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[14:33] good evening
[14:35] before the start of the meeting I'd like
[14:37] to turn the floor over to Mayor McCarthy
[14:39] for the firefighters promotional
[14:41] ceremony mayor McCarthy
[14:56] thank you madam president
[14:59] Chief Marino
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[15:47] good evening everybody
[15:57] I would like to thank
[15:59] the city council president Miriam
[16:01] Porterfield
[16:02] all the members of the city council and
[16:05] mayor McCarthy to have the opportunity
[16:08] to celebrate the promotion of two of the
[16:11] fire department's newest officers
[16:16] although tonight is a celebration of two
[16:18] individuals moving up the ranks
[16:20] it is much more than that
[16:23] tonight is a glimpse into the future
[16:26] as the fire department transitions to a
[16:29] younger Department we will have more of
[16:31] these ceremonies
[16:33] the firefighters who have learned from
[16:35] our seasoned officers will move up
[16:38] they will be held to a high standard as
[16:41] every member of the department is
[16:43] they will work they will work diligently
[16:46] every day to earn the trust of those
[16:48] they work with and those they serve
[16:52] our fire department is steeped in many
[16:55] traditions
[16:57] the tradition that all other Traditions
[16:59] are derived from is this
[17:01] the tradition of Excellence in everything we do each day
[17:08] I am confident that Captain Davis and
[17:11] Lieutenant Wayan will continue to be the
[17:14] best officers possible
[17:16] they will continue to hold up the values
[17:18] of the fire department and continue to
[17:21] serve the citizens of our community
[17:24] as I stated earlier
[17:26] tonight is a glimpse into the future
[17:29] a future we can all be confident in
[17:36] Captain Tom Wayne you want to come up
[17:38] please
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[17:51] lieutenant John Wayne
[17:53] 13-year veteran of the Schenectady Fire
[17:55] Department
[17:56] appointed to the department January 25th
[17:59] 2010.
[18:01] Lieutenant Wayne attended the New York
[18:03] State Fire Academy in Utica New York
[18:05] where he received his professional
[18:07] firefighter certification
[18:10] he received his paramedic certification
[18:12] from the State University of New York at
[18:15] Cobleskill
[18:16] Lieutenant Wayne has received two
[18:18] certificates of accommodation from the
[18:21] Schenectady Fire Department
[18:23] he has served on the Executive Board of
[18:25] the Schenectady permanent firefighters
[18:27] Association and currently serves on the
[18:30] executive board for the Schenectady fire
[18:32] parties Union Local 28.
[18:35] Lieutenant Wayne is assigned to rescue
[18:37] one on the first platoon protecting the
[18:40] Hamilton Hill Neighborhood and the
[18:42] downtown district
[18:43] Lieutenant way and is married to his
[18:45] wife Amanda together they have a son
[18:47] Chase robber
[18:50] Lieutenant Wayne is a fifth generation
[18:52] firefighter his father Tom Wayan is a
[18:56] retired captain from the Scotia fire
[18:57] department with over 20 years of service
[19:01] Captain Wayne will pin his son this
[19:03] evening
[19:10] 108 just two seconds
[19:15] I'm going to raise your right hand and
[19:17] swear after me I State your full name
[19:21] do solemnly swear that I will support
[19:26] and uphold the Constitution of the
[19:28] United States
[19:31] and that I will support and uphold
[19:37] the constitution of the state of New
[19:39] York
[19:41] and the charter and the laws of the city
[19:43] of Schenectady
[19:47] in that I will Faithfully discharge the
[19:49] duties
[19:51] as a lieutenant
[19:54] in and for the city of Schenectady
[19:58] to the best of my ability so help me God
[20:00] to the best of my bills
[20:03] congratulations
[20:04] [Applause]
[20:19] congratulations
[20:36] Will Lauren come up please
[20:53] Captain Brendan Davis is a 13-year
[20:56] veteran of Schenectady Fire Department
[20:59] appointed to the department March 14
[21:01] 2010.
[21:03] Captain Davis attended New York State
[21:05] Fire Academy in Utica New York where he
[21:07] achieved his professional firefighter
[21:09] certification
[21:12] he has an associate's degree from Hudson
[21:14] Valley Community College in paramedicine
[21:17] he was promoted to the rank of
[21:19] Lieutenant December 5th 2016.
