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[11:58] you council members
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[12:58] car
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[13:54] Okay
[13:58] so ask him to
[14:01] take the one sitting there or we can ask
[14:04] one of the imams it's up to you we have
[14:06] to do this
[14:09] quickly yes sitting next to the girl if
[14:11] he can
[14:28] ask
[14:40] he said he doesn't know the huh he said
[14:42] he doesn't know who the Emil
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[15:01] I'd like to call order C City meeting
[15:04] for Monday April 8th
[15:06] 2024 we have a public hearing tonight if
[15:10] the clerk could please read public
[15:12] hearing number one regarding creating a
[15:14] special assessment District on a portion
[15:17] of Central
[15:18] Parkway we have 13 items for original
[15:21] consideration and one for unanimous
[15:22] consent if the clerk would please read
[15:24] item number one item number one for
[15:26] original consideration an ordinance
[15:28] amending ordinance
[15:49] 224-3888 Street discussed in committee
[15:52] without objection on consent item number
[15:54] three item number three for original
[15:56] consideration a resolution calling for a
[16:01] public calling for a public hearing
[16:02] regarding addition of section 264-1111
[16:06] of the connect city code regarding the
[16:09] regulation and location of smoke shop
[16:12] Vape Shop hooka lounges and vape
[16:14] consumption businesses discussed in
[16:16] committee with objection on consent item
[16:18] number
[16:19] four item number four for original
[16:21] consideration a resolution setting forth
[16:23] the attendance requirements at
[16:25] acknowledgement by members of the city
[16:27] of skty board of assessment review
[16:29] discussed in committee without objection
[16:31] on consent item number five item number
[16:34] five for original consideration a
[16:35] resolution authorizing the Department of
[16:37] Finance to make a budget amendment to
[16:40] the 2024 operating budget discussed in
[16:43] committee with objection on consent item
[16:45] number six item number six for original
[16:47] consideration a resolution authorizing
[16:50] the mayor to accept
[16:52] $800,000 Crest Grant from the domator
[16:55] authority of the state of New York
[16:56] discuss in committee with objection on
[16:58] cons item number seven item number seven
[17:01] for original consideration a resolution
[17:03] declaring the city council as the lead
[17:05] agency and opening a 30-day public
[17:07] comment period regarding the update of
[17:11] the connecties historic ordinance and
[17:14] related zoning ordinance sections
[17:16] discussed in committee with objection on
[17:18] consent item number eight item number
[17:20] eight for original consideration a
[17:21] resolution transmitting to the skincity
[17:24] County Planning Department proposed
[17:25] changes to the city of SKC historic
[17:27] commission ordinance and related
[17:29] historic district and zoning ordinances
[17:32] discussed in committee without objection
[17:33] on consent item number nine item number
[17:36] nine for original consideration a
[17:37] resolution authorizing the mayor to
[17:39] enter into a lease agreement for the
[17:41] beas hill Reservoir residential
[17:43] unit roll call by Miss Patrick item
[17:47] number
[17:48] 10 item number 10 for original
[17:50] consideration a resolution authorized in
[17:52] sale of 430 huler Street for
[17:55] $78,000 discussed in committee without
[17:57] objection on consent item number 11 item
[18:00] number 11 for original consideration a
[18:01] resolution authorizing the sale of $949
[18:04] State Street for $80,000 discussed in
[18:07] committee with objection on consent item
[18:09] number 12 item number 12 for original
[18:11] consideration a resolution authorizing
[18:13] the sale of a vacant lot located at 1055
[18:16] Cutler Street and a vacant lot located
[18:18] at 14026 Avenue for a total of
[18:22] $3,500 discussed in committee with
[18:24] objection on consent item number 13 item
[18:26] number 13 for original consideration
[18:28] resolution recognizing Pastor Parson for
[18:31] years of community service this item
[18:33] will be taken out of order and presented
[18:35] by council member Farley item number 13
[18:38] a item 13A for unanimous consent an
[18:42] ordinance creating a special assessment
[18:44] District on a portion of Central
[18:46] Parkway I need a motion to place this on
[18:49] the consent
[18:50] agenda Mo by
[18:52] Mr second by Mr Mr Williams all in
[18:57] favor
[19:00] okay is there any objection to this item
[19:03] since there's no objection um this item
[19:05] will go on to the
[19:07] uh consent agenda if there's nothing
[19:10] more to come before the city council
[19:12] caucus I ask for a motion to
[19:13] adjourn moved by Miss Patrick second by
[19:15] Mr Williams all in favor I we are
[19:18] adjourned I'd like to call the city
[19:20] council meeting to order for Monday
[19:21] April 8th
[19:24] 20124 and I'd like to call on Reverend
[19:26] Parsons to lead us in the
[19:32] [Music]
[19:57] prayer
[19:59] in Jesus name amen amen I'd like to call
[20:03] on council member m to Le in the
[20:15] pledge
[20:17] indivisible andice for all thank
[20:24] you if the clerk would please complete
[20:26] the Roll
[20:27] Call
[20:29] Mr
[20:31] Toro Mr
[20:35] Farley Mr Mancini here Mr Mutan pres M
[20:40] Patrick here Mr
[20:42] Williams M Porterfield
[20:44] here thank you so before we do our first
[20:48] uh
[20:50] resolution I'll wait till you're
[20:55] finished thank
[20:57] you before we do our first resolution um
[21:00] I want there the young people have
[21:06] come um the young people have come to
[21:09] present us with a song about Eid and
[21:11] you're going to hear a little
[21:12] explanation about the holiday and what
[21:14] it's about so at this point in time I'd
[21:15] like to invite you inside the
[21:27] chamber
[21:57] for
[22:10] it's I say yourself one two three and
[22:16] start honorable mayor Madame President
[22:19] and members of the council thank you for
[22:22] giving us this opportunity to share our
[22:24] e Joy with you for the past 4 weeks two
[22:28] bill million Muslims from Alaska to
[22:30] Australia and from Sweden to South
[22:32] Africa have been fasting from dawn to
[22:35] sunset on Wednesday we will be
[22:37] celebrating and giving thanks to Allah
[22:40] for the countless blessings of Ramadan
[22:42] the song we're about to sing for you is
[22:44] in both English and Arabic the Arabic
[22:47] phrases
[22:48] are a
[22:51] happy a joyful day J A Beautiful Day
[22:56] Allah abbar God is the greatest
[23:00] there's none worthy of worship besides
[23:03] Allah and to Allah belongs all praise
[23:07] thank
[23:09] [Applause]
[23:22] you thank you Allah for
[23:27] bless
[23:41] [Music]
[23:53] the B Muslims un to
[23:57] worship
[24:20] [Music]
[24:24] his love is the greatest by PR
[24:29] thanks to you the joy of only
[24:52] from only make for
[24:57] those
[25:11] [Music]
[25:27] all
[25:56] wo wo
[26:07] thank you very much thank
[26:20] you next we will have our out of order
[26:22] resolution it's a resolution recognizing
[26:24] Pastor Richard Parsons for years of
[26:26] community service and I'd like to call
[26:28] council member Farley to present this
[26:57] resolution
[26:59] may I have the floor Madame President
[27:02] you have the floor sir thank you friends
[27:04] and family please feel uh welcome to
[27:07] come join the side yeah
[27:21] please my man you know it okay whereas
[27:27] Pastor Richard Parson is dedicated
[27:29] pastor and Community leader in the
[27:30] vibrant heart of the capital region of
[27:32] New York State and Pastor Parson a
[27:34] retiring pastor and throughout his
[27:36] glorious pastorial Legacy Pastor Parson
[27:39] devoted his life to serving others
[27:41] leaving an incredible mark on the
[27:43] communities he touched and as Pastor
[27:45] Parson's journey into Ministry began
[27:47] with a profound sense calling to serve
[27:50] seeking and saving the Lost he embarked
[27:52] on his path unwavering dedication
[27:55] aspiring to make a difference in the
[27:57] lives of those around him
[27:58] with a Compassionate Heart a steadfast
[28:01] commitment to his Faith Pastor Parsons
[28:03] became an effective figure in the
[28:05] religious landscape of the Capitol
[28:07] region and whereas Pastor Parson's
[28:09] Memorial Church is connecti the church
[28:11] flourished and and as it became a be
[28:14] Beacon of Hope in the sanctuary for all
[28:16] those seeking Refuge from life's
[28:18] challenges Pastor Parson's sermons
[28:20] resonated yes they did with wisdom
[28:22] compassion and profound understanding of
[28:24] the human Spirit inspiring people to
[28:27] live lives of purpose and integrity for
[28:30] 40 plus years Pastor Parson served as a
[28:32] pastor providing spiritual guidance
[28:34] support food clothing and comfort to
[28:37] countless individuals families in need
[28:40] his tenure as a clergy leader in the
[28:41] community is characterized by empathy
[28:44] understanding a and a good genuine
[28:47] desire to uplift those in need and where
[28:49] as affiliated with refreshing Springs
[28:51] Church and State Street Presbyterian
[28:53] Church in concy Pastor Parson played a
[28:56] pivotal role in fostering a sense of
[28:58] belonging and unity in the community his
[29:01] ministry exhibites inclusively a welcome
[29:04] to all those who sought freedom from
[29:06] addiction and physical spiritual
[29:08] nourishment and whereas beyond the
[29:10] pulpit beyond the pulpit Pastor Parson
[29:13] was not merely a pastor who led from the
[29:14] pulpit Pastor Parsons was actively
[29:17] involved in various initiatives
[29:19] advocating for social justice food
[29:21] security equality and compassion he
[29:24] played a critical part in the
[29:25] development of the Hamilton hill art
[29:27] center where working closely to provide
[29:29] a platform for artistic expression and
[29:31] cultural enrichment in the community
[29:33] whereas pastors Parsons went into the
[29:35] streets drug houses and bars to minister
[29:38] to those who are in dire need embracing
[29:41] his faith in his teachings of compassion
[29:42] and service he's a
[29:44] Trailblazer he need in the community
[29:47] into his ministry during his tenure at
[29:49] refreshing Springs Church he was the
[29:51] first to bring NAA meetings to the
[29:53] church providing crucial support for
[29:55] those battling addition now now
[29:58] therefore it be resolved that this
[30:00] connected city council and mayor and
[30:02] Mayor Gary AR McCarthy do hereby pause
[30:04] in their deliberations to recognize
[30:06] Pastor Richard Parsons for his years of
[30:09] service to the city of connecti and to
[30:11] congratulate him and wish him well on
[30:12] his
[30:16] retirement want to say a CLE Mr Farley
[30:19] Mr
[30:21] Farley move the
[30:23] resolution okay i' uh like to entertain
[30:26] a motion you you moving the resolution
[30:29] yes I need a second please second my Mr
[30:31] M all those in favor uh motion passes
[30:35] congratulations a few words
[30:39] ask I'm truly blessed to be here today
[30:44] I'm going to speak to you and I pray
[30:48] that it would continue to be within your
[30:51] hearts and your minds just a simple
[30:54] thing we are better
[30:56] together thank you
[31:02] Pastor thank you thank you for all your
[31:04] years of service yes please guys I'd
[31:06] love to get a
[31:09] picture usually I can talk but when when
