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calling to order the city Caucus meeting
for Monday August 14 2023
we have one public hearing this evening
if the clerk would please read
public hearing number one establishing a
six-month moratorium on the submission
and processing of building permits
certificate of occupancy certificate of
use and land use approvals for a smoke
shop vape shops and tobacco tobacco or
vape consumption businesses within the
city of Schenectady
we have eight items for original
consideration if the clerk would please
read item number one item number one for
final consideration an ordinance
pursuant to section 101 of the second
class cities law abandoning a portion of
large Street
discussed and committee with objection
on consent item number two item number
two for original consideration a
resolution authorizing the city to enter
into a contract with New York state
division of criminal justices to secure
give grant funding discussed in
committee with objection on consent item
number three item number three for
original consideration a resolution
authorizing the city to enter into a
contract with New York state division of
criminal justices
to secure research and evaluation grant
funding regarding the community hiring
panel discussed in committee with an
objection on consent item number four for original
consideration a resolution revoking the
appropriation of American Rescue plan
act arpa funds for the construction of
the capital region Aquatic Center as
authorized by resolution 2022-14 and
amended by resolution
2023-029 discussed in committee with
objection on consent item number five for original
consideration a resolution authorizing
the settlement of a claim by Carol riggy
discussed and committed without
objection on consent item number six for original
consideration a resolution recognizing
2023 black business month this item will
be taken out of order and presented by
councilman Williams item number seven for original
consideration and resolution authorizing
the issuance of revocable permit number
677 to Herbies burgers for a sign with
accent lighting in an online they were
overhang the cities right away at 175 J
Street discussed in committee with the
objection on consent item number eight for original
consideration a resolution awarding the
bid in contract for the Schenectady
Municipal Golf Course irrigation system
installation base bid and add alternate
number one to George E lay company in
the amount of three million three
hundred and fifty two thousand nine
hundred and thirty four dollars and
twenty one cents discuss some committee
with objection on consent if there's
nothing more to come before the city
council caucus I would ask for a motion
to adjourn movement Miss Patrick second
by Mr Williams all those in favor we are
adjourned I'd like to call to order the
city council meeting
for Monday Monday August 14 2023
and I'd like to call on Pastor Mark
Thompson for the prayer invocation
Eternal God our Father we thank you
again for the favors of this day and how
you've blessed us and kept us father we
thank you for
the reason why we are called here today
taking care of the business of the city
of Schenectady we give honor to the
mayor of this city councilman Porter
Phil all those elected officials and
everyone in their respective places
father we pray that you bless them and
Grant them your wisdom because they
might be the stewards of this city Lord
God the caretakers of this city and the
service of the city father I ask a
special blessing upon each of them as
they lay things aside to do the business
of the city take care of the things that
they've laid aside while they are here
to do your business father B Grant your
wisdom Grant your provision and Grant
your leadership into this place father
last but not least we send our hearts
and prayers out to the people in Hawaii
right now who are suffering great loss
but act that you would be with them as
you are here with us we ask these things
in Jesus name amen amen as a
councilwoman Patrick to lead us in the
pledge
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thank you
if the clerk would please complete the
Roll Call
with tavarian is absent Mr Toro Mr
Farley
Mr Williams
Miss Patrick
Mr palamini is absent Miss Porterfield
here thank you
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I'd like to ask the clerk to read any
Communications and petitions
Communications presented to city council
for Monday August 14 2023 under official
there were none under General there was
an email from Emily treforest and in
opposition to a proposed Bill in
Congress to raise the federal weight
limit of heavy trucks on the nation's
roads
under petitions there was a petition of
22 signatures for sidewalk improvements
and special assessment District on
McLennan McClellan
thank you and saw council members for
any committee reports
we do have one public I'm sorry we do
have one out of order resolution
and we asked councilman Williams to
present that
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we have Asia priests unique priests
Mrs if you could join us behind the rail
Mrs Thompson
Yaya
all right Kenneth Brooks If Kenneth's
here and Tanika Smith
beautiful beautiful but before I begin
I'd like to First say how privilege and
honor I am to be presenting this
resolution to you all today and to all
the other businesses that have not
joined us tonight may I have the floor