[21:22] Captain Davis received a certificate of
[21:25] recognition as a telecommunications
[21:27] specialist
[21:29] a distinguished service award and
[21:31] Emergency Medical Services and two
[21:33] certificate certificates of
[21:35] accommodations from the Schenectady Fire
[21:37] Department
[21:39] he has served as a schenect as the
[21:41] secretary for the Schenectady
[21:42] firefighters Cancer Foundation
[21:46] Captain Davis has assigned to Engine 4
[21:49] on the fourth platoon protecting the
[21:50] north side
[21:52] Captain Davis is married to his wife
[21:54] Lauren and together they have three
[21:56] children Adeline Hannah and Cameron
[22:00] Captain Davis comes from a long line of
[22:02] firefighters
[22:04] both of these gentlemen are steeped deep
[22:06] into fire service
[22:08] Captain Davis's Father Bill Davis who
[22:11] was here this evening is retired with 26
[22:14] years of service
[22:16] as the deputy chief with the Albany Fire
[22:18] Department
[22:19] Captain David's wife Lauren will pin her
[22:22] husband tonight
[22:27] sir do you want to raise your right hand
[22:29] swear after me I State your full name
[22:34] do solemnly swear that I will support do
[22:37] you solemnly swear that I will support
[22:38] and uphold the Constitution of the
[22:40] United States
[22:43] and that I will support and uphold
[22:47] the constitution of the state of New
[22:49] York
[22:51] and the charter and the laws of the city
[22:53] of Schenectady
[22:57] and that I will Faithfully discharge the
[22:59] duties
[23:01] as a captain as a captain in and for the
[23:05] Schenectady Fire Department
[23:08] to the best of my ability so help me God
[23:12] congratulations
[23:14] [Applause]
[23:31] might as well be in the photograph here
[23:39] I was going to ask you to get speech now
[23:42] no but this is a proud day for these
[23:44] individuals for their families again the
[23:47] men and the women of the Schenectady
[23:49] fire department do an excellent job
[23:51] every day
[23:52] they take heroic efforts and make it
[23:56] look routine and so I'm proud to make
[23:58] these promotions tonight and thank the
[24:00] men and women for the service they give
[24:02] this city every day
[24:04] [Applause]
[24:44] hey thank you
[24:56] oh
[25:00] I'd like to call the city Caucus meeting
[25:02] to order for Monday May 8th 2023
[25:05] we have one public hearing this evening
[25:07] if the clerk would please read
[25:09] public hearing number one to amend the
[25:11] 2022-2023 HUD annual action plan
[25:15] we have 17 items for original
[25:17] consideration if the clerk would please
[25:19] read item number one item number one for
[25:22] final consideration an ordinance
[25:24] amending section 248-18 of the city
[25:27] Schenectady city code to designate
[25:30] Fuller street from South Church Street
[25:31] to South Ferry Street a one-way Street
[25:34] discussed in committee with objection on
[25:36] consent item number two item number two
[25:39] for original consideration a resolution
[25:41] calling for a public hearing rezoning
[25:43] Parcels between Hamilton Street
[25:45] Schenectady Street Strong Street and
[25:47] parts of Summit Avenue and Mumford
[25:48] street from an R1 single-family District
[25:51] to R2 to family District discussed in
[25:54] committee without objection on consent
[25:55] item number three item number three for
[25:58] original consideration a resolution
[26:00] calling for a public hearing for the
[26:02] determination of the environmental
[26:03] significance of rezoning parcels between
[26:06] Hamilton Street Schenectady Street
[26:07] strong streets and parts of Summit
[26:09] Avenue and Mumford street from R1 single
[26:12] family District to R2 to family District
[26:14] discussed in committee with the
[26:16] objection and on consent item number
[26:18] four item number four for original
[26:20] consideration a resolution declaring the
[26:23] city council as a lead Agency for the
[26:25] State Environmental Quality review
[26:26] regarding the rezoning of parcels
[26:28] between Hamilton Street Schenectady
[26:30] Street strong streets and parts of
[26:32] Summit Avenue and Mumford street from R1
[26:34] single-family District to R2 to family
[26:37] District discussed in committee with the
[26:39] objection on consent item number five for original
[26:42] consideration a resolution referring the
[26:44] proposed rezoning Parcels between
[26:46] Hamilton Street Schenectady Street
[26:48] strong streets and parts of Summit
[26:50] Avenue and Mumford street from our one
[26:52] single family District are to two family
[26:54] District to the Planning Commission
[26:56] discussed in committee with objection on
[26:58] consent item number six item number six
[27:00] for original consideration a resolution
[27:02] adopting the 2023-2024 HUD annual action
[27:06] plan discussed in committee with
[27:07] objection on consent item number seven for original
[27:11] consideration a resolution authorizing
[27:13] the mayor to renew the contract with
[27:15] Mohawk Ambulance Service discussed in
[27:18] committee with the objection on consent
[27:19] item number eight item number eight for
[27:22] original consideration a resolution
[27:24] authorizing the mayor or his designee to
[27:26] enter into an agreement with New York
[27:27] State DOT for the implementation and
[27:30] funding in the first instance 100 of the
[27:33] federal aid and state Marshall study
[27:35] program Aid eligible costs of a
[27:37] Transportation federal age Aid project
[27:39] and appropriating funds for Franklin
[27:41] Street cycle track city of Schenectady
[27:43] Franklin Street from not Terrace to J
[27:46] Street pins
[27:48] 1761.60 discussed in committee with
[27:51] objection on consent item number nine for original
[27:54] consideration a resolution author Rising
[27:57] the sale of 91 Division Street for forty
[27:59] five thousand dollars discussed in