[31:12] it you was a big deal it got me
[31:26] nervous
[31:38] thank you again Reverend Parson for your
[31:39] years of
[31:41] [Applause]
[31:48] service we have one public hearing this
[31:50] evening I just like to remind everyone
[31:52] that the public hearing comment is
[31:53] extended to four minutes and also ask
[31:55] that you respectively respective
[31:58] effectively um ask that every person
[32:00] only comment on the subject relevant to
[32:02] the public
[32:03] hearing public hearing number one
[32:05] regarding creating a special assessment
[32:07] District on a portion of Central
[32:10] Parkway I have three people signed up to
[32:13] four people signed up to
[32:15] speak okay uh soib shikima are you here
[32:20] you're not here for this public hearing
[32:22] okay ashar ATA no okay rod
[32:29] Hubert are you here to speak about the
[32:31] Central Parkway sidewalk program
[32:34] no okay sir we will move you to the city
[32:37] business this is about the public
[32:39] hearing okay thank
[32:41] you Lan
[32:49] Lee good evening
[32:51] everyone president Porterville and City
[32:54] Council Members I am here as a a
[32:58] longtime resident of Eastern Parkway and
[33:01] Central
[33:02] Parkway I initiated a petition in
[33:07] 2020 in the midst of covid our sidewalks
[33:11] have been crumbling um it initially
[33:14] started out as something personal for me
[33:18] but then led to something bigger our we
[33:21] are a throughway to Central Parkway in
[33:24] the Rose Garden and so I I took the
[33:28] initiative to go out and petition our
[33:32] neighbors and I got
[33:35] 75% of
[33:38] the uh numbers that I needed to create
[33:42] this hopefully this assessment if this
[33:46] happens and I'm thrilled um it's been a
[33:50] long journey I have to say thank you to
[33:54] John who has been with me the whole time and all the neighbors who signed
[34:00] the
[34:01] petition um it's a beautiful area I've
[34:04] been living in my home since
[34:07] 1997 raised all of my children and I
[34:11] have three grandchildren and it's a
[34:13] beautiful area and the sidewalks are in
[34:15] dire need I know that this is a hardship
[34:19] for some but for me I mean I I divorced
[34:23] in 2005 so it would be a hardship for me
[34:27] too
[34:28] um but I think it's the best thing uh
[34:32] for the area and I am a business owner
[34:35] I'm an entrepreneur 30 years I own two
[34:37] businesses I own tots Tedy and more
[34:40] which is a family daycare I've been
[34:42] serving the community since
[34:44] 1993 I believe in what I do and I'm
[34:49] hopeful that everyone is in agreement
[34:52] and we're going to have these beautiful
[34:53] sidewalks and people are going to be
[34:56] proud and no one's going to get hurt
[35:00] um uh walking down our our street um and
[35:05] I'm all I have to say is um I'm grateful
[35:07] and I'm I'm thankful for this
[35:09] opportunity and I hope that you will
[35:10] consider and everyone will um know that
[35:12] this is this is a good thing and it's
[35:14] not something that is meant to hinder
[35:17] anyone and hopefully you
[35:19] know it will you
[35:23] know it will come to fruition and and I
[35:26] thank you for your time thank you thank
[35:29] you
[35:33] [Applause]
[35:36] yep Steve
[35:42] Dorfman good evening my name is Steve
[35:45] Dorman I reside at 811 Central
[35:48] Parkway um from the proposals for the
[35:52] parking I'm totally against it they want
[35:54] to remove my bushes they want to set
[35:56] back uh approximately two to three feet
[36:01] into my property uh for four parking
[36:04] spaces um my my wife is you know is has
[36:12] mental and physical problems and this is
[36:13] a stress honor besides that the people
[36:16] that complained about parking on the
[36:19] street okay got tickets because they
[36:22] were parked on the sidewalk it doesn't
[36:24] affect their property but it affects
[36:26] mine my my next door neighbor Matt
[36:29] nelligan uh he sent in a
[36:32] uh a statement stating that he was
[36:36] opposed to the project we're not opposed
[36:39] to the parking uh not the parking let me
[36:42] correct myself we're not opposed to the
[36:43] sidewalks we're opposed to parking where
[36:46] they're penalizing me as a resident for
[36:49] 38
[36:50] years okay everybody on the block has
[36:54] parking in the back uh in the alleyway
[36:57] so they can park their cars in the
[37:00] alleyway now personally I believe it's
[37:04] if if they're so enthused about having
[37:07] parking on the street they could take a
[37:09] couple of feet away from from the island
[37:12] which would give them more parking
[37:14] because they from what I understand they
[37:16] didn't want to take away their their
[37:18] shrubs and their and and their trees and
[37:20] so on and so forth so I'm totally
[37:22] opposed to it and and I wished instead
[37:25] of penalizing me that they
[37:28] if they want to help people on on the
[37:29] Block as far as parking which they don't
[37:31] need because like I to be redundant they
[37:35] can park in the back they all have
[37:41] garages so that that's that's how I feel
[37:45] I got a statement here if you if you
[37:48] would like me to submit it I I sent it
[37:51] to the uh uh the city clerk's office and
[37:57] I said to uh the uh uh the people that
[38:01] would that part of the project so like
[38:04] uh again I'm not opposed to the
[38:07] sidewalks I'm opposed to them uh
[38:10] penalizing me for people because they a
[38:12] couple of people got tickets because
[38:14] they were parked on the
[38:16] sidewalk I thank you for your time thank
[38:21] you I have no one else signed up to
[38:23] speak so I declare the public hearing
[38:26] closed ask for approval of the minutes
[38:28] for March minutes for March 24th
[38:32] 2024 move by Mr mudar second by Mr
[38:35] Mancini all those in favor I ask the
[38:38] clerk to please read any Communications
[38:40] and
[38:42] petitions Communications presented to
[38:44] the city council for Monday April 8th
[38:46] 2024 under official there were none
[38:49] under General from Nils Hedland of
[38:53] American Legion Post 1485 a letter dated
[38:56] March 18th 2024 thanking the city of
[38:59] skincity for donated
[39:01] funds from Warren monal an email in
[39:05] response to the YouTuber the videotaped
[39:07] City Hall and employees with advice
[39:09] regarding the situation from Richard
[39:12] head an email with advice and case law
[39:14] against videotaping public officials at
[39:16] work from Dollar tpin
[39:19] OA an email slandering the mayor for not
[39:22] allowing an an individual to record
[39:25] employees from Dave Conley and Michael
[39:27] Murphy an email with additional
[39:29] suggestions for the Central Parkway
[39:31] sidewalk
[39:33] improvements from Steve and Ingrid
[39:35] Dorfman an email regarding their
[39:37] displeasure with the new plan for
[39:39] Central Parkway sidewalk program they
[39:41] would rather not have parking directly
[39:43] in front of their home and offered
[39:45] alternative plans such as making the
[39:46] island smaller from Peter fine an email
[39:49] regarding the Central Parkway sidewalk
[39:51] program he does not like the
[39:56] parking
[39:58] [Music]
[40:04] does not like losing four to five ft of
[40:06] their front lawn he has plowing concerns
[40:09] and suggested making an the island
[40:11] smaller from Matt nigan and jacine moer
[40:15] an email regarding the Central Parkway
[40:17] sidewalk program he and his wife did not
[40:20] sign up for the program and would like
[40:21] all repairs to be completed by utilizing
[40:23] grants since the street is a gateway to
[40:26] Central Park and and will be used by
[40:28] many residents from Jean Carney an email
[40:31] stating her opposition regarding Central
[40:33] Park sidewalk program assessment and
[40:36] lack of communication regarding it and
[40:39] under petitions there was a petition
[40:41] turned in at the last city council
[40:42] meeting with 971 signatures requesting a
[40:46] resolution for an immediate ceasefire to
[40:48] end civilian Bloodshed and ensure
[40:50] humanit humanitarian Aid access to
[40:55] Gaza thank you
[40:57] I'd ask the clerk to uh excuse me ask
[40:59] City Council Members to any committee
[41:01] reports committee
[41:03] reports seeing none this point in time
[41:06] we have a privilege of the floor related
[41:08] to the legislative agenda I have no one
[41:10] signed up to speak so I declare the
[41:13] public comment on the legislative agenda
[41:16] closed ask council members for approval
[41:18] of the legislative consent
[41:20] agenda move by Mr mud second by Mr
[41:23] Farley all those in
[41:25] favor we do have one item for a roll
[41:28] call
[41:36] vote item number
[41:39] nine the cler please
[41:41] read item number nine for original
[41:44] consideration a resolution authorizing
[41:46] the mayor to enter into a lease
[41:47] agreement for the beas hell Reservoir
[41:49] residential unit I need a motion moved
[41:53] by Mr Williams Reserve second second by
[41:56] Mr manini
[41:59] is there any discussion on this
[42:01] item discussion on this
[42:04] item okay okay if the clerk would please
[42:09] call the
[42:10] role Mr Toro
[42:14] no Mr Farley yes Mr manini yes Mr M yes
[42:22] Miss
[42:25] Patrick I'm voting no
[42:27] um I think that uh as I've stated at the
[42:30] committee meetings and discussions about
[42:31] this item um I think that um changing
[42:36] the the outline of what we have had this
[42:39] um employee um in the middle of his
[42:44] employment um is is not really right um
[42:47] this is you know part he he does a lot
[42:50] um on the property to maintain the
[42:51] property I think it would be more
[42:53] expensive to hire a caretaker for the
[42:55] property so I am voting no
[42:58] Mr
[42:59] Williams
[43:01] yes Miss Porterfield yes motion passes 5
[43:06] to
[43:09] two this time we'll have privilege of
[43:12] the floor regarding General City
[43:14] business I have a number of people
[43:16] signed
[43:26] up 23 people signed up to
[43:29] speak the first person and I'm going to
[43:32] if I pronounce your name incorrectly
[43:33] when you come to the rail please um
[43:36] pronounce your name for us and and I
[43:38] just want to remind everyone that this
[43:40] portion of the um privilege of the floor
[43:42] is only three minutes three minutes and
[43:45] you will you are being timed so first
[43:47] person I have signed up is taore AI
[43:56] Naji
[44:01] good evening thank you for your time my
[44:03] name is tamour n I am a longtime
[44:06] resident of the Capital District born
[44:08] and raised I'm currently the vice
[44:10] president of alh Center in laam we are
[44:14] the largest mosque in the greater
[44:15] Capital District I am here to support
[44:19] some of my colleagues who have come
[44:20] before you previously calling for the
[44:23] city council to pass a resolution
[44:26] calling for immediate and permanent
[44:28] ceasefire in Gaza you may be wondering
[44:32] why we are so adamant to have a local
[44:36] political entity pass a resolution that
[44:40] ultimately will not have a meaningful
[44:42] effect on American foreign policy at the
[44:44] end of the day local politicians don't
[44:46] control American foreign policy the
[44:49] reason why we are here and the reason
[44:51] why we have gone before other local
[44:52] entities including the Albany City
[44:54] common Council and the Albany County
[44:56] Legislature is because as we've seen
[44:58] throughout American history through
[45:00] different struggles whether through the
[45:01] Civil Rights era whether through the
