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you council members

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downstairs

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so ask him to

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take the one sitting there or we can ask

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one of the imams it's up to you we have

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to do this

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quickly yes sitting next to the girl if

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ask

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he said he doesn't know the huh he said

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he doesn't know who the Emil

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I'd like to call order C City meeting

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for Monday April 8th

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2024 we have a public hearing tonight if

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the clerk could please read public

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hearing number one regarding creating a

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special assessment District on a portion

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Parkway we have 13 items for original

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consideration and one for unanimous

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consent if the clerk would please read

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item number one item number one for

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original consideration an ordinance

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amending ordinance

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224-3888 Street discussed in committee

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without objection on consent item number

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three item number three for original

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consideration a resolution calling for a

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public calling for a public hearing

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regarding addition of section 264-1111

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of the connect city code regarding the

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regulation and location of smoke shop

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consumption businesses discussed in

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committee with objection on consent item

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four item number four for original

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consideration a resolution setting forth

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the attendance requirements at

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acknowledgement by members of the city

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of skty board of assessment review

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discussed in committee without objection

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on consent item number five item number

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five for original consideration a

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resolution authorizing the Department of

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Finance to make a budget amendment to

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the 2024 operating budget discussed in

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number six item number six for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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the mayor to accept

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$800,000 Crest Grant from the domator

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authority of the state of New York

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discuss in committee with objection on

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cons item number seven item number seven

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for original consideration a resolution

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declaring the city council as the lead

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agency and opening a 30-day public

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comment period regarding the update of

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the connecties historic ordinance and

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related zoning ordinance sections

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resolution transmitting to the skincity

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on consent item number nine item number

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resolution authorizing the mayor to

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enter into a lease agreement for the

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beas hill Reservoir residential

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consideration a resolution authorized in

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resolution authorizing the sale of $949

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consideration a resolution authorizing

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the sale of a vacant lot located at 1055

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years of community service this item

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a item 13A for unanimous consent an

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ordinance creating a special assessment

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okay is there any objection to this item

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uh consent agenda if there's nothing

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caucus I ask for a motion to

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adjourn moved by Miss Patrick second by

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adjourned I'd like to call the city

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council meeting to order for Monday

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Parsons to lead us in the

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indivisible andice for all thank

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you if the clerk would please complete

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resolution I'll wait till you're

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you before we do our first resolution um

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come um the young people have come to

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present us with a song about Eid and

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explanation about the holiday and what

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it's I say yourself one two three and

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start honorable mayor Madame President

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and members of the council thank you for

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giving us this opportunity to share our

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e Joy with you for the past 4 weeks two

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bill million Muslims from Alaska to

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Australia and from Sweden to South

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Africa have been fasting from dawn to

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sunset on Wednesday we will be

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celebrating and giving thanks to Allah

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for the countless blessings of Ramadan

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the song we're about to sing for you is

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in both English and Arabic the Arabic

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phrases

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are a

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happy a joyful day J A Beautiful Day

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Allah abbar God is the greatest

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there's none worthy of worship besides

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Allah and to Allah belongs all praise

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you thank you Allah for

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thanks to you the joy of only

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you next we will have our out of order

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resolution it's a resolution recognizing

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Pastor Richard Parsons for years of

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community service and I'd like to call

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council member Farley to present this

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resolution

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may I have the floor Madame President

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you have the floor sir thank you friends

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and family please feel uh welcome to

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come join the side yeah

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please my man you know it okay whereas

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Pastor Richard Parson is dedicated

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pastor and Community leader in the

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vibrant heart of the capital region of

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New York State and Pastor Parson a

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retiring pastor and throughout his

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glorious pastorial Legacy Pastor Parson

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devoted his life to serving others

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leaving an incredible mark on the

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communities he touched and as Pastor

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Parson's journey into Ministry began

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with a profound sense calling to serve

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seeking and saving the Lost he embarked

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on his path unwavering dedication

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aspiring to make a difference in the

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lives of those around him

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with a Compassionate Heart a steadfast

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commitment to his Faith Pastor Parsons

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became an effective figure in the

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religious landscape of the Capitol

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region and whereas Pastor Parson's

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flourished and and as it became a be

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Beacon of Hope in the sanctuary for all

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those seeking Refuge from life's

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challenges Pastor Parson's sermons

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resonated yes they did with wisdom

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compassion and profound understanding of

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the human Spirit inspiring people to

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live lives of purpose and integrity for

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40 plus years Pastor Parson served as a

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pastor providing spiritual guidance

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support food clothing and comfort to

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countless individuals families in need

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his tenure as a clergy leader in the

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community is characterized by empathy

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understanding a and a good genuine

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desire to uplift those in need and where

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as affiliated with refreshing Springs

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Church and State Street Presbyterian

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Church in concy Pastor Parson played a

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pivotal role in fostering a sense of

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belonging and unity in the community his

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ministry exhibites inclusively a welcome

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to all those who sought freedom from

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addiction and physical spiritual

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nourishment and whereas beyond the

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pulpit beyond the pulpit Pastor Parson

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was not merely a pastor who led from the

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pulpit Pastor Parsons was actively

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involved in various initiatives

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advocating for social justice food

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security equality and compassion he

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played a critical part in the

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development of the Hamilton hill art

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center where working closely to provide

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a platform for artistic expression and

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cultural enrichment in the community

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whereas pastors Parsons went into the

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streets drug houses and bars to minister

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to those who are in dire need embracing

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his faith in his teachings of compassion

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and service he's a

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Trailblazer he need in the community

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into his ministry during his tenure at

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refreshing Springs Church he was the

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first to bring NAA meetings to the

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church providing crucial support for

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those battling addition now now

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therefore it be resolved that this

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connected city council and mayor and

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Mayor Gary AR McCarthy do hereby pause

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in their deliberations to recognize

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Pastor Richard Parsons for his years of

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service to the city of connecti and to

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congratulate him and wish him well on

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his

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retirement want to say a CLE Mr Farley

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Mr

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Farley move the

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resolution okay i' uh like to entertain

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a motion you you moving the resolution

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yes I need a second please second my Mr

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M all those in favor uh motion passes

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congratulations a few words

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ask I'm truly blessed to be here today

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I'm going to speak to you and I pray

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that it would continue to be within your

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hearts and your minds just a simple

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thing we are better

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together thank you

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Pastor thank you thank you for all your

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years of service yes please guys I'd

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love to get a

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picture usually I can talk but when when

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it you was a big deal it got me

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nervous

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thank you again Reverend Parson for your

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years of

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[Applause]

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service we have one public hearing this

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evening I just like to remind everyone

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that the public hearing comment is

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extended to four minutes and also ask

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that you respectively respective

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effectively um ask that every person

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only comment on the subject relevant to

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the public

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hearing public hearing number one

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regarding creating a special assessment

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District on a portion of Central

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Parkway I have three people signed up to

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four people signed up to

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speak okay uh soib shikima are you here

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you're not here for this public hearing

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okay ashar ATA no okay rod

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Hubert are you here to speak about the

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Central Parkway sidewalk program

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no okay sir we will move you to the city

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business this is about the public

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hearing okay thank

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you Lan

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Lee good evening

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everyone president Porterville and City

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Council Members I am here as a a

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longtime resident of Eastern Parkway and

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Central

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Parkway I initiated a petition in

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2020 in the midst of covid our sidewalks

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have been crumbling um it initially

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started out as something personal for me

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but then led to something bigger our we

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are a throughway to Central Parkway in

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the Rose Garden and so I I took the

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initiative to go out and petition our

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neighbors and I got

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75% of

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the uh numbers that I needed to create

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this hopefully this assessment if this

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happens and I'm thrilled um it's been a

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long journey I have to say thank you to

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John who has been with me the whole time and all the neighbors who signed

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the

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petition um it's a beautiful area I've

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been living in my home since

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1997 raised all of my children and I

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have three grandchildren and it's a

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beautiful area and the sidewalks are in

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dire need I know that this is a hardship

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for some but for me I mean I I divorced

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in 2005 so it would be a hardship for me

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too

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um but I think it's the best thing uh

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for the area and I am a business owner

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I'm an entrepreneur 30 years I own two

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businesses I own tots Tedy and more

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which is a family daycare I've been

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serving the community since

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1993 I believe in what I do and I'm

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hopeful that everyone is in agreement

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and we're going to have these beautiful

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sidewalks and people are going to be

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proud and no one's going to get hurt

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um uh walking down our our street um and

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I'm all I have to say is um I'm grateful

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and I'm I'm thankful for this

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opportunity and I hope that you will

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consider and everyone will um know that

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this is this is a good thing and it's

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not something that is meant to hinder

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anyone and hopefully you

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know it will you

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know it will come to fruition and and I

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thank you for your time thank you thank

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you

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[Applause]

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yep Steve

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Dorfman good evening my name is Steve

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Dorman I reside at 811 Central

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Parkway um from the proposals for the

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parking I'm totally against it they want

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to remove my bushes they want to set

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back uh approximately two to three feet

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into my property uh for four parking

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spaces um my my wife is you know is has

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00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,920
mental and physical problems and this is

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a stress honor besides that the people

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that complained about parking on the

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street okay got tickets because they

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00:36:22,119 --> 00:36:24,720
were parked on the sidewalk it doesn't

404
00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:26,440
affect their property but it affects

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00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,480
mine my my next door neighbor Matt

406
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,880
nelligan uh he sent in a

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uh a statement stating that he was

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opposed to the project we're not opposed

409
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,079
to the parking uh not the parking let me

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00:36:42,079 --> 00:36:43,920
correct myself we're not opposed to the

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sidewalks we're opposed to parking where

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they're penalizing me as a resident for

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38

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years okay everybody on the block has

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parking in the back uh in the alleyway

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so they can park their cars in the

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alleyway now personally I believe it's

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if if they're so enthused about having

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parking on the street they could take a

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couple of feet away from from the island

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which would give them more parking

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because they from what I understand they

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didn't want to take away their their

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shrubs and their and and their trees and

425
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so on and so forth so I'm totally

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opposed to it and and I wished instead

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of penalizing me that they

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if they want to help people on on the

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00:37:29,839 --> 00:37:31,680
Block as far as parking which they don't

430
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,640
need because like I to be redundant they

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00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:41,670
can park in the back they all have

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garages so that that's that's how I feel

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I got a statement here if you if you

434
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would like me to submit it I I sent it

435
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to the uh uh the city clerk's office and

436
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I said to uh the uh uh the people that

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would that part of the project so like

438
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uh again I'm not opposed to the

439
00:38:07,319 --> 00:38:10,119
sidewalks I'm opposed to them uh

440
00:38:10,119 --> 00:38:12,760
penalizing me for people because they a

441
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,640
couple of people got tickets because

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00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,800
they were parked on the

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sidewalk I thank you for your time thank

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00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,960
you I have no one else signed up to

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00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,440
speak so I declare the public hearing

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closed ask for approval of the minutes

447
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,480
for March minutes for March 24th

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00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,000
2024 move by Mr mudar second by Mr

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Mancini all those in favor I ask the

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clerk to please read any Communications

451
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and

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petitions Communications presented to

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the city council for Monday April 8th

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2024 under official there were none

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00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:53,200
under General from Nils Hedland of

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American Legion Post 1485 a letter dated

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March 18th 2024 thanking the city of

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00:38:59,079 --> 00:39:01,079
skincity for donated

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00:39:01,079 --> 00:39:05,079
funds from Warren monal an email in

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00:39:05,079 --> 00:39:07,040
response to the YouTuber the videotaped

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00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,400
City Hall and employees with advice

462
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,160
regarding the situation from Richard

463
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,319
head an email with advice and case law

464
00:39:14,319 --> 00:39:16,319
against videotaping public officials at

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00:39:16,319 --> 00:39:19,720
work from Dollar tpin

466
00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:22,640
OA an email slandering the mayor for not

467
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,319
allowing an an individual to record

468
00:39:25,319 --> 00:39:27,839
employees from Dave Conley and Michael

469
00:39:27,839 --> 00:39:29,640
Murphy an email with additional

470
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,960
suggestions for the Central Parkway

471
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:33,359
sidewalk

472
00:39:33,359 --> 00:39:35,760
improvements from Steve and Ingrid

473
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,640
Dorfman an email regarding their

474
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:39,040
displeasure with the new plan for

475
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,680
Central Parkway sidewalk program they

476
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,400
would rather not have parking directly

477
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,160
in front of their home and offered

478
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:46,880
alternative plans such as making the

479
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,920
island smaller from Peter fine an email

480
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,760
regarding the Central Parkway sidewalk

481
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:56,309
program he does not like the

482
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parking

483
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:04,470
[Music]

484
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,640
does not like losing four to five ft of

485
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:09,520
their front lawn he has plowing concerns

486
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:11,720
and suggested making an the island

487
00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:15,640
smaller from Matt nigan and jacine moer

488
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,599
an email regarding the Central Parkway

489
00:40:17,599 --> 00:40:20,040
sidewalk program he and his wife did not

490
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:21,680
sign up for the program and would like

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00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:23,800
all repairs to be completed by utilizing

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grants since the street is a gateway to

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Central Park and and will be used by

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00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:31,359
many residents from Jean Carney an email

495
00:40:31,359 --> 00:40:33,280
stating her opposition regarding Central

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00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:36,000
Park sidewalk program assessment and

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lack of communication regarding it and

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under petitions there was a petition

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00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:42,760
turned in at the last city council

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00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:46,079
meeting with 971 signatures requesting a

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00:40:46,079 --> 00:40:48,520
resolution for an immediate ceasefire to

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end civilian Bloodshed and ensure

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humanit humanitarian Aid access to

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Gaza thank you

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I'd ask the clerk to uh excuse me ask

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00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:01,280
City Council Members to any committee

507
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,760
reports committee

508
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,839
reports seeing none this point in time

509
00:41:06,839 --> 00:41:08,359
we have a privilege of the floor related

510
00:41:08,359 --> 00:41:10,880
to the legislative agenda I have no one

511
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,599
signed up to speak so I declare the

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00:41:13,599 --> 00:41:16,280
public comment on the legislative agenda

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00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,640
closed ask council members for approval

514
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,839
of the legislative consent

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00:41:20,839 --> 00:41:23,440
agenda move by Mr mud second by Mr

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Farley all those in

517
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,480
favor we do have one item for a roll

518
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call

519
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vote item number

520
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,800
nine the cler please

521
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,160
read item number nine for original

522
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,040
consideration a resolution authorizing

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00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:47,520
the mayor to enter into a lease

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00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,920
agreement for the beas hell Reservoir

525
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,560
residential unit I need a motion moved

526
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,599
by Mr Williams Reserve second second by

527
00:41:56,599 --> 00:41:59,200
Mr manini

528
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,400
is there any discussion on this

529
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,839
item discussion on this

530
00:42:04,839 --> 00:42:09,680
item okay okay if the clerk would please

531
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:10,560
call the

532
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:14,119
role Mr Toro

533
00:42:14,119 --> 00:42:22,480
no Mr Farley yes Mr manini yes Mr M yes

534
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,430
Miss

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00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,680
Patrick I'm voting no

536
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:30,079
um I think that uh as I've stated at the

537
00:42:30,079 --> 00:42:31,839
committee meetings and discussions about

538
00:42:31,839 --> 00:42:36,240
this item um I think that um changing

539
00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:39,880
the the outline of what we have had this

540
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:44,280
um employee um in the middle of his

541
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:47,480
employment um is is not really right um

542
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:50,040
this is you know part he he does a lot

543
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:51,839
um on the property to maintain the

544
00:42:51,839 --> 00:42:53,079
property I think it would be more

545
00:42:53,079 --> 00:42:55,680
expensive to hire a caretaker for the

546
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,960
property so I am voting no

547
00:42:58,960 --> 00:42:59,839
Mr

548
00:42:59,839 --> 00:43:01,440
Williams

549
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:06,200
yes Miss Porterfield yes motion passes 5

550
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,790
to

551
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,079
two this time we'll have privilege of

552
00:43:12,079 --> 00:43:14,119
the floor regarding General City

553
00:43:14,119 --> 00:43:16,000
business I have a number of people

554
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:26,109
signed

555
00:43:26,119 --> 00:43:29,880
up 23 people signed up to

556
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,599
speak the first person and I'm going to

557
00:43:32,599 --> 00:43:33,920
if I pronounce your name incorrectly

558
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,319
when you come to the rail please um

559
00:43:36,319 --> 00:43:38,520
pronounce your name for us and and I

560
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:40,040
just want to remind everyone that this

561
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,760
portion of the um privilege of the floor

562
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,240
is only three minutes three minutes and

563
00:43:45,240 --> 00:43:47,960
you will you are being timed so first

564
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:56,030
person I have signed up is taore AI

565
00:43:56,040 --> 00:44:01,230
Naji

566
00:44:01,240 --> 00:44:03,559
good evening thank you for your time my

567
00:44:03,559 --> 00:44:06,720
name is tamour n I am a longtime

568
00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:08,520
resident of the Capital District born

569
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:10,760
and raised I'm currently the vice

570
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:14,240
president of alh Center in laam we are

571
00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:15,960
the largest mosque in the greater

