
00:42:57,540 --> 00:43:00,180
uh it's a Reverse Racism

736
00:43:00,180 --> 00:43:02,339
and let me just say right now call Wayne

737
00:43:02,339 --> 00:43:05,640
Harper racist call me anything you want

738
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,880
but I'm getting fed up with it and uh

739
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:11,940
and it seems like we just keep taking it

740
00:43:11,940 --> 00:43:15,240
and taking it and taking it and um

741
00:43:15,240 --> 00:43:18,240
if you're not a law breaker you have

742
00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:20,400
nothing to fear you can't read and write

743
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:23,099
my father couldn't read and write

744
00:43:23,099 --> 00:43:25,859
but he knew what the law was you get you

745
00:43:25,859 --> 00:43:27,900
learn it from other people now

746
00:43:27,900 --> 00:43:29,640
I don't know if you could rescind that

747
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:31,980
10.1 million it'll probably go above

748
00:43:31,980 --> 00:43:34,260
that for that swimming pool

749
00:43:34,260 --> 00:43:37,200
that to me is sickening when I read that

750
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,599
kind of stuff that makes my blood boil

751
00:43:39,599 --> 00:43:41,400
and I noticed at that committee meeting

752
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:44,040
I happen to catch it on TV

753
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,619
Carmel and Doreen they sat across from

754
00:43:46,619 --> 00:43:48,060
one another in the commit in their heads

755
00:43:48,060 --> 00:43:51,119
as the two salesmen for this pool their

756
00:43:51,119 --> 00:43:53,099
heads were going in unison

757
00:43:53,099 --> 00:43:56,220
uh we could better spend that 10.1

758
00:43:56,220 --> 00:43:58,819
million on sidewalks curbs roads

759
00:43:58,819 --> 00:44:01,920
bellevue's a mess a National Grid tour

760
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:04,619
up Bellevue to put in gas lines as a lot

761
00:44:04,619 --> 00:44:06,420
of the other the rest of the city

762
00:44:06,420 --> 00:44:09,900
uh there's so many area lead pipe we

763
00:44:09,900 --> 00:44:11,940
have lead pipes going into homes people

764
00:44:11,940 --> 00:44:14,339
are bathing drinking water that may be

765
00:44:14,339 --> 00:44:16,800
contaminated that money could be spent

766
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:18,599
better someplace else

767
00:44:18,599 --> 00:44:20,760
the other thing they said that that pool

768
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,579
is going to be a destination oh how

769
00:44:23,579 --> 00:44:25,800
laughable I can hear people now I was

770
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:27,480
going to go to Lake George or sagin dog

771
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,760
or maybe Saratoga Lake but you know what

772
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,980
I think I'm going to go to Schenectady

773
00:44:31,980 --> 00:44:34,980
pool so who's going to pay for the

774
00:44:34,980 --> 00:44:37,560
additional policing the upkeep of the

775
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,420
grounds you know there's a lot of

776
00:44:39,420 --> 00:44:40,920
expense that's going to go with that and

777
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:42,540
I didn't see and are we going to charge

778
00:44:42,540 --> 00:44:43,800
a fee

779
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,619
and then I'm telling I'm thinking we

780
00:44:46,619 --> 00:44:48,660
could probably smell the chlorine up in

781
00:44:48,660 --> 00:44:51,839
Bellevue to counteract the urine that

782
00:44:51,839 --> 00:44:53,400
goes in the swimming pool I mean I

783
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:54,839
wouldn't swim in a swimming pool today

784
00:44:54,839 --> 00:44:58,560
I'm too conscious of disease and I think

785
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,200
we lost sight that covet is still alive

786
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:02,400
and well

787
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,800
and it may be coming back around with

788
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,359
other illnesses and here we're going to

789
00:45:06,359 --> 00:45:08,819
congregate people in pools so that's my

790
00:45:08,819 --> 00:45:10,560
two cents worth if you could rescind it

791
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:12,660
because I didn't know there was a I