[45:03] fight for women's voting rights symbolic
[45:06] gestures symbolic actions can have a
[45:08] profound impact on a controversy or
[45:10] issue and in turn it can have a profound
[45:13] impact on the perception of a
[45:15] controversy or issue by the public
[45:18] currently we are six months into what
[45:20] can only be described per un regulations
[45:23] as a genocide occurring in Gaza
[45:25] according to statistics right now as of
[45:28] today 33,000 people have been killed
[45:31] more than 13,000 children are among them
[45:34] and that also includes 8,400 women
[45:37] 75,000 Palestinians have been injured
[45:39] and 8,000 have been missing thanks to
[45:42] social media we are seeing horrific
[45:44] images coming out of Gaza
[45:47] including excuse me the bombing of
[45:52] hospitals the bombing of hospitals the
[45:54] bombing of refugee centers attacks on on
[45:57] Aid workers the blockade of a
[45:59] humanitarian aid for people in need the
[46:02] list of atrocities goes on and on and on
[46:06] and what we are asking you to do
[46:08] essentially is be on the right side of
[46:10] History because 20 30 40 years from now
[46:13] the history books will be talking about
[46:15] this conflict and the question before
[46:17] you the question you have to ask
[46:18] yourself as human beings is did you
[46:21] stand on the right side of History even
[46:22] though you yourself could not ultimately
[46:24] change the conditions on the ground did
[46:27] you do your part as leaders of the
[46:30] community to voice your support or
[46:33] opposition to a genocide we certainly
[46:36] hope and pray that you are opposed to
[46:38] the genocide in your hearts and in your
[46:41] minds but the way that you can show the
[46:43] general public that you are opposed to
[46:45] it is through your powers as City
[46:48] legislators through your powers to pass
[46:50] resolutions because ultimately those
[46:52] resolutions will have a profound effect
[46:55] ultimately voting no on the ballot which
[46:57] occurred very recently in our uh
[46:59] Democratic primaries has a profound
[47:01] impact on perception and so that that is
[47:04] why I'm here as a local member of the
[47:05] Muslim c community as a member of the
[47:08] Muslim Community leadership in the
[47:09] Capitol District I hope and pray that
[47:12] our
[47:12] message hits a tone with you and that
[47:15] you would consider sincerely and pass a
[47:17] resolution calling for a permanent
[47:20] ceasefire in Gaza thank you very much
[47:22] for your time than
[47:25] you
[47:30] William
[47:36] nman thank you uh my name is William
[47:38] neaman I live on Parkwood Boulevard in
[47:40] SKC in October of last year the League
[47:43] of Women Voters submitted my name to the
[47:45] mayor to be their representative on the
[47:47] civilian police review board the mayor
[47:50] has not forwarded that recommendation to
[47:52] the council for confirmation as required
[47:54] by law the civilian police View Board
[47:57] was created in 2002 as an independent
[48:00] body to provide civilian oversight of
[48:02] internal police complaint procedures and
[48:05] investigations and to help improve
[48:07] relationships between civilians and the
[48:09] police in the two decades since we've
[48:11] witnessed a growing professionalization
[48:13] of our police force however it's the
[48:16] nature of police work that there will
[48:18] inevitably be conflicts between
[48:19] civilians and police and some conflicts
[48:22] will result in accusations Justified or
[48:24] not of police misconduct
[48:28] the board is not a body of the city
[48:30] council or the mayor's office in fact
[48:32] the city council only directly appoints
[48:34] one member all other members are
[48:36] appointed by the mayor and confirmed by
[48:38] the council from candidates recommended
[48:41] by a defined list of Civic organizations
[48:44] including the
[48:45] NAACP the Human Rights Commission this
[48:48] connected United neighborhoods
[48:49] Association connected inner city
[48:52] Ministries the connected Municipal
[48:54] Housing Authority the city council
[48:56] itself has one appointe and the League
[48:58] of Women Voters by specifying these
[49:01] Community organizations the city council
[49:03] by code made sure that the board would
[49:05] represent a cross-section of City
[49:08] communities the mayor is required by law
[49:11] to appoint members from recommendations
[49:13] made by the organizations named in the
[49:15] code he has no discretion this is not
[49:18] the mayor's body nor is it the councils
[49:21] it is the city's body it is a body that
[49:23] usually works in the background
[49:25] inevitably though there will be an
[49:27] incident that will result in accusations
[49:29] of police
[49:30] misconduct while the Civ while the
[49:32] civilian police review board does not
[49:34] have the power to directly discipline
[49:35] police officers it does have the ability
[49:38] to review internal police procedures and
[49:40] make
[49:41] recommendations this is a valuable check
[49:43] on the police as well as a way to assure
[49:46] the public that police internal review
[49:48] procedures are undertaken properly the
[49:51] League of Women Voters is represented on
[49:53] the board by Julia hul whose term
[49:55] expired last June in accordance with the
[49:58] city code in October of 2023 the league
[50:02] recommended me a member of the league to
[50:04] be Julia's replacement in November the
[50:07] mayor's office asked me for a resume
[50:09] which I promptly submitted to date the
[50:12] mayor has not forwarded the
[50:13] recommendation to the council for
[50:15] confirmation with no explanation to the
[50:17] league or to the council again the mayor
[50:20] must appoint representatives from among
[50:23] the names submitted by the organizations
[50:25] named in the legislation
[50:28] his office has been contacted numerous
[50:30] times by the league and has not even
[50:32] provided the courtesy of a response this
[50:35] body usually works in the background and
[50:38] provides an essential service to the
[50:39] city its members receive no compensation
[50:42] and do it as a civic duty so we asked
[50:45] why the mayor has not followed the law
[50:47] and forwarded the League's
[50:48] recommendation to the city council thank
[50:50] you thank
[50:54] you Ann haty
[51:02] thank you uh my name is Annie haty I'm
[51:05] the uh president of the League of Women
[51:08] Voters of SKC County I'm here just to
[51:11] Second the words of bill
[51:14] neaman um we have been on the uh
[51:18] civilian police review board uh for many years we've had a chair on this
[51:25] board um for several years and we would
[51:30] like to see our uh our nominee appointed
[51:35] as soon as possible we don't take this
[51:39] lightly um this is an important position
[51:43] in the community and we have chosen our
[51:47] nominee very
[51:49] carefully uh thank you thank
[51:54] you Cheryl
[52:03] recen I live on Parkwood Boulevard I've
[52:06] been on the board for the League of
[52:07] Women Voters for 14 years and usually
[52:12] our challenge is finding someone who
[52:14] wants to serve on the civilian police
[52:16] review board we found a
[52:20] nominee and we are just mystified as to
[52:24] why the mayor has not sent that uh uh
[52:28] appointment to the city council and I'm a little disappointed that the mayor
[52:32] is not here tonight but really if
[52:35] there's an issue we'd like to know what
[52:36] it is thank you thank
[52:44] you Dr
[52:55] Chima
[53:01] I wanted to start by thanking you for
[53:02] allowing our Muslim kids sing the joyful
[53:05] Aid song I assure you that the children
[53:07] of Gaza are spending the saddest Aid in
[53:10] their lives while more than 13,000 of
[53:13] them don't get to celebrate it simply
[53:16] because they were killed during the
[53:18] genocide it breaks my heart that we are
[53:20] back here asking you to add your voices
[53:22] to those to those who are standing
[53:25] against Genesis
[53:27] while you are still insisting on
[53:28] including those who are championing
[53:31] genocide between the time we were here 2
[53:33] weeks ago and now many lives were taken
[53:36] away by the IDF including that of a US
[53:39] Aid worker along with six of his
[53:43] colleagues I ask this question would we
[53:46] set a Ukrainian and a Putin supporter
[53:49] and have them discuss the war before we
[53:51] call for a ceasefire Let It Be set on
[53:54] record that we have done our due to
[53:56] elligence by emailing you links to
[53:58] educate you about the reality on the
[54:00] ground of the US taxpayers funded
[54:03] genocide of Palestinians by the Israeli
[54:05] occupation forces this genocide is
[54:08] funded by each and every working adult
[54:11] in this room are you comfortable funding
[54:13] a genocide for the African-Americans
[54:17] here did you forget our history in this
[54:19] country we all know that slavery is not
[54:22] part of the history of this country
[54:24] simply because we know it has not end Ed
[54:27] it evolved for the Irish Americans here
[54:30] who are not disconnected from their
[54:32] history you know the genocide and
[54:34] man-made famine is a generational trauma
[54:37] that is still felt till this day the
[54:40] Italians Chinese Japanese Catholics Jews
[54:42] Muslims and the list goes on do you know
[54:45] why did each group suffer and why many
[54:49] continue to suffer till this day it is
[54:52] because of the attitude that most have
[54:54] the attitude of my
[54:57] problem the suffering and genocide of
[54:59] the Palestinians is a mere reflection of
[55:01] our own State our lack of Bravery tells
[55:04] me that you don't have my back as an
[55:06] American citizen your subjectivity on
[55:09] this simple issue of Human Rights is a
[55:11] reminder for our system or reminder of
[55:13] our system of Supremacy your silence is
[55:16] a deafening betrayal of the values we
[55:18] hold dear to our hearts if you choose to
[55:21] do nothing your names will go down in
[55:24] history on the opposite side of those
[55:26] who believe and Fight For Freedom it's
[55:29] not too late to add your names next to
[55:31] Nelson Mandela Gandhi Martin Luther King
[55:34] and others like the US Airman Aaron
[55:37] bushnel who died refusing to be
[55:40] complicit with our government's direct
[55:41] participation in the genocide and Jacob flingr a US citizen who was killed
[55:48] in Gaza while feeding the starving
[55:50] Palestinian men women and children who
[55:52] are being starved to death by the IDF
[55:56] Jacob and six other Aid workers were
[55:58] killed while you were being sensitive to
[56:00] the feelings of those who believe the
[56:02] genocide should
[56:03] continue last time we asked you to
[56:06] follow the lead of Albany city council
[56:08] but today we are asking you to follow
[56:11] the lead of you Albany student Senate in
[56:13] passing the resolution adopt bring to
[56:16] the floor and pass the ceasefire
[56:18] resolution now thank you thank
[56:25] you
[56:29] ashar
[56:36] ATA good evening I actually put my name
[56:39] there twice one was I was registering
[56:41] for Dr insaf and you call my name
[56:44] earlier yes that was for the public
[56:46] hearing but you said no no because yeah
[56:49] so I chose the wrong options it was two
[56:51] entries I'm just letting you know one is
[56:53] me the other is Dr insa Who sitting here
[56:56] so can I ask her to speak she is already
[56:59] on the sheet sir oh she's there that's
[57:01] good okay so I'm going to start your
[57:02] time because we were having a little