572
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:19,319
Capital District I am here to support

573
00:44:19,319 --> 00:44:20,760
some of my colleagues who have come

574
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,960
before you previously calling for the

575
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,400
city council to pass a resolution

576
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:28,160
calling for immediate and permanent

577
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:32,559
ceasefire in Gaza you may be wondering

578
00:44:32,559 --> 00:44:36,680
why we are so adamant to have a local

579
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:40,160
political entity pass a resolution that

580
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:42,559
ultimately will not have a meaningful

581
00:44:42,559 --> 00:44:44,680
effect on American foreign policy at the

582
00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:46,880
end of the day local politicians don't

583
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,160
control American foreign policy the

584
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:51,160
reason why we are here and the reason

585
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:52,839
why we have gone before other local

586
00:44:52,839 --> 00:44:54,520
entities including the Albany City

587
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,200
common Council and the Albany County

588
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:58,480
Legislature is because as we've seen

589
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,000
throughout American history through

590
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,319
different struggles whether through the

591
00:45:01,319 --> 00:45:03,200
Civil Rights era whether through the

592
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,000
fight for women's voting rights symbolic

593
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,240
gestures symbolic actions can have a

594
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:10,720
profound impact on a controversy or

595
00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:13,480
issue and in turn it can have a profound

596
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:15,400
impact on the perception of a

597
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:18,240
controversy or issue by the public

598
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:20,280
currently we are six months into what

599
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,599
can only be described per un regulations

600
00:45:23,599 --> 00:45:25,880
as a genocide occurring in Gaza

601
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:28,240
according to statistics right now as of

602
00:45:28,240 --> 00:45:31,480
today 33,000 people have been killed

603
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:34,200
more than 13,000 children are among them

604
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:37,079
and that also includes 8,400 women

605
00:45:37,079 --> 00:45:39,800
75,000 Palestinians have been injured

606
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:42,640
and 8,000 have been missing thanks to

607
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,800
social media we are seeing horrific

608
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,400
images coming out of Gaza

609
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:52,240
including excuse me the bombing of

610
00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:54,520
hospitals the bombing of hospitals the

611
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:57,520
bombing of refugee centers attacks on on

612
00:45:57,520 --> 00:45:59,520
Aid workers the blockade of a

613
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:02,559
humanitarian aid for people in need the

614
00:46:02,559 --> 00:46:06,119
list of atrocities goes on and on and on

615
00:46:06,119 --> 00:46:08,640
and what we are asking you to do

616
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:10,920
essentially is be on the right side of

617
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,800
History because 20 30 40 years from now

618
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:15,520
the history books will be talking about

619
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:17,640
this conflict and the question before

620
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:18,920
you the question you have to ask

621
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,040
yourself as human beings is did you

622
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:22,920
stand on the right side of History even

623
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:24,640
though you yourself could not ultimately

624
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:27,119
change the conditions on the ground did

625
00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:30,440
you do your part as leaders of the

626
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:33,200
community to voice your support or

627
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:36,280
opposition to a genocide we certainly

628
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:38,960
hope and pray that you are opposed to

629
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,160
the genocide in your hearts and in your

630
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,160
minds but the way that you can show the

631
00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:45,359
general public that you are opposed to

632
00:46:45,359 --> 00:46:48,280
it is through your powers as City

633
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:50,520
legislators through your powers to pass

634
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:52,520
resolutions because ultimately those

635
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,000
resolutions will have a profound effect

636
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,559
ultimately voting no on the ballot which

637
00:46:57,559 --> 00:46:59,720
occurred very recently in our uh

638
00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:01,760
Democratic primaries has a profound

639
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,119
impact on perception and so that that is

640
00:47:04,119 --> 00:47:05,839
why I'm here as a local member of the

641
00:47:05,839 --> 00:47:08,119
Muslim c community as a member of the

642
00:47:08,119 --> 00:47:09,680
Muslim Community leadership in the

643
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,079
Capitol District I hope and pray that

644
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:12,920
our

645
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,720
message hits a tone with you and that

646
00:47:15,720 --> 00:47:17,680
you would consider sincerely and pass a

647
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:20,000
resolution calling for a permanent

648
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,119
ceasefire in Gaza thank you very much

649
00:47:22,119 --> 00:47:25,829
for your time than

650
00:47:25,839 --> 00:47:30,309
you

651
00:47:30,319 --> 00:47:36,069
William

652
00:47:36,079 --> 00:47:38,400
nman thank you uh my name is William

653
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,800
neaman I live on Parkwood Boulevard in

654
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,359
SKC in October of last year the League

655
00:47:43,359 --> 00:47:45,359
of Women Voters submitted my name to the

656
00:47:45,359 --> 00:47:47,559
mayor to be their representative on the

657
00:47:47,559 --> 00:47:50,160
civilian police review board the mayor

658
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:52,119
has not forwarded that recommendation to

659
00:47:52,119 --> 00:47:54,400
the council for confirmation as required

660
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,359
by law the civilian police View Board

661
00:47:57,359 --> 00:48:00,359
was created in 2002 as an independent

662
00:48:00,359 --> 00:48:02,520
body to provide civilian oversight of

663
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:05,119
internal police complaint procedures and

664
00:48:05,119 --> 00:48:07,079
investigations and to help improve

665
00:48:07,079 --> 00:48:09,440
relationships between civilians and the

666
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:11,960
police in the two decades since we've

667
00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:13,720
witnessed a growing professionalization

668
00:48:13,720 --> 00:48:16,160
of our police force however it's the

669
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:18,000
nature of police work that there will

670
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:19,720
inevitably be conflicts between

671
00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:22,319
civilians and police and some conflicts

672
00:48:22,319 --> 00:48:24,960
will result in accusations Justified or

673
00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:28,440
not of police misconduct

674
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:30,119
the board is not a body of the city

675
00:48:30,119 --> 00:48:32,160
council or the mayor's office in fact

676
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,319
the city council only directly appoints

677
00:48:34,319 --> 00:48:36,720
one member all other members are

678
00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:38,920
appointed by the mayor and confirmed by

679
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:41,359
the council from candidates recommended

680
00:48:41,359 --> 00:48:44,400
by a defined list of Civic organizations

681
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:45,640
including the

682
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:48,440
NAACP the Human Rights Commission this

683
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:49,880
connected United neighborhoods

684
00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:52,040
Association connected inner city

685
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:54,200
Ministries the connected Municipal

686
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:56,240
Housing Authority the city council

687
00:48:56,240 --> 00:48:58,559
itself has one appointe and the League

688
00:48:58,559 --> 00:49:01,359
of Women Voters by specifying these

689
00:49:01,359 --> 00:49:03,559
Community organizations the city council

690
00:49:03,559 --> 00:49:05,839
by code made sure that the board would

691
00:49:05,839 --> 00:49:08,319
represent a cross-section of City

692
00:49:08,319 --> 00:49:11,720
communities the mayor is required by law

693
00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:13,799
to appoint members from recommendations

694
00:49:13,799 --> 00:49:15,680
made by the organizations named in the

695
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:18,359
code he has no discretion this is not

696
00:49:18,359 --> 00:49:21,000
the mayor's body nor is it the councils

697
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,480
it is the city's body it is a body that

698
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:25,240
usually works in the background

699
00:49:25,240 --> 00:49:27,240
inevitably though there will be an

700
00:49:27,240 --> 00:49:29,160
incident that will result in accusations

701
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:30,200
of police

702
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:32,319
misconduct while the Civ while the

703
00:49:32,319 --> 00:49:34,079
civilian police review board does not

704
00:49:34,079 --> 00:49:35,880
have the power to directly discipline

705
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,440
police officers it does have the ability

706
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:40,839
to review internal police procedures and

707
00:49:40,839 --> 00:49:41,680
make

708
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:43,799
recommendations this is a valuable check

709
00:49:43,799 --> 00:49:46,319
on the police as well as a way to assure

710
00:49:46,319 --> 00:49:48,400
the public that police internal review

711
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:51,319
procedures are undertaken properly the

712
00:49:51,319 --> 00:49:53,359
League of Women Voters is represented on

713
00:49:53,359 --> 00:49:55,960
the board by Julia hul whose term

714
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:58,920
expired last June in accordance with the

715
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:02,599
city code in October of 2023 the league

716
00:50:02,599 --> 00:50:04,720
recommended me a member of the league to

717
00:50:04,720 --> 00:50:07,400
be Julia's replacement in November the

718
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,480
mayor's office asked me for a resume

719
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:12,119
which I promptly submitted to date the

720
00:50:12,119 --> 00:50:13,480
mayor has not forwarded the

721
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:15,240
recommendation to the council for

722
00:50:15,240 --> 00:50:17,720
confirmation with no explanation to the

723
00:50:17,720 --> 00:50:20,960
league or to the council again the mayor

724
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,599
must appoint representatives from among

725
00:50:23,599 --> 00:50:25,599
the names submitted by the organizations

726
00:50:25,599 --> 00:50:28,400
named in the legislation

727
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:30,400
his office has been contacted numerous

728
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,640
times by the league and has not even

729
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,559
provided the courtesy of a response this

730
00:50:35,559 --> 00:50:38,079
body usually works in the background and

731
00:50:38,079 --> 00:50:39,720
provides an essential service to the

732
00:50:39,720 --> 00:50:42,680
city its members receive no compensation

733
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:45,280
and do it as a civic duty so we asked

734
00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:47,359
why the mayor has not followed the law

735
00:50:47,359 --> 00:50:48,520
and forwarded the League's

736
00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:50,920
recommendation to the city council thank

737
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:54,430
you thank

738
00:50:54,440 --> 00:51:02,190
you Ann haty

739
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:05,760
thank you uh my name is Annie haty I'm

740
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:08,119
the uh president of the League of Women

741
00:51:08,119 --> 00:51:11,839
Voters of SKC County I'm here just to

742
00:51:11,839 --> 00:51:14,200
Second the words of bill

743
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:18,359
neaman um we have been on the uh

744
00:51:18,359 --> 00:51:25,839
civilian police review board uh for many years we've had a chair on this

745
00:51:25,839 --> 00:51:30,200
board um for several years and we would

746
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:35,400
like to see our uh our nominee appointed

747
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:39,559
as soon as possible we don't take this

748
00:51:39,559 --> 00:51:43,359
lightly um this is an important position

749
00:51:43,359 --> 00:51:47,400
in the community and we have chosen our

750
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:49,160
nominee very

751
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:54,950
carefully uh thank you thank

752
00:51:54,960 --> 00:52:02,990
you Cheryl

753
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:06,319
recen I live on Parkwood Boulevard I've

754
00:52:06,319 --> 00:52:07,920
been on the board for the League of

755
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:12,240
Women Voters for 14 years and usually

756
00:52:12,240 --> 00:52:14,400
our challenge is finding someone who

757
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:16,440
wants to serve on the civilian police

758
00:52:16,440 --> 00:52:20,280
review board we found a

759
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:24,160
nominee and we are just mystified as to

760
00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:28,040
why the mayor has not sent that uh uh

761
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:32,359
appointment to the city council and I'm a little disappointed that the mayor

762
00:52:32,359 --> 00:52:35,040
is not here tonight but really if

763
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:36,680
there's an issue we'd like to know what

764
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:44,510
it is thank you thank

765
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:55,430
you Dr

766
00:52:55,440 --> 00:53:01,150
Chima

767
00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:02,839
I wanted to start by thanking you for

768
00:53:02,839 --> 00:53:05,319
allowing our Muslim kids sing the joyful

769
00:53:05,319 --> 00:53:07,920
Aid song I assure you that the children

770
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:10,559
of Gaza are spending the saddest Aid in

771
00:53:10,559 --> 00:53:13,760
their lives while more than 13,000 of

772
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:16,319
them don't get to celebrate it simply

773
00:53:16,319 --> 00:53:18,200
because they were killed during the

774
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,599
genocide it breaks my heart that we are

775
00:53:20,599 --> 00:53:22,799
back here asking you to add your voices

776
00:53:22,799 --> 00:53:25,839
to those to those who are standing

777
00:53:25,839 --> 00:53:27,480
against Genesis

778
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:28,920
while you are still insisting on

779
00:53:28,920 --> 00:53:31,200
including those who are championing

780
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:33,839
genocide between the time we were here 2

781
00:53:33,839 --> 00:53:36,400
weeks ago and now many lives were taken

782
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,960
away by the IDF including that of a US

783
00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:43,160
Aid worker along with six of his

784
00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:46,359
colleagues I ask this question would we

785
00:53:46,359 --> 00:53:49,160
set a Ukrainian and a Putin supporter

786
00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:51,720
and have them discuss the war before we

787
00:53:51,720 --> 00:53:54,720
call for a ceasefire Let It Be set on

788
00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:56,440
record that we have done our due to

789
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,359
elligence by emailing you links to

790
00:53:58,359 --> 00:54:00,200
educate you about the reality on the

791
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:03,000
ground of the US taxpayers funded

792
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,720
genocide of Palestinians by the Israeli

793
00:54:05,720 --> 00:54:08,640
occupation forces this genocide is

794
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:11,160
funded by each and every working adult

795
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:13,880
in this room are you comfortable funding

796
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:17,119
a genocide for the African-Americans

797
00:54:17,119 --> 00:54:19,799
here did you forget our history in this

798
00:54:19,799 --> 00:54:22,440
country we all know that slavery is not

799
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:24,319
part of the history of this country

800
00:54:24,319 --> 00:54:27,000
simply because we know it has not end Ed

801
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:30,160
it evolved for the Irish Americans here

802
00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:32,040
who are not disconnected from their

803
00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:34,440
history you know the genocide and

804
00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:37,599
man-made famine is a generational trauma

805
00:54:37,599 --> 00:54:40,079
that is still felt till this day the

806
00:54:40,079 --> 00:54:42,880
Italians Chinese Japanese Catholics Jews

807
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:45,839
Muslims and the list goes on do you know

808
00:54:45,839 --> 00:54:49,160
why did each group suffer and why many

809
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:52,559
continue to suffer till this day it is

810
00:54:52,559 --> 00:54:54,599
because of the attitude that most have

811
00:54:54,599 --> 00:54:57,520
the attitude of my

812
00:54:57,520 --> 00:54:59,799
problem the suffering and genocide of

813
00:54:59,799 --> 00:55:01,520
the Palestinians is a mere reflection of

814
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:04,559
our own State our lack of Bravery tells

815
00:55:04,559 --> 00:55:06,680
me that you don't have my back as an

816
00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:09,559
American citizen your subjectivity on

817
00:55:09,559 --> 00:55:11,319
this simple issue of Human Rights is a

818
00:55:11,319 --> 00:55:13,920
reminder for our system or reminder of

819
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:16,839
our system of Supremacy your silence is

820
00:55:16,839 --> 00:55:18,920
a deafening betrayal of the values we

821
00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:21,680
hold dear to our hearts if you choose to

822
00:55:21,680 --> 00:55:24,240
do nothing your names will go down in

823
00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:26,720
history on the opposite side of those

824
00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:29,920
who believe and Fight For Freedom it's

825
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:31,760
not too late to add your names next to

826
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:34,520
Nelson Mandela Gandhi Martin Luther King

827
00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:37,559
and others like the US Airman Aaron

828
00:55:37,559 --> 00:55:40,000
bushnel who died refusing to be

829
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:41,839
complicit with our government's direct

830
00:55:41,839 --> 00:55:48,000
participation in the genocide and Jacob flingr a US citizen who was killed

831
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:50,200
in Gaza while feeding the starving

832
00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:52,000
Palestinian men women and children who

833
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:56,400
are being starved to death by the IDF

834
00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:58,400
Jacob and six other Aid workers were

835
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:00,440
killed while you were being sensitive to

836
00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:02,240
the feelings of those who believe the

837
00:56:02,240 --> 00:56:03,720
genocide should

838
00:56:03,720 --> 00:56:06,359
continue last time we asked you to

839
00:56:06,359 --> 00:56:08,520
follow the lead of Albany city council

840
00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:11,039
but today we are asking you to follow

841
00:56:11,039 --> 00:56:13,160
the lead of you Albany student Senate in

842
00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:16,280
passing the resolution adopt bring to

843
00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:18,280
the floor and pass the ceasefire

844
00:56:18,280 --> 00:56:25,230
resolution now thank you thank

845
00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:29,589
you

846
00:56:29,599 --> 00:56:36,109
ashar

847
00:56:36,119 --> 00:56:39,559
ATA good evening I actually put my name

848
00:56:39,559 --> 00:56:41,799
there twice one was I was registering

849
00:56:41,799 --> 00:56:44,920
for Dr insaf and you call my name

850
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:46,680
earlier yes that was for the public

851
00:56:46,680 --> 00:56:49,240
hearing but you said no no because yeah

852
00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:51,319
so I chose the wrong options it was two

853
00:56:51,319 --> 00:56:53,640
entries I'm just letting you know one is

854
00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:56,920
me the other is Dr insa Who sitting here

855
00:56:56,920 --> 00:56:59,400
so can I ask her to speak she is already

856
00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:01,079
on the sheet sir oh she's there that's