792
00:45:12,660 --> 00:45:14,579
didn't get the comment period on that

793
00:45:14,579 --> 00:45:16,980
maybe I was in the hospital

794
00:45:16,980 --> 00:45:19,319
now lastly

795
00:45:19,319 --> 00:45:23,400
City ethics board repairs Farley probe

796
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:25,020
I watched I happen to catch that

797
00:45:25,020 --> 00:45:28,370
committee meeting

798
00:45:28,380 --> 00:45:30,119
when um

799
00:45:30,119 --> 00:45:33,359
Mr palmetti raised that issue

800
00:45:33,359 --> 00:45:36,920
you Marion went after him like you were

801
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,599
damani's attorney

802
00:45:39,599 --> 00:45:41,819
and I think it's more than reasonable

803
00:45:41,819 --> 00:45:43,980
based on what was said in the paper and

804
00:45:43,980 --> 00:45:45,480
if it's not true I'm sure you're going

805
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:47,460
to ask for a retraction

806
00:45:47,460 --> 00:45:50,760
but when you come to the receipts

807
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,819
and you owe back taxes you don't qualify

808
00:45:53,819 --> 00:45:56,520
you've got to be squeaky clean to sit in

809
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:58,140
these or you should be

810
00:45:58,140 --> 00:45:59,819
and then to see that you're double

811
00:45:59,819 --> 00:46:00,900
dipping

812
00:46:00,900 --> 00:46:03,119
with the school system which are joined

813
00:46:03,119 --> 00:46:04,740
at the hip by the way to teachers union

814
00:46:04,740 --> 00:46:06,660
with you folks

815
00:46:06,660 --> 00:46:09,540
so that needs to be looked at and not by

816
00:46:09,540 --> 00:46:12,300
a an Ethics board I don't trust that

817
00:46:12,300 --> 00:46:14,760
ethics board the people and I see where

818
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,040
Michael Dalton was just your time has

819
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,260
expired what's that your time has you're

820
00:46:19,260 --> 00:46:22,980
over your time oh okay so lastly then to

821
00:46:22,980 --> 00:46:25,020
close I think

822
00:46:25,020 --> 00:46:28,500
um I think Damani you should have

823
00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:31,020
resigned quite frankly and we're going

824
00:46:31,020 --> 00:46:33,780
to have 86 000 new according to the

825
00:46:33,780 --> 00:46:37,260
National Democrats IRS agents maybe one

826
00:46:37,260 --> 00:46:39,119
of them should be assigned here let's

827
00:46:39,119 --> 00:46:42,420
find out what's really went on okay

828
00:46:42,420 --> 00:46:43,800
thanks

829
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:45,660
thank you

830
00:46:45,660 --> 00:46:47,579
I have no one else signed up to speak

831
00:46:47,579 --> 00:46:49,200
for public comment in the city business

832
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,900
so I declare it close

833
00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:53,880
this time any miscellaneous business of

834
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:56,450
the council

835
00:46:56,460 --> 00:47:02,510
Mr Williams

836
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,920
thank you

837
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:06,359
I definitely want to start off by

838
00:47:06,359 --> 00:47:07,619
thanking the youth that were present

839
00:47:07,619 --> 00:47:09,420
here tonight I hope they understand that

840
00:47:09,420 --> 00:47:11,520
the power of their voices is something

841
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:13,380
that they're learning to express and

842
00:47:13,380 --> 00:47:15,599
hone definitely these obstacles that you

843
00:47:15,599 --> 00:47:16,920
are learning are going to absolutely

844
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:18,660
follow you for the rest of your life and

845
00:47:18,660 --> 00:47:22,020
it is a an amazing opportunity for

846
00:47:22,020 --> 00:47:23,780
Schenectady to be such a pivorable

847
00:47:23,780 --> 00:47:26,640
experience for them as they go down that

848
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:28,859
journey I wanted to take a moment to