[57:03] conversation for okay thank you very
[57:05] much so good evening again and um just
[57:09] to bring the isue that uh as Dr Chima
[57:12] said that we are requesting this Council
[57:14] to take up the resolution for ceasefire
[57:17] in Gaza and occupied Palestine by the
[57:19] occupying aarth regime of Israel these
[57:22] are not my words when I'm calling them
[57:24] aarth because this is what lots of
[57:27] humanitarian organizations across the
[57:29] world are
[57:30] saying uh we are also being told that
[57:33] the council wants to hear both sides so
[57:36] there are no both sides in an occupied
[57:39] and occupying situation when one for one
[57:42] part of the people are occupied and the
[57:44] other is the occupier there is no both
[57:47] sides and by the way there were no those
[57:50] both sides in slavery and the
[57:52] enslavement of the black people there
[57:54] were no both sides in the occupation of
[57:56] the Indian lands there were no both
[57:58] sides in the British colonization of the
[58:00] subcontinent and there were no both
[58:02] sides in the aparti in South Africa we
[58:05] all know that there were no both sides
[58:07] although the the the occupying forces
[58:10] they always made the case that the
[58:12] others deserved it that there was always
[58:15] a reason for that discrimination for
[58:17] that occupation for the genocide and so
[58:20] on the other case that's often being
[58:22] made or that's being asked of us what
[58:24] would a city council why would it
[58:27] matter how would a local city council
[58:30] matter all like I said it said that all
[58:34] um issues are
[58:36] Global so I'll give you an example I'll
[58:39] read something I hope it doesn't take a
[58:41] lot of time it's a news article talks
[58:44] about Joseph Zuma 71 he was forly
[58:47] indicted in couple of weeks after
[58:49] October 7th on three counts of first
[58:52] degree murder one count of attempted
[58:54] murder two counts of AG battery and two
[58:57] counts of hate crime he pleaded not
[59:00] guilty at his
[59:01] arrangement however the prosecutors have
[59:04] said the
[59:05] zuba this is what he was accused of he
[59:09] stabbed a
[59:10] 6-year-old Wadi alfi 6 26 times 26 times
[59:16] a six-year-old was stabbed 26 times and
[59:20] here's why and his mother a 32-year-old
[59:23] Hanan Shaheen was stabbed more than than
[59:26] a dozen times because of their religion
[59:28] and nationality wadii was laid to rest
[59:32] and his mother remained in hospital and
[59:33] could not participate in his son's
[59:35] burial but investigators determined that
[59:38] the victims were targeted I quote were
[59:40] targeted by the suspect due to them
[59:42] being Muslim and the ongoing Middle
[59:45] Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the
[59:48] Israelis this is this happened in
[59:51] Chicago so this is the realities we live
[59:53] in our cities are are we
[59:57] are composed of all kinds of people and
[1:00:00] we do get affected by what happens
[1:00:02] overseas and this is the reason we are
[1:00:04] requesting you to pass this
[1:00:07] resolution so now let's quickly talk
[1:00:10] about who is being bombarded and and
[1:00:12] indiscriminately killed in Palestine it
[1:00:14] is it is being done by an apartheid
[1:00:16] state and occupied it is done on people
[1:00:19] who are occupied for three generations this is not a
[1:00:24] recent conflict it does not stop start
[1:00:26] on October 7th this is being inflicted
[1:00:28] on people who have been occupied for
[1:00:30] more than three generations right now
[1:00:32] 84% of the health facilities are damaged
[1:00:35] water and sanitation system has
[1:00:36] collapsed 100% of education system has
[1:00:39] collapsed and millions of people are
[1:00:41] without home and 75% of the population
[1:00:43] is displaced while they are being told
[1:00:47] that they actually deserve it they
[1:00:49] actually deserve it sir your time is up
[1:00:52] and I just wanted to let you finish that
[1:00:54] statement but your time is expired so I
[1:00:56] think I have made my case I thank you
[1:00:58] very much for the time for allowing me
[1:00:59] the time thank
[1:01:03] [Applause]
[1:01:05] you Jamaica
[1:01:18] miles SKC mayor though not here this
[1:01:20] evening in city council please join the
[1:01:23] National and International Community in
[1:01:25] its pleas for a permanent ceasefire
[1:01:27] release of all hostages those held by
[1:01:29] Israel and Hamas an end to Us weapons
[1:01:32] being shipped to Israel and the
[1:01:34] immediate and unencumbered access to
[1:01:36] humanitarian Aid so desperately
[1:01:39] needed we stand here on colonized
[1:01:43] land this land is colonized
[1:01:47] land the blood still seeps into the
[1:01:50] ground here from enslaved Africans and
[1:01:54] the genocide of indigenous people on
[1:01:56] this
[1:01:57] land two weeks ago one day after the
[1:02:00] last city council meeting there was a
[1:02:01] report of the Special Report tour on the
[1:02:03] situation of human rights in the
[1:02:05] Palestinian territories occupied since
[1:02:08] 1967 by Franchesca albanes to the U
[1:02:12] Human Rights Council it is titled
[1:02:15] anatomy of a genocide and I quote after
[1:02:18] 5 months of military occupation Israel
[1:02:20] has destroyed Gaza over 30,000
[1:02:23] Palestinians have been killed including
[1:02:25] more than 13,00 th000 children over 12
[1:02:28] 12,000 are presumed dead and 71,000
[1:02:30] injured many with lifechanging
[1:02:32] mutilations 70% of residential areas
[1:02:35] have been destroyed 80% of the whole
[1:02:37] population has been forcibly displaced
[1:02:39] thousands of families have lost loved
[1:02:41] ones or have been wiped out many could
[1:02:43] not B bury or mourn their relatives
[1:02:46] forced instead to leave their bodies
[1:02:48] decomposing in homes IND the street or
[1:02:50] under the rubble thousands have been
[1:02:52] detained and systematically subjected to
[1:02:54] inhumane and degrading treatment
[1:02:56] the incalculable collective trauma will
[1:02:59] be experienced for generations to come
[1:03:01] by analyzing the patterns of violence in
[1:03:03] Israel's policies on its Onslaught in
[1:03:05] Gaza this report concludes that there
[1:03:08] are reasonable grounds to believe that
[1:03:10] the threshold indicating Israel's
[1:03:12] Commission of genocide is met the
[1:03:14] overwhelming nature and scale of
[1:03:16] Israel's assault on Gaza and the
[1:03:18] destruction destructive conditions of
[1:03:20] life it has inflicted reveal an intent
[1:03:22] to physically destroy Palestinians as a
[1:03:24] group this report Court finds that there
[1:03:26] are reasonable grounds to believe that
[1:03:28] the threshold indicating the commission
[1:03:30] of the following acts of genocide
[1:03:32] against Palestinians in Gaza has been
[1:03:34] met killing members of the group causing
[1:03:37] serious bodily or mental harm to groups
[1:03:39] members and deliberately inflicting on
[1:03:42] the group conditions of Life calculated
[1:03:44] to bring about its physical destruction
[1:03:46] in whole or in part genocidal Acts were
[1:03:49] approved and given effect following
[1:03:51] statements of genocidal intent issued by
[1:03:54] senior military and government officials
[1:03:57] end quote every single day every minute
[1:04:02] while we stand here people are being
[1:04:04] murdered and starved to death as an
[1:04:06] ongoing attack an act of genocide which
[1:04:09] can be stopped the hostages could be
[1:04:11] returned immediately if Israel agreed to
[1:04:13] a ceasefire and return of their hostages
[1:04:16] the federal government moved as little
[1:04:19] as it did because they were forced to
[1:04:21] move the majority of US citizens support
[1:04:24] this the pressure from every we wear is
[1:04:26] still needed an important message is not
[1:04:29] just for the International Community but
[1:04:31] to the connec residents that all life is
[1:04:34] valuable and no one gets to build their
[1:04:36] homes on the bones of the children that
[1:04:39] they murdered thank
[1:04:47] you thank you
[1:04:54] vat
[1:05:02] Madame President and members of the
[1:05:03] council I am a proud resident of the
[1:05:06] city of
[1:05:07] SKC and I'm here to support the
[1:05:09] ceasefire
[1:05:11] resolution in the late 18th century my
[1:05:14] grandparents moved from colonized India
[1:05:17] to colonized Africa and now here I am in
[1:05:20] colonized North America how many more
[1:05:23] times do we have to move from continent
[1:05:26] to continent only to keep witnessing
[1:05:29] people stealing land from others
[1:05:31] oppressing them tormenting them
[1:05:34] dehumanizing them and killing them in
[1:05:37] the
[1:05:38] thousands Madame President members of
[1:05:40] the council at present there is a
[1:05:43] fullblown genocide taking place in Gaza
[1:05:46] to fully appreciate what is going on
[1:05:49] there I quote Israeli writer Alon
[1:05:53] Mahi the genocide has seen innumerable
[1:05:58] atrocities and
[1:05:59] massacres but what happened at asifa
[1:06:02] hospital in Gaza deserves a study a
[1:06:07] university course and a Wikipedia page
[1:06:10] of its own I have never seen anything
[1:06:14] like this ever I don't think even Isis
[1:06:18] accomplished anything like this this
[1:06:20] looks like the work of death squads high
[1:06:23] on drugs on a long
[1:06:26] orgy armed with 21st century
[1:06:30] weapons it is so insane we cannot even
[1:06:33] understand what it means yet and it will
[1:06:36] take us years to grasp that particular
[1:06:39] episode in the
[1:06:40] genocide I have no idea what Israel did
[1:06:43] to the soldiers to prepare them for this
[1:06:47] but it just doesn't look possible that
[1:06:50] normal humans even the most hateful can
[1:06:53] perform this and it went on for 3
[1:06:58] weeks I'm at a loss for an
[1:07:01] explanation even in the context of the
[1:07:03] utter depravity we've witnessed this
[1:07:06] stands out as extremely extremely
[1:07:11] Sinister my God we have sunk so low end
[1:07:15] of
[1:07:16] quote city of skincity let us make our
[1:07:19] children proud let them look back at
[1:07:22] sked city council one day and say when
[1:07:25] world leaders and politicians decided to
[1:07:28] look the other way when over 30,000
[1:07:32] people in Gaza were killed with our tax
[1:07:35] dollars our city was one of the first in
[1:07:38] New York state to call for a ceasefire
[1:07:41] we did not wait until we had no choice
[1:07:45] but to admit that war crimes were being
[1:07:48] committed that ethnic cleansing was
[1:07:51] taking place that colonizers controlled
[1:07:54] the world
[1:07:56] we the people of SKC had the courage and
[1:08:00] the moral conviction to stand with
[1:08:03] people whose land has been stolen who
[1:08:07] are imprisoned indefinitely and without
[1:08:09] trial who are being starved to death and
[1:08:13] whose limbs are being amputated without
[1:08:17] anesthesia thank
[1:08:20] [Applause]
[1:08:24] you thank you
[1:08:27] Ed Leen
[1:08:31] Jr good evening last meeting I left
[1:08:35] proof of my allegations that two corrupt
[1:08:37] judges committed the crime of conspiracy
[1:08:38] depr me of my constitutional rights yet
[1:08:41] again none of you have contacted me
[1:08:44] mayor is chief law enforcement officer
[1:08:46] in concy council members are supposed to
[1:08:48] help taxpaying citizens you're all part
[1:08:51] of the conspiracy now and all of you
[1:08:53] have committed obstruction of
[1:08:54] governmental administ ministration if