you may so I'll be presenting a
resolution recognizing the 2023 national
black business month
whereas black business month is
celebrated in August it is a time to
acknowledge and appreciate black owned
businesses Across the Nation and all
that they represent in the country's
continual striving for diversity and
equality black business month provides
an opportunity to focus
on a community that is far too often
underrepresented when it comes to access
to Capital and opportunities to build
wealth and whereas the history of black
business month can be traced back to the
year 2004 when engineering entrepreneur
Frederick e Jordan partnered with the
president and executive editor of this
scholarly Publishing Company e-access
Corporation John William Templeton to
start this annual event their intention
was to drive the policy agenda affecting
the 2.6 million African-American
businesses in order to highlight and
Empower black business owners everywhere
given the continued challenges faced by
black business owners
and whereas since the late 1700s both
free and enslaved black people began to
open their own small businesses from
barber shops to tobacco shops and
shoemaking as emancipation grew so did
the establishment of black owned
businesses and this led to the period
between 1900 and 1930 being labeled as
the Golden Age of black owned businesses
and whereas this historic annual event
provides a chance for consumers and
Proprietors to not only support black
businesses but provide them with a
platform to grow their own their
Enterprises and build wealth for current
and future generations of African
Americans celebrating the contribution
of black business owners and
entrepreneurs pays homage to them and
their legacies and celebrating this
month recognizes the importance of black
owned businesses when it comes to
contributing to the nation's economy as
well
and whereas the value of
Entrepreneurship has long been a major
influence in the black community today
approximately 10 percent of All American
businesses are black owned the primary
sectors in which black-owned businesses
operate include Health Care Social Work
repair and maintenance beauty salons
restaurants barber shops arts and
entertainment and the list continues to
grow
and whereas black business month ensures
that black owned businesses get the
recognition and patronage that they so
richly deserve especially those that are
struggling to stay afloat
celebrating black owned businesses
empowers more people from the
African-American communities to dream
big and begin their own entrepreneurial
Journey
and whereas when you choose to support
black owned businesses you are
supporting black pride unity and kuji
jacquelia or self-determination black
entrepreneurship is a tool for survival
now therefore be it resolved that the
Schenectady city council and Mayor Gary
R McCarthy do hereby pause in our
deliberations to recognize black
business month and the city of
Schenectady and encourages all residents
to support black owned businesses in the
city of Schenectady the capital region
and at every other opportunity I'd like
to move the resolution
in a second by Mr Farley all those in favor
aye aye congratulations the motion
passes
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um yes no
you're so excited okay
and please please I would love for you
all to share some words uh of
encouragement and also of your journey
if you wouldn't mind
hello everybody I'm Asia priest this is
unique priests and kahin priest we are
accepting this award in regards to our
brother DJ ketchup and ketchup
Enterprise which is us we are check
ketchup Enterprise we are black business
we are Schenectady and we want to say
we're thankful for the recognition that
you're giving us and we just strive to
do better for our community and for the
ones beneath you know underneath us that
are looking up to us
and we're just appreciative that you
guys have taken this time to pass this
and
we love you thank you
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truly I think it's an honor and a
privilege to be able to stand here and
represent little yayas located in the
city of Schenectady at 135 Broadway and
I truly think the council and I think
the mayor for recognizing that Yaya's
a mom-and-pop business
a black owned business
for this area for such a time as this is
able to still be standing after seven
years
I think it's a wonderful thing that
we're doing down there and I and I just
think my team my team is here so I think
and my husband who's my biggest
supporter for Yaya's house I appreciate
and I really really thank you for the
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um thank you so much city of Schenectady
my name is Kenneth Brooks I represent
Community fathers ground up Landscaping
cuts and blends Barbershop
and uh
o-i-o-i which stands for occupations
instead of incarceration that's a
program we started with Community
fathers because when I was a youth uh
what kept me out of trouble was gaining
self-worth and being able to help out
and feed my family help my mom help my
sisters help my siblings
so I knew that that was the opportunity
and that's what I wanted to do with my
life to provide that same path for the
Youth that follows me so there's one
youth who's not here who works with me
his name is Yaya Yasir Washington he
actually became my youth because he was
appointed to me as like you know a big
brother because he was getting in