857
00:57:01,079 --> 00:57:02,559
good okay so I'm going to start your

858
00:57:02,559 --> 00:57:03,520
time because we were having a little

859
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:05,559
conversation for okay thank you very

860
00:57:05,559 --> 00:57:09,640
much so good evening again and um just

861
00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:12,640
to bring the isue that uh as Dr Chima

862
00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:14,760
said that we are requesting this Council

863
00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:17,119
to take up the resolution for ceasefire

864
00:57:17,119 --> 00:57:19,839
in Gaza and occupied Palestine by the

865
00:57:19,839 --> 00:57:22,680
occupying aarth regime of Israel these

866
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:24,359
are not my words when I'm calling them

867
00:57:24,359 --> 00:57:27,920
aarth because this is what lots of

868
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:29,720
humanitarian organizations across the

869
00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:30,680
world are

870
00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:33,520
saying uh we are also being told that

871
00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:36,640
the council wants to hear both sides so

872
00:57:36,640 --> 00:57:39,720
there are no both sides in an occupied

873
00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:42,559
and occupying situation when one for one

874
00:57:42,559 --> 00:57:44,319
part of the people are occupied and the

875
00:57:44,319 --> 00:57:47,079
other is the occupier there is no both

876
00:57:47,079 --> 00:57:50,160
sides and by the way there were no those

877
00:57:50,160 --> 00:57:52,640
both sides in slavery and the

878
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:54,359
enslavement of the black people there

879
00:57:54,359 --> 00:57:56,280
were no both sides in the occupation of

880
00:57:56,280 --> 00:57:58,440
the Indian lands there were no both

881
00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:00,839
sides in the British colonization of the

882
00:58:00,839 --> 00:58:02,760
subcontinent and there were no both

883
00:58:02,760 --> 00:58:05,200
sides in the aparti in South Africa we

884
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:07,200
all know that there were no both sides

885
00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:10,640
although the the the occupying forces

886
00:58:10,640 --> 00:58:12,280
they always made the case that the

887
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:15,000
others deserved it that there was always

888
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:17,160
a reason for that discrimination for

889
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:20,119
that occupation for the genocide and so

890
00:58:20,119 --> 00:58:22,720
on the other case that's often being

891
00:58:22,720 --> 00:58:24,839
made or that's being asked of us what

892
00:58:24,839 --> 00:58:27,599
would a city council why would it

893
00:58:27,599 --> 00:58:30,720
matter how would a local city council

894
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:34,480
matter all like I said it said that all

895
00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:36,039
um issues are

896
00:58:36,039 --> 00:58:39,799
Global so I'll give you an example I'll

897
00:58:39,799 --> 00:58:41,480
read something I hope it doesn't take a

898
00:58:41,480 --> 00:58:44,160
lot of time it's a news article talks

899
00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:47,720
about Joseph Zuma 71 he was forly

900
00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:49,760
indicted in couple of weeks after

901
00:58:49,760 --> 00:58:52,359
October 7th on three counts of first

902
00:58:52,359 --> 00:58:54,680
degree murder one count of attempted

903
00:58:54,680 --> 00:58:57,559
murder two counts of AG battery and two

904
00:58:57,559 --> 00:59:00,160
counts of hate crime he pleaded not

905
00:59:00,160 --> 00:59:01,680
guilty at his

906
00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:04,079
arrangement however the prosecutors have

907
00:59:04,079 --> 00:59:05,319
said the

908
00:59:05,319 --> 00:59:09,000
zuba this is what he was accused of he

909
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:10,520
stabbed a

910
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:16,960
6-year-old Wadi alfi 6 26 times 26 times

911
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:20,240
a six-year-old was stabbed 26 times and

912
00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:23,599
here's why and his mother a 32-year-old

913
00:59:23,599 --> 00:59:26,280
Hanan Shaheen was stabbed more than than

914
00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:28,440
a dozen times because of their religion

915
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:32,000
and nationality wadii was laid to rest

916
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:33,880
and his mother remained in hospital and

917
00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:35,559
could not participate in his son's

918
00:59:35,559 --> 00:59:38,200
burial but investigators determined that

919
00:59:38,200 --> 00:59:40,839
the victims were targeted I quote were

920
00:59:40,839 --> 00:59:42,880
targeted by the suspect due to them

921
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:45,319
being Muslim and the ongoing Middle

922
00:59:45,319 --> 00:59:48,599
Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the

923
00:59:48,599 --> 00:59:51,039
Israelis this is this happened in

924
00:59:51,039 --> 00:59:53,880
Chicago so this is the realities we live

925
00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:57,599
in our cities are are we

926
00:59:57,599 --> 01:00:00,240
are composed of all kinds of people and

927
01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:02,319
we do get affected by what happens

928
01:00:02,319 --> 01:00:04,480
overseas and this is the reason we are

929
01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:07,599
requesting you to pass this

930
01:00:07,599 --> 01:00:10,280
resolution so now let's quickly talk

931
01:00:10,280 --> 01:00:12,440
about who is being bombarded and and

932
01:00:12,440 --> 01:00:14,839
indiscriminately killed in Palestine it

933
01:00:14,839 --> 01:00:16,760
is it is being done by an apartheid

934
01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:19,640
state and occupied it is done on people

935
01:00:19,640 --> 01:00:24,319
who are occupied for three generations this is not a

936
01:00:24,319 --> 01:00:26,240
recent conflict it does not stop start

937
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:28,400
on October 7th this is being inflicted

938
01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:30,119
on people who have been occupied for

939
01:00:30,119 --> 01:00:32,400
more than three generations right now

940
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:35,119
84% of the health facilities are damaged

941
01:00:35,119 --> 01:00:36,760
water and sanitation system has

942
01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:39,480
collapsed 100% of education system has

943
01:00:39,480 --> 01:00:41,200
collapsed and millions of people are

944
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:43,839
without home and 75% of the population

945
01:00:43,839 --> 01:00:47,400
is displaced while they are being told

946
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:49,720
that they actually deserve it they

947
01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:52,480
actually deserve it sir your time is up

948
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:54,400
and I just wanted to let you finish that

949
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:56,760
statement but your time is expired so I

950
01:00:56,760 --> 01:00:58,240
think I have made my case I thank you

951
01:00:58,240 --> 01:00:59,559
very much for the time for allowing me

952
01:00:59,559 --> 01:01:03,240
the time thank

953
01:01:03,250 --> 01:01:05,799
[Applause]

954
01:01:05,799 --> 01:01:17,990
you Jamaica

955
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,680
miles SKC mayor though not here this

956
01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:23,240
evening in city council please join the

957
01:01:23,240 --> 01:01:25,000
National and International Community in

958
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:27,280
its pleas for a permanent ceasefire

959
01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:29,440
release of all hostages those held by

960
01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:32,640
Israel and Hamas an end to Us weapons

961
01:01:32,640 --> 01:01:34,680
being shipped to Israel and the

962
01:01:34,680 --> 01:01:36,720
immediate and unencumbered access to

963
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:39,280
humanitarian Aid so desperately

964
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:43,319
needed we stand here on colonized

965
01:01:43,319 --> 01:01:47,240
land this land is colonized

966
01:01:47,240 --> 01:01:50,280
land the blood still seeps into the

967
01:01:50,280 --> 01:01:54,520
ground here from enslaved Africans and

968
01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:56,599
the genocide of indigenous people on

969
01:01:56,599 --> 01:01:57,480
this

970
01:01:57,480 --> 01:02:00,359
land two weeks ago one day after the

971
01:02:00,359 --> 01:02:01,960
last city council meeting there was a

972
01:02:01,960 --> 01:02:03,920
report of the Special Report tour on the

973
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:05,799
situation of human rights in the

974
01:02:05,799 --> 01:02:08,680
Palestinian territories occupied since

975
01:02:08,680 --> 01:02:12,279
1967 by Franchesca albanes to the U

976
01:02:12,279 --> 01:02:15,039
Human Rights Council it is titled

977
01:02:15,039 --> 01:02:18,359
anatomy of a genocide and I quote after

978
01:02:18,359 --> 01:02:20,680
5 months of military occupation Israel

979
01:02:20,680 --> 01:02:23,000
has destroyed Gaza over 30,000

980
01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:25,039
Palestinians have been killed including

981
01:02:25,039 --> 01:02:28,079
more than 13,00 th000 children over 12

982
01:02:28,079 --> 01:02:30,400
12,000 are presumed dead and 71,000

983
01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:32,520
injured many with lifechanging

984
01:02:32,520 --> 01:02:35,319
mutilations 70% of residential areas

985
01:02:35,319 --> 01:02:37,559
have been destroyed 80% of the whole

986
01:02:37,559 --> 01:02:39,640
population has been forcibly displaced

987
01:02:39,640 --> 01:02:41,240
thousands of families have lost loved

988
01:02:41,240 --> 01:02:43,680
ones or have been wiped out many could

989
01:02:43,680 --> 01:02:46,359
not B bury or mourn their relatives

990
01:02:46,359 --> 01:02:48,000
forced instead to leave their bodies

991
01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:50,480
decomposing in homes IND the street or

992
01:02:50,480 --> 01:02:52,240
under the rubble thousands have been

993
01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:54,520
detained and systematically subjected to

994
01:02:54,520 --> 01:02:56,400
inhumane and degrading treatment

995
01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:59,000
the incalculable collective trauma will

996
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:01,400
be experienced for generations to come

997
01:03:01,400 --> 01:03:03,400
by analyzing the patterns of violence in

998
01:03:03,400 --> 01:03:05,880
Israel's policies on its Onslaught in

999
01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:08,520
Gaza this report concludes that there

1000
01:03:08,520 --> 01:03:10,079
are reasonable grounds to believe that

1001
01:03:10,079 --> 01:03:12,000
the threshold indicating Israel's

1002
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:14,599
Commission of genocide is met the

1003
01:03:14,599 --> 01:03:16,440
overwhelming nature and scale of

1004
01:03:16,440 --> 01:03:18,520
Israel's assault on Gaza and the

1005
01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:20,599
destruction destructive conditions of

1006
01:03:20,599 --> 01:03:22,440
life it has inflicted reveal an intent

1007
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:24,640
to physically destroy Palestinians as a

1008
01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:26,599
group this report Court finds that there

1009
01:03:26,599 --> 01:03:28,160
are reasonable grounds to believe that

1010
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:30,480
the threshold indicating the commission

1011
01:03:30,480 --> 01:03:32,720
of the following acts of genocide

1012
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:34,400
against Palestinians in Gaza has been

1013
01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:37,279
met killing members of the group causing

1014
01:03:37,279 --> 01:03:39,640
serious bodily or mental harm to groups

1015
01:03:39,640 --> 01:03:42,079
members and deliberately inflicting on

1016
01:03:42,079 --> 01:03:44,400
the group conditions of Life calculated

1017
01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:46,760
to bring about its physical destruction

1018
01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:49,880
in whole or in part genocidal Acts were

1019
01:03:49,880 --> 01:03:51,920
approved and given effect following

1020
01:03:51,920 --> 01:03:54,520
statements of genocidal intent issued by

1021
01:03:54,520 --> 01:03:57,039
senior military and government officials

1022
01:03:57,039 --> 01:04:02,160
end quote every single day every minute

1023
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:04,240
while we stand here people are being

1024
01:04:04,240 --> 01:04:06,079
murdered and starved to death as an

1025
01:04:06,079 --> 01:04:09,039
ongoing attack an act of genocide which

1026
01:04:09,039 --> 01:04:11,920
can be stopped the hostages could be

1027
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:13,839
returned immediately if Israel agreed to

1028
01:04:13,839 --> 01:04:16,880
a ceasefire and return of their hostages

1029
01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:19,000
the federal government moved as little

1030
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:21,359
as it did because they were forced to

1031
01:04:21,359 --> 01:04:24,160
move the majority of US citizens support

1032
01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:26,279
this the pressure from every we wear is

1033
01:04:26,279 --> 01:04:29,160
still needed an important message is not

1034
01:04:29,160 --> 01:04:31,240
just for the International Community but

1035
01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:34,160
to the connec residents that all life is

1036
01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:36,680
valuable and no one gets to build their

1037
01:04:36,680 --> 01:04:39,200
homes on the bones of the children that

1038
01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:46,990
they murdered thank

1039
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:54,630
you thank you

1040
01:04:54,640 --> 01:05:01,990
vat

1041
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:03,799
Madame President and members of the

1042
01:05:03,799 --> 01:05:06,319
council I am a proud resident of the

1043
01:05:06,319 --> 01:05:07,160
city of

1044
01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:09,240
SKC and I'm here to support the

1045
01:05:09,240 --> 01:05:11,829
ceasefire

1046
01:05:11,839 --> 01:05:14,599
resolution in the late 18th century my

1047
01:05:14,599 --> 01:05:17,480
grandparents moved from colonized India

1048
01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:20,640
to colonized Africa and now here I am in

1049
01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:23,520
colonized North America how many more

1050
01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:26,319
times do we have to move from continent

1051
01:05:26,319 --> 01:05:29,119
to continent only to keep witnessing

1052
01:05:29,119 --> 01:05:31,680
people stealing land from others

1053
01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:34,559
oppressing them tormenting them

1054
01:05:34,559 --> 01:05:37,079
dehumanizing them and killing them in

1055
01:05:37,079 --> 01:05:38,760
the

1056
01:05:38,760 --> 01:05:40,839
thousands Madame President members of

1057
01:05:40,839 --> 01:05:43,039
the council at present there is a

1058
01:05:43,039 --> 01:05:46,880
fullblown genocide taking place in Gaza

1059
01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:49,240
to fully appreciate what is going on

1060
01:05:49,240 --> 01:05:53,920
there I quote Israeli writer Alon

1061
01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:58,079
Mahi the genocide has seen innumerable

1062
01:05:58,079 --> 01:05:59,880
atrocities and

1063
01:05:59,880 --> 01:06:02,599
massacres but what happened at asifa

1064
01:06:02,599 --> 01:06:07,400
hospital in Gaza deserves a study a

1065
01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:10,880
university course and a Wikipedia page

1066
01:06:10,880 --> 01:06:14,440
of its own I have never seen anything

1067
01:06:14,440 --> 01:06:18,200
like this ever I don't think even Isis

1068
01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:20,720
accomplished anything like this this

1069
01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:23,760
looks like the work of death squads high

1070
01:06:23,760 --> 01:06:26,200
on drugs on a long

1071
01:06:26,200 --> 01:06:30,039
orgy armed with 21st century

1072
01:06:30,039 --> 01:06:33,839
weapons it is so insane we cannot even

1073
01:06:33,839 --> 01:06:36,720
understand what it means yet and it will

1074
01:06:36,720 --> 01:06:39,279
take us years to grasp that particular

1075
01:06:39,279 --> 01:06:40,720
episode in the

1076
01:06:40,720 --> 01:06:43,799
genocide I have no idea what Israel did

1077
01:06:43,799 --> 01:06:47,119
to the soldiers to prepare them for this

1078
01:06:47,119 --> 01:06:50,039
but it just doesn't look possible that

1079
01:06:50,039 --> 01:06:53,760
normal humans even the most hateful can

1080
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:58,839
perform this and it went on for 3

1081
01:06:58,839 --> 01:07:01,400
weeks I'm at a loss for an

1082
01:07:01,400 --> 01:07:03,920
explanation even in the context of the

1083
01:07:03,920 --> 01:07:06,799
utter depravity we've witnessed this

1084
01:07:06,799 --> 01:07:11,119
stands out as extremely extremely

1085
01:07:11,119 --> 01:07:15,480
Sinister my God we have sunk so low end

1086
01:07:15,480 --> 01:07:16,319
of

1087
01:07:16,319 --> 01:07:19,599
quote city of skincity let us make our

1088
01:07:19,599 --> 01:07:22,240
children proud let them look back at

1089
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:25,760
sked city council one day and say when

1090
01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:28,559
world leaders and politicians decided to

1091
01:07:28,559 --> 01:07:32,079
look the other way when over 30,000

1092
01:07:32,079 --> 01:07:35,079
people in Gaza were killed with our tax

1093
01:07:35,079 --> 01:07:38,680
dollars our city was one of the first in

1094
01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:41,839
New York state to call for a ceasefire

1095
01:07:41,839 --> 01:07:45,359
we did not wait until we had no choice

1096
01:07:45,359 --> 01:07:48,520
but to admit that war crimes were being

1097
01:07:48,520 --> 01:07:51,079
committed that ethnic cleansing was

1098
01:07:51,079 --> 01:07:54,720
taking place that colonizers controlled

1099
01:07:54,720 --> 01:07:56,400
the world

1100
01:07:56,400 --> 01:08:00,319
we the people of SKC had the courage and

1101
01:08:00,319 --> 01:08:03,520
the moral conviction to stand with

1102
01:08:03,520 --> 01:08:07,160
people whose land has been stolen who

1103
01:08:07,160 --> 01:08:09,960
are imprisoned indefinitely and without

1104
01:08:09,960 --> 01:08:13,400
trial who are being starved to death and

1105
01:08:13,400 --> 01:08:17,799
whose limbs are being amputated without

1106
01:08:17,799 --> 01:08:20,210
anesthesia thank

1107
01:08:20,210 --> 01:08:24,120
[Applause]

