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calling to order the city Caucus meeting

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for Monday August 14 2023

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we have one public hearing this evening

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if the clerk would please read

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public hearing number one establishing a

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six-month moratorium on the submission

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and processing of building permits

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certificate of occupancy certificate of

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use and land use approvals for a smoke

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shop vape shops and tobacco tobacco or

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vape consumption businesses within the

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city of Schenectady

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we have eight items for original

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consideration if the clerk would please

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read item number one item number one for

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final consideration an ordinance

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pursuant to section 101 of the second

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class cities law abandoning a portion of

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large Street

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discussed and committee with objection

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on consent item number two item number

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two for original consideration a

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resolution authorizing the city to enter

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into a contract with New York state

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division of criminal justices to secure

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give grant funding discussed in

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committee with objection on consent item

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number three item number three for

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original consideration a resolution

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authorizing the city to enter into a

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contract with New York state division of

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criminal justices

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to secure research and evaluation grant

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funding regarding the community hiring

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panel discussed in committee with an

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objection on consent item number four for original

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consideration a resolution revoking the

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appropriation of American Rescue plan

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act arpa funds for the construction of

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the capital region Aquatic Center as

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authorized by resolution 2022-14 and

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amended by resolution

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2023-029 discussed in committee with

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objection on consent item number five for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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the settlement of a claim by Carol riggy

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objection on consent item number six for original

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consideration a resolution recognizing

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2023 black business month this item will

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be taken out of order and presented by

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councilman Williams item number seven for original

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consideration and resolution authorizing

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the issuance of revocable permit number

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677 to Herbies burgers for a sign with

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accent lighting in an online they were

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overhang the cities right away at 175 J

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objection on consent item number eight for original

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consideration a resolution awarding the

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bid in contract for the Schenectady

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Municipal Golf Course irrigation system

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installation base bid and add alternate

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number one to George E lay company in

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the amount of three million three

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hundred and fifty two thousand nine

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hundred and thirty four dollars and

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twenty one cents discuss some committee

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with objection on consent if there's

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nothing more to come before the city

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council caucus I would ask for a motion

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to adjourn movement Miss Patrick second

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by Mr Williams all those in favor we are

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adjourned I'd like to call to order the

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city council meeting

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for Monday Monday August 14 2023

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and I'd like to call on Pastor Mark

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Thompson for the prayer invocation

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Eternal God our Father we thank you

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again for the favors of this day and how

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you've blessed us and kept us father we

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thank you for

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the reason why we are called here today

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taking care of the business of the city

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of Schenectady we give honor to the

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mayor of this city councilman Porter

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Phil all those elected officials and

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everyone in their respective places

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father we pray that you bless them and

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Grant them your wisdom because they

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might be the stewards of this city Lord

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God the caretakers of this city and the

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service of the city father I ask a

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special blessing upon each of them as

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they lay things aside to do the business

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of the city take care of the things that

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they've laid aside while they are here

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to do your business father B Grant your

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wisdom Grant your provision and Grant

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your leadership into this place father

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last but not least we send our hearts

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and prayers out to the people in Hawaii

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right now who are suffering great loss

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but act that you would be with them as

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you are here with us we ask these things

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in Jesus name amen amen as a

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councilwoman Patrick to lead us in the

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if the clerk would please complete the

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Roll Call

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with tavarian is absent Mr Toro Mr

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Mr palamini is absent Miss Porterfield

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here thank you

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hold on one second oh thank you

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that's on us it's ours okay

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I'd like to ask the clerk to read any

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Communications and petitions

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Communications presented to city council

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for Monday August 14 2023 under official

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there were none under General there was

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an email from Emily treforest and in

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opposition to a proposed Bill in

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Congress to raise the federal weight

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limit of heavy trucks on the nation's

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roads

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under petitions there was a petition of

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22 signatures for sidewalk improvements

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and special assessment District on

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McLennan McClellan

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thank you and saw council members for

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any committee reports

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we do have one public I'm sorry we do

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have one out of order resolution

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and we asked councilman Williams to

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present that

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foreign

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we have Asia priests unique priests

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Mrs if you could join us behind the rail

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Mrs Thompson

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all right Kenneth Brooks If Kenneth's

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here and Tanika Smith

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beautiful beautiful but before I begin

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I'd like to First say how privilege and

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honor I am to be presenting this

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resolution to you all today and to all

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the other businesses that have not

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joined us tonight may I have the floor

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you may so I'll be presenting a

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resolution recognizing the 2023 national

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black business month

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whereas black business month is

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celebrated in August it is a time to

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acknowledge and appreciate black owned

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businesses Across the Nation and all

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that they represent in the country's

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continual striving for diversity and

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equality black business month provides

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an opportunity to focus

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on a community that is far too often

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underrepresented when it comes to access

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to Capital and opportunities to build

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wealth and whereas the history of black

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business month can be traced back to the

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year 2004 when engineering entrepreneur

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Frederick e Jordan partnered with the

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president and executive editor of this

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scholarly Publishing Company e-access

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Corporation John William Templeton to

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start this annual event their intention

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was to drive the policy agenda affecting

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the 2.6 million African-American

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businesses in order to highlight and

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Empower black business owners everywhere

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given the continued challenges faced by

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black business owners

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and whereas since the late 1700s both

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free and enslaved black people began to

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open their own small businesses from

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barber shops to tobacco shops and

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shoemaking as emancipation grew so did

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the establishment of black owned

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businesses and this led to the period

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between 1900 and 1930 being labeled as

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the Golden Age of black owned businesses

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and whereas this historic annual event

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provides a chance for consumers and

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Proprietors to not only support black

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businesses but provide them with a

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platform to grow their own their

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Enterprises and build wealth for current

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and future generations of African

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Americans celebrating the contribution

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of black business owners and

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entrepreneurs pays homage to them and

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their legacies and celebrating this

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month recognizes the importance of black

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owned businesses when it comes to

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contributing to the nation's economy as

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and whereas the value of

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Entrepreneurship has long been a major

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influence in the black community today

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approximately 10 percent of All American

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businesses are black owned the primary

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sectors in which black-owned businesses

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operate include Health Care Social Work

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repair and maintenance beauty salons

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restaurants barber shops arts and

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entertainment and the list continues to

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grow

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and whereas black business month ensures

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that black owned businesses get the

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recognition and patronage that they so

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richly deserve especially those that are

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struggling to stay afloat

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celebrating black owned businesses

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empowers more people from the

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African-American communities to dream

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big and begin their own entrepreneurial

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Journey

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and whereas when you choose to support

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black owned businesses you are

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supporting black pride unity and kuji

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jacquelia or self-determination black

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entrepreneurship is a tool for survival

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now therefore be it resolved that the

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Schenectady city council and Mayor Gary

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R McCarthy do hereby pause in our

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deliberations to recognize black

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business month and the city of

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Schenectady and encourages all residents

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to support black owned businesses in the

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city of Schenectady the capital region

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and at every other opportunity I'd like

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to move the resolution

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in a second by Mr Farley all those in favor

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aye aye congratulations the motion

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passes

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um yes no

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you're so excited okay

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and please please I would love for you

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all to share some words uh of

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encouragement and also of your journey

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if you wouldn't mind

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hello everybody I'm Asia priest this is

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unique priests and kahin priest we are

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accepting this award in regards to our

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brother DJ ketchup and ketchup

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Enterprise which is us we are check

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ketchup Enterprise we are black business

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we are Schenectady and we want to say

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we're thankful for the recognition that

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you're giving us and we just strive to

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do better for our community and for the

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ones beneath you know underneath us that

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are looking up to us

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and we're just appreciative that you

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guys have taken this time to pass this

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and

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we love you thank you

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[Applause]

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truly I think it's an honor and a

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privilege to be able to stand here and

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represent little yayas located in the

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city of Schenectady at 135 Broadway and

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I truly think the council and I think

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the mayor for recognizing that Yaya's

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a mom-and-pop business

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a black owned business

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for this area for such a time as this is

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able to still be standing after seven

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years

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I think it's a wonderful thing that

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we're doing down there and I and I just

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think my team my team is here so I think

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and my husband who's my biggest

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supporter for Yaya's house I appreciate

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and I really really thank you for the

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[Applause]

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um thank you so much city of Schenectady

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my name is Kenneth Brooks I represent