[28:01] committee with objection on consent item
[28:03] number 10. item number 10 for original
[28:05] consideration a resolution authorizing
[28:07] the settlement of a claim by Geico as
[28:09] sub suburkey of Omar a Nagi
[28:13] discussed in committee with objection on
[28:15] consent item number 11. item number 11
[28:17] for original consideration a resolution
[28:18] authorizing settlement of a claim by
[28:20] Michael renick and Sandra renick
[28:23] discussed in committee with objection on
[28:25] consent item number 12. item number 12
[28:27] for original consideration a resolution
[28:29] authorizing the city of Schenectady to
[28:31] settle a tax tertiary with Crosstown
[28:33] Plaza sclp with regard to 2330 watt
[28:37] Street and Watt Street
[28:40] discussed in committee with objection on
[28:41] consent item number 13. item number 13
[28:44] for original consideration and
[28:45] resolution recognizing mental health
[28:47] awareness month this item will be taken
[28:49] out of order and rent and presented by
[28:51] council member Farley
[28:53] item number 14. item number 14 under
[28:55] contract and Supply a resolution
[28:57] awarding the bid and contract for the
[28:59] Congress Street retaining wall
[29:00] replacement to rifenberg contract
[29:02] incorporation in the total amount of 274
[29:04] thousand dollars
[29:06] discussed and committed with objection
[29:07] on consent item number 15. item number
[29:10] 15 under contract and Supply a
[29:11] resolution awarding the bid in contract
[29:13] for the Forest Road intersection
[29:14] improvements base bid and ALT out
[29:17] at alternate number one to Carver
[29:20] Construction Incorporated in the total
[29:21] amount of six hundred and one thousand
[29:23] one hundred and forty five dollars
[29:24] discussed in committee with objection on
[29:26] consent item number 16. item number 16
[29:29] under contract and Supply a resolution
[29:30] awarding the bid and contract for the
[29:32] North Center Street reconstruction to
[29:34] calendar and Industries Incorporated in
[29:36] the total amount of 594 500 discussed in
[29:40] committee with objection on consent item
[29:42] number 17 item number 17 under contract
[29:44] and Supply a resolution awarding the bid
[29:46] and contract for the replacement of
[29:48] Kings Kings Road Bridge over CSX Amtrak
[29:52] New York State DOT pin number 1758.95 to
[29:55] win Construction Services in the total
[29:58] amount of five million three hundred and
[29:59] fifty four thousand eight hundred and
[30:00] ninety eight dollars and fifty cents
[30:02] discussed in committee with objection on
[30:04] consent
[30:05] if there's nothing more to come before
[30:06] the city caucus I'd ask for a motion to
[30:08] adjourn moved by Mr Williams second by
[30:10] Miss Patrick all those in favor we're
[30:13] adjourning I'd like to call the city
[30:15] council meeting to order for Monday May
[30:17] 8th 2023.
[30:20] and I'd like to call on Reverend Ronald
[30:21] hunt for the prayer invocation
[30:29] city council this week this is my wish
[30:32] we call upon our better angels to those
[30:34] hear the news of the city and its
[30:36] citizens with mutual respect
[30:38] we are thankful for this opportunity to
[30:40] seek to improve our city and its
[30:42] citizens to offer thanks for those
[30:44] elected and not who work tirelessly to
[30:47] help make this a better place to live
[30:50] work and play
[30:52] we remember our neighbors who are
[30:54] unhoused or housing insecure those who
[30:56] need employment or are underemployed and
[30:59] hope that we will work to increase
[31:01] access to Safe affordable and
[31:03] comfortable housing we give thanks and
[31:05] we are healthy enough to be here today
[31:07] we remember our neighbors who struggle
[31:09] with chronic illnesses with addictions
[31:12] with the burden of medical debt and pray
[31:15] that we would work to increase access to
[31:17] dignified adequate and Affordable Health
[31:19] Care
[31:20] we give thanks for the education that
[31:22] has prepared us for the responsibility
[31:23] of leadership
[31:25] we remember our neighbors who are
[31:27] struggling in school or are in
[31:29] struggling schools and pray that we
[31:32] would work to continue to increase
[31:33] access to an educational prepare all our
[31:37] children to 6 to succeed in life
[31:39] we remember our neighbors who live with
[31:41] debilitating poverty and hope that we
[31:43] would work to increase the pathways out
[31:46] of generational Financial struggle
[31:49] we give thanks for the welcome we
[31:50] receive this evening from colleagues and
[31:52] friends who value our contribution to
[31:55] the betterment of life in our city let
[31:58] us dream for just one minute for a
[32:00] larger goal a city and a world where
[32:02] everyone flourishes and where we no
[32:05] longer know anything but peace thank you I'd like to call on Lieutenant
[32:11] Christopher APPA for the Schenectady
[32:12] fire department to lead us in the Pledge
[32:14] of Allegiance
[32:17] Verizon
[32:19] to supply
[32:27] one nation under God indivisible with
[32:30] liberty and justice for all
[32:34] thank you
[32:40] if the clerk would please complete the
[32:41] Roll Call
[32:45] Erin
[32:48] Mr Farley
[32:49] Mr Williams
[32:51] Miss Patrick Mr palomini Ms Porterfield
[32:54] here thank you we have one out of order
[32:56] resolution this evening and I'd like to
[32:59] call on um it's a resolution recognizing
[33:01] Mental Health Awareness Month I'd like
[33:03] to call on council member Farley to
[33:05] present this resolution
[33:07] and the folks that are here to receive
[33:09] the resolution please join us behind the
[33:10] rail
[33:19] Madam president may have the floor
[33:22] you have the floor thank you
[33:32] okay so whereas May is mental health
[33:35] awareness month which was established in
[33:37] 1949 to increase awareness and the
