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here till we get if he's on there. You

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to order for Monday, June 23rd, 2025.

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We have one public hearing this evening.

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If the clerk could please read public

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hearing number one regarding an

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ordinance to amend article 7 trucks

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section 248-85

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of the Skynctity city code to exclude

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trucks tractors and tractor trailer

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accommodations over eight tons on Kings

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line. Can you hear us back there? Okay,

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we might have to turn off the AC. Okay,

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we have to turn off the air

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conditioning. That's what that means.

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outside.

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We have 11 items for original

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consideration. If the clerk could please

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read item number one. Item number one

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for final consideration. An ordinance to

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amend section chapter 248-18 of the

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Skenctity city code to designate a

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portion of Chrysler Avenue as a one-way

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roadway. Discussed in committee without

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objection on consent. Item number two.

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for original

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consideration. A resolution authorizing

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the acceptance of the 2024 external

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audit. Discussed in committee with

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without objection and on consent. Item

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number three. Item number three for

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original consideration. A resolution

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authorizing the sale of a vacant lot at

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317 State Street for $1,500.

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on consent. Item number four. Item

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number four for original consideration.

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A resolution authorizing the sale of a

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vacant lot at 529 Skenctity Street for

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$2,500.

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on consent. Item number five. Item

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number five for original consideration.

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A resolution authorizing the sale of 535

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Skenctity Street for $40,000. Discussed

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in committee without objection on

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consent. Item number six. Item number

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six for original consideration. A

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resolution authorizing the redemption

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and withdrawal of 30 Chromemer Avenue

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from foreclosure.

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discussed in committee without objection

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on consent. Item number seven is being

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pulled from the agenda. Item number

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eight is also being pulled from the

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agenda. Return to committee. Item number

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nine. Item number nine for original

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consideration. A resolution authorizing

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the settlement of a tax certiary action

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by the owner of property located at 1612

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Chrysler Avenue. Discussed in committee

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without objection on consent. Item

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number 10. Item number 10 for original

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consideration, a resolution authorizing

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the settlement of a tax certiary action

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by the owner of property located at 2037

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without objection on consent. Item

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number 11. Item number 11 under contract

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and supply. A resolution awarding the

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bid and contract for the Franklin Street

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cycle tract New York State DOT pin

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number 1760.61 61 to Carver Construction

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discussed in committee with objection on

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consent. If there's nothing more to come

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before the city caucus, I'd ask for a

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motion to adjourn. Moved by Mr. Move,

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second by Mr. Williams. All those in

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favor? I. We are adjourned. I'd like to

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call to order the Skenctity City Council

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meeting for Monday, June 23rd, 2025.

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And I'd like to call on Pastor Francis

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Rigger of Zion Evangel Evangelical

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Lutheran Church for the prayer

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invocation.

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Shall we pray?

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Father in heaven,

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we come before you with humble hearts,

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seeking your guidance and wisdom. As we

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begin this city council meeting,

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grant our city council members clarity

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of thought and discernment.

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As they consider the matters before

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them,

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help them to approach each issue with

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open minds and compassionate hearts,

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seeking solutions that will benefit all

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members of our community.

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We ask for your blessing upon their

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deliberations

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that they may make decisions that

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reflect your will and promote the

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well-being of our city.

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May unity and understanding prevail

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among us and may our collective efforts

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lead to a more just and prosperous

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community for all.

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Thank you for being with us always.

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In Jesus's name we pray. Amen. I'd like

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to call on Corporation Council Maxine

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Barash for the pledge of allegiance.

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I pledge algiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all. Thank you.

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If the clerk could please complete the

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roll call.

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Mr. Toro.

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Mr. Farley.

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Excuse me. Excuse me. In the

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chamber.

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we we're going to

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do apologize. Thank you.

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Okay. Listen, ma'am, but we're going to

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have to ask you to leave that that

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continues.

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Mr. Farley

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here. Mr. Mancini here. Mr. Muiveran

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present. Miss Patrick here. Mr. Williams

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here. Miss Porterfield here. We have one

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public hearing this evening and reminder

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that we've extended the comment the time

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for com public comment of the public

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hearing to four minutes and I also

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respectfully ask that each person

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comment only on the subject relevant to

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the public hearing. Thank you.