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Community fathers ground up Landscaping

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cuts and blends Barbershop

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and uh

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o-i-o-i which stands for occupations

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instead of incarceration that's a

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program we started with Community

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fathers because when I was a youth uh

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what kept me out of trouble was gaining

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self-worth and being able to help out

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and feed my family help my mom help my

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sisters help my siblings

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so I knew that that was the opportunity

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and that's what I wanted to do with my

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life to provide that same path for the

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Youth that follows me so there's one

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youth who's not here who works with me

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his name is Yaya Yasir Washington he

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actually became my youth because he was

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appointed to me as like you know a big

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brother because he was getting in

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trouble in school so it started from me

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going to his house under a mentorship to

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him being one of my finest best workers

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he's like a son to me and my operations

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manager David Cooper he's not here

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that's my childhood friend we've been

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friends since we was 12 years old we

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came from a group home so uh the support

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of the city the family the

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not-for-profits in Schenectady the mayor

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the people of Schenectady the city of

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Schenectady supporting my business and

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supporting me and bringing me to where I

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am today there's David Cooper operations

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manager right there

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thank you uh my business would not have

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grown through trials and tribulations

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through you know uh pluses and minuses

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with the support and the help and the

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love of everybody in this room everybody

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in Schenectady I was able to grow and be

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successful and I appreciate everybody

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thank you

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my name is Tanika Smith I'm with kitchen

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love and Kenneth is my fiance I say with

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a good team you can get anything done

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and I think that's what Schenectady is a

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great team to have access to everything

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that we need in order to grow in order

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to do in order to give back you can have

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any lemonade stand as my cliche verbiage

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but to know what it takes to do that and

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the limit how much they cost and how

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much that uh support you need from the

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community in order to be able to sell is

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definitely a difference and I thank you

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Schenectady for allowing me to do that

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and give back because it's not just

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about being here it's about giving back

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also and teaching the youth as well but

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thank you so much

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can I say one thing there is one black

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owned business that's here that's not

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standing up and I just want to

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appreciate her because she's a wonderful

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person and that's the dandelion that's

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Pauline Saunders and she has a black

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owned business

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thank you

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and I just wanted to recognize her

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myself

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I just need to go down

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one two

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three and don't move the library

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okay all right and everybody everybody

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thank you

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we do have one public hearing this

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evening

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we have one public hearing this evening

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and just a reminder that we've extended

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the public hearing public comment

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hearing time to four minutes and I also

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respectfully ask the first people

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speaking only speak to the topic of the

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public hearing number one

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establishing a six-month moratorium on

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the submission and processing of

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building permits certificates of

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occupancy certificates of use and land

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use approvals for smoke shops vape shops

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and tomato and tobacco or vape

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consumption businesses within the city

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of Schenectady

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I have four people signed up to speak

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the first person is Jeannie Orr

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good evening my name is Jeannie Orr I'm

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a Schenectady County resident and a

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program manager for Capital District

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tobacco-free communities we're a New

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York State Department of Health funded

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program that covers Schenectady Albany

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and Redstone counties

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and our goal is to improve the health of

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our communities by creating environments

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that decrease exposure to second-hand

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smoke that support smokers who want to

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quit and prevent young people from Ever

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starting because we know that tobacco is

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still the number one cause of

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preventable death and disease

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as you consider a moratorium on vape and

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smoke shops in the city of Schenectady I

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wanted to provide you with some facts

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according to the Surgeon General there's

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overwhelming evidence that the more

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young people see tobacco the more likely

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they are to start smoking tobacco

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companies spend a half million dollars

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every day aggressively marketing tobacco

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products including e-cigarettes in

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stores throughout New York state with

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colorful walls and tobacco products

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special discounts and other marketing

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materials all of which are highly

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appealing to youth

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in Schenectady County the amount of

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tobacco marketing that residents

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including young people are exposed to

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depends on where they live

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we graph the density of tobacco

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retailers in Schenectady County by ZIP

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code and observed a very obvious trend

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I have graphs here that I can distribute

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to you afterwards but you will see on

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this graph

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that the zip codes with the highest

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poverty rate 12304 05 and O7 have the

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highest density of tobacco retailers

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compared to Niskayuna which has the

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lowest poverty rate Hamilton Hill with

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the highest poverty rate has more than

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five times the tobacco retailers per

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capita

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we also looked at where these tobacco

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retailers are located with their within

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the various zip codes

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specifically we looked at how many were

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located within 1500 feet of a school

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in Schenectady County of the 173

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licensed tobacco retailers 53 or 31 are

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within 1500 feet of a school

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in the city of Schenectady 41 of the 111

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or 37 are within 1500 feet of schools

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Hamilton Elementary School has 10

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licensed tobacco retailers within 1500

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feet of its property the most of any

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school in the county

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we also looked at smoke and vape shops

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that are separate from just regular

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licensed tobacco retailers which include

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convenience stores and they we found

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that five were located within 1500 feet

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of a school

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and in the spring of 2019 our staff held

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four neighborhood conversations with 40

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residents living in the city of

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Schenectady and one of the questions we

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asked participants was whether they

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thought limiting the number of tobacco

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retailers in the neighborhoods would

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make a difference

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and here's some of what we recorded in

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their own words

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kids shouldn't see tobacco marketing I

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want my babies I don't want my babies to

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start I think they should take it out of

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the neighborhoods cold turkey if kids

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don't see it they're less likely to

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start it

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I think the harder it is if you've got

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to walk them out to get it you might

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think about taking that walk

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we also asked what these Schenectady

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residents want to see less of and more

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of in their communities and again in

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their own words they said Les Bodega

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selling bootleg cigarettes

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corner stores look mostly abandoned

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there are more cigarette choices than

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candy

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everything that's killing us in our

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neighborhood we want to see less of put

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a cap on the number of stores selling

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tobacco

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they wanted a real neighborhood with

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everything you need in one place a good

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Park in Hamilton Hill things for people

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for kids to do basketball courts Fields

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pool Recreation Center positive things

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more stuff for families to do it deters

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young people from smoking when they take

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care of themselves

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we released a full report in 2020

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detailing our conversations along with

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the data around tobacco marketing and

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Schenectady this report titled

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addressing tobacco use Health inequities

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in the county of Schenectady is

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available on our website

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smokefreecapital.org

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and I can also send you a link along

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with the data I just mentioned tonight

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please feel to contact me with any

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questions you may have thank you so much

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and I do have the graphs

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thank you

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Genevieve Hart

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hello my name is Genevieve I've lived in

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Schenectady County for most of my life

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and I am a member of the reality check

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Capital District faculty communities

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growing up I learned about the dangers

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of smoking in school and at home like

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most children do but in the stores and

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in the media smoking and eventually

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vaping were constantly advertised to me

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this year I'm going to be a junior in

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high school for years vaping has been a

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problem in school the administration

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struggles to solve the issue because

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when you take away the Vape the student

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usually has another one at home or can

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easily get another one in the last few

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years the problem has gotten much worse

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every Locker break during homeroom

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during lunch and after school sports

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games there are students vaping in the

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bathroom it's almost a given now that

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anytime I use the restroom during the

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school day at least one of the Stalls

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will be taken up by a group of girls

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vaping

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smell of cotton candy or mango fills the

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bathroom and the hallway outside and

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lately it's not just vaping occasionally

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you'll walk into the bathroom and be

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greeted with the smell of marijuana or

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even cigarette smoke every one of my

568
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,120
teenage peers sees vaping at school

569
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,100
every single day even my younger brother

570
00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:19,620
who is 12 years old comes home from

571
00:31:19,620 --> 00:31:20,940
school some days detailing his

572
00:31:20,940 --> 00:31:22,320
experience smelling Vape or even

573
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,299
marijuana in the middle school bathrooms

574
00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:26,220
he's 12 and he can't go to school

575
00:31:26,220 --> 00:31:28,440
without smelling drugs in the bathroom

576
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,179
the most heartbreaking part of it for me

577
00:31:30,179 --> 00:31:32,039
is when I see my friends and my peers

578
00:31:32,039 --> 00:31:33,840
becoming addicted to nicotine as a

579
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,820
result of vaping and the downward spiral

580
00:31:35,820 --> 00:31:37,260
that their life takes as a result of

581
00:31:37,260 --> 00:31:39,600
their Addiction in middle school I was

582
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,220
an advanced math class with a boy who