trouble in school so it started from me
going to his house under a mentorship to
him being one of my finest best workers
he's like a son to me and my operations
manager David Cooper he's not here
that's my childhood friend we've been
friends since we was 12 years old we
came from a group home so uh the support
of the city the family the
not-for-profits in Schenectady the mayor
the people of Schenectady the city of
Schenectady supporting my business and
supporting me and bringing me to where I
am today there's David Cooper operations
manager right there
thank you uh my business would not have
grown through trials and tribulations
through you know uh pluses and minuses
with the support and the help and the
love of everybody in this room everybody
in Schenectady I was able to grow and be
successful and I appreciate everybody
thank you
my name is Tanika Smith I'm with kitchen
love and Kenneth is my fiance I say with
a good team you can get anything done
and I think that's what Schenectady is a
great team to have access to everything
that we need in order to grow in order
to do in order to give back you can have
any lemonade stand as my cliche verbiage
but to know what it takes to do that and
the limit how much they cost and how
much that uh support you need from the
community in order to be able to sell is
definitely a difference and I thank you
Schenectady for allowing me to do that
and give back because it's not just
about being here it's about giving back
also and teaching the youth as well but
thank you so much
can I say one thing there is one black
owned business that's here that's not
standing up and I just want to
appreciate her because she's a wonderful
person and that's the dandelion that's
Pauline Saunders and she has a black
owned business
thank you
and I just wanted to recognize her
myself
I just need to go down
one two
three and don't move the library
okay all right and everybody everybody
thank you
we do have one public hearing this
evening
we have one public hearing this evening
and just a reminder that we've extended
the public hearing public comment
hearing time to four minutes and I also
respectfully ask the first people
speaking only speak to the topic of the
public hearing number one
establishing a six-month moratorium on
the submission and processing of
building permits certificates of
occupancy certificates of use and land
use approvals for smoke shops vape shops
and tomato and tobacco or vape
consumption businesses within the city
of Schenectady
I have four people signed up to speak
the first person is Jeannie Orr
good evening my name is Jeannie Orr I'm
a Schenectady County resident and a
program manager for Capital District
tobacco-free communities we're a New
York State Department of Health funded
program that covers Schenectady Albany
and Redstone counties
and our goal is to improve the health of
our communities by creating environments
that decrease exposure to second-hand
smoke that support smokers who want to
quit and prevent young people from Ever
starting because we know that tobacco is
still the number one cause of
preventable death and disease
as you consider a moratorium on vape and
smoke shops in the city of Schenectady I
wanted to provide you with some facts
according to the Surgeon General there's
overwhelming evidence that the more
young people see tobacco the more likely
they are to start smoking tobacco
companies spend a half million dollars
every day aggressively marketing tobacco
products including e-cigarettes in
stores throughout New York state with
colorful walls and tobacco products
special discounts and other marketing
materials all of which are highly
appealing to youth
in Schenectady County the amount of
tobacco marketing that residents
including young people are exposed to
depends on where they live
we graph the density of tobacco
retailers in Schenectady County by ZIP
code and observed a very obvious trend
I have graphs here that I can distribute
to you afterwards but you will see on
this graph
that the zip codes with the highest
poverty rate 12304 05 and O7 have the
highest density of tobacco retailers
compared to Niskayuna which has the
lowest poverty rate Hamilton Hill with
the highest poverty rate has more than
five times the tobacco retailers per
capita
we also looked at where these tobacco
retailers are located with their within
the various zip codes
specifically we looked at how many were
located within 1500 feet of a school
in Schenectady County of the 173
licensed tobacco retailers 53 or 31 are
within 1500 feet of a school
in the city of Schenectady 41 of the 111
or 37 are within 1500 feet of schools
Hamilton Elementary School has 10
licensed tobacco retailers within 1500
feet of its property the most of any
school in the county
we also looked at smoke and vape shops
that are separate from just regular
licensed tobacco retailers which include
convenience stores and they we found
that five were located within 1500 feet
of a school
and in the spring of 2019 our staff held
four neighborhood conversations with 40
residents living in the city of
Schenectady and one of the questions we
asked participants was whether they
thought limiting the number of tobacco
retailers in the neighborhoods would
make a difference
and here's some of what we recorded in
their own words
kids shouldn't see tobacco marketing I
want my babies I don't want my babies to
start I think they should take it out of
the neighborhoods cold turkey if kids
