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[14:41] item number one under original

[14:45] consideration a resolution authorizing

[14:48] the city to enter into our contract with

[14:50] cares of New York incorporated for

[14:51] implementation of the home ARP

[14:53] allocation plan

[14:55] discussed in committee with objection on

[14:57] consent item number two item number two

[14:59] for original consideration a resolution

[15:01] pursuant to General city law

[15:03] sections 81a requiring all

[15:06] administrative zoning decisions of the

[15:08] administrative officials charge with the

[15:10] enforcement of zoning be filed in the

[15:12] office of the city clerk discussed in

[15:14] committee with objection on consent item

[15:16] number three item number three for

[15:17] original consideration a resolution

[15:19] authorizing the sale of 2180 Desmond

[15:21] Avenue for two thousand dollars

[15:23] discussed in committee with the

[15:24] objection on consent item number four for original

[15:28] consideration a resolution authorizing

[15:30] the settlement of a claim by Walter G

[15:31] Fritz discussing committee with an

[15:34] objection on consent item number five for original

[15:37] consideration a resolution authorizing

[15:39] settlement of a claim by Christopher

[15:41] Huggins discussed in committee without

[15:43] objection on consent item number six for original

[15:46] consideration a resolution authorizing

[15:48] the settlement of a lawsuit by William

[15:50] Hopkins

[15:51] discussed in committee with objection on

[15:53] consent item number seven item number

[15:55] seven for original consideration a

[15:57] resolution authorized in the mayor are

[15:59] his designee to enter into supplemental

[16:01] agreement number three with New York

[16:02] State Department of Transportation where

[16:04] the implementation and funding in the

[16:06] first instance 100 of the federal aid

[16:09] and state Montessori program Aid

[16:10] eligible costs of a Transportation

[16:12] federal aid project and appropriating

[16:15] funds for replacement of Kings Road

[16:16] Bridge over CSX New York State

[16:19] Department of Transportation pin number

[16:22] 1758.95 discussed in committee with

[16:24] objection on consent item number eight under contract and

[16:28] Supply a resolution authorizing an

[16:30] agreement for hot in place asphalt

[16:32] recycling pursuant to the county-wide

[16:35] bid to Highway Rehabilitation

[16:36] Corporation discussed in committee with

[16:39] objection in on consent if there's

[16:41] nothing more to come before the city

[16:42] council caucus I ask for a motion to

[16:43] adjourn

[16:45] second

[16:46] moved by Mr Williams

[16:49] second by Mr mutierre and all those in

[16:50] favor we are a generant I'd like to call

[16:53] the city council meeting to order for

[16:54] Monday June 26 2023.

[16:58] and I like to call on senior pastor

[16:59] Johnson of the Schenectady House of God

[17:01] of Church of Prophecy for the prayer and

[17:03] vacation

[17:11] most holy and righteous God

[17:15] your son Jesus prayed a prayer

[17:19] that your people may be one as you and father are one

[17:25] father I pray that same prayer

[17:29] over the city of Schenectady

[17:32] and every person in this city

[17:34] father I pray that we would be one

[17:37] father that one would be one community

[17:42] one sin

[17:44] one County

[17:46] one state

[17:47] one nation

[17:50] one people father let this city be a

[17:54] template for the rest of the nation

[17:56] that the unity and love for Humanity

[18:00] that's displayed in this city will

[18:02] travel all across this nation father

[18:05] bless the leadership in this city and as

[18:09] they minister to your people let the

[18:12] spirit of Oneness begin to flow through

[18:14] our communities that our sons and our

[18:17] daughters May unite and be one that our

[18:21] administrators our police officers our

[18:24] leadership in every aspect will unite

[18:27] and be one father let the spirit of

[18:29] Oneness

[18:31] grow from this place touch each and

[18:34] every individual and again father that

[18:36] we may be one city

[18:39] one community

[18:41] one County

[18:43] one state

[18:45] one people one people

[18:52] one nation

[18:54] under God and Father Again that we may

[18:58] be one people we have one father

[19:03] therefore we're all sisters and brothers

[19:06] let us grasp the fact that we are one

[19:10] people

[19:11] one nation under God in Jesus name amen I'd like to call on councilmember