583
00:31:41,220 --> 00:31:43,200
was smart kind and motivated and we were

584
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,120
very good friends however he began to

585
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:46,260
hang out with a group of kids who were

586
00:31:46,260 --> 00:31:48,000
vaping I expressed my concern to him

587
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,440
about the issue but he brushed it off

588
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,059
because Vapes aren't as dangerous as

589
00:31:51,059 --> 00:31:53,460
cigarettes within less than a year I

590
00:31:53,460 --> 00:31:54,960
watched them become addicted to his Vape

591
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:56,580
drop out of advanced classes get

592
00:31:56,580 --> 00:31:58,740
suspended and then he even began selling

593
00:31:58,740 --> 00:32:00,240
Vapes himself to other middle schoolers

594
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:01,860
my other friends and I watched

595
00:32:01,860 --> 00:32:03,480
hopelessly as he lost interest in life

596
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,580
and closed himself off from us but what

597
00:32:05,580 --> 00:32:07,080
were we supposed to do he was in too

598
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:08,520
deep and he wouldn't listen to a word we

599
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,140
said for that old friend of mine the

600
00:32:10,140 --> 00:32:11,820
spiral continues he is still vaping

601
00:32:11,820 --> 00:32:13,679
today years later addictions are hard to

602
00:32:13,679 --> 00:32:15,360
break and he's just a kid

603
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:16,980
the way that Vapes and other tobacco

604
00:32:16,980 --> 00:32:18,419
products are marketed often targets

605
00:32:18,419 --> 00:32:20,220
young people and disturbingly resembles

606
00:32:20,220 --> 00:32:22,260
candy packaging is bright and colorful

607
00:32:22,260 --> 00:32:24,240
and the products come in flavors such as

608
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:25,860
strawberry watermelon and blue raspberry

609
00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:28,440
such flavors and products you could also

610
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:30,299
find packaging Styles you could also

611
00:32:30,299 --> 00:32:31,919
find in the candy aisle

612
00:32:31,919 --> 00:32:33,659
as marketing tactic only feeds into the

613
00:32:33,659 --> 00:32:35,399
narrative that for years has been spread

614
00:32:35,399 --> 00:32:37,080
by tobacco sellers that Vapes and other

615
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,940
form of tobacco are less dangerous than

616
00:32:38,940 --> 00:32:40,799
cigarettes though in some cases this

617
00:32:40,799 --> 00:32:42,720
might be true Vapes in particular still

618
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,100
contain dangerous chemicals that can

619
00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:46,140
still kill you these harmful drugs are

620
00:32:46,140 --> 00:32:47,700
foremost very accessible seeing as

621
00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:49,260
they're found in gas stations and corner

622
00:32:49,260 --> 00:32:50,460
stores that are within walking distance

623
00:32:50,460 --> 00:32:52,620
from schools and homes regulating the

624
00:32:52,620 --> 00:32:54,299
retailers of tobacco and vape products

625
00:32:54,299 --> 00:32:56,100
along with advertising and paraphernalia

626
00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:57,960
of these products could expose less to

627
00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:59,520
the manipulative marketing tactics that

628
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:00,840
trick people into believing that they're

629
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,580
safe and hopefully there will be yes

630
00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:04,500
less young people like my friend who

631
00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:06,120
became addicted to nicotine at such a

632
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,039
young age thank you for your time

633
00:33:08,039 --> 00:33:12,769
thank you

634
00:33:12,779 --> 00:33:15,600
Rock Creek Caldwell hope I got your

635
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:26,029
first name right

636
00:33:26,039 --> 00:33:31,190
hello everyone my name is

637
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,299
I live in also reside in the city of

638
00:33:33,299 --> 00:33:34,500
Schenectady

639
00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:36,559
well I'm sorry I live in also work

640
00:33:36,559 --> 00:33:38,640
within the city of Schenectady my

641
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,460
apologies I'm very nervous

642
00:33:41,460 --> 00:33:44,279
um so basically I was raised in a family

643
00:33:44,279 --> 00:33:45,679
with

644
00:33:45,679 --> 00:33:48,779
basically smoking with nothing but

645
00:33:48,779 --> 00:33:51,539
smokers within my family my mother

646
00:33:51,539 --> 00:33:53,880
smoked my father's smoke my grandmother

647
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,760
smoked my great-grandmother smoked

648
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,019
um

649
00:33:58,019 --> 00:34:00,840
and

650
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,600
due to the fact that that cigarettes

651
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,960
were basically a norm within my family I

652
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,879
bought my first pack of cigarettes at

653
00:34:08,879 --> 00:34:10,619
the age of 18.

654
00:34:10,619 --> 00:34:13,859
less than 10 years later I was like

655
00:34:13,859 --> 00:34:16,200
diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism

656
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,800
which I had a clot in my lung

657
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:20,520
um

658
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,159
at the time I had one choice

659
00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:25,800
which was to con

660
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,200
stop smoking and be there for my my

661
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,200
children my fault daughters

662
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,280
which I did

663
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,139
and

664
00:34:34,139 --> 00:34:36,119
you know I'm here today

665
00:34:36,119 --> 00:34:38,399
just to

666
00:34:38,399 --> 00:34:40,919
just an advocate for

667
00:34:40,919 --> 00:34:43,440
individuals like myself

668
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:47,760
um that experience a hardship from

669
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:51,480
smoking tobacco products

670
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,609
um

671
00:34:54,619 --> 00:34:57,300
and also

672
00:34:57,300 --> 00:35:00,060
I'm hoping that you know my story can

673
00:35:00,060 --> 00:35:01,980
make a change or a difference in someone

674
00:35:01,980 --> 00:35:03,119
else's life

675
00:35:03,119 --> 00:35:05,820
also

676
00:35:05,820 --> 00:35:09,240
you know as I said I'm a mother of four

677
00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,400
so

678
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,450
showing

679
00:35:14,460 --> 00:35:15,599
sorry

680
00:35:15,599 --> 00:35:18,900
I'm a mother of four and

681
00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:22,380
it's very important for me to be the

682
00:35:22,380 --> 00:35:25,200
change that I that I that my family need

683
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,980
basically the generational chain breaker

684
00:35:28,980 --> 00:35:31,260
you know I thank God that I'm standing

685
00:35:31,260 --> 00:35:32,940
here today

686
00:35:32,940 --> 00:35:35,940
um years ago I woke up coughing up blood

687
00:35:35,940 --> 00:35:39,780
and I had no choice but to live for my

688
00:35:39,780 --> 00:35:43,579
kids and you know

689
00:35:43,579 --> 00:35:47,339
especially like in regards to the well

690
00:35:47,339 --> 00:35:50,280
at that time I was a menthol smoker you

691
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,619
know now they have other flavors

692
00:35:52,619 --> 00:35:56,339
of tobacco products you know which

693
00:35:56,339 --> 00:35:59,329
it's like

694
00:35:59,339 --> 00:36:02,220
it's just you know it's horrible and I

695
00:36:02,220 --> 00:36:05,400
you know I'm just here today just to

696
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,740
tell my story

697
00:36:07,740 --> 00:36:10,079
um and you know thank you guys for your

698
00:36:10,079 --> 00:36:10,980
time

699
00:36:10,980 --> 00:36:13,130
sorry thank you

700
00:36:13,130 --> 00:36:19,490
[Applause]

701
00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:33,290
P divorce

702
00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:35,640
um I'm just going to talk about the

703
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,440
Practical side of this because I've been

704
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,540
listening to the committee meeting and

705
00:36:39,540 --> 00:36:40,920
you all know what you're going to be

706
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,660
facing there are people already

707
00:36:42,660 --> 00:36:46,440
participating in some of these venues

708
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,380
smokeless cigarettes and all those

709
00:36:49,380 --> 00:36:51,300
different forms I'm just not that

710
00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:53,280
acquainted with it but I know they're

711
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,980
around and I see people using them and

712
00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:57,960
thinking I've heard that there's even

713
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:02,160
like a hundred different flavors and

714
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:05,839
peanut butter still King but anyway

715
00:37:05,839 --> 00:37:08,099
you know you're going to run into

716
00:37:08,099 --> 00:37:10,680
problems with people who have been doing

717
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:14,400
this for their lifestyle their income

718
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:18,180
and so practically speaking you've had

