1 00:00:00,170 --> 00:00:28,960 [Music] 2 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,560 yeah 3 00:00:31,560 --> 00:01:58,840 [Music] 4 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,240 yeah 5 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:50,869 [Music] 6 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:52,120 I'd like to call the order the city 7 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,239 confus meeting for Monday March 26 8 00:02:56,239 --> 00:02:59,080 2024 we have 16 items for original 9 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,959 consideration if the clerk would please 10 00:03:00,959 --> 00:03:04,920 read item number one item item number 11 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:07,440 one for final consideration an ordinance 12 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,159 creating a special assessment District 13 00:03:09,159 --> 00:03:11,920 on a portrait of North College 14 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:14,159 Street discussed in committee with 15 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:17,840 objection on consent item number two for original 16 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,120 consideration an ordinance amending city 17 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,879 code section 93-6 entitled civilian 18 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:26,239 police review board to modify the manner 19 00:03:26,239 --> 00:03:28,319 of appointing vacancies to the civilian 20 00:03:28,319 --> 00:03:30,480 police review board discussed in 21 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:31,920 committee without objection and on 22 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:34,519 consent item number three item number 23 00:03:34,519 --> 00:03:36,080 three for original consideration a 24 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,319 resolution calling for a public hearing 25 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:40,080 on the Central Parkway sidewalk 26 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,159 Improvement project Plan D discussed in 27 00:03:43,159 --> 00:03:45,239 committee without objection on consent 28 00:03:45,239 --> 00:03:47,599 item number four item number four for 29 00:03:47,599 --> 00:03:49,400 original consideration a resolution 30 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,280 setting forth additions to the community 31 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,360 benefits agreement between the city of 32 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,280 skty and West yard Properties LLC dated 33 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,680 February 15 34 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,680 2024 BR brok home by Mr 35 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,239 Toral item number 36 00:04:03,239 --> 00:04:06,079 five item number five for original 37 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:08,239 consideration a resolution amending 38 00:04:08,239 --> 00:04:09,920 resolution 39 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,120 2022-23 to reduce the amount of 40 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:13,799 additional funding commitment for young 41 00:04:13,799 --> 00:04:16,880 women's Christian Association of skty 42 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,639 DBA YWCA Northeastern New York to secure 43 00:04:20,639 --> 00:04:23,520 required Financial commitments discussed 44 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,080 in committee without objection and un 45 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,560 consent item number six item number six 46 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,400 for original consideration a resolution 47 00:04:29,400 --> 00:05:00,110 amending resolution 48 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,759 discuss in committee without objection 49 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:04,320 on consent item number eight item number 50 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:05,840 eight for original consideration a 51 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:07,479 resolution authorizing the sale of a 52 00:05:07,479 --> 00:05:10,080 garage on Bailey Street for 53 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,280 $5,000 discussed in committee without 54 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:14,120 objection and on consent item number 55 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:15,960 nine item number nine for original 56 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,840 consideration a resolution authorizing 57 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:21,080 the sale of 737 Bailey Street for 58 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,360 $45,000 discussed in committee without 59 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,639 objection on consent item number 10 item number 10 for original 60 00:05:27,639 --> 00:05:29,360 consideration a resolution authorizing 61 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,080 the of a vacon lot on Daniels Avenue for 62 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,759 $10,600 63 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:36,000 discussed in committee without objection 64 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,000 on consent item number 11 item number 11 65 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,840 for original consideration a resolution 66 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:42,479 authorizing the settlement of a claim by 67 00:05:42,479 --> 00:05:45,720 Niagara Mohawk power Corporation DBA 68 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,160 National Grid discussed in committee 69 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,160 without objection on consent item number 70 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,280 12 item number 12 for original 71 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:54,479 consideration a resolution appointing 72 00:05:54,479 --> 00:05:56,720 Renee Bradley to the city of skincity 73 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,800 board of assessment review roll call by 74 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,440 Mr Toro 75 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,120 item number 13 item number 13 for 76 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,520 original consideration a resolution 77 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,680 recognizing Holly pagwa discuss in 78 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:11,880 committee without objection on 79 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,960 consent item number 14 item number 14 80 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,960 for original consideration a res 81 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,479 resolution recognizing Pearl tuer Hunter 82 00:06:19,479 --> 00:06:21,720 for her service to the community this 83 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:23,199 item will be taken out of order and I 84 00:06:23,199 --> 00:06:25,360 will presented to Miss Tucker Hunter 85 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,919 item number 15 item number 15 for 86 00:06:27,919 --> 00:06:30,280 original consideration resolution 87 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:32,199 recognizing Sylvia Jimson for her 88 00:06:32,199 --> 00:06:35,000 service to the city of SKC discussing 89 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,639 committee with objection on consent it 90 00:06:36,639 --> 00:06:38,440 will be presented to miss Jimson at her 91 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:45,319 party on um March 28th item number 16 under contract and Supply 92 00:06:45,319 --> 00:06:46,919 a resolution awarding the bid and 93 00:06:46,919 --> 00:06:49,039 contract for the 2024 heating 94 00:06:49,039 --> 00:06:50,960 ventilation and air conditioning 95 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,560 maintenance and repairs discussed in 96 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,309 committee without objection and on 97 00:06:57,319 --> 00:06:59,680 consent if there's no further items to 98 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,479 come be um excuse me there's no further 99 00:07:02,479 --> 00:07:04,360 items to be uh come before the committee 100 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,400 I ask for 101 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,080 AE oh I did that I ask for a motion to 102 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,759 adjourn move on Mr mudar second by Mr 103 00:07:12,759 --> 00:07:14,840 Williams all those in favor 104 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,160 I I'd like to call the connected city 105 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:18,840 council to meeting meeting to order for 106 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,120 Monday March 25th 107 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,520 2024 and I'd ask Reverend James coni to 108 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,510 give us the prayer 109 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:40,629 invocation 110 00:07:40,639 --> 00:07:43,120 Heavenly Father we turn to you in this 111 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,360 time of new life and hope as the Earth 112 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,319 awakens from coldness and darkness grant 113 00:07:49,319 --> 00:07:51,680 that we too may come to see your way of 114 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,879 life and goodness light and warmth Aid 115 00:07:54,879 --> 00:07:57,120 Us in perceiving the smallest indicators 116 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,520 of growth so that through them we may 117 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,879 strive for communal growth you have 118 00:08:01,879 --> 00:08:04,400 bound us together in a common home in 119 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,319 our city cause Justice truth and peace 120 00:08:07,319 --> 00:08:09,879 to Triumph in our community wipe away 121 00:08:09,879 --> 00:08:12,240 the tears of those who are suffering and 122 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,720 illumin us as we strive to walk your way 123 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,120 amen amen I'd like I'd like to call on 124 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,879 council member Williams and to the rep 125 00:08:21,879 --> 00:08:26,039 for stands one nation under God 126 00:08:26,039 --> 00:08:30,759 indivisible with liy and justice for all 127 00:08:30,759 --> 00:08:36,230 thank 128 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,479 you if the clerk could please call the 129 00:08:39,479 --> 00:08:45,200 role Mr Toro Mr Farley here Mr Mancini 130 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:50,839 here Mr muan pres Miss Patrick is absent 131 00:08:50,839 --> 00:08:55,519 Mr Williams pres Mr Porterfield 132 00:08:55,519 --> 00:08:58,160 here we have one out of Ora resolution 133 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,000 recognized Pearl Tucker hun her for her 134 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,839 service to the community this time I'd 135 00:09:01,839 --> 00:09:23,389 ask Mr Mutan to take the 136 00:09:23,399 --> 00:09:27,160 de uh there she is come 137 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,480 on I didn't have to call her up if there 138 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:30,600 someone who wanted to take pictures you 139 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:31,800 can't do if you can't get it from there 140 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,320 you can come behind here it's up to 141 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,720 you may I have the floor please you have 142 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,990 the floor thank 143 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 you 144 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,800 welcome you're welcome this resolution 145 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,519 is recognizing Pearl L Tucker Hunter for 146 00:09:48,519 --> 00:09:51,279 her years of service to the community 147 00:09:51,279 --> 00:09:52,959 whereas there are people who have found 148 00:09:52,959 --> 00:09:54,320 ways they that they can make a 149 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,440 significant impact on their communities 150 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,120 and do not do so for attention or Glory 151 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,120 but for the most humble notion of making 152 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,440 the world a better place they are most 153 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,000 likely among those of the dearest most 154 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,160 respected most admired and most 155 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:09,760 cherished people in the communities they 156 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,680 serve Pearl L Tucker Hunter is one of 157 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:15,680 those people and whereas Pearl L Tucker 158 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:17,480 Hunter has been doing things in skinc 159 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:18,839 County since she moved here with her 160 00:10:18,839 --> 00:10:21,519 three children in the early 80s she's 161 00:10:21,519 --> 00:10:23,000 built great friendships with a lot of 162 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,480 people during that time and whereas 163 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:27,320 Pearl is also known for being able to 164 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:28,320 handle 165 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,560 herself 166 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:33,079 which led to her three bees jobs bayth 167 00:10:33,079 --> 00:10:35,440 with connected Police Department Bales 168 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,440 woman for law order and Justice Center 169 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,120 LJ in bartender 170 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:45,560 at at the 548 Mason club and whereas 171 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:47,680 today many people know her from working 172 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:50,639 17 years at the scum food pantry and to 173 00:10:50,639 --> 00:10:52,639 this day operating Pearl's closet at 174 00:10:52,639 --> 00:10:54,920 syum which provides clothing to those in 175 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,440 need Pearl meets people where they are 176 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:58,639 and does not judge them for their 177 00:10:58,639 --> 00:11:00,200 current condition 178 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,000 and where as Pearl is a member of Mont 179 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,880 Olivet Missionary Baptist Church under 180 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,279 the leadership of Pastor Horus Sanders 181 00:11:06,279 --> 00:11:08,720 where she serves on the Usher board she 182 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,279 does so much for her church and 183 00:11:10,279 --> 00:11:12,560 Community when someone needs help people 184 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:14,120 say call 185 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,800 Pearl she always answers the call 186 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,200 organizes a team of people to help grabs 187 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,279 her bag of supplies and shows up and 188 00:11:22,279 --> 00:11:24,079 whereas currently Pearl is still doing 189 00:11:24,079 --> 00:11:25,880 what she loves doing and that is helping 190 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,440 others whether it's cooking for someone 191 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:29,720 taking them to the market Market or 192 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,079 helping them at family functions and 193 00:11:32,079 --> 00:11:34,320 whereas this quote from George Bernard 194 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,360 Shaw embodies how Pearl El Tucker 195 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,800 lives I am of the opinion that my life 196 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,240 belongs to the whole community and as 197 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,560 long as I live it is my privilege to do 198 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:47,360 what it for it whatever I can I want to 199 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,160 be thoroughly used up when I die for the 200 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,320 harder I work the more I 201 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,880 Live Now therefore it be resolved that 202 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,959 the connected city council and Mayor 203 00:11:56,959 --> 00:11:59,320 Gary R McCarthy do hereby pause in in 204 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,399 their deliberations to recognize and 205 00:12:01,399 --> 00:12:03,959 thank Pearl L Tucker Hunter for her 206 00:12:03,959 --> 00:12:05,440 years of continued service to the 207 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,560 community and to acknowledge her recent 208 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:10,720 celebration of 70 trips around the Sun 209 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,880 and wish her well in all her future 210 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:28,150 endeavors s I'd like to move the 211 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:50,519 resolution can I 212 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:53,600 have can I can I have a 213 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,480 second all those all all in 214 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,639 favor all right the motion is passed 215 00:12:58,639 --> 00:13:00,330 congratul 216 00:13:00,330 --> 00:13:08,120 [Applause] 217 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,320 congratulations I just want to thank 218 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:15,760 everyone I I I I'm just overwhelmed but 219 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:19,560 thank you cuz what I do I do for God and 220 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:21,839 if anybody's at my door don't matter 221 00:13:21,839 --> 00:13:25,720 when or what time I'm there to help them 222 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:27,480 God bless everyone that's in this room 223 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:35,509 today amen can we take a 224 00:13:35,519 --> 00:13:58,030 picture 225 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:06,740 open 226 00:14:06,750 --> 00:14:22,870 [Applause] 227 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:24,519 I'd ask for approval of the minutes for 228 00:14:24,519 --> 00:14:26,920 March 11 229 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,160 2024 moved by Mr mud by Mr Farley all in 230 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,680 favor I uh the clerk would please read 231 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:38,230 any Communications and 232 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:40,720 petitions Communications present to the 233 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,880 city council for Monday March 25th 2024 234 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,120 under official from Mayor Gary McCarthy 235 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,600 a list of appointments dated March 25th 236 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,519 2024 under General there was an email 237 00:14:52,519 --> 00:14:55,720 from Mabel Leon stating that 238 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,320 she strongly urge you to approve and 239 00:14:58,320 --> 00:14:59,560 support the resol solution for a 240 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,720 ceasefire in 241 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:10,389 Gaza can they hear you I don't know 242 00:15:10,399 --> 00:15:16,629 he 243 00:15:16,639 --> 00:15:19,480 sum an email from Mabel Leon stating 244 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,160 that she urges the city council to 245 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,519 support a resolution for a ceasefire in 246 00:15:24,519 --> 00:15:29,959 Gaza she also wants to support the um 247 00:15:29,959 --> 00:15:32,790 downtown 248 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:36,639 SKC uh Electric City Community Grocery 249 00:15:36,639 --> 00:15:39,440 and establish a controlled grocery store 250 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,440 to serve the downtown area of skincity 251 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,240 which at present has no grocery 252 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,160 store under petitions there were none 253 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,600 thank you there are several people that 254 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,639 signed up to speak online and you'll be 255 00:15:51,639 --> 00:15:53,759 heard during City business unless you're 256 00:15:53,759 --> 00:15:55,360 here for something that is on the 257 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,480 consent 258 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,880 agenda pastor Mari if you're still here 259 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:01,079 I know that you signed up for something 260 00:16:01,079 --> 00:16:04,759 that was on the consent agenda but so if 261 00:16:04,759 --> 00:16:07,000 any if if what you want to speak on is 262 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,720 on the printed 263 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:10,600 agenda that does not count the 264 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:11,880 resolution that many people have come 265 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:13,959 for then we'd ask you to speak at this 266 00:16:13,959 --> 00:16:15,800 time there was also someone that want to 267 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,079 speak on the Electric City Co-Op you 268 00:16:18,079 --> 00:16:20,639 would be speaking during this particular 269 00:16:20,639 --> 00:16:22,839 time if you've signed up who do you have 270 00:16:22,839 --> 00:16:27,240 signed up okay oh good 271 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,880 lord okay all right well who is all all 272 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,199 the this is City business whoa okay well 273 00:16:33,199 --> 00:16:35,759 the first person I have actually is 274 00:16:35,759 --> 00:16:44,990 Elizabeth Walsh is 275 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,560 first I just want to say thank you thank 276 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,160 you for being Partners in opening the 277 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:52,440 community-owned grocery store in 278 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,319 downtown connec I want to thank all of 279 00:16:55,319 --> 00:16:58,199 you who came out could I see a standing 280 00:16:58,199 --> 00:17:00,680 of pleas address your remarks this way 281 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,720 thank you sorry uh for folks who came 282 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,079 out in support of the co-op I'd love to 283 00:17:06,079 --> 00:17:08,640 see a standing first of current board 284 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,880 members and then uh past board members 285 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,919 to be able to stand 286 00:17:13,919 --> 00:17:17,120 up and our larger member owner Community 287 00:17:17,120 --> 00:17:20,829 would you please also stand 288 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:24,959 up on behalf of all of us and our 1,30 289 00:17:24,959 --> 00:17:27,880 plus member owners and growing thank you 290 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,520 we have a lot of work to do together and 291 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,200 it's really exciting to keep this 292 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,760 incredible momentum going thank you 293 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:38,870 thank 294 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:43,320 you now Reverend Amari thank you thank 295 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,120 you good evening I rise in support of 296 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:47,880 several items coming uh to your 297 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,480 consideration item 05 on reducing the 298 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:51,960 amount of additional funding committed 299 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,880 to the YWCA item 06 on reducing the 300 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:56,440 amount for additional funding committed 301 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,960 to the electricity through Co-op item 14 302 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:00,360 in recognizing Miss Pearl for her 303 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:02,240 service to the community and we just did 304 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,280 item 15 on recognizing Miss jimson's for 305 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,760 her service in the city several of these 306 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,120 items across uh among themselves weave 307 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:13,360 these these