1108
01:08:24,120 --> 01:08:27,040
you thank you

1109
01:08:27,040 --> 01:08:31,709
Ed Leen

1110
01:08:31,719 --> 01:08:35,120
Jr good evening last meeting I left

1111
01:08:35,120 --> 01:08:37,000
proof of my allegations that two corrupt

1112
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:38,960
judges committed the crime of conspiracy

1113
01:08:38,960 --> 01:08:41,880
depr me of my constitutional rights yet

1114
01:08:41,880 --> 01:08:44,440
again none of you have contacted me

1115
01:08:44,440 --> 01:08:46,319
mayor is chief law enforcement officer

1116
01:08:46,319 --> 01:08:48,440
in concy council members are supposed to

1117
01:08:48,440 --> 01:08:51,279
help taxpaying citizens you're all part

1118
01:08:51,279 --> 01:08:53,400
of the conspiracy now and all of you

1119
01:08:53,400 --> 01:08:54,600
have committed obstruction of

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01:08:54,600 --> 01:08:56,799
governmental administ ministration if

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01:08:56,799 --> 01:08:58,600
convicted none of you can hold office

1122
01:08:58,600 --> 01:09:01,359
again the mayor as an executive if

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01:09:01,359 --> 01:09:03,839
prosecuted I believe it's a mandatory

1124
01:09:03,839 --> 01:09:06,480
sentence now that Shawn rays of YouTube

1125
01:09:06,480 --> 01:09:09,520
Long Island audit has been falsely

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01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:11,279
arrested by the mayor's nonsense

1127
01:09:11,279 --> 01:09:14,520
executive order I believe 500,000 people

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01:09:14,520 --> 01:09:18,990
will know all your name

1129
01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:22,120
soon by the end of the month I would say

1130
01:09:22,120 --> 01:09:23,960
you keeping my ethic complaints out of

1131
01:09:23,960 --> 01:09:25,520
the Gazette that's for the mayor who is

1132
01:09:25,520 --> 01:09:27,679
not here and off the news channels

1133
01:09:27,679 --> 01:09:29,520
doesn't much matter except to prove you

1134
01:09:29,520 --> 01:09:32,520
were covering up for Frost and Pho Long

1135
01:09:32,520 --> 01:09:34,239
Island audit has more viewers than the

1136
01:09:34,239 --> 01:09:36,839
TV news and a Gazette will only print

1137
01:09:36,839 --> 01:09:39,319
what you tell them to print as I said

1138
01:09:39,319 --> 01:09:41,080
before 10 million people will know your

1139
01:09:41,080 --> 01:09:43,279
name and how corrupt you are that

1140
01:09:43,279 --> 01:09:44,960
includes the city police chief the

1141
01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:47,799
sheriff the judges County attorney the

1142
01:09:47,799 --> 01:09:49,199
district attorney and United States

1143
01:09:49,199 --> 01:09:50,359
Attorney

1144
01:09:50,359 --> 01:09:53,040
Barnett have Clear Proof of these crimes

1145
01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:55,520
you've done nothing you've done nothing

1146
01:09:55,520 --> 01:09:58,000
for the pensioners at St Claire's what

1147
01:09:58,000 --> 01:10:00,400
the hell did you run for you've done

1148
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:04,910
nothing for the Humphrey

1149
01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:11,470
family all belong in jail thank

1150
01:10:11,480 --> 01:10:16,830
you Michael

1151
01:10:16,840 --> 01:10:19,199
zfairy president miss Porterfield city

1152
01:10:19,199 --> 01:10:20,440
council good evening my name is Mike

1153
01:10:20,440 --> 01:10:23,640
Superior 21 um your property owner

1154
01:10:23,640 --> 01:10:25,280
connected hope you're having a good even

1155
01:10:25,280 --> 01:10:27,760
good evening one two issues I want to

1156
01:10:27,760 --> 01:10:31,440
talk about one um two years ago December

1157
01:10:31,440 --> 01:10:34,719
of 2022 I was honored to do um two

1158
01:10:34,719 --> 01:10:37,640
plaque present presentations one for the

1159
01:10:37,640 --> 01:10:40,120
SKC Police Department the other one for

1160
01:10:40,120 --> 01:10:41,760
the rer police

1161
01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:44,040
department um to this day I want to tell

1162
01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:46,159
you how much I honor we honor them and

1163
01:10:46,159 --> 01:10:48,560
we respect them and love

1164
01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:51,239
them um an officer recently I think it

1165
01:10:51,239 --> 01:10:52,679
was about a week and a half ago Long

1166
01:10:52,679 --> 01:10:55,400
Island Brooklyn New York Jonathan Diller

1167
01:10:55,400 --> 01:10:58,600
was tragically killed the person who

1168
01:10:58,600 --> 01:11:01,719
killed him who shot him had 21

1169
01:11:01,719 --> 01:11:04,120
arrests something needs to change in

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01:11:04,120 --> 01:11:07,000
this state regarding his police officers

1171
01:11:07,000 --> 01:11:08,840
any kind of law enforcement every day

1172
01:11:08,840 --> 01:11:10,480
they go out there and they put their

1173
01:11:10,480 --> 01:11:12,520
lives on the line it's time we put our

1174
01:11:12,520 --> 01:11:13,800
lives on the line for them and we

1175
01:11:13,800 --> 01:11:15,080
respect them and give them the

1176
01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:17,440
protection they

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01:11:17,440 --> 01:11:19,120
need

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01:11:19,120 --> 01:11:21,440
um every day they leave their homes and

1179
01:11:21,440 --> 01:11:22,560
I have relatives in the police

1180
01:11:22,560 --> 01:11:25,040
departments connect reram friends every

1181
01:11:25,040 --> 01:11:26,760
time time they walk out that door they

1182
01:11:26,760 --> 01:11:28,320
say they say goodbye to their wives and

1183
01:11:28,320 --> 01:11:29,360
their loved ones they don't know if

1184
01:11:29,360 --> 01:11:31,360
they're coming home but they put their

1185
01:11:31,360 --> 01:11:32,880
lives on the line every day and God I

1186
01:11:32,880 --> 01:11:35,560
respect them I pray for them every day

1187
01:11:35,560 --> 01:11:37,199
and I hope everybody here does the same

1188
01:11:37,199 --> 01:11:38,639
thing and I wanted to honor them and

1189
01:11:38,639 --> 01:11:41,080
think of Jonathan Diller and his and his

1190
01:11:41,080 --> 01:11:42,840
wife Stephanie and their family and all

1191
01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:44,600
the officers out there bless them every

1192
01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:47,199
day and my closing note is I want to

1193
01:11:47,199 --> 01:11:49,280
respond to Four City c three city

1194
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:51,960
council persons and Mrs pfield Mr

1195
01:11:51,960 --> 01:11:56,199
Williams Miss Patrick Mr Toro

1196
01:11:56,199 --> 01:11:58,560
Miss pfield every time I call you and

1197
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:01,040
text you you always come back to me you

1198
01:12:01,040 --> 01:12:03,000
always get stuff done I want you to know

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01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:05,480
that I respect that I'm fed up with the

1200
01:12:05,480 --> 01:12:07,719
rhetoric of how you people get trashed

1201
01:12:07,719 --> 01:12:09,480
enough is enough they say you people

1202
01:12:09,480 --> 01:12:12,440
don't do things you do and I know you do

1203
01:12:12,440 --> 01:12:14,840
and people out there know you do so

1204
01:12:14,840 --> 01:12:17,440
needs to stop people know who they are

1205
01:12:17,440 --> 01:12:22,679
out there just stop we respect you thank you very much thanks for

1206
01:12:22,679 --> 01:12:29,550
letting me talk thank you

1207
01:12:29,560 --> 01:12:39,390
mayel

1208
01:12:39,400 --> 01:12:42,440
Leon my name is Maya Leon and I come

1209
01:12:42,440 --> 01:12:44,920
before you tonight to ask your support

1210
01:12:44,920 --> 01:12:48,719
for a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza

1211
01:12:48,719 --> 01:12:52,080
and an end to weapon sales to Israel all

1212
01:12:52,080 --> 01:12:54,639
over the United States resolutions are

1213
01:12:54,639 --> 01:12:57,280
being supported and adopted by local

1214
01:12:57,280 --> 01:13:01,159
councils to bring awareness and support

1215
01:13:01,159 --> 01:13:04,280
for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza an

1216
01:13:04,280 --> 01:13:06,760
immediate delivery of humanitarian Aid

1217
01:13:06,760 --> 01:13:09,920
and a return of the hostages you may ask

1218
01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:12,520
why am I coming before city council a

1219
01:13:12,520 --> 01:13:15,600
local government entity and bringing

1220
01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:20,110
before you an international

1221
01:13:20,120 --> 01:13:23,719
issue uh in a democracy when our

1222
01:13:23,719 --> 01:13:25,960
national government does not not listen

1223
01:13:25,960 --> 01:13:29,360
to the citizens who are crying for

1224
01:13:29,360 --> 01:13:33,719
justice and Humanity we must use every

1225
01:13:33,719 --> 01:13:36,840
peaceful strategy to change that

1226
01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:38,080
government

1227
01:13:38,080 --> 01:13:42,000
policy a democracy demands action from

1228
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:46,159
its citizens and all government bodies I

1229
01:13:46,159 --> 01:13:50,239
will not be silent and I hope you as my

1230
01:13:50,239 --> 01:13:53,480
governing body will not be silent

1231
01:13:53,480 --> 01:13:56,320
either I stand stand before you to

1232
01:13:56,320 --> 01:13:59,480
Proclaim in a loud voice that I am not a

1233
01:13:59,480 --> 01:14:04,280
sorter of Hamas that I was horrified by

1234
01:14:04,280 --> 01:14:07,960
the Hamas attack on Israeli

1235
01:14:07,960 --> 01:14:11,520
civilians and I will tell you

1236
01:14:11,520 --> 01:14:15,280
criticizing the government of Israel

1237
01:14:15,280 --> 01:14:18,400
does not make me an

1238
01:14:18,400 --> 01:14:25,910
anti-semite today as of today

1239
01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:29,320
people in Gaza have been killed with the

1240
01:14:29,320 --> 01:14:34,199
majority being children and women 100

1241
01:14:34,199 --> 01:14:37,679
journalists have been killed 200

1242
01:14:37,679 --> 01:14:41,040
humanitarian workers and we can add the

1243
01:14:41,040 --> 01:14:45,800
seven from uh the Central Kitchen every

1244
01:14:45,800 --> 01:14:50,520
hour in Gaza 15 people are killed and

1245
01:14:50,520 --> 01:15:00,920
six are children 35 are injured every hour and 42 bombs fall on them the

1246
01:15:00,920 --> 01:15:03,199
camps that they've been forced from

1247
01:15:03,199 --> 01:15:05,480
their homes to live in are

1248
01:15:05,480 --> 01:15:09,639
overcrowded water is scarce and unclean

1249
01:15:09,639 --> 01:15:12,920
toilets are nonexistent or

1250
01:15:12,920 --> 01:15:16,600
unsanitary severe injuries are

1251
01:15:16,600 --> 01:15:19,600
untreated and disease is

1252
01:15:19,600 --> 01:15:24,480
rampant and now famine has set in and

1253
01:15:24,480 --> 01:15:27,760
there are deaths due to starvation we

1254
01:15:27,760 --> 01:15:32,320
all know this it is on our TVs it is on

1255
01:15:32,320 --> 01:15:36,880
our phones it is in our

1256
01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:41,080
newspapers this is an elimination of a

1257
01:15:41,080 --> 01:15:45,560
people the Palestinian people anyone who

1258
01:15:45,560 --> 01:15:48,040
believes in human rights would demand an

1259
01:15:48,040 --> 01:15:49,560
end to this

1260
01:15:49,560 --> 01:15:54,199
madness permanen SE fire open all roots

1261
01:15:54,199 --> 01:15:57,840
for Humanity Arian Aid return the

1262
01:15:57,840 --> 01:16:00,760
hostages and work for a

1263
01:16:00,760 --> 01:16:03,120
resolution for the

1264
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:06,520
Palestinians and for the Israelis thank

1265
01:16:06,520 --> 01:16:07,730
you thank

1266
01:16:07,730 --> 01:16:13,920
[Applause]

1267
01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:22,590
you Robert

1268
01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:26,520
sandals oh Robert Sanders Mr s Sanders

1269
01:16:26,520 --> 01:16:29,159
yes I can see who you are now good

1270
01:16:29,159 --> 01:16:31,719
evening how are you um I want just want

1271
01:16:31,719 --> 01:16:34,600
to talk to you on two of the um original

1272
01:16:34,600 --> 01:16:36,560
consideration things one was about the

1273
01:16:36,560 --> 01:16:39,400
vape shops smoke shops and things to

1274
01:16:39,400 --> 01:16:42,000
that nature to make it very quick I hope

1275
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:43,480
every steart in cumland farms isn't

1276
01:16:43,480 --> 01:16:45,600
going to be selling cigarettes either

1277
01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:48,360
because the Vape and cigars are legal

1278
01:16:48,360 --> 01:16:50,199
products last I knew we followed the

1279
01:16:50,199 --> 01:16:51,880
Constitution of the United States of

1280
01:16:51,880 --> 01:16:55,360
America okay uh as for the stockade and

1281
01:16:55,360 --> 01:16:56,520
historical district that was on the

1282
01:16:56,520 --> 01:17:00,280
zoning board for eight years 92 to 2000

1283
01:17:00,280 --> 01:17:03,480
okay that's a special area by the Dutch

1284
01:17:03,480 --> 01:17:05,159
okay that was settled by the Dutch you

1285
01:17:05,159 --> 01:17:06,639
know the history I don't have to tell

1286
01:17:06,639 --> 01:17:08,719
you about SKC but there shouldn't be any

1287
01:17:08,719 --> 01:17:10,600
changing to build new buildings and

1288
01:17:10,600 --> 01:17:13,560
destroy the history of the city of SKC

1289
01:17:13,560 --> 01:17:17,960
um let me just go on a little bit uh I

1290
01:17:17,960 --> 01:17:20,480
don't think we should be giving Aid to

1291
01:17:20,480 --> 01:17:22,280
Ukraine

1292
01:17:22,280 --> 01:17:26,880
Russia um Gaza Palestine or Israel okay

1293
01:17:26,880 --> 01:17:28,320
there there's a thing that every

1294
01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:31,639
politician knows all politics is local

1295
01:17:31,639 --> 01:17:33,560
it was like the little child who died

1296
01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:37,480
over on 12th Street okay I came across I

1297
01:17:37,480 --> 01:17:39,760
said to this councel we need something

1298
01:17:39,760 --> 01:17:42,920
for children and families in this

1299
01:17:42,920 --> 01:17:45,480
city no one paid any attention to me

1300
01:17:45,480 --> 01:17:48,040
councilman member moodon said I tried to

1301
01:17:48,040 --> 01:17:51,560
get it on the agenda no one listen we

1302
01:17:51,560 --> 01:17:53,760
have a dead child now Lord knows how

1303
01:17:53,760 --> 01:17:55,440
that's going to come out what's

1304
01:17:55,440 --> 01:17:58,360
happening 7,000 miles away has nothing

1305
01:17:58,360 --> 01:18:01,840
to do with the United States okay we got

1306
01:18:01,840 --> 01:18:04,440
veterans we got homeless people we got

1307
01:18:04,440 --> 01:18:06,960
drugs coming across the Mexican border

1308
01:18:06,960 --> 01:18:09,679
we have big time issues but this is the

1309
01:18:09,679 --> 01:18:13,199
city of connecti you are elected by the

1310
01:18:13,199 --> 01:18:15,560
people of the city is connecti that's

1311
01:18:15,560 --> 01:18:17,679
what you swore to the Constitution of

1312
01:18:17,679 --> 01:18:20,000
the city is connec and the state of New

1313
01:18:20,000 --> 01:18:22,159
York okay that's where your due

1314
01:18:22,159 --> 01:18:26,440
diligence lies okay now I totally

1315
01:18:26,440 --> 01:18:31,320
understand how these people feel cuz how I feel all these tax dollars going

1316
01:18:31,320 --> 01:18:34,560
to Ukraine to Russia to Israel here and

1317
01:18:34,560 --> 01:18:37,080
there why don't we get them why aren't

1318
01:18:37,080 --> 01:18:39,840
we getting those dollars I got it I

1319
01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:41,719
understand it but this is the United