719
00:37:18,180 --> 00:37:21,060
very good discussions about what's going

720
00:37:21,060 --> 00:37:22,920
to happen you know what's going to

721
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,160
happen there are going to be people who

722
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,720
are going to

723
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:31,140
come forth and present it to the city I

724
00:37:31,140 --> 00:37:33,599
mean it's just like Mr kosher with this

725
00:37:33,599 --> 00:37:37,020
plastic straws nobody's arresting

726
00:37:37,020 --> 00:37:40,619
stewards for plastic straws

727
00:37:40,619 --> 00:37:41,579
the

728
00:37:41,579 --> 00:37:43,800
but anyway

729
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:44,579
um

730
00:37:44,579 --> 00:37:46,320
you know there's going to be a lot of

731
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,200
contention in section number five

732
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,020
section one says there will be

733
00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:54,780
exceptions so right there

734
00:37:54,780 --> 00:37:57,800
whatever you say is going to

735
00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:02,220
give the onus to those with exceptions

736
00:38:02,220 --> 00:38:03,560
and

737
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:07,980
there's a payback for it I think there

738
00:38:07,980 --> 00:38:09,900
may even be a remuneration for

739
00:38:09,900 --> 00:38:13,440
embarrassment and it depends on how far

740
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,200
you go with this

741
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:19,200
whether you actively participate in

742
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:23,460
stopping people from participating in

743
00:38:23,460 --> 00:38:25,619
the buying of these things I wouldn't

744
00:38:25,619 --> 00:38:28,140
want to be the one to walk up to

745
00:38:28,140 --> 00:38:30,180
somebody who wants to do business there

746
00:38:30,180 --> 00:38:32,599
and start a

747
00:38:32,599 --> 00:38:35,520
chastising them about what they're doing

748
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,500
so but you've had some very good

749
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:39,240
discussions on this you know it's going

750
00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:40,980
to be a big problem

751
00:38:40,980 --> 00:38:45,829
and what's government for

752
00:38:45,839 --> 00:38:48,540
thank you

753
00:38:48,540 --> 00:38:50,520
I have no one else signed up to speak so

754
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,800
I declare the public hearing that I

755
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,119
declare the public hearing closed

756
00:38:57,119 --> 00:38:59,400
ask for approved

757
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:01,619
I asked for approval of minutes for July

758
00:39:01,619 --> 00:39:03,599
24 2023

759
00:39:03,599 --> 00:39:05,820
moved by Mr Williams second by Miss

760
00:39:05,820 --> 00:39:07,800
Patrick all those in favor

761
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,420
aye

762
00:39:09,420 --> 00:39:11,099
this time we'll have privilege of the

763
00:39:11,099 --> 00:39:13,260
floor related to the legislative agenda

764
00:39:13,260 --> 00:39:16,859
I see three people signed up to speak

765
00:39:16,859 --> 00:39:24,470
uh the first person Neil golub

766
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,940
thank you it's my pleasure to be here

767
00:39:26,940 --> 00:39:29,160
today I would just say everybody's

768
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,839
sitting up front it's very hard to hear

769
00:39:30,839 --> 00:39:34,560
you speak and it comes through in a very

770
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,480
garbled way in the back so I would

771
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:38,940
suggest people try to project themselves

772
00:39:38,940 --> 00:39:42,200
I want to talk about the

773
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,000
Aquatic Center which is being planned

774
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,820
for Schenectady about a year ago the

775
00:39:47,820 --> 00:39:49,800
lady who was heading up

776
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,099
came to me and asked for my opinion and

777
00:39:53,099 --> 00:39:54,900
I thought I liked the idea very much

778
00:39:54,900 --> 00:39:57,180
we're pattering it after Greensboro

779
00:39:57,180 --> 00:40:00,000
which has had an enormous impact on

780
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,220
their business community and the message

781
00:40:02,220 --> 00:40:04,380
I want to deliver to all of Schenectady

782
00:40:04,380 --> 00:40:07,200
is that the benefit of the Aquatic

783
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,599
Center which would be built in in

784
00:40:09,599 --> 00:40:11,460
Rotterdam because it's the only place

785
00:40:11,460 --> 00:40:14,400
available all of the benefit in business

786
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,400
will come to Schenectady hotels will be

787
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:19,320
loaded restaurants will be loaded

788
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:23,099
businesses will be will be bending

789
00:40:23,099 --> 00:40:26,760
we've seen in Greensboro you know 120

790
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:28,800
000 people coming into town over a

791
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:30,060
period of time

792
00:40:30,060 --> 00:40:33,119
Greensboro has benefited so dramatically

793
00:40:33,119 --> 00:40:36,140
from having the Aquatic Center in town

794
00:40:36,140 --> 00:40:39,480
that we should take a very close look

795
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,579
and before Schenectady says well that's

796
00:40:41,579 --> 00:40:45,619
not us recognize that the major business

797
00:40:45,619 --> 00:40:48,900
economic benefit will accrue to

798
00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:51,900
Schenectady New York because all of our

799
00:40:51,900 --> 00:40:54,240
restaurants and all of our hotels and

800
00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:57,359
all of our entertainment is downtown and

801
00:40:57,359 --> 00:40:59,520
all of that comes back to us so please

802
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,220
consider your decision about supporting

803
00:41:02,220 --> 00:41:04,500
it very carefully thank you for hearing

804
00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:09,890
me thank you

805
00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:21,710
P.D Boris

806
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:23,220
well

807
00:41:23,220 --> 00:41:25,800
again let's say

808
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:29,180
number two you're taking in 481

809
00:41:29,180 --> 00:41:34,400
687 and number three you're taking in 49

810
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:40,380
977 of County Legislature last week took

811
00:41:40,380 --> 00:41:44,750
in one a quarter million dollars so

812
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:46,440
keep trying

813
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,480
uh

814
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,300
also

815
00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:53,630
um

816
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,940
regarding the award

817
00:41:56,940 --> 00:42:01,020
the ceremonial reward there's uh I went

818
00:42:01,020 --> 00:42:02,460
to a meeting the other night about

819
00:42:02,460 --> 00:42:06,000
zoning from a to X

820
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,880
Y and Z were left out

821
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:10,859
big things are going to happen in

822
00:42:10,859 --> 00:42:13,800
Hamilton Hill huge it's just starting

823
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,560
and you didn't even speak to the address

824
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,099
of person that started it all about a

825
00:42:20,099 --> 00:42:23,099
year or two ago when the y'all got

826
00:42:23,099 --> 00:42:26,040
together on the properties up there and

827
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,020
they uh

828
00:42:28,020 --> 00:42:30,320
new

829
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:34,619
rentals huge rental spaces up there so

830
00:42:34,619 --> 00:42:36,540
if you really want to see something

831
00:42:36,540 --> 00:42:39,540
that's challenging and go back to the

832
00:42:39,540 --> 00:42:43,200
zoning meeting committee meeting on a a

833
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:44,940
through X

834
00:42:44,940 --> 00:42:46,859
no y and z

835
00:42:46,859 --> 00:42:49,500
so there's a project going to start

836
00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:52,460
there that'll employ a lot of people

837
00:42:52,460 --> 00:42:57,000
from some place and for several years to

838
00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,119
come I've drove every one of those

839
00:43:00,119 --> 00:43:04,579
addresses the other day and saw reptiles

840
00:43:04,579 --> 00:43:09,119
rodents just it was scary very scary I

841
00:43:09,119 --> 00:43:11,280
saw things up there that should be fine

842
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,280
and they have gone to seed there's

843
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,920
somebody your bus was up there I took

844
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:20,760
two pictures of your bus uh the boys

845
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,960
girls club it's a mess Burrell Park

846
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,520
third time I've been I've seen

847
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:29,819
Renovations there the first time they

848
00:43:29,819 --> 00:43:31,980
surrendered the court with fence for

849
00:43:31,980 --> 00:43:34,619
basketball the second time they went and

850
00:43:34,619 --> 00:43:38,099
redid the the field room and the

851
00:43:38,099 --> 00:43:41,339
bathroom and put fences around that now

852
00:43:41,339 --> 00:43:43,740
all of it's been demoed and they're

853
00:43:43,740 --> 00:43:47,640
going to have a splash park so think on

854
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:50,339
these things and also the money being