[19:19] Williams for the Pledge of Allegiance

[19:22] I pledge allegiance

[19:32] indivisible with liberty and justice for

[19:35] all

[19:36] thank you

[19:40] it's a clerk of please complete the Roll

[19:42] Call

[19:43] Mr muchivera President Mr Toro

[19:48] Mr Farley is absent Mr Williams

[19:52] Miss Patrick

[19:53] Mr palomini

[19:55] it's Porterfield here

[19:58] I'd like to ask for the approval of

[19:59] minutes for June 12 2023

[20:02] moved by Miss Patrick second by Mr

[20:03] multivaren all in favor

[20:07] the clerk could please read any

[20:08] Communications and petitions

[20:13] Communications presented to the city

[20:15] council for Monday June 26 2023 under

[20:18] official For Mayor Gary R McCarthy a

[20:21] list of appointments dated June 9 2023

[20:23] under General there were none and under

[20:25] petitions there was a petition of 171

[20:28] signatures submitted on June 14 2023

[20:30] requesting increased funding for repairs

[20:34] of potholes cracks and crumbling asphalt

[20:37] on State Street

[20:42] I'd like to call any council members for

[20:43] committee reports

[20:48] this time we'll have privilege of the

[20:49] floor related to the legislative agenda

[20:51] I have one person signed up to speak

[20:56] Robert Sanders

[21:04] good evening madam president

[21:06] um I think this is truly a good idea

[21:08] other cities have done it in the

[21:12] Tri-City area

[21:13] I believe it's a good idea I know plenty

[21:15] of contractors they travel throughout

[21:18] the cities and they do their zoning and

[21:22] they just micro a few throws so I

[21:24] it's a good idea it'll help the city out

[21:26] and that's basically what I had to say

[21:28] thank you and have a good day

[21:35] I have no one else time to speak so I

[21:37] declare the public comment on the

[21:38] legislative agenda closed

[21:42] after approval of the legislative agenda

[21:45] well by Miss Patrick second by Mr mutive

[21:47] Aaron all in favor

[21:50] now we'll have privilege of the floor

[21:51] related to General City business

[21:55] I have five people who are signed up to

[21:57] speak

[21:59] first person is Ed Levin Jr

[22:06] good evening Mr Mayor chairwoman

[22:08] Porterfield and City Council Members I

[22:10] filed an Ethics complaint against the

[22:12] three judges mayor and city council

[22:14] members on May 31st it will be heard

[22:16] tomorrow

[22:17] I believe the mayor has everything to do

[22:19] about my complaint not being published

[22:21] the mayor knows once my complaint is in

[22:24] print there must be something done about

[22:25] these three blatantly corrupt judges and

[22:27] how small claims court judges do not

[22:29] follow the rules of court or laws of the

[22:31] Constitution

[22:33] whenever they so wish

[22:35] again the mayor is responsible for the

[22:37] enforcement of the law in Schenectady

[22:38] unless it is his Hatchet Man Carl

[22:40] falatico breaking the law

[22:43] listening to and acting on legitimate

[22:45] complaints by tax paying residents of

[22:46] Schenectady is also one of the mayor's

[22:48] duties he refused to meet with me but

[22:51] heard my complaint at one of these

[22:52] meetings as did all of you

[22:55] the mayor Phil Falls far short of his

[22:58] oath of office to protect and honor the

[23:00] constitution of New York and the United

[23:01] States

[23:03] the mayor in fact breaks his oath of

[23:05] office by not acting on my complaint

[23:07] being being deprived of my

[23:09] constitutional rights of due process and

[23:11] a fair hearing

[23:12] the mayor

[23:13] only concern is for covering up for the

[23:16] laws broken by Frost balotico and

[23:18] Hoffman

[23:19] Mr Mayor you are the most corrupt mayor

[23:21] the city has ever seen

[23:23] you cannot be counted on to discipline

[23:25] corrupt judges in City Hall and you do

[23:27] everything in your power to keep me out

[23:29] of the news so the public is not aware

[23:31] of these three corrupt judges and her

[23:34] illegal rulings and judgments

[23:36] I will be turning your name in for

[23:37] obstruction of justice to the Department

[23:39] of Justice and the FBI

[23:41] nothing to worry about I'm sure they

[23:43] will do nothing the same they have done

[23:45] for me

[23:46] I will expose you in these three corrupt

[23:48] judges

[23:49] I will not be leaving without someone

[23:50] being held accountable

[23:52] you are damn sure going to have to deal

[23:54] with me

[23:55] see you in the next meeting

[23:58] thank you

[23:59] Mark and March LaCroix

[24:08] good evening Council uh I last spoke

[24:11] here on the 12th and um

[24:13] uh I I believe that I put everything

[24:15] before everybody what was going on with

[24:17] the uh housing issue with the

[24:19] foreclosure on the property and I

[24:21] believe today that you are acting as

[24:23] honorary judges you're not in the