[1:08:56] convicted none of you can hold office
[1:08:58] again the mayor as an executive if
[1:09:01] prosecuted I believe it's a mandatory
[1:09:03] sentence now that Shawn rays of YouTube
[1:09:06] Long Island audit has been falsely
[1:09:09] arrested by the mayor's nonsense
[1:09:11] executive order I believe 500,000 people
[1:09:14] will know all your name
[1:09:19] soon by the end of the month I would say
[1:09:22] you keeping my ethic complaints out of
[1:09:23] the Gazette that's for the mayor who is
[1:09:25] not here and off the news channels
[1:09:27] doesn't much matter except to prove you
[1:09:29] were covering up for Frost and Pho Long
[1:09:32] Island audit has more viewers than the
[1:09:34] TV news and a Gazette will only print
[1:09:36] what you tell them to print as I said
[1:09:39] before 10 million people will know your
[1:09:41] name and how corrupt you are that
[1:09:43] includes the city police chief the
[1:09:44] sheriff the judges County attorney the
[1:09:47] district attorney and United States
[1:09:49] Attorney
[1:09:50] Barnett have Clear Proof of these crimes
[1:09:53] you've done nothing you've done nothing
[1:09:55] for the pensioners at St Claire's what
[1:09:58] the hell did you run for you've done
[1:10:00] nothing for the Humphrey
[1:10:04] family all belong in jail thank
[1:10:11] you Michael
[1:10:16] zfairy president miss Porterfield city
[1:10:19] council good evening my name is Mike
[1:10:20] Superior 21 um your property owner
[1:10:23] connected hope you're having a good even
[1:10:25] good evening one two issues I want to
[1:10:27] talk about one um two years ago December
[1:10:31] of 2022 I was honored to do um two
[1:10:34] plaque present presentations one for the
[1:10:37] SKC Police Department the other one for
[1:10:40] the rer police
[1:10:41] department um to this day I want to tell
[1:10:44] you how much I honor we honor them and
[1:10:46] we respect them and love
[1:10:48] them um an officer recently I think it
[1:10:51] was about a week and a half ago Long
[1:10:52] Island Brooklyn New York Jonathan Diller
[1:10:55] was tragically killed the person who
[1:10:58] killed him who shot him had 21
[1:11:01] arrests something needs to change in
[1:11:04] this state regarding his police officers
[1:11:07] any kind of law enforcement every day
[1:11:08] they go out there and they put their
[1:11:10] lives on the line it's time we put our
[1:11:12] lives on the line for them and we
[1:11:13] respect them and give them the
[1:11:15] protection they
[1:11:17] need
[1:11:19] um every day they leave their homes and
[1:11:21] I have relatives in the police
[1:11:22] departments connect reram friends every
[1:11:25] time time they walk out that door they
[1:11:26] say they say goodbye to their wives and
[1:11:28] their loved ones they don't know if
[1:11:29] they're coming home but they put their
[1:11:31] lives on the line every day and God I
[1:11:32] respect them I pray for them every day
[1:11:35] and I hope everybody here does the same
[1:11:37] thing and I wanted to honor them and
[1:11:38] think of Jonathan Diller and his and his
[1:11:41] wife Stephanie and their family and all
[1:11:42] the officers out there bless them every
[1:11:44] day and my closing note is I want to
[1:11:47] respond to Four City c three city
[1:11:49] council persons and Mrs pfield Mr
[1:11:51] Williams Miss Patrick Mr Toro
[1:11:56] Miss pfield every time I call you and
[1:11:58] text you you always come back to me you
[1:12:01] always get stuff done I want you to know
[1:12:03] that I respect that I'm fed up with the
[1:12:05] rhetoric of how you people get trashed
[1:12:07] enough is enough they say you people
[1:12:09] don't do things you do and I know you do
[1:12:12] and people out there know you do so
[1:12:14] needs to stop people know who they are
[1:12:17] out there just stop we respect you thank you very much thanks for
[1:12:22] letting me talk thank you
[1:12:29] mayel
[1:12:39] Leon my name is Maya Leon and I come
[1:12:42] before you tonight to ask your support
[1:12:44] for a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza
[1:12:48] and an end to weapon sales to Israel all
[1:12:52] over the United States resolutions are
[1:12:54] being supported and adopted by local
[1:12:57] councils to bring awareness and support
[1:13:01] for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza an
[1:13:04] immediate delivery of humanitarian Aid
[1:13:06] and a return of the hostages you may ask
[1:13:09] why am I coming before city council a
[1:13:12] local government entity and bringing
[1:13:15] before you an international
[1:13:20] issue uh in a democracy when our
[1:13:23] national government does not not listen
[1:13:25] to the citizens who are crying for
[1:13:29] justice and Humanity we must use every
[1:13:33] peaceful strategy to change that
[1:13:36] government
[1:13:38] policy a democracy demands action from
[1:13:42] its citizens and all government bodies I
[1:13:46] will not be silent and I hope you as my
[1:13:50] governing body will not be silent
[1:13:53] either I stand stand before you to
[1:13:56] Proclaim in a loud voice that I am not a
[1:13:59] sorter of Hamas that I was horrified by
[1:14:04] the Hamas attack on Israeli
[1:14:07] civilians and I will tell you
[1:14:11] criticizing the government of Israel
[1:14:15] does not make me an
[1:14:18] anti-semite today as of today
[1:14:25] people in Gaza have been killed with the
[1:14:29] majority being children and women 100
[1:14:34] journalists have been killed 200
[1:14:37] humanitarian workers and we can add the
[1:14:41] seven from uh the Central Kitchen every
[1:14:45] hour in Gaza 15 people are killed and
[1:14:50] six are children 35 are injured every hour and 42 bombs fall on them the
[1:15:00] camps that they've been forced from
[1:15:03] their homes to live in are
[1:15:05] overcrowded water is scarce and unclean
[1:15:09] toilets are nonexistent or
[1:15:12] unsanitary severe injuries are
[1:15:16] untreated and disease is
[1:15:19] rampant and now famine has set in and
[1:15:24] there are deaths due to starvation we
[1:15:27] all know this it is on our TVs it is on
[1:15:32] our phones it is in our
[1:15:36] newspapers this is an elimination of a
[1:15:41] people the Palestinian people anyone who
[1:15:45] believes in human rights would demand an
[1:15:48] end to this
[1:15:49] madness permanen SE fire open all roots
[1:15:54] for Humanity Arian Aid return the
[1:15:57] hostages and work for a
[1:16:00] resolution for the
[1:16:03] Palestinians and for the Israelis thank
[1:16:06] you thank
[1:16:07] [Applause]
[1:16:13] you Robert
[1:16:22] sandals oh Robert Sanders Mr s Sanders
[1:16:26] yes I can see who you are now good
[1:16:29] evening how are you um I want just want
[1:16:31] to talk to you on two of the um original
[1:16:34] consideration things one was about the
[1:16:36] vape shops smoke shops and things to
[1:16:39] that nature to make it very quick I hope
[1:16:42] every steart in cumland farms isn't
[1:16:43] going to be selling cigarettes either
[1:16:45] because the Vape and cigars are legal
[1:16:48] products last I knew we followed the
[1:16:50] Constitution of the United States of
[1:16:51] America okay uh as for the stockade and
[1:16:55] historical district that was on the
[1:16:56] zoning board for eight years 92 to 2000
[1:17:00] okay that's a special area by the Dutch
[1:17:03] okay that was settled by the Dutch you
[1:17:05] know the history I don't have to tell
[1:17:06] you about SKC but there shouldn't be any
[1:17:08] changing to build new buildings and
[1:17:10] destroy the history of the city of SKC
[1:17:13] um let me just go on a little bit uh I
[1:17:17] don't think we should be giving Aid to
[1:17:20] Ukraine
[1:17:22] Russia um Gaza Palestine or Israel okay
[1:17:26] there there's a thing that every
[1:17:28] politician knows all politics is local
[1:17:31] it was like the little child who died
[1:17:33] over on 12th Street okay I came across I
[1:17:37] said to this councel we need something
[1:17:39] for children and families in this
[1:17:42] city no one paid any attention to me
[1:17:45] councilman member moodon said I tried to
[1:17:48] get it on the agenda no one listen we
[1:17:51] have a dead child now Lord knows how
[1:17:53] that's going to come out what's
[1:17:55] happening 7,000 miles away has nothing
[1:17:58] to do with the United States okay we got
[1:18:01] veterans we got homeless people we got
[1:18:04] drugs coming across the Mexican border
[1:18:06] we have big time issues but this is the
[1:18:09] city of connecti you are elected by the
[1:18:13] people of the city is connecti that's
[1:18:15] what you swore to the Constitution of
[1:18:17] the city is connec and the state of New
[1:18:20] York okay that's where your due
[1:18:22] diligence lies okay now I totally
[1:18:26] understand how these people feel cuz how I feel all these tax dollars going
[1:18:31] to Ukraine to Russia to Israel here and
[1:18:34] there why don't we get them why aren't
[1:18:37] we getting those dollars I got it I
[1:18:39] understand it but this is the United
[1:18:41] States we got to take care of our own
[1:18:43] house first what's the old saying a
[1:18:46] house of cards will not stand something
[1:18:48] like that that's where we're at
[1:18:49] everybody's picking a box I'm black I'm
[1:18:51] Indian I'm white you know I'm Muslim I'm
[1:18:53] this I'm that okay no no no we're
[1:18:56] Americans we're Americans here I
[1:18:59] understand Irish German okay there's
[1:19:02] people from African descent there's
[1:19:04] people from all over but right here this
[1:19:06] is the city of SKC this is what the city
[1:19:08] of SKC is all about okay so we address
[1:19:12] those situations those problems first
[1:19:15] then move on if we can move on there's a person too Madam president I'm
[1:19:19] gonna end it right here his name is
[1:19:22] Congressman Paul tono call him talk to
[1:19:27] him okay we we have state senators
[1:19:29] people like that talk to them the city
[1:19:32] is connected he is the city of SK thank
[1:19:34] you very much and have a good day thank
[1:19:40] you B
[1:19:43] hakeim and please correct me your name
[1:19:46] for me sure I didn't get that
[1:19:51] right uh hello good evening uh my name
[1:19:54] is aim and I'm one of the Muslim
[1:19:57] community members so uh first of all uh
[1:20:00] thank you for having me here uh I would
[1:20:03] like to start uh with the Holy verses of
[1:20:06] the Holy Quran which says in
[1:20:23] Arabic so the translation would be uh oh
[1:20:27] mankind indeed we have created you from
[1:20:30] a me male and female and made you
[1:20:33] Nations and tribes that you may know
[1:20:36] each other indeed uh the best of you in
[1:20:39] the sight of God is the the one who most
[1:20:42] regards God so we are all here for the
[1:20:46] uh ceasefire resolution in this Hall we
[1:20:49] are gathered from different nations and
[1:20:51] different backgrounds but mostly we are
[1:20:53] residents of SKC
[1:20:55] uh City uh everyone is United here for a
[1:20:58] very valid and important cause that is
[1:21:01] the ceasefire as every day we see a lot
[1:21:04] of innocent people including uh men and
[1:21:07] women and children who are dying uh in
[1:21:11] Palestine this oppression and Injustice
[1:21:14] should be end as soon as possible if we
[1:21:16] are supposed to be in such conditions
[1:21:19] just if we imagine ourselves in in that
[1:21:22] conditions imagine how we would seek
[1:21:24] Justice for ourselves the same we seek
[1:21:27] Justice for our brothers and sisters in
[1:21:30] Palestine I would say that you shouldn't
[1:21:33] be belonging to any particular religion