849
00:47:28,859 --> 00:47:31,260
thank a few agencies that hosted a

850
00:47:31,260 --> 00:47:34,319
housing form a few weeks ago I would

851
00:47:34,319 --> 00:47:35,160
like to thank the New York state

852
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:37,200
division of Human Rights the Schenectady

853
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:39,300
County Human Rights Commission The Legal

854
00:47:39,300 --> 00:47:40,980
Aid Society and all of us Community

855
00:47:40,980 --> 00:47:43,200
ethic group for hosting a successful

856
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:46,200
conversation for housing protections on

857
00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:50,339
March 30th one of the underlying tenets

858
00:47:50,339 --> 00:47:53,339
that we addressed was knowing your

859
00:47:53,339 --> 00:47:55,800
rights and understanding the resources

860
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:57,599
that are available for you

861
00:47:57,599 --> 00:47:59,700
it's important that you either take down

862
00:47:59,700 --> 00:48:02,160
this address this website or pass along

863
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:04,079
to someone that you think might be best

864
00:48:04,079 --> 00:48:08,359
uh in in use of this but

865
00:48:08,359 --> 00:48:10,980
dhr.ny.gov is your way to be able to

866
00:48:10,980 --> 00:48:12,839
submit complaints against discrimination

867
00:48:12,839 --> 00:48:15,660
uh in respect to renting or purchasing

868
00:48:15,660 --> 00:48:17,760
of a home and this agency will

869
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:19,560
investigate and potentially present your

870
00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,839
case in court now I know we're talking

871
00:48:21,839 --> 00:48:24,900
or heard a lot about uh funds or being

872
00:48:24,900 --> 00:48:26,280
able to understand or have the

873
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,200
wherewithal to recognize what is

874
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:30,660
available to you and honestly it begins

875
00:48:30,660 --> 00:48:32,640
with understanding what your rights are

876
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,160
so please get smart again I would like

877
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:38,480
to respond that website is

878
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,460
dhr.ny.gov second I would like to to

879
00:48:41,460 --> 00:48:43,800
thank for the continuous work of the

880
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,020
Schenectady any inner city Ministry for

881
00:48:46,020 --> 00:48:47,819
hosting this form I'd like to

882
00:48:47,819 --> 00:48:49,800
acknowledge that their food program is

883
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:52,400
doing the Abundant work of making sure

884
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:54,960
that everyone has access to healthy and

885
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:57,300
nutritious meals in Schenectady if you

886
00:48:57,300 --> 00:48:59,300
are looking for an opportunity to

887
00:48:59,300 --> 00:49:01,800
dedicate your time or monetary

888
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:03,540
contributions this is an excellent

889
00:49:03,540 --> 00:49:06,060
opportunity again this agency is doing

890
00:49:06,060 --> 00:49:08,280
the good and tough work of making sure

891
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:11,339
that food is accessible to scantalians

892
00:49:11,339 --> 00:49:12,960
whether you've been here your entire

893
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:15,480
life or you just arrived this is

894
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:17,760
available to you uh second I wanted to

895
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:19,380
take an opportunity to announce that in

896
00:49:19,380 --> 00:49:21,660
partnership with braver angels we will

897
00:49:21,660 --> 00:49:23,900
be hosting a workshop at Union College

898
00:49:23,900 --> 00:49:26,460
to address skills for Bridging the

899
00:49:26,460 --> 00:49:29,280
Divide which is a workshop to provide

900
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:30,900
resources we're talking about political

901
00:49:30,900 --> 00:49:33,300
issues in a constructive and empathetic

902
00:49:33,300 --> 00:49:35,160
way there will be more information to

903
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,319
come but that event will take place on

904
00:49:37,319 --> 00:49:40,079
May 18th from 6 to 8 30. there will be

905
00:49:40,079 --> 00:49:42,540
more information again and flyers and

906
00:49:42,540 --> 00:49:43,920
sign ups that will be presented to the

907
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:45,119
community

908
00:49:45,119 --> 00:49:47,880
next I'd like to acknowledge that as we

909
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:53,339
look forward to warmer climate please enjoy your time in your backyard