themes solidarity 308 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:15,240 Cooperative development Community 309 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,799 resilience and collaboration M Pear's 310 00:18:17,799 --> 00:18:19,880 service to the community has always been 311 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:21,880 distinguished by a commitment to dignity 312 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,039 and compassion for All God's Children 313 00:18:24,039 --> 00:18:25,720 especially to those who make up the 314 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,880 Hamilton Hill Community Miss jimon 315 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:29,960 service to the city has been recognized 316 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,200 to in support of Community Development 317 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,240 and resilience and providing timely 318 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,280 guidance and committed support to 319 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,840 process and success of projects our 320 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:40,480 partnership with the YW is one of the 321 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,320 many testimonials of their ability and 322 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,360 capacity to be a space of dignity 323 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:46,720 solidarity and resilience to everyone 324 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,559 who participate in their programming 325 00:18:48,559 --> 00:18:50,000 from children's in childhood development 326 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,840 programs to women who can begin 327 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:53,640 breathing safely and with the 328 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:55,480 opportunity of a new start and the 329 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,520 Electric City Community grocery has been 330 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,960 many years organizing the community to 331 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:02,200 tackle an issue that is impacting most 332 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,400 of the population of the city how to 333 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,520 have self-determined resilient reliable 334 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,320 responsive and representative 335 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,280 development that can be forged by for 336 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,039 and with the people who reside in the 337 00:19:14,039 --> 00:19:16,480 city a yes vote on these items will 338 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,400 encourage solidarity Cooperative 339 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,440 development Community resilience and 340 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,360 collaboration in the singular way sket 341 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:25,720 knows how and the larger Community is 342 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,840 watching the Hamilton Hill Neighborhood 343 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:29,760 Cooperative is committed to finding ways 344 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,880 to encourage these values in the Carver 345 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,440 Center a call for peace to all residents 346 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,280 of Gaza and for the hostage held by 347 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,559 Hamas including the Liberation 348 00:19:38,559 --> 00:19:41,039 encourages these values the challenge 349 00:19:41,039 --> 00:19:42,840 however is to make these decisions in 350 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,480 support of the singular ways connected 351 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,840 knows how to be Community My Hope for 352 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:50,919 everything that will be said tonight for 353 00:19:50,919 --> 00:19:52,400 the decisions that are made by this 354 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,760 council is that they seek to sustain and 355 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,159 encourage the profoundly beautiful and 356 00:19:57,159 --> 00:19:59,320 complicated diversity of our beloved 357 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,760 City Beauty and complexity cannot be 358 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,039 legislated but wellth thought policies 359 00:20:05,039 --> 00:20:07,320 and processes that truly seek the voice 360 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,840 of the Brock Community can encourage and 361 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:13,080 sustain diversity solidarity peace 362 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,360 resilience and cooperation thank you 363 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:18,490 madam president thank 364 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:22,440 [Applause] 365 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:26,870 you Rick 366 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:28,840 maler thank you very much for allowing 367 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:30,280 me an opportunity to speak tonight in 368 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,640 support of Electric City Food Co-op um 369 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,280 it's always easy to go last here I guess 370 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,840 maybe if I am last I don't know but 371 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,000 anyways um we really appreciate the 372 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,000 support you've given us in the past we 373 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,760 encourage you to support our mission 374 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,880 going forward and support the resolution 375 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,880 to give us a just a little more time to 376 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,120 push this across the Finish Line uh I've 377 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:51,520 had the opportunity to join the board 378 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,280 about a year ago um one of the skill 379 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,240 sets I bring to a very skilled board is 380 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:57,640 that I had the opportunity to work a 381 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,000 Price Shopper for 40 1 years and before 382 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,799 I did that I worked for Honest Weight 383 00:21:01,799 --> 00:21:04,000 Food Co-op for six years so I have a 384 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,480 little bit in the food knowledge 385 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,520 business that will help us push this 386 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,440 across the Finish Line as I said and we 387 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,000 are working very closely with Metroplex 388 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,960 who's helping us on this endeavor and 389 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,760 some of local developers that have past 390 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,440 successes in downtown skincity we think 391 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,000 this would be a wonderful Community um 392 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,919 Endeavor not only for our Co-op but for 393 00:21:23,919 --> 00:21:25,840 the entire city disc connec and we very 394 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,480 much ask for your support tonight thank 395 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,880 you very much thank you 396 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:35,640 [Applause] 397 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:43,029 Kimberly 398 00:21:43,039 --> 00:21:45,080 Gonzalez I think I'm tall enough all 399 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,000 right thank you so much I guess yeah I'm 400 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,720 last or second to last or whatever um 401 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,720 thank you for so much for having us here 402 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:53,039 I'm going to speak a little bit from a 403 00:21:53,039 --> 00:21:54,840 personal experience I am a recent 404 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,080 Resident of skti I moved here four years 405 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,320 uh four months ago and and I fell in 406 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,960 love with the city I love everything I 407 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,039 mean there's a movie theater there's so 408 00:22:05,039 --> 00:22:07,039 many activities to be had so many things 409 00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:09,919 to do it's quite amazing but there's one 410 00:22:09,919 --> 00:22:11,320 huge thing missing and it's a grocery 411 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,440 store um we have the farmers market 412 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,279 that's in incredible uh I think SKC 413 00:22:16,279 --> 00:22:19,159 trading company has some you know fresh 414 00:22:19,159 --> 00:22:21,360 available food for folks but those 415 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:23,720 aren't substitutes for a grocery store 416 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,360 uh I don't even have a car and that is a 417 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:27,960 real barrier for some folks I'm lucky to 418 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,039 have a partner with who has a vehicle uh 419 00:22:30,039 --> 00:22:32,760 but this downtown area desperately needs 420 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,640 a grocery store not just for Community 421 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,600 uh but it's also an opportunity to 422 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,679 energize the economy attract new 423 00:22:39,679 --> 00:22:42,080 residents like myself uh it's really the 424 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,679 one thing I and many others see missing 425 00:22:44,679 --> 00:22:47,559 and so you know I as a new Resident I'm 426 00:22:47,559 --> 00:22:50,039 really thankful for your support in this 427 00:22:50,039 --> 00:22:51,880 project and hope that you continue 428 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,890 to thank 429 00:22:53,890 --> 00:22:57,430 [Applause] 430 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,000 you 431 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,919 I have no one else signed up to speak on 432 00:23:00,919 --> 00:23:02,520 the com public comment on the 433 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,760 legislative agenda so I declare this com 434 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,240 public comment 435 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,559 closed at this time I ask approval of 436 00:23:09,559 --> 00:23:11,080 the legislative 437 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,480 agenda motion by Mr M second by Mr 438 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,000 Williams all those in 439 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,960 favor we have two uh resolutions two 440 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,400 pieces of legislation for a roll 441 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,440 call resolution number four if the clerk 442 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,440 would please 443 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,520 read 444 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,039 item number four for original 445 00:23:31,039 --> 00:23:34,039 consideration a resolution setting forth 446 00:23:34,039 --> 00:23:35,640 additions to the community benefits 447 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,799 agreement between the city of SCCY and 448 00:23:37,799 --> 00:23:40,720 West yard Properties LLC dated February 449 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:41,880 15 450 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:48,549 2024 I need a 451 00:23:48,559 --> 00:23:51,480 motion there's no motion to move this 452 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:57,430 forward move by Mr Williams any 453 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:03,950 second 454 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:09,669 you second I understand that 455 00:24:09,679 --> 00:24:15,909 but there's no second to this 456 00:24:15,919 --> 00:24:18,360 motion 457 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:21,880 okay so this can't move back 458 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,880 to to a have to do a 459 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:31,590 okay you still have aoll 460 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,760 so we without the second then this 461 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,679 motion dies is there no 462 00:24:36,679 --> 00:24:42,630 second okay so the motion 463 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:47,110 dies uh item number 464 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:49,520 12 roll 465 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,720 call item number 12 for original 466 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,840 consideration a resolution appointing 467 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:56,799 Renee Broadley to the city of SKC Board 468 00:24:56,799 --> 00:25:00,039 of assessment review 469 00:25:00,039 --> 00:25:01,679 I need a 470 00:25:01,679 --> 00:25:03,840 motion 471 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,799 second Mr mancy all those in okay we 472 00:25:06,799 --> 00:25:09,760 need a roll call at this 473 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,399 point discuss oh I'm sorry is there any 474 00:25:12,399 --> 00:25:17,909 discussion on this item thank you Mr 475 00:25:17,919 --> 00:25:20,360 Williams thank you uh once again we are 476 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:22,039 met with having a vacancy on one of our 477 00:25:22,039 --> 00:25:23,760 boards and I think it is our 478 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,880 responsibility when it is uh uh allowed 479 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,960 to us to present an opportunity for a 480 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,440 member of the community to replace that 481 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,000 vacancy uh I don't know who recommended 482 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,320 the individual uh but upon looking at 483 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,080 Miss Bradley's credentials uh she is 484 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,880 more than qualified in her Progressive 485 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,240 uh professional career I'm confident 486 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,279 that she will be able to uphold the 487 00:25:43,279 --> 00:25:45,559 duties of this position uh faithfully 488 00:25:45,559 --> 00:25:49,159 and uh dedicatedly uh based on the need 489 00:25:49,159 --> 00:25:51,880 to have a roll call I I again I do not 490 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,480 understand the intent I would openly uh 491 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,200 welcome any comments or feedback uh but 492 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,799 again we have another C from the 493 00:25:58,799 --> 00:26:00,399 community who is willing to do the work 494 00:26:00,399 --> 00:26:02,320 of this board and yet again we have 495 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,320 another roll call uh at this point that 496 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,399 is known of why this individual should 497 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:09,159 not be able to continue forth in this 498 00:26:09,159 --> 00:26:12,600 manner uh I hope this is not a theme uh 499 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,080 but to uh Miss Bradley uh should we pass 500 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,919 this definitely I wish you all due of 501 00:26:16,919 --> 00:26:18,799 respect in this position and again to 502 00:26:18,799 --> 00:26:20,480 any other member that's interested in 503 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,120 pursuing one of these vacancies uh I I I 504 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:24,880 deeply apologize for the manner in which 505 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,200 these roll calls are coming out but 506 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,919 please do not deter your interest 507 00:26:28,919 --> 00:26:31,159 32 uh opportunities moving forward thank 508 00:26:31,159 --> 00:26:34,200 you thank you any further 509 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,480 discussion Mr Toro thank you president 510 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,760 Porterfield so again um uh our job here 511 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,399 is to represent the entire community so 512 00:26:44,399 --> 00:26:46,919 um roll calls can be made 513 00:26:46,919 --> 00:26:51,080 without yes thank you Mr Williams uh 514 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,919 roll calls can be made um on any of the 515 00:26:53,919 --> 00:26:57,919 uh agenda items put forward um so again 516 00:26:57,919 --> 00:27:00,240 as I I as I mentioned that our committee 517 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,480 meeting uh Miss Bradley has a most 518 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,279 extensive and well-qualified 519 00:27:04,279 --> 00:27:05,919 resume uh 520 00:27:05,919 --> 00:27:09,399 unfortunately um no one else on the uh 521 00:27:09,399 --> 00:27:12,000 Council had a chance to submit a name um 522 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,840 there was a letter issued to president 523 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:18,679 Porterfield honor about January 8th um 524 00:27:18,679 --> 00:27:23,279 uh announcing that Mr anakal uh position 525 00:27:23,279 --> 00:27:26,880 expired on September 30th of 23 she had 526 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,960 the letter in her possession 527 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,520 um in January never sent it to any of 528 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,360 the council members so again um nothing 529 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:37,399 against Miss Bradley by any means uh but 530 00:27:37,399 --> 00:27:39,440 um I would have liked to have gotten the 531 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,080 letter knowing of him not being able to 532 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,200 fulfill his position and um had an 533 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,640 opportunity to put someone forward thank 534 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,000 you um just to clarify the letter the 535 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,880 letter stated that Mr they were going to 536 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,159 reappoint him but we did not know until 537 00:27:55,159 --> 00:27:57,600 he responded to the entire Council that 538 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,320 he had moved out of the city so everyone 539 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,279 was privy to 540 00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:04,159 that at this time maybe have the roll 541 00:28:04,159 --> 00:28:08,960 call Mr Toro no Mr Farley 542 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:17,240 yes Mr Mancini yes Mr Mutan yes Miss Patrick is not here Mr Williams yes 543 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:24,110 Miss Porterfield yes motion passes 5 to 544 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:26,600 one this time uh this time we have 545 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,440 privilege of the floor regarding General 546 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:32,159 City business I have 45 people signed up 547 00:28:32,159 --> 00:28:35,120 to speak so I just want to lay little 548 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:37,080 ground rules because I see many people 549 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,600 signed up to speak are not necessarily 550 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,519 from our jurisdiction and therefore you 551 00:28:40,519 --> 00:28:42,960 may not know the rules of how this works 552 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,320 uh you have three minutes you will hear 553 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,399 a timer when your time goes off and we I 554 00:28:46,399 --> 00:28:48,360 ask respectfully ask that you if your 555 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,120 mid-sentence complete your sentence and 556 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,799 then leave the podium we have 45 people 557 00:28:52,799 --> 00:28:56,000 signed up to speak uh if you read what 558 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,200 was before you in terms of signing up 559 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,799 there are no direct comments to other 560 00:28:59,799 --> 00:29:02,799 groups or the other individuals allowed 561 00:29:02,799 --> 00:29:05,360 and we ask all of your comments may be 562 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:13,909 made directly to the um to the 563 00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:15,960 chair is this 564 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,360 one okay this is the first one 565 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,320 okay uh the first person I have signed 566 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:24,760 up to speak these submissions were 567 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,919 online is Susan Rosenberg is Susan 568 00:29:26,919 --> 00:29:29,559 Rosenberg present 569 00:29:29,559 --> 00:29:32,760 yes come right up 570 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,480 ma'am thank you uh my name is Susie 571 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,960 Rosenberg I'm a retired emergency 572 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,640 Psychiatry physician having served in my 573 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,880 career as medical director of Crisis 574 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,159 services that included support for 575 00:29:45,159 --> 00:29:47,679 citizens of Albany skincity and rensler 576 00:29:47,679 --> 00:29:50,120 counties my specialty included the 577 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,799 assessment of individuals posing danger 578 00:29:52,799 --> 00:29:53,960 to 579 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,279 themselves or others a big influence on 580 00:29:57,279 --> 00:29:58,559 my clinical practice practice was the 581 00:29:58,559 --> 00:30:00,880 work of a French sociologist named Emil 582 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,279 durkheim he lived between 1858 and 583 00:30:04,279 --> 00:30:07,399 1917 his major contribution was to 584 00:30:07,399 --> 00:30:09,600 conclusively demonstrate that when Ties 585 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,600 That Bind Society together unravel both 586 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,159 violence and suicide rates spiral 587 00:30:15,159 --> 00:30:17,720 upwards further destabilizing 588 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,039 communities so I learned to highly value 589 00:30:20,039 --> 00:30:22,000 the impact of a healthy Society on the 590 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,679 mental health of individuals and the 591 00:30:23,679 --> 00:30:25,919 communities around them and the impact 592 00:30:25,919 --> 00:30:30,190 of an unhealthy society as well 593 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,919 I open my remarks with these thoughts as 594 00:30:32,919 --> 00:30:34,519 a way of understanding the profound 595 00:30:34,519 --> 00:30:36,080 negative impact of the proposed 596 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,720 resolution on the communities you serve 597 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,919 first it increases Discord in an already 598 00:30:41,919 --> 00:30:45,399 uncivil Civic Square second it puts your 599 00:30:45,399 --> 00:30:47,640 Jewish constituents in danger on the 600 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,960 streets in their houses of worship and 601 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,880 on college campuses acts of hatred 602 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,799 towards Jews are on a rocket trajectory 603 00:30:55,799 --> 00:30:58,159 and these anti-israel resolutions and 604 00:30:58,159 --> 00:31:01,120 municipalities fuel those acts what to 605 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,080 do with all this energy swirling around 606 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,639 this hot hot issue in the town of 607 00:31:05,639 --> 00:31:07,760 Bethlehem where I'm from members of the 608 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,720 Muslim and Jewish Community have begun 609 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,440 gathering on an informal basis to build 610 