[1:21:36] to stand for this important cause but as
[1:21:39] a human being and living in a free
[1:21:42] Democratic world this is a cause which
[1:21:45] is very important and uh must be present
[1:21:49] to everybody and this is to bring peace
[1:21:51] and stability to those oppressed people
[1:21:54] on the other side of the world uh this
[1:21:57] resolution should be passed as soon as
[1:21:59] possible thank you for your attention
[1:22:00] and for having me here thank
[1:22:03] [Applause]
[1:22:07] you thank
[1:22:10] you s Ahmad
[1:22:18] no respected brothers and sisters uh I
[1:22:23] agree to you all with this Islamic
[1:22:24] greetings assalam
[1:22:28] alaykum this means uh peace be upon you
[1:22:32] all uh my name is S Ahmed N I am
[1:22:35] resident of skti city I'm here to
[1:22:39] support uh ceasefire resolution for
[1:22:42] Palestine
[1:22:45] today uh one of the heartbreaking events
[1:22:48] on social media I saw was uh the
[1:22:53] children's cloth Roots were put to put
[1:22:56] side by
[1:22:58] side uh by the numbers of
[1:23:02] thousands uh children
[1:23:04] killed and it was picturized by a
[1:23:09] drone and the scene was in
[1:23:13] Miles the question here is how many more
[1:23:17] children have to be
[1:23:19] murdered to
[1:23:21] seize uh the
[1:23:23] fire
[1:23:26] although in Quran chapter 5 verse 32
[1:23:31] Allah says
[1:23:33] that whoever kills in innocent human
[1:23:38] beings it means that he has killed the
[1:23:42] whole
[1:23:43] humanity and whoever Saves a Life of a
[1:23:47] human
[1:23:49] being he saves the whole
[1:23:52] Humanity so Allah here in this wor
[1:23:55] mentions human beings not a specific
[1:23:59] group of peoples or
[1:24:03] religion
[1:24:04] so what we believe is that each
[1:24:10] innocent Soul being
[1:24:13] killed is that like the humanity is
[1:24:17] being
[1:24:18] killed again the question is how many
[1:24:23] times the Community has to be killed to
[1:24:27] reach to the point to seize the
[1:24:33] fire uh let's put ourselves in the shoes
[1:24:38] of Palestine
[1:24:41] people what if we were the family member
[1:24:46] of those innocent people
[1:24:49] killed will we still
[1:24:53] be will we still not stop the ceasefire
[1:24:57] and support the ceasefire
[1:25:01] resolution and at the
[1:25:04] end I would like to mention on the
[1:25:08] speech of our president when he was not
[1:25:12] elected by that time he he repeated uh a
[1:25:17] Hadith the saying of prophet Muhammad
[1:25:20] peace be upon
[1:25:22] him so the prophet said
[1:25:25] stop the wrong with your hands if you
[1:25:30] cannot stop it with your tongue and if
[1:25:34] you cannot do that then hate it in your
[1:25:38] hurs so I again request you all to
[1:25:44] please join me in the ceasefire
[1:25:47] resolution for Palestinians thank you
[1:25:50] very much for your time thank
[1:25:53] you
[1:25:54] [Applause]
[1:25:57] Frank
[1:26:23] wicks
[1:26:30] you those are all hard speakers to
[1:26:31] follow but one point to make is along
[1:26:34] with the siege fire uh we're we're we're
[1:26:37] using our tax money to send weapons to
[1:26:41] Israel and uh Israel tells us we can't
[1:26:45] tell them what to do with them so the
[1:26:47] way to cut it off is to stop using our
[1:26:49] tax money to send the
[1:26:51] weapons
[1:26:53] uh
[1:26:56] the historians of the Holocaust are
[1:26:59] comparing Israel
[1:27:01] today with Germany in the
[1:27:04] 1930s what are the similarities the
[1:27:08] Nazis and Israel claimed to have special
[1:27:11] people based on their
[1:27:14] Birthright if if you don't have the
[1:27:16] right birth right you don't
[1:27:18] matter uh Nazis then and Israel Israelis
[1:27:21] now are committing genocide
[1:27:24] and ethnic cleansing to get rid of the
[1:27:28] others Israel Israeli leader shows a
[1:27:32] triumphant map with only Israel between
[1:27:35] the river and the sea in other words
[1:27:37] there's no such thing as
[1:27:39] Palestinians uh illegal settlements in
[1:27:42] the West
[1:27:44] Bank by Israel are terrorizing and uh
[1:27:47] killing the Palestinians for many
[1:27:51] years uh Christmas Eve
[1:27:55] Israelis attack the birthplace of Jesus
[1:27:57] in
[1:27:58] Bethlehem didn't get much attention but
[1:28:01] it
[1:28:02] should uh Israelis
[1:28:05] attacked Israeli continues to kill and
[1:28:08] thousands of Palestinian babies
[1:28:12] children women Innocents in
[1:28:15] Gaza Israel was also committing genocide
[1:28:18] by
[1:28:19] starvation of Palestinians in
[1:28:22] Gaza Israel is
[1:28:24] also Israel continues to kill hundreds
[1:28:28] of uh human of
[1:28:32] humanitarian work Aid
[1:28:34] workers uh members of the press and
[1:28:37] doctors in
[1:28:40] Gaza uh Israel in the past uh encouraged
[1:28:45] the United States to start a war in uh
[1:28:48] in h Afghanistan for 20-year war and
[1:28:52] also the war in Iraq for the regime
[1:28:53] changed
[1:28:55] uh now they're trying to get United
[1:28:57] States to start a war with
[1:28:59] Iran and that has to be
[1:29:02] resisted
[1:29:07] uh and again this could not happen
[1:29:09] without our weapons the president can
[1:29:12] stop the can can can stop everybody
[1:29:15] stopping the weapons any day now he
[1:29:17] could have from the start and israeli's
[1:29:21] best hope for survival is a actually to
[1:29:25] make make peace with their neighbors
[1:29:27] rather than using our weapons for
[1:29:29] continue war and this is what Albert
[1:29:32] Einstein had in mind when he encouraged
[1:29:35] the creation of Israel back in the
[1:29:38] 1940s thank you thank
[1:29:41] [Applause]
[1:29:45] you Ed
[1:29:53] varno
[1:29:59] good evening my name is Ed varno I'm the
[1:30:02] newly elected treasurer of the city of
[1:30:04] SKC GOP tonight on behalf of all our
[1:30:08] constituents who couldn't be here but
[1:30:10] are tired of petty politics we see being
[1:30:13] played at every city council meeting I
[1:30:17] take exception with the all the time the
[1:30:20] city council is focused on scoring
[1:30:23] political points surrounding the city
[1:30:25] renting property to a city employee at
[1:30:28] beas Hill this started with your
[1:30:31] claiming that this was about generating
[1:30:34] revenue for the city now it looks like
[1:30:36] it's increasing the rent by $2,400
[1:30:39] annually will cost the city
[1:30:42] approximately
[1:30:43] $400,000 or more to bring up the code
[1:30:46] the Porterfield way of raising revenue
[1:30:49] we'd be bankrupt within weeks if you
[1:30:51] were our mayor I recognize that
[1:30:54] councilman Williams is fond of telling
[1:30:55] everyone he has an MBA the same council
[1:30:59] member who was put in charge of the city
[1:31:01] budget that for the first time in 30
[1:31:03] years wasn't adopted on time and his and
[1:31:07] your budget would have put us on the
[1:31:10] FastTrack to
[1:31:12] bankruptcy I may not have an MBA like Mr
[1:31:15] Williams as I went to work protecting
[1:31:17] our city and its citizens As A
[1:31:19] Firefighter but I know the difference
[1:31:21] between trying to save taxpayer in
[1:31:24] perpetuating a political ruse by certain
[1:31:28] council members bent on creating
[1:31:30] division attacking the administration
[1:31:33] that in the end taxpayers will pay the
[1:31:35] price for but the whole rent situation
[1:31:38] reminded me that you miss Porterfield
[1:31:41] rent space from the
[1:31:43] county and looking at your rent history
[1:31:45] I found that you the only time you paid
[1:31:48] your rent on time for the past seven
[1:31:50] years was the F the three months in a
[1:31:52] row during the past mayor or primary
[1:31:55] which you lost I also found your rent
[1:31:58] hasn't been increased in six years so if
[1:32:01] you want to talk about responsibilities
[1:32:03] and costs associated with renting from
[1:32:06] either the city or in your case the
[1:32:08] county going five six and sometimes
[1:32:11] seven months overdue and never paying
[1:32:13] your rent on time with no penalties for
[1:32:16] being late is unacceptable by any metric
[1:32:20] if this city council is truly looking
[1:32:22] for ways to generate funds
[1:32:24] Andor just as important saving taxpayer
[1:32:27] dollars the city GOP is willing to help
[1:32:30] thank you thank
[1:32:33] you Tom
[1:32:46] Kennedy
[1:32:48] honorable Matt Dy City
[1:32:52] Council
[1:32:54] uh I Rise my name is Tom Kennedy I'm the
[1:32:57] chair of the Republican party
[1:33:02] uh it was mid-march when the city GOP
[1:33:05] first sorry I got to take these cheaters
[1:33:07] off when the city GOP first became aware
[1:33:11] of the legal dumping that was being done
[1:33:14] along i890 West between Exit 4 Michigan
[1:33:17] Aven exit 5 Broadway we first called
[1:33:20] upon the city to clean up the areas
[1:33:22] where The Dumping had been occurring we
[1:33:25] called attention to the health hazards
[1:33:26] near the illegal dumps and how these
[1:33:29] areas were embarrassing sight as it was
[1:33:32] an entryway into our city we also
[1:33:34] identified health and safety concerns
[1:33:36] for the residents who liveed near these
[1:33:39] illegal
[1:33:40] dumps this was the first time that we
[1:33:43] had mentioned using American Rescue plan
[1:33:45] act funds to address these legal dumps
[1:33:48] and tackle the conditions they left
[1:33:50] behind in our
[1:33:51] city over the course of the next two
[1:33:53] weeks we attempted to find out the
[1:33:55] process of how to apply for these arpa
[1:33:59] funds it was during this time that we
[1:34:01] also
[1:34:02] introduced uh also introduced using
[1:34:05] these funds for surveillance videoing of
[1:34:07] the area fencing increased lighting to
[1:34:10] save off these would be illegal
[1:34:13] dumpers we were advised that we would
[1:34:16] have to go through the city council to
[1:34:17] find out the process to apply for arpa
[1:34:20] funding we continue to try to get
[1:34:23] answers from the city council finally I
[1:34:25] wrote you the city council president a
[1:34:27] letter to request the process but
[1:34:29] instead of you advising me on how to
[1:34:31] apply for an arer proposal you chose to
[1:34:35] accuse me and others in Republican party
[1:34:37] of bigotry and personal
[1:34:40] bias the city GOP was trying to help wly
[1:34:43] Street residents clean up their
[1:34:45] neighborhood and find ways to help the
[1:34:47] city address their concerns while at the
[1:34:50] same time trying to make our city
[1:34:51] cleaner and more presentable place to
[1:34:54] live for everyone your message
[1:34:56] responding to my letter requesting an
[1:34:59] answer on submitting an art proposal was
[1:35:01] both shocking disappointing and quite
[1:35:04] honestly frankly ma'am uh you should be
[1:35:08] ashamed of
[1:35:09] yourself but on another note more
[1:35:12] positive be advised we have been meeting
[1:35:14] with the residents of Wy Street and we
[1:35:16] have just begun to help these citizens
[1:35:18] find solutions to their issues whether
[1:35:21] it's with arpa funds CBG or raising
[1:35:24] funds in other areas we will get the job
[1:35:27] done for the Wally Street residents
[1:35:29] thank you very much thank
[1:35:34] you right some someone only put their
[1:35:37] first name and it looks like chantis or
[1:35:41] stantis it's only a first name or only
[1:35:44] one name I'm not sure if it's the first
[1:35:45] or the
[1:35:48] last okay
[1:35:51] Abdul Baku
[1:35:57] no
[1:36:01] okay no so this person uh I'm going to
[1:36:04] spell this because I'm I'm not sure a d
[1:36:06] a b d a l r a h m a
[1:36:13] n and what is your first name okay