910
00:49:53,339 --> 00:49:55,619
or in the park in a considerable manner

911
00:49:55,619 --> 00:49:57,960
definitely music and excess noise is

912
00:49:57,960 --> 00:49:59,460
something that we continuously deal with

913
00:49:59,460 --> 00:50:01,680
please be respectful of your neighbors

914
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:03,420
and also individuals that are sharing

915
00:50:03,420 --> 00:50:05,579
those safe spaces because as much as we

916
00:50:05,579 --> 00:50:07,980
pride ourselves on the benefits of this

917
00:50:07,980 --> 00:50:10,920
community we cannot over enjoy at the

918
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:13,920
expense of others and I thought it was

919
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,680
important to just address The Continuous

920
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:18,900
conversations and topics that have been

921
00:50:18,900 --> 00:50:24,540
directed at my Council Peter Damani Farley at this

922
00:50:24,540 --> 00:50:26,760
present time these are allegations

923
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:28,020
and there have been other

924
00:50:28,020 --> 00:50:29,579
well-positioned bodies that have looked

925
00:50:29,579 --> 00:50:32,640
into these matters for myself I've

926
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:34,020
respected and appreciate the

927
00:50:34,020 --> 00:50:36,359
contributions councilman Farley has made

928
00:50:36,359 --> 00:50:38,520
not only to the Schenectady city council

929
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:39,900
but also to the work he continuously

930
00:50:39,900 --> 00:50:41,520
does at the Schenectady City School

931
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,200
District I think it is more than

932
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:45,599
appropriate to have defenses in place to

933
00:50:45,599 --> 00:50:48,720
ensure that he is not taking on this

934
00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:51,420
conversation alone I understand that the

935
00:50:51,420 --> 00:50:54,180
work of the board of exit the the ethics

936
00:50:54,180 --> 00:50:57,480
board is important but as we have heard

937
00:50:57,480 --> 00:50:58,920
um

938
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:00,960
if something Walks Like A Duck

939
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:03,240
quacks like a duck

940
00:51:03,240 --> 00:51:04,740
what is it

941
00:51:04,740 --> 00:51:07,020
so I'm confident that as this

942
00:51:07,020 --> 00:51:08,660
investigation in whatever manner it

943
00:51:08,660 --> 00:51:11,040
conducts itself I know that the

944
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:13,380
respectable and ethical manner that Mr

945
00:51:13,380 --> 00:51:15,540
Farley conducts himself will be present

946
00:51:15,540 --> 00:51:17,520
and I look forward to a retraction being

947
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:20,460
issued to the paper and I hope that he

948
00:51:20,460 --> 00:51:22,740
continues to do this positive work in a

949
00:51:22,740 --> 00:51:24,660
manner that is most befitting of his his

950
00:51:24,660 --> 00:51:34,309
uh his his ethics thank you

951
00:51:34,319 --> 00:51:38,329
Mr Farley

952
00:51:38,339 --> 00:51:40,500
I guess it's only right so

953
00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:41,160
um

954
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:43,740
you know politics a lot of politics is

955
00:51:43,740 --> 00:51:46,200
about managing Optics and you know I'm

956
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:48,540
not the best at that

957
00:51:48,540 --> 00:51:50,040
um and

958
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:52,980
it's not lost on me that um you know

959
00:51:52,980 --> 00:51:55,680
when you take strong positions and you

960
00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:57,599
call out things like you know bias

961
00:51:57,599 --> 00:51:59,460
discrimination and systemic racism and

962
00:51:59,460 --> 00:52:01,800
you call them exactly what they are you

963
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:02,760
know

964
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:05,760
um and you do so explicitly

965
00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:08,099
um and on record you make enemies

966
00:52:08,099 --> 00:52:09,780
and that's okay with me because I didn't

967
00:52:09,780 --> 00:52:11,339
come here to make friends I came here to

968
00:52:11,339 --> 00:52:12,480
make change

969
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:14,760
and that's what I'm going to continue to