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,279 bridges of understanding and friendship 611 00:31:15,279 --> 00:31:17,799 and having hard conversations in an 612 00:31:17,799 --> 00:31:21,000 atmosphere of mutual 613 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,600 respect I would recommend that you do 614 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,840 not pass this resolution you do not put 615 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,320 your Jewish constituents in danger and 616 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,600 you do not burn Bridges you build them 617 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,060 thank you so 618 00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:38,710 [Applause] 619 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,760 much I just want to make a point of 620 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,480 clarification at this time there is no 621 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,360 current resolution before this Council 622 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,799 so just so everyone is clear on that 623 00:31:46,799 --> 00:31:48,720 thank 624 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,000 you Eric Cooper 625 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,830 Ginsburg is Eric Cooper Ginsburg 626 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,080 present 627 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:12,149 gay 628 00:32:12,159 --> 00:32:14,639 Griffith I am here to voice my opinion 629 00:32:14,639 --> 00:32:18,120 to the to the position proposing a 630 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,240 resolution for a ceasefire between Kamas 631 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,120 a recognized terrorist organization by 632 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,960 the United States and a multitude of 633 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,159 countries worldwide and the state of 634 00:32:27,159 --> 00:32:28,480 Israel 635 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,720 as of yesterday Israel agreed to the 636 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:31,840 terms of the 637 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,000 ceasefire Hamas has rejected it it 638 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,880 should also be remembered that Kamas it 639 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:38,279 was Kamas who reneged on the last 640 00:32:38,279 --> 00:32:40,399 ceasefire agreement by not returning the 641 00:32:40,399 --> 00:32:42,760 last agreed upon groups of hostages thus 642 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,559 resuming the fighting 134 hostages 643 00:32:45,559 --> 00:32:49,240 remain inhumane and cruel conditions for 644 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,399 172 days now Kamas has refused to also 645 00:32:52,399 --> 00:32:54,840 provide a list of the living hostages 646 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,120 the resolution that they are petitioning 647 00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:59,279 barely mentions October the 7th when 648 00:32:59,279 --> 00:33:01,080 5,000 Hamas terrorists breached the 649 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:02,720 border and proceeded to commit 650 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:04,600 atrocities leading to the largest 651 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,559 one-day loss of Jewish life since the 652 00:33:06,559 --> 00:33:08,960 Holocaust if Hamas had not attacked 653 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,360 Israel on October the 7th Israel would 654 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,440 not have attacked Gaza the resolution 655 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,399 will do nothing to help residents of 656 00:33:16,399 --> 00:33:18,919 Gaza but cause more divisiveness among 657 00:33:18,919 --> 00:33:21,159 constituents fuel more acts of 658 00:33:21,159 --> 00:33:22,799 anti-Semitism against Jewish 659 00:33:22,799 --> 00:33:24,720 constituents here in the greater Capital 660 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,480 District anti-Semitism has spilled into 661 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,159 schol school from high schools all the 662 00:33:29,159 --> 00:33:31,080 way to elementary schools some of which 663 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,080 have been physical attacks Jewish 664 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,960 children do not feel safe and their 665 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,360 parents are afraid for them no child 666 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,880 should feel unsafe at school the only 667 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,320 thing that can help the residents of 668 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,360 Gaza is to rid them of all terrorist 669 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,000 organizations especially Hamas which was 670 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,559 elected in 2007 and has remained in 671 00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:50,480 power as a dictator-like regime since 672 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,120 then Hamas has no interest in any kind 673 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,360 of Peace negotiations with Israel in 674 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,120 fact in its May 2017 Charter it 675 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,000 advocates for the complete liberation of 676 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,679 Palestine from the river to the sea in 677 00:34:03,679 --> 00:34:06,240 plain English their stated goal is to 678 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,079 destroy Israel not to live in peace not 679 00:34:09,079 --> 00:34:11,159 for a two-state solution they simply 680 00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:13,960 want to eradicate Israel Israel on the 681 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:15,679 other hand has demonstrated its desire 682 00:34:15,679 --> 00:34:17,399 for peace with the peace treaties with 683 00:34:17,399 --> 00:34:19,879 Egypt and Jordan the Oslo Accords the 684 00:34:19,879 --> 00:34:22,240 Abraham Accords and the multiple peace 685 00:34:22,240 --> 00:34:25,000 negotiations with fatak over the decades 686 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,399 the responsibility of this council is to 687 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,480 ensure for the safety and unity of the 688 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,399 cons constituents of this community as a 689 00:34:32,399 --> 00:34:36,079 Jew I do not feel safe as many other 690 00:34:36,079 --> 00:34:38,720 Jewish institutions our synagogue now 691 00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:40,919 has armed security during Services 692 00:34:40,919 --> 00:34:43,800 religious school and events every 693 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,320 citizen in the United States has the 694 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:46,800 right to feel safe practicing their 695 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,760 religion right now that is not true for 696 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,200 American Jews a permanent ceasefire is 697 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,280 not a bilateral ceasefire as it only 698 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,400 calls on Israel to cease without putting 699 00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,599 any pressure on Kamas it leaves the 700 00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:01,680 remaining hostages in the hands of Kamas 701 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,480 and leaves Hamas in power to commit more 702 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,560 attacks Kamas has vowed to repeat the 703 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,119 atrocities of October 7th over and over 704 00:35:08,119 --> 00:35:10,040 again kamama should surrender a 705 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,119 ceasefire will follow immediately this 706 00:35:12,119 --> 00:35:13,760 is the only acceptable outcome for 707 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,320 Israelis and the larger Jewish Community 708 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,119 anything else will continue this cycle 709 00:35:18,119 --> 00:35:19,599 of violence and therefore the 710 00:35:19,599 --> 00:35:21,480 existential threat to our 711 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,880 people the leadership of the mainstream 712 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,599 Jewish Community was not contact 713 00:35:25,599 --> 00:35:27,079 regarding this propos proposed 714 00:35:27,079 --> 00:35:28,320 resolution 715 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,280 the Jewish group that is included in 716 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,599 this p in this petition does not 717 00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:34,680 represent or speak for the mainstream 718 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,880 Jewish community and they especially 719 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,359 don't resp represent or speak for me 720 00:35:40,359 --> 00:35:41,940 thank 721 00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:46,760 [Applause] 722 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:56,349 you Jonathan 723 00:35:56,359 --> 00:35:58,880 Rubin good good evening Mr Mayor 724 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,200 president Porterfield members of the 725 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:01,880 city council I'm Jonathan Rubin 726 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,480 president of congregation Gates of 727 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,800 Heaven here in SKC I want to thank you 728 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,000 for the opportunity to have this 729 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,079 conversation tonight uh we anticipate 730 00:36:10,079 --> 00:36:11,760 that there will probably be a petition 731 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,640 brought forward to you tonight seeking a 732 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:17,760 ceasefire uh between Israel and Hamas uh 733 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:21,680 we are here tonight to ask number one as 734 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:23,119 we saw tonight there's a lot of 735 00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:24,800 important business that comes before 736 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:26,440 this connected east city council as 737 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,880 comes before all of local government is the form of 738 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:31,839 government that is closest to the people 739 00:36:31,839 --> 00:36:34,040 we deal with infrastructure we deal with 740 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:35,599 Industrial Development we deal with 741 00:36:35,599 --> 00:36:37,880 transportation we deal with housing we 742 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:39,240 deal with all of the things that make a 743 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:42,720 city and a community click and issues 744 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,520 such as the one that's before you that 745 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,560 is likely going to be before you tonight 746 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,640 are ones that are respectfully outside 747 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,920 the purview of local governments which 748 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:53,280 is something handled by the federal 749 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,119 government and to a lesser extent to 750 00:36:55,119 --> 00:36:57,040 state governments as well and we would 751 00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,480 ask that we not interfere with the 752 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,760 really important work that is done here 753 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,560 in the city of skincity to the extent 754 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,760 however that the council does decide 755 00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,240 that it wants to entertain such a 756 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:10,079 position and get into issues of 757 00:37:10,079 --> 00:37:12,520 international relations we would ask 758 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,920 that you consider that the resolution 759 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,400 coming before you is one that calls for 760 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,359 a permanent ceasefire as you've as 761 00:37:19,359 --> 00:37:21,040 you've already heard from others already 762 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:22,640 tonight and I'm sure you'll hear from 763 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,560 others as well the ability to have a 764 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:30,079 permanent ceasefire is not something that is achievable as long as 765 00:37:30,079 --> 00:37:33,119 the terrorist organization Hamas remains 766 00:37:33,119 --> 00:37:36,480 in operational power on October 7th they 767 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,160 crossed the border engaged in a massacre 768 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,680 of over a thousand innocent Israelis 769 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,960 children women adults seniors even pets 770 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,599 and animals those who they did not kill 771 00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:50,800 they've maintained as hostages some have 772 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:54,800 been released over a 100 remain we share 773 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,960 in a position of thoughtfulness and 774 00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,359 compassion and Care those who are going 775 00:37:59,359 --> 00:38:01,200 to bring a resolution should they do so 776 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,680 tonight we are not questioning their 777 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,000 desire to want to see peace we are not 778 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,960 questioning their desire to want to see 779 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,440 an end to suffering we share in that 780 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,359 stated goal and we would imagine 781 00:38:13,359 --> 00:38:16,079 everybody wants to see that to happen 782 00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:17,760 but we're not going to be able to 783 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:22,640 achieve that as long as the as the Gaza 784 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:24,760 Strip is under the control of a 785 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,240 terrorist organization I thank you for 786 00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:28,839 your time tonight and I hope that you 787 00:38:28,839 --> 00:38:30,760 take this these words into consideration 788 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:32,380 thank 789 00:38:32,380 --> 00:38:36,040 [Applause] 790 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,680 you Michelle 791 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:49,910 greenblat is Michelle green blat 792 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,680 present good evening 793 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,960 and thank you for giving me the 794 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,960 opportunity to speak 795 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,079 um I know that the ceasefire resolution 796 00:39:01,079 --> 00:39:04,400 has not yet been brought before the the 797 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,800 council um I know that there is a 798 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,920 petition to bring such a resolution I 799 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,079 ask you as a proud member of the Jewish 800 00:39:13,079 --> 00:39:17,079 Community to not entertain um the 801 00:39:17,079 --> 00:39:19,800 possibility of a ceasefire resolution in 802 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:24,319 your town it is very divisive it causes 803 00:39:24,319 --> 00:39:27,079 members of your community and connect 804 00:39:27,079 --> 00:39:29,680 and elsewhere to be pitted against one 805 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:33,640 another we all don't none of us want to 806 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,839 have people dying um 807 00:39:36,839 --> 00:39:41,079 over um these uh these threats by a 808 00:39:41,079 --> 00:39:42,280 terrorist 809 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:46,000 organization um for 75 years Hamas which 810 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,400 is a terrorist 811 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,800 organization has been planting the seeds 812 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,040 and manipulating the Palestinian people 813 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,440 in the Gaza Strip to believe that 814 00:39:56,440 --> 00:40:01,880 they're value um is greater dead than 815 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:07,000 alive Jews value life and we want life 816 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,480 for everyone even people that we are at 817 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:14,280 odds with we who have different um 818 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,319 theological 819 00:40:16,319 --> 00:40:20,829 differences 820 00:40:20,839 --> 00:40:22,520 um 821 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,400 anti-Semitism 822 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,839 is uh rampant these days AC across 823 00:40:27,839 --> 00:40:31,079 communities and college campuses and in 824 00:40:31,079 --> 00:40:32,119 our 825 00:40:32,119 --> 00:40:33,880 schools 826 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:39,119 um having passing such a resolution um 827 00:40:39,119 --> 00:40:42,280 increases the the rate of anti-Semitism 828 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:48,030 making your constituents feel unsafe and 829 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,599 unheard the ceasefire 830 00:40:50,599 --> 00:40:53,200 resolution um is an 831 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:56,560 international issue and not one that 832 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:57,880 affects 833 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,119 um local politics and I would really 834 00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:04,520 hope that you consider the concerns of 835 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:05,800 your 836 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,880 constituents a ceasefire resolution in 837 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:12,280 Gaza and between Hamas and Israel will 838 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,920 not help the Palestinian people the 839 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:18,000 Palestinian people have no regard for 840 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,480 their lives as they have 841 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:23,079 built miles upon 842 00:41:23,079 --> 00:41:27,440 miles of cement tunnels under Gaza not 843 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:31,359 for the safety of their um civilians who 844 00:41:31,359 --> 00:41:33,520 are not allowed into the tunnels during 845 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:37,400 bombing it is only for the Hamas members 846 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,240 and to keep their stores of food which 847 00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:43,640 they also do not allow um their 848 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:46,440 civilians to have even though 849 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,520 humanitarian Aid is free and should be 850 00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:51,480 given to the Palestinians they are 851 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,000 selling 852 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:58,760 it um so I really hope that um we can 853 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,200 come together and help support one 854 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,720 another in our efforts to make the 855 00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:05,800 situation better for the Palestinian 856 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:11,069 people thank you thank 857 00:42:11,079 --> 00:42:18,390 you suzan 858 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,000 11 well thank you for allowing me to 859 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,319 speak I'm Susanna lvin from Albany um as 860 00:42:24,319 --> 00:42:25,920 a member of the Jewish community of the 861 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,240 greater capital region I implore that 862 00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:30,640 this connected common Council refrain 863 00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,800 from taking up this or any ceasefire 864 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,960 legislation we je are a family a family 865 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,559 that stretches around the world and 866 00:42:38,559 --> 00:42:41,480 across 4,000 years of history in every 867 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,319 generation we've been singled out as a 868 00:42:43,319 --> 00:42:45,760 nation apart scapegoated with dangerous 869 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:48,440 rhetoric this rhetoric always leads to 870 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:51,160 actual Danger from the Crusades and 871 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,520 pogroms to the Nazi Holocaust to the 872 00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:55,599 horrific massacres rape torture and 873 00:42:55,599 --> 00:42:57,800 kidnapping of October 7 874 00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,839 we take seriously the words of our 875 00:42:59,839 --> 00:43:02,640 detractors how D poog groms against Jews 876 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,280 even happen who allows such a thing 877 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:06,720 first there are those who want to kill 878 00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:10,040 Jews and they do in this case Hamas 879 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:11,680 terrorists who murdered Innocents and 880 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,680 promised 10 times more October 7s and 881 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:16,480 then there are the supporters those who 882 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:18,920 will provide rationale for those acts of 883 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,240 violence in the name of the greater good 884 00:43:21,240 --> 00:43:22,359 these are groups that promote 885 00:43:22,359 --> 00:43:24,520 legislation like the one that you may be 886 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,680 petitioned a resolution that outlines 887 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:28,720 freedom and dignity for anyone but 888 00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:30,800 Israel anyone but 889 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,160 Jews and finally there are the 890 00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,319 indifferent those who would enable 891 00:43:35,319 --> 00:43:38,000 violence against my people simply by not 892 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:39,520 opposing 893 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,920 it a call for a ceasefire is a call for 894 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,880 violence against Jews council members 895 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,119 please do not feel the pressure to join 896 00:43:48,119 --> 00:43:50,839 the historic ranks of the indifferent do 897 00:43:50,839 --> 00:43:52,559 not allow this legislation to cast a 898 00:43:52,559 --> 00:43:54,760 shadow on your good work and your good 899 00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,400 names calling for ceasefire is a call 900 00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,119 for Jews to surrender their National 901 00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:00,880 Defense there is no reasonable 902 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:02,760 compromise to this demand as it's a 903 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:05,640 demand for National Suicide calling for 904 00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:06,960 ceasefire does not bring the 905 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,079 Palestinians closer to nationhood 906 00:44:09,079 --> 00:44:10,599 unfortunately it prolongs their 907 00:44:10,599 --> 00:44:12,960 suffering under the oppressive Hamas 908 00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:14,760 regime which neither protects nor 909 00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,480 provides for them calling for ceasefire 910 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,559 