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If the clerk could please read the

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All right. Public hearing number one is

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regarding ordinance to amend article 7

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trucks section trucks section 248-85

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of the Skenctity city code to exclude

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trucks, tractors, and tractor trailer

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combinations over eight tons on Kings

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Road from Alb Street to the city line. I

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have one person signed up to speak.

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Crystal Dionis

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on the legislative agenda. Yeah. Okay.

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You're welcome. We do have one written

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comment from uh Tracy Collins.

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From Tracy Collins, an email in favor of

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the weight limit on Kings Road.

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That's it. All right. I So I have no one

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else signed to speak on public hearing

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number one. So I declare that public

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comment closed.

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I'd ask for approval of the minutes for

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June 9th, 2025.

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Moved by Miss Patrick, second by Mr.

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Mutiver. All those in favor? I. If the

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clerk could please read any

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communications and petitions.

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Communications to the city council for

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Monday, June 23rd, 2025. Under official

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from Mayor McCarthy, a list of

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appointments dated June 23rd, 2025.

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Tracy Collins in favor of the weight

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limit on Kings Road. Under petitions,

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there were none. Thank you. I'd like to

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call on council members to provide any

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committee reports at this time.

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we'll have privilege of

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the floor related to the legislative

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agenda. And I just want to remind folks

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that

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at this point in time, it's only you can

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only speak on on items on the

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legislative agenda. And I only have two

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people signed up to speak.

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The first is Sean Ratigan.

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Um yeah, hi. I'm Sean Ratigan. Uh I just

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wanted to voice my support for the

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extension of the bike trail. Uh, I just

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think that's really great that that's

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moving forward and I'll keep it short.

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Thank you.

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Crystal Dion.

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I'm sorry. Okay. So, you don't want this

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one either. No. Okay. That's right. We

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only have one other one, so I know where

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you're going to want to speak. So, we're

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good.

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All right. I have no one else signed up

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to speak. So I declare the public

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comment on the legislative agenda

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closed.

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This time I'd ask for approval of the

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leg legislative consent agenda.

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Moved by Mr. Mudarin, second by Miss

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Patrick. All those in favor? I

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this time we will have priv privilege of

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the floor regarding general city

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business.

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And we have a number of people signed

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up. I just want to remind folks first

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and foremost that there are only three

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minutes. When you get to the end of your

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three minutes, if you're in the middle

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of your statement or your sentence, I

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will allow you to complete it, but then

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you will have to um summarize your

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comments and sit down so the next person

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can um speak. I want to remind everyone

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I know some of you don't come to our um

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council meetings often. So I just want

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to remind you if you signed up some of

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the things that you agreed to that um

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there will be no pro personal attacks on

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council members, the administration

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staff, other speakers or members of the

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public which are unrelated to city

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business and it shouldn't that will not

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be tolerated. We ask people to profane

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to refrain from profanity, vulgar,

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inflammatory, threatening or abusive or

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disparaging language. Should have read

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this earlier. um any or racial, ethnic

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or homophobic slurs, disruptive

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outbursts, and other conduct that

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disrupts or interferes with the orderly

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conduct of the business of the evening.

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Priv privilege of the floor should is

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not an opportunity for debate and shall

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not be the opportunity for a back and

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forth exchange with council members or

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other members of the public. Again, you

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have three minutes to speak and please

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direct all your comments to the chair.

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Thank you.

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The first person I have is Colin

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McNamera.

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Evening, city council. Um, I'm sure you

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know why I'm here. I've been here

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before. Uh, I just wanted to respond um

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specifically to a few things that were

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said at the last committee meeting uh

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just last week regarding good cause

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eviction. I went through and took some

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careful notes upon a few things that

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were said and I found some opportunities

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that I think I can respond to that might

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be helpful. Um, first, um, Mr. Williams

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had said at the meeting, uh, I wrote

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down, uh, I do not know the cost of

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having to move and refining the sky of

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Skenctity. Well, I did a little math to

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try to get an idea of what that would

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be. So, uh, according to Zillow, the

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average rent for a two-bedroom in

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Skenctity is $1,575,

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which is up $275 over last year.