970
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:15,780
do

971
00:52:15,780 --> 00:52:17,520
um it's also not lost in the public that

972
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:20,339
this ethics board that has not convened

973
00:52:20,339 --> 00:52:21,420
and

974
00:52:21,420 --> 00:52:24,720
um to to deal with the issue in 10 years

975
00:52:24,720 --> 00:52:27,599
uh was last brought together

976
00:52:27,599 --> 00:52:31,200
to investigate

977
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:32,400
another

978
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:34,260
person of color

979
00:52:34,260 --> 00:52:37,619
um on on the city council and none of

980
00:52:37,619 --> 00:52:40,380
this happened until I sat here and

981
00:52:40,380 --> 00:52:43,579
called out a certain pattern of behavior

982
00:52:43,579 --> 00:52:46,920
and not my opinion just a pattern a fact

983
00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:49,740
pattern or behavior that um

984
00:52:49,740 --> 00:52:51,660
really just cause things what they are

985
00:52:51,660 --> 00:52:55,800
and I'm going to continue to do that if

986
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:57,780
you know people of color have been used

987
00:52:57,780 --> 00:53:00,300
to historically systems being weaponized

988
00:53:00,300 --> 00:53:01,800
against them as a way to buy their

989
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,200
silence you know I know it just burns

990
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:05,520
your biscuits that you can't keep this

991
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:07,680
boy in this place

992
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:09,900
um I didn't come here

993
00:53:09,900 --> 00:53:12,240
um to dance to whatever music that you

994
00:53:12,240 --> 00:53:17,640
guys been playing for years and years Schenectady is not a great

995
00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:20,400
place for everyone it is a great place

996
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:23,520
for some it's a good place for some and

997
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:26,220
it's full of great people however we

998
00:53:26,220 --> 00:53:28,680
cannot be afraid of better and if as

999
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:31,020
politicians or elected officials when

1000
00:53:31,020 --> 00:53:32,640
someone who tries to reach out to you

1001
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:34,920
privately to bring things to your

1002
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:37,200
attention and say let's fix this if you

1003
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,119
won't engage in those conversations and

1004
00:53:39,119 --> 00:53:41,040
then you have to bring it on the floor I

1005
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:43,319
am who I say I am I'm like everybody

1006
00:53:43,319 --> 00:53:48,960
else as far as my state taxes that's the

1007
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:50,940
real thing that's not the only bill that

1008
00:53:50,940 --> 00:53:52,380
I have that I have to pay that I'm

1009
00:53:52,380 --> 00:53:55,079
working on uh after uh a financial

1010
00:53:55,079 --> 00:53:57,059
hardship that so many people have

1011
00:53:57,059 --> 00:53:59,760
explained and have experience

1012
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:01,319
um but outside of that

1013
00:54:01,319 --> 00:54:03,420
you know I'm so proud of the work that

1014
00:54:03,420 --> 00:54:05,400
I've done in the community and the large

1015
00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:07,200
team of people that I've done and done

1016
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,540
that work with it speaks for itself and

1017
00:54:09,540 --> 00:54:14,579
so I there's I I don't scare that easy

1018
00:54:14,579 --> 00:54:16,440
um my I don't have that type of brittle

1019
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:18,900
spirit I am who I say I am we're going

1020
00:54:18,900 --> 00:54:20,040
to continue to work we're going to

1021
00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:22,920
continue to call out systemic racism and

1022
00:54:22,920 --> 00:54:25,140
until we as a city take a hard look at

1023
00:54:25,140 --> 00:54:28,140
who we are and not and and start to

1024
00:54:28,140 --> 00:54:30,839
allocate funds in a way that's aligned

1025
00:54:30,839 --> 00:54:32,880
with Equity not just saying it like

1026
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:35,040
saying like we're not just going to give

1027
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:37,559
the money to the people

1028
00:54:37,559 --> 00:54:39,540
um of this big box agency because they

1029
00:54:39,540 --> 00:54:40,800
play golf with us and they've been

1030
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:42,599
getting money for 20 years and so we