[24:25] legislative but you're you're honorary

[24:27] judges because you

[24:29] allow things to go on in the city that

[24:31] need to be done

[24:32] and I asked that on behalf of myself my

[24:35] mother my family and our future that uh justice is done I've gone

[24:40] through the documents that were given to

[24:41] me by corporate Council Mr Golden and I

[24:47] also had a meeting with him uh last uh

[24:49] two weeks ago on a Tuesday uh in the

[24:52] morning and he produced a document that

[24:53] was assigned out for David stating that

[24:56] a nuisance officer had clearly posted

[24:58] documentation on our property door of

[25:01] said of uh about the Foreclosure

[25:03] proceedings

[25:05] um

[25:05] when I confronted him about having video

[25:07] footage to promote otherwise it was

[25:10] stated by Council it doesn't matter if I

[25:12] have footage he doesn't have to post at

[25:14] the property this goes against what is

[25:16] written in the law New York State real

[25:18] property law uh one one two five

[25:20] uh says that the final step is to post

[25:23] on the property

[25:24] um I also discovered that said affidavit

[25:27] was not in the packet of legal documents

[25:29] that he had given me stating that the that it was posted on the property

[25:35] it said everything else but not just not

[25:37] that and um

[25:39] I believe that that's unjust because if

[25:42] you are going to present to a judge uh

[25:45] Mark Powers had Donald judge Mark powers

[25:47] that you should have all documentation

[25:49] there not just have a side documentation

[25:51] that you present to me after I told you

[25:53] at the city council meeting that I have

[25:55] footage

[25:56] um I also have

[25:58] a police report and also uh I also have

[26:01] documentation from my cameras and my

[26:03] doorbell camera uh the the dirtboard

[26:06] camera in the last 60 days so that

[26:07] footage is long gone from last November

[26:09] and my uh I have a police report that's

[26:13] that my house had been broken into and

[26:15] they stole the security camera DVR box

[26:18] along with my television a few other

[26:19] property I was in there and I found out

[26:22] it was children who had done it but the

[26:23] police didn't do anything beyond that

[26:25] but

[26:26] I believe in this city I've been here 12

[26:28] years and I see Billboards all the place

[26:31] of the new Schenectady now I'm not

[26:33] asking for any favors I'm asking for

[26:35] support and support in going through the

[26:38] law and seeing that helping somebody who

[26:41] is actual resident who's actually a

[26:43] taxpayer we went and got a huge lump sum

[26:45] to pay off taxes on properties that we other have as well as well as

[26:49] Wendell and we took it all and gave it

[26:52] in and paid showing that we are willing

[26:55] to pay even that on this day as spoke to

[26:57] Mr Golden we are willing to pay the

[26:59] taxes owed as long as it's closing

[27:01] passage was supposed to be on this

[27:02] Friday but I know that short time now

[27:05] within two weeks have passed but I just

[27:08] want to know that I can count on the

[27:10] city to make a new a news connectivity

[27:12] to have new precedent that can help

[27:15] people who are actually trying who are

[27:16] forgiving their best effort their best

[27:19] foot forward trying to build this city

[27:21] up the way that it needs to be there is

[27:23] new Schenectady I see it I said we used

[27:25] to use filament light bulbs now we are

[27:27] wearing LEDs so let's do new laws new

[27:31] things that support the people support

[27:33] residents who are actually trying to do

[27:35] something and if it has to go through uh

[27:38] Judiciary uh or legislative ways let's

[27:41] do it he has to go through more talks

[27:43] please but I am asking for support and

[27:45] Redeeming the property so we can satisfy

[27:48] the city satisfy ourselves and continue

[27:50] to be part a great part of this city

[27:52] which is a great City and uh it's

[27:54] connected thank you thank you

[27:57] Wayne Harper

[28:03] well I've got to go in a direction

[28:05] tonight that's not going to be very

[28:07] popular but who else is going to do it

[28:11] um

[28:12] you know Gloria Christian by the way

[28:15] Gary in her article is I think it's

[28:17] Saturday's paper

[28:19] yeah Saturday Porterfield will manage

[28:21] City better well that's yet to be seen

[28:25] but I know as a body and as a whole we

[28:28] could all do better and we need to start

[28:30] cracking down on this code enforcement

[28:32] stuff people coming into residential

[28:36] neighborhoods wanting to run their

[28:37] business with dump trailers full of

[28:39] debris parking people turning their

[28:41] front Lawns into parking lots that's

[28:44] what breaks down neighborhoods read her

[28:46] article she was right on she touched on

[28:48] other things

[28:49] now