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Assuming that finding a new place

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requires first month's rent and security

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deposit, that would be $31.50 in order

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to move. If you needed a 15 foot U-Haul,

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that's $30 a day plus fees, mileage, and

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gas. We'll call that around $80. then

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another $20 for an apartment

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application, assuming that you apply to

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only one place and get it on the first

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try, which almost never happens. So, all

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told, best case scenario, you're looking

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at around 3250 to have to relocate on

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the fly. To say nothing of any lost

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wages you might suffer from having to

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take a day off work or what have you in

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order to move. So, uh, a cool 3,300

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laying around is something most folks

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don't have, especially when living

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paycheck to paycheck. And if that

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eviction can be avoided, it should be.

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Um, President Porterfield at the last

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meeting mentioned the there's a lot of

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talk over the fair market rent standard

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for the county. Um, I was slightly

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surprised at the amount that that was

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discussed, but I wanted to just point

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out that that applies within the law to

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a relatively narrow exemption. There are

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15 exemptions from the good cause

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eviction law. Number 15 discusses uh

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exemptions for properties that are over

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245% at baseline of the fair market

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rent. That is what I like to call the

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luxury exemption. So that's for very

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highpriced things. Uh in the city of

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Skenctity, 245% of the fair market rent

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for a two-bedroom would be apartments

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whose rent is over 364315 a month, which

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is not a lot of housing stock in

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Skenctity. I'm sure they exist, but that

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would apply to a relatively small trench

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of cases. Um, Miss Patrick said at the

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last meeting, uh, that under good cause

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eviction, this this really did jump out

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to me and it's worth responding to, that

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every eviction must go to court with

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good cause eviction. And as I believe

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Mr. Farley said, every eviction already

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has to go to court. You can't remove

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anyone from their home without getting a

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court order to do so. These cases are

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already in court. Any landlord who

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attempts to remove someone without going

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to court is not only circumventing the

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law, they are in fact committing a

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crime, a class A misdemeanor. So, uh,

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these are already in court. That doesn't

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change.

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Um,

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I would

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want I wanted to talk about the CURA

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study. Miss Dtora, you mentioned that

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last time, the Center for Urban and

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Regional Affairs research report. And

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the one that I found when I went looking

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into that was a Cura study from March

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3rd, 2025 called the good case for good

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cause. Your time is expired. Absolutely.

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Um, that's all I have to say. Thank you

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very much.

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And also one other reminder, I noticed

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there are a number of signs in the

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audience. Your signs cannot block the

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view of the people who are seated behind

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you. Just want to remind you of that.

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Chris Morris

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That's right. That's where you go.

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Good evening, Mayor, Madame President,

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and city council members.

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As most of you know me, I'm Chris Morris

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and co-founder and director of Slick,

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Skinnctity Landlords influencing Change.

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We are Skenctity's only organized group

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of landlords, property managers, and

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realtors. And for 14 years of monthly

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meetings, it has always been Slick's

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mission to provide information and

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connections through guest speakers plus

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group research and interaction.

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We value our ongoing relationship with

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the many entities throughout the city

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that are involved with our business and

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we hope to continue on that path.

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It's important to note that we just

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can't do anything we want to, anything

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we we please. Small landslords are

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continually dealing with the financial

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impact of new laws levied by the state

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as well as everinccreasing restrictions

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and costly requirements levied by local

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legislation and code enforcement.

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Many feel the old adage, you can't judge

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a book by its cover, applies to the

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April 2024 New York good cause eviction

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law, article 614

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and the changes that are that have

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happened in that law since then are very

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important.

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So tonight, our focus is on the

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unintended consequences of good cause.

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You'll hear of the negative impact it

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will have on the very purpose of our

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business to provide affordable safe

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housing for tenants and a sustainable

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livelihood for landlords and investors

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in Skenctity.