1031
00:54:42,599 --> 00:54:44,160
take it a step further to say let's talk

1032
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:46,260
to the people that the services are

1033
00:54:46,260 --> 00:54:48,240
being provided to let's talk to the

1034
00:54:48,240 --> 00:54:50,099
people that are the line workers the

1035
00:54:50,099 --> 00:54:51,359
people that are engaging in the

1036
00:54:51,359 --> 00:54:52,859
community in this work

1037
00:54:52,859 --> 00:54:54,839
and when we start to ask ourselves those

1038
00:54:54,839 --> 00:54:56,460
hard questions we might not always like

1039
00:54:56,460 --> 00:54:58,619
to answer but that's okay it's about

1040
00:54:58,619 --> 00:55:00,420
asking the right questions so I'm here

1041
00:55:00,420 --> 00:55:02,160
for it and I'm gonna continue to do it

1042
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:04,020
what I do and I'm going to continue to

1043
00:55:04,020 --> 00:55:05,760
fight and advocate for the people and

1044
00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:06,960
you don't have to be perfect through

1045
00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:08,160
that thank God because I wouldn't be

1046
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:11,870
here if that was the case thank you

1047
00:55:11,880 --> 00:55:15,950
Mr palamini

1048
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:18,119
yeah there's a systemic pattern here

1049
00:55:18,119 --> 00:55:21,240
every time something

1050
00:55:21,240 --> 00:55:22,980
happens that

1051
00:55:22,980 --> 00:55:25,079
someone makes a mistake somebody screws

1052
00:55:25,079 --> 00:55:26,640
up

1053
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:31,609
here comes the racism charges

1054
00:55:31,619 --> 00:55:34,380
yes the Ethics Committee hasn't been

1055
00:55:34,380 --> 00:55:37,260
in in play in 10 years

1056
00:55:37,260 --> 00:55:39,059
probably should have

1057
00:55:39,059 --> 00:55:40,980
been if there was something

1058
00:55:40,980 --> 00:55:44,220
but here we have a situation where we

1059
00:55:44,220 --> 00:55:47,339
have contracts that are nearly identical

1060
00:55:47,339 --> 00:55:49,559
six hundred thousand dollars of money

1061
00:55:49,559 --> 00:55:53,040
that could have gone to Children went to

1062
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:56,040
an individual and employees the school

1063
00:55:56,040 --> 00:55:59,339
district says well it looks like it's

1064
00:55:59,339 --> 00:56:02,280
probably not illegal where to trust the

1065
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:06,960
school district who's had cover-up after cover-up who are just

1066
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:09,119
covering up for themselves

1067
00:56:09,119 --> 00:56:12,119
we have unpaid taxes we don't know about

1068
00:56:12,119 --> 00:56:14,579
that's for 16 17. we don't know about

1069
00:56:14,579 --> 00:56:17,099
any years after that we don't know about

1070
00:56:17,099 --> 00:56:19,619
workers compensation we don't know about

1071
00:56:19,619 --> 00:56:21,059
disability

1072
00:56:21,059 --> 00:56:23,400
Insurance there's a lot of questions

1073
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:25,800
that aren't answered and for ethics

1074
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:29,400
board to look at this and say nothing

1075
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:32,160
wrong or something wrong or to have a

1076
00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:34,260
district attorney or the the attorney

1077
00:56:34,260 --> 00:56:36,420
general or the Comptroller look at it

1078
00:56:36,420 --> 00:56:41,150
and say hey there's nothing here

1079
00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:44,400
is a legitimate question hundreds upon

1080
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:46,859
hundreds of people have asked me about

1081
00:56:46,859 --> 00:56:50,819
this and say stand up

1082
00:56:50,819 --> 00:56:54,300
so I will continue to stand up and try

1083
00:56:54,300 --> 00:56:56,819
to do the right thing

1084
00:56:56,819 --> 00:56:58,880
and if that means calling out

1085
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:02,099
individuals who have done something