[28:51] you know I'd love to give that I love

[28:54] Mark Mahoney he won't call he doesn't

[28:56] return my calls and I don't blame him

[28:58] I'm a conservative they're all liberal

[29:00] Democrats

[29:01] uh John D Augustine I've left out I did

[29:04] talk to John once miles Reid if you've

[29:06] never met him he's a who you know that guy is a beaut Kelly Murray Paula

[29:12] opal I remember her because I had an

[29:14] opal GT when I was a young guy and and

[29:17] Michelle Wright I don't remember if I

[29:19] know Michelle or talked to her

[29:21] but what I want to address

[29:24] tonight

[29:26] is Andrew Waite

[29:28] Andrew Wade is the new darling of The

[29:31] Gazette he's had the front page probably

[29:33] 90 some percent of the time since he

[29:36] came back to Schenectady

[29:38] and he wrote the last front page that I

[29:40] read that he wrote he happily announced

[29:43] how his father came out at 58 years old

[29:48] and I thought how is that a front page

[29:50] story why did we need to know all that

[29:53] personal stuff

[29:55] and uh he said almost reading between

[29:58] the lines almost gleefully and happily

[30:01] that his father came out

[30:03] uh so

[30:05] I want to challenge Andrew to write

[30:08] another article follow-up article and

[30:11] tell the people in graphic terms what

[30:15] the lgbtq community engages in let these

[30:19] dopes wake up they think it's just two

[30:21] people of the same sex I think holding

[30:23] hands and stealing an innocent kiss

[30:25] it's a filthy disgusting lifestyle and I

[30:28] don't like the fact that it's being

[30:30] shoved down my throat and they even tell

[30:33] us now we have to celebrate it I'm never

[30:35] going to celebrate it I know the Lord

[30:37] and I didn't know the Lord until 82. but

[30:39] once you know the Lord you know what

[30:41] you're supposed to be doing and no one's

[30:44] going to be perfect but you try to go in

[30:46] a positive direction

[30:48] so that's what I'd like to see Andrew do

[30:51] let's let's get graphic let's let's

[30:53] educate the people and one last thing

[30:55] for you Catholics that'll be going to

[30:57] church on Sunday ask that priest if you

[31:00] can even talk to him after the service

[31:03] if he knows what Sodom and Gomorrah but

[31:06] the story of Sodom and gomorph he knows

[31:08] about it and then ask him to explain it

[31:10] to you thank you am I three minutes up

[31:12] they are up okay thank you Mary thank

[31:14] you

[31:18] okay

[31:20] uh Robert Sanders

[31:28] good evening Mr Mayor

[31:31] I think even council president

[31:32] Moorefield members of the council

[31:34] for many of you who know me and have

[31:36] known me for a long time I've said one

[31:39] thing I said 15 years ago I'm going to

[31:41] say it today you cannot legislate

[31:43] morality okay and you know we've tried

[31:47] doing it from the top on down to City

[31:49] Hall you cannot do it people are who

[31:52] they are and that will never change okay

[31:55] you can come here you can make laws you

[31:57] can put you know signs out on Street you

[32:00] could do whatever you can do people are

[32:01] going to do what they're going to do and

[32:04] that's basically it I personally don't

[32:06] like things shoved down my throat I

[32:08] don't like it you know I tell my

[32:09] children certain things I grow my church

[32:12] holding up a certain way and that's how

[32:13] that goes and that's how it is but I

[32:18] came to speak about you know certain things

[32:22] um

[32:26] I forgot my glasses but uh one thing I

[32:29] wanted to talk about is

[32:30] right here in the city you know I I left

[32:33] my house about six years ago

[32:35] I ran right over by uh right off

[32:37] McDonald Avenue my rent's gone up 22

[32:40] percent the last two years now I know

[32:43] here when you deal with csca

[32:45] and you deal with your employees you

[32:46] don't give them a 22 increase

[32:49] you know so I want to know how is the

[32:53] average person that's on social security

[32:55] or collecting SSDI or SSI I'm going to

[32:59] pay this type of increase because it's

[33:01] just totally impossible I said this to

[33:04] County and now I'm going to say it to

[33:05] you as legislators

[33:07] this is just totally you had all these

[33:10] landlords come up to you and beg they

[33:12] just cried and whined to you and tell

[33:14] you I can't stand it when my kids do it

[33:16] and I really can't stand landlords

[33:18] anymore you know they whine to you and wind you and during

[33:21] covert oh they weren't getting the rent

[33:23] now all they're doing is charging and charging you I just oh you

[33:28] got to pay 100 100 extra dollar

[33:30] standards last year 75 dollars more

[33:33] Sanders how when is it going to end it's

[33:36] either that or I got to move out of the

[33:37] state

[33:38] okay that's just one thing and then