855
00:43:50,339 --> 00:43:54,839
used for the golfing I think to play at

856
00:43:54,839 --> 00:43:58,020
a municipal golf course cost fifteen

857
00:43:58,020 --> 00:44:03,540
hundred dollars a year to play there

858
00:44:03,540 --> 00:44:06,960
as a member of the municipality

859
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:10,069
extraordinary

860
00:44:10,079 --> 00:44:13,800
thank you thank you

861
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:24,650
Justin cherish

862
00:44:24,660 --> 00:44:26,400
how we doing thank you for having me and

863
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:27,900
allowing me speak this evening I want to

864
00:44:27,900 --> 00:44:29,880
speak on the resolution that allows the

865
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:31,619
city to enter into contract New York

866
00:44:31,619 --> 00:44:33,060
state division of Criminal Justice to

867
00:44:33,060 --> 00:44:36,180
secure the regarding Grant funds uh that

868
00:44:36,180 --> 00:44:38,280
is with the community new hire panel I

869
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:39,540
just want to say thank you to all the

870
00:44:39,540 --> 00:44:40,980
council and the mayor for considering

871
00:44:40,980 --> 00:44:45,119
going into contract with CDG to get the

872
00:44:45,119 --> 00:44:47,099
con the grant money for it for those

873
00:44:47,099 --> 00:44:48,480
that don't know what the new hire panel

874
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:51,180
does it vets all of the young officers

875
00:44:51,180 --> 00:44:53,819
that want to come into SPD so it is one

876
00:44:53,819 --> 00:44:56,579
of the initiatives that we started that

877
00:44:56,579 --> 00:44:59,460
allows us to work with SPD to Chief

878
00:44:59,460 --> 00:45:01,380
Clifford and the other sergeants there

879
00:45:01,380 --> 00:45:04,319
that have set in to bring in a group of

880
00:45:04,319 --> 00:45:06,060
young officers that actually want to be

881
00:45:06,060 --> 00:45:08,400
a part of this city uh for those that

882
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:09,900
didn't get a chance to go down to the

883
00:45:09,900 --> 00:45:11,040
community father event this weekend

884
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:12,720
you've seen a lot of plain clothes young

885
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:15,180
officers that decided to frequent it on

886
00:45:15,180 --> 00:45:17,220
their off day something I haven't seen

887
00:45:17,220 --> 00:45:19,319
in the city in a long time so I just

888
00:45:19,319 --> 00:45:20,760
want to make sure that everyone

889
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:22,440
understands the importance that this new

890
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:24,300
hired panel does as we bring in officers

891
00:45:24,300 --> 00:45:26,339
that actually want to be a part of the

892
00:45:26,339 --> 00:45:29,099
city want to police properly not over

893
00:45:29,099 --> 00:45:30,660
police our communities and want to be

894
00:45:30,660 --> 00:45:33,119
community members one of the officers

895
00:45:33,119 --> 00:45:34,859
and I I don't want to use his name

896
00:45:34,859 --> 00:45:35,940
because I did speak to him he doesn't

897
00:45:35,940 --> 00:45:38,579
like credit but he received five merits

898
00:45:38,579 --> 00:45:41,720
for exceptional Duty on just recently

899
00:45:41,720 --> 00:45:44,339
that is one that came through one of the

900
00:45:44,339 --> 00:45:46,560
first that came to the new hire panel so

901
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,180
this is something that we take very

902
00:45:48,180 --> 00:45:49,800
seriously the people that we are vetting

903
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,200
and I hope that the council you know

904
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:53,579
takes it very seriously when they vote

905
00:45:53,579 --> 00:45:55,619
on getting the grant to continue to work

906
00:45:55,619 --> 00:45:57,540
with the community new hire panel thank

907
00:45:57,540 --> 00:46:00,420
you

908
00:46:00,420 --> 00:46:02,520
I have no one else to speak so I declare

909
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:04,560
the public comment on the legislative

910
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:06,900
agenda close

911
00:46:06,900 --> 00:46:09,060
I'll ask for approval of the legislative

912
00:46:09,060 --> 00:46:11,640
cassette agenda

913
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:14,460
moved by Mr Williams second by Mr Farley

914
00:46:14,460 --> 00:46:19,069
all those in favor

915
00:46:19,079 --> 00:46:22,020
we have a privilege of the floor on

916
00:46:22,020 --> 00:46:24,660
General City business

917
00:46:24,660 --> 00:46:27,780
and I have three four people signed up

918
00:46:27,780 --> 00:46:33,650
to speak

919
00:46:33,660 --> 00:46:38,990
Edmund Lavin

920
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,690
good evening

921
00:46:41,700 --> 00:46:44,099
city of Ethics New York Board of Ethics

922
00:46:44,099 --> 00:46:45,839
city of Schenectady New York Board of

923
00:46:45,839 --> 00:46:47,040
ethics

924
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:49,740
we explained to you at the meeting June

925
00:46:49,740 --> 00:46:52,200
27 23 the city Ethics Committee has a

926
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:54,660
statutorial or prescribed charge and at

927
00:46:54,660 --> 00:46:56,040
your complaints does not fall within the

928
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:58,079
scope of our jurisdiction

929
00:46:58,079 --> 00:46:59,579
we have also received your follow-up

930
00:46:59,579 --> 00:47:01,680
letter on July 14th

931
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:03,240
the appropriate Forum to address

932
00:47:03,240 --> 00:47:05,400
criminal complaints it is certainly not

933
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:07,020
the appropriate for him to seek redress

934
00:47:07,020 --> 00:47:09,060
for alleged moral failings

935
00:47:09,060 --> 00:47:11,520
it's an Ethics Committee that is what an

936
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:13,920
Ethics complaint is about that Valentino

937
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:15,480
write the complaint for him this was

938
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:19,309
from father Dominic isopo

939
00:47:19,319 --> 00:47:21,300
my office complaint is that I have a

940
00:47:21,300 --> 00:47:22,800
parent at City Council meetings a

941
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:24,720
minimum four times in complain of Judges

942
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:27,660
Frost balotico and Hoffman depriving me

943
00:47:27,660 --> 00:47:30,180
of my constitutional rights the mayor of

944
00:47:30,180 --> 00:47:31,619
council members

945
00:47:31,619 --> 00:47:33,720
have done nothing

946
00:47:33,720 --> 00:47:35,460
they have all sworn in their oath of

947
00:47:35,460 --> 00:47:37,380
office to prep the laws protect the laws

948
00:47:37,380 --> 00:47:39,480
of the Constitution ethically they will

949
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:42,240
almost Act my complaint against these

950
00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:43,920
three corrupt judges is obstruction of

951
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:46,140
justice and treason it is the same

952
00:47:46,140 --> 00:47:47,880
complaint I am making now against the

953
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:50,520
mayor who refuses to meet with me and

954
00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:52,440
all council members are guilty of

955
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,359
obstruction of justice

956
00:47:54,359 --> 00:47:56,400
the mayor is to enforce all laws in the

957
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,079
city of Schenectady obstruction of

958
00:47:58,079 --> 00:47:59,640
justice is considered a crime against

959
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:01,079
Justice itself

960
00:48:01,079 --> 00:48:03,359
by obstructing justice one is seeking to

961
00:48:03,359 --> 00:48:05,520
thwart the process of justice and the

962
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:07,800
operation of the justice system the

963
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:09,720
mayor must meet with me and you must act

964
00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:12,720
on my complaint doing nothing

965
00:48:12,720 --> 00:48:14,760
and not meeting with me is not ethical

966
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:18,410
but it is pride

967
00:48:18,420 --> 00:48:20,579
if the mayor or city council members are

968
00:48:20,579 --> 00:48:22,319
brought the crime of treason perpetrated

969
00:48:22,319 --> 00:48:24,240
by a judge against the citizen to the

970
00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:25,619
city council meeting

971
00:48:25,619 --> 00:48:27,599
what is the civic duty of the mayor and

972
00:48:27,599 --> 00:48:31,370
city council members

973
00:48:31,380 --> 00:48:33,300
the civic duty of the mayor and City

974
00:48:33,300 --> 00:48:35,160
Council Members is to ensure that the

975
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:36,660
judge is held accountable for their

976
00:48:36,660 --> 00:48:39,000
actions they can do this by reporting

977
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:40,680
the judge to the appropriate authorities