1086
00:57:02,099 --> 00:57:06,059
as I expect I will stand up

1087
00:57:06,059 --> 00:57:10,140
but this every time something happens

1088
00:57:10,140 --> 00:57:12,599
it's you can play the record over and

1089
00:57:12,599 --> 00:57:13,619
over again

1090
00:57:13,619 --> 00:57:16,740
and that's what it is

1091
00:57:16,740 --> 00:57:18,599
so I'm going to stand up

1092
00:57:18,599 --> 00:57:22,559
you can compare yourself to whoever

1093
00:57:22,559 --> 00:57:24,480
compare yourself to more like George

1094
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:27,240
Santos or to Donald Trump tactics that

1095
00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:29,930
you're using

1096
00:57:29,940 --> 00:57:32,339
that's what's going on here

1097
00:57:32,339 --> 00:57:34,140
and I will continue to stand up for

1098
00:57:34,140 --> 00:57:37,140
taxpayers they've constantly said

1099
00:57:37,140 --> 00:57:38,640
keep up

1100
00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:41,579
and I will continue to do so

1101
00:57:41,579 --> 00:57:43,680
mayor

1102
00:57:43,680 --> 00:57:45,780
you madam president

1103
00:57:45,780 --> 00:57:47,940
and we're starting to see the weather

1104
00:57:47,940 --> 00:57:50,640
shift for hopefully we'll be warmer

1105
00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:52,099
weather going forward

1106
00:57:52,099 --> 00:57:55,440
there are still some potholes that will

1107
00:57:55,440 --> 00:57:58,619
be appearing I would encourage people to

1108
00:57:58,619 --> 00:58:00,780
use c-click fix so that we can get them

1109
00:58:00,780 --> 00:58:04,020
identified get them on a schedule to get

1110
00:58:04,020 --> 00:58:06,180
them filled it's the batch plants open

1111
00:58:06,180 --> 00:58:09,300
up that will be able to respond in a

1112
00:58:09,300 --> 00:58:10,980
more timely manner and again appreciate

1113
00:58:10,980 --> 00:58:13,619
the council approving the cracked

1114
00:58:13,619 --> 00:58:15,960
ceiling contract tonight for roads

1115
00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:17,520
because that's one of the cheaper ways

1116
00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:21,500
to maintain Street surface and to

1117
00:58:21,500 --> 00:58:23,700
prevent some of the more expensive

1118
00:58:23,700 --> 00:58:24,859
maintenance

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Mr Farley will be opening the golf

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course

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this Saturday I don't get to play with

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00:58:32,579 --> 00:58:36,119
those big bucks vendors

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00:58:36,119 --> 00:58:38,220
hopefully get out once or twice this

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00:58:38,220 --> 00:58:39,660
year and hope other council members

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00:58:39,660 --> 00:58:43,079
would get the opportunity to enjoy the

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golf course it's one of the things that

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we learn from covid that more and more

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courses are using now is that when the

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00:58:50,460 --> 00:58:52,680
course opens on Saturday we will not

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00:58:52,680 --> 00:58:55,319
allow the carts to go out

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00:58:55,319 --> 00:58:57,960
in the superintendental make that

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decision like a week or 10 days out and

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what we found is by allowing that brief

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00:59:03,359 --> 00:59:05,760
period of time for the grass to get

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00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:07,680
better established

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it allows the course to go through the

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summer in a much higher quality it's

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Greener you don't have the brown spots

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and the overall visual aspect of the

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00:59:19,140 --> 00:59:21,599
course is much better and so it was a

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00:59:21,599 --> 00:59:22,920
learning experience one of the odd

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00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:26,579
things from covid that we picked up and

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00:59:26,579 --> 00:59:29,160
are now using as a standard practice

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00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:31,559
thank you madam president thank you

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mayor I'd also like to thank everyone

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00:59:33,540 --> 00:59:36,000
that came out tonight to speak and to

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the young people we're appreciative at

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00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:40,500
least I am and that this Council was