[33:41] another thing just men in general okay

[33:45] you know just men and I've said this I

[33:48] tried to get around it a little bit

[33:50] we're actually being treated like a

[33:52] second class citizen okay I mean we work

[33:55] hard

[33:57] very hard we don't have the actually the

[34:00] same rights as women anymore

[34:02] okay I mean you know we're treated

[34:05] differently women

[34:08] there's 70 percent of all colleges are

[34:10] filled with women

[34:12] okay not men

[34:14] okay I could go on and on and give you

[34:16] statistics okay I spoke to numbers of

[34:19] you about this and you know like you

[34:22] know this was pride month right smack in

[34:25] the middle of Father's Day you know

[34:27] everything was right smack in the middle

[34:30] of Father's day one day

[34:31] most uncelebrated holiday of the year

[34:35] okay and I could go on and I could go on

[34:39] I'm not going to rant about it because

[34:41] I'm sure you've heard about this but if

[34:43] it was Mother's Day so help me God you'd

[34:45] have a lying mother standing up here of

[34:47] what they did for the city and how much

[34:49] they've done for but how many fathers

[34:51] have done what how many men and city

[34:55] workers have taken care of your city

[34:57] garbage collectors have done things for

[35:00] your city you know are they even noticed

[35:03] no they're not your time has expired I I

[35:06] know it's it's not what you want to hear

[35:08] it's really not what you want to hear

[35:10] May the best person win tomorrow

[35:13] God bless you both

[35:15] thank you Molly Tremonti

[35:24] good evening Council my name is Molly

[35:26] Tremonti I'm an entrepreneur I had a

[35:29] salon on Upper Union Street for three

[35:31] years and I just recently relocated to J

[35:35] Street on the J Street Marketplace my

[35:38] business is a salon and a vintage

[35:40] clothing store

[35:42] and I had to file for a certificate of

[35:45] use to operate the vintage clothing

[35:47] store part I applied for it in April

[35:52] I was told that it was a 30-day turnover

[35:54] I did just speak to Andrew he told me

[35:57] gave me some guidance and told me that I

[35:58] could email him to get the process going

[36:01] but it's been about 60 days I'm having

[36:04] people

[36:05] wanting to come in and shop and I really

[36:07] it's really detrimental to my business

[36:08] to get that part of my business open so

[36:12] I just was looking for some guidance on

[36:13] what the next step for me to do

[36:15] to have that processed

[36:18] that's it thank you thank you

[36:23] Mr cold and we'll speak with you after

[36:25] the meeting

[36:30] excuse me I have no one else signed up

[36:32] to speak so I declared the public

[36:33] comment of City business closed

[36:36] this time any miscellaneous business of

[36:38] the council

[36:43] mayor

[36:50] thank you madam president we'll take

[36:52] care of that certificate of use tomorrow

[36:55] uh

[36:56] we had a great weekend uh people are out

[36:59] in the Parks so want to encourage people

[37:01] to take advantage of the Investments

[37:03] that we've made over the years the

[37:06] swimming pool in Central Park was open a

[37:09] lot of people got to use it kind of a

[37:11] historical point today to be the last

[37:15] year that that pool will be open so they

[37:18] can go in there for a historical swim

[37:19] and then next year be in the new

[37:21] swimming pool but people out playing

[37:24] baseball

[37:25] Cricket leagues out there great activity

[37:29] want people to be able to enjoy again

[37:33] the Investments that we've made over the

[37:35] past years not only in Central Park but

[37:37] throughout the park system in the city

[37:40] and again tomorrow's primary day

[37:42] encourage everyone if you have to be a

[37:44] Democrat to get out and vote uh always

[37:47] enjoy campaigning

[37:49] you've had as much fun as I had council

[37:52] president probably more

[37:54] that it's a uh you know great City our

[37:58] future is bright and I always enjoy

[38:00] meeting and talking to people within our

[38:02] city thank you madam president you're

[38:04] welcome I'd like to just thank everyone

[38:06] for coming out tonight and um as I said

[38:09] you well the mayor said that you're a

[38:10] situation we've taken care of Mr

[38:12] Tremonti and we'll speak with you again

[38:13] Mr Lacroix excuse me about your um

[38:18] about your situation so as mayor said

[38:20] tomorrow's primary day so everybody go

[38:23] out and make your choice thank you all

[38:25] for your time this evening and there's

[38:27] nothing else to come before the council

[38:28] I ask for a motion to adjourn

[38:30] Ed by Mr motivary

[38:33] second by Miss Patrick all those in

[38:35] favor all right have a good evening

[38:39] foreign

Schenectady City Council Meeting, June 26, 2023

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