[33:39] importance of mental health and mental
[33:41] Wellness in Americans lives and to
[33:43] celebrate recovery from mental illness
[33:44] and whereas this year Mental Health
[33:46] Awareness Month the theme is more than
[33:48] enough campaign it's an opportunity for
[33:51] all of us to come together and remember
[33:53] the inherent value of which we all hold
[33:56] no matter our diagnosis our parents
[33:58] social economic status background or
[34:01] ability we want every person to know
[34:03] that if all you did was wake up today
[34:05] well that's more than enough no matter
[34:08] what you are inherently worthy of more
[34:10] than enough life and whereas taking care
[34:12] of your mental health is equally as
[34:14] important as taking care of your
[34:15] physical health those living with mental
[34:17] illness or disorders whether ongoing or
[34:20] temporary often find that the effects in
[34:22] many areas of their life including their
[34:24] personal relationships and work and
[34:26] whereas the majority of suicides
[34:28] worldwide are related to mental health
[34:30] disorders depressions depression
[34:32] substance abuse and psychosis are the
[34:35] biggest risk factors and whereas in 2020
[34:37] about one in five American adults
[34:40] experience a mental health condition in
[34:42] given years one in six young people have
[34:44] experienced a major depressive episode
[34:46] and one in 20 Americans have lived with
[34:48] a serious mental health illness such as
[34:50] schizophrenia bipolar disorder or a
[34:52] major depression and whereas mental
[34:54] health issues can affect anyone and
[34:56] impact people from all levels of
[34:58] Societies or occupations including our very important First Responders
[35:03] whereas mental health issues can affect
[35:05] anyone and impact people from all levels
[35:07] our society occupations including our
[35:10] First Responders now therefore be
[35:11] resolved that the city the Schenectady
[35:14] city council and Mayor Gary R McCarthy
[35:16] dupe hereby pause and their
[35:18] deliberations to recognize Mental Health
[35:19] Awareness Month the efforts of
[35:21] Schenectady Police Department and its
[35:23] peer support team to address and offers
[35:25] long-term physical mental health
[35:27] wellness and the American Foundation For
[35:29] Suicide Prevention and the working area
[35:31] of Mental Health I'm honored to present
[35:34] this to you all for doing such important
[35:36] work thank you I would like to I would
[35:39] like to entertain motion
[35:43] I said I will accept emotion oh uh you'd
[35:46] like to move the resolution I may have a
[35:48] second yeah second by Mr all those in
[35:51] favor
[35:52] aye relationships thank you thank you
[35:55] information
[35:58] I'm going to make this really quick but
[36:00] I do just wanted to say something um I
[36:02] just want to thank you all for this
[36:03] resolution I hope you can hear me and um
[36:06] although we are thank you for taking
[36:09] that from me so um this is wonderful and
[36:12] great um but we need more and that's
[36:14] what I'm here to tell you guys that we
[36:16] need more we need
[36:18] um more funding for programs that we can
[36:20] educate our parents in the community so
[36:23] that they can understand what mental
[36:24] health looks like in this day and age
[36:26] and in this era and how it looks
[36:28] different from before because it looks
[36:30] different today than it did before we
[36:32] need funding for Advocates who can
[36:34] assist parents with mental health
[36:35] education and decisions we need to
[36:37] understand that some of these parents
[36:39] struggle with their own mental health
[36:41] and they need to address those before
[36:43] they can address some mental health with
[36:45] their children we need more clinicians
[36:47] who look like this community that the
[36:49] people in this community and who know
[36:51] how to understand the cultural
[36:53] differences and how they play a part in
[36:55] mental health and their treatment of
[36:57] Mental Health
[36:58] we also need a clinicians who are
[37:01] seasoned and who will stay in our
[37:03] community did you guys know that
[37:05] Schenectady is the only County in New
[37:07] York state who doesn't have who
[37:10] contracts with private agencies instead
[37:13] of using accounting mental health clinic
[37:15] that is available to the residents and I
[37:18] don't understand why because in 2009
[37:21] Schenectady was in a devastating suicide
[37:24] contagion which right here where I lost
[37:26] my niece and my son so suicide and
[37:29] mental health do go together so why
[37:31] can't we have that clinic the same way
[37:33] all the other Counties have that clinic
[37:35] so we can have season and clinicians
[37:38] that stay here because they're getting
[37:39] salaries and benefits and they're not
[37:42] getting paid because someone didn't show
[37:44] so they don't get paid and then they
[37:46] leave we need more this is what our
[37:49] children need this is what our parents
[37:51] need
[37:52] um
[37:53] we we just need more and um whether this
[37:56] is beautiful and I'm always grateful we
[38:00] still need more our children are still
[38:02] suffering and our parents are suffering
[38:04] and they don't know how to take care of
[38:06] our kids so we need more from the
[38:08] mayor's office and I hope that this year
[38:10] and this election will show some
[38:13] differences and what you guys are going
[38:14] to do for mental health and suicide in
[38:16] our County thank you
[38:19] [Applause]
[38:21] excuse me excuse me could we wait we
[38:23] also have members here from the peer
[38:25] support from the police department with
[38:27] for the other resolution and would ask
[38:29] them to speak as well absolutely
[38:32] thank you sir
[38:35] good afternoon or excuse me good evening
[38:38] ladies and gentlemen of the council