don't see it they're less likely to
start it
I think the harder it is if you've got
to walk them out to get it you might
think about taking that walk
we also asked what these Schenectady
residents want to see less of and more
of in their communities and again in
their own words they said Les Bodega
selling bootleg cigarettes
corner stores look mostly abandoned
there are more cigarette choices than
candy
everything that's killing us in our
neighborhood we want to see less of put
a cap on the number of stores selling
tobacco
they wanted a real neighborhood with
everything you need in one place a good
Park in Hamilton Hill things for people
for kids to do basketball courts Fields
pool Recreation Center positive things
more stuff for families to do it deters
young people from smoking when they take
care of themselves
we released a full report in 2020
detailing our conversations along with
the data around tobacco marketing and
Schenectady this report titled
addressing tobacco use Health inequities
in the county of Schenectady is
available on our website
smokefreecapital.org
and I can also send you a link along
with the data I just mentioned tonight
please feel to contact me with any
questions you may have thank you so much
and I do have the graphs
thank you
Genevieve Hart
hello my name is Genevieve I've lived in
Schenectady County for most of my life
and I am a member of the reality check
Capital District faculty communities
growing up I learned about the dangers
of smoking in school and at home like
most children do but in the stores and
in the media smoking and eventually
vaping were constantly advertised to me
this year I'm going to be a junior in
high school for years vaping has been a
problem in school the administration
struggles to solve the issue because
when you take away the Vape the student
usually has another one at home or can
easily get another one in the last few
years the problem has gotten much worse
every Locker break during homeroom
during lunch and after school sports
games there are students vaping in the
bathroom it's almost a given now that
anytime I use the restroom during the
school day at least one of the Stalls
will be taken up by a group of girls
vaping
smell of cotton candy or mango fills the
bathroom and the hallway outside and
lately it's not just vaping occasionally
you'll walk into the bathroom and be
greeted with the smell of marijuana or
even cigarette smoke every one of my
teenage peers sees vaping at school
every single day even my younger brother
who is 12 years old comes home from
school some days detailing his
experience smelling Vape or even
marijuana in the middle school bathrooms
he's 12 and he can't go to school
without smelling drugs in the bathroom
the most heartbreaking part of it for me
is when I see my friends and my peers
becoming addicted to nicotine as a
result of vaping and the downward spiral
that their life takes as a result of
their Addiction in middle school I was
an advanced math class with a boy who
was smart kind and motivated and we were
very good friends however he began to
hang out with a group of kids who were
vaping I expressed my concern to him
about the issue but he brushed it off
because Vapes aren't as dangerous as
cigarettes within less than a year I
watched them become addicted to his Vape
drop out of advanced classes get
suspended and then he even began selling
Vapes himself to other middle schoolers
my other friends and I watched
hopelessly as he lost interest in life
and closed himself off from us but what
were we supposed to do he was in too
deep and he wouldn't listen to a word we
said for that old friend of mine the
spiral continues he is still vaping
today years later addictions are hard to
break and he's just a kid
the way that Vapes and other tobacco
products are marketed often targets
young people and disturbingly resembles
candy packaging is bright and colorful
and the products come in flavors such as
strawberry watermelon and blue raspberry
such flavors and products you could also
find packaging Styles you could also
find in the candy aisle
as marketing tactic only feeds into the
narrative that for years has been spread
by tobacco sellers that Vapes and other
form of tobacco are less dangerous than
cigarettes though in some cases this
might be true Vapes in particular still
contain dangerous chemicals that can
still kill you these harmful drugs are
foremost very accessible seeing as
they're found in gas stations and corner
stores that are within walking distance
from schools and homes regulating the
retailers of tobacco and vape products
along with advertising and paraphernalia
of these products could expose less to
the manipulative marketing tactics that
trick people into believing that they're
safe and hopefully there will be yes
less young people like my friend who
became addicted to nicotine at such a
young age thank you for your time
thank you
Rock Creek Caldwell hope I got your
first name right
hello everyone my name is
I live in also reside in the city of
Schenectady
well I'm sorry I live in also work
within the city of Schenectady my
apologies I'm very nervous
um so basically I was raised in a family
with
basically smoking with nothing but
smokers within my family my mother
smoked my father's smoke my grandmother
smoked my great-grandmother smoked
um
and
due to the fact that that cigarettes
were basically a norm within my family I
bought my first pack of cigarettes at
the age of 18.