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I want to share this little short

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statement that we had received from one

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of our longtime small rental prop senior

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owners uh who couldn't be here tonight.

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Quote, she said, "As a member of Slick,

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I'm forwarding this letter to you

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expressing my opposition and concern

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regarding could cause eviction. Please

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understand that the profit margin is

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tiny to begin with and would put me in

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the red and in a deep financial crisis

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leading to the potential of having to

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big letters walk away from my property

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which is something I would never have

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dreamed of to have to deal with. Thank

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you she says for your attention in this

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matter. So with that brief poignant

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perspective on this issue, ladies and

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gentlemen, I urge you to consider all of

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the up andcoming arguments against this

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legislation. And I want to thank you for

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listening. Bye-bye. Thank you.

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[Applause]

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Harleen Andress. Harleen Andress.

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Good evening, Mayor McCarthy, Council

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President Porterfield, and council

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members. I am Harleen Andress, a member

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of Slick, a licensed real estate broker

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who owns a property management company.

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In my role as property manager, I

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represent the landlord, but I feel a

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sincere responsibility to every person I

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rent to to ensure that they will

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experience safe, affordable, and quiet

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enjoyment of their apartment home.

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Sometimes, despite requests and

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warnings, there are tenants who continue

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to be chronically loud, disorderly, and

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disruptive.

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Finally, the only recourse is to end the

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tenency either by eviction or by

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non-renewal of the rental agreement.

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Under the good cause eviction law, I

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would have to prove my reasons for

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seeking eviction. How do I prove that?

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Do I ask the other tenants to appear in

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court and testify against the offending

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tenant? Should I put the tenants who are

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being disturbed at risk by asking them

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to do this? Should I expect them to lose

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time from work to appear in court? And

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what about after court? Since they all

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live at the same address, they have to

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return home and confront the people that

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they testified against. I think what

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will happen more realistically is that

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these people will not go to court. The

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tenants who are being disturbed will

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simply begin to look for another rental

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unit. And as a result, many lives will

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be disrupted and the bad behavior will

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be allowed to continue. I implore you to

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say no to good cause eviction. There is

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no good cause for bad behavior and we

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need to protect all of the tenants, not

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just a few.

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Thank you,

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Hillary Snare. Please, with the signs.

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Hillary Snare.

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Good evening, Mr. Mayor and members of

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the council. Um, can't hear me. I'll go

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closer. I'm Hillilary Snare and I'm a

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tenant in downtown Skenctity. I

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understand the intent of this law. We

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all want to protect vulnerable tenants.

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But let's be clear, good cause eviction

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is not the right tool.

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Instead of helping, we will make

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landlords become stricter.

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Landlords will raise rents faster and

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they'll avoid renting to anyone who who

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seems like less like more of a risk

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because once the tenant is in, they may

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never get their unit back. And even when

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the lease ends, I believe the people who

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will suffer the most will be the ones

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with low credit scores and the ones who

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need a second chance. the law will shut

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the door on them before they even get a

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key. If you truly want to help others,

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support rent assistance programs, tenant

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education, and mediation,

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not program, not laws that drive housing

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providers to create higher

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qualifications and ultimately drive them

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out of the city. Good cause might sound

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like justice, but in bad practice, it's

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just bad policy for all of Skenctity.

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Thank you. Thank you,

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Canon Ryan.

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Uh, good evening, council members and

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mayor and others. Uh, my name is Canyon

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Ryan. I'm the executive director at

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United Tenants of Albany. Um the reason

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that I'm here is to talk about good

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cause eviction where we have it in

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Albany. Um we were the first to pass it

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in 2022. It got struck down by the state

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um due to preeemption and um in 2024 the

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law was finally formalized in the state,

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00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:51,840
you know, the legislature during the

553
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,760
budget to allow municipalities opt into

554
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,840
good cause eviction. Since Albany has

555
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,000
opted in, 16 municipalities have also

556
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,919
opted in, including a Republican town