[38:39] mayor McCarthy Miss Porterfield
[38:41] I'm Zachary weekly I'm a sergeant with
[38:44] the Schenectady Police Department I am
[38:46] co-director of our Department's peer
[38:48] support team this is my colleague
[38:49] Jonathan govel he's a sergeant he's a
[38:52] very important player in our
[38:54] Department's peer support team
[38:55] originally how this came about Miss
[38:57] Porterfield got in touch with my my code
[39:01] the other co-director Sergeant Matthew
[39:03] Dearing about attending tonight's event
[39:07] Matthew was very disappointed because he
[39:10] had a conflicting event coincidentally
[39:12] his conflicting event
[39:14] Sergeant Matthew Dearing and detective
[39:16] Michael krounce
[39:17] left Philadelphia today Philadelphia
[39:20] Pennsylvania on bicycles to ride to
[39:24] Washington D.C ultimately ending at the
[39:26] National Law Enforcement Officers
[39:28] Memorial
[39:30] um
[39:31] it's part of What's called the ride to
[39:33] remember and today they left in honor of
[39:36] our fallen brother Corey Shields Corey
[39:39] was a
[39:42] these a 10-year veteran of the
[39:44] Schenectady Police Department and he
[39:46] served for 10 years with honor before
[39:48] his untimely death
[39:50] and
[39:52] um
[39:52] Schenectady has always since I've been
[39:55] here done
[39:56] a good you know a lot to try to take
[39:59] care of their officers and
[40:02] um
[40:02] you know inquiries untimely departure
[40:06] we've kind of used that to add fuel to
[40:08] the fire and we realized that you know
[40:10] there's a lot that needs to change for
[40:11] the police department and for the
[40:13] community
[40:14] and um it's just some stats I want to
[40:16] point out
[40:18] um there's a lot of information out
[40:19] there but on average uh civilian who's
[40:24] not a first responder goes through an
[40:27] average of about two traumatic incidents
[40:29] in their lifetime First Responders to
[40:31] include police officers and the
[40:33] firefighters that were just in the room
[40:35] deal with about 700 traumatic incidents
[40:38] over the course of a 20-year career and
[40:41] there's a 30 percent chance that a
[40:44] police officer is going to depart his
[40:45] 20-year career with a mental health
[40:48] issue that he didn't come into the
[40:49] career with
[40:52] so that being said Corey became the
[40:55] driving force behind our reason to
[40:57] change things for the department and for
[41:00] the city because
[41:03] um
[41:03] you know mental health isn't something
[41:05] that's specific just to police officers
[41:07] and Trauma isn't specific just to police
[41:09] officers we deal with it at a higher
[41:11] frequency but it's it's something that's
[41:13] everybody's responsibility
[41:15] and so when we took over the peer
[41:17] support team Matt and I had
[41:20] two goals right off the bat number one
[41:23] is to break down the stigma associated
[41:25] with
[41:27] saying I'm not okay I need help all
[41:30] right and the second thing is
[41:33] to promote help seeking Behavior so I'll
[41:37] Stand I'll stand in front of you all and
[41:39] I'll tell you I'm a police officer I
[41:40] have been for 14 years five years ago I
[41:42] started talking with a therapist on a
[41:44] regular basis and it's one of the most
[41:45] important decisions that I've ever made
[41:47] in my life and it was a great decision
[41:49] and I say that because I want other
[41:51] people to know that it's okay to do the
[41:54] same and
[41:56] you know for Quarry we're going to
[41:58] change this because if we have
[42:00] healthy police officers who are able to
[42:02] come to work deal with these traumatic
[42:04] incidents deal with them and process
[42:07] them in a healthy manner they can go to
[42:09] work the next day and provide better
[42:11] service to the community and not only
[42:14] are they going to you know be well
[42:16] adjusted themselves to provide that good
[42:18] service right they can relate to the
[42:21] people that that they're dealing with
[42:22] because like I said everybody deals with
[42:23] drama and if you've come and if you've
[42:25] dealt with drama and you're you know
[42:27] thriving afterwards you know who better
[42:29] than to help somebody who's walking
[42:31] through it themselves so
[42:34] you know Corey was a great friend to
[42:36] everybody I don't know many people that
[42:38] Corey didn't get along with and in his
[42:40] after his passing you know I've
[42:42] reflected for a long time and kind of
[42:45] what I've realized is that Corey didn't
[42:47] see the differences that set us apart
[42:49] right the differences that are so
[42:50] popular in today's culture what Corey
[42:53] saw was uh you know a reason to befriend
[42:56] somebody he literally had friends from
[42:58] all circles all walks of life and so all
[43:02] I would say is this all right let's look at what brings us together
[43:05] let's look at what bonds us as a
[43:07] community and let's let's focus on that
[43:09] if you know somebody that's having a
[43:11] hard time
[43:12] two best thing you could do even if you
[43:15] think they don't want to hear from you
[43:16] call them say hey how you doing I
[43:17] haven't talked to you in a while what's
[43:19] going on right
[43:20] thank you
[43:29] I'd like to thank both groups for coming
[43:31] when we were talking about doing this
[43:33] resolution one of the things that was
[43:35] important to realize that this doesn't
[43:36] just affect one segment of the
[43:39] population but all many segments of the
[43:41] population as you heard the officers say
[43:43] so thank you again all for coming and
[43:45] for telling your stories and sharing the
[43:46] information with us thank you very much
[43:54] foreign
[43:56] we have one public excuse me we have one
[43:59] public hearing uh this evening and a
[44:01] reminder we've extended the public