does not bring peace this call for 911 00:44:19,559 --> 00:44:21,520 ceasefire does not call for an end to 912 00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:23,400 Hamas aggression it does not guarantee 913 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:25,960 the return of the innocent hostages 914 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,119 without hamas's defeat or Surrender the 915 00:44:28,119 --> 00:44:30,400 war will continue because Hamas doesn't 916 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,559 follow rules of War they don't engage in 917 00:44:32,559 --> 00:44:35,480 diplomacy they will keep fighting 918 00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,240 finally a call for ceasefire results in 919 00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:39,359 the scapegoating of Jews Everywhere by 920 00:44:39,359 --> 00:44:42,319 gaslighting self-defense as aggression a 921 00:44:42,319 --> 00:44:44,480 local legislation that promotes this 922 00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:46,160 language is bringing Prejudice and 923 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:48,200 threat of violence to their constituents 924 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:51,359 here at home to Jews Israel is not a 925 00:44:51,359 --> 00:44:54,119 farway place not a speck on the map it 926 00:44:54,119 --> 00:44:56,280 is where our family lives it is our 927 00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,640 homeland and what happens there affects 928 00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:01,880 us deeply here I pray that your family 929 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:03,880 should never be in danger while the 930 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:05,760 world demands that you cease fighting 931 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,599 for them please oppose this or any 932 00:45:08,599 --> 00:45:10,480 ceasefire legislation that comes before 933 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:12,070 you thank 934 00:45:12,070 --> 00:45:15,720 [Applause] 935 00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:24,470 you jury 936 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,079 Stillman I'm a Jewish American I'm 937 00:45:27,079 --> 00:45:29,559 Israeli I'm a two-time survivor of the 938 00:45:29,559 --> 00:45:31,960 suicide bombings during the second inata 939 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:35,119 in 2001 I have dear family and friends 940 00:45:35,119 --> 00:45:37,359 in Israel and myself and every Jew from 941 00:45:37,359 --> 00:45:39,520 left to right want peace for all the 942 00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:42,440 Jews Israeli Arabs and Palestinians who 943 00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:45,359 seek to live side by side in true peace 944 00:45:45,359 --> 00:45:47,280 and mutual recognition of each other 945 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:50,040 tonight I intend to shed light on Jewish 946 00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,000 voices for peace since they're likely 947 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:55,280 speaking here jvp is an organization 948 00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,000 that despite its name is neither NE 949 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,480 necessarily Jewish nor peaceful and has 950 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:01,359 garnered significant critique for its 951 00:46:01,359 --> 00:46:03,359 actions and stated vociferously 952 00:46:03,359 --> 00:46:06,599 anti-zionist objectives in the surface 953 00:46:06,599 --> 00:46:08,559 on the surface jvp might seem to 954 00:46:08,559 --> 00:46:10,839 epitomize the values of love and a 955 00:46:10,839 --> 00:46:13,160 desire for peace however it's crucial to 956 00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:16,319 examine the substance behind this this 957 00:46:16,319 --> 00:46:19,319 perspective is echoed by Allison summer 958 00:46:19,319 --> 00:46:21,359 in the far-left Israeli publication 959 00:46:21,359 --> 00:46:22,680 haret who 960 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:25,319 noted to many mainstream moderate and 961 00:46:25,319 --> 00:46:27,359 even left-wing groups and and certainly 962 00:46:27,359 --> 00:46:29,920 for the Israeli government jvp is beyond 963 00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,200 the pale aiding and abetting those who 964 00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:34,319 would harm or even eliminate Israel if 965 00:46:34,319 --> 00:46:37,359 it were possible jvp's Focus agenda is 966 00:46:37,359 --> 00:46:39,680 to dismantle the state of Israel this 967 00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:41,760 Miss mission of delegitimization 968 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:43,720 diverges sharply from the Jewish 969 00:46:43,720 --> 00:46:46,400 community's diverse but generally United 970 00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:49,040 support for Israel's right to exist as a 971 00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:51,079 Jewish State and for Jewish 972 00:46:51,079 --> 00:46:53,400 self-determination jvp has been linked 973 00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:55,359 to global terrorist regimes including 974 00:46:55,359 --> 00:46:57,440 the Islamic Republic of Iran 975 00:46:57,440 --> 00:46:59,839 and groups like sidun associated with 976 00:46:59,839 --> 00:47:01,760 the popular front for the liberation of 977 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,079 Palestine on a specific note the 978 00:47:04,079 --> 00:47:05,760 glorification of terrorists who 979 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,160 committed heinous acts against civilians 980 00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:10,000 including children under the guise of 981 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:13,119 decolonization is abhorent such actions 982 00:47:13,119 --> 00:47:14,640 do not align with the principles of 983 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:16,720 peace and Justice they embolden and 984 00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:18,640 legitimize violence under the misleading 985 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:20,359 Banner of activ 986 00:47:20,359 --> 00:47:23,440 activism jvp's messaging firr promoting 987 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,559 peace SS Division and misrepresents the 988 00:47:25,559 --> 00:47:27,119 rich diversity of Jewish thought thought 989 00:47:27,119 --> 00:47:29,880 in closing I urge us to approach such 990 00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:31,960 discussions with a commitment to truth 991 00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:33,680 dialogue and the pursuit of genuine 992 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:35,960 peace let us be wary of those who would 993 00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,079 co-opt the language of peace and Justice 994 00:47:38,079 --> 00:47:40,559 to advance divisive agendas our 995 00:47:40,559 --> 00:47:42,359 Collective future depends on Building 996 00:47:42,359 --> 00:47:44,960 Bridges of understanding not walls of 997 00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:48,800 Separation thank you for your time and 998 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,240 [Applause] 999 00:47:51,240 --> 00:47:55,430 attention Jil Gail 1000 00:47:55,440 --> 00:48:11,309 sackle is G ale sacko 1001 00:48:11,319 --> 00:48:14,119 present hi my name is Gail sacko I've 1002 00:48:14,119 --> 00:48:16,160 been part of the Capitol region Jewish 1003 00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:19,200 Community for over 40 years can you hear 1004 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:23,599 me louder louder okay I just want to say 1005 00:48:23,599 --> 00:48:26,359 in our services we have something called 1006 00:48:26,359 --> 00:48:30,520 the morning CSH and we stand to honor 1007 00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:33,559 the dead and The Grieving I'm grieving 1008 00:48:33,559 --> 00:48:35,400 for all of the innocent 1009 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:37,599 Palestinians I am grieving for all the 1010 00:48:37,599 --> 00:48:40,599 innoc innocent Israelis I am grieving 1011 00:48:40,599 --> 00:48:42,720 for all the innocent 1012 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:45,280 Americans because I stand at every 1013 00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,240 service for that um I want to wish the 1014 00:48:48,240 --> 00:48:50,839 Muslim people I hope it's appropriate Ed 1015 00:48:50,839 --> 00:48:52,559 Mubarak you say it in the middle as well 1016 00:48:52,559 --> 00:48:53,799 as at the beginning because I know 1017 00:48:53,799 --> 00:48:55,079 you're in the middle of ma'am can you 1018 00:48:55,079 --> 00:48:57,280 need to please address I wish you 1019 00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:58,760 no ma'am ma'am you need to address the 1020 00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:01,680 chair sorry um ID mabarak because I know 1021 00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:03,760 they're in the middle of 1022 00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,680 Ramadan I wanted to talk I had a a 1023 00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:09,319 chance to look at the resolution that 1024 00:49:09,319 --> 00:49:11,880 you're being asked to take a look at and 1025 00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:15,200 I wanted to talk about the local the 1026 00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,640 Jewish the established Jewish Community 1027 00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:21,880 leaders in connecti we not consulted 1028 00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:24,680 we're not part of part of putting this 1029 00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,559 together there is no mention mention in 1030 00:49:27,559 --> 00:49:29,920 it of except for a mention of 1031 00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,559 anti-Semitism there is no mention in it 1032 00:49:32,559 --> 00:49:35,520 of either Kamas or israelies or the 1033 00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:38,920 hostages except for the hostages who are 1034 00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:41,839 released it's it's divisive in the 1035 00:49:41,839 --> 00:49:44,680 community um there have been incidents 1036 00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:46,839 there has been an incident in the SKC 1037 00:49:46,839 --> 00:49:49,079 City School District where teacher where 1038 00:49:49,079 --> 00:49:53,599 a group put out an email suggesting that 1039 00:49:53,599 --> 00:49:57,040 um Israelis be called Ethnic cleansers 1040 00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:59,799 and genocide people there has been a 1041 00:49:59,799 --> 00:50:02,839 middle schooler who was told that he 1042 00:50:02,839 --> 00:50:04,799 could not go to school because he was 1043 00:50:04,799 --> 00:50:07,160 Israeli and in fact his family had to 1044 00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:09,720 leave the community and this is a family 1045 00:50:09,720 --> 00:50:13,119 that lost someone October 7th there was 1046 00:50:13,119 --> 00:50:15,160 it encourages somebody who wants to 1047 00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:18,040 shoot at a synagogue which has happened 1048 00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:19,319 in the capol 1049 00:50:19,319 --> 00:50:23,440 region it's it's it's divisive to a 1050 00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:25,760 community that needs to be coming 1051 00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:28,920 together um today is 1052 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:32,920 171 of the hostages the youngest hostage 1053 00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:37,000 is one year old the oldest hostage is 80 1054 00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:40,160 many of them went to a music festival 1055 00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:42,720 when Kamas was asked to identify them 1056 00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:44,680 they were unable to identify them or 1057 00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:48,440 unable to tell where they are it's it 1058 00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:51,720 what this resolution does not reflect 1059 00:50:51,720 --> 00:50:53,359 all of the constituency of this 1060 00:50:53,359 --> 00:50:57,040 community and it adds to the amount of 1061 00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:59,520 anti-Semitism that we are already seeing 1062 00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:01,550 thank you thank 1063 00:51:01,550 --> 00:51:05,520 [Applause] 1064 00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:14,309 you Bonnie 1065 00:51:14,319 --> 00:51:17,640 Eisenberg hi um thank you for letting me 1066 00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:19,960 come and speak I've been a lifelong 1067 00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,440 resident of the Capitol region and am a 1068 00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:27,079 proud Jew and a proud Zionist um 1069 00:51:27,079 --> 00:51:29,079 my direct connection as somebody prior 1070 00:51:29,079 --> 00:51:32,119 to me said this what happened on October 1071 00:51:32,119 --> 00:51:35,000 7th isn't something that happened far 1072 00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:37,319 away to other people for the Jewish 1073 00:51:37,319 --> 00:51:40,079 Community for me personally my family 1074 00:51:40,079 --> 00:51:42,480 grew up in kabut raim which is the 1075 00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:45,359 Cabots that was right near the was the 1076 00:51:45,359 --> 00:51:47,440 closest Kuts to the music festival that 1077 00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:51,559 was um attacked and kabut re was 1078 00:51:51,559 --> 00:51:54,799 destroyed this is very personal it's 1079 00:51:54,799 --> 00:51:57,040 very painful and 1080 00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:00,760 as others have also said we don't just 1081 00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:03,280 cry for the Israelis we cry for the 1082 00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:06,160 Palestinian suffering as well we want 1083 00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:09,880 peace but you can't have peace with an 1084 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:13,760 organization that promotes the idea that 1085 00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,160 it's better to die than to live 1086 00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:17,839 peacefully with your Israeli and 1087 00:52:17,839 --> 00:52:19,599 Egyptian 1088 00:52:19,599 --> 00:52:21,760 neighbors 1089 00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:26,559 um your proposed resolution shows that 1090 00:52:26,559 --> 00:52:28,559 or the proposed resolution that you will 1091 00:52:28,559 --> 00:52:32,079 be seeing soon shows that it does not 1092 00:52:32,079 --> 00:52:34,799 blame the aggressor Hamas but instead 1093 00:52:34,799 --> 00:52:37,720 blames the country who wants peace but 1094 00:52:37,720 --> 00:52:42,990 will defend its citizens against 1095 00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:45,319 annihilation in I don't know if you've 1096 00:52:45,319 --> 00:52:48,280 seen it before but in that um proposed 1097 00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:50,920 resolution the words are some of the 1098 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:53,640 words are um you're calling for peaceful 1099 00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:55,599 diplomacy that protects the security of 1100 00:52:55,599 --> 00:52:58,799 all innocent civilians I call for that 1101 00:52:58,799 --> 00:53:01,440 too but there's only one party that's 1102 00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:03,880 interested in living in peace with their 1103 00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:05,760 neighbors in Gaza with their Palestinian 1104 00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:07,880 neighbors and that's Israel Hamas has 1105 00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:10,960 made it incredibly clear they will 1106 00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:13,319 prefer the death of all 1107 00:53:13,319 --> 00:53:15,200 Palestinians before they would be 1108 00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:17,760 willing to live peacefully with Israel 1109 00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:23,119 so um so if you take on this proposal 1110 00:53:23,119 --> 00:53:25,720 and you decide to approve it what you're 1111 00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:28,960 doing is not helping Palestinians the 1112 00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:30,839 only way to help Palestinians and 1113 00:53:30,839 --> 00:53:34,280 Israelis and everyone in the area is to 1114 00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:38,000 hold Hamas accountable and this cease 1115 00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:40,440 and any ceasefire would do exactly the 1116 00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:44,839 opposite it would be empowering Hamas so 1117 00:53:44,839 --> 00:53:47,920 I I just wanted to mention that what's 1118 00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:51,040 personally painful is that my social 1119 00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:53,680 justice partners are supporting Hamas 1120 00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:56,040 war criminals instead of holding them 1121 00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:57,960 accountable in demanding their Swift 1122 00:53:57,960 --> 00:53:59,880 removal and replacement with a 1123 00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:02,240 Palestinian government that wants to 1124 00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:05,359 live in peace with Israeli and Egyptian 1125 00:54:05,359 --> 00:54:08,549 neighbors 1126 00:54:08,559 --> 00:54:11,319 um and that's pretty much what I wanted 1127 00:54:11,319 --> 00:54:12,910 to say thank 1128 00:54:12,910 --> 00:54:19,559 [Applause] 1129 00:54:19,559 --> 00:54:25,349 you um Laura 1130 00:54:25,359 --> 00:54:28,390 wisl 1131 00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:30,799 hi please bear with me because I lost my 1132 00:54:30,799 --> 00:54:33,240 voice my name is Laura Weiss spot and I 1133 00:54:33,240 --> 00:54:35,400 am a local resident I am an active 1134 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:37,040 member of the Jewish Community here in 1135 00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:39,680 the greater Capital Region I am Gravely 1136 00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:41,480 concerned about the petition for a 1137 00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:44,119 proposed ceasefire resolution pertaining 1138 00:54:44,119 --> 00:54:46,240 to the Israeli Palestinian conflict that 1139 00:54:46,240 --> 00:54:48,040 is going to come before you 1140 00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:51,079 today such resolutions are one-sided and 1141 00:54:51,079 --> 00:54:55,319 place the blame for this war solely on 1142 00:54:55,319 --> 00:54:58,400 Israel which is misguided at best and at 1143 00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:00,839 worst it is dangerous to Jews globally 1144 00:55:00,839 --> 00:55:01,599 and 1145 00:55:01,599 --> 00:55:04,000 locally the proposed resolution is 1146 00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:05,280 extremely 1147 00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:08,440 divisive and misinformed it parrots the 1148 00:55:08,440 --> 00:55:11,640 anti-israel propaganda machine that is 1149 00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:13,400 unfortunately driving much of the 1150 00:55:13,400 --> 00:55:14,960 current mainstream 1151 00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:17,799 media as Jewish constituents reading 1152 00:55:17,799 --> 00:55:20,359 this resolution I'll tell you how we 1153 00:55:20,359 --> 00:55:24,799 feel threatened isolated intimidated 1154 00:55:24,799 --> 00:55:28,119 alienated 95 5% of the global Jewish 1155 00:55:28,119 --> 00:55:31,640 Community it loves Israel we consider it 1156 00:55:31,640 --> 00:55:34,319 to be our Jewish homeland it is a safe 1157 00:55:34,319 --> 00:55:36,520 haven for Jews from all over the world 1158 00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:39,119 to come and be safe when we can't be 1159 00:55:39,119 --> 00:55:40,960 safe in other countries that have 1160 00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:42,839 expelled us or actually ethnically 1161 00:55:42,839 --> 00:55:45,000 cleansed us which has happen many many 1162 00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:46,400 times in our 1163 00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:50,160 history the demon demonization of Israel 1164 00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:52,559 and of the Jewish people is exactly what 1165 00:55:52,559 --> 00:55:55,160 fuels the hatred against us and it makes 1166 00:55:55,160 --> 00:55:57,880 violence against us palatable the 1167 00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:00,680 external pressure that we feel to divest 1168 00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:02,720 ourselves from our love of Israel and 1169 00:56:02,720 --> 00:56:04,720 our belief in its right to exist is 1170 00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:06,280 terrifying and 1171 00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,319 heartbreaking as some of us said we're 1172 00:56:08,319 --> 00:56:11,039 proud zionists it's not a bad word it 1173 00:56:11,039 --> 00:56:13,200 just means that we believe in our right 1174 00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:15,000 to self-determine in our ancestral 1175 00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:17,000 Homeland that we have had a presence 1176 00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:20,280 continuous presence in for 4,000 years 1177 00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:22,880 my husband and my three-year-old son 1178 00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:25,960 were inside Temple Israel in Albany when 1179 00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:28,799 a man came and fired a shotgun several 1180 00:56:28,799 --> 00:56:31,480 times outside the temple he yelled 1181 00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:33,039 threatening 1182 00:56:33,039 --> 00:56:35,960 statements my husband had to hide in a 1183 00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:38,720 storage closet with my son for two hours 1184 00:56:38,720 --> 00:56:41,520 on lockdown in fear of their lives for 1185 00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:42,839 what was 1186 00:56:42,839 --> 00:56:45,520 happening We Are Forever traumatized by 1187 00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:48,039 that event and my family an event that 1188 00:56:48,039 --> 00:56:50,599 happened right here in Albany for the 1189 00:56:50,599 --> 00:56:52,520 sole reason that we are Jewish and 1190 00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:54,319 therefore targets of hate crimes and 1191 00:56:54,319 --> 00:56:55,240 Terror 1192 00:56:55,240 --> 00:56:58,359 attacks at a time of heightened tensions 1193 00:56:58,359 --> 00:57:00,240 I ask that this resolution not be 1194 00:57:00,240 --> 00:57:03,160 considered at all the attacks of October 1195 00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:04,960 7th perpetrated against the Jewish 1196 00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:08,319 people of Israel by Hamas terrorists 1197 00:57:08,319 --> 00:57:11,079 continue to affect our daily life right 1198 00:57:11,079 --> 00:57:12,880 here in our local schools our children 1199 00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:15,520 have been experiencing anti-semitic Acts 1200 00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:17,160 including those who had family members 1201 00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:19,240 murdered in those attacks whose children 1202 00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:21,520 were told in a school in a middle school 1203 00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:23,160 your family deserved what happened to 1204 00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:25,799 them on October 7th it would be Beyond 1205 00:57:25,799 --> 00:57:27,520 irres responsible of this Council to 1206 00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:30,400 inflame these tensions anymore Israel is 1207 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:32,760 in an existential war against Hamas an 1208 00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:35,359 enemy sworn to its destruction this is 1209 00:57:35,359 --> 00:57:37,480 not a war against Palestinians or other 1210 00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:40,000 Muslims Jews and supporters here in 1211 00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,319 concy and around the capital region and 1212 00:57:42,319 --> 00:57:44,240 in the world want peace between 1213 00:57:44,240 --> 00:57:45,839 Palestinians and Israelis and you just 1214 00:57:45,839 --> 00:57:48,280 summarize ma'am such a peace can begin 1215 00:57:48,280 --> 00:57:50,520 right here in skincity by our city 1216 00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:52,799 council members refusing to engage with 1217 00:57:52,799 --> 00:57:55,119 a ceasefire resolution thank you thank 1218 00:57:55,119 --> 00:58:00,670 you 1219 00:58:00,680 --> 00:58:08,870 Rabbi Rafi 1220 00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:11,000 Spitzer good evening Madam president 1221 