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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