[44:02] comment for the public hearing portion
[44:04] to four minutes and I also ask that
[44:06] anyone who's speaking at the public
[44:08] hearing States just stick to the subject
[44:09] of the public hearing
[44:11] I have one person signed up Kathy
[44:13] Sullivan
[44:16] good evening
[44:18] um I realize uh a little lacks in my due
[44:21] diligence prior to my arriving here
[44:23] tonight after uh coincidentally I just
[44:25] decided it was important for me as a
[44:27] member of this community to begin
[44:29] speaking and airing what's happening
[44:33] here in this town that maybe some of you
[44:36] aren't aware of
[44:38] um
[44:39] I have two topics of concern and I will
[44:41] keep this topic
[44:43] concise to what the topic is about uh
[44:46] the HUD I didn't even know there was a
[44:48] HUD plan or I would have done my due
[44:51] diligence and researched a little more
[44:54] I've spent three years researching
[44:57] um I am a parent of a Notre Dame Bishop
[45:00] Gibbons graduating class 2020. so
[45:04] lockdown
[45:06] um full boat scholarships
[45:08] that we had to
[45:11] not accept things like that
[45:14] um through redistricting uh where I live in the hungry Hills section of
[45:19] Schenectady a small Enclave a corner
[45:23] tale of Bellevue I know you probably
[45:25] know
[45:26] Mount Pleasant is directly correlated
[45:30] based on my research I ramble a bit but
[45:33] what brought me to their strange
[45:36] circumstances that went on around me
[45:38] where I live I've come to realize
[45:40] through lockdown lemons to Lemonade is
[45:43] where I'm bringing this I hope
[45:45] my son everything that we all knew
[45:49] changed observed the world around you
[45:52] who you are what's happening around you
[45:55] and how you can make this place where we
[45:57] live better and
[45:59] for my children
[46:04] too late for me
[46:07] a couple good years left maybe but for
[46:09] my children
[46:11] my grandchildren I am here I live in the
[46:14] hungry Hill section I am 400 feet from
[46:17] an EPA DEC confirmed
[46:22] super fun site National priority list
[46:25] it's been removed I could go on and on
[46:27] I've done so much research regarding
[46:29] contamination I'm also a thousand feet
[46:31] from the cheltingham landfill
[46:34] uh one one thing leads to another I've
[46:37] done so much research I've done so much
[46:39] self-advocacy to help my children and
[46:41] for my children to see me
[46:43] standing up for them and what's right
[46:45] and how are we going to change this and
[46:47] if we can't talk about it we're never
[46:48] going to change it ever
[46:51] there's so many layers of what I
[46:55] perceive to be uh
[46:58] disguising covering up things uh it's no
[47:01] news to us we see it all in the movies
[47:02] all of that but when you actually don't
[47:06] know
[47:07] if you're safe where you live I can't
[47:10] tell you what that does to a person and
[47:12] a family
[47:13] and as a mother just a single mother
[47:16] there's no resources and what that means
[47:20] and what environmental justice means
[47:23] what a disadvantaged community is
[47:27] my children some are biracial some are
[47:30] half Italian I'm Irish through and
[47:32] through we're multi
[47:34] faceted family with lots of different
[47:37] issues confronting us here in this city
[47:41] and I lead this family and I've decided
[47:44] through coven through all of this that
[47:46] I'm going to lead my family without fear
[47:51] when I when you look at the research
[47:53] room that you're actually living in this
[47:55] face this face
[47:57] is what you're doing here all of you
[47:59] this face and all my little faces
[48:02] they're brown they're beige they're gray
[48:04] they're whatever color
[48:06] that's who I'm representing here today
[48:08] okay and when you live so in close
[48:12] proximity to these sites
[48:15] everything in your world has changed I
[48:18] have a bachelor's degree also
[48:20] and so I've used my my my my mind to
[48:24] research and what I've found is is we're
[48:27] not being told the truth so about
[48:29] certain things these points of
[48:31] contamination my address just give me
[48:34] let me give you one example through
[48:35] redistricting I was prevented from
[48:37] voting in a primary last year that's the
[48:40] Civil Rights human rights I don't know
[48:41] what violation it is I'm not here
[48:43] with anger I went through anger and give
[48:46] me one more second I apologize
[48:48] um my address doesn't exist
[48:50] there's five different street names in
[48:53] one block radius where I live five
[48:55] different street names Congress Street
[48:57] rerouting
[48:58] uh it's it's years years ago were any of
[49:04] us alive when this all began that's a
[49:05] question
[49:07] how do we fix it how do we make it
[49:08] better I'm not here because I want
[49:10] anything except information I want to
[49:12] know I want to help my community and I
[49:15] need help doing that so when I've been
[49:18] advocating through multi-agencies
[49:21] uh I don't get the calls don't get
[49:23] returned the emails don't get returned
[49:25] okay so that's I'm the face of what
[49:27] we're all doing moving forward let's
[49:29] make it better that's all I'm here thank
[49:31] you thank you
[49:33] I have no one else signed up to speak so
[49:36] I did
[49:42] sir you are signed up for City business
[49:44] and that was for the that was for the
[49:46] public hearing regarding the HUD annual
[49:49] action plan is that what you wish
[49:52] no sir
[49:53] okay you signed the correct form we just
[49:56] have not arrived to that under the
[49:58] agenda yet
[49:59] it's okay
[50:01] so I have no one else signed up to speak
[50:04] so I declare the public hearing Number
[50:05] One close
[50:07] comments will be filed with uh the
[50:09] office of development
[50:12] I'd ask for approval of minutes for
[50:13] April 24 2023.