557
00:32:59,919 --> 00:33:01,919
called the town of Fishkill. Um, it's

558
00:33:01,919 --> 00:33:04,799
not a partisan issue. Um, unless we're

559
00:33:04,799 --> 00:33:06,240
just thinking of partisanship in terms

560
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,320
of tenants and landlords. The reason

561
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,159
that Albony Pass could cause eviction is

562
00:33:10,159 --> 00:33:12,720
because rents have been increasing

563
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,679
exponentially and wages have not. Um,

564
00:33:15,679 --> 00:33:17,440
when we passed the law, two things that

565
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,919
a city can consider and and alter are

566
00:33:19,919 --> 00:33:21,919
the fair market rent exemption, which

567
00:33:21,919 --> 00:33:23,200
Colin has already talked about, the

568
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:27,039
245%. In Albany, we did 345% just to

569
00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:28,320
ensure that the maximum number of

570
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,159
tenants were um eligible for the

571
00:33:30,159 --> 00:33:31,760
protection. And the other thing that a

572
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,600
municipality can consider is the

573
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,360
definition of a small landlord. In the

574
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:36,799
city of Albany, we defined a small

575
00:33:36,799 --> 00:33:38,960
landlord as those with one rental unit

576
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,320
being a single family home where

577
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:41,840
tenants, you know, where there's a

578
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,760
tenant. Um but if the landlord had two

579
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,360
rental units, then they were no longer

580
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,200
considered a small landlord. I just want

581
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,159
to clarify too any um owner occupied

582
00:33:50,159 --> 00:33:52,720
unit any any owner occupied building of

583
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,120
less than 10 units is already exempt. So

584
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,440
this has to be particular to the rental

585
00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,760
portfolio. And that may seem hard on

586
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,360
small landlords, but the reason that we

587
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,600
qualified it as those with one rental

588
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,600
unit is because it's difficult for a

589
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,399
city without a very strong and robust

590
00:34:08,399 --> 00:34:09,919
code system for tenants to know whether

591
00:34:09,919 --> 00:34:11,440
or not they have these protections or

592
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:12,639
attorneys to know if they have these

593
00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:15,200
protections. um especially with limited

594
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:16,560
liability corporations which are

595
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,320
intended to obiscate actual ownership.

596
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,000
So tenants are going to have a really

597
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,440
difficult time determining if they have

598
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,040
these protections. And what these

599
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,119
protections do is set a rubric and

600
00:34:25,119 --> 00:34:27,040
expectation for landlords and tenants

601
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:28,879
when they enter into an agreement that

602
00:34:28,879 --> 00:34:30,240
the landlord will make repairs and the

603
00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:31,359
tenant doesn't have to fear being

604
00:34:31,359 --> 00:34:33,280
evicted. Um it's really difficult for

605
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,119
tenants to raise a retaliation claim if

606
00:34:35,119 --> 00:34:36,480
they feel like when they raised the code

607
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,000
enforcement issue, they were then

608
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,320
immediately offered an eviction notice.

609
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,399
Um before the city of Albany opted into

610
00:34:42,399 --> 00:34:45,440
Good Cause Eviction, I was renting from

611
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,599
a trust and this big management company

612
00:34:47,599 --> 00:34:49,839
was overseeing, you know, the entire

613
00:34:49,839 --> 00:34:52,079
ordeal and they didn't renew my lease

614
00:34:52,079 --> 00:34:53,440
and there's no reason for that. I've

615
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,280
never been behind on my rent before and

616
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,359
so I ended up pulling my back, which my

617
00:34:57,359 --> 00:34:58,400
back is still messed up. If you could

618
00:34:58,400 --> 00:34:59,839
see me walking up today, it's this like

619
00:34:59,839 --> 00:35:02,720
continual issue. Um, but my lease wasn't

620
00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:04,560
renewed and there was no cause. And so

621
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:05,839
what we had to do is I had to move in

622
00:35:05,839 --> 00:35:08,320
with my partner who I I like them, but I

623
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,240
liked having my own space, too. And we

624
00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:12,960
had to pay 3,500 each to move into a

625
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:14,800
three-bedroom, which we didn't need, but

626
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,240
I had to move. And they were living with