less than 10 years later I was like
diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism
which I had a clot in my lung
um
at the time I had one choice
which was to con
stop smoking and be there for my my
children my fault daughters
which I did
and
you know I'm here today
just to
just an advocate for
individuals like myself
um that experience a hardship from
smoking tobacco products
um
and also
I'm hoping that you know my story can
make a change or a difference in someone
else's life
also
you know as I said I'm a mother of four
so
showing
sorry
I'm a mother of four and
it's very important for me to be the
change that I that I that my family need
basically the generational chain breaker
you know I thank God that I'm standing
here today
um years ago I woke up coughing up blood
and I had no choice but to live for my
kids and you know
especially like in regards to the well
at that time I was a menthol smoker you
know now they have other flavors
of tobacco products you know which
it's like
it's just you know it's horrible and I
you know I'm just here today just to
tell my story
um and you know thank you guys for your
time
sorry thank you
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P divorce
um I'm just going to talk about the
Practical side of this because I've been
listening to the committee meeting and
you all know what you're going to be
facing there are people already
participating in some of these venues
smokeless cigarettes and all those
different forms I'm just not that
acquainted with it but I know they're
around and I see people using them and
thinking I've heard that there's even
like a hundred different flavors and
peanut butter still King but anyway
you know you're going to run into
problems with people who have been doing
this for their lifestyle their income
and so practically speaking you've had
very good discussions about what's going
to happen you know what's going to
happen there are going to be people who
are going to
come forth and present it to the city I
mean it's just like Mr kosher with this
plastic straws nobody's arresting
stewards for plastic straws
the
but anyway
um
you know there's going to be a lot of
contention in section number five
section one says there will be
exceptions so right there
whatever you say is going to
give the onus to those with exceptions
and
there's a payback for it I think there
may even be a remuneration for
embarrassment and it depends on how far
you go with this
whether you actively participate in
stopping people from participating in
the buying of these things I wouldn't
want to be the one to walk up to
somebody who wants to do business there
and start a
chastising them about what they're doing
so but you've had some very good
discussions on this you know it's going
to be a big problem
and what's government for
thank you
I have no one else signed up to speak so
I declare the public hearing that I
declare the public hearing closed
ask for approved
I asked for approval of minutes for July
24 2023
moved by Mr Williams second by Miss
Patrick all those in favor
aye
this time we'll have privilege of the
floor related to the legislative agenda
I see three people signed up to speak
uh the first person Neil golub
thank you it's my pleasure to be here
today I would just say everybody's
sitting up front it's very hard to hear
you speak and it comes through in a very
garbled way in the back so I would
suggest people try to project themselves
I want to talk about the
Aquatic Center which is being planned
for Schenectady about a year ago the
lady who was heading up
came to me and asked for my opinion and
I thought I liked the idea very much
we're pattering it after Greensboro
which has had an enormous impact on
their business community and the message
I want to deliver to all of Schenectady
is that the benefit of the Aquatic
Center which would be built in in
Rotterdam because it's the only place
available all of the benefit in business
will come to Schenectady hotels will be
loaded restaurants will be loaded
businesses will be will be bending
we've seen in Greensboro you know 120
000 people coming into town over a
period of time
Greensboro has benefited so dramatically
from having the Aquatic Center in town
that we should take a very close look
and before Schenectady says well that's
not us recognize that the major business
economic benefit will accrue to
Schenectady New York because all of our
restaurants and all of our hotels and
all of our entertainment is downtown and
all of that comes back to us so please
consider your decision about supporting
it very carefully thank you for hearing
me thank you
P.D Boris
well
again let's say
number two you're taking in 481
687 and number three you're taking in 49
977 of County Legislature last week took
in one a quarter million dollars so
keep trying
uh
also
um
regarding the award
the ceremonial reward there's uh I went
to a meeting the other night about
zoning from a to X
Y and Z were left out
big things are going to happen in
Hamilton Hill huge it's just starting
and you didn't even speak to the address
of person that started it all about a
year or two ago when the y'all got
together on the properties up there and
they uh
new
rentals huge rental spaces up there so
if you really want to see something
that's challenging and go back to the
zoning meeting committee meeting on a a
through X
no y and z
so there's a project going to start
there that'll employ a lot of people
from some place and for several years to