[50:16] moved by Mr Miller second by Mr Williams
[50:18] all those in favor
[50:20] aye
[50:22] and I now ask the clerk to read any
[50:24] Communications and petitions
[50:26] Communications presented to city council
[50:29] for Monday May 8 2023 under official
[50:31] there were none under General from Petey
[50:33] Voris an email addressing item number
[50:35] one stating that it is a nightmare
[50:38] creation that resembles a white cane
[50:40] Zone created by CDTA item number five
[50:43] she asked what the planning what the
[50:46] planning knows about zoning and
[50:48] suggested the committee members of the
[50:50] zoning commission be shifted to
[50:51] facilitate transparency item eight she
[50:54] states is ridiculous because there is
[50:56] not enough bike traffic to drastically
[50:58] alter the street item 17 she states that
[51:01] the amount of the contract is huge but
[51:03] it's a win-win for transparency
[51:06] from Paula Breslin an email asking for a
[51:08] recognition of Michael zippieri for a
[51:10] presentation of plaques to Schenectady
[51:13] and Rotterdam police departments for the
[51:15] dedication and service and starting a
[51:16] diversity diversity committee as a forum
[51:19] to discuss issues affecting our
[51:21] communities these are both overdue and
[51:23] in and needed in the city and we thank
[51:25] Michael for taking the initiative and
[51:27] stepping up as he's done under petitions
[51:30] there were none thank you
[51:32] asking him council members to provide
[51:34] committee reports
[51:36] any committee reports
[51:39] this time we'll have privilege of the
[51:40] floor related to their legislative
[51:42] agenda
[51:43] I have no one signed up to speak so I
[51:45] declare the public comment on the
[51:47] legislative agenda closed
[51:49] I'll ask approval of the approval of the
[51:52] legislative consent agenda
[51:55] moved by Miss Patrick second by Mr
[51:57] motivaran all those in favor
[52:00] at this time we will have privilege of
[52:02] the floor regarding General City
[52:04] business I have
[52:06] two people signed up the first is Athena
[52:10] pagnotti
[52:14] she present
[52:16] no
[52:18] okay
[52:20] um so it looks like that individual is
[52:22] not here and the second person I have is
[52:25] Ed
[52:26] Lavin Jr
[52:30] I apologize I'm 80 deaf in one air and
[52:33] 65 in the other so I can't hear you
[52:35] you're too far away uh good evening City
[52:38] Council Members mayor Cheryl under
[52:40] Porterfield
[52:41] why is it that no one is outraged by my
[52:43] complaint that three corrupt judges
[52:45] conspire to violate my right to due
[52:46] process and a fair hearing this is the
[52:49] third or fourth time I am coming to this
[52:51] Council I have given you the laws that
[52:53] were broken by these three judges I
[52:54] would like to know what has been done
[52:56] about my complaint
[52:57] the mayor refuses to see me and treats
[52:59] me as an adversary which is a color of
[53:01] law violation
[53:02] valetico is the Golden Boy hatchet man
[53:05] for McCarthy he ripped that building
[53:07] down on State Street in Erie Boulevard
[53:09] and was rewarded with a judgeship a
[53:10] 10-year term he ran on a post
[53:13] how is Insurance paid for the building
[53:15] minus a hundred thousand deductible when
[53:17] it was willfully torn down sounds like
[53:19] Insurance brought to me an underwriter
[53:21] had to be in on it apparently
[53:23] constitutional laws are not followed by
[53:25] falatico or McCarthy
[53:27] Tanika Frost signed two motions without
[53:29] Affidavit of service in my case the
[53:31] second after first was waited out
[53:33] stating Affidavit of service needed she
[53:36] is now a Supreme Court judge in New York
[53:38] especially Schenectady New York
[53:40] corruption is rewarded and you move up
[53:42] the ladder the mayor has effectively
[53:44] kept me out of the newspaper as
[53:46] evidenced by the two articles written in
[53:47] a Gazette about the last council meeting
[53:50] on the 24th of April Gazette put in
[53:52] stories about garbage complaint and
[53:55] speeding on King's Road complaints and
[53:57] nothing about my complaints about three
[53:59] corrupt judges
[54:00] the mayor has also put the gabash in my
[54:02] next billboard
[54:03] Lamar will not put up the new billboard
[54:06] I promise you mayor McCarthy if you do
[54:08] not address my complaint before I am
[54:10] done protesting at City Hall 10 people
[54:12] 10 million people will know all about
[54:14] you and falatico and now blatantly
[54:16] corruption is rewarded in Schenectady
[54:19] and put in his Counsel on notice if
[54:21] anything happens to me while protesting
[54:23] it will be because of McCarthy or
[54:24] falatico because I have no enemies with
[54:27] the exception of these two corrupt
[54:28] individuals
[54:29] valetico has become an embarrassment to
[54:32] himself his family and this city as have
[54:34] you mayor for not addressing my concerns
[54:37] and the federal laws that were broken by
[54:38] these three corrupt arrogant corrupt
[54:40] judges
[54:42] these are for the city council members
[54:43] these are all the laws that were broken
[54:45] and some paperwork thank you thank you
[54:50] I have no one else signed up to speak so
[54:52] I declare the public comment of City
[54:53] business closed
[54:56] this time any miscellaneous business of
[54:58] the council
[55:00] Mr Williams
[55:07] I first would like to begin by thanking
[55:09] everyone that came out to speak and then
[55:10] also following suit with uh the two
[55:13] organizations highlight of the
[55:14] importance of mental health uh it's
[55:16] absolutely something that should not go
[55:17] undervalued and as we recognize through
[55:21] covid and this ongoing pandemic is that
[55:24] more of an emphasis cannot be placed on
[55:26] valuing yourself and not being afraid to
[55:28] ask questions and highlight when you
[55:30] need assistance definitely myself I've