627
00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:18,640
me at the time in our one-bedroom. Um,

628
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,839
so it's very difficult, you know, for tenants to not know what's coming

629
00:35:21,839 --> 00:35:24,079
next. And I think that the reason that I

630
00:35:24,079 --> 00:35:26,000
was served a non-renewal was because I

631
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,599
had raised the issue of a non-functional

632
00:35:27,599 --> 00:35:29,680
stove for three months in a row. Um, I

633
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:30,880
think that I was just considered a

634
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,240
problem tenant for trying to stand up

635
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:34,160
for my rights. And good cause eviction

636
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:35,599
allows tenants to bring these issues to

637
00:35:35,599 --> 00:35:37,119
their landlord without fe fearing a

638
00:35:37,119 --> 00:35:38,720
retaliatory eviction. I need you to

639
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:41,040
summarize, please.

640
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,680
Am I out of time? Yes. Okay. Um, good

641
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:45,200
cause eviction empowers tenants to

642
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:46,560
utilize the protections that they have

643
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,240
without fearing a retaliatory eviction.

644
00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:49,920
It's a basic rubric for landlords and

645
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:51,200
tenants to understand what kind of

646
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:52,560
agreement they're entering into. Thank

647
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:53,830
you.

648
00:35:53,830 --> 00:35:58,640
[Applause]

649
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:05,349
First initial B, last name Francis.

650
00:36:05,359 --> 00:36:07,680
Good evening. My name is Bevon Francis.

651
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,760
I am a tenant organizer at United

652
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,560
Tenants of Albany. Um, I work with the

653
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,280
tenants across Albany uh to form unions

654
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,680
and fight for their rights. Uh, two

655
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,520
unions that I worked with were Danker

656
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,000
Village and Bleecker Terrace Apartments

657
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,079
where tenants were receiving rent

658
00:36:24,079 --> 00:36:27,520
increases in ranging from 2003, $300,

659
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,640
$400 increases. But fortunately, because

660
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,920
we have good cause eviction, which um

661
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,560
put the cap at 8.38%,

662
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:38,320
we were able to keep those tenants in

663
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,640
their home and give them a fair rent

664
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,839
increase. I personally am a tenant. I

665
00:36:43,839 --> 00:36:47,599
pay 50% of my income to rent and back in

666
00:36:47,599 --> 00:36:49,599
October, my landlord wanted to raise my

667
00:36:49,599 --> 00:36:53,520
rent by 10%. Um, I was able to use good

668
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,760
cause eviction as a defense and get the

669
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,599
8.38%

670
00:36:57,599 --> 00:37:00,800
which saved me $15 a month, uh, a little

671
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,520
over $150 for the year. But when you're

672
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,839
living paycheck to paycheck, that kind

673
00:37:05,839 --> 00:37:08,800
of money actually really matters. Um,

674
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:13,280
good cause eviction is a a law that says

675
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,200
that you have to have a good cause to

676
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,119
evict, right? What is a good cause to

677
00:37:17,119 --> 00:37:19,040
evict? If somebody's not paying the

678
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,280
rent, that is a good cause. If somebody

679
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,200
is being a nuisance, that is a good

680
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,359
cause, right? If you're having police

681
00:37:25,359 --> 00:37:27,440
activity at your house, that is a good

682
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,200
cause. A judge is going to rule that you

683
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,839
have to you have to leave. What is not a

684
00:37:31,839 --> 00:37:33,920
good cause is you don't like the way I

685
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,440
look. You don't like the music I listen

686
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,920
to. um you don't like that I've been

687
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,599
calling code because there's mice in my

688
00:37:39,599 --> 00:37:41,760
apartments, right? Or because you just

689
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,599
want to raise the rent. You get me out

690
00:37:43,599 --> 00:37:45,359
and then you can raise that rent to two

691
00:37:45,359 --> 00:37:47,280
grand a month. Then you're not violating

692
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,040
a good cause eviction law that way,

693
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:52,160
right? Um good cause keeps people in

694
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:53,920
their home. It kept me in my home. It

695
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,320
guaranteed my lease renewal. Um because