come I've drove every one of those
addresses the other day and saw reptiles
rodents just it was scary very scary I
saw things up there that should be fine
and they have gone to seed there's
somebody your bus was up there I took
two pictures of your bus uh the boys
girls club it's a mess Burrell Park
third time I've been I've seen
Renovations there the first time they
surrendered the court with fence for
basketball the second time they went and
redid the the field room and the
bathroom and put fences around that now
all of it's been demoed and they're
going to have a splash park so think on
these things and also the money being
used for the golfing I think to play at
a municipal golf course cost fifteen
hundred dollars a year to play there
as a member of the municipality
extraordinary
thank you thank you
Justin cherish
how we doing thank you for having me and
allowing me speak this evening I want to
speak on the resolution that allows the
city to enter into contract New York
state division of Criminal Justice to
secure the regarding Grant funds uh that
is with the community new hire panel I
just want to say thank you to all the
council and the mayor for considering
going into contract with CDG to get the
con the grant money for it for those
that don't know what the new hire panel
does it vets all of the young officers
that want to come into SPD so it is one
of the initiatives that we started that
allows us to work with SPD to Chief
Clifford and the other sergeants there
that have set in to bring in a group of
young officers that actually want to be
a part of this city uh for those that
didn't get a chance to go down to the
community father event this weekend
you've seen a lot of plain clothes young
officers that decided to frequent it on
their off day something I haven't seen
in the city in a long time so I just
want to make sure that everyone
understands the importance that this new
hired panel does as we bring in officers
that actually want to be a part of the
city want to police properly not over
police our communities and want to be
community members one of the officers
and I I don't want to use his name
because I did speak to him he doesn't
like credit but he received five merits
for exceptional Duty on just recently
that is one that came through one of the
first that came to the new hire panel so
this is something that we take very
seriously the people that we are vetting
and I hope that the council you know
takes it very seriously when they vote
on getting the grant to continue to work
with the community new hire panel thank
you
I have no one else to speak so I declare
the public comment on the legislative
agenda close
I'll ask for approval of the legislative
cassette agenda
moved by Mr Williams second by Mr Farley
all those in favor
we have a privilege of the floor on
General City business
and I have three four people signed up
to speak
Edmund Lavin
good evening
city of Ethics New York Board of Ethics
city of Schenectady New York Board of
ethics
we explained to you at the meeting June
27 23 the city Ethics Committee has a
statutorial or prescribed charge and at
your complaints does not fall within the
scope of our jurisdiction
we have also received your follow-up
letter on July 14th
the appropriate Forum to address
criminal complaints it is certainly not
the appropriate for him to seek redress
for alleged moral failings
it's an Ethics Committee that is what an
Ethics complaint is about that Valentino
write the complaint for him this was
from father Dominic isopo
my office complaint is that I have a
parent at City Council meetings a
minimum four times in complain of Judges
Frost balotico and Hoffman depriving me
of my constitutional rights the mayor of
council members
have done nothing
they have all sworn in their oath of
office to prep the laws protect the laws
of the Constitution ethically they will
almost Act my complaint against these
three corrupt judges is obstruction of
justice and treason it is the same
complaint I am making now against the
mayor who refuses to meet with me and
all council members are guilty of
obstruction of justice
the mayor is to enforce all laws in the
city of Schenectady obstruction of
justice is considered a crime against
Justice itself
by obstructing justice one is seeking to
thwart the process of justice and the
operation of the justice system the
mayor must meet with me and you must act
on my complaint doing nothing
and not meeting with me is not ethical
but it is pride
if the mayor or city council members are
brought the crime of treason perpetrated
by a judge against the citizen to the
city council meeting
what is the civic duty of the mayor and
city council members
the civic duty of the mayor and City
Council Members is to ensure that the
judge is held accountable for their
actions they can do this by reporting
the judge to the appropriate authorities
and by taking legal action against them
the mayor and City Council Members can
also work to ensure that the judges rule
from their position if necessary it is
important for them to take action in
order to protect the rights of citizens
and uphold the law
when a citizen reports a crime of
obstruction of justice treason committed
by judges against a citizen the law
enforcement official is required to
investigate the matter the official will
take down the details of the complaint
and may ask for supporting evidence if
the complaint is filed to be true the
official will take appropriate action