1320
01:18:41,719 --> 01:18:43,199
States we got to take care of our own

1321
01:18:43,199 --> 01:18:46,000
house first what's the old saying a

1322
01:18:46,000 --> 01:18:48,159
house of cards will not stand something

1323
01:18:48,159 --> 01:18:49,320
like that that's where we're at

1324
01:18:49,320 --> 01:18:51,280
everybody's picking a box I'm black I'm

1325
01:18:51,280 --> 01:18:53,760
Indian I'm white you know I'm Muslim I'm

1326
01:18:53,760 --> 01:18:56,239
this I'm that okay no no no we're

1327
01:18:56,239 --> 01:18:59,159
Americans we're Americans here I

1328
01:18:59,159 --> 01:19:02,800
understand Irish German okay there's

1329
01:19:02,800 --> 01:19:04,600
people from African descent there's

1330
01:19:04,600 --> 01:19:06,400
people from all over but right here this

1331
01:19:06,400 --> 01:19:08,960
is the city of SKC this is what the city

1332
01:19:08,960 --> 01:19:12,159
of SKC is all about okay so we address

1333
01:19:12,159 --> 01:19:15,320
those situations those problems first

1334
01:19:15,320 --> 01:19:19,639
then move on if we can move on there's a person too Madam president I'm

1335
01:19:19,639 --> 01:19:22,239
gonna end it right here his name is

1336
01:19:22,239 --> 01:19:27,199
Congressman Paul tono call him talk to

1337
01:19:27,199 --> 01:19:29,920
him okay we we have state senators

1338
01:19:29,920 --> 01:19:32,199
people like that talk to them the city

1339
01:19:32,199 --> 01:19:34,000
is connected he is the city of SK thank

1340
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:40,070
you very much and have a good day thank

1341
01:19:40,080 --> 01:19:43,950
you B

1342
01:19:43,960 --> 01:19:46,400
hakeim and please correct me your name

1343
01:19:46,400 --> 01:19:51,350
for me sure I didn't get that

1344
01:19:51,360 --> 01:19:54,320
right uh hello good evening uh my name

1345
01:19:54,320 --> 01:19:57,360
is aim and I'm one of the Muslim

1346
01:19:57,360 --> 01:20:00,719
community members so uh first of all uh

1347
01:20:00,719 --> 01:20:03,199
thank you for having me here uh I would

1348
01:20:03,199 --> 01:20:06,080
like to start uh with the Holy verses of

1349
01:20:06,080 --> 01:20:23,629
the Holy Quran which says in

1350
01:20:23,639 --> 01:20:27,880
Arabic so the translation would be uh oh

1351
01:20:27,880 --> 01:20:30,800
mankind indeed we have created you from

1352
01:20:30,800 --> 01:20:33,639
a me male and female and made you

1353
01:20:33,639 --> 01:20:36,239
Nations and tribes that you may know

1354
01:20:36,239 --> 01:20:39,840
each other indeed uh the best of you in

1355
01:20:39,840 --> 01:20:42,679
the sight of God is the the one who most

1356
01:20:42,679 --> 01:20:46,239
regards God so we are all here for the

1357
01:20:46,239 --> 01:20:49,280
uh ceasefire resolution in this Hall we

1358
01:20:49,280 --> 01:20:51,320
are gathered from different nations and

1359
01:20:51,320 --> 01:20:53,560
different backgrounds but mostly we are

1360
01:20:53,560 --> 01:20:55,239
residents of SKC

1361
01:20:55,239 --> 01:20:58,719
uh City uh everyone is United here for a

1362
01:20:58,719 --> 01:21:01,239
very valid and important cause that is

1363
01:21:01,239 --> 01:21:04,320
the ceasefire as every day we see a lot

1364
01:21:04,320 --> 01:21:07,960
of innocent people including uh men and

1365
01:21:07,960 --> 01:21:11,159
women and children who are dying uh in

1366
01:21:11,159 --> 01:21:14,080
Palestine this oppression and Injustice

1367
01:21:14,080 --> 01:21:16,920
should be end as soon as possible if we

1368
01:21:16,920 --> 01:21:19,480
are supposed to be in such conditions

1369
01:21:19,480 --> 01:21:22,199
just if we imagine ourselves in in that

1370
01:21:22,199 --> 01:21:24,679
conditions imagine how we would seek

1371
01:21:24,679 --> 01:21:27,800
Justice for ourselves the same we seek

1372
01:21:27,800 --> 01:21:30,440
Justice for our brothers and sisters in

1373
01:21:30,440 --> 01:21:33,600
Palestine I would say that you shouldn't

1374
01:21:33,600 --> 01:21:36,600
be belonging to any particular religion

1375
01:21:36,600 --> 01:21:39,880
to stand for this important cause but as

1376
01:21:39,880 --> 01:21:42,320
a human being and living in a free

1377
01:21:42,320 --> 01:21:45,679
Democratic world this is a cause which

1378
01:21:45,679 --> 01:21:49,000
is very important and uh must be present

1379
01:21:49,000 --> 01:21:51,800
to everybody and this is to bring peace

1380
01:21:51,800 --> 01:21:54,239
and stability to those oppressed people

1381
01:21:54,239 --> 01:21:57,040
on the other side of the world uh this

1382
01:21:57,040 --> 01:21:59,080
resolution should be passed as soon as

1383
01:21:59,080 --> 01:22:00,800
possible thank you for your attention

1384
01:22:00,800 --> 01:22:03,120
and for having me here thank

1385
01:22:03,120 --> 01:22:07,870
[Applause]

1386
01:22:07,880 --> 01:22:10,719
you thank

1387
01:22:10,719 --> 01:22:18,790
you s Ahmad

1388
01:22:18,800 --> 01:22:23,280
no respected brothers and sisters uh I

1389
01:22:23,280 --> 01:22:24,920
agree to you all with this Islamic

1390
01:22:24,920 --> 01:22:28,870
greetings assalam

1391
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:32,560
alaykum this means uh peace be upon you

1392
01:22:32,560 --> 01:22:35,880
all uh my name is S Ahmed N I am

1393
01:22:35,880 --> 01:22:39,600
resident of skti city I'm here to

1394
01:22:39,600 --> 01:22:42,719
support uh ceasefire resolution for

1395
01:22:42,719 --> 01:22:45,000
Palestine

1396
01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:48,719
today uh one of the heartbreaking events

1397
01:22:48,719 --> 01:22:53,639
on social media I saw was uh the

1398
01:22:53,639 --> 01:22:56,800
children's cloth Roots were put to put

1399
01:22:56,800 --> 01:22:58,000
side by

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01:22:58,000 --> 01:23:02,040
side uh by the numbers of

1401
01:23:02,040 --> 01:23:04,719
thousands uh children

1402
01:23:04,719 --> 01:23:09,000
killed and it was picturized by a

1403
01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:13,750
drone and the scene was in

1404
01:23:13,760 --> 01:23:17,400
Miles the question here is how many more

1405
01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:19,560
children have to be

1406
01:23:19,560 --> 01:23:21,520
murdered to

1407
01:23:21,520 --> 01:23:23,440
seize uh the

1408
01:23:23,440 --> 01:23:26,199
fire

1409
01:23:26,199 --> 01:23:31,880
although in Quran chapter 5 verse 32

1410
01:23:31,880 --> 01:23:33,840
Allah says

1411
01:23:33,840 --> 01:23:38,600
that whoever kills in innocent human

1412
01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:42,360
beings it means that he has killed the

1413
01:23:42,360 --> 01:23:43,239
whole

1414
01:23:43,239 --> 01:23:47,800
humanity and whoever Saves a Life of a

1415
01:23:47,800 --> 01:23:49,040
human

1416
01:23:49,040 --> 01:23:52,199
being he saves the whole

1417
01:23:52,199 --> 01:23:55,520
Humanity so Allah here in this wor

1418
01:23:55,520 --> 01:23:59,120
mentions human beings not a specific

1419
01:23:59,120 --> 01:24:03,030
group of peoples or

1420
01:24:03,040 --> 01:24:04,760
religion

1421
01:24:04,760 --> 01:24:10,320
so what we believe is that each

1422
01:24:10,320 --> 01:24:13,320
innocent Soul being

1423
01:24:13,320 --> 01:24:17,440
killed is that like the humanity is

1424
01:24:17,440 --> 01:24:18,880
being

1425
01:24:18,880 --> 01:24:23,040
killed again the question is how many

1426
01:24:23,040 --> 01:24:27,520
times the Community has to be killed to

1427
01:24:27,520 --> 01:24:33,629
reach to the point to seize the

1428
01:24:33,639 --> 01:24:38,520
fire uh let's put ourselves in the shoes

1429
01:24:38,520 --> 01:24:41,199
of Palestine

1430
01:24:41,199 --> 01:24:46,159
people what if we were the family member

1431
01:24:46,159 --> 01:24:49,719
of those innocent people

1432
01:24:49,719 --> 01:24:53,040
killed will we still

1433
01:24:53,040 --> 01:24:57,440
be will we still not stop the ceasefire

1434
01:24:57,440 --> 01:25:01,639
and support the ceasefire

1435
01:25:01,639 --> 01:25:04,840
resolution and at the

1436
01:25:04,840 --> 01:25:08,800
end I would like to mention on the

1437
01:25:08,800 --> 01:25:12,360
speech of our president when he was not

1438
01:25:12,360 --> 01:25:17,400
elected by that time he he repeated uh a

1439
01:25:17,400 --> 01:25:20,679
Hadith the saying of prophet Muhammad

1440
01:25:20,679 --> 01:25:22,080
peace be upon

1441
01:25:22,080 --> 01:25:25,440
him so the prophet said

1442
01:25:25,440 --> 01:25:30,080
stop the wrong with your hands if you

1443
01:25:30,080 --> 01:25:34,480
cannot stop it with your tongue and if

1444
01:25:34,480 --> 01:25:38,920
you cannot do that then hate it in your

1445
01:25:38,920 --> 01:25:44,400
hurs so I again request you all to

1446
01:25:44,400 --> 01:25:47,040
please join me in the ceasefire

1447
01:25:47,040 --> 01:25:50,280
resolution for Palestinians thank you

1448
01:25:50,280 --> 01:25:53,239
very much for your time thank

1449
01:25:53,239 --> 01:25:54,640
you

1450
01:25:54,640 --> 01:25:57,560
[Applause]

1451
01:25:57,560 --> 01:26:23,229
Frank

1452
01:26:23,239 --> 01:26:30,030
wicks

1453
01:26:30,040 --> 01:26:31,920
you those are all hard speakers to

1454
01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:34,440
follow but one point to make is along

1455
01:26:34,440 --> 01:26:37,719
with the siege fire uh we're we're we're

1456
01:26:37,719 --> 01:26:41,639
using our tax money to send weapons to

1457
01:26:41,639 --> 01:26:45,080
Israel and uh Israel tells us we can't

1458
01:26:45,080 --> 01:26:47,040
tell them what to do with them so the

1459
01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:49,760
way to cut it off is to stop using our

1460
01:26:49,760 --> 01:26:51,360
tax money to send the

1461
01:26:51,360 --> 01:26:53,239
weapons

1462
01:26:53,239 --> 01:26:56,310
uh

1463
01:26:56,320 --> 01:26:59,800
the historians of the Holocaust are

1464
01:26:59,800 --> 01:27:01,760
comparing Israel

1465
01:27:01,760 --> 01:27:04,440
today with Germany in the

1466
01:27:04,440 --> 01:27:08,040
1930s what are the similarities the

1467
01:27:08,040 --> 01:27:11,760
Nazis and Israel claimed to have special

1468
01:27:11,760 --> 01:27:14,520
people based on their

1469
01:27:14,520 --> 01:27:16,480
Birthright if if you don't have the

1470
01:27:16,480 --> 01:27:18,360
right birth right you don't

1471
01:27:18,360 --> 01:27:21,960
matter uh Nazis then and Israel Israelis

1472
01:27:21,960 --> 01:27:24,880
now are committing genocide

1473
01:27:24,880 --> 01:27:28,320
and ethnic cleansing to get rid of the

1474
01:27:28,320 --> 01:27:32,600
others Israel Israeli leader shows a

1475
01:27:32,600 --> 01:27:35,280
triumphant map with only Israel between

1476
01:27:35,280 --> 01:27:37,080
the river and the sea in other words

1477
01:27:37,080 --> 01:27:39,639
there's no such thing as

1478
01:27:39,639 --> 01:27:42,719
Palestinians uh illegal settlements in

1479
01:27:42,719 --> 01:27:44,000
the West

1480
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:47,760
Bank by Israel are terrorizing and uh

1481
01:27:47,760 --> 01:27:51,119
killing the Palestinians for many

1482
01:27:51,119 --> 01:27:55,080
years uh Christmas Eve

1483
01:27:55,080 --> 01:27:57,960
Israelis attack the birthplace of Jesus

1484
01:27:57,960 --> 01:27:58,920
in

1485
01:27:58,920 --> 01:28:01,360
Bethlehem didn't get much attention but

1486
01:28:01,360 --> 01:28:02,159
it

1487
01:28:02,159 --> 01:28:05,080
should uh Israelis

1488
01:28:05,080 --> 01:28:08,760
attacked Israeli continues to kill and

1489
01:28:08,760 --> 01:28:12,199
thousands of Palestinian babies

1490
01:28:12,199 --> 01:28:15,239
children women Innocents in

1491
01:28:15,239 --> 01:28:18,480
Gaza Israel was also committing genocide

1492
01:28:18,480 --> 01:28:19,360
by

1493
01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:22,560
starvation of Palestinians in

1494
01:28:22,560 --> 01:28:24,880
Gaza Israel is

1495
01:28:24,880 --> 01:28:28,239
also Israel continues to kill hundreds

1496
01:28:28,239 --> 01:28:32,320
of uh human of

1497
01:28:32,320 --> 01:28:34,560
humanitarian work Aid

1498
01:28:34,560 --> 01:28:37,960
workers uh members of the press and

1499
01:28:37,960 --> 01:28:40,080
doctors in

1500
01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:45,280
Gaza uh Israel in the past uh encouraged

1501
01:28:45,280 --> 01:28:48,639
the United States to start a war in uh

1502
01:28:48,639 --> 01:28:52,000
in h Afghanistan for 20-year war and

1503
01:28:52,000 --> 01:28:53,760
also the war in Iraq for the regime

1504
01:28:53,760 --> 01:28:55,360
changed

1505
01:28:55,360 --> 01:28:57,719
uh now they're trying to get United

1506
01:28:57,719 --> 01:28:59,639
States to start a war with

1507
01:28:59,639 --> 01:29:02,800
Iran and that has to be

1508
01:29:02,800 --> 01:29:07,430
resisted

1509
01:29:07,440 --> 01:29:09,760
uh and again this could not happen

1510
01:29:09,760 --> 01:29:12,520
without our weapons the president can

1511
01:29:12,520 --> 01:29:15,679
stop the can can can stop everybody

1512
01:29:15,679 --> 01:29:17,760
stopping the weapons any day now he

1513
01:29:17,760 --> 01:29:21,440
could have from the start and israeli's

1514
01:29:21,440 --> 01:29:25,320
best hope for survival is a actually to

1515
01:29:25,320 --> 01:29:27,199
make make peace with their neighbors

1516
01:29:27,199 --> 01:29:29,199
rather than using our weapons for

1517
01:29:29,199 --> 01:29:32,080
continue war and this is what Albert

1518
01:29:32,080 --> 01:29:35,119
Einstein had in mind when he encouraged

1519
01:29:35,119 --> 01:29:38,199
the creation of Israel back in the

1520
01:29:38,199 --> 01:29:41,080
1940s thank you thank

1521
01:29:41,080 --> 01:29:45,760
[Applause]