696
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,040
once I challenged my landlord against

697
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:00,640
the rent increase, he did not want to

698
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,079
renew my lease. And then I had to remind

699
00:38:02,079 --> 00:38:04,480
him that good cause allowed me a

700
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:07,520
guaranteed me a lease renewal um as long

701
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,760
as I was obeying the terms of my lease,

702
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,440
paying my rent on time, and being a good

703
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,160
tenant, which I am. Uh we get calls on

704
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,079
our hotline at United Tenants of Albany

705
00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:17,760
from people in Skenctity. We get calls

706
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,920
from people down in Queens, New York. Uh

707
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,680
we're very um unique in the services

708
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,640
that we provide and we hear from folks

709
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,640
all over the state. We get a lot of

710
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,560
calls from Skenctity, hundreds of calls

711
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,720
from Skenctity where people's rent has

712
00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:35,599
been increased by two three $400 and

713
00:38:35,599 --> 00:38:37,359
they can't afford the rent. They want to

714
00:38:37,359 --> 00:38:38,880
know if we can help them pay their rent.

715
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:40,800
And unfortunately we can't help folks

716
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:42,800
pay rent in Skenctity. Um our

717
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,480
organization can only help in Albany

718
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,960
County. And I don't have anything I can

719
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,880
tell them other than I'm sorry. But

720
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:50,400
there is absolutely nothing that we can

721
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:54,240
do. Your landlord has no law preventing

722
00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:56,560
them from raising your rent that much.

723
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,800
Um, and then we see people losing their

724
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:00,960
homes and having to move. We've seen

725
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:02,640
quite a few people actually have to go

726
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,480
into a homeless shelter because they

727
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,880
could not afford rent here in Skenctity.

728
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:14,790
Um, and that is all. Thank you,

729
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:22,870
Mina Badu.

730
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,520
Good evening, Mayor McCarthy, President

731
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,720
Porterfield, city council members. I am

732
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:32,000
Mina Buddhu, a member of Slick. I'm not

733
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,200
a big landlord or a corporation. I'm a

734
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,079
small property owner. I rented out an

735
00:39:38,079 --> 00:39:40,960
apartment. I take care of the building

736
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:44,160
and I know my tenant personally. I I

737
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,800
keep the rent low. I want to be a good

738
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:49,599
landlord. The good cars eviction law

739
00:39:49,599 --> 00:39:52,960
portrays me as the enemy. It assumes

740
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,160
that if I want to end a lease, I must be

741
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,280
doing something wrong. It give tenants

742
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,800
the power to stay indefinitely, even if

743
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,400
the relationship between us stop working

744
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,920
or if they begin damaging my property. I

745
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,160
got into this business to build

746
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,119
financial security for my family. If

747
00:40:15,119 --> 00:40:18,240
this proposal passes, I may be forced to

748
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:21,359
stop renting altogether. I know many

749
00:40:21,359 --> 00:40:24,560
other small learners who feel the same.

750
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,960
Please think about the real people who

751
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,400
have a financial stake in the community.

752
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,599
We the property owners don't have the

753
00:40:33,599 --> 00:40:36,240
option of packing up, leaving a mess

754
00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:39,760
behind, are moving on onto the next

755
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:43,040
apartment where in many instances the

756
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,920
new landlord was never told about the

757
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:50,000
last rental and why it is ended. Please

758
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,079
say no to good cause eviction. Thank

759
00:40:52,079 --> 00:40:55,660
you. Thank you,

760
00:40:55,660 --> 00:40:58,560
[Applause]

761
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:04,550
Laurian Gagny.

762
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,119
Good evening, Mayor McCarthy, President

763
00:41:07,119 --> 00:41:09,920
Council Marian Porter and city council

764
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,400
members. My name is Laurian Gier and I'm

765
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,720
a real estate broker here in Skenctity.