978
00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:42,660
and by taking legal action against them

979
00:48:42,660 --> 00:48:44,880
the mayor and City Council Members can

980
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,920
also work to ensure that the judges rule

981
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,800
from their position if necessary it is

982
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:51,540
important for them to take action in

983
00:48:51,540 --> 00:48:53,099
order to protect the rights of citizens

984
00:48:53,099 --> 00:48:59,089
and uphold the law

985
00:48:59,099 --> 00:49:01,020
when a citizen reports a crime of

986
00:49:01,020 --> 00:49:02,940
obstruction of justice treason committed

987
00:49:02,940 --> 00:49:04,680
by judges against a citizen the law

988
00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:06,780
enforcement official is required to

989
00:49:06,780 --> 00:49:09,060
investigate the matter the official will

990
00:49:09,060 --> 00:49:10,740
take down the details of the complaint

991
00:49:10,740 --> 00:49:13,140
and may ask for supporting evidence if

992
00:49:13,140 --> 00:49:14,640
the complaint is filed to be true the

993
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:16,079
official will take appropriate action

994
00:49:16,079 --> 00:49:19,020
against the judges

995
00:49:19,020 --> 00:49:20,700
in addition to the Constitutional

996
00:49:20,700 --> 00:49:22,500
violations the Department of Justice

997
00:49:22,500 --> 00:49:25,560
prosecutes laws law enforcement officers

998
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:27,660
for related instances of obstruction of

999
00:49:27,660 --> 00:49:28,619
justice

1000
00:49:28,619 --> 00:49:30,599
this includes attempting to prevent a

1001
00:49:30,599 --> 00:49:33,240
victim of or Witnesses from reporting

1002
00:49:33,240 --> 00:49:36,540
the misconduct lying to federal state or

1003
00:49:36,540 --> 00:49:38,160
local officials during the course of

1004
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:40,380
Investigation into a potential

1005
00:49:40,380 --> 00:49:42,900
misconduct writing a false report to

1006
00:49:42,900 --> 00:49:44,819
conceal misconduct or fabricating

1007
00:49:44,819 --> 00:49:46,740
evidence

1008
00:49:46,740 --> 00:49:48,660
or keeping my office complaint out of

1009
00:49:48,660 --> 00:49:51,119
the newspaper

1010
00:49:51,119 --> 00:49:57,230
thank you

1011
00:49:57,240 --> 00:50:07,849
Petey Voris

1012
00:50:07,859 --> 00:50:10,079
EX

1013
00:50:10,079 --> 00:50:13,380
I think this community knows that I've

1014
00:50:13,380 --> 00:50:15,300
had everything I own

1015
00:50:15,300 --> 00:50:17,520
taken away from me

1016
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:20,819
the door was locked the keys at the door

1017
00:50:20,819 --> 00:50:23,099
the locks were changed and I had a half

1018
00:50:23,099 --> 00:50:26,579
hour to vacate my the home I've been in

1019
00:50:26,579 --> 00:50:28,619
for the last three years I have

1020
00:50:28,619 --> 00:50:30,420
absolutely nothing except what I'm

1021
00:50:30,420 --> 00:50:33,359
wearing and what's in my car that's the

1022
00:50:33,359 --> 00:50:35,220
only thing that I have

1023
00:50:35,220 --> 00:50:37,440
and

1024
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:41,420
that's devastating but that followed

1025
00:50:41,420 --> 00:50:44,940
after after my car had been shot at with

1026
00:50:44,940 --> 00:50:47,760
an assault weapon on Albany and Henry

1027
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:52,140
Street and blew the tire out and I guess

1028
00:50:52,140 --> 00:50:53,700
somebody thought they'd make a good

1029
00:50:53,700 --> 00:50:56,119
story and they had maybe a

1030
00:50:56,119 --> 00:50:59,940
PhD and make a good write-up but within

1031
00:50:59,940 --> 00:51:03,240
10 days this arm looked like a boxing

1032
00:51:03,240 --> 00:51:04,260
glove

1033
00:51:04,260 --> 00:51:07,319
and it was vibrating it was hot I

1034
00:51:07,319 --> 00:51:09,900
couldn't stand the pain of it it was a

1035
00:51:09,900 --> 00:51:11,160
trimmer

1036
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:13,500
it was a trauma

1037
00:51:13,500 --> 00:51:17,280
from the having the tire shot at and I

1038
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:21,000
was in several Emergency Care things

1039
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:24,119
given medication given steroids given

1040
00:51:24,119 --> 00:51:27,480
and then ended up in the hospital for

1041
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:31,079
several three times for surgery put in

1042
00:51:31,079 --> 00:51:33,480
isolation and then they tell me that I'm

1043
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:37,079
not that I'm not being hospitalized I'm

1044
00:51:37,079 --> 00:51:39,780
there three four days and the fifth day

1045
00:51:39,780 --> 00:51:41,760
they say well we don't feel like

1046
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:44,700
operating on you now so here I am going

1047
00:51:44,700 --> 00:51:47,160
through all this Hospital mumbo jumbo

1048
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:50,220
and they should have had an MD on this

1049
00:51:50,220 --> 00:51:53,280
thing instead of a PhD there's a lot of

1050
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,260
difference in just writing something up

1051
00:51:55,260 --> 00:51:56,640
about it

1052
00:51:56,640 --> 00:52:00,119
a lot of difference when you end up with

1053
00:52:00,119 --> 00:52:01,559
trauma

1054
00:52:01,559 --> 00:52:03,800
and now

1055
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:06,900
on top of all that

1056
00:52:06,900 --> 00:52:09,420
I get thrown out of my apartment they

1057
00:52:09,420 --> 00:52:12,240
have everything I've I've been able to

1058
00:52:12,240 --> 00:52:13,920
gather

1059
00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:17,280
it's just everything all my books you've

1060
00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:19,440
seen some of my you saw one of my books

1061
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:22,020
about the Caribbean crowd didn't you so

1062
00:52:22,020 --> 00:52:25,980
yeah the slavers yeah that's gone

1063
00:52:25,980 --> 00:52:28,200
and a whole bunch of other books Plus

1064
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:30,599
work that I've done on my own

1065
00:52:30,599 --> 00:52:34,319
it's all gone everybody knows it I don't

1066
00:52:34,319 --> 00:52:36,420
know how you reconcile yourself with it

1067
00:52:36,420 --> 00:52:38,819
happening in this community it was an

1068
00:52:38,819 --> 00:52:41,160
assault weapon the niski and a police

1069
00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:44,280
told me only an assault weapon could

1070
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:46,920
have done that and

1071
00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:50,720
not any police weapon I've also been

1072
00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:53,520
learning things like other people that

1073
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:56,220
you know and I find out that our people

1074
00:52:56,220 --> 00:52:59,460
and the Warriors that do we can do to

1075
00:52:59,460 --> 00:53:02,460
get two paychecks a month

1076
00:53:02,460 --> 00:53:05,520
won the first and won the 15th for their

1077
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:07,319
Warrior are

1078
00:53:07,319 --> 00:53:08,819
service

1079
00:53:08,819 --> 00:53:13,380
I do not have at this time because of

1080
00:53:13,380 --> 00:53:16,980
what's been done to me my only income is

1081
00:53:16,980 --> 00:53:20,220
social security retirement and it is

1082
00:53:20,220 --> 00:53:22,800
less than the first check you get every

1083
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:28,190
first of the month

1084
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:30,660
thank you

1085
00:53:30,660 --> 00:53:36,890
Wayne Harper

1086
00:53:36,900 --> 00:53:39,540
eight weeks two days picketing net

1087
00:53:39,540 --> 00:53:42,180
Albany VA hospital to get what I was

1088
00:53:42,180 --> 00:53:43,619
entitled to

1089
00:53:43,619 --> 00:53:45,839
but so far it looks like I'm going to

1090
00:53:45,839 --> 00:53:47,220
get it

1091
00:53:47,220 --> 00:53:49,500
now I'm sorry the mayor left I wanted to

1092
00:53:49,500 --> 00:53:51,059
address him

1093
00:53:51,059 --> 00:53:53,400
hopefully he watches the meetings

1094
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:54,230
uh

1095
00:53:54,230 --> 00:53:57,119
[Music]