[1:36:16] that's
[1:36:22] you
[1:36:25] so hello everyone my name is ABD rman
[1:36:28] and I'm here today representing the um
[1:36:31] the University at Albany chapter of
[1:36:33] student for justice in
[1:36:35] Palestine and I'm also here today as a
[1:36:37] Palestinian Jordanian
[1:36:40] woman so being a part of our campus as
[1:36:42] student for justice in Palestine means
[1:36:44] that my peers and I must set aside our
[1:36:45] different our pride and differences for
[1:36:47] one common goal The Liberation of the
[1:36:49] Palestinian people one of the goals was
[1:36:52] to passed the BDS um ceasefire
[1:36:55] resolution and on Wednesday April 3rd
[1:36:58] the our student Senate passed that
[1:37:03] resolution and one of the main things
[1:37:06] that we had to argue was that this is a
[1:37:10] genocide we all know standing here I
[1:37:13] hope that we know that this is a
[1:37:14] genocide with the death toll being over
[1:37:16] 40,000 plus people Palestinian people
[1:37:20] including children women elderly people
[1:37:22] being murdered
[1:37:24] every single day standing here today A
[1:37:26] Palestinian is being murdered at the
[1:37:28] second right now so I call for the city
[1:37:32] council of skincity to call for an
[1:37:34] immediate
[1:37:36] ceasefire and also one of the points
[1:37:40] that was made by the Zionist on campus
[1:37:43] that also spoke to not get this
[1:37:46] resolution to pass was that Palestinians
[1:37:49] are not being murdered they're
[1:37:52] dying how are they dying you how are
[1:37:56] they dying they're being murdered by the
[1:37:58] IDF sold they're being bombed innocent
[1:38:01] people are being bombed um and one of
[1:38:04] the other points
[1:38:06] was that this is not a fight against the
[1:38:09] Palestinian residents this is a fight
[1:38:11] against Hamas but the this point has
[1:38:15] been brought up a few times in this um
[1:38:17] in in this meeting and that
[1:38:19] was um there was a US citizens who was
[1:38:22] bombed by the Israeli soldiers including
[1:38:25] an Australian one these people do not
[1:38:27] have a single drop of Palestinian blood
[1:38:29] in them they are not Palestinian people
[1:38:31] and they still got bombed for being in
[1:38:33] Palestine to Aid Palestinians to give
[1:38:37] them humanitarian Aid to be medical
[1:38:40] assistance for for injured Palestinians
[1:38:43] because the Medical Aid in Palestine
[1:38:45] doctors right now are struggling they do
[1:38:47] not have the resources women do not have
[1:38:49] the resources for their cycle for their
[1:38:51] monthly cycle us as women we we are
[1:38:54] grateful to go stop by CBS a drugstore
[1:38:57] to get pads to get tampons they do not
[1:38:58] have that resource this is a humanly
[1:39:01] function thing that women go through
[1:39:03] every single month and we all know this
[1:39:04] they don't have those resources doctors
[1:39:07] don't know how to deal with um with a um
[1:39:11] with injured people anymore they are
[1:39:12] using anything that they can because
[1:39:15] they do not have those resources and the
[1:39:17] people who were trying to give them
[1:39:18] those resources they got bombed by the
[1:39:20] ADF soldiers so as a Palestinian
[1:39:22] Jordanian woman as a pales jordanan
[1:39:24] student as a 17-year-old I am standing
[1:39:26] here in front of you guys to call for an
[1:39:29] immediate ceasefire cuz what is
[1:39:30] happening is not okay the U Albany um
[1:39:33] student Senate passing the BDS
[1:39:35] resolution is not enough it's not enough
[1:39:37] this is the and we inshallah we are also
[1:39:41] not the first uh not the only school
[1:39:43] that passes this this resolution but
[1:39:45] what we are doing is not enough me
[1:39:47] standing here is not enough with the
[1:39:49] United States Israel needs to call for a
[1:39:52] ceasefire and they're not doing that so
[1:39:55] as as a resident of leam New York I'm
[1:39:58] standing here to call for a SE um to um
[1:40:03] please understand to call for a Seas SP
[1:40:04] thank you thank
[1:40:05] [Applause]
[1:40:13] you
[1:40:15] [Music]
[1:40:16] jedah P oh here you
[1:40:22] come say your name please hello my name
[1:40:25] is j
[1:40:26] PCO um journalist bassan once said the
[1:40:30] will of the people cannot fail if we
[1:40:32] can't shape the world we live in if we
[1:40:34] cannot stop a genocide so miserable is
[1:40:36] our life I am an exhausted but
[1:40:39] persistent organizer in many capacities
[1:40:41] for the U Al Community I used to
[1:40:43] understand the sentiment that we are far
[1:40:45] away from the atrocities and brutal
[1:40:47] attacks on the people in the West Bank
[1:40:49] and Gaza but I recall a video I once saw
[1:40:52] of a little girl who had said that she
[1:40:54] is the last surviving girl in her
[1:40:56] Elementary School I think back to
[1:40:58] another girl my age who said before the
[1:41:01] occupation she was studying in
[1:41:03] University I'll bring my emotions to a
[1:41:05] very small part of my identity because I
[1:41:07] have many
[1:41:08] identities I can talk about how this
[1:41:11] occupation has not only inflicted a
[1:41:12] genocide but an ecocide how the land
[1:41:15] will take generations to even start
[1:41:16] healing I can talk about how women in
[1:41:18] Palestine are giving birth without
[1:41:20] proper C-section materials dying in the
[1:41:22] process or how women if any Aid reaches
[1:41:24] them at all are not given the proper
[1:41:26] Sanitary products they need there are so
[1:41:28] many intersections but the disruption of
[1:41:31] Education the very thing we all should
[1:41:33] recognize is a human right is what has
[1:41:35] been keeping me up at night more than
[1:41:38] the projects that are do past past do in
[1:41:41] school more than that final that I have
[1:41:43] coming up it's all very minuscule to me
[1:41:45] although I should be glad that these are
[1:41:47] where my stresses and as a student I
[1:41:49] want to remind this body that there are
[1:41:51] no universities left in Gaza
[1:41:54] that at the very least as lovers of
[1:41:56] Education standers that knowledge is
[1:41:59] power this the very thing that brought
[1:42:01] you to this role that you are sitting in
[1:42:03] today that you must move to action that
[1:42:06] education is the greatest gift a person
[1:42:08] can have and our systems have
[1:42:10] Partnerships with occupied Palestine who
[1:42:12] are facilitating Terror we've seen it we
[1:42:15] have watched it and the people of
[1:42:16] Palestine are watching us watch them I
[1:42:19] call you to take lead as adults on
[1:42:21] passing a permanent ceasefire resolution
[1:42:23] and not to say to say not on what our
[1:42:25] watch we must agree at the very least
[1:42:28] just we we must agree on this at the
[1:42:30] very least just last week my school U
[1:42:33] Albany was the first Sunni School Senate
[1:42:35] to pass the ceas fire resolution if the
[1:42:38] students saw the saw this call to action
[1:42:40] SKC can can do it too it is possible we
[1:42:44] are not powerless and I need you all to
[1:42:46] believe and understand in your power I
[1:42:49] stand here
[1:42:50] today to call for a resolution to pass
[1:42:53] for this body to stand unshakably
[1:42:54] besides the oppressed people of the
[1:42:56] world if not for anything else then for
[1:42:58] the love of Education you cannot let
[1:43:00] yourself sit in these seats and that
[1:43:02] with the education that brought you all
[1:43:03] here and allow this to continue we
[1:43:06] cannot accept that we we have to take
[1:43:08] care of our own house first because our
[1:43:10] struggles are all connected and if we
[1:43:12] fail Gaza we will fail ourselves because
[1:43:15] what are we really free people if we
[1:43:16] cannot do everything we can I go I'll go
[1:43:19] back to my campus dorm tonight open my
[1:43:22] laptop in the dark and try to do
[1:43:23] assignments while forces have destroyed
[1:43:25] this experience for Palestinian students
[1:43:28] Palestine has called on us the U albony
[1:43:30] students to pick up the call so pick up
[1:43:32] the
[1:43:33] call we will not be bystanders we should
[1:43:36] all do everything we can and we should
[1:43:38] all feel empty because of this fact
[1:43:41] shame on us if we do not speak and shame
[1:43:43] on you if you do not proceed with
[1:43:44] tangible action thank you thank
[1:43:47] [Applause]
[1:43:52] you
[1:43:59] marabel if you could State your last
[1:44:01] name because it's not legible sorry my
[1:44:04] name is mirbel
[1:44:06] Stantler I a student organizer at U
[1:44:08] Albany I am Jewish and I grew up
[1:44:11] learning that every person is an entire
[1:44:13] world there's a Jewish teaching that
[1:44:15] anyone who saves a life saves an entire
[1:44:18] world and whoever destroys a single soul
[1:44:20] destroys an entire world and the the
[1:44:23] Zionist fascist parias state of Israel
[1:44:25] using the false cover of Judaism has
[1:44:28] destroyed more than
[1:44:30] 41,46 Worlds by murdering more than
[1:44:34] 41,46
[1:44:36] Palestinians I unequivocally reject any
[1:44:39] assertion that calling for a ceasefire
[1:44:41] or demanding Liberation for the
[1:44:43] Palestinian people is anti-Semitic I
[1:44:45] emphatically reaffirm that anti-zionism
[1:44:48] is not anti-Semitism and that the
[1:44:50] illegitimate state of Israel is not to
[1:44:52] be inflated with the Jewish diaspora or
[1:44:55] Judaism I understand that Zionism
[1:44:58] anti-Semitism and islamophobia are
[1:45:00] manifestations of white supremacy and
[1:45:02] colonialism all of our oppressions are
[1:45:05] interconnected and true Liberation is
[1:45:07] dependent on fighting white supremacy in
[1:45:09] all its forms because of this I am moved
[1:45:12] to action one part of that meant
[1:45:14] organizing for months to get our student
[1:45:16] government to pass the historic
[1:45:17] resolution demanding that U Albany and
[1:45:19] Sunni divest from genocide and call for
[1:45:21] a ceasefire this resolution passed last
[1:45:24] Wednesday making you Aly the first but
[1:45:26] not the last Sunni to demand divestment
[1:45:29] the students United will never be
[1:45:31] defeated which is why we knew we would
[1:45:32] not fail as students we understand our
[1:45:36] unique obligation as individuals in the
[1:45:38] belly of the Beast to use our privilege
[1:45:40] to ensure our universities and the
[1:45:42] institutions we are a part of not be
[1:45:45] complicit in genocide apartheid and
[1:45:48] colonization and the people United will
[1:45:50] never be defeated which is why skty must
[1:45:52] pass a CE fire resolution as our your
[1:45:55] and my tax dollars continue to fund the
[1:45:57] Zionist entity that is actively starving
[1:46:00] the people of Gaza and paying for the
[1:46:02] weapons that are murdering Palestinians
[1:46:03] daily demanding a ceasefire and the
[1:46:06] unimpeded entry of Aid to Gaza in every
[1:46:08] way you can is the absolute least you
[1:46:10] can do none of us can ever be doing
[1:46:13] enough as we simultaneously fund a
[1:46:15] genocide but we must try to do as much
[1:46:17] as we can it is shameful that the U
[1:46:20] Albany student government has shown more
[1:46:21] courage and steadfast Fess in their
[1:46:23] commitment to humanity and morality than
[1:46:25] the body of this than this body of
[1:46:27] elected officials you all have tangible
[1:46:30] power and if you are not brave enough to
[1:46:32] use it you have failed as an institution
[1:46:34] and as individuals I would expect that
[1:46:36] you all share in this OB obligation to