766
00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:16,800
I want to focus on the economic impact

767
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,240
of the good cause eviction law. These

768
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:22,560
rules may seem tenant friendly in the

769
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,960
short term, but they are disastrous in

770
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,280
the long-term housing market. When you

771
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,359
restrict a landlord's ability to manage

772
00:41:29,359 --> 00:41:32,079
their property or raise rent reasonably,

773
00:41:32,079 --> 00:41:34,560
you discourage investment, developers

774
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,480
and landlords and small business owners

775
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,400
start pulling out. Properties are sold

776
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,119
or left vacant. New housing is never

777
00:41:41,119 --> 00:41:43,760
built. That leads to one thing, fewer

778
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,160
apartments, higher rents.

779
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,079
If we want to be and have affordable

780
00:41:48,079 --> 00:41:50,400
housing, we should make it easier, not

781
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,240
harder, to build and maintain rental

782
00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:54,880
units. This law sends the opposite

783
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,359
message. It says to investors, don't

784
00:41:57,359 --> 00:42:00,240
come here. Please oppose this bill and

785
00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:03,200
support policies that grow, not shrink,

786
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,440
our housing market in Skenctity. Thank

787
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:10,390
you. Thank you,

788
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:16,710
Pearl Hawk.

789
00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:19,359
Good evening everyone. My name is Pearl

790
00:42:19,359 --> 00:42:22,880
Ha. I am a broker in the city of

791
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,359
Skenctity.

792
00:42:25,359 --> 00:42:27,440
Yeah,

793
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,160
I'm also a longtime Slick member. I

794
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,640
appreciate the opportunity here to share

795
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:36,160
some thoughts and concerns on the good

796
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,319
cause eviction.

797
00:42:38,319 --> 00:42:42,400
First, New York has already had strong

798
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,920
tenant protection laws. Evictions

799
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:49,599
require court approval and tenants have

800
00:42:49,599 --> 00:42:53,200
legal remedies when tenants are treated

801
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,000
unfairly. You just heard representatives

802
00:42:56,000 --> 00:43:00,480
from some organizations. They are having

803
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:04,079
protecting and representing the tenants.

804
00:43:04,079 --> 00:43:06,720
Okay.

805
00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:09,440
Adding more layers of regulation, no

806
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:12,960
matter how well intended, can lead to

807
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:16,640
unintended consequences, such as higher

808
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:21,599
rent to offset risk and stricter

809
00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:24,480
screening that can shut out the very

810
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:28,000
tenants that you're trying to protect.

811
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,720
Second, we've seen what happens

812
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:33,920
elsewhere. In Kingston, the policy

813
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,880
triggered lawsuits and delays in

814
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:40,720
implementation. In Peripsy, landlords

815
00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:44,160
raised credit and income requirements,

816
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:47,440
making housing harder to access for

817
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:50,880
those who need it the most.

818
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:55,680
Third, our court system is already

819
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:59,119
overwhelmed. Implementing good cause

820
00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:02,240
eviction would likely mean longer

821
00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:07,040
delays, more legal expense and slower

822
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:11,440
resolution of dispute, hurting both good

823
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:16,240
tenants as well as good res re

824
00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:18,800
responsible landlords.

825
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,160
Skynctity deserves policy that strike a

826
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:25,440
fair balance. Let's work together on the

827
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:28,880
resolutions. Please no good cause

828
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:32,069
eviction.

829
00:44:32,079 --> 00:44:34,319
Thank you,

830
00:44:34,319 --> 00:44:43,109
Sean Ratigan.

831
00:44:43,119 --> 00:44:46,960
Um, yeah. Hi, I'm Sean Ratigan. Um, and

832
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:49,119
I want to thank the city council for

833
00:44:49,119 --> 00:44:50,880
bringing up good cause for discussion

834
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:52,720
last week. Uh, one of the discussion

835
00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:55,359
points that kept coming up was

836
00:44:55,359 --> 00:44:57,359
additional costs that landlords need to

837
00:44:57,359 --> 00:44:59,200
bear that might cause them to raise the

838
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,839
rent. And while city taxes are accounted

839
00:45:01,839 --> 00:45:04,720
for in good cause as a reason that

840
00:45:04,720 --> 00:45:07,119
landlords might raise the rent, it made

841
00:45:