00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:13,079 thank you for hearing me I just want to 1222 00:58:13,079 --> 00:58:15,079 thank you for listening to speaker after 1223 00:58:15,079 --> 00:58:18,880 speaker I represent congregation aod one 1224 00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:21,960 of the largest Jewish communities in SKC 1225 00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:24,599 County uh with many members in the city 1226 00:58:24,599 --> 00:58:28,039 of SKC uh and I'm here to support the 1227 00:58:28,039 --> 00:58:30,480 Jewish Community as they come uh to 1228 00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:33,440 share their deep concerns and their 1229 00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:36,559 fears with you um I just wanted to say a 1230 00:58:36,559 --> 00:58:40,200 little bit about what Zionism is Zionism 1231 00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:42,359 is the pro Progressive Movement for 1232 00:58:42,359 --> 00:58:43,880 Liberation and National 1233 00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:46,079 self-determination of the Jewish people 1234 00:58:46,079 --> 00:58:48,079 in our ancestral Homeland the land of 1235 00:58:48,079 --> 00:58:50,160 Israel a movement that not only 1236 00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:52,240 guarantees Jewish sovereignty but also 1237 00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:54,680 Jewish security Zionism is the 1238 00:58:54,680 --> 00:58:56,640 embodiment of the incredible racial and 1239 00:58:56,640 --> 00:58:59,240 cultural diversity of the Jewish people 1240 00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:01,119 the physical and spiritual descendants 1241 00:59:01,119 --> 00:59:03,680 of the Jews of antiquity who were driven 1242 00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:07,119 from Israel otherwise known as Zion or 1243 00:59:07,119 --> 00:59:10,119 Judea into Exile and Scattered across 1244 00:59:10,119 --> 00:59:13,200 the globe yet remained United generation 1245 00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:16,119 after generation in custom peoplehood 1246 00:59:16,119 --> 00:59:19,480 and prayer directed toward Jerusalem 1247 00:59:19,480 --> 00:59:22,839 Zionism is an inherent and Inseparable 1248 00:59:22,839 --> 00:59:25,520 part of Jewish identity for the vast 1249 00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:28,520 majority of Jews on Earth and for my 1250 00:59:28,520 --> 00:59:30,240 Jewish community and the Jewish 1251 00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:32,440 community of the city of 1252 00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:35,200 SKC once again thank you so much for 1253 00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:37,240 being here and listening and making 1254 00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:39,520 space for everybody to be able to share 1255 00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:42,119 their perspective and point of view and 1256 00:59:42,119 --> 00:59:44,280 uh good 1257 00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:48,309 evening thank 1258 00:59:48,319 --> 00:59:55,029 you Jeffrey 1259 00:59:55,039 --> 00:59:56,720 Handelman 1260 00:59:56,720 --> 00:59:58,760 good evening Madame President and mayor 1261 00:59:58,760 --> 01:00:00,720 McCarthy and members of the council my 1262 01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:02,520 name is Jeffrey Handelman I'm chair of 1263 01:00:02,520 --> 01:00:04,400 the board of Jewish Federation of 1264 01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:06,599 Northeastern New York I'm not an 1265 01:00:06,599 --> 01:00:09,200 activist being here is uh really outside 1266 01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:11,559 my comfort zone but I felt compelled to 1267 01:00:11,559 --> 01:00:13,400 speak tonight because I hate to see the 1268 01:00:13,400 --> 01:00:15,640 division in our community I see it 1269 01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:18,359 online I see it in the comments I see it 1270 01:00:18,359 --> 01:00:21,440 in the newspaper and I do not understand 1271 01:00:21,440 --> 01:00:24,319 why this uh elected body is being asked 1272 01:00:24,319 --> 01:00:27,079 to debate uh intern National Affairs 1273 01:00:27,079 --> 01:00:28,640 beyond your scope of 1274 01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:30,720 control I just want to tell a story 1275 01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:33,240 about Esh Esh Cole is a region it's a 1276 01:00:33,240 --> 01:00:35,880 sister region for uh the Jewish 1277 01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:38,319 Federation of the Capitol District it's 1278 01:00:38,319 --> 01:00:40,640 an agricultural community that borders 1279 01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:44,039 Gaza uh filled with the most 1280 01:00:44,039 --> 01:00:48,119 left-leaning liberal Jews in in Israel 1281 01:00:48,119 --> 01:00:52,319 peace-seeking innocent people um my wife 1282 01:00:52,319 --> 01:00:54,280 and children have been there I've been 1283 01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:56,119 there my children actually spent a few 1284 01:00:56,119 --> 01:00:58,760 weeks there of making friends we've 1285 01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:03,000 hosted uh students from Esh Cole um one 1286 01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:04,880 beautiful woman young woman who stayed 1287 01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:08,000 with us on October 7th both her parents 1288 01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:10,039 and her younger brother Sagi were 1289 01:01:10,039 --> 01:01:12,599 murdered by Hamas so this is really 1290 01:01:12,599 --> 01:01:14,880 close to home uh it's just a horrible 1291 01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:17,480 situation what's going on in Gaza is 1292 01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:20,400 beyond indescribably horrible I 1293 01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:22,680 understand that my point in speaking is 1294 01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:25,480 to remind everybody that it's a complex 1295 01:01:25,480 --> 01:01:28,119 nuance moned difficult situation it 1296 01:01:28,119 --> 01:01:31,599 can't be simplified by a one-sided 1297 01:01:31,599 --> 01:01:34,400 resolution that is uh more complex than 1298 01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:37,000 most people really understand there are 1299 01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:38,640 many innocent Palestinians who have 1300 01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:41,119 suffered and it's horrible um but the 1301 01:01:41,119 --> 01:01:46,359 problem in this is comes down to Hamas is a terrorist organization that 1302 01:01:46,359 --> 01:01:48,039 can't be allowed to exist because that 1303 01:01:48,039 --> 01:01:50,720 means no security for Israel no security 1304 01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:53,279 for Palestinians I've taken up enough of 1305 01:01:53,279 --> 01:01:54,960 your time it's going to be a long night 1306 01:01:54,960 --> 01:01:56,920 I want to thank all of you for your time 1307 01:01:56,920 --> 01:01:59,319 I'm sorry that you're in this position 1308 01:01:59,319 --> 01:02:01,200 um please do whatever you can to bring 1309 01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:03,480 healing and peace to our community 1310 01:02:03,480 --> 01:02:04,799 because that is something that is in 1311 01:02:04,799 --> 01:02:11,029 with your your purview thank you thank 1312 01:02:11,039 --> 01:02:23,029 you Ed 1313 01:02:23,039 --> 01:02:26,000 Leighton I thank you I'm here to oppose 1314 01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:28,720 any resolution uh regarding the 1315 01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:31,200 ceasefire and I'd like to bring my 1316 01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:35,440 perspective to this debate um my wife 1317 01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:38,599 and I have our oldest child his wife and 1318 01:02:38,599 --> 01:02:41,039 our three grandkids live in a town 1319 01:02:41,039 --> 01:02:41,920 called 1320 01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:44,960 natana and in their apartment building 1321 01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:52,559 they have a safe room the safe room is a room made of concrete extra inch of 1322 01:02:52,559 --> 01:02:56,720 concrete steel door on the outside steel 1323 01:02:56,720 --> 01:03:00,440 Shutters on the exterior window and 1324 01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:02,760 ventilation system that can be shut off 1325 01:03:02,760 --> 01:03:05,559 in the event of a gas attack this is the 1326 01:03:05,559 --> 01:03:08,960 life in Israel is Israelis are 1327 01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:12,839 constantly under pressure from terrorist 1328 01:03:12,839 --> 01:03:17,359 organizations Hamas in Gaza Hezbollah in 1329 01:03:17,359 --> 01:03:20,960 Lebanon the Islamic Jihad in in other 1330 01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:25,000 parts of of other countries and to have 1331 01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:27,000 a resolution 1332 01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:29,880 asking Israel to stop to not protect 1333 01:03:29,880 --> 01:03:33,240 themselves is an injustice to the Jewish 1334 01:03:33,240 --> 01:03:36,119 Community um my wife and I were just 1335 01:03:36,119 --> 01:03:37,960 there for the entire month of February 1336 01:03:37,960 --> 01:03:39,920 we were on a solidarity Mission with 1337 01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:42,720 some members here from from the Jewish 1338 01:03:42,720 --> 01:03:46,279 Community we were down in the eso region 1339 01:03:46,279 --> 01:03:48,839 we saw the terror attacks that had 1340 01:03:48,839 --> 01:03:53,440 occurred in the kutes where the um the 1341 01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:56,599 terrorists came in and attacked women 1342 01:03:56,599 --> 01:04:00,680 children men and uh horrific events that 1343 01:04:00,680 --> 01:04:04,119 had happened um what we learned on this 1344 01:04:04,119 --> 01:04:08,039 trip is that we we had a tour guide and 1345 01:04:08,039 --> 01:04:11,720 he explained that in 1346 01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:16,119 Egypt um the the Egyptians celebrate 1347 01:04:16,119 --> 01:04:21,359 October 6th as a holiday to represent 1348 01:04:21,359 --> 01:04:23,640 their terror attack which was the six 1349 01:04:23,640 --> 01:04:26,240 day yam Kapur war in 19 1350 01:04:26,240 --> 01:04:30,200 73 Egypt still celebrates that and what 1351 01:04:30,200 --> 01:04:32,520 happens over in the Middle East and 1352 01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:34,799 Israel being the only democracy 1353 01:04:34,799 --> 01:04:37,400 terrorist organizations try to one up 1354 01:04:37,400 --> 01:04:40,359 each other and Israel's goal at this 1355 01:04:40,359 --> 01:04:43,039 point in time is to completely eliminate 1356 01:04:43,039 --> 01:04:45,760 the terrorist organization so that they 1357 01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:48,440 have no Bragging Rights going forward 1358 01:04:48,440 --> 01:04:50,160 and they can live in peace and even to 1359 01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:52,799 this day Rockets are still being fired 1360 01:04:52,799 --> 01:04:55,039 from the North in Lebanon and that's 1361 01:04:55,039 --> 01:04:58,359 going to be the confrontation area so as 1362 01:04:58,359 --> 01:05:01,000 much as you want to cease fire from Gaza 1363 01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:02,760 there's going to be other conflicts in 1364 01:05:02,760 --> 01:05:04,480 the north uh out of 1365 01:05:04,480 --> 01:05:09,319 Lebanon um and with with that 1366 01:05:09,319 --> 01:05:13,279 um the Israeli people um the ceasefire 1367 01:05:13,279 --> 01:05:16,240 is is really um an injustice to them 1368 01:05:16,240 --> 01:05:18,640 they are looking to defend themselves 1369 01:05:18,640 --> 01:05:20,400 against the terror organization they 1370 01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:23,520 want to live safe lives uh like everyone 1371 01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:27,640 else um in in in uh Democratic societies 1372 01:05:27,640 --> 01:05:31,079 so I Rise that you um do not entertain 1373 01:05:31,079 --> 01:05:36,670 any ceasefire resolution thank 1374 01:05:36,680 --> 01:05:49,470 you Eileen 1375 01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:51,400 handlan mayor 1376 01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:53,039 McCarthy 1377 01:05:53,039 --> 01:05:56,079 honor uh city council members and 1378 01:05:56,079 --> 01:05:57,799 residents of 1379 01:05:57,799 --> 01:06:00,279 skincity I'm standing here before you 1380 01:06:00,279 --> 01:06:04,039 tonight not just sharing concerns as a 1381 01:06:04,039 --> 01:06:07,160 resident of SKC but as someone whose 1382 01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:10,880 family history and personal Journey are 1383 01:06:10,880 --> 01:06:14,680 deeply intertwin with the very issues 1384 01:06:14,680 --> 01:06:17,720 unexpectedly surfacing in our local 1385 01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:20,760 discourse the inter in the introduction 1386 01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:24,119 of the divisive symbols the 1387 01:06:24,119 --> 01:06:27,079 rhetoric from the River to the 1388 01:06:27,079 --> 01:06:30,880 Sea being here tonight with this 1389 01:06:30,880 --> 01:06:34,430 possible 1390 01:06:34,440 --> 01:06:37,400 proposal particularly those linked to 1391 01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:39,880 the tragic events of October 7th and the 1392 01:06:39,880 --> 01:06:42,520 actions of Hamas has not only reopened 1393 01:06:42,520 --> 01:06:45,160 Old Wounds but has starkly reminded me 1394 01:06:45,160 --> 01:06:48,079 of the personal battles that I fought to 1395 01:06:48,079 --> 01:06:51,599 overcome a legacy of trauma a legacy I 1396 01:06:51,599 --> 01:06:54,359 painstakingly worked to not pass down to 1397 01:06:54,359 --> 01:06:56,079 my own children 1398 01:06:56,079 --> 01:06:58,720 my family's story is one of resilience 1399 01:06:58,720 --> 01:07:00,720 in the face of adversity marked by a 1400 01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:03,240 history of violence and survival my 1401 01:07:03,240 --> 01:07:06,480 mother who worked at the Y here in skinc 1402 01:07:06,480 --> 01:07:09,920 for many many years was basically an 1403 01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:13,279 orphan at 12 and she ended up a fighter 1404 01:07:13,279 --> 01:07:16,359 amidst The Siege in of Jerusalem at 17 1405 01:07:16,359 --> 01:07:18,559 serving in the palmach under 1406 01:07:18,559 --> 01:07:21,559 rabine when that war broke up my father 1407 01:07:21,559 --> 01:07:23,599 was shot on the front line during that 1408 01:07:23,599 --> 01:07:26,319 war and remained in a for more than a 1409 01:07:26,319 --> 01:07:28,440 week surviving the first surgery of its 1410 01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:31,319 kind on a battlefield the subsequent 1411 01:07:31,319 --> 01:07:34,400 Shadow PTSD that has followed our family 1412 01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:38,240 to connecti in 1972 we got here has been 1413 01:07:38,240 --> 01:07:41,079 a constant reminder of this cost of 1414 01:07:41,079 --> 01:07:44,119 conflict I've lived a life grappling 1415 01:07:44,119 --> 01:07:45,400 with this 1416 01:07:45,400 --> 01:07:48,520 inherited trauma navigating through a 1417 01:07:48,520 --> 01:07:51,240 childhood I can only describe as 1418 01:07:51,240 --> 01:07:54,359 tumultuous at Best Yet through sheer 1419 01:07:54,359 --> 01:07:55,880 determination I've made managed to 1420 01:07:55,880 --> 01:07:58,720 Shield my children through this from 1421 01:07:58,720 --> 01:08:01,200 this Legacy striving to provide them 1422 01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:03,359 with a sense of peace and stability that 1423 01:08:03,359 --> 01:08:06,680 I never had but here we are today I'm 1424 01:08:06,680 --> 01:08:09,000 confronted with a painful 1425 01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:12,039 irony the symbols the slogans the 1426 01:08:12,039 --> 01:08:14,160 echoing the violence and Cher from a 1427 01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:16,679 region thousands of miles away have 1428 01:08:16,679 --> 01:08:20,159 infiltrated our community discourse 1429 01:08:20,159 --> 01:08:22,719 challenging the very peace I've fought 1430 01:08:22,719 --> 01:08:26,199 so hard to secure for my family it's a 1431 01:08:26,199 --> 01:08:28,040 stark reminder that the work of 1432 01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:32,040 overcoming trauma is never truly done 1433 01:08:32,040 --> 01:08:34,640 especially when the Echoes of trauma are 1434 01:08:34,640 --> 01:08:37,400 come are Amplified by the actions of our 1435 01:08:37,400 --> 01:08:40,239 own Community this isn't merely about 1436 01:08:40,239 --> 01:08:42,440 International politics or distant 1437 01:08:42,440 --> 01:08:44,719 conflicts it's about the impact right 1438 01:08:44,719 --> 01:08:47,880 here right now on our community's fabric 1439 01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:50,040 on individuals like me who've worked 1440 01:08:50,040 --> 01:08:52,359 tirelessly not just to contribute to the 1441 01:08:52,359 --> 01:08:53,759 betterment of 1442 01:08:53,759 --> 01:08:56,239 skincity but to over come personal 1443 01:08:56,239 --> 01:08:58,600 histories of violence and 1444 01:08:58,600 --> 01:09:00,880 Trauma thank you thank you for giving me 1445 01:09:00,880 --> 01:09:03,400 the opportunity to share my story but I 1446 01:09:03,400 --> 01:09:05,679 need you to remember these things as we 1447 01:09:05,679 --> 01:09:08,040 sit here in these Chambers conducting 1448 01:09:08,040 --> 01:09:10,560 the business of skincity not the Middle 1449 01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:14,789 East thank 1450 01:09:14,799 --> 01:09:24,349 you Susan 1451 01:09:24,359 --> 01:09:30,030 unman hi hello 1452 01:09:30,040 --> 01:09:34,359 um this is very hard for me um I just 1453 01:09:34,359 --> 01:09:36,679 want the room to go back to applauding 1454 01:09:36,679 --> 01:09:39,759 for Pearl and feel that unite 1455 01:09:39,759 --> 01:09:42,920 unification because that's that is 1456 01:09:42,920 --> 01:09:45,000 possible 1457 01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:48,159 um I have a really long history of 1458 01:09:48,159 --> 01:09:51,920 Israel I I'm a resident of the Capital 1459 01:09:51,920 --> 01:09:55,040 District and since I was a child uh my 1460 01:09:55,040 --> 01:09:57,640 grand parents came from Russia I we're 1461 01:09:57,640 --> 01:09:58,679 all 1462 01:09:58,679 --> 01:10:01,800 interconnected um but since I was a 1463 01:10:01,800 --> 01:10:04,760 child I was always felt and was brought 1464 01:10:04,760 --> 01:10:07,520 up that Israel out of anywhere was a 1465 01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:11,239 safe haven for any Jew from anywhere we 1466 01:10:11,239 --> 01:10:13,920 have a home after thousand 4,000 years 1467 01:10:13,920 --> 01:10:17,000 of being forced out of anywhere we lived 1468 01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:19,360 I learned about the Holocaust and was 1469 01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:24,159 grateful that my people survived again 1470 01:10:24,159 --> 01:10:26,280 we've been hated literally from the 1471 01:10:26,280 --> 01:10:30,000 beginning of time 1472 01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:33,520 why I've been to Israel eight times the 1473 01:10:33,520 --> 01:10:37,280 first time I was 12 my bus our bus our 1474 01:10:37,280 --> 01:10:40,239 tour bus broke down in GA the Gaza Strip 1475 01:10:40,239 --> 01:10:42,679 and one of my Fondest Memories of my 1476 01:10:42,679 --> 01:10:44,960 life was playing for three hours with an 1477 01:10:44,960 --> 01:10:48,199 Arab girl my age 12 years old we played 1478 01:10:48,199 --> 01:10:51,000 ball I we fell in love with each other 1479 01:10:51,000 --> 01:10:53,840 we became friends that was the beauty of 1480 01:10:53,840 --> 01:10:56,640 Innocence um I lived on and worked on a 1481 01:10:56,640 --> 01:10:58,840 kibutz for four Summers and I've been to 1482 01:10:58,840 --> 01:11:01,760 Israel seven times I have many many 1483 01:11:01,760 --> 01:11:04,280 friends and many many family members who 1484 01:11:04,280 --> 01:11:08,360 live there served in the IDF and um 1485 01:11:08,360 --> 01:11:11,640 thank God most of them are okay the last 1486 01:11:11,640 --> 01:11:14,000 time I was there was February 11th I was 1487 01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:16,560 there from the 11th to the 18th and I 1488 01:11:16,560 --> 01:11:18,239 was on the solidarity Mission with the 1489 01:11:18,239 --> 01:11:19,960 Jewish 1490 01:11:19,960 --> 01:11:24,280 Federation I also am a product of trauma 1491 01:11:24,280 --> 01:11:27,320 um but I felt it was my duty to Bear 1492 01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:29,239 witness to the events of 1493 01:11:29,239 --> 01:11:32,280 107 and no matter how prepared I was and 1494 01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:35,480 I watched it all I was not prepared for 1495 01:11:35,480 --> 01:11:36,760 what I 1496 01:11:36,760 --> 01:11:39,920 experienced there was so much pain so 1497 01:11:39,920 --> 01:11:44,320 much shock so much suffering because 1498 01:11:44,320 --> 01:11:47,120 since my first visit I have been very 1499 01:11:47,120 --> 01:11:48,520 passionate about the plight of the 1500 01:11:48,520 --> 01:11:52,600 residents of Gaza that is with my soul I 1501 01:11:52,600 --> 01:11:54,719 am a social justice Warrior and I am 1502 01:11:54,719 --> 01:11:57,159 vocal about injustices no one can shut 1503 01:11:57,159 --> 01:12:00,679 me up that is the truth I stand to the 1504 01:12:00,679 --> 01:12:03,679 best of my ability claiming that I am 1505 01:12:03,679 --> 01:12:05,800 known in this area for confronting 1506 01:12:05,800 --> 01:12:08,320 racism and I have had the rudest 1507 01:12:08,320 --> 01:12:10,760 Awakening as those who I have supported 1508 01:12:10,760 --> 01:12:13,440 and stood up against intentionally and 1509 01:12:13,440 --> 01:12:15,360 wholeheartedly have turned their backs 1510 01:12:15,360 --> 01:12:16,880 on the Jewish 1511 01:12:16,880 --> 01:12:20,280 population I was at the site of Nova my 1512 01:12:20,280 --> 01:12:22,400 heart was torn open looking at the site 1513 01:12:22,400 --> 01:12:24,679 seeing this seeing these beautiful faces 1514 01:12:24,679 --> 01:12:26,040 of these 1515 01:12:26,040 --> 01:12:28,600 kids that were dancing and and playing 1516 01:12:28,600 --> 01:12:30,800 and listening to music knowing that they 1517 01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:34,000 were raped and tortured and kidnapped is 1518 01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:36,199 that my time that is your time man' okay 1519 01:12:36,199 --> 01:12:38,639 um I thank you all and I wish I could go 1520 01:12:38,639 --> 01:12:40,840 on we want peace and we want to work 1521 01:12:40,840 --> 01:12:45,660 with the go people of Goda we really do thank 1522 01:12:45,660 --> 01:12:48,480 [Applause] 1523 01:12:48,480 --> 01:12:54,110 you Amy 1524 01:12:54,120 --> 01:12:58,870 bloom 1525 01:12:58,880 --> 01:13:00,800 thank you so much for having us here you 1526 01:13:00,800 --> 01:13:02,360 might wonder why so many of us have come 1527 01:13:02,360 --> 01:13:05,440 out from Albany to skincity the reason 1528 01:13:05,440 --> 01:13:08,639 is like of course I do the reason is 1529 01:13:08,639 --> 01:13:10,920 because we lost the fight in Albany in 1530 01:13:10,920 --> 01:13:14,600 alony in November Mo ped was brought to 1531 01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:18,000 speak in our local library Mo presents 1532 01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:20,520 himself as a Jew and instead he is a man 1533 01:13:20,520 --> 01:13:23,199 of hate pure hatred we begged our local 1534 01:13:23,199 --> 01:13:27,440 library to please not bring him into our 1535 01:13:27,440 --> 01:13:31,080 space and instead he came and at that 1536 01:13:31,080 --> 01:13:33,960 moment hatred between Jews and Muslims 1537 01:13:33,960 --> 01:13:37,400 in the town of Bethlehem began hatred 1538 01:13:37,400 --> 01:13:39,560 that we now need to work very hard to 1539 01:13:39,560 --> 01:13:42,960 find a partnership to overcome then the 1540 01:13:42,960 --> 01:13:45,360 Albany city council was meeting we were 1541 01:13:45,360 --> 01:13:47,679 promised there would not be a vote on a 1542 01:13:47,679 --> 01:13:51,400 resolution and instead the vote happened 1543 01:13:51,400 --> 01:13:53,679 and the resolution passed and we're here 1544 01:13:53,679 --> 01:13:57,679 today to say to you please do not make 1545 01:13:57,679 --> 01:14:01,440 skincity Albany please do better than 1546 01:14:01,440 --> 01:14:04,520 Albany did you can't really have an 1547 01:14:04,520 --> 01:14:07,080 impact on anything by voting yes to the 1548 01:14:07,080 --> 01:14:08,239 potential resolution that's going to 1549 01:14:08,239 --> 01:14:10,719 come before you the only thing that will 1550 01:14:10,719 --> 01:14:13,360 impact is negative your children the 1551 01:14:13,360 --> 01:14:15,120 Jewish children in this conected County 1552 01:14:15,120 --> 01:14:18,360 will suffer there will be hatred that 1553 01:14:18,360 --> 01:14:20,880 will re upon them for no good reason I 1554 01:14:20,880 --> 01:14:22,560 was the past preschool director at 1555 01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:24,679 Temple Israel nursery school until 1556 01:14:24,679 --> 01:14:26,159 August 1557 01:14:26,159 --> 01:14:30,480 students 100 students 40 staff of mine 1558 01:14:30,480 --> 01:14:34,280 spent a day of sheer Terror locked in a 1559 01:14:34,280 --> 01:14:37,239 building eight children one teacher 1560 01:14:37,239 --> 01:14:39,360 locked in a building while a gun man ran 1561 01:14:39,360 --> 01:14:42,440 loose and why simply because of hate 1562 01:14:42,440 --> 01:14:44,679 against Jews those children will never 