[1:46:38] humanity and are moved to action thank
[1:46:41] you thank
[1:46:51] you Ron
[1:46:56] Hubert my name is Rod Hubert I'd like to
[1:46:59] address the council good evening um I'm
[1:47:03] not going to be up here and be negative
[1:47:05] and attack the members that's just not
[1:47:07] the right thing to do we're here to
[1:47:08] discuss City business I feel bad that
[1:47:11] everything has happened
[1:47:15] but this is what we got to do well
[1:47:17] anyways I Carl Williams has helped me
[1:47:21] with the potholes he's called me and
[1:47:23] gotten in touch with me and
[1:47:25] today there was somebody on my street
[1:47:28] actually patching the hole so we're going the right way you know and
[1:47:34] uh I'm very
[1:47:36] grateful the next thing I think each
[1:47:38] council member should pick a project in
[1:47:40] the
[1:47:41] city clean up the park clean up uh crank
[1:47:46] Street other things but uh I finally got
[1:47:50] something to help me and that's really
[1:47:52] nice
[1:47:53] okay good seeing you and uh we'll keep
[1:47:58] going thank you thank you
[1:48:00] Carl thank
[1:48:03] you and the
[1:48:04] [Applause]
[1:48:08] last Dr
[1:48:19] Ina good evening and thank you for
[1:48:21] allowing me to speak speak on this
[1:48:23] unparalleled human tragedy of our times
[1:48:26] and thank you uh for allowing me to
[1:48:28] speak with the confusion in the sign up
[1:48:30] um we are asking you to adopt a
[1:48:33] resolution supporting Cesar in Gaza I'm
[1:48:36] an epidemiologist and a public health
[1:48:38] worker my research area is Health
[1:48:40] disparities but I come to you as a
[1:48:42] mother as a fellow human being Beyond
[1:48:45] race and religion I come to speak
[1:48:48] because I need to be able to look my
[1:48:50] kids in in their eyes and say that I was
[1:48:53] not quiet I need to be true to my
[1:48:55] profession and speak against Injustice
[1:48:57] and racism everywhere because today
[1:49:00] being silent is being complicit you say
[1:49:04] why here what does this stragedy
[1:49:06] unfolding have to do with us the reason
[1:49:08] is our tax dollars they fund the weapons
[1:49:12] being used against children against Aid
[1:49:14] convoys against hospitals our tax
[1:49:17] dollars that could be put to much better
[1:49:19] use in communities like skincity Prov
[1:49:22] providing Healthcare access after school
[1:49:25] programs eliminating food desert
[1:49:27] building conditions things we've heard
[1:49:29] tonight funding Medicaid Medicare Social
[1:49:32] Security I come here because you are our
[1:49:35] representatives and you have public
[1:49:37] platforms available to you to speak up
[1:49:40] and speak out I will speak up here I
[1:49:43] will call my federal representatives and
[1:49:45] I will talk to anyone who listens and we
[1:49:48] ask that you do as well what we are
[1:49:50] seeing unfolding is an unhal of a People
[1:49:54] Israel launched the war immediately
[1:49:56] after October 7 Terror attacks by Hamas
[1:49:59] at that time the Israeli government said
[1:50:01] the operation had two goals eliminating
[1:50:03] Hamas and bringing back hostages taken
[1:50:06] by the militants to Gaza over 1.7
[1:50:09] million people in Gaza have been
[1:50:11] displaced since October 7 over 33,000
[1:50:14] civilians have been killed of them 40%
[1:50:18] are children 25% are women at least Le
[1:50:23] 200 Medics and more than 135 un staff
[1:50:26] have been killed hospitals doctors Aid
[1:50:29] workers journalists are all specific
[1:50:31] targets none of these dead could be
[1:50:34] possibly called combatants how much
[1:50:36] collateral damage justifies killing so
[1:50:39] many children why is the scale of this
[1:50:42] oppression so disproportionate that
[1:50:44] makes thousands of children
[1:50:45] offense the who has issued dire warnings
[1:50:49] that the threat of epidemics as
[1:50:50] displayed Palestinians are crowded
[1:50:52] together in tents and makeshift shelters
[1:50:55] without sanitation facilities and clean
[1:50:57] water there are conditions of starvation
[1:51:00] and famine unfolding before our eyes the
[1:51:03] who has called for orders of protection
[1:51:06] of humanitarian Personnel following
[1:51:07] detentions of medical personnel at
[1:51:10] checkpoints when did we become a nation
[1:51:12] that stays quiet as children are killed
[1:51:14] and starved when did we start looking
[1:51:16] the other way when clearly marked eight
[1:51:19] convoys that were being coordinated with
[1:51:22] Israeli are specifically targeted and
[1:51:24] blown to smithin where is your outrage
[1:51:27] where is the accountability for public
[1:51:29] servants where are the rules of war and
[1:51:31] engagement you want me to condemn
[1:51:33] violence here I condemn all violence can
[1:51:36] we all just stand for Humanity for our
[1:51:39] children for those that have been
[1:51:41] subject to systemic racism here and in
[1:51:43] the world we want you to take up this
[1:51:45] resolution on our behalf there are no
[1:51:48] two sides to humanism ceasefire now and
[1:51:51] ceasefire for the sake of humanity
[1:51:53] please pass this resolution please
[1:52:01] adopt thank you I have no one else
[1:52:04] signed up to speak for the public
[1:52:05] comment of City business so I declare
[1:52:06] this public comment
[1:52:08] closed at this point in time
[1:52:10] miscellaneous business of the
[1:52:15] council I called all the names that were
[1:52:18] on the
[1:52:20] sheet at this time any Miss business of
[1:52:23] the
[1:52:26] council um the mayor is not here as we
[1:52:29] can all see and so Matt Daly is sitting
[1:52:31] for in for the mayor this evening Mr
[1:52:37] Daly okay yeah yeah so the mayor has
[1:52:41] asked me to sit an in for him tonight
[1:52:43] which is an absolute pleasure for me and
[1:52:46] uh I see the temperature in the room is
[1:52:48] a little bit high at the moment and so
[1:52:51] uh my name is mat dy I am the golf
[1:52:54] professional at sked Municipal Golf
[1:52:56] Course and I can't tell you about world
[1:52:59] issues but I can tell you that I can
[1:53:01] bring uh a lot of people in our
[1:53:03] community some Joy if you would come up
[1:53:04] to our facility and and and see what we
[1:53:06] have to offer uh tomorrow we're going to
[1:53:09] open the golf course for the season uh
[1:53:12] mayor McCarthy traditionally opens the
[1:53:14] golf course uh against a sitting member
[1:53:17] of the SKC High School golf team uh
[1:53:20] there's a little competition that they
[1:53:22] have done over the years and the
[1:53:24] American Red Cross including the
[1:53:26] skincity fire department will be on hand
[1:53:28] to sort of educate us on uh the
[1:53:31] importance of smoke detection in
[1:53:32] people's houses and there's a great
[1:53:34] program that they have we run a raffle
[1:53:37] for the American Red Cross and all the
[1:53:40] proceeds that we raise go directly back
[1:53:42] to them in which case we'll be back in a
[1:53:44] few months to present that uh to uh the
[1:53:47] Red Cross in front of all of you um but
[1:53:51] I I certainly hope that you take the
[1:53:53] opportunity because it is a public golf
[1:53:55] course and it is open to not just uh the
[1:53:59] city residents but non-residents alike
[1:54:01] and it is a very incredible benefit if
[1:54:04] you were a city resident to come up
[1:54:06] there and uh the doors always open and
[1:54:10] we hope to see you thank you thank you
[1:54:13] Mr daily so I'd like to thank everyone
[1:54:15] for coming out this evening I've s heard
[1:54:17] some very impassioned speeches and um
[1:54:20] concerns and and I don't you know I
[1:54:22] heard some things said but I believe
[1:54:23] that we all are believe in in
[1:54:26] humanitarian Aid and we all believe that
[1:54:29] there should be no violence against
[1:54:30] everyone so as I stated before and I'll
[1:54:32] say it again I'm always open to that
[1:54:34] conversation so send emails and I'm just
[1:54:38] waiting for for someone to say yes we'd
[1:54:40] like to sit down and talk I only speak
[1:54:41] for myself I cannot speak for other
[1:54:43] council members it's up to other council
[1:54:45] members if they want to engage in
[1:54:47] conversation I would hope that we would
[1:54:49] want to because without communication
[1:54:51] then we really cannot understand what um
[1:54:54] what everyone wants to say and the
[1:54:56] communication needs to be a dialogue as
[1:54:57] you come here you get to speak to us but
[1:55:00] we do not get to speak in return that's
[1:55:01] just the way the process is here but
[1:55:03] again I'm open for open to dialogue too
[1:55:06] with anyone who is um Dr shakima
[1:55:09] initially sent that email I'm still open
[1:55:10] to that I just want to say that I'm also
[1:55:13] I'd like to thank the children for
[1:55:14] coming tonight that was it was very nice
[1:55:16] to hear them I appreciate uh Dr isad for
[1:55:21] uh asking for them to come and it's
[1:55:23] always great to hear um from from
[1:55:25] children always but also to hear of all
[1:55:27] the cultures that represent our
[1:55:30] city I I want to thank the firefighters
[1:55:32] for their uh Cancer Foundation run this
[1:55:34] week uh this weekend and I had an
[1:55:37] opportunity to uh to be with them
[1:55:39] actually it was not it was past this
[1:55:40] last weekend before and it was very cold
[1:55:43] yet you know people were out supporting
[1:55:45] the Cancer Foundation so I want to thank
[1:55:47] everyone that came
[1:55:48] out um just want to remind folks that
[1:55:51] first of all there was one thing that
[1:55:52] was said in in terms of city council
[1:55:55] versus administrative the city council
[1:55:57] is not the body which you submit in uh
[1:56:00] request for for funding that is an
[1:56:03] administrative function the city council
[1:56:05] is a legislative body so we then decide
[1:56:08] once it's gone through the
[1:56:09] administration if that funding then gets
[1:56:12] um delivered so just to clear what there
[1:56:14] was a speaker who said that they
[1:56:15] submitted something to the city council
[1:56:17] it does not get submitted to us it gets
[1:56:19] submitted to the
[1:56:21] administration and this coming weekend
[1:56:23] excuse me the 27th there's going to be
[1:56:25] cleanups we've been talking a lot about
[1:56:27] the cleanup of the city you heard a
[1:56:29] little bit about it tonight um on the
[1:56:31] 27th the north side will be having a
[1:56:33] cleanup as well as Hamilton Hill on the
[1:56:36] North side uh you it's probably on the
[1:56:38] city's web page by this time but Mike
[1:56:40] aragosa you can reach out to him and in
[1:56:42] Hamilton Hill you can reach out to the
[1:56:44] Dury Amy Zion church and also the veil
[1:56:47] community on the um 22nd of March is
[1:56:51] also dur during their cleanup so if
[1:56:53] there are other neighborhoods who are
[1:56:54] interested in organizing a cleanup on
[1:56:56] the 27th or the 22nd but on the 27th a
[1:57:00] lot of communities will be doing cleanup
[1:57:02] so I just want to let people know that
[1:57:04] hopefully people will join in we do have
[1:57:06] a little bit of work to do in terms of
[1:57:08] our uh cleaning up our
[1:57:10] city if nothing else I would ask for a
[1:57:12] motion to adjourn move by Miss Patrick
[1:57:16] second by Mr manini all those in favor I
[1:57:19] we are adjourned have a good
[1:57:21] night
[1:57:51] you
[1:58:00] got get home to the big game
[1:58:06] yeah for meide I almost
[1:58:13] made hopefully I'll make it home
[1:58:21] okay
[1:58:24] he