1522
01:29:45,760 --> 01:29:53,030
you Ed

1523
01:29:53,040 --> 01:29:59,430
varno

1524
01:29:59,440 --> 01:30:02,080
good evening my name is Ed varno I'm the

1525
01:30:02,080 --> 01:30:04,639
newly elected treasurer of the city of

1526
01:30:04,639 --> 01:30:08,280
SKC GOP tonight on behalf of all our

1527
01:30:08,280 --> 01:30:10,800
constituents who couldn't be here but

1528
01:30:10,800 --> 01:30:13,639
are tired of petty politics we see being

1529
01:30:13,639 --> 01:30:17,000
played at every city council meeting I

1530
01:30:17,000 --> 01:30:20,159
take exception with the all the time the

1531
01:30:20,159 --> 01:30:23,119
city council is focused on scoring

1532
01:30:23,119 --> 01:30:25,000
political points surrounding the city

1533
01:30:25,000 --> 01:30:28,040
renting property to a city employee at

1534
01:30:28,040 --> 01:30:31,600
beas Hill this started with your

1535
01:30:31,600 --> 01:30:34,360
claiming that this was about generating

1536
01:30:34,360 --> 01:30:36,480
revenue for the city now it looks like

1537
01:30:36,480 --> 01:30:39,840
it's increasing the rent by $2,400

1538
01:30:39,840 --> 01:30:42,000
annually will cost the city

1539
01:30:42,000 --> 01:30:43,440
approximately

1540
01:30:43,440 --> 01:30:46,880
$400,000 or more to bring up the code

1541
01:30:46,880 --> 01:30:49,360
the Porterfield way of raising revenue

1542
01:30:49,360 --> 01:30:51,320
we'd be bankrupt within weeks if you

1543
01:30:51,320 --> 01:30:54,000
were our mayor I recognize that

1544
01:30:54,000 --> 01:30:55,960
councilman Williams is fond of telling

1545
01:30:55,960 --> 01:30:59,080
everyone he has an MBA the same council

1546
01:30:59,080 --> 01:31:01,199
member who was put in charge of the city

1547
01:31:01,199 --> 01:31:03,639
budget that for the first time in 30

1548
01:31:03,639 --> 01:31:07,840
years wasn't adopted on time and his and

1549
01:31:07,840 --> 01:31:10,080
your budget would have put us on the

1550
01:31:10,080 --> 01:31:12,080
FastTrack to

1551
01:31:12,080 --> 01:31:15,000
bankruptcy I may not have an MBA like Mr

1552
01:31:15,000 --> 01:31:17,440
Williams as I went to work protecting

1553
01:31:17,440 --> 01:31:19,880
our city and its citizens As A

1554
01:31:19,880 --> 01:31:21,960
Firefighter but I know the difference

1555
01:31:21,960 --> 01:31:24,719
between trying to save taxpayer in

1556
01:31:24,719 --> 01:31:28,080
perpetuating a political ruse by certain

1557
01:31:28,080 --> 01:31:30,520
council members bent on creating

1558
01:31:30,520 --> 01:31:33,119
division attacking the administration

1559
01:31:33,119 --> 01:31:35,239
that in the end taxpayers will pay the

1560
01:31:35,239 --> 01:31:38,400
price for but the whole rent situation

1561
01:31:38,400 --> 01:31:41,440
reminded me that you miss Porterfield

1562
01:31:41,440 --> 01:31:43,000
rent space from the

1563
01:31:43,000 --> 01:31:45,679
county and looking at your rent history

1564
01:31:45,679 --> 01:31:48,560
I found that you the only time you paid

1565
01:31:48,560 --> 01:31:50,560
your rent on time for the past seven

1566
01:31:50,560 --> 01:31:52,920
years was the F the three months in a

1567
01:31:52,920 --> 01:31:55,760
row during the past mayor or primary

1568
01:31:55,760 --> 01:31:58,440
which you lost I also found your rent

1569
01:31:58,440 --> 01:32:01,119
hasn't been increased in six years so if

1570
01:32:01,119 --> 01:32:03,880
you want to talk about responsibilities

1571
01:32:03,880 --> 01:32:06,600
and costs associated with renting from

1572
01:32:06,600 --> 01:32:08,440
either the city or in your case the

1573
01:32:08,440 --> 01:32:11,280
county going five six and sometimes

1574
01:32:11,280 --> 01:32:13,880
seven months overdue and never paying

1575
01:32:13,880 --> 01:32:16,080
your rent on time with no penalties for

1576
01:32:16,080 --> 01:32:20,199
being late is unacceptable by any metric

1577
01:32:20,199 --> 01:32:22,119
if this city council is truly looking

1578
01:32:22,119 --> 01:32:24,800
for ways to generate funds

1579
01:32:24,800 --> 01:32:27,560
Andor just as important saving taxpayer

1580
01:32:27,560 --> 01:32:30,880
dollars the city GOP is willing to help

1581
01:32:30,880 --> 01:32:33,440
thank you thank

1582
01:32:33,440 --> 01:32:46,950
you Tom

1583
01:32:46,960 --> 01:32:48,800
Kennedy

1584
01:32:48,800 --> 01:32:52,840
honorable Matt Dy City

1585
01:32:52,840 --> 01:32:54,719
Council

1586
01:32:54,719 --> 01:32:57,920
uh I Rise my name is Tom Kennedy I'm the

1587
01:32:57,920 --> 01:33:02,080
chair of the Republican party

1588
01:33:02,080 --> 01:33:05,000
uh it was mid-march when the city GOP

1589
01:33:05,000 --> 01:33:07,800
first sorry I got to take these cheaters

1590
01:33:07,800 --> 01:33:11,360
off when the city GOP first became aware

1591
01:33:11,360 --> 01:33:14,159
of the legal dumping that was being done

1592
01:33:14,159 --> 01:33:17,520
along i890 West between Exit 4 Michigan

1593
01:33:17,520 --> 01:33:20,920
Aven exit 5 Broadway we first called

1594
01:33:20,920 --> 01:33:22,800
upon the city to clean up the areas

1595
01:33:22,800 --> 01:33:25,199
where The Dumping had been occurring we

1596
01:33:25,199 --> 01:33:26,800
called attention to the health hazards

1597
01:33:26,800 --> 01:33:29,360
near the illegal dumps and how these

1598
01:33:29,360 --> 01:33:32,159
areas were embarrassing sight as it was

1599
01:33:32,159 --> 01:33:34,719
an entryway into our city we also

1600
01:33:34,719 --> 01:33:36,880
identified health and safety concerns

1601
01:33:36,880 --> 01:33:39,080
for the residents who liveed near these

1602
01:33:39,080 --> 01:33:40,080
illegal

1603
01:33:40,080 --> 01:33:43,040
dumps this was the first time that we

1604
01:33:43,040 --> 01:33:45,719
had mentioned using American Rescue plan

1605
01:33:45,719 --> 01:33:48,400
act funds to address these legal dumps

1606
01:33:48,400 --> 01:33:50,239
and tackle the conditions they left

1607
01:33:50,239 --> 01:33:51,520
behind in our

1608
01:33:51,520 --> 01:33:53,880
city over the course of the next two

1609
01:33:53,880 --> 01:33:55,639
weeks we attempted to find out the

1610
01:33:55,639 --> 01:33:59,119
process of how to apply for these arpa

1611
01:33:59,119 --> 01:34:01,560
funds it was during this time that we

1612
01:34:01,560 --> 01:34:02,520
also

1613
01:34:02,520 --> 01:34:05,119
introduced uh also introduced using

1614
01:34:05,119 --> 01:34:07,040
these funds for surveillance videoing of

1615
01:34:07,040 --> 01:34:10,159
the area fencing increased lighting to

1616
01:34:10,159 --> 01:34:13,840
save off these would be illegal

1617
01:34:13,840 --> 01:34:16,119
dumpers we were advised that we would

1618
01:34:16,119 --> 01:34:17,880
have to go through the city council to

1619
01:34:17,880 --> 01:34:20,719
find out the process to apply for arpa

1620
01:34:20,719 --> 01:34:23,080
funding we continue to try to get

1621
01:34:23,080 --> 01:34:25,440
answers from the city council finally I

1622
01:34:25,440 --> 01:34:27,199
wrote you the city council president a

1623
01:34:27,199 --> 01:34:29,719
letter to request the process but

1624
01:34:29,719 --> 01:34:31,920
instead of you advising me on how to

1625
01:34:31,920 --> 01:34:35,280
apply for an arer proposal you chose to

1626
01:34:35,280 --> 01:34:37,360
accuse me and others in Republican party

1627
01:34:37,360 --> 01:34:40,080
of bigotry and personal

1628
01:34:40,080 --> 01:34:43,719
bias the city GOP was trying to help wly

1629
01:34:43,719 --> 01:34:45,119
Street residents clean up their

1630
01:34:45,119 --> 01:34:47,679
neighborhood and find ways to help the

1631
01:34:47,679 --> 01:34:50,000
city address their concerns while at the

1632
01:34:50,000 --> 01:34:51,920
same time trying to make our city

1633
01:34:51,920 --> 01:34:54,280
cleaner and more presentable place to

1634
01:34:54,280 --> 01:34:56,960
live for everyone your message

1635
01:34:56,960 --> 01:34:59,080
responding to my letter requesting an

1636
01:34:59,080 --> 01:35:01,760
answer on submitting an art proposal was

1637
01:35:01,760 --> 01:35:04,840
both shocking disappointing and quite

1638
01:35:04,840 --> 01:35:08,280
honestly frankly ma'am uh you should be

1639
01:35:08,280 --> 01:35:09,239
ashamed of

1640
01:35:09,239 --> 01:35:12,280
yourself but on another note more

1641
01:35:12,280 --> 01:35:14,400
positive be advised we have been meeting

1642
01:35:14,400 --> 01:35:16,440
with the residents of Wy Street and we

1643
01:35:16,440 --> 01:35:18,800
have just begun to help these citizens

1644
01:35:18,800 --> 01:35:21,280
find solutions to their issues whether

1645
01:35:21,280 --> 01:35:24,920
it's with arpa funds CBG or raising

1646
01:35:24,920 --> 01:35:27,719
funds in other areas we will get the job

1647
01:35:27,719 --> 01:35:29,600
done for the Wally Street residents

1648
01:35:29,600 --> 01:35:34,510
thank you very much thank

1649
01:35:34,520 --> 01:35:37,320
you right some someone only put their

1650
01:35:37,320 --> 01:35:41,280
first name and it looks like chantis or

1651
01:35:41,280 --> 01:35:44,040
stantis it's only a first name or only

1652
01:35:44,040 --> 01:35:45,400
one name I'm not sure if it's the first

1653
01:35:45,400 --> 01:35:47,990
or the

1654
01:35:48,000 --> 01:35:51,520
last okay

1655
01:35:51,520 --> 01:35:57,590
Abdul Baku

1656
01:35:57,600 --> 01:36:01,350
no

1657
01:36:01,360 --> 01:36:04,239
okay no so this person uh I'm going to

1658
01:36:04,239 --> 01:36:06,760
spell this because I'm I'm not sure a d

1659
01:36:06,760 --> 01:36:13,229
a b d a l r a h m a

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01:36:13,239 --> 01:36:16,480
n and what is your first name okay

1661
01:36:16,480 --> 01:36:22,550
that's

1662
01:36:22,560 --> 01:36:25,669
you

1663
01:36:25,679 --> 01:36:28,280
so hello everyone my name is ABD rman

1664
01:36:28,280 --> 01:36:31,920
and I'm here today representing the um

1665
01:36:31,920 --> 01:36:33,639
the University at Albany chapter of

1666
01:36:33,639 --> 01:36:35,159
student for justice in

1667
01:36:35,159 --> 01:36:37,679
Palestine and I'm also here today as a

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01:36:37,679 --> 01:36:40,080
Palestinian Jordanian

1669
01:36:40,080 --> 01:36:42,480
woman so being a part of our campus as

1670
01:36:42,480 --> 01:36:44,159
student for justice in Palestine means

1671
01:36:44,159 --> 01:36:45,800
that my peers and I must set aside our

1672
01:36:45,800 --> 01:36:47,719
different our pride and differences for

1673
01:36:47,719 --> 01:36:49,719
one common goal The Liberation of the

1674
01:36:49,719 --> 01:36:52,960
Palestinian people one of the goals was

1675
01:36:52,960 --> 01:36:55,840
to passed the BDS um ceasefire

1676
01:36:55,840 --> 01:36:58,639
resolution and on Wednesday April 3rd

1677
01:36:58,639 --> 01:37:03,430
the our student Senate passed that

1678
01:37:03,440 --> 01:37:06,480
resolution and one of the main things

1679
01:37:06,480 --> 01:37:10,199
that we had to argue was that this is a

1680
01:37:10,199 --> 01:37:13,000
genocide we all know standing here I

1681
01:37:13,000 --> 01:37:14,360
hope that we know that this is a

1682
01:37:14,360 --> 01:37:16,920
genocide with the death toll being over

1683
01:37:16,920 --> 01:37:20,159
40,000 plus people Palestinian people

1684
01:37:20,159 --> 01:37:22,719
including children women elderly people

1685
01:37:22,719 --> 01:37:24,040
being murdered

1686
01:37:24,040 --> 01:37:26,520
every single day standing here today A

1687
01:37:26,520 --> 01:37:28,440
Palestinian is being murdered at the

1688
01:37:28,440 --> 01:37:32,440
second right now so I call for the city

1689
01:37:32,440 --> 01:37:34,880
council of skincity to call for an

1690
01:37:34,880 --> 01:37:36,320
immediate

1691
01:37:36,320 --> 01:37:40,119
ceasefire and also one of the points

1692
01:37:40,119 --> 01:37:43,679
that was made by the Zionist on campus

1693
01:37:43,679 --> 01:37:46,199
that also spoke to not get this

1694
01:37:46,199 --> 01:37:49,639
resolution to pass was that Palestinians

1695
01:37:49,639 --> 01:37:52,440
are not being murdered they're

1696
01:37:52,440 --> 01:37:56,960
dying how are they dying you how are

1697
01:37:56,960 --> 01:37:58,960
they dying they're being murdered by the

1698
01:37:58,960 --> 01:38:01,199
IDF sold they're being bombed innocent

1699
01:38:01,199 --> 01:38:04,840
people are being bombed um and one of

1700
01:38:04,840 --> 01:38:06,400
the other points

1701
01:38:06,400 --> 01:38:09,800
was that this is not a fight against the

1702
01:38:09,800 --> 01:38:11,719
Palestinian residents this is a fight

1703
01:38:11,719 --> 01:38:15,000
against Hamas but the this point has

1704
01:38:15,000 --> 01:38:17,520
been brought up a few times in this um

1705
01:38:17,520 --> 01:38:19,960
in in this meeting and that

1706
01:38:19,960 --> 01:38:22,920
was um there was a US citizens who was

1707
01:38:22,920 --> 01:38:25,360
bombed by the Israeli soldiers including

1708
01:38:25,360 --> 01:38:27,639
an Australian one these people do not

1709
01:38:27,639 --> 01:38:29,520
have a single drop of Palestinian blood

1710
01:38:29,520 --> 01:38:31,880
in them they are not Palestinian people

1711
01:38:31,880 --> 01:38:33,960
and they still got bombed for being in

1712
01:38:33,960 --> 01:38:37,560
Palestine to Aid Palestinians to give

1713
01:38:37,560 --> 01:38:40,480
them humanitarian Aid to be medical

1714
01:38:40,480 --> 01:38:43,599
assistance for for injured Palestinians

1715
01:38:43,599 --> 01:38:45,719
because the Medical Aid in Palestine

1716
01:38:45,719 --> 01:38:47,480
doctors right now are struggling they do

1717
01:38:47,480 --> 01:38:49,599
not have the resources women do not have

1718
01:38:49,599 --> 01:38:51,599
the resources for their cycle for their

1719
01:38:51,599 --> 01:38:54,280
monthly cycle us as women we we are

1720
01:38:54,280 --> 01:38:57,239
grateful to go stop by CBS a drugstore

1721
01:38:57,239 --> 01:38:58,960
to get pads to get tampons they do not

1722
01:38:58,960 --> 01:39:01,400
have that resource this is a humanly

1723
01:39:01,400 --> 01:39:03,159
function thing that women go through

1724
01:39:03,159 --> 01:39:04,520
every single month and we all know this

1725
01:39:04,520 --> 01:39:07,040
they don't have those resources doctors

1726
01:39:07,040 --> 01:39:11,239
don't know how to deal with um with a um

1727
01:39:11,239 --> 01:39:12,760
with injured people anymore they are

1728
01:39:12,760 --> 01:39:15,320
using anything that they can because

1729
01:39:15,320 --> 01:39:17,400
they do not have those resources and the

1730
01:39:17,400 --> 01:39:18,520
people who were trying to give them

1731
01:39:18,520 --> 01:39:20,360
those resources they got bombed by the

1732
01:39:20,360 --> 01:39:22,520
ADF soldiers so as a Palestinian

1733
01:39:22,520 --> 01:39:24,320
Jordanian woman as a pales jordanan

1734
01:39:24,320 --> 01:39:26,920
student as a 17-year-old I am standing

1735
01:39:26,920 --> 01:39:29,080
here in front of you guys to call for an

1736
01:39:29,080 --> 01:39:30,639
immediate ceasefire cuz what is

1737
01:39:30,639 --> 01:39:33,119
happening is not okay the U Albany um

1738
01:39:33,119 --> 01:39:35,360
student Senate passing the BDS

1739
01:39:35,360 --> 01:39:37,760
resolution is not enough it's not enough

1740
01:39:37,760 --> 01:39:41,119
this is the and we inshallah we are also

1741
01:39:41,119 --> 01:39:43,040
not the first uh not the only school

1742
01:39:43,040 --> 01:39:45,639
that passes this this resolution but

1743
01:39:45,639 --> 01:39:47,199
what we are doing is not enough me

1744
01:39:47,199 --> 01:39:49,400
standing here is not enough with the

1745
01:39:49,400 --> 01:39:52,040
United States Israel needs to call for a

1746
01:39:52,040 --> 01:39:55,360
ceasefire and they're not doing that so

1747
01:39:55,360 --> 01:39:58,760
as as a resident of leam New York I'm

1748
01:39:58,760 --> 01:40:03,000
standing here to call for a SE um to um

1749
01:40:03,000 --> 01:40:04,599
please understand to call for a Seas SP

1750
01:40:04,599 --> 01:40:05,720
thank you thank

1751
01:40:05,720 --> 01:40:13,669
[Applause]

1752
01:40:13,679 --> 01:40:15,190
you

1753
01:40:15,190 --> 01:40:16,360
[Music]