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able to be able to fund the program and we can see some of the benefits and

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00:59:45,119 --> 00:59:46,619
I'm sure there's more so it was really

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00:59:46,619 --> 00:59:48,240
great it's always great to hear that

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00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:49,740
something that you did with had a

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00:59:49,740 --> 00:59:51,240
positive impact and for people to come

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00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:52,980
back and tell you because God knows that

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00:59:52,980 --> 00:59:55,220
we hear enough of other things

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00:59:55,220 --> 00:59:58,200
so I just you know I just can't ignore

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00:59:58,200 --> 00:59:59,220
the elephant in the room the

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conversation about the ethics board and

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01:00:02,520 --> 01:00:05,819
um it was spoken of tonight and it's

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01:00:05,819 --> 01:00:07,200
clear that the ethics board has said

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that it refers to employees or officers

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01:00:10,319 --> 01:00:13,260
of the city at the time the things that

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01:00:13,260 --> 01:00:14,940
we're talking about about council member

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01:00:14,940 --> 01:00:17,640
Farley occurred prior to that so I just

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01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:20,460
want to make that clear for everyone so

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01:00:20,460 --> 01:00:25,920
that there's no mistake about my comments regarding whether or

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01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:27,359
not it should be coped before the ethics

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board and

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01:00:28,980 --> 01:00:31,440
let's just State the facts it is a fact

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that the last time the ethnic ethics

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01:00:33,599 --> 01:00:35,700
board was called it was about against an

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01:00:35,700 --> 01:00:37,200
African-American person that's not

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01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:39,119
racism that's a fact you can look it up

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01:00:39,119 --> 01:00:42,960
you can go see it it's a fact so uh I am

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01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:45,299
very clear because of the climate that

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01:00:45,299 --> 01:00:47,339
we're in not to call things racism when

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01:00:47,339 --> 01:00:48,780
they're when it's a possibility that

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they're not but you can't argue with the

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01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:51,900
facts

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and if we want to talk about it I want

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01:00:53,640 --> 01:00:55,200
to just mention what happened in

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01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:57,119
Tennessee where there were lawmakers who

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01:00:57,119 --> 01:00:59,819
stood up for children getting killed and

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01:00:59,819 --> 01:01:02,520
talking against guns and two of those

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01:01:02,520 --> 01:01:04,799
lawmakers were African-American and the

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01:01:04,799 --> 01:01:06,540
third was not and the two

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01:01:06,540 --> 01:01:08,760
African-Americans were expelled and the

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01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:10,500
third was not so you can come to your

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01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:12,839
own conclusion on that

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so it's not sometimes and it's racism

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01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:18,299
and I one of the speakers said that

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01:01:18,299 --> 01:01:19,920
they're getting tired of it I think we

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01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:21,720
are all getting tired of it and those of

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01:01:21,720 --> 01:01:23,760
us who have lived with it for years are

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01:01:23,760 --> 01:01:25,680
tired of it as well and I think that if

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01:01:25,680 --> 01:01:27,299
we just we can try to work together and

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01:01:27,299 --> 01:01:30,059
overcome it but recognize other people's

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01:01:30,059 --> 01:01:31,920
situations if you've never walked in

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their shoes

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and respect that and have conversations

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01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:38,280
about it and I'm hoping that this is our

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last debate on the floor

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um against and between two council

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01:01:41,880 --> 01:01:44,099
members because as people say that I'm

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01:01:44,099 --> 01:01:45,839
hearing from the public I hear as well

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01:01:45,839 --> 01:01:48,119
about the in those particular

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01:01:48,119 --> 01:01:50,099
interactions maybe it's time for a

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01:01:50,099 --> 01:01:53,160
private conversation gentlemen

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01:01:53,160 --> 01:01:55,079
if there's nothing to come before the

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city council

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01:01:56,819 --> 01:01:58,559
tonight I'd like to ask for a motion to

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adjourn

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second my move by Mr Farley move second

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by Mr all those in favor

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have a good evening