1096
00:53:57,119 --> 00:54:00,180
I think he's prepared to let Bellevue go

1097
00:54:00,180 --> 00:54:02,339
the Bellevue neighborhood go the way of

1098
00:54:02,339 --> 00:54:05,690
the rest of the city

1099
00:54:05,700 --> 00:54:08,040
I had been calling about a code

1100
00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:10,920
enforcement making complaints

1101
00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:14,160
about a residence that was in a fire

1102
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:17,640
a major fire the roof was taken off

1103
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:20,760
a lot of water went into that building

1104
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:23,520
and tore down the garage built a new

1105
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:26,400
garage put a back porch on and when I

1106
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:29,160
foiled to get the um and Chris one by

1107
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:30,119
the way

1108
00:54:30,119 --> 00:54:32,339
said to me oh yeah they've been cited

1109
00:54:32,339 --> 00:54:34,079
and he's been going to court and paying

1110
00:54:34,079 --> 00:54:35,400
fines

1111
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:37,260
I said really Chris that's hard to

1112
00:54:37,260 --> 00:54:39,240
believe because I wouldn't think that

1113
00:54:39,240 --> 00:54:41,700
someone that was doing that would con

1114
00:54:41,700 --> 00:54:43,220
continue to

1115
00:54:43,220 --> 00:54:46,619
reviolate or continue to violate

1116
00:54:46,619 --> 00:54:48,540
and of course there are great violators

1117
00:54:48,540 --> 00:54:50,339
on the weekends I guess they know code

1118
00:54:50,339 --> 00:54:51,839
enforcement doesn't work on the weekend

1119
00:54:51,839 --> 00:54:53,339
and maybe we ought to get some people

1120
00:54:53,339 --> 00:54:55,140
out there on weekends

1121
00:54:55,140 --> 00:54:57,119
somebody ought to have a discussion

1122
00:54:57,119 --> 00:55:00,359
about that maybe this Council

1123
00:55:00,359 --> 00:55:01,500
um

1124
00:55:01,500 --> 00:55:06,109
so I foiled

1125
00:55:06,119 --> 00:55:08,400
and there's no records of any

1126
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:11,400
inspections at all so far

1127
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:15,420
maybe they'll find some no Plumbing no

1128
00:55:15,420 --> 00:55:17,700
electrical and you know when a when a

1129
00:55:17,700 --> 00:55:19,920
home is been in a fire they put a lot of

1130
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:21,420
water in there that can jeopardize the

1131
00:55:21,420 --> 00:55:23,220
electrical system I don't know if you

1132
00:55:23,220 --> 00:55:24,660
folks are aware of that

1133
00:55:24,660 --> 00:55:27,660
no no framing permits for the roof the

1134
00:55:27,660 --> 00:55:29,220
garage and nothing

1135
00:55:29,220 --> 00:55:33,720
so I don't know if this is because

1136
00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:35,160
um

1137
00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:38,540
we're selectively

1138
00:55:38,540 --> 00:55:41,700
enforcing code enforcement and I don't

1139
00:55:41,700 --> 00:55:44,220
expect Perfection but this this

1140
00:55:44,220 --> 00:55:47,339
homeowners also in construction and I

1141
00:55:47,339 --> 00:55:49,559
see a dump trailer there debris he was

1142
00:55:49,559 --> 00:55:51,480
bringing in appliances from all over

1143
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:54,660
probably jobs he did right now there's a

1144
00:55:54,660 --> 00:55:56,640
bobcat with a little front end bucket on

1145
00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:59,099
the front and this is a residential

1146
00:55:59,099 --> 00:56:01,319
neighborhood and I'm sick and tired and

1147
00:56:01,319 --> 00:56:02,940
here's an address maybe somebody ought

1148
00:56:02,940 --> 00:56:07,260
to write it down 24 26 2428 Campbell

1149
00:56:07,260 --> 00:56:10,079
Avenue and this individual used to drive

1150
00:56:10,079 --> 00:56:12,000
a truck that said either Nissan or

1151
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:14,280
Colony so I don't know if he works but

1152
00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:16,380
he backs up to the front door of that

1153
00:56:16,380 --> 00:56:19,200
two family like that's a park on the

1154
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:20,160
lawn

1155
00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:22,140
and I complained to the mayor I don't

1156
00:56:22,140 --> 00:56:24,540
know months ago gave him the address

1157
00:56:24,540 --> 00:56:26,160
so

1158
00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:28,440
you know this is what happens to a city

1159
00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:30,540
this is how it breaks it down we

1160
00:56:30,540 --> 00:56:33,119
Hamilton Hill was the first and I lived

1161
00:56:33,119 --> 00:56:35,220
through all of this Mount Pleasant

1162
00:56:35,220 --> 00:56:36,780
Central State Street up around

1163
00:56:36,780 --> 00:56:40,260
Brandywine Avenue now Bellevue and we're

1164
00:56:40,260 --> 00:56:41,640
well on our way

1165
00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:44,760
so I hope Gary watches these meetings I

1166
00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:47,579
hope Andrew there is going to respond to

1167
00:56:47,579 --> 00:56:49,500
my email and we maybe get to the bottom

1168
00:56:49,500 --> 00:56:52,380
of why there were no permits and and

1169
00:56:52,380 --> 00:56:55,380
think about permits going forward thank

1170
00:56:55,380 --> 00:56:58,140
you thank you

1171
00:56:58,140 --> 00:57:06,589
Daniel Castillo

1172
00:57:06,599 --> 00:57:09,300
good evening everyone

1173
00:57:09,300 --> 00:57:11,640
my name is Daniel Castillo the last time

1174
00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:13,200
I was here I formally requested the

1175
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:15,000
removal of an unconstitutional sign

1176
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:17,339
regarding identification to enter this

1177
00:57:17,339 --> 00:57:19,200
building that was posted at the entrance

1178
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:21,599
I made the request because of the lawful

1179
00:57:21,599 --> 00:57:23,099
arrest of a citizen that invoked their

1180
00:57:23,099 --> 00:57:25,020
Fourth Amendment right the right of the

1181
00:57:25,020 --> 00:57:26,520
people to be secure in their persons

1182
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:28,800
houses papers and their effects against

1183
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,020
unreasonable searches and seizures

1184
00:57:31,020 --> 00:57:34,020
tonight I'm here to formally request the

1185
00:57:34,020 --> 00:57:35,579
removal of the unconstitutional

1186
00:57:35,579 --> 00:57:37,740
executive order of the mayor that

1187
00:57:37,740 --> 00:57:39,900
prohibits photographs audio and video

1188
00:57:39,900 --> 00:57:42,180
recording of any kind in the city hall

1189
00:57:42,180 --> 00:57:44,220
without the consent of all persons whose

1190
00:57:44,220 --> 00:57:46,680
voice or images being recorded

1191
00:57:46,680 --> 00:57:48,660
I would also like to explain how it was

1192
00:57:48,660 --> 00:57:50,280
treated here by some of the special

1193
00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:51,900
police officers that work in this

1194
00:57:51,900 --> 00:57:54,119
building before the executive order was

1195
00:57:54,119 --> 00:57:55,680
actually put up

1196
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:57,720
after the citizens arrest

1197
00:57:57,720 --> 00:58:00,240
I came here to address my grievances I

1198
00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:01,859
filmed my visit and disseminated the

1199
00:58:01,859 --> 00:58:03,780
video to my viewers on my YouTube

1200
00:58:03,780 --> 00:58:06,000
channel that goes by the name New York

1201
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:07,800
State audit

1202
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:10,800
on my visit I declined to provide ID and

1203
00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:12,839
invoke my Fourth Amendment right after

1204
00:58:12,839 --> 00:58:14,160
doing so

1205
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:15,660
special police officer Raymond

1206
00:58:15,660 --> 00:58:18,059
faffenbach rummages through my wallet

1207
00:58:18,059 --> 00:58:20,040
and steals my private information while

1208
00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:22,020
I was distracted conversing with another

1209
00:58:22,020 --> 00:58:23,819
special police officer

1210
00:58:23,819 --> 00:58:26,880
I can confirm this with my video as well

1211
00:58:26,880 --> 00:58:29,040
as the city hall camera footage that I

1212
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:30,240
received through my Freedom of

1213
00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:32,099
Information law request that I made

1214
00:58:32,099 --> 00:58:33,720
after the incident

1215
00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:35,700
naturally I've returned to file a