1754
01:40:16,360 --> 01:40:22,310
jedah P oh here you

1755
01:40:22,320 --> 01:40:25,280
come say your name please hello my name

1756
01:40:25,280 --> 01:40:26,480
is j

1757
01:40:26,480 --> 01:40:30,599
PCO um journalist bassan once said the

1758
01:40:30,599 --> 01:40:32,599
will of the people cannot fail if we

1759
01:40:32,599 --> 01:40:34,280
can't shape the world we live in if we

1760
01:40:34,280 --> 01:40:36,360
cannot stop a genocide so miserable is

1761
01:40:36,360 --> 01:40:39,080
our life I am an exhausted but

1762
01:40:39,080 --> 01:40:41,080
persistent organizer in many capacities

1763
01:40:41,080 --> 01:40:43,719
for the U Al Community I used to

1764
01:40:43,719 --> 01:40:45,880
understand the sentiment that we are far

1765
01:40:45,880 --> 01:40:47,719
away from the atrocities and brutal

1766
01:40:47,719 --> 01:40:49,239
attacks on the people in the West Bank

1767
01:40:49,239 --> 01:40:52,440
and Gaza but I recall a video I once saw

1768
01:40:52,440 --> 01:40:54,599
of a little girl who had said that she

1769
01:40:54,599 --> 01:40:56,280
is the last surviving girl in her

1770
01:40:56,280 --> 01:40:58,880
Elementary School I think back to

1771
01:40:58,880 --> 01:41:01,040
another girl my age who said before the

1772
01:41:01,040 --> 01:41:03,199
occupation she was studying in

1773
01:41:03,199 --> 01:41:05,560
University I'll bring my emotions to a

1774
01:41:05,560 --> 01:41:07,599
very small part of my identity because I

1775
01:41:07,599 --> 01:41:08,760
have many

1776
01:41:08,760 --> 01:41:11,199
identities I can talk about how this

1777
01:41:11,199 --> 01:41:12,920
occupation has not only inflicted a

1778
01:41:12,920 --> 01:41:15,280
genocide but an ecocide how the land

1779
01:41:15,280 --> 01:41:16,719
will take generations to even start

1780
01:41:16,719 --> 01:41:18,960
healing I can talk about how women in

1781
01:41:18,960 --> 01:41:20,239
Palestine are giving birth without

1782
01:41:20,239 --> 01:41:22,360
proper C-section materials dying in the

1783
01:41:22,360 --> 01:41:24,920
process or how women if any Aid reaches

1784
01:41:24,920 --> 01:41:26,639
them at all are not given the proper

1785
01:41:26,639 --> 01:41:28,960
Sanitary products they need there are so

1786
01:41:28,960 --> 01:41:31,040
many intersections but the disruption of

1787
01:41:31,040 --> 01:41:33,320
Education the very thing we all should

1788
01:41:33,320 --> 01:41:35,760
recognize is a human right is what has

1789
01:41:35,760 --> 01:41:38,239
been keeping me up at night more than

1790
01:41:38,239 --> 01:41:41,199
the projects that are do past past do in

1791
01:41:41,199 --> 01:41:43,159
school more than that final that I have

1792
01:41:43,159 --> 01:41:45,719
coming up it's all very minuscule to me

1793
01:41:45,719 --> 01:41:47,080
although I should be glad that these are

1794
01:41:47,080 --> 01:41:49,760
where my stresses and as a student I

1795
01:41:49,760 --> 01:41:51,520
want to remind this body that there are

1796
01:41:51,520 --> 01:41:54,560
no universities left in Gaza

1797
01:41:54,560 --> 01:41:56,719
that at the very least as lovers of

1798
01:41:56,719 --> 01:41:59,199
Education standers that knowledge is

1799
01:41:59,199 --> 01:42:01,800
power this the very thing that brought

1800
01:42:01,800 --> 01:42:03,679
you to this role that you are sitting in

1801
01:42:03,679 --> 01:42:06,920
today that you must move to action that

1802
01:42:06,920 --> 01:42:08,520
education is the greatest gift a person

1803
01:42:08,520 --> 01:42:10,000
can have and our systems have

1804
01:42:10,000 --> 01:42:12,360
Partnerships with occupied Palestine who

1805
01:42:12,360 --> 01:42:15,199
are facilitating Terror we've seen it we

1806
01:42:15,199 --> 01:42:16,880
have watched it and the people of

1807
01:42:16,880 --> 01:42:19,320
Palestine are watching us watch them I

1808
01:42:19,320 --> 01:42:21,199
call you to take lead as adults on

1809
01:42:21,199 --> 01:42:23,480
passing a permanent ceasefire resolution

1810
01:42:23,480 --> 01:42:25,920
and not to say to say not on what our

1811
01:42:25,920 --> 01:42:28,480
watch we must agree at the very least

1812
01:42:28,480 --> 01:42:30,800
just we we must agree on this at the

1813
01:42:30,800 --> 01:42:33,400
very least just last week my school U

1814
01:42:33,400 --> 01:42:35,880
Albany was the first Sunni School Senate

1815
01:42:35,880 --> 01:42:38,040
to pass the ceas fire resolution if the

1816
01:42:38,040 --> 01:42:40,880
students saw the saw this call to action

1817
01:42:40,880 --> 01:42:44,560
SKC can can do it too it is possible we

1818
01:42:44,560 --> 01:42:46,719
are not powerless and I need you all to

1819
01:42:46,719 --> 01:42:49,159
believe and understand in your power I

1820
01:42:49,159 --> 01:42:50,360
stand here

1821
01:42:50,360 --> 01:42:53,199
today to call for a resolution to pass

1822
01:42:53,199 --> 01:42:54,840
for this body to stand unshakably

1823
01:42:54,840 --> 01:42:56,320
besides the oppressed people of the

1824
01:42:56,320 --> 01:42:58,520
world if not for anything else then for

1825
01:42:58,520 --> 01:43:00,480
the love of Education you cannot let

1826
01:43:00,480 --> 01:43:02,480
yourself sit in these seats and that

1827
01:43:02,480 --> 01:43:03,960
with the education that brought you all

1828
01:43:03,960 --> 01:43:06,159
here and allow this to continue we

1829
01:43:06,159 --> 01:43:08,080
cannot accept that we we have to take

1830
01:43:08,080 --> 01:43:10,280
care of our own house first because our

1831
01:43:10,280 --> 01:43:12,119
struggles are all connected and if we

1832
01:43:12,119 --> 01:43:15,159
fail Gaza we will fail ourselves because

1833
01:43:15,159 --> 01:43:16,880
what are we really free people if we

1834
01:43:16,880 --> 01:43:19,920
cannot do everything we can I go I'll go

1835
01:43:19,920 --> 01:43:22,239
back to my campus dorm tonight open my

1836
01:43:22,239 --> 01:43:23,960
laptop in the dark and try to do

1837
01:43:23,960 --> 01:43:25,920
assignments while forces have destroyed

1838
01:43:25,920 --> 01:43:28,119
this experience for Palestinian students

1839
01:43:28,119 --> 01:43:30,440
Palestine has called on us the U albony

1840
01:43:30,440 --> 01:43:32,800
students to pick up the call so pick up

1841
01:43:32,800 --> 01:43:33,920
the

1842
01:43:33,920 --> 01:43:36,719
call we will not be bystanders we should

1843
01:43:36,719 --> 01:43:38,960
all do everything we can and we should

1844
01:43:38,960 --> 01:43:41,119
all feel empty because of this fact

1845
01:43:41,119 --> 01:43:43,360
shame on us if we do not speak and shame

1846
01:43:43,360 --> 01:43:44,800
on you if you do not proceed with

1847
01:43:44,800 --> 01:43:47,520
tangible action thank you thank

1848
01:43:47,520 --> 01:43:52,030
[Applause]

1849
01:43:52,040 --> 01:43:59,229
you

1850
01:43:59,239 --> 01:44:01,239
marabel if you could State your last

1851
01:44:01,239 --> 01:44:04,040
name because it's not legible sorry my

1852
01:44:04,040 --> 01:44:06,400
name is mirbel

1853
01:44:06,400 --> 01:44:08,840
Stantler I a student organizer at U

1854
01:44:08,840 --> 01:44:11,119
Albany I am Jewish and I grew up

1855
01:44:11,119 --> 01:44:13,280
learning that every person is an entire

1856
01:44:13,280 --> 01:44:15,840
world there's a Jewish teaching that

1857
01:44:15,840 --> 01:44:18,000
anyone who saves a life saves an entire

1858
01:44:18,000 --> 01:44:20,800
world and whoever destroys a single soul

1859
01:44:20,800 --> 01:44:23,239
destroys an entire world and the the

1860
01:44:23,239 --> 01:44:25,840
Zionist fascist parias state of Israel

1861
01:44:25,840 --> 01:44:28,159
using the false cover of Judaism has

1862
01:44:28,159 --> 01:44:30,599
destroyed more than

1863
01:44:30,599 --> 01:44:34,760
41,46 Worlds by murdering more than

1864
01:44:34,760 --> 01:44:36,320
41,46

1865
01:44:36,320 --> 01:44:39,360
Palestinians I unequivocally reject any

1866
01:44:39,360 --> 01:44:41,639
assertion that calling for a ceasefire

1867
01:44:41,639 --> 01:44:43,239
or demanding Liberation for the

1868
01:44:43,239 --> 01:44:45,880
Palestinian people is anti-Semitic I

1869
01:44:45,880 --> 01:44:48,239
emphatically reaffirm that anti-zionism

1870
01:44:48,239 --> 01:44:50,440
is not anti-Semitism and that the

1871
01:44:50,440 --> 01:44:52,679
illegitimate state of Israel is not to

1872
01:44:52,679 --> 01:44:55,360
be inflated with the Jewish diaspora or

1873
01:44:55,360 --> 01:44:58,280
Judaism I understand that Zionism

1874
01:44:58,280 --> 01:45:00,639
anti-Semitism and islamophobia are

1875
01:45:00,639 --> 01:45:02,920
manifestations of white supremacy and

1876
01:45:02,920 --> 01:45:05,080
colonialism all of our oppressions are

1877
01:45:05,080 --> 01:45:07,199
interconnected and true Liberation is

1878
01:45:07,199 --> 01:45:09,159
dependent on fighting white supremacy in

1879
01:45:09,159 --> 01:45:12,199
all its forms because of this I am moved

1880
01:45:12,199 --> 01:45:14,360
to action one part of that meant

1881
01:45:14,360 --> 01:45:16,159
organizing for months to get our student

1882
01:45:16,159 --> 01:45:17,560
government to pass the historic

1883
01:45:17,560 --> 01:45:19,560
resolution demanding that U Albany and

1884
01:45:19,560 --> 01:45:21,840
Sunni divest from genocide and call for

1885
01:45:21,840 --> 01:45:24,520
a ceasefire this resolution passed last

1886
01:45:24,520 --> 01:45:26,760
Wednesday making you Aly the first but

1887
01:45:26,760 --> 01:45:29,320
not the last Sunni to demand divestment

1888
01:45:29,320 --> 01:45:31,080
the students United will never be

1889
01:45:31,080 --> 01:45:32,840
defeated which is why we knew we would

1890
01:45:32,840 --> 01:45:36,000
not fail as students we understand our

1891
01:45:36,000 --> 01:45:38,960
unique obligation as individuals in the

1892
01:45:38,960 --> 01:45:40,960
belly of the Beast to use our privilege

1893
01:45:40,960 --> 01:45:42,719
to ensure our universities and the

1894
01:45:42,719 --> 01:45:45,040
institutions we are a part of not be

1895
01:45:45,040 --> 01:45:48,000
complicit in genocide apartheid and

1896
01:45:48,000 --> 01:45:50,239
colonization and the people United will

1897
01:45:50,239 --> 01:45:52,360
never be defeated which is why skty must

1898
01:45:52,360 --> 01:45:55,440
pass a CE fire resolution as our your

1899
01:45:55,440 --> 01:45:57,639
and my tax dollars continue to fund the

1900
01:45:57,639 --> 01:46:00,040
Zionist entity that is actively starving

1901
01:46:00,040 --> 01:46:02,080
the people of Gaza and paying for the

1902
01:46:02,080 --> 01:46:03,920
weapons that are murdering Palestinians

1903
01:46:03,920 --> 01:46:06,159
daily demanding a ceasefire and the

1904
01:46:06,159 --> 01:46:08,440
unimpeded entry of Aid to Gaza in every

1905
01:46:08,440 --> 01:46:10,719
way you can is the absolute least you

1906
01:46:10,719 --> 01:46:13,080
can do none of us can ever be doing

1907
01:46:13,080 --> 01:46:15,080
enough as we simultaneously fund a

1908
01:46:15,080 --> 01:46:17,239
genocide but we must try to do as much

1909
01:46:17,239 --> 01:46:20,080
as we can it is shameful that the U

1910
01:46:20,080 --> 01:46:21,920
Albany student government has shown more

1911
01:46:21,920 --> 01:46:23,800
courage and steadfast Fess in their

1912
01:46:23,800 --> 01:46:25,639
commitment to humanity and morality than

1913
01:46:25,639 --> 01:46:27,480
the body of this than this body of

1914
01:46:27,480 --> 01:46:30,080
elected officials you all have tangible

1915
01:46:30,080 --> 01:46:32,080
power and if you are not brave enough to

1916
01:46:32,080 --> 01:46:34,360
use it you have failed as an institution

1917
01:46:34,360 --> 01:46:36,840
and as individuals I would expect that

1918
01:46:36,840 --> 01:46:38,920
you all share in this OB obligation to

1919
01:46:38,920 --> 01:46:41,520
humanity and are moved to action thank

1920
01:46:41,520 --> 01:46:51,470
you thank

1921
01:46:51,480 --> 01:46:56,870
you Ron

1922
01:46:56,880 --> 01:46:59,400
Hubert my name is Rod Hubert I'd like to

1923
01:46:59,400 --> 01:47:03,080
address the council good evening um I'm

1924
01:47:03,080 --> 01:47:05,199
not going to be up here and be negative

1925
01:47:05,199 --> 01:47:07,480
and attack the members that's just not

1926
01:47:07,480 --> 01:47:08,920
the right thing to do we're here to

1927
01:47:08,920 --> 01:47:11,480
discuss City business I feel bad that

1928
01:47:11,480 --> 01:47:14,990
everything has happened

1929
01:47:15,000 --> 01:47:17,719
but this is what we got to do well

1930
01:47:17,719 --> 01:47:21,159
anyways I Carl Williams has helped me

1931
01:47:21,159 --> 01:47:23,520
with the potholes he's called me and

1932
01:47:23,520 --> 01:47:25,840
gotten in touch with me and

1933
01:47:25,840 --> 01:47:28,840
today there was somebody on my street

1934
01:47:28,840 --> 01:47:34,000
actually patching the hole so we're going the right way you know and

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01:47:34,000 --> 01:47:36,119
uh I'm very

1936
01:47:36,119 --> 01:47:38,679
grateful the next thing I think each

1937
01:47:38,679 --> 01:47:40,560
council member should pick a project in

1938
01:47:40,560 --> 01:47:41,360
the

1939
01:47:41,360 --> 01:47:46,400
city clean up the park clean up uh crank

1940
01:47:46,400 --> 01:47:50,080
Street other things but uh I finally got

1941
01:47:50,080 --> 01:47:52,040
something to help me and that's really

1942
01:47:52,040 --> 01:47:53,920
nice

1943
01:47:53,920 --> 01:47:58,159
okay good seeing you and uh we'll keep

1944
01:47:58,159 --> 01:48:00,880
going thank you thank you

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01:48:00,880 --> 01:48:03,239
Carl thank

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01:48:03,239 --> 01:48:04,750
you and the

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01:48:04,750 --> 01:48:08,629
[Applause]

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01:48:08,639 --> 01:48:19,430
last Dr

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01:48:19,440 --> 01:48:21,920
Ina good evening and thank you for

1950
01:48:21,920 --> 01:48:23,400
allowing me to speak speak on this

1951
01:48:23,400 --> 01:48:26,159
unparalleled human tragedy of our times

1952
01:48:26,159 --> 01:48:28,000
and thank you uh for allowing me to

1953
01:48:28,000 --> 01:48:30,880
speak with the confusion in the sign up

1954
01:48:30,880 --> 01:48:33,360
um we are asking you to adopt a

1955
01:48:33,360 --> 01:48:36,239
resolution supporting Cesar in Gaza I'm

1956
01:48:36,239 --> 01:48:38,360
an epidemiologist and a public health

1957
01:48:38,360 --> 01:48:40,280
worker my research area is Health

1958
01:48:40,280 --> 01:48:42,440
disparities but I come to you as a

1959
01:48:42,440 --> 01:48:45,360
mother as a fellow human being Beyond

1960
01:48:45,360 --> 01:48:48,119
race and religion I come to speak

1961
01:48:48,119 --> 01:48:50,159
because I need to be able to look my

1962
01:48:50,159 --> 01:48:53,239
kids in in their eyes and say that I was

1963
01:48:53,239 --> 01:48:55,599
not quiet I need to be true to my

1964
01:48:55,599 --> 01:48:57,520
profession and speak against Injustice

1965
01:48:57,520 --> 01:49:00,920
and racism everywhere because today

1966
01:49:00,920 --> 01:49:04,080
being silent is being complicit you say

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01:49:04,080 --> 01:49:06,159
why here what does this stragedy