against the judges
in addition to the Constitutional
violations the Department of Justice
prosecutes laws law enforcement officers
for related instances of obstruction of
justice
this includes attempting to prevent a
victim of or Witnesses from reporting
the misconduct lying to federal state or
local officials during the course of
Investigation into a potential
misconduct writing a false report to
conceal misconduct or fabricating
evidence
or keeping my office complaint out of
the newspaper
thank you
Petey Voris
EX
I think this community knows that I've
had everything I own
taken away from me
the door was locked the keys at the door
the locks were changed and I had a half
hour to vacate my the home I've been in
for the last three years I have
absolutely nothing except what I'm
wearing and what's in my car that's the
only thing that I have
and
that's devastating but that followed
after after my car had been shot at with
an assault weapon on Albany and Henry
Street and blew the tire out and I guess
somebody thought they'd make a good
story and they had maybe a
PhD and make a good write-up but within
10 days this arm looked like a boxing
glove
and it was vibrating it was hot I
couldn't stand the pain of it it was a
trimmer
it was a trauma
from the having the tire shot at and I
was in several Emergency Care things
given medication given steroids given
and then ended up in the hospital for
several three times for surgery put in
isolation and then they tell me that I'm
not that I'm not being hospitalized I'm
there three four days and the fifth day
they say well we don't feel like
operating on you now so here I am going
through all this Hospital mumbo jumbo
and they should have had an MD on this
thing instead of a PhD there's a lot of
difference in just writing something up
about it
a lot of difference when you end up with
trauma
and now
on top of all that
I get thrown out of my apartment they
have everything I've I've been able to
gather
it's just everything all my books you've
seen some of my you saw one of my books
about the Caribbean crowd didn't you so
yeah the slavers yeah that's gone
and a whole bunch of other books Plus
work that I've done on my own
it's all gone everybody knows it I don't
know how you reconcile yourself with it
happening in this community it was an
assault weapon the niski and a police
told me only an assault weapon could
have done that and
not any police weapon I've also been
learning things like other people that
you know and I find out that our people
and the Warriors that do we can do to
get two paychecks a month
won the first and won the 15th for their
Warrior are
service
I do not have at this time because of
what's been done to me my only income is
social security retirement and it is
less than the first check you get every
first of the month
thank you
Wayne Harper
eight weeks two days picketing net
Albany VA hospital to get what I was
entitled to
but so far it looks like I'm going to
get it
now I'm sorry the mayor left I wanted to
address him
hopefully he watches the meetings
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I think he's prepared to let Bellevue go
the Bellevue neighborhood go the way of
the rest of the city
I had been calling about a code
enforcement making complaints
about a residence that was in a fire
a major fire the roof was taken off
a lot of water went into that building
and tore down the garage built a new
garage put a back porch on and when I
foiled to get the um and Chris one by
the way
said to me oh yeah they've been cited
and he's been going to court and paying
fines
I said really Chris that's hard to
believe because I wouldn't think that
someone that was doing that would con
continue to
reviolate or continue to violate
and of course there are great violators
on the weekends I guess they know code
enforcement doesn't work on the weekend
and maybe we ought to get some people
out there on weekends
somebody ought to have a discussion
about that maybe this Council
um
so I foiled
and there's no records of any
inspections at all so far
maybe they'll find some no Plumbing no
electrical and you know when a when a
home is been in a fire they put a lot of
water in there that can jeopardize the
electrical system I don't know if you
folks are aware of that
no no framing permits for the roof the
garage and nothing
so I don't know if this is because
um
we're selectively
enforcing code enforcement and I don't
expect Perfection but this this
homeowners also in construction and I
see a dump trailer there debris he was
bringing in appliances from all over
probably jobs he did right now there's a
bobcat with a little front end bucket on
the front and this is a residential
neighborhood and I'm sick and tired and
here's an address maybe somebody ought
to write it down 24 26 2428 Campbell
Avenue and this individual used to drive
a truck that said either Nissan or
Colony so I don't know if he works but
he backs up to the front door of that
two family like that's a park on the
lawn
and I complained to the mayor I don't
know months ago gave him the address
so
you know this is what happens to a city
this is how it breaks it down we
Hamilton Hill was the first and I lived
through all of this Mount Pleasant
Central State Street up around
Brandywine Avenue now Bellevue and we're
well on our way
so I hope Gary watches these meetings I
hope Andrew there is going to respond to
my email and we maybe get to the bottom
of why there were no permits and and