1216
00:58:35,700 --> 00:58:38,400
complaint against Mr faffenbach and I

1217
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:39,900
stopped by the mayor's office to make an

1218
00:58:39,900 --> 00:58:40,980
appointment so we can have a

1219
00:58:40,980 --> 00:58:42,599
conversation about the unconstitutional

1220
00:58:42,599 --> 00:58:45,059
sign and the lengths that the special

1221
00:58:45,059 --> 00:58:47,220
police officers are willing to go to

1222
00:58:47,220 --> 00:58:48,540
enforce it

1223
00:58:48,540 --> 00:58:50,460
again I invoked my Fourth Amendment

1224
00:58:50,460 --> 00:58:52,799
right to Mr faffenbach who just so

1225
00:58:52,799 --> 00:58:54,540
happened to be there once again

1226
00:58:54,540 --> 00:58:56,880
he turns and picks up a clipboard that

1227
00:58:56,880 --> 00:58:59,339
had my information on it calls me by my

1228
00:58:59,339 --> 00:59:01,260
name as he printed on my name tag

1229
00:59:01,260 --> 00:59:03,119
confirming even more that he went

1230
00:59:03,119 --> 00:59:04,920
through my wallet without my consent on

1231
00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:06,839
my first visit

1232
00:59:06,839 --> 00:59:08,460
I went to the mayor's office but he

1233
00:59:08,460 --> 00:59:10,559
wasn't in so I left my information with

1234
00:59:10,559 --> 00:59:16,020
his secretary I did this several times within a five-month span

1235
00:59:16,020 --> 00:59:18,000
but no one has ever called me

1236
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:20,220
during this period I have been treated

1237
00:59:20,220 --> 00:59:22,020
with disdain by the special police

1238
00:59:22,020 --> 00:59:23,760
officers that are employed by the city

1239
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:24,660
hall

1240
00:59:24,660 --> 00:59:26,339
I have been verbally and physically

1241
00:59:26,339 --> 00:59:28,859
harassed by them I have physically been

1242
00:59:28,859 --> 00:59:31,559
prevented from entering offices that are

1243
00:59:31,559 --> 00:59:33,359
open to the public especially the

1244
00:59:33,359 --> 00:59:35,880
mayor's office on one visit they would

1245
00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:38,280
even let me in the building

1246
00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:39,960
all these instant incidents were

1247
00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:42,119
captured on camera and disseminated on

1248
00:59:42,119 --> 00:59:43,260
my channel

1249
00:59:43,260 --> 00:59:46,260
why wouldn't the mayor speak with me

1250
00:59:46,260 --> 00:59:48,180
was it because the citizen was acquitted

1251
00:59:48,180 --> 00:59:50,339
of all charges when they were arrested

1252
00:59:50,339 --> 00:59:52,319
in this building in 2022 because they

1253
00:59:52,319 --> 00:59:55,440
used my video the video that I filmed

1254
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:58,319
the video that proved their innocence

1255
00:59:58,319 --> 01:00:00,180
was it because the story I did about him

1256
01:00:00,180 --> 01:00:01,740
chasing a woman in his car from his home

1257
01:00:01,740 --> 01:00:04,319
to the police station allegedly drunk at

1258
01:00:04,319 --> 01:00:07,680
times even crying in front of the police

1259
01:00:07,680 --> 01:00:09,780
or is it because he looks at the citizen

1260
01:00:09,780 --> 01:00:12,180
as ratchet as it said on his Instagram

1261
01:00:12,180 --> 01:00:14,160
post during the last year's Super Bowl

1262
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:16,079
halftime show as he does it because

1263
01:00:16,079 --> 01:00:18,180
that's what it seems like I can only

1264
01:00:18,180 --> 01:00:20,880
speculate regardless he took an oath to

1265
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:22,680
the New York State and the United States

1266
01:00:22,680 --> 01:00:24,780
constitutions when he became the mayor

1267
01:00:24,780 --> 01:00:27,599
how can he preserve protect or defend

1268
01:00:27,599 --> 01:00:30,660
the constitution of this state or of the

1269
01:00:30,660 --> 01:00:32,040
United States

1270
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:34,200
like it says in his oath

1271
01:00:34,200 --> 01:00:36,059
when he creates an executive order that

1272
01:00:36,059 --> 01:00:37,319
violates our First Amendment right

1273
01:00:37,319 --> 01:00:39,720
freedom of the press that violates

1274
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:42,059
section one of the 14th Amendment all

1275
01:00:42,059 --> 01:00:43,740
persons born or naturalized in the

1276
01:00:43,740 --> 01:00:45,660
United States and subject to the

1277
01:00:45,660 --> 01:00:47,940
jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the

1278
01:00:47,940 --> 01:00:49,799
United States and the state wherein they

1279
01:00:49,799 --> 01:00:52,740
reside no State shall make or sir I need

1280
01:00:52,740 --> 01:00:54,480
you to summarize please your time is

1281
01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:56,220
expired This is the End right here no

1282
01:00:56,220 --> 01:00:58,260
States shall enforce or any law will

1283
01:00:58,260 --> 01:00:59,819
shallow Bridge the Privileges or

1284
01:00:59,819 --> 01:01:01,680
immunities of the citizens of the United

1285
01:01:01,680 --> 01:01:03,540
States nor shall any state deprive any

1286
01:01:03,540 --> 01:01:05,339
person of life liberty or property

1287
01:01:05,339 --> 01:01:07,380
without due process of law that's pretty

1288
01:01:07,380 --> 01:01:09,599
much the end of the gist of it so thank

1289
01:01:09,599 --> 01:01:11,819
you for your time this is right here you

1290
01:01:11,819 --> 01:01:13,680
guys took an off to this as well

1291
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:16,260
okay not just the mayor so I'm I'm thank

1292
01:01:16,260 --> 01:01:18,240
you sir your time is expired okay thank

1293
01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:21,109
you thank you

1294
01:01:21,119 --> 01:01:23,460
I have no one else signed up to speak so

1295
01:01:23,460 --> 01:01:25,260
I declare the public comment of City

1296
01:01:25,260 --> 01:01:27,480
business close

1297
01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:29,339
any miscellaneous business of the

1298
01:01:29,339 --> 01:01:31,849
council

1299
01:01:31,859 --> 01:01:37,970
Mr Toro

1300
01:01:37,980 --> 01:01:39,359
good evening I'd like to thank everyone

1301
01:01:39,359 --> 01:01:41,940
for coming out I'd like to thank one of

1302
01:01:41,940 --> 01:01:45,420
our own councilman John palomini John

1303
01:01:45,420 --> 01:01:47,099
sits on a panel for the inflation

1304
01:01:47,099 --> 01:01:49,859
reduction act and he spent the past week

1305
01:01:49,859 --> 01:01:52,380
in Washington DC

1306
01:01:52,380 --> 01:01:53,040
um

1307
01:01:53,040 --> 01:01:55,440
on the anniversary of the act and did a

1308
01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:57,420
national press conference on the

1309
01:01:57,420 --> 01:01:59,339
economic and environmental benefits of

1310
01:01:59,339 --> 01:02:01,680
the legislation so John will be

1311
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:03,839
continuing with that and I think we're

1312
01:02:03,839 --> 01:02:06,900
very blessed and lucky to have John on

1313
01:02:06,900 --> 01:02:09,180
our Council and working on all of our

1314
01:02:09,180 --> 01:02:14,809
behalf

1315
01:02:14,819 --> 01:02:18,480
anyone else okay the mayor has left so I

1316
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:20,520
just want to thank everyone also for

1317
01:02:20,520 --> 01:02:22,079
coming out this evening to State

1318
01:02:22,079 --> 01:02:24,900
whatever your position is on our um the

1319
01:02:24,900 --> 01:02:26,819
various things on our agenda as other

1320
01:02:26,819 --> 01:02:31,740
things that are going on in our city and I invite you to continue to do that

1321
01:02:31,740 --> 01:02:33,900
as we move forward so thank you again

1322
01:02:33,900 --> 01:02:36,119
all for coming and with that I ask for a

1323
01:02:36,119 --> 01:02:39,000
motion to adjourn moved by Miss Patrick

1324
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:41,700
second by Mr Williams all those in favor

1325
01:02:41,700 --> 01:02:45,079
we're adjourned have a good night