1968
01:49:06,159 --> 01:49:08,920
unfolding have to do with us the reason

1969
01:49:08,920 --> 01:49:12,360
is our tax dollars they fund the weapons

1970
01:49:12,360 --> 01:49:14,840
being used against children against Aid

1971
01:49:14,840 --> 01:49:17,719
convoys against hospitals our tax

1972
01:49:17,719 --> 01:49:19,880
dollars that could be put to much better

1973
01:49:19,880 --> 01:49:22,719
use in communities like skincity Prov

1974
01:49:22,719 --> 01:49:25,119
providing Healthcare access after school

1975
01:49:25,119 --> 01:49:27,560
programs eliminating food desert

1976
01:49:27,560 --> 01:49:29,880
building conditions things we've heard

1977
01:49:29,880 --> 01:49:32,760
tonight funding Medicaid Medicare Social

1978
01:49:32,760 --> 01:49:35,560
Security I come here because you are our

1979
01:49:35,560 --> 01:49:37,440
representatives and you have public

1980
01:49:37,440 --> 01:49:40,000
platforms available to you to speak up

1981
01:49:40,000 --> 01:49:43,520
and speak out I will speak up here I

1982
01:49:43,520 --> 01:49:45,960
will call my federal representatives and

1983
01:49:45,960 --> 01:49:48,480
I will talk to anyone who listens and we

1984
01:49:48,480 --> 01:49:50,560
ask that you do as well what we are

1985
01:49:50,560 --> 01:49:54,320
seeing unfolding is an unhal of a People

1986
01:49:54,320 --> 01:49:56,159
Israel launched the war immediately

1987
01:49:56,159 --> 01:49:59,280
after October 7 Terror attacks by Hamas

1988
01:49:59,280 --> 01:50:01,440
at that time the Israeli government said

1989
01:50:01,440 --> 01:50:03,880
the operation had two goals eliminating

1990
01:50:03,880 --> 01:50:06,119
Hamas and bringing back hostages taken

1991
01:50:06,119 --> 01:50:09,719
by the militants to Gaza over 1.7

1992
01:50:09,719 --> 01:50:11,360
million people in Gaza have been

1993
01:50:11,360 --> 01:50:14,719
displaced since October 7 over 33,000

1994
01:50:14,719 --> 01:50:18,880
civilians have been killed of them 40%

1995
01:50:18,880 --> 01:50:23,119
are children 25% are women at least Le

1996
01:50:23,119 --> 01:50:26,400
200 Medics and more than 135 un staff

1997
01:50:26,400 --> 01:50:29,119
have been killed hospitals doctors Aid

1998
01:50:29,119 --> 01:50:31,599
workers journalists are all specific

1999
01:50:31,599 --> 01:50:34,239
targets none of these dead could be

2000
01:50:34,239 --> 01:50:36,880
possibly called combatants how much

2001
01:50:36,880 --> 01:50:39,119
collateral damage justifies killing so

2002
01:50:39,119 --> 01:50:42,040
many children why is the scale of this

2003
01:50:42,040 --> 01:50:44,040
oppression so disproportionate that

2004
01:50:44,040 --> 01:50:45,840
makes thousands of children

2005
01:50:45,840 --> 01:50:49,360
offense the who has issued dire warnings

2006
01:50:49,360 --> 01:50:50,880
that the threat of epidemics as

2007
01:50:50,880 --> 01:50:52,760
displayed Palestinians are crowded

2008
01:50:52,760 --> 01:50:55,480
together in tents and makeshift shelters

2009
01:50:55,480 --> 01:50:57,560
without sanitation facilities and clean

2010
01:50:57,560 --> 01:51:00,280
water there are conditions of starvation

2011
01:51:00,280 --> 01:51:03,639
and famine unfolding before our eyes the

2012
01:51:03,639 --> 01:51:06,000
who has called for orders of protection

2013
01:51:06,000 --> 01:51:07,719
of humanitarian Personnel following

2014
01:51:07,719 --> 01:51:10,599
detentions of medical personnel at

2015
01:51:10,599 --> 01:51:12,880
checkpoints when did we become a nation

2016
01:51:12,880 --> 01:51:14,639
that stays quiet as children are killed

2017
01:51:14,639 --> 01:51:16,679
and starved when did we start looking

2018
01:51:16,679 --> 01:51:19,239
the other way when clearly marked eight

2019
01:51:19,239 --> 01:51:22,000
convoys that were being coordinated with

2020
01:51:22,000 --> 01:51:24,719
Israeli are specifically targeted and

2021
01:51:24,719 --> 01:51:27,679
blown to smithin where is your outrage

2022
01:51:27,679 --> 01:51:29,239
where is the accountability for public

2023
01:51:29,239 --> 01:51:31,440
servants where are the rules of war and

2024
01:51:31,440 --> 01:51:33,320
engagement you want me to condemn

2025
01:51:33,320 --> 01:51:36,719
violence here I condemn all violence can

2026
01:51:36,719 --> 01:51:39,320
we all just stand for Humanity for our

2027
01:51:39,320 --> 01:51:41,079
children for those that have been

2028
01:51:41,079 --> 01:51:43,679
subject to systemic racism here and in

2029
01:51:43,679 --> 01:51:45,960
the world we want you to take up this

2030
01:51:45,960 --> 01:51:48,719
resolution on our behalf there are no

2031
01:51:48,719 --> 01:51:51,800
two sides to humanism ceasefire now and

2032
01:51:51,800 --> 01:51:53,920
ceasefire for the sake of humanity

2033
01:51:53,920 --> 01:52:01,229
please pass this resolution please

2034
01:52:01,239 --> 01:52:04,000
adopt thank you I have no one else

2035
01:52:04,000 --> 01:52:05,400
signed up to speak for the public

2036
01:52:05,400 --> 01:52:06,920
comment of City business so I declare

2037
01:52:06,920 --> 01:52:08,840
this public comment

2038
01:52:08,840 --> 01:52:10,760
closed at this point in time

2039
01:52:10,760 --> 01:52:15,550
miscellaneous business of the

2040
01:52:15,560 --> 01:52:18,000
council I called all the names that were

2041
01:52:18,000 --> 01:52:20,589
on the

2042
01:52:20,599 --> 01:52:23,280
sheet at this time any Miss business of

2043
01:52:23,280 --> 01:52:26,950
the

2044
01:52:26,960 --> 01:52:29,239
council um the mayor is not here as we

2045
01:52:29,239 --> 01:52:31,199
can all see and so Matt Daly is sitting

2046
01:52:31,199 --> 01:52:37,830
for in for the mayor this evening Mr

2047
01:52:37,840 --> 01:52:41,320
Daly okay yeah yeah so the mayor has

2048
01:52:41,320 --> 01:52:43,079
asked me to sit an in for him tonight

2049
01:52:43,079 --> 01:52:46,360
which is an absolute pleasure for me and

2050
01:52:46,360 --> 01:52:48,840
uh I see the temperature in the room is

2051
01:52:48,840 --> 01:52:51,800
a little bit high at the moment and so

2052
01:52:51,800 --> 01:52:54,159
uh my name is mat dy I am the golf

2053
01:52:54,159 --> 01:52:56,880
professional at sked Municipal Golf

2054
01:52:56,880 --> 01:52:59,480
Course and I can't tell you about world

2055
01:52:59,480 --> 01:53:01,280
issues but I can tell you that I can

2056
01:53:01,280 --> 01:53:03,280
bring uh a lot of people in our

2057
01:53:03,280 --> 01:53:04,920
community some Joy if you would come up

2058
01:53:04,920 --> 01:53:06,920
to our facility and and and see what we

2059
01:53:06,920 --> 01:53:09,320
have to offer uh tomorrow we're going to

2060
01:53:09,320 --> 01:53:12,119
open the golf course for the season uh

2061
01:53:12,119 --> 01:53:14,079
mayor McCarthy traditionally opens the

2062
01:53:14,079 --> 01:53:17,679
golf course uh against a sitting member

2063
01:53:17,679 --> 01:53:20,599
of the SKC High School golf team uh

2064
01:53:20,599 --> 01:53:22,199
there's a little competition that they

2065
01:53:22,199 --> 01:53:24,760
have done over the years and the

2066
01:53:24,760 --> 01:53:26,520
American Red Cross including the

2067
01:53:26,520 --> 01:53:28,719
skincity fire department will be on hand

2068
01:53:28,719 --> 01:53:31,119
to sort of educate us on uh the

2069
01:53:31,119 --> 01:53:32,599
importance of smoke detection in

2070
01:53:32,599 --> 01:53:34,400
people's houses and there's a great

2071
01:53:34,400 --> 01:53:37,599
program that they have we run a raffle

2072
01:53:37,599 --> 01:53:40,119
for the American Red Cross and all the

2073
01:53:40,119 --> 01:53:42,199
proceeds that we raise go directly back

2074
01:53:42,199 --> 01:53:44,560
to them in which case we'll be back in a

2075
01:53:44,560 --> 01:53:47,920
few months to present that uh to uh the

2076
01:53:47,920 --> 01:53:51,520
Red Cross in front of all of you um but

2077
01:53:51,520 --> 01:53:53,239
I I certainly hope that you take the

2078
01:53:53,239 --> 01:53:55,239
opportunity because it is a public golf

2079
01:53:55,239 --> 01:53:59,560
course and it is open to not just uh the

2080
01:53:59,560 --> 01:54:01,520
city residents but non-residents alike

2081
01:54:01,520 --> 01:54:04,560
and it is a very incredible benefit if

2082
01:54:04,560 --> 01:54:06,960
you were a city resident to come up

2083
01:54:06,960 --> 01:54:10,000
there and uh the doors always open and

2084
01:54:10,000 --> 01:54:13,440
we hope to see you thank you thank you

2085
01:54:13,440 --> 01:54:15,560
Mr daily so I'd like to thank everyone

2086
01:54:15,560 --> 01:54:17,800
for coming out this evening I've s heard

2087
01:54:17,800 --> 01:54:20,639
some very impassioned speeches and um

2088
01:54:20,639 --> 01:54:22,760
concerns and and I don't you know I

2089
01:54:22,760 --> 01:54:23,960
heard some things said but I believe

2090
01:54:23,960 --> 01:54:26,239
that we all are believe in in

2091
01:54:26,239 --> 01:54:29,159
humanitarian Aid and we all believe that

2092
01:54:29,159 --> 01:54:30,440
there should be no violence against

2093
01:54:30,440 --> 01:54:32,840
everyone so as I stated before and I'll

2094
01:54:32,840 --> 01:54:34,400
say it again I'm always open to that

2095
01:54:34,400 --> 01:54:38,040
conversation so send emails and I'm just

2096
01:54:38,040 --> 01:54:40,159
waiting for for someone to say yes we'd

2097
01:54:40,159 --> 01:54:41,800
like to sit down and talk I only speak

2098
01:54:41,800 --> 01:54:43,320
for myself I cannot speak for other

2099
01:54:43,320 --> 01:54:45,239
council members it's up to other council

2100
01:54:45,239 --> 01:54:47,320
members if they want to engage in

2101
01:54:47,320 --> 01:54:49,159
conversation I would hope that we would

2102
01:54:49,159 --> 01:54:51,679
want to because without communication

2103
01:54:51,679 --> 01:54:54,440
then we really cannot understand what um

2104
01:54:54,440 --> 01:54:56,159
what everyone wants to say and the

2105
01:54:56,159 --> 01:54:57,960
communication needs to be a dialogue as

2106
01:54:57,960 --> 01:55:00,040
you come here you get to speak to us but

2107
01:55:00,040 --> 01:55:01,800
we do not get to speak in return that's

2108
01:55:01,800 --> 01:55:03,599
just the way the process is here but

2109
01:55:03,599 --> 01:55:06,280
again I'm open for open to dialogue too

2110
01:55:06,280 --> 01:55:09,079
with anyone who is um Dr shakima

2111
01:55:09,079 --> 01:55:10,880
initially sent that email I'm still open

2112
01:55:10,880 --> 01:55:13,520
to that I just want to say that I'm also

2113
01:55:13,520 --> 01:55:14,760
I'd like to thank the children for

2114
01:55:14,760 --> 01:55:16,719
coming tonight that was it was very nice

2115
01:55:16,719 --> 01:55:21,000
to hear them I appreciate uh Dr isad for

2116
01:55:21,000 --> 01:55:23,119
uh asking for them to come and it's

2117
01:55:23,119 --> 01:55:25,679
always great to hear um from from

2118
01:55:25,679 --> 01:55:27,920
children always but also to hear of all

2119
01:55:27,920 --> 01:55:30,280
the cultures that represent our

2120
01:55:30,280 --> 01:55:32,719
city I I want to thank the firefighters

2121
01:55:32,719 --> 01:55:34,960
for their uh Cancer Foundation run this

2122
01:55:34,960 --> 01:55:37,320
week uh this weekend and I had an

2123
01:55:37,320 --> 01:55:39,560
opportunity to uh to be with them

2124
01:55:39,560 --> 01:55:40,960
actually it was not it was past this

2125
01:55:40,960 --> 01:55:43,480
last weekend before and it was very cold

2126
01:55:43,480 --> 01:55:45,599
yet you know people were out supporting

2127
01:55:45,599 --> 01:55:47,119
the Cancer Foundation so I want to thank

2128
01:55:47,119 --> 01:55:48,320
everyone that came

2129
01:55:48,320 --> 01:55:51,239
out um just want to remind folks that

2130
01:55:51,239 --> 01:55:52,920
first of all there was one thing that

2131
01:55:52,920 --> 01:55:55,079
was said in in terms of city council

2132
01:55:55,079 --> 01:55:57,480
versus administrative the city council

2133
01:55:57,480 --> 01:56:00,400
is not the body which you submit in uh

2134
01:56:00,400 --> 01:56:03,119
request for for funding that is an

2135
01:56:03,119 --> 01:56:05,199
administrative function the city council

2136
01:56:05,199 --> 01:56:08,280
is a legislative body so we then decide

2137
01:56:08,280 --> 01:56:09,400
once it's gone through the

2138
01:56:09,400 --> 01:56:12,000
administration if that funding then gets

2139
01:56:12,000 --> 01:56:14,159
um delivered so just to clear what there

2140
01:56:14,159 --> 01:56:15,679
was a speaker who said that they

2141
01:56:15,679 --> 01:56:17,400
submitted something to the city council

2142
01:56:17,400 --> 01:56:19,480
it does not get submitted to us it gets

2143
01:56:19,480 --> 01:56:21,239
submitted to the

2144
01:56:21,239 --> 01:56:23,760
administration and this coming weekend

2145
01:56:23,760 --> 01:56:25,599
excuse me the 27th there's going to be

2146
01:56:25,599 --> 01:56:27,760
cleanups we've been talking a lot about

2147
01:56:27,760 --> 01:56:29,000
the cleanup of the city you heard a

2148
01:56:29,000 --> 01:56:31,880
little bit about it tonight um on the

2149
01:56:31,880 --> 01:56:33,760
27th the north side will be having a

2150
01:56:33,760 --> 01:56:36,639
cleanup as well as Hamilton Hill on the

2151
01:56:36,639 --> 01:56:38,719
North side uh you it's probably on the

2152
01:56:38,719 --> 01:56:40,480
city's web page by this time but Mike

2153
01:56:40,480 --> 01:56:42,480
aragosa you can reach out to him and in

2154
01:56:42,480 --> 01:56:44,079
Hamilton Hill you can reach out to the

2155
01:56:44,079 --> 01:56:47,320
Dury Amy Zion church and also the veil

2156
01:56:47,320 --> 01:56:51,400
community on the um 22nd of March is

2157
01:56:51,400 --> 01:56:53,560
also dur during their cleanup so if

2158
01:56:53,560 --> 01:56:54,679
there are other neighborhoods who are

2159
01:56:54,679 --> 01:56:56,719
interested in organizing a cleanup on

2160
01:56:56,719 --> 01:57:00,360
the 27th or the 22nd but on the 27th a

2161
01:57:00,360 --> 01:57:02,679
lot of communities will be doing cleanup

2162
01:57:02,679 --> 01:57:04,719
so I just want to let people know that

2163
01:57:04,719 --> 01:57:06,560
hopefully people will join in we do have

2164
01:57:06,560 --> 01:57:08,560
a little bit of work to do in terms of

2165
01:57:08,560 --> 01:57:10,599
our uh cleaning up our

2166
01:57:10,599 --> 01:57:12,960
city if nothing else I would ask for a

2167
01:57:12,960 --> 01:57:16,199
motion to adjourn move by Miss Patrick

2168
01:57:16,199 --> 01:57:19,000
second by Mr manini all those in favor I

2169
01:57:19,000 --> 01:57:21,159
we are adjourned have a good

2170
01:57:21,159 --> 01:57:51,109
night

2171
01:57:51,119 --> 01:58:00,229
you

2172
01:58:00,239 --> 01:58:06,709
got get home to the big game

2173
01:58:06,719 --> 01:58:13,270
yeah for meide I almost

2174
01:58:13,280 --> 01:58:21,109
made hopefully I'll make it home

2175
01:58:21,119 --> 01:58:24,390
okay

2176
01:58:24,400 --> 01:58:26,960
he