[55:32] gone through a lot of struggles and
[55:34] trials and tribulations as many other
[55:37] residents when the community however it
[55:39] wasn't until I asked and self-identified
[55:41] that I could not do this all on my own
[55:42] and I started asking questions and
[55:44] asking for assistance and recognizing
[55:46] that there were not just resources
[55:47] available to me as a service member but
[55:50] also people within my closed Circle that
[55:52] were willing to talk and help out and
[55:54] oftentimes we assume what's not
[55:56] available to us but if we just reach out
[55:58] I think that is one of our our priding
[56:01] attributes in Schenectady our diverse
[56:04] community of individuals that are always
[56:05] willing to help and support each other
[56:07] and that is something that I look
[56:09] forward to always being a champion of in
[56:12] addition to that I would like to thank
[56:14] the increased presence of police
[56:15] officers as we look to tackle speeding
[56:18] throughout the city in the newspaper
[56:20] we've highlighted a King's Road as one
[56:22] area specifically that unfortunately
[56:24] needs more attention at this present
[56:26] time and as the mayor is taking diligent
[56:29] steps to see if we can evaluate other
[56:31] means to put in place stop signs there
[56:33] are appropriate means to go about that I
[56:36] know that the mayor and council
[56:39] president Porterfield in addition to
[56:40] Chief Clifford were present during the
[56:42] Woodlawn neighborhood association
[56:43] meeting and they were their present
[56:45] willing to take questions and actions
[56:47] are being evaluated but as we look to do
[56:51] traffic studies which unfortunately are
[56:53] required aspect of this work I would ask
[56:56] that neighborhood in particular to be
[56:57] patient we are also evaluating I pause
[57:01] myself I'm looking at additional means
[57:03] to see if there are ways where we can
[57:05] utilize some technological assistance
[57:07] where we recognize that Staffing is very
[57:11] much
[57:12] something that we have to work around
[57:14] with regards to putting actual police
[57:16] officers in these neighborhoods but
[57:18] definitely my plea to the community is
[57:23] I was like oh wow it's three minutes
[57:26] uh definitely my plea to the community
[57:28] is be cognizant of how your actions
[57:32] affect those around you I know
[57:34] oftentimes in a world where immediacy
[57:36] and ex getting to point A to point B is very much a matter of seconds saved
[57:43] but it is by the grace of God that we
[57:46] have not had any traumatic incidences or
[57:49] loss of life due to this this issue so
[57:52] definitely please take an extra second
[57:53] I'll leave 15 minutes earlier it is not
[57:56] worth it it is not worth it and as we
[57:58] look and evaluate ways to affect
[58:00] speeding throughout the whole city
[58:01] please be patient if you have any
[58:03] questions or comments I myself am always
[58:05] available as well as I imagine the rest
[58:07] of my council members as well definitely
[58:10] I I
[58:12] we can do this together just be patient
[58:14] let's work together
[58:16] thank you
[58:19] mayor
[58:23] thank you madam president I appreciate
[58:25] everyone that came out tonight does the
[58:28] weather starts to shift would also
[58:30] encourage people uh
[58:33] we're all cognizant of the litter issue
[58:36] and everybody doing a little bit
[58:39] picking up your property the front of
[58:41] your business or store makes a big
[58:43] difference collectively throughout the
[58:46] city
[58:47] and again the council has initiated a
[58:50] proposal as we get in
[58:52] farther in the summer hopefully
[58:54] everybody will buy into that and it
[58:57] takes a
[58:58] burden off the city where the city staff
[59:01] cannot do everything we have to rely on
[59:03] the residents Property Owners to police
[59:07] themselves Mr Williams talks about some
[59:10] of the things of actual speeding
[59:13] picking up for letter also makes a
[59:16] difference and I want to wish everyone a
[59:19] Happy Mother's Day for next weekend we
[59:21] have a lot of great venues as we move
[59:24] away from the traditional Mother's Day
[59:28] at home take your mother out bring her
[59:30] to downtown one of the great restaurants
[59:32] serve venues in Schenectady and I want
[59:35] everyone to have a great time thank you
[59:37] madam president thank you mayor I'd also
[59:39] like to thank everyone that came out
[59:41] tonight um shout out to the duri family
[59:43] I see like they're hearing a regular so
[59:45] I gotta shout you out
[59:47] um and also I wanted to congratulate the
[59:49] firefighters that received a promotion
[59:51] tonight it's always good to see our
[59:52] First Responders and um being able to
[59:55] move up and to thank them also for the
[59:57] wonderful work that they do here in our
[59:59] community and I'd also like to
[1:00:01] congratulate uh Miss Nevins who there
[1:00:05] was an event in Central Park for those
[1:00:06] of you who weren't able to attend there
[1:00:10] was a community event where a lot of
[1:00:12] agencies organizations the fire
[1:00:14] department the police department were
[1:00:15] there to talk about the services they
[1:00:17] provide to individuals in the community
[1:00:19] so it was a really well attended event
[1:00:20] nice event a lot of children so
[1:00:22] congratulations to uh Jess Nevins for
[1:00:25] putting that together along with the
[1:00:27] life alternative diversion program
[1:00:29] and I also would like to also wish
[1:00:31] everyone uh all mothers a Happy Mother's
[1:00:34] Day and all of you have a great weekend
[1:00:35] with your mothers thank you and those
[1:00:37] are who are also remembering their
[1:00:39] mothers as I am thank you at this time
[1:00:41] I'd like to ask for a motion to adjourn
[1:00:45] movements through Williams second by Mr
[1:00:47] motivaren all those in favor we're
[1:00:49] adjourned have a good night