1563 01:14:44,679 --> 01:14:48,520 be the same and I can tell you my staff 1564 01:14:48,520 --> 01:14:51,000 will never ever be the same we were a 1565 01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:52,880 solid staff that had been there quite a 1566 01:14:52,880 --> 01:14:56,000 long time together they're now down to 1567 01:14:56,000 --> 01:14:59,880 eight remaining staff eight simply due 1568 01:14:59,880 --> 01:15:04,639 to trauma of Jew hatred please we can 1569 01:15:04,639 --> 01:15:06,920 make peace together you guys have an 1570 01:15:06,920 --> 01:15:08,400 opportunity to allow your Jewish 1571 01:15:08,400 --> 01:15:10,840 constituents to feel loved supported and 1572 01:15:10,840 --> 01:15:13,280 cared about but simply passing a 1573 01:15:13,280 --> 01:15:16,800 resolution that sken county is in favor 1574 01:15:16,800 --> 01:15:21,840 of a a peace in this Middle East has no 1575 01:15:21,840 --> 01:15:24,199 true impact it just serves to pit 1576 01:15:24,199 --> 01:15:26,040 Muslims against choose and we don't need 1577 01:15:26,040 --> 01:15:28,040 to do that there's already enough hate 1578 01:15:28,040 --> 01:15:30,560 in the world please help bring 1579 01:15:30,560 --> 01:15:37,149 peace thank 1580 01:15:37,159 --> 01:15:46,910 you Valerie T 1581 01:15:46,920 --> 01:15:49,639 Toriano good evening council members I'm 1582 01:15:49,639 --> 01:15:52,239 here tonight in support of a ceasefire 1583 01:15:52,239 --> 01:15:54,080 resolution to call for a permanent 1584 01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:57,040 ceasefire an end to the Israeli 1585 01:15:57,040 --> 01:16:00,199 occupation of historic Palestine I felt 1586 01:16:00,199 --> 01:16:03,000 guilty knowing that Palestinians blood 1587 01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:05,360 are on my hands from a federal New York 1588 01:16:05,360 --> 01:16:07,760 State and connected taxes funding 1589 01:16:07,760 --> 01:16:10,719 Israel's weapons and genocide against 1590 01:16:10,719 --> 01:16:23,910 Palestinians an estimate of 1591 01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:27,080 $962,500 starvation of Palestinian men 1592 01:16:27,080 --> 01:16:53,830 women and children imagine with that 1593 01:16:53,840 --> 01:16:56,639 $962,500 it's an ethnic cleansing and 1594 01:16:56,639 --> 01:16:58,360 genocide of Palestinians that has been 1595 01:16:58,360 --> 01:17:02,239 going on for over 75 years Palestinians 1596 01:17:02,239 --> 01:17:04,679 haven't known Freedom or peace in over a 1597 01:17:04,679 --> 01:17:06,840 century between both the British and 1598 01:17:06,840 --> 01:17:10,159 Israel occupying Palestine this isn't a 1599 01:17:10,159 --> 01:17:12,719 Judaism versus Islam conflict either as 1600 01:17:12,719 --> 01:17:14,760 Israeli military have also been killing 1601 01:17:14,760 --> 01:17:16,800 Palestinian Christians and Jews too as 1602 01:17:16,800 --> 01:17:19,600 well if this was about Israel defending 1603 01:17:19,600 --> 01:17:21,800 themselves from the October 7th 2024 1604 01:17:21,800 --> 01:17:24,199 attack then why did the flower Massacre 1605 01:17:24,199 --> 01:17:26,480 happen where Israeli military shot 1606 01:17:26,480 --> 01:17:28,560 starving Palestinians rushing to the 1607 01:17:28,560 --> 01:17:31,080 food Aid trucks why are they bombing 1608 01:17:31,080 --> 01:17:33,760 hospitals why is Israel bombing Rafa 1609 01:17:33,760 --> 01:17:36,080 refugee camps after forcing gazin to 1610 01:17:36,080 --> 01:17:39,199 leave Gaza and into Rafa this is not a 1611 01:17:39,199 --> 01:17:42,280 defense conflict or a war on Gaza this 1612 01:17:42,280 --> 01:17:44,760 is an ethnic cleansing and genocide of 1613 01:17:44,760 --> 01:17:47,199 Palestinians to conclude I'd like to 1614 01:17:47,199 --> 01:17:49,480 remind those who are followers of Christ 1615 01:17:49,480 --> 01:17:51,920 that Jesus was born in Bethlehem which 1616 01:17:51,920 --> 01:17:54,400 is in historic Palestine which makes 1617 01:17:54,400 --> 01:17:56,600 Jesus a Palestinian Jew and he's 1618 01:17:56,600 --> 01:17:58,280 heartbroken watching his people being 1619 01:17:58,280 --> 01:18:01,920 bombed shot and starved we are all human 1620 01:18:01,920 --> 01:18:03,840 beings who who believe the same and 1621 01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:06,639 deserve basic human rights decency 1622 01:18:06,639 --> 01:18:10,360 respect love connection and to feel safe 1623 01:18:10,360 --> 01:18:12,639 I have hope we'll see a free secular 1624 01:18:12,639 --> 01:18:15,199 Democratic Palestine in our lifetime 1625 01:18:15,199 --> 01:18:16,800 thank you council members for your time 1626 01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:23,750 to listen to my 1627 01:18:23,760 --> 01:18:29,910 words 1628 01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:38,790 thank you Michelle 1629 01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:41,520 Sanders thank 1630 01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:44,239 you okay I got a chance to look at the 1631 01:18:44,239 --> 01:18:48,760 proposal and in this in the proposal it 1632 01:18:48,760 --> 01:18:51,000 the Cesar resolution saying 1633 01:18:51,000 --> 01:18:53,120 anti-Semitism is 1634 01:18:53,120 --> 01:18:55,760 unacceptable that's complet completely 1635 01:18:55,760 --> 01:18:58,280 disingenuous these statements only serve 1636 01:18:58,280 --> 01:18:59,960 to promote divisiveness in our 1637 01:18:59,960 --> 01:19:02,000 communities and misrepresent what is 1638 01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:03,080 actually 1639 01:19:03,080 --> 01:19:05,920 happening Hamas attacked the state of 1640 01:19:05,920 --> 01:19:08,800 Israel in the most brutal of ways 1641 01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:10,920 attacking people in their homes killing 1642 01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:13,840 parents in front of children microwaving 1643 01:19:13,840 --> 01:19:17,159 babies shoving guns into women's vaginas 1644 01:19:17,159 --> 01:19:20,520 and discharging them gang rapes of women 1645 01:19:20,520 --> 01:19:22,960 and the kidnapping of babies young 1646 01:19:22,960 --> 01:19:25,400 children and infirm elderly 1647 01:19:25,400 --> 01:19:29,280 victims Hamas started a war with 1648 01:19:29,280 --> 01:19:32,239 Israel the leaders of Hamas who live in 1649 01:19:32,239 --> 01:19:35,199 luxury in Qatar are not interested in 1650 01:19:35,199 --> 01:19:37,840 peace with Israel not interested in a 1651 01:19:37,840 --> 01:19:41,199 two-state solution or living alongside 1652 01:19:41,199 --> 01:19:42,679 Jews at 1653 01:19:42,679 --> 01:19:46,520 all their goal is to erase the Jewish 1654 01:19:46,520 --> 01:19:49,000 people from existence by making it 1655 01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:52,120 impossible for us to defend 1656 01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:54,840 ourselves World War II and the current 1657 01:19:54,840 --> 01:19:55,760 events 1658 01:19:55,760 --> 01:19:59,440 globally have taught us that without the 1659 01:19:59,440 --> 01:20:02,000 ability to fight back Jews would again 1660 01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:05,000 become the scapegoats for all the ills 1661 01:20:05,000 --> 01:20:08,800 in society in my life I never thought I 1662 01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:11,760 would see far-left progressives side 1663 01:20:11,760 --> 01:20:14,360 with an organization that uses their 1664 01:20:14,360 --> 01:20:16,760 most vulnerable population as human 1665 01:20:16,760 --> 01:20:20,080 Shields citing the belief that madom is 1666 01:20:20,080 --> 01:20:21,080 to be 1667 01:20:21,080 --> 01:20:24,000 exalted uses the humanitarian Aid that 1668 01:20:24,000 --> 01:20:26,960 is sent to Gaza as a means to make money 1669 01:20:26,960 --> 01:20:28,320 in the open 1670 01:20:28,320 --> 01:20:31,320 market glorify the rape and 1671 01:20:31,320 --> 01:20:33,920 brutalization of innocent 1672 01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:37,040 civilians supports the immutable Refugee 1673 01:20:37,040 --> 01:20:40,000 status for three generations of a 1674 01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:42,239 portion of their population and blames 1675 01:20:42,239 --> 01:20:43,239 it on 1676 01:20:43,239 --> 01:20:46,159 Israel supporting resolutions like these 1677 01:20:46,159 --> 01:20:48,719 incites the anti-jewish rhetoric which 1678 01:20:48,719 --> 01:20:51,840 can lead to violence against Jews it 1679 01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:54,159 does nothing to actually help 1680 01:20:54,159 --> 01:20:56,800 Palestinian Ians but proves that our 1681 01:20:56,800 --> 01:21:00,880 concerns for safety fall on deaf 1682 01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:08,870 ears thank you thank 1683 01:21:08,880 --> 01:21:12,830 you Andre 1684 01:21:12,840 --> 01:21:14,840 Gerard Andre 1685 01:21:14,840 --> 01:21:16,080 [Music] 1686 01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:21,229 Gerard Ramy 1687 01:21:21,239 --> 01:21:26,560 Salah Ria we have people outside 1688 01:21:26,560 --> 01:21:28,960 there's people in the 1689 01:21:28,960 --> 01:21:43,510 hallway 1690 01:21:43,520 --> 01:21:53,510 okay I believe it's 1691 01:21:53,520 --> 01:21:58,990 romea 1692 01:21:59,000 --> 01:22:16,570 Peter 1693 01:22:16,580 --> 01:22:18,320 [Music] 1694 01:22:18,320 --> 01:22:20,679 Cook thank you madam 1695 01:22:20,679 --> 01:22:24,520 speaker my name is Peter Cook I'm ser 1696 01:22:24,520 --> 01:22:27,480 serve as executive director of the New 1697 01:22:27,480 --> 01:22:30,440 York State Council of churches which 1698 01:22:30,440 --> 01:22:32,639 represents nine 1699 01:22:32,639 --> 01:22:34,679 denominations and 1700 01:22:34,679 --> 01:22:39,679 7500 churches including some in 1701 01:22:39,679 --> 01:22:43,040 skty in a spirit of openness I'm here to 1702 01:22:43,040 --> 01:22:47,990 call on this body to consider all 1703 01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:52,159 sides debate and amend the resolution 1704 01:22:52,159 --> 01:22:56,440 and not just take it cart blun 1705 01:22:56,440 --> 01:23:00,400 and also just to acknowledge The Bravery 1706 01:23:00,400 --> 01:23:02,719 of the people who have brought this 1707 01:23:02,719 --> 01:23:04,600 resolution before 1708 01:23:04,600 --> 01:23:07,800 you for many years now our denominations 1709 01:23:07,800 --> 01:23:09,719 have advocated for the rights of both 1710 01:23:09,719 --> 01:23:11,400 Palestinians and 1711 01:23:11,400 --> 01:23:13,960 Israelis my wife was born in East 1712 01:23:13,960 --> 01:23:17,120 Jerusalem to a father who devoted his 1713 01:23:17,120 --> 01:23:20,440 life to resettling Palestinian refugees 1714 01:23:20,440 --> 01:23:23,440 she had to leave in 1968 during the 1715 01:23:23,440 --> 01:23:26,880 war we have friends in the West Bank who 1716 01:23:26,880 --> 01:23:29,800 are incarcerated in Israeli prisons for 1717 01:23:29,800 --> 01:23:33,639 speaking out in my family and my church 1718 01:23:33,639 --> 01:23:37,280 we have been at this a very very long 1719 01:23:37,280 --> 01:23:40,040 time most recently the National Council 1720 01:23:40,040 --> 01:23:42,320 churches and our denominations have 1721 01:23:42,320 --> 01:23:43,760 called for a 1722 01:23:43,760 --> 01:23:47,159 ceasefire joining Senator Schumer and 1723 01:23:47,159 --> 01:23:49,960 also who was also called for a 1724 01:23:49,960 --> 01:23:52,639 ceasefire while condemning the actions 1725 01:23:52,639 --> 01:23:55,239 of Hamas on October 7th and calling for 1726 01:23:55,239 --> 01:23:57,920 the release of all hostages and 1727 01:23:57,920 --> 01:24:00,520 political prisoners as a condition of 1728 01:24:00,520 --> 01:24:03,360 the ceasefire our executive committee 1729 01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:05,600 made such a statement a few weeks after 1730 01:24:05,600 --> 01:24:09,199 October 7th with many hostages captured 1731 01:24:09,199 --> 01:24:11,360 by Hamas and many more prisoners in 1732 01:24:11,360 --> 01:24:14,199 Israeli jails still not returned and the 1733 01:24:14,199 --> 01:24:17,600 death of over 31,000 Palestinians not to 1734 01:24:17,600 --> 01:24:20,520 mention countless injuries and death by 1735 01:24:20,520 --> 01:24:22,800 starvation the foot dragging and 1736 01:24:22,800 --> 01:24:25,639 equivocation to stop the 1737 01:24:25,639 --> 01:24:30,120 violence to not stop the violence is 1738 01:24:30,120 --> 01:24:32,600 unconscionable as long as avoidance 1739 01:24:32,600 --> 01:24:34,840 continues it will be impossible to heal 1740 01:24:34,840 --> 01:24:37,199 wounds and reopen a 1741 01:24:37,199 --> 01:24:39,920 conversation for a new future for 1742 01:24:39,920 --> 01:24:43,400 Christians Jews and Muslims in this land 1743 01:24:43,400 --> 01:24:45,639 who have struggled with 1744 01:24:45,639 --> 01:24:49,040 Injustice so I'm just going to ask this 1745 01:24:49,040 --> 01:24:53,000 body not to just take this resolution 1746 01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:56,159 but support an open open process by 1747 01:24:56,159 --> 01:24:59,760 which the language is discussed amended 1748 01:24:59,760 --> 01:25:03,199 and debated and do that in a most open 1749 01:25:03,199 --> 01:25:04,360 and 1750 01:25:04,360 --> 01:25:07,840 transparent um way possible and we 1751 01:25:07,840 --> 01:25:10,800 cannot be chilled by a PA of 1752 01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:13,400 intimidation and we must be gathered 1753 01:25:13,400 --> 01:25:16,880 together as a body that seeks the truth 1754 01:25:16,880 --> 01:25:19,840 and that only happens through robust 1755 01:25:19,840 --> 01:25:23,320 public conversation thank 1756 01:25:23,320 --> 01:25:36,430 you 1757 01:25:36,440 --> 01:25:40,510 has anyone entered the room Ria 1758 01:25:40,520 --> 01:25:44,229 Salah 1759 01:25:44,239 --> 01:25:51,109 no okay Ed Leen 1760 01:25:51,119 --> 01:25:53,239 Jr sorry I'm not 1761 01:25:53,239 --> 01:25:54,840 Jewish 1762 01:25:54,840 --> 01:25:56,800 sir comments up here please may God 1763 01:25:56,800 --> 01:25:58,880 bless and protect the Jewish people give 1764 01:25:58,880 --> 01:26:01,920 them peace of heart and mind Mr Mayor 1765 01:26:01,920 --> 01:26:03,840 it's time to ask if any voters who had 1766 01:26:03,840 --> 01:26:07,080 voted for you speaking to the microphone 1767 01:26:07,080 --> 01:26:10,709 please thank 1768 01:26:10,719 --> 01:26:14,080 you it's time to ask if any voters would 1769 01:26:14,080 --> 01:26:15,760 have voted for you had they known that 1770 01:26:15,760 --> 01:26:17,920 you were covering up the crimes of 1771 01:26:17,920 --> 01:26:19,719 corrupt judges Frost and 1772 01:26:19,719 --> 01:26:22,320 falo please tell me how it is ethical to 1773 01:26:22,320 --> 01:26:24,800 not meet with a taxpaying citizen that 1774 01:26:24,800 --> 01:26:26,520 had the crime of conspiracy to deprive 1775 01:26:26,520 --> 01:26:28,280 you of my constitutional rights of due 1776 01:26:28,280 --> 01:26:30,760 process and a fair hearing perpetrated 1777 01:26:30,760 --> 01:26:32,440 by the two corrupt judges you appointed 1778 01:26:32,440 --> 01:26:33,400 to their 1779 01:26:33,400 --> 01:26:36,560 positions Andrew Cen must have must have 1780 01:26:36,560 --> 01:26:38,320 some morals and Scruples you didn't 1781 01:26:38,320 --> 01:26:41,760 reappoint him good for him don't worry 1782 01:26:41,760 --> 01:26:43,520 you still have your corrupt da and 1783 01:26:43,520 --> 01:26:45,760 County attorney Gardner to pull my ethic 1784 01:26:45,760 --> 01:26:48,320 complaint I have a copy of his nonsense 1785 01:26:48,320 --> 01:26:50,800 for you and council members I guess 1786 01:26:50,800 --> 01:26:52,960 there is no Ethics in skincity it goes 1787 01:26:52,960 --> 01:26:55,440 along with government transp parency 1788 01:26:55,440 --> 01:26:58,000 missing police chief wouldn't meet with 1789 01:26:58,000 --> 01:27:00,480 me Sheriff also Clifford's wife was your 1790 01:27:00,480 --> 01:27:02,280 secretary when you refused to meet with 1791 01:27:02,280 --> 01:27:05,159 me in your office John de Augustine is 1792 01:27:05,159 --> 01:27:07,520 on your smart City advisory 1793 01:27:07,520 --> 01:27:10,480 committee of course you have 1794 01:27:10,480 --> 01:27:13,159 uh nothing about salary or meeting 1795 01:27:13,159 --> 01:27:15,159 scheduled I guess that's why I'm not in 1796 01:27:15,159 --> 01:27:17,360 the Gazette pho's wife works in the 1797 01:27:17,360 --> 01:27:19,960 finance department I'm not the only 1798 01:27:19,960 --> 01:27:23,800 person deprived of help by you ask with 1799 01:27:23,800 --> 01:27:26,239 the hum girls relatives think of you no 1800 01:27:26,239 --> 01:27:29,600 Amber Alert didn't meet the criteria 1801 01:27:29,600 --> 01:27:32,679 really how about the 1100 St cla's 1802 01:27:32,679 --> 01:27:35,719 pensioners that you went to bat for oh 1803 01:27:35,719 --> 01:27:37,280 that's right you didn't do jack for 1804 01:27:37,280 --> 01:27:40,159 them either continue to cover up for the 1805 01:27:40,159 --> 01:27:42,400 criminals to hell with the victims I am 1806 01:27:42,400 --> 01:27:45,840 not going away sir no no swearing please 1807 01:27:45,840 --> 01:27:46,840 no 1808 01:27:46,840 --> 01:27:49,990 swearing there 1809 01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:52,920 is I'm not there is no time limits on 1810 01:27:52,920 --> 01:27:54,679 the crime of conspiracy a private 1811 01:27:54,679 --> 01:27:57,199 citizen of their constitutional rights 1812 01:27:57,199 --> 01:27:58,520 and since you are doing nothing but 1813 01:27:58,520 --> 01:28:01,080 covering up for Frost and falo I guess 1814 01:28:01,080 --> 01:28:02,320 you are part of the 1815 01:28:02,320 --> 01:28:04,600 conspiracy I will start sending my proof 1816 01:28:04,600 --> 01:28:06,639 to neighboring states and news stations 1817 01:28:06,639 --> 01:28:08,679 I found one honest state policeman to 1818 01:28:08,679 --> 01:28:11,280 take my complaint us attorney would not 1819 01:28:11,280 --> 01:28:13,280 accept it da Carney says there was no 1820 01:28:13,280 --> 01:28:15,280 crime which he is now guilty of 1821 01:28:15,280 --> 01:28:17,159 obstruction of governmental 1822 01:28:17,159 --> 01:28:19,159 Administration and will be back outside 1823 01:28:19,159 --> 01:28:21,800 of City Hall what these judges did is so 1824 01:28:21,800 --> 01:28:24,440 egregious for a judge to do that is a 1825 01:28:24,440 --> 01:28:26,280 mandatory jail 1826 01:28:26,280 --> 01:28:28,440 sentence that's why no one is willing to 1827 01:28:28,440 --> 01:28:30,239 do 1828 01:28:30,239 --> 01:28:32,480 anything I have the proof here for all 1829 01:28:32,480 --> 01:28:36,709 the council members the mayor and 1830 01:28:36,719 --> 01:28:40,430 chairman thank 1831 01:28:40,440 --> 01:28:49,510 you Assad 1832 01:28:49,520 --> 01:28:53,719 Ali hey everyone thank you for giving me 1833 01:28:53,719 --> 01:28:57,639 time to speak um as being a US citizen 1834 01:28:57,639 --> 01:28:59,920 honestly speaking I'm just a regular US 1835 01:28:59,920 --> 01:29:03,080 citizen who came um who got a message 1836 01:29:03,080 --> 01:29:05,360 and was deeply saddened to see what is 1837 01:29:05,360 --> 01:29:08,000 what was going on in Gaza for past few 1838 01:29:08,000 --> 01:29:10,920 months little children get died like 1839 01:29:10,920 --> 01:29:13,360 every day and you know like we can I can 1840 01:29:13,360 --> 01:29:15,239 make up stories over here that you know 1841 01:29:15,239 --> 01:29:17,360 things happen and you know like I was 1842 01:29:17,360 --> 01:29:19,679 attacked by several people which is not 1843 01:29:19,679 --> 01:29:22,280 the case social media in today's era 1844 01:29:22,280 --> 01:29:25,520 speaks a lot it is there are videos of 1845 01:29:25,520 --> 01:29:28,119 young five year six year old children 1846 01:29:28,119 --> 01:29:30,760 getting died getting like hurt you know 1847 01:29:30,760 --> 01:29:34,440 so I suggest like a ceasefire and when 1848 01:29:34,440 --> 01:29:36,840 we do the ceasefire we need to 1849 01:29:36,840 --> 01:29:39,560 understand the history of Palestine and 1850 01:29:39,560 --> 01:29:43,239 Israel 80 years ago how was the map of 1851 01:29:43,239 --> 01:29:46,239 Palestine look versus it looks now 1852 01:29:46,239 --> 01:29:49,000 Palestine people were forced out slowly 1853 01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:51,080 by slowly out of their land and it's a 1854 01:29:51,080 --> 01:29:53,480 natural instinct that if someone enters 1855 01:29:53,480 --> 01:29:55,800 my house and start taking control over 1856 01:29:55,800 --> 01:29:58,119 that you know I will raise my voice as 1857 01:29:58,119 --> 01:30:02,639 much as I can to get the justice and uh 1858 01:30:02,639 --> 01:30:05,600 for all sake Justice for Palestine 1859 01:30:05,600 --> 01:30:08,199 people whose land it was 80 years ago 1860 01:30:08,199 --> 01:30:10,000 and what is the picture of the map right 1861 01:30:10,000 --> 01:30:12,159 now in in the 1862 01:30:12,159 --> 01:30:15,639 world's map I suggest a ceasefire and 1863 01:30:15,639 --> 01:30:17,560 immediate stopping of killing of small 1864 01:30:17,560 --> 01:30:20,960 children ladies on both hands on Israel 1865 01:30:20,960 --> 01:30:24,800 and Palestine so that's all I have 1866 01:30:24,800 --> 01:30:33,430 thank 1867 01:30:33,440 --> 01:30:38,470 you Susan 1868 01:30:38,480 --> 01:30:41,360 Rosenberg Susan 1869 01:30:41,360 --> 01:30:44,280 Rosenberg I beg your pardon she spoke 1870 01:30:44,280 --> 01:30:47,040 that was oh oh yes she was the very 1871 01:30:47,040 --> 01:30:49,320 first one thank you signed up 1872 01:30:49,320 --> 01:30:53,560 twice okay um let's see we're down to 1873 01:30:53,560 --> 01:30:54,840 Matt 1874 01:30:54,840 --> 01:30:56,040 I'm not sure how to pronounce your last 1875 01:30:56,040 --> 01:30:58,719 name it looks like oil it is oil 1876 01:30:58,719 --> 01:31:01,159 okay oil kind of oil the US wants to 1877 01:31:01,159 --> 01:31:04,709 steal for 1878 01:31:04,719 --> 01:31:07,159 democracy all right as my last comment 1879 01:31:07,159 --> 01:31:09,960 might indicate I'm here to support voice 1880 01:31:09,960 --> 01:31:13,360 my support for a ceasefire resolution uh 1881 01:31:13,360 --> 01:31:16,080 as of this weekend approximately 32,000 1882 01:31:16,080 --> 01:31:18,199 people mostly women and children have 1883 01:31:18,199 --> 01:31:20,159 been killed in Gaza since October and 1884 01:31:20,159 --> 01:31:22,960 about 74,000 have been injured and this 1885 01:31:22,960 --> 01:31:24,480 is only what's been Rec recorded the 1886 01:31:24,480 --> 01:31:26,560 real casualty rate is probably even 1887 01:31:26,560 --> 01:31:28,639 higher with not only the continuous 1888 01:31:28,639 --> 01:31:30,960 bombing of the region but also the mass 1889 01:31:30,960 --> 01:31:32,880 starvation due to the blockading of Aid 1890 01:31:32,880 --> 01:31:35,679 by the IDF not to mention bombardment of 1891 01:31:35,679 --> 01:31:37,960 the West Bank something that on its own 1892 01:31:37,960 --> 01:31:39,400 should dispel the notion that this is 1893 01:31:39,400 --> 01:31:42,280 purely about stopping Hamas as Hamas has 1894 01:31:42,280 --> 01:31:45,239 no presence in the West Bank despite 1895 01:31:45,239 --> 01:31:47,159 this President Biden continues to 1896 01:31:47,159 --> 01:31:49,159 provide the Netanyahu regime with 1897 01:31:49,159 --> 01:31:52,199 unconditional military aid making making 1898 01:31:52,199 --> 01:31:54,280 ceasefire resolutions such as those that 1899 01:31:54,280 --> 01:31:55,639 have been passed in numerous cities 1900 01:31:55,639 --> 01:31:58,360 across the country including Seattle San 1901 01:31:58,360 --> 01:32:00,639 Francisco Chicago and even Albany 1902 01:32:00,639 --> 01:32:02,840 important and thus I urge the city of 1903 01:32:02,840 --> 01:32:05,600 sken to follow in their lead and while a 1904 01:32:05,600 --> 01:32:08,040 ceasefire resolution will be critical 1905 01:32:08,040 --> 01:32:10,520 for the current situation it is the bare 1906 01:32:10,520 --> 01:32:12,800 minimum of what must be done no 1907 01:32:12,800 --> 01:32:14,880 ceasefire will truly last as long as the 1908 01:32:14,880 --> 01:32:17,159 occupation of Palestine Land by the 1909 01:32:17,159 --> 01:32:20,159 Israeli State remains this occupation in 1910 01:32:20,159 --> 01:32:22,159 Siege has displaced and brutalized the 1911 01:32:22,159 --> 01:32:25,159 Palestinian people for 70 5 years and 1912 01:32:25,159 --> 01:32:26,880 only seeks to benefit the capitalist 1913 01:32:26,880 --> 01:32:29,000 system via War profits by the ruling 1914 01:32:29,000 --> 01:32:31,400 class working people in the US and 1915 01:32:31,400 --> 01:32:33,760 around the world including the including 1916 01:32:33,760 --> 01:32:36,520 in Israel itself have nothing to gain 1917 01:32:36,520 --> 01:32:39,040 from this occupation and the funds are 1918 01:32:39,040 --> 01:32:41,040 only and the funds going towards the 1919 01:32:41,040 --> 01:32:43,600 military aid could easily be used for 1920 01:32:43,600 --> 01:32:45,840 funding services for communities around 1921 01:32:45,840 --> 01:32:48,520 housing and healthare Etc and therefore 1922 01:32:48,520 --> 01:32:50,320 I would like to urge that a ceasefire 1923 01:32:50,320 --> 01:32:52,800 resolution also include language around 1924 01:32:52,800 --> 01:32:55,360 ending US military AR Aid and ending the 1925 01:32:55,360 --> 01:33:08,870 occupation and Siege thank you thank 1926 01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:15,950 you deal 1927 01:33:15,960 --> 01:33:19,040 sha thank you all for giving us this 1928 01:33:19,040 --> 01:33:21,679 time and space uh before I get started I 1929 01:33:21,679 --> 01:33:25,199 do have 98 C5 signatures here that I 1930 01:33:25,199 --> 01:33:27,080 would like to share with you if that's 1931 01:33:27,080 --> 01:33:30,000 okay this is nine days worth of work so 1932 01:33:30,000 --> 01:33:33,360 100 people per day uh I'm not going to 1933 01:33:33,360 --> 01:33:34,159 go 1934 01:33:34,159 --> 01:33:36,920 into 100 plus years of History we're not 1935 01:33:36,920 --> 01:33:40,119 here for a history lesson but I will say 1936 01:33:40,119 --> 01:33:42,560 uh as the Imam of the SKC Islamic Center 1937 01:33:42,560 --> 01:33:45,239 the biggest uh Muslim organization in 1938 01:33:45,239 --> 01:33:48,600 the city of SKC and really representing 1939 01:33:48,600 --> 01:33:50,600 a lot more than just Muslims in for this 1940 01:33:50,600 --> 01:33:52,719 particular 1941 01:33:52,719 --> 01:33:55,119 issue what we're calling for in that 1942 01:33:55,119 --> 01:33:58,239 resolution is an end to violence it's an 1943 01:33:58,239 --> 01:34:00,840 end to the murder of children on both 1944 01:34:00,840 --> 01:34:04,560 sides it's an end to the blockage of Aid 1945 01:34:04,560 --> 01:34:08,400 diapers insulin things that every human 1946 01:34:08,400 --> 01:34:10,880 being every family need that we take for 1947 01:34:10,880 --> 01:34:13,560 granted but that those Palestinians in 1948 01:34:13,560 --> 01:34:16,360 Gaza right now wish they could have we 1949 01:34:16,360 --> 01:34:18,639 can walk to the grocery store get what 1950 01:34:18,639 --> 01:34:20,679 we need and walk right out they don't 1951 01:34:20,679 --> 01:34:22,280 have that 1952 01:34:22,280 --> 01:34:25,000 option they a a trucks are being blocked 1953 01:34:25,000 --> 01:34:29,119 by families of settlers Zionist settlers 1954 01:34:29,119 --> 01:34:30,920 who block those a trucks with smiles on 1955 01:34:30,920 --> 01:34:34,040 their faces and they've been on 1956 01:34:34,040 --> 01:34:37,760 record as wanting to introduce death 1957 01:34:37,760 --> 01:34:39,880 upon all the citizens of Gaza because 1958 01:34:39,880 --> 01:34:41,480 there's this infatuation that every 1959 01:34:41,480 --> 01:34:44,040 Palestinian happens to be a Hamas 1960 01:34:44,040 --> 01:34:47,320 terrorist I don't need to remind you how 1961 01:34:47,320 --> 01:34:50,480 hateful and how dangerous racist 1962 01:34:50,480 --> 01:34:53,080 rhetoric can be we know that firsthand 1963 01:34:53,080 --> 01:34:55,440 as the Muslims in America you know that 1964 01:34:55,440 --> 01:34:57,000 firsthand being an African-American 1965 01:34:57,000 --> 01:34:59,080 woman of color and we all know that in 1966 01:34:59,080 --> 01:35:01,520 our own capacity have had experience 1967 01:35:01,520 --> 01:35:02,840 with 1968 01:35:02,840 --> 01:35:05,280 that I think the most pertinent thing 1969 01:35:05,280 --> 01:35:07,360 today to take away from is that the 1970 01:35:07,360 --> 01:35:09,000 ceasefire resolution that's being 1971 01:35:09,000 --> 01:35:11,320 introduced here that we're asking you to 1972 01:35:11,320 --> 01:35:14,400 uphold simply as a gesture of elected 1973 01:35:14,400 --> 01:35:16,520 officials on behalf of the people you 1974 01:35:16,520 --> 01:35:19,560 represent is one of inclusion a 1975 01:35:19,560 --> 01:35:22,000 ceasefire accomplishes an exchange of 1976 01:35:22,000 --> 01:35:24,040 hostages under the guise of safy and 1977 01:35:24,040 --> 01:35:26,840 security for both sides not just for one 1978 01:35:26,840 --> 01:35:30,800 side we are not here to talk about Hamas 1979 01:35:30,800 --> 01:35:32,639 unlike some others who have come here 1980 01:35:32,639 --> 01:35:35,520 and apparently are obsessed with Hamas 1981 01:35:35,520 --> 01:35:37,840 we're here simply to talk about the fact 1982 01:35:37,840 --> 01:35:40,600 that the Israeli Defense Forces are not 1983 01:35:40,600 --> 01:35:42,520 only bombing indiscriminately not only 1984 01:35:42,520 --> 01:35:43,480 shooting 1985 01:35:43,480 --> 01:35:46,080 indiscriminately but after they bomb and 1986 01:35:46,080 --> 01:35:48,320 they shoot they will then go and pillage 1987 01:35:48,320 --> 01:35:50,199 the homes that they've just destroyed 1988 01:35:50,199 --> 01:35:53,679 riding a dead kids bicycle on Tik tock 1989 01:35:53,679 --> 01:35:55,480 and laughing about it stealing the 1990 01:35:55,480 --> 01:35:57,400 lingerie of women that they just 1991 01:35:57,400 --> 01:35:59,800 murdered for the world to see and they 1992 01:35:59,800 --> 01:36:02,760 have no shame whatsoever about it and 1993 01:36:02,760 --> 01:36:04,679 for anyone to say that they 1994 01:36:04,679 --> 01:36:07,239 support the most moral army in the world 1995 01:36:07,239 --> 01:36:09,480 quote unquote goes to show you what 1996 01:36:09,480 --> 01:36:11,159 their version of morality is what their 1997 01:36:11,159 --> 01:36:15,320 definition of morality is for us again 1998 01:36:15,320 --> 01:36:17,040 Beyond just 1999 01:36:17,040 --> 01:36:20,600 Muslims we see something happening 2000 01:36:20,600 --> 01:36:22,360 Against Humanity a crime against 2001 01:36:22,360 --> 01:36:24,800 humanity and I look at this side of the 2002 01:36:24,800 --> 01:36:26,960 room and I see more than just Muslims I 2003 01:36:26,960 --> 01:36:28,960 see more than just one color of people I 2004 01:36:28,960 --> 01:36:30,840 see people that recognize Truth for what 2005 01:36:30,840 --> 01:36:33,800 it is and want to speak out against the 2006 01:36:33,800 --> 01:36:35,880 Injustice that suppresses that truth 2007 01:36:35,880 --> 01:36:38,239 which is that violence Upon A group of 2008 01:36:38,239 --> 01:36:40,000 people simply because they happen to be 2009 01:36:40,000 --> 01:36:41,800 from a certain part of the world simply 2010 01:36:41,800 --> 01:36:43,520 because their nationality happens to be 2011 01:36:43,520 --> 01:36:45,119 Palestinian simply because their their 2012 01:36:45,119 --> 01:36:47,360 language happens to be Arabic is 2013 01:36:47,360 --> 01:36:49,080 completely wrong there is no room for 2014 01:36:49,080 --> 01:36:51,520 this in 2024 there's no room for it ever 2015 01:36:51,520 --> 01:36:53,880 in the world but since need you 2016 01:36:53,880 --> 01:36:56,560 summarize please sir thank you very much 2017 01:36:56,560 --> 01:36:58,159 I will end with 2018 01:36:58,159 --> 01:37:02,320 this if you guys pass this resolution 2019 01:37:02,320 --> 01:37:04,520 you will do a great thing for the 2020 01:37:04,520 --> 01:37:07,000 constituents that you represent I 2021 01:37:07,000 --> 01:37:08,719 understand some people may be upset but 2022 01:37:08,719 --> 01:37:11,119 at the end of the day the city of skty 2023 01:37:11,119 --> 01:37:12,639 you as elected 2024 01:37:12,639 --> 01:37:14,920 officials all we want you to do is just 2025 01:37:14,920 --> 01:37:17,040 say there has to be a stop to the 2026 01:37:17,040 --> 01:37:19,199 violence a stop to the genocide that's 2027 01:37:19,199 --> 01:37:20,770 all thank you very much thank 2028 01:37:20,770 --> 01:37:22,520 [Applause] 2029 01:37:22,520 --> 01:37:37,310 you 2030 01:37:37,320 --> 01:37:39,719 uh so he I'm I'm I'm I might be not 2031 01:37:39,719 --> 01:37:43,599 saying your name properly so he 2032 01:37:43,599 --> 01:37:45,320 shakima if you could pronounce it 2033 01:37:45,320 --> 01:37:52,430 correctly for me I'd appreciate 2034 01:37:52,440 --> 01:38:01,669 it yeah it's so 2035 01:38:01,679 --> 01:38:04,599 cha let it be said on record that all of 2036 01:38:04,599 --> 01:38:06,400 us here are against the killing of all 2037 01:38:06,400 --> 01:38:07,599 innocent 2038 01:38:07,599 --> 01:38:10,000 lives it is imperative to put everything 2039 01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:11,639 in perspective since the Zionist 2040 01:38:11,639 --> 01:38:13,480 movement and his sympathizers always 2041 01:38:13,480 --> 01:38:16,360 start from October 7th along with many 2042 01:38:16,360 --> 01:38:19,360 debunked lies while all facts 2043 01:38:19,360 --> 01:38:21,719 Palestinians have been checked and 2044 01:38:21,719 --> 01:38:23,800 confirmed since this is the only live 2045 01:38:23,800 --> 01:38:26,280 broadcasted genocide in the history of 2046 01:38:26,280 --> 01:38:28,360 mankind I would like to mention a few 2047 01:38:28,360 --> 01:38:31,360 facts we so we may have a clear 2048 01:38:31,360 --> 01:38:32,960 understanding of situation in the 2049 01:38:32,960 --> 01:38:35,560 occupied Palestine and our ask for the 2050 01:38:35,560 --> 01:38:37,760 passing of the ceasefire resolution at 2051 01:38:37,760 --> 01:38:41,040 hand the same British Empire that our 2052 01:38:41,040 --> 01:38:43,280 founding fathers fought off this land 2053 01:38:43,280 --> 01:38:45,159 decided to hand over another occupied 2054 01:38:45,159 --> 01:38:47,520 land called Palestine to a group of 2055 01:38:47,520 --> 01:38:49,760 terrorist zionists who killed and forced 2056 01:38:49,760 --> 01:38:51,920 almost 1 million indigenous Palestinians 2057 01:38:51,920 --> 01:38:55,400 out of their homes and land in 1948 2058 01:38:55,400 --> 01:38:58,159 Muslims Christians and Jews have 2059 01:38:58,159 --> 01:39:00,560 continued to suffer in their occupation 2060 01:39:00,560 --> 01:39:02,440 the struggle has always been between the 2061 01:39:02,440 --> 01:39:04,880 Zionist occupiers and the Palestinians 2062 01:39:04,880 --> 01:39:07,360 occupied for anyone who states that 2063 01:39:07,360 --> 01:39:09,800 Israel has a right to defend itself I 2064 01:39:09,800 --> 01:39:11,920 say read up on the un's position in 2065 01:39:11,920 --> 01:39:14,639 regards to the occupying entity and the 2066 01:39:14,639 --> 01:39:17,560 occupied and who has the right to 2067 01:39:17,560 --> 01:39:19,920 self-defense for anyone who says Hamas 2068 01:39:19,920 --> 01:39:22,880 started this on the 7th of October I say 2069 01:39:22,880 --> 01:39:25,000 read up on what happened to Palestinians 2070 01:39:25,000 --> 01:39:27,960 between 1948 and the year Hamas was 2071 01:39:27,960 --> 01:39:29,119 established in 2072 01:39:29,119 --> 01:39:32,639 1987 oh yeah also read up on what is 2073 01:39:32,639 --> 01:39:34,480 happening to Palestinians in the West 2074 01:39:34,480 --> 01:39:37,400 Bank where there is no Hamas for anyone 2075 01:39:37,400 --> 01:39:39,840 who says Israel is eliminating Hamas I 2076 01:39:39,840 --> 01:39:41,560 say look at the evidence widely 2077 01:39:41,560 --> 01:39:43,840 available of Israeli leadership calling 2078 01:39:43,840 --> 01:39:45,880 for the elimination of the entire 2079 01:39:45,880 --> 01:39:48,800 population by all means why calling 2080 01:39:48,800 --> 01:39:51,639 Palestinians animals and terrorists 2081 01:39:51,639 --> 01:39:53,679 don't forget the zionists claim that 2082 01:39:53,679 --> 01:39:55,800 occupied Palestine belongs to the 2083 01:39:55,800 --> 01:39:58,080 zionists with no place for the 2084 01:39:58,080 --> 01:40:00,560 indigenous Palestinians for anyone who 2085 01:40:00,560 --> 01:40:03,000 says Israel has no choice but to keep 2086 01:40:03,000 --> 01:40:05,719 killing and starving Gins simply because 2087 01:40:05,719 --> 01:40:08,040 it will eliminate Hamas I ask the 2088 01:40:08,040 --> 01:40:09,760 council members if they would accept 2089 01:40:09,760 --> 01:40:12,560 that for our own skty residents do you 2090 01:40:12,560 --> 01:40:14,360 accept the collective punishment of all 2091 01:40:14,360 --> 01:40:16,920 the residents of skty including your own 2092 01:40:16,920 --> 01:40:19,560 loved ones I will even pretend that you 2093 01:40:19,560 --> 01:40:21,480 are not aware of the number of killed 2094 01:40:21,480 --> 01:40:23,360 children mothers fathers elderly 2095 01:40:23,360 --> 01:40:26,400 journalists Medics and NGO workers I 2096 01:40:26,400 --> 01:40:28,119 will further pretend that you are not 2097 01:40:28,119 --> 01:40:30,760 aware of the orchestrated starvation of 2098 01:40:30,760 --> 01:40:33,400 gazin which is predicted to be the 2099 01:40:33,400 --> 01:40:35,560 leading cause of the death of the death 2100 01:40:35,560 --> 01:40:38,440 in Gaza what the heck I'll even pretend 2101 01:40:38,440 --> 01:40:39,760 that you're not aware of the 2102 01:40:39,760 --> 01:40:41,280 assassination of 2103 01:40:41,280 --> 01:40:43,679 civilians as a father an activist an 2104 01:40:43,679 --> 01:40:45,800 educator a school principal a counselor 2105 01:40:45,800 --> 01:40:48,239 a police chaplain and a community leader 2106 01:40:48,239 --> 01:40:50,360 but most importantly as a human being I 2107 01:40:50,360 --> 01:40:52,199 know that we must call for an immediate 2108 01:40:52,199 --> 01:40:53,760 and permanent cease f 2109 01:40:53,760 --> 01:40:55,960 immediate delivery of unrestricted 2110 01:40:55,960 --> 01:40:57,880 humanitarian Aid the ending of us 2111 01:40:57,880 --> 01:40:59,560 funding of the genocide and 2112 01:40:59,560 --> 01:41:01,760 reinstatement of the onra funding and 2113 01:41:01,760 --> 01:41:08,440 the release of all hostages all hostages with this call I know you I 2114 01:41:08,440 --> 01:41:10,599 know you are our representatives and I 2115 01:41:10,599 --> 01:41:12,880 know that you will vote in favor of 2116 01:41:12,880 --> 01:41:16,080 saving lives while both politicians may 2117 01:41:16,080 --> 01:41:20,040 vote against it when I last checked I 2118 01:41:20,040 --> 01:41:21,239 was told that we have more 2119 01:41:21,239 --> 01:41:23,560 Representatives than politicians this 2120 01:41:23,560 --> 01:41:38,070 resolution will tell thank 2121 01:41:38,080 --> 01:41:40,280 you thank 2122 01:41:40,280 --> 01:41:50,550 you Asar ATA ashar 2123 01:41:50,560 --> 01:41:53,840 ATA good evening and uh thank you very 2124 01:41:53,840 --> 01:41:56,599 much Council persons for giving me the 2125 01:41:56,599 --> 01:41:59,480 opportunity to speak here so I speak 2126 01:41:59,480 --> 01:42:03,280 here um as a Muslim as a citizen of 2127 01:42:03,280 --> 01:42:06,199 United States as a citizen of New York 2128 01:42:06,199 --> 01:42:09,599 State and as a community member here and 2129 01:42:09,599 --> 01:42:12,560 I also speak here as a father 2130 01:42:12,560 --> 01:42:14,960 professionally I a man of numbers I'm a 2131 01:42:14,960 --> 01:42:17,480 statistician so I draw I like to draw 2132 01:42:17,480 --> 01:42:20,320 your attention to some numbers some very 2133 01:42:20,320 --> 01:42:23,960 small numbers and we for for for helping 2134 01:42:23,960 --> 01:42:27,119 us understand the scale of the 2135 01:42:27,119 --> 01:42:30,280 devastation that's going on in Gaza the 2136 01:42:30,280 --> 01:42:35,000 Gaza Strip is 141 square miles skti 2137 01:42:35,000 --> 01:42:38,800 county is 209 square miles so we can 2138 01:42:38,800 --> 01:42:42,320 imagine that Gaza is within skincity it 2139 01:42:42,320 --> 01:42:45,560 is a small part of skincity now imagine 2140 01:42:45,560 --> 01:42:48,760 until December as of October to December 2141 01:42:48,760 --> 01:42:54,119 20 299,000 bombs coming over this 141 2142 01:42:54,119 --> 01:42:58,040 square mile area just imagine around you 2143 01:42:58,040 --> 01:43:01,080 over a period of 2 to 3 months 2144 01:43:01,080 --> 01:43:04,639 29,000 bombs this is why we are asking 2145 01:43:04,639 --> 01:43:08,159 for a ceasefire all the rhetoric apart 2146 01:43:08,159 --> 01:43:10,800 this is why it needs to stop the next 2147 01:43:10,800 --> 01:43:12,960 number I'm going to talk to you about is 2148 01:43:12,960 --> 01:43:15,480 a number that actually or incident that 2149 01:43:15,480 --> 01:43:17,000 stopped entire 2150 01:43:17,000 --> 01:43:19,800 America if it's a number that made the 2151 01:43:19,800 --> 01:43:22,800 comedians stop their show and talk about 2152 01:43:22,800 --> 01:43:26,000 it which was the Sandy Hook crisis 2153 01:43:26,000 --> 01:43:28,400 everyone who is a father grandmother 2154 01:43:28,400 --> 01:43:31,760 grandfather knows can feel the pain of 2155 01:43:31,760 --> 01:43:34,599 loss of life of 2156 01:43:34,599 --> 01:43:38,280 children the number of kids again as of 2157 01:43:38,280 --> 01:43:43,920 December 13,000 kids over a period of 2158 01:43:43,920 --> 01:43:46,880 about 150 days if you do the math it 2159 01:43:46,880 --> 01:43:48,480 comes down to 2160 01:43:48,480 --> 01:43:53,159 about 80 to 90 kids a day that's 3 to 2161 01:43:53,159 --> 01:43:57,800 four Sandy Hooks every day three to four 2162 01:43:57,800 --> 01:44:01,599 Sandy Hooks happening every day this is 2163 01:44:01,599 --> 01:44:04,599 precisely the reason we want ceasefire 2164 01:44:04,599 --> 01:44:06,639 and we want it now thank you very much 2165 01:44:06,639 --> 01:44:16,270 for taking up the 2166 01:44:16,280 --> 01:44:20,840 resolution thank you thank you Frank 2167 01:44:20,840 --> 01:44:34,790 Wicks Frank wix 2168 01:44:34,800 --> 01:44:38,360 okay start by noting I'm neither 2169 01:44:38,360 --> 01:44:41,599 Palestinian nor Israeli I have no 2170 01:44:41,599 --> 01:44:43,119 personal involvement with the either 2171 01:44:43,119 --> 01:44:46,080 side if the Palestinians were doing to 2172 01:44:46,080 --> 01:44:48,520 the Israelis what the Israelis are doing 2173 01:44:48,520 --> 01:44:52,040 with the Palestinians I would be up here 2174 01:44:52,040 --> 01:44:56,280 defending the uh the 2175 01:44:56,280 --> 01:45:00,960 Israelis uh I I support the 2176 01:45:00,960 --> 01:45:03,639 ceasefire and uh kind of the future 2177 01:45:03,639 --> 01:45:06,760 dream of Einstein that a s a single 2178 01:45:06,760 --> 01:45:10,480 state there with the Jews and uh 2179 01:45:10,480 --> 01:45:18,830 Palestinians living together in in peace and cooperation but 2180 01:45:18,840 --> 01:45:21,599 meanwhile 2181 01:45:21,599 --> 01:45:26,629 uh see here 2182 01:45:26,639 --> 01:45:29,840 again two weeks ago I was here I had my 2183 01:45:29,840 --> 01:45:32,560 Jewish friend Larry on one side and my 2184 01:45:32,560 --> 01:45:35,840 musim friend Muhammad on the other side 2185 01:45:35,840 --> 01:45:39,280 and who we you know as humans we saw 2186 01:45:39,280 --> 01:45:40,599 everything the same 2187 01:45:40,599 --> 01:45:45,589 way now the 2188 01:45:45,599 --> 01:45:50,239 uh okay the uh probably the uh the 2189 01:45:50,239 --> 01:45:54,239 biggest lie is that uh Israel is only 2190 01:45:54,239 --> 01:45:55,719 trying to defend 2191 01:45:55,719 --> 01:45:57,679 itself a month 2192 01:45:57,679 --> 01:46:00,880 before prime minister Netanyahu was the 2193 01:46:00,880 --> 01:46:04,080 United Nations with is a map of the 2194 01:46:04,080 --> 01:46:07,679 future of Israel showing no 2195 01:46:07,679 --> 01:46:10,480 Palestine the only way that can happen 2196 01:46:10,480 --> 01:46:13,040 is by killing every 2197 01:46:13,040 --> 01:46:15,719 Palestinian or by displacing 2198 01:46:15,719 --> 01:46:19,400 them this required United States weapons 2199 01:46:19,400 --> 01:46:20,320 and 2200 01:46:20,320 --> 01:46:24,040 support which we Prov provided 2201 01:46:24,040 --> 01:46:27,119 uh now with second thoughts about it uh 2202 01:46:27,119 --> 01:46:28,840 and we're providing it and we're getting 2203 01:46:28,840 --> 01:46:31,440 told not there none of our business how 2204 01:46:31,440 --> 01:46:32,800 it's getting 2205 01:46:32,800 --> 01:46:39,239 used uh so where we stand right now is 2206 01:46:39,239 --> 01:46:41,679 the best we can do is right now seize 2207 01:46:41,679 --> 01:46:45,080 fire you know again that doesn't that 2208 01:46:45,080 --> 01:46:47,440 doesn't address the force 2209 01:46:47,440 --> 01:46:53,000 starvation uh that now the uh so so the 2210 01:46:53,000 --> 01:46:55,040 seege fire ought to be the minimal right 2211 01:46:55,040 --> 01:46:58,360 now stopping the weapons ought to come 2212 01:46:58,360 --> 01:47:00,159 next 2213 01:47:00,159 --> 01:47:03,599 uh and I guess the people of skti I 2214 01:47:03,599 --> 01:47:05,239 think the good people of 2215 01:47:05,239 --> 01:47:07,800 skti should have no problem supporting 2216 01:47:07,800 --> 01:47:10,960 this and I guess you know sometime in 2217 01:47:10,960 --> 01:47:15,760 the future I think the Israeli leaders 2218 01:47:15,760 --> 01:47:19,199 and Israeli army forces they're 2219 01:47:19,199 --> 01:47:21,880 committing know the war crimes ought to 2220 01:47:21,880 --> 01:47:24,800 be tried in a International tribunal 2221 01:47:24,800 --> 01:47:26,800 with the support of the United States 2222 01:47:26,800 --> 01:47:30,480 and the good people of skti thank you 2223 01:47:30,480 --> 01:47:41,629 thank 2224 01:47:41,639 --> 01:47:45,440 you Leila 2225 01:47:45,440 --> 01:47:49,119 kaaga great thank you you're 2226 01:47:49,119 --> 01:47:52,400 welcome all right okay thank you for 2227 01:47:52,400 --> 01:47:54,199 having us tonight you've listened to a 2228 01:47:54,199 --> 01:47:56,199 lot of voices and I appreciate that um 2229 01:47:56,199 --> 01:47:58,840 so my name is Leila kaaga I'm a resident 2230 01:47:58,840 --> 01:48:00,920 and a local business owner I stand here 2231 01:48:00,920 --> 01:48:03,199 a little confused how people can say 2232 01:48:03,199 --> 01:48:06,480 they want peace but oppose a ceasefire 2233 01:48:06,480 --> 01:48:07,920 when you oppose a ceasefire you're 2234 01:48:07,920 --> 01:48:09,679 standing with the occupation you're 2235 01:48:09,679 --> 01:48:11,440 standing with oppression and you stand 2236 01:48:11,440 --> 01:48:15,560 with killing 32,000 individuals in 170 2237 01:48:15,560 --> 01:48:18,920 days you stand with starving 2.2 2238 01:48:18,920 --> 01:48:21,960 million uh citizens of Gaza half of 2239 01:48:21,960 --> 01:48:24,760 which are children 50% our children you 2240 01:48:24,760 --> 01:48:28,639 prioritize 100 hostages over 2.1 million 2241 01:48:28,639 --> 01:48:30,760 lives and over 10,000 Palestinian 2242 01:48:30,760 --> 01:48:33,599 hostages that no one has ever seemed to 2243 01:48:33,599 --> 01:48:35,760 mention that Israel has captured within 2244 01:48:35,760 --> 01:48:38,960 the past 170 days you stand with killing 2245 01:48:38,960 --> 01:48:41,599 my family and my people I'm not going to 2246 01:48:41,599 --> 01:48:44,080 stand here and give you guys a 75 year 2247 01:48:44,080 --> 01:48:45,800 history lesson what I'm going to say is 2248 01:48:45,800 --> 01:48:48,679 I'm sick to my stomach seeing my people 2249 01:48:48,679 --> 01:48:51,360 carpet bomb daily starved to death and 2250 01:48:51,360 --> 01:48:54,280 massacred in one of the the most modern 2251 01:48:54,280 --> 01:48:56,400 live stream genocide that we've ever 2252 01:48:56,400 --> 01:48:58,639 seen and the world leaders are just 2253 01:48:58,639 --> 01:49:01,080 sitting back this is not just an 2254 01:49:01,080 --> 01:49:02,840 international Affair I disagree with 2255 01:49:02,840 --> 01:49:05,440 prior statements this is a local issue 2256 01:49:05,440 --> 01:49:07,520 it starts local everything starts local 2257 01:49:07,520 --> 01:49:09,520 because it is closest to the people 2258 01:49:09,520 --> 01:49:11,760 unfortunately I can't stop my tax money 2259 01:49:11,760 --> 01:49:14,159 from going and killing my own people so 2260 01:49:14,159 --> 01:49:16,800 what I can do is stand here and share my 2261 01:49:16,800 --> 01:49:19,400 story and share my community's voice my 2262 01:49:19,400 --> 01:49:21,800 Palestinian Muslim community's voice 2263 01:49:21,800 --> 01:49:24,679 that has been severely underrepresented 2264 01:49:24,679 --> 01:49:27,480 in this area and frankly in this 2265 01:49:27,480 --> 01:49:29,880 country I learned from Malcolm X you 2266 01:49:29,880 --> 01:49:34,000 can't be so blinded by your patriotism 2267 01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:35,960 and your religion and culture to see 2268 01:49:35,960 --> 01:49:38,040 what is wrong is wrong and what is 2269 01:49:38,040 --> 01:49:41,599 happening is wrong hurting my people 2270 01:49:41,599 --> 01:49:45,960 across AA strip is wrong killing them 2271 01:49:45,960 --> 01:49:48,280 carpet bombing everything is wrong 2272 01:49:48,280 --> 01:49:50,960 stopping the humanitarian Aid going in 2273 01:49:50,960 --> 01:49:53,159 and while on the other side they're 2274 01:49:53,159 --> 01:49:55,560 celebrating and dancing while starving 2275 01:49:55,560 --> 01:49:57,560 children they're on the verge of the 2276 01:49:57,560 --> 01:50:00,040 worst famine in this Century that is 2277 01:50:00,040 --> 01:50:02,639 wrong we unfortunately in Palestine do 2278 01:50:02,639 --> 01:50:04,639 not have the luxury of special rooms 2279 01:50:04,639 --> 01:50:07,440 that protect us from our oppressors 2280 01:50:07,440 --> 01:50:10,080 aggressions my father did not have a 2281 01:50:10,080 --> 01:50:12,360 safe shelter in 1967 when he was 2282 01:50:12,360 --> 01:50:15,679 forcibly expelled and made a refugee my 2283 01:50:15,679 --> 01:50:18,239 mother's family did not have a shelter 2284 01:50:18,239 --> 01:50:20,280 and a safe room when her family was 2285 01:50:20,280 --> 01:50:23,880 forcibly removed in the Great Neck of 19 2286 01:50:23,880 --> 01:50:26,920 48 I cannot remember and I'm sure many 2287 01:50:26,920 --> 01:50:28,920 Muslims here also agree we can't 2288 01:50:28,920 --> 01:50:31,800 remember a Friday prayer that a police 2289 01:50:31,800 --> 01:50:34,480 officer was not present that is our norm 2290 01:50:34,480 --> 01:50:37,320 since probably 2001 don't quote me on 2291 01:50:37,320 --> 01:50:40,040 that but that's how it felt we don't 2292 01:50:40,040 --> 01:50:44,239 know of Friday prayer without police 2293 01:50:44,239 --> 01:50:47,320 presence Mrs Pearl said earlier no 2294 01:50:47,320 --> 01:50:49,800 matter who is at my door you help them 2295 01:50:49,800 --> 01:50:52,079 this body represents connecti the Deep 2296 01:50:52,079 --> 01:50:54,199 diversity and resilience of this what 2297 01:50:54,199 --> 01:50:57,360 this city stands for I am painfully used 2298 01:50:57,360 --> 01:50:59,320 to my voice not being represented by 2299 01:50:59,320 --> 01:51:02,000 elected officials and I hope this body 2300 01:51:02,000 --> 01:51:04,159 will finally represent my people's voice 2301 01:51:04,159 --> 01:51:05,880 and on the day that Albany common 2302 01:51:05,880 --> 01:51:07,880 Council passed the ceasefire resolution 2303 01:51:07,880 --> 01:51:09,599 we were there majority of us were there 2304 01:51:09,599 --> 01:51:11,599 and a council member stood up and 2305 01:51:11,599 --> 01:51:13,719 thanked us for opening his eyes to the 2306 01:51:13,719 --> 01:51:15,560 other side of the story there's three 2307 01:51:15,560 --> 01:51:17,560 sides to every story right there's 2308 01:51:17,560 --> 01:51:20,400 always the truth you guys can use your 2309 01:51:20,400 --> 01:51:22,800 eyes and go read on the history and read 2310 01:51:22,800 --> 01:51:24,560 up on everything but as of right now a 2311 01:51:24,560 --> 01:51:26,840 ceasefire tells us that you care about 2312 01:51:26,840 --> 01:51:28,880 our community and you care about peace 2313 01:51:28,880 --> 01:51:31,880 so please do not keep repeating history 2314 01:51:31,880 --> 01:51:33,639 let's learn from history and do the 2315 01:51:33,639 --> 01:51:35,960 right thing and giving the oppressed a 2316 01:51:35,960 --> 01:51:47,990 voice thank you for your thank 2317 01:51:48,000 --> 01:51:51,520 you Jamaica 2318 01:51:51,520 --> 01:51:59,030 miles 2319 01:51:59,040 --> 01:52:02,270 a lot going on 2320 01:52:02,280 --> 01:52:04,440 here yeah we're just 2321 01:52:04,440 --> 01:52:07,199 gonna okay we're gonna leave 2322 01:52:07,199 --> 01:52:09,880 it Lila Watson said if you have come 2323 01:52:09,880 --> 01:52:11,440 here to help me you are wasting your 2324 01:52:11,440 --> 01:52:13,159 time but if you have come because your 2325 01:52:13,159 --> 01:52:15,280 Liberation is bound up with mine then 2326 01:52:15,280 --> 01:52:16,760 let's work 2327 01:52:16,760 --> 01:52:19,520 together Doctors Without Borders Amnesty 2328 01:52:19,520 --> 01:52:21,239 