think about permits going forward thank
you thank you
Daniel Castillo
good evening everyone
my name is Daniel Castillo the last time
I was here I formally requested the
removal of an unconstitutional sign
regarding identification to enter this
building that was posted at the entrance
I made the request because of the lawful
arrest of a citizen that invoked their
Fourth Amendment right the right of the
people to be secure in their persons
houses papers and their effects against
unreasonable searches and seizures
tonight I'm here to formally request the
removal of the unconstitutional
executive order of the mayor that
prohibits photographs audio and video
recording of any kind in the city hall
without the consent of all persons whose
voice or images being recorded
I would also like to explain how it was
treated here by some of the special
police officers that work in this
building before the executive order was
actually put up
after the citizens arrest
I came here to address my grievances I
filmed my visit and disseminated the
video to my viewers on my YouTube
channel that goes by the name New York
State audit
on my visit I declined to provide ID and
invoke my Fourth Amendment right after
doing so
special police officer Raymond
faffenbach rummages through my wallet
and steals my private information while
I was distracted conversing with another
special police officer
I can confirm this with my video as well
as the city hall camera footage that I
received through my Freedom of
Information law request that I made
after the incident
naturally I've returned to file a
complaint against Mr faffenbach and I
stopped by the mayor's office to make an
appointment so we can have a
conversation about the unconstitutional
sign and the lengths that the special
police officers are willing to go to
enforce it
again I invoked my Fourth Amendment
right to Mr faffenbach who just so
happened to be there once again
he turns and picks up a clipboard that
had my information on it calls me by my
name as he printed on my name tag
confirming even more that he went
through my wallet without my consent on
my first visit
I went to the mayor's office but he
wasn't in so I left my information with
his secretary I did this several times within a five-month span
but no one has ever called me
during this period I have been treated
with disdain by the special police
officers that are employed by the city
hall
I have been verbally and physically
harassed by them I have physically been
prevented from entering offices that are
open to the public especially the
mayor's office on one visit they would
even let me in the building
all these instant incidents were
captured on camera and disseminated on
my channel
why wouldn't the mayor speak with me
was it because the citizen was acquitted
of all charges when they were arrested
in this building in 2022 because they
used my video the video that I filmed
the video that proved their innocence
was it because the story I did about him
chasing a woman in his car from his home
to the police station allegedly drunk at
times even crying in front of the police
or is it because he looks at the citizen
as ratchet as it said on his Instagram
post during the last year's Super Bowl
halftime show as he does it because
that's what it seems like I can only
speculate regardless he took an oath to
the New York State and the United States
constitutions when he became the mayor
how can he preserve protect or defend
the constitution of this state or of the
United States
like it says in his oath
when he creates an executive order that
violates our First Amendment right
freedom of the press that violates
section one of the 14th Amendment all
persons born or naturalized in the
United States and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the
United States and the state wherein they
reside no State shall make or sir I need
you to summarize please your time is
expired This is the End right here no
States shall enforce or any law will
shallow Bridge the Privileges or
immunities of the citizens of the United
States nor shall any state deprive any
person of life liberty or property
without due process of law that's pretty
much the end of the gist of it so thank
you for your time this is right here you
guys took an off to this as well
okay not just the mayor so I'm I'm thank
you sir your time is expired okay thank
you thank you
I have no one else signed up to speak so
I declare the public comment of City
business close
any miscellaneous business of the
council
Mr Toro
good evening I'd like to thank everyone
for coming out I'd like to thank one of
our own councilman John palomini John
sits on a panel for the inflation
reduction act and he spent the past week
in Washington DC
um
on the anniversary of the act and did a
national press conference on the
economic and environmental benefits of
the legislation so John will be
continuing with that and I think we're
very blessed and lucky to have John on
our Council and working on all of our
behalf
anyone else okay the mayor has left so I
just want to thank everyone also for
coming out this evening to State
whatever your position is on our um the
various things on our agenda as other
things that are going on in our city and I invite you to continue to do that
as we move forward so thank you again
all for coming and with that I ask for a
motion to adjourn moved by Miss Patrick
second by Mr Williams all those in favor
we're adjourned have a good night