International the international court of 2329 01:52:21,239 --> 01:52:22,679 justice which found in its initial 2330 01:52:22,679 --> 01:52:24,119 ruling that the allegation by South 2331 01:52:24,119 --> 01:52:25,760 Africa that Israel was engaged in 2332 01:52:25,760 --> 01:52:28,239 genocidal actions in Gaza was plausible 2333 01:52:28,239 --> 01:52:30,320 and that action had to be taken to avoid 2334 01:52:30,320 --> 01:52:33,239 a genocide UNICEF euromed rights Human 2335 01:52:33,239 --> 01:52:35,400 Rights Watch and unit United Nations 2336 01:52:35,400 --> 01:52:37,159 human rights just some of the groups and 2337 01:52:37,159 --> 01:52:39,560 organizations that call for a ceas fire 2338 01:52:39,560 --> 01:52:41,280 someone said to me recently that they 2339 01:52:41,280 --> 01:52:43,560 feel that if they do or do not say very 2340 01:52:43,560 --> 01:52:45,480 specific things that they will be judged 2341 01:52:45,480 --> 01:52:47,000 to be different than how they see 2342 01:52:47,000 --> 01:52:48,520 themselves I've thought about this 2343 01:52:48,520 --> 01:52:51,639 deeply who are we can be seen in our 2344 01:52:51,639 --> 01:52:53,040 words and our actions 2345 01:52:53,040 --> 01:52:55,199 Therefore your words or the absence of 2346 01:52:55,199 --> 01:52:57,679 them do carry weight who are we if we 2347 01:52:57,679 --> 01:53:00,480 are silent to Injustice who are we if we 2348 01:53:00,480 --> 01:53:03,520 turn a blind eye we are complicit the 2349 01:53:03,520 --> 01:53:05,679 loss of Israeli life on October 7th is 2350 01:53:05,679 --> 01:53:07,320 heartbreaking to those who have been 2351 01:53:07,320 --> 01:53:09,400 impacted by the death or kidnappings I 2352 01:53:09,400 --> 01:53:11,480 humbly share my deepest condolences and 2353 01:53:11,480 --> 01:53:13,599 a wish for the safe return of those 2354 01:53:13,599 --> 01:53:15,840 still remaining that one day was a 2355 01:53:15,840 --> 01:53:18,520 painful loss since that day we have seen 2356 01:53:18,520 --> 01:53:20,440 the Relentless disproportionate and 2357 01:53:20,440 --> 01:53:22,679 dehumanizing attack on the Palestinian 2358 01:53:22,679 --> 01:53:24,960 people in Gaza thinly veiled as an 2359 01:53:24,960 --> 01:53:26,840 operation to free the hostages when 2360 01:53:26,840 --> 01:53:28,880 there was a temporary ceasefire both 2361 01:53:28,880 --> 01:53:31,000 hostages held by Hamas and political 2362 01:53:31,000 --> 01:53:33,360 prisoners held by Israel were released 2363 01:53:33,360 --> 01:53:35,079 but not all What followed was the 2364 01:53:35,079 --> 01:53:36,840 continuing bombardment by the state of 2365 01:53:36,840 --> 01:53:39,719 Israel of schools hospitals churches MOS 2366 01:53:39,719 --> 01:53:41,440 universities historical sites and 2367 01:53:41,440 --> 01:53:43,000 residential areas as well as putting 2368 01:53:43,000 --> 01:53:44,800 back in prison people they had 2369 01:53:44,800 --> 01:53:47,040 previously released the death tollen 2370 01:53:47,040 --> 01:53:48,800 Gaza currently stands at more than 2371 01:53:48,800 --> 01:53:51,520 30,000 31,000 32,000 because the number 2372 01:53:51,520 --> 01:53:53,159 is bigger right now than it was when we 2373 01:53:53,159 --> 01:53:55,880 started approximately 70% of them being 2374 01:53:55,880 --> 01:53:57,800 women and children journalists murdered 2375 01:53:57,800 --> 01:53:59,960 and arrested and a man-made famine that 2376 01:53:59,960 --> 01:54:01,880 has consumed the lives of children and 2377 01:54:01,880 --> 01:54:04,159 increases as we debate whether or not 2378 01:54:04,159 --> 01:54:06,000 the Palestinian people are worthy of 2379 01:54:06,000 --> 01:54:08,400 food Water Shelter electricity or 2380 01:54:08,400 --> 01:54:10,840 medical care a ceasefire is necessary 2381 01:54:10,840 --> 01:54:13,000 for all of those things to end the 2382 01:54:13,000 --> 01:54:15,840 Bloodshed for everyone Dr King known for 2383 01:54:15,840 --> 01:54:17,639 being quoted in these walls and in this 2384 01:54:17,639 --> 01:54:20,360 country spoke out adamantly against War 2385 01:54:20,360 --> 01:54:22,560 racism and capitalism he was highly 2386 01:54:22,560 --> 01:54:24,639 criticized for his opposition to Vietnam 2387 01:54:24,639 --> 01:54:26,840 War it didn't stop him but King knew 2388 01:54:26,840 --> 01:54:28,880 what many of us claim yet not all of us 2389 01:54:28,880 --> 01:54:31,000 stand up to do it is always the right 2390 01:54:31,000 --> 01:54:32,840 thing to the right time to do what is 2391 01:54:32,840 --> 01:54:34,679 right the right thing to do in this 2392 01:54:34,679 --> 01:54:36,079 moment is to stand on the side of 2393 01:54:36,079 --> 01:54:37,920 history that honors all life and speaks 2394 01:54:37,920 --> 01:54:40,000 against the ongoing genocide which has 2395 01:54:40,000 --> 01:54:42,159 been supported by US Dollars our 2396 01:54:42,159 --> 01:54:43,639 resources have been used for the death 2397 01:54:43,639 --> 01:54:45,560 and destruction of Palestinian people 2398 01:54:45,560 --> 01:54:46,920 while right here there was a need for 2399 01:54:46,920 --> 01:54:48,800 food shelter Healthcare and more instead 2400 01:54:48,800 --> 01:54:50,679 of investing in helping people in need 2401 01:54:50,679 --> 01:54:52,440 our resources have been used to create a 2402 01:54:52,440 --> 01:54:54,480 wider Gap internationally of people in 2403 01:54:54,480 --> 01:54:56,360 need people suffering people 2404 01:54:56,360 --> 01:54:58,199 marginalized destroying instead of 2405 01:54:58,199 --> 01:55:01,079 building making millions unsafe let us 2406 01:55:01,079 --> 01:55:03,400 not be silent and complicit to a global 2407 01:55:03,400 --> 01:55:05,599 Cry For Justice the Irish were honored 2408 01:55:05,599 --> 01:55:07,639 in these very Halls two weeks ago let's 2409 01:55:07,639 --> 01:55:09,880 stand with Ireland who for St Patrick's 2410 01:55:09,880 --> 01:55:11,400 Day declared that Ireland will always 2411 01:55:11,400 --> 01:55:12,760 stand with Palestine and called for an 2412 01:55:12,760 --> 01:55:14,599 immediate ceasefire as a growing number 2413 01:55:14,599 --> 01:55:17,440 of cities across the US do let us too 2414 01:55:17,440 --> 01:55:19,400 send a clear message to Muslim Jewish 2415 01:55:19,400 --> 01:55:21,360 and Palestinians that it is safety for 2416 01:55:21,360 --> 01:55:23,679 all not just for some a cease fire 2417 01:55:23,679 --> 01:55:25,880 resolution is connected he does that if 2418 01:55:25,880 --> 01:55:27,520 this body does not believe the loss of 2419 01:55:27,520 --> 01:55:30,079 life at this scale is on and the ongoing 2420 01:55:30,079 --> 01:55:32,480 Siege is worthy of your attention then 2421 01:55:32,480 --> 01:55:34,239 what is necessary for it to matter to 2422 01:55:34,239 --> 01:55:43,669 you thank 2423 01:55:43,679 --> 01:55:46,239 you 2424 01:55:46,239 --> 01:55:48,239 Sean sha 2425 01:55:48,239 --> 01:55:51,239 young sha 2426 01:55:51,239 --> 01:55:59,470 Young 2427 01:55:59,480 --> 01:56:14,189 no okay oh okay 2428 01:56:14,199 --> 01:56:17,119 sea uh good evening everyone um I was 2429 01:56:17,119 --> 01:56:20,760 outside watching this live 2430 01:56:20,760 --> 01:56:24,880 um man I heard so much tonight I heard 2431 01:56:24,880 --> 01:56:28,159 so much from so many and and clearly um 2432 01:56:28,159 --> 01:56:30,320 to me this is not just an international 2433 01:56:30,320 --> 01:56:32,719 issue um this is an this is an issue 2434 01:56:32,719 --> 01:56:35,079 that impacts every single one of us in 2435 01:56:35,079 --> 01:56:36,320 this community and everyone that showed 2436 01:56:36,320 --> 01:56:38,280 up here to speak about their feelings 2437 01:56:38,280 --> 01:56:41,159 about what's happening um in Palestine 2438 01:56:41,159 --> 01:56:46,000 and Israel's um I feel that it's 2439 01:56:46,000 --> 01:56:47,960 important for me to speak up and on 2440 01:56:47,960 --> 01:56:51,719 behalf of a ceasefire um in Gaza we have 2441 01:56:51,719 --> 01:56:52,880 seen 2442 01:56:52,880 --> 01:56:55,960 day after day um indiscriminate boming 2443 01:56:55,960 --> 01:56:59,440 of people of women of men of children I 2444 01:56:59,440 --> 01:57:01,960 remember as many of us do October 7th 2445 01:57:01,960 --> 01:57:04,840 and what happened um to Israelis and the 2446 01:57:04,840 --> 01:57:07,199 slaughter by Hamas on that people and 2447 01:57:07,199 --> 01:57:10,639 the kidnapping of so many back into Gaza 2448 01:57:10,639 --> 01:57:13,480 and I watched day after day as Israel 2449 01:57:13,480 --> 01:57:19,599 took Vengeance on Gaza and bombed and bombed that Community 2450 01:57:19,599 --> 01:57:22,480 including the West Bank um to today 2451 01:57:22,480 --> 01:57:24,000 where we're have tens of thousands of 2452 01:57:24,000 --> 01:57:25,880 people that have been killed we are 2453 01:57:25,880 --> 01:57:29,119 simply saying as I stand here that a 2454 01:57:29,119 --> 01:57:32,520 ceasefire is necessary for all the 2455 01:57:32,520 --> 01:57:34,760 things that we want for peace for people 2456 01:57:34,760 --> 01:57:37,239 to have the things they need 2457 01:57:37,239 --> 01:57:41,079 for the exchange of hostages for any 2458 01:57:41,079 --> 01:57:43,199 kind of diplomatic I think moving 2459 01:57:43,199 --> 01:57:47,199 forward of this issue Cesar ceire has to 2460 01:57:47,199 --> 01:57:49,560 happen I'm not here to give a 75 year 2461 01:57:49,560 --> 01:57:50,880 history as you've heard so many others 2462 01:57:50,880 --> 01:57:52,560 speak about I'm looking look at the 2463 01:57:52,560 --> 01:57:56,280 situation today we're in March and we 2464 01:57:56,280 --> 01:57:59,320 have numbers reaching up to 30,000 plus 2465 01:57:59,320 --> 01:58:01,960 people killed and I think that our 2466 01:58:01,960 --> 01:58:03,920 community and this is like once again 2467 01:58:03,920 --> 01:58:05,840 not just an international our community 2468 01:58:05,840 --> 01:58:07,960 is responsible for our feelings and our 2469 01:58:07,960 --> 01:58:08,920 thoughts and this is what we're doing 2470 01:58:08,920 --> 01:58:11,159 today we've brought this to our we 2471 01:58:11,159 --> 01:58:13,400 brought this to our our local leaders 2472 01:58:13,400 --> 01:58:14,880 these are the issues that we have we 2473 01:58:14,880 --> 01:58:16,159 wanted to share them with you and let 2474 01:58:16,159 --> 01:58:18,000 you know this is where we stand we've 2475 01:58:18,000 --> 01:58:20,480 heard it from both sides of this from so 2476 01:58:20,480 --> 01:58:22,119 many people that are passionate and our 2477 01:58:22,119 --> 01:58:24,159 are feeling a lot of pain you all 2478 01:58:24,159 --> 01:58:26,560 represent the entire community and we 2479 01:58:26,560 --> 01:58:27,920 hope that you're listening with open 2480 01:58:27,920 --> 01:58:30,480 ears from every single person that spoke 2481 01:58:30,480 --> 01:58:32,360 up tonight there's a lot of pain in our 2482 01:58:32,360 --> 01:58:34,800 community the ceasefire is not going to 2483 01:58:34,800 --> 01:58:37,000 cause division this discussion isn't 2484 01:58:37,000 --> 01:58:39,280 causing division this is bringing us 2485 01:58:39,280 --> 01:58:40,800 together how else are we going to come 2486 01:58:40,800 --> 01:58:42,719 together unless we are communicating 2487 01:58:42,719 --> 01:58:45,199 having open dialogue with one another we 2488 01:58:45,199 --> 01:58:47,679 have to do this this is important and I 2489 01:58:47,679 --> 01:58:51,040 appreciate your time thank you thank 2490 01:58:51,040 --> 01:58:59,510 you 2491 01:58:59,520 --> 01:59:07,390 Muhammad Rya 2492 01:59:07,400 --> 01:59:10,159 Mohammad good evening everyone thank you 2493 01:59:10,159 --> 01:59:12,480 Mayor Gary McCarthy Madame speaker and 2494 01:59:12,480 --> 01:59:14,880 other council member for giving me the 2495 01:59:14,880 --> 01:59:17,400 opportunity to speak here before I start 2496 01:59:17,400 --> 01:59:19,920 I wanted to read a article posted on CNN 2497 01:59:19,920 --> 01:59:23,400 on November 8 2023 an eyewitness to 2498 01:59:23,400 --> 01:59:26,159 genocide this isn't a propaganda from 2499 01:59:26,159 --> 01:59:28,280 hamus this isn't a statement from 2500 01:59:28,280 --> 01:59:30,679 Palestinian Authority this this account 2501 01:59:30,679 --> 01:59:32,800 cannot be spared by Israeli government 2502 01:59:32,800 --> 01:59:35,280 and its collaborators this is an 2503 01:59:35,280 --> 01:59:39,119 American nurse from medicine s fronti 2504 01:59:39,119 --> 01:59:42,159 speaking of a firsthand experience of 2505 01:59:42,159 --> 01:59:45,320 being in Gazza there's no place in 2506 01:59:45,320 --> 01:59:47,360 there's no safe place in Gazza she says 2507 01:59:47,360 --> 01:59:49,679 there there were children with just 2508 01:59:49,679 --> 01:59:53,560 massive massive um burn down their faces 2509 01:59:53,560 --> 01:59:56,560 down their necks all over the limbs they 2510 01:59:56,560 --> 01:59:59,159 are being discharged of these camps with 2511 01:59:59,159 --> 02:00:02,760 no running water there are 50,000 more 2512 02:00:02,760 --> 02:00:05,360 than 50,000 people are at Camp right now 2513 02:00:05,360 --> 02:00:09,119 and only four toilets and they are the 2514 02:00:09,119 --> 02:00:11,199 children they have these Fresh open 2515 02:00:11,199 --> 02:00:13,440 wounds and perial 2516 02:00:13,440 --> 02:00:16,119 ambulations so I encourage I encourage 2517 02:00:16,119 --> 02:00:19,079 everyone to watch this um interview in 2518 02:00:19,079 --> 02:00:26,069 CNN it was posted on November 8 2519 02:00:26,079 --> 02:00:28,880 2023 my my name is Riyad and I'm a 2520 02:00:28,880 --> 02:00:30,719 resident of his conect and I moved here 2521 02:00:30,719 --> 02:00:32,719 about two two and a half years ago from 2522 02:00:32,719 --> 02:00:34,800 uh Brooklyn New York City I used to live 2523 02:00:34,800 --> 02:00:36,800 in borrow park in Brooklyn and which is 2524 02:00:36,800 --> 02:00:39,719 a heavily Jewish uh Jewish neighborhood 2525 02:00:39,719 --> 02:00:42,840 I can tell you most of my then Jewish 2526 02:00:42,840 --> 02:00:44,840 neighbors don't support what is 2527 02:00:44,840 --> 02:00:46,239 happening in gadza right now and they 2528 02:00:46,239 --> 02:00:49,400 want to Cee fire I chose esan because it 2529 02:00:49,400 --> 02:00:52,920 is peaceful people love peace and and a 2530 02:00:52,920 --> 02:00:54,920 apart from many other great things a lot 2531 02:00:54,920 --> 02:00:58,360 of families been moving here because 2532 02:00:58,360 --> 02:01:00,800 people are very friendly they want peace 2533 02:01:00,800 --> 02:01:02,400 so I don't want I I do not want my 2534 02:01:02,400 --> 02:01:04,280 children to go up seeing and witnessing 2535 02:01:04,280 --> 02:01:06,960 what is happening in gadza many of us 2536 02:01:06,960 --> 02:01:09,079 might have a question how and why this 2537 02:01:09,079 --> 02:01:12,040 war was started well we all know the 2538 02:01:12,040 --> 02:01:14,920 answer but it's not about how it was 2539 02:01:14,920 --> 02:01:17,480 started or whose fault it was this is a 2540 02:01:17,480 --> 02:01:20,040 long debate Palestinian people have been 2541 02:01:20,040 --> 02:01:22,560 suffering for many years and faced you 2542 02:01:22,560 --> 02:01:24,079 know they are forced out of their home 2543 02:01:24,079 --> 02:01:27,400 for 75 years to or close to 80 years so 2544 02:01:27,400 --> 02:01:29,079 like I have mentioned earlier this is a 2545 02:01:29,079 --> 02:01:30,760 long debate and we do not want to go to 2546 02:01:30,760 --> 02:01:33,360 that debate what we want is very simple 2547 02:01:33,360 --> 02:01:36,119 just a ceasefire so that Aid such as 2548 02:01:36,119 --> 02:01:38,960 medical and food supplies can get into 2549 02:01:38,960 --> 02:01:42,119 gadza I'm asking our fellow Jewish 2550 02:01:42,119 --> 02:01:44,199 Community if it was other way around and 2551 02:01:44,199 --> 02:01:46,040 Je would Jewish 2552 02:01:46,040 --> 02:01:49,040 people wouldn't they want a ceas fire if 2553 02:01:49,040 --> 02:01:50,960 they were the one that got killed by the 2554 02:01:50,960 --> 02:01:52,639 other other side of course they would 2555 02:01:52,639 --> 02:01:54,639 right so why I'm asking for a ceasefire 2556 02:01:54,639 --> 02:01:57,000 in Gazza the innocent Gazza resident 2557 02:01:57,000 --> 02:01:59,360 don't deserve to die and be killed like 2558 02:01:59,360 --> 02:02:01,599 this why should they be suffering 2559 02:02:01,599 --> 02:02:03,960 because of someone else we not we need 2560 02:02:03,960 --> 02:02:06,920 to think about it I'm I'm fasting for 2561 02:02:06,920 --> 02:02:09,840 about you know 11 and 13 years um today 2562 02:02:09,840 --> 02:02:11,679 is the fifth fast that I have I was 2563 02:02:11,679 --> 02:02:13,360 fasting and I just broke my first year 2564 02:02:13,360 --> 02:02:16,480 with a with a date but those people in 2565 02:02:16,480 --> 02:02:18,560 gadza the kid the CH children the 2566 02:02:18,560 --> 02:02:20,840 women's they have been like fasting for 2567 02:02:20,840 --> 02:02:25,560 months days months if not years you know 2568 02:02:25,560 --> 02:02:28,679 especially since no October 7th they 2569 02:02:28,679 --> 02:02:30,599 have been they have very very limited 2570 02:02:30,599 --> 02:02:33,280 food there's no there's no a 2571 02:02:33,280 --> 02:02:37,119 being got into gadza so I don't I do not 2572 02:02:37,119 --> 02:02:39,440 want my children to suffer like this and 2573 02:02:39,440 --> 02:02:41,280 to go through like this I don't think so 2574 02:02:41,280 --> 02:02:43,480 any of us here would want to see our 2575 02:02:43,480 --> 02:02:46,000 children go through this as well so if 2576 02:02:46,000 --> 02:02:48,239 you don't I'm asking and requesting you 2577 02:02:48,239 --> 02:02:50,199 your honorable chair to pass a 2578 02:02:50,199 --> 02:02:52,719 resolution for a ceire in GZA this is 2579 02:02:52,719 --> 02:02:54,920 the least we can do for our future 2580 02:02:54,920 --> 02:02:56,639 generation and I'm sure none of us want 2581 02:02:56,639 --> 02:02:59,040 to see and our future generation to see 2582 02:02:59,040 --> 02:03:01,719 what is happening in gadza and by waking 2583 02:03:01,719 --> 02:03:04,639 up every day to see the people the 2584 02:03:04,639 --> 02:03:07,440 children the innocent children and women 2585 02:03:07,440 --> 02:03:09,079 they are being killed in GZA for no 2586 02:03:09,079 --> 02:03:12,079 reason I need you to summarize sir Alban 2587 02:03:12,079 --> 02:03:13,960 County thank you Alban County and many 2588 02:03:13,960 --> 02:03:15,880 other neighboring country um County have 2589 02:03:15,880 --> 02:03:17,599 already passed a resolution for ceire 2590 02:03:17,599 --> 02:03:19,480 and gadza so I'm asking you and 2591 02:03:19,480 --> 02:03:22,520 requesting you our requesting our es 2592 02:03:22,520 --> 02:03:24,880 city council to join them and pass this 2593 02:03:24,880 --> 02:03:26,440 resolution for ceasefire thank you so 2594 02:03:26,440 --> 02:03:27,450 much thank 2595 02:03:27,450 --> 02:03:35,639 [Applause] 2596 02:03:35,639 --> 02:03:38,440 you for the last time I'm going to call 2597 02:03:38,440 --> 02:03:42,830 Ria Salah if you're 2598 02:03:42,840 --> 02:03:45,480 here if 2599 02:03:45,480 --> 02:03:47,880 not I have no one else signed up to 2600 02:03:47,880 --> 02:03:49,840 speak for the public comment of City 2601 02:03:49,840 --> 02:03:51,480 business so I declare this public 2602 02:03:51,480 --> 02:03:55,390 comment 2603 02:03:55,400 --> 02:03:57,679 closed this time any miscellaneous 2604 02:03:57,679 --> 02:04:00,599 business of this Council miscellaneous 2605 02:04:00,599 --> 02:04:04,910 business of the 2606 02:04:04,920 --> 02:04:08,350 council 2607 02:04:08,360 --> 02:04:10,400 mayor thank you madam president 2608 02:04:10,400 --> 02:04:12,320 appreciate everyone coming out tonight 2609 02:04:12,320 --> 02:04:15,119 and uh understand the level of emotion 2610 02:04:15,119 --> 02:04:17,840 that's attached to that and uh again we 2611 02:04:17,840 --> 02:04:21,480 all hope that uh things will be 2612 02:04:21,480 --> 02:04:23,880 different different and that peace will 2613 02:04:23,880 --> 02:04:27,119 prevail in the end thank you madam 2614 02:04:27,119 --> 02:04:29,199 president 2615 02:04:29,199 --> 02:04:31,079 okay was there a council member that 2616 02:04:31,079 --> 02:04:33,520 wanted to speak 2617 02:04:33,520 --> 02:04:37,040 okay what is your name 2618 02:04:37,040 --> 02:04:41,719 sir oh oh Peter 2619 02:04:41,719 --> 02:04:44,920 okay let's see it looked like Peter Cook 2620 02:04:44,920 --> 02:04:50,629 who already 2621 02:04:50,639 --> 02:04:54,589 spoke 2622 02:04:54,599 --> 02:04:57,040 Peter look yes here you are cross out 2623 02:04:57,040 --> 02:05:00,400 but here you are I apologize for that we 2624 02:05:00,400 --> 02:05:04,149 had a lot of 2625 02:05:04,159 --> 02:05:06,719 duplicates thank you 2626 02:05:06,719 --> 02:05:10,400 um I just want to say that 2627 02:05:10,400 --> 02:05:14,079 uh I speak from a personal moral 2628 02:05:14,079 --> 02:05:16,320 practical human 2629 02:05:16,320 --> 02:05:18,840 perspective um I was taught Thou shalt 2630 02:05:18,840 --> 02:05:23,079 not kill when I was growing up and uh in 2631 02:05:23,079 --> 02:05:26,920 church I took pece studies in 2632 02:05:26,920 --> 02:05:30,000 college uh if I'm in a bar with two guys 2633 02:05:30,000 --> 02:05:31,639 fighting 2634 02:05:31,639 --> 02:05:34,719 um I will step in and say hey guys 2635 02:05:34,719 --> 02:05:36,840 what's the matter and and try and break 2636 02:05:36,840 --> 02:05:41,520 it up rarely to get anything seriously 2637 02:05:41,520 --> 02:05:44,040 done there um I would not give them a KN 2638 02:05:44,040 --> 02:05:46,480 one a knife and another one a 2639 02:05:46,480 --> 02:05:49,910 gun 2640 02:05:49,920 --> 02:05:52,760 um 55 years years ago I decried the 2641 02:05:52,760 --> 02:05:56,320 killing of innocent people in in uh 2642 02:05:56,320 --> 02:05:59,040 Vietnam and these hundreds of thousands 2643 02:05:59,040 --> 02:06:00,840 of innocent 2644 02:06:00,840 --> 02:06:04,320 Vietnamese died and um I don't think 2645 02:06:04,320 --> 02:06:07,990 that brought peace to 2646 02:06:08,000 --> 02:06:10,920 Vietnam I decried the September 11th 2647 02:06:10,920 --> 02:06:13,360 attack I asked my 2648 02:06:13,360 --> 02:06:17,199 Governor Schumer and Clinton at the time 2649 02:06:17,199 --> 02:06:20,239 my Senators not to attack Iraq and 2650 02:06:20,239 --> 02:06:24,800 Afghanistan and syri Syria and Yemen uh 2651 02:06:24,800 --> 02:06:26,199 they ignored my 2652 02:06:26,199 --> 02:06:29,000 request um and actually had me arrested 2653 02:06:29,000 --> 02:06:31,920 for trying to talk to them and over a 2654 02:06:31,920 --> 02:06:34,119 100 people were killed for every one 2655 02:06:34,119 --> 02:06:37,239 death on September 11th and peace is 2656 02:06:37,239 --> 02:06:39,599 still not obtained 2657 02:06:39,599 --> 02:06:43,360 there I decry the October 7th attack by 2658 02:06:43,360 --> 02:06:46,520 Hamas I also decry the killing of 100 2659 02:06:46,520 --> 02:06:50,760 innocent Palestinian children by Israeli 2660 02:06:50,760 --> 02:06:53,880 military for every single one killed on 2661 02:06:53,880 --> 02:06:57,520 SE on October 7th 100 to 2662 02:06:57,520 --> 02:06:59,040 one 2663 02:06:59,040 --> 02:07:01,920 um Gandhi said Peace is not the target 2664 02:07:01,920 --> 02:07:05,159 peace is the way I ask that all moral 2665 02:07:05,159 --> 02:07:08,040 and practical people call for permanent 2666 02:07:08,040 --> 02:07:11,480 ceasefire now thank you thank 2667 02:07:11,480 --> 02:07:19,360 [Applause] 2668 02:07:19,360 --> 02:07:21,880 you thank you chuie is there anyone else 2669 02:07:21,880 --> 02:07:23,079 that whose name I did not call that 2670 02:07:23,079 --> 02:07:24,960 signed up to speak because we did have a 2671 02:07:24,960 --> 02:07:26,880 lot of duplicates that we crossed out 2672 02:07:26,880 --> 02:07:28,800 okay with that then I declare this 2673 02:07:28,800 --> 02:07:32,840 public comment closed really 2674 02:07:32,840 --> 02:07:35,040 closed uh we've had heard from There's 2675 02:07:35,040 --> 02:07:36,679 No Business from the council members 2676 02:07:36,679 --> 02:07:38,480 we've heard from the mayor um I just 2677 02:07:38,480 --> 02:07:39,960 want to thank everyone for coming out 2678 02:07:39,960 --> 02:07:42,119 tonight I know that everyone is very 2679 02:07:42,119 --> 02:07:43,559 passionate about their particular 2680 02:07:43,559 --> 02:07:46,040 position in this and uh we've heard a 2681 02:07:46,040 --> 02:07:48,559 lot tonight from from everyone that came 2682 02:07:48,559 --> 02:07:50,760 to speak so we appreciate you coming and 2683 02:07:50,760 --> 02:07:53,599 uh coming out I know that we did receive 2684 02:07:53,599 --> 02:07:57,320 an email council members from Dr shakima 2685 02:07:57,320 --> 02:08:00,079 yes and I did respond and so my 2686 02:08:00,079 --> 02:08:04,159 particular position is this is that if there's going to be a conversation 2687 02:08:04,159 --> 02:08:05,800 then all voices need to be in the same 2688 02:08:05,800 --> 02:08:08,440 room having a conversation on both sides 2689 02:08:08,440 --> 02:08:10,880 of it as opposed to us just hearing 2690 02:08:10,880 --> 02:08:13,360 individually and then um moving that 2691 02:08:13,360 --> 02:08:16,119 forward so do the doctor asked us for a 2692 02:08:16,119 --> 02:08:17,679 meeting I personally said that I am 2693 02:08:17,679 --> 02:08:19,920 willing to have that meeting and attend 2694 02:08:19,920 --> 02:08:21,840 that meeting I'm not willing to call 2695 02:08:21,840 --> 02:08:23,119 that meeting I'm willing to attend that 2696 02:08:23,119 --> 02:08:27,440 meeting provided both sides of the uh 2697 02:08:27,440 --> 02:08:28,960 people on both sides of the issue are 2698 02:08:28,960 --> 02:08:31,040 present because hearing a one-sided 2699 02:08:31,040 --> 02:08:33,679 discussion is not helpful so that's 2700 02:08:33,679 --> 02:08:35,639 where I am right now with that I again 2701 02:08:35,639 --> 02:08:39,440 appreciate you all for coming out and again there is no resolution 2702 02:08:39,440 --> 02:08:41,440 currently before this Council but thank 2703 02:08:41,440 --> 02:08:43,559 you for call coming tonight and to for 2704 02:08:43,559 --> 02:08:46,280 hearing your voices heard and with that 2705 02:08:46,280 --> 02:08:48,400 i' ask for a motion to 2706 02:08:48,400 --> 02:08:52,360 adjourn second okay motion by Mr Mudan 2707 02:08:52,360 --> 02:08:54,960 second by Mr Mancini all those in favor 2708 02:08:54,960 --> 02:08:57,719 I we are adjourned have a good night 2709 02:08:57,719 --> 02:09:05,830 thank 2710 02:09:05,840 --> 02:09:12,549 you I have 2711 02:09:12,559 --> 02:09:20,350 a organizations I'm involved 2712 02:09:20,360 --> 02:09:23,590 with 2713 02:09:23,600 --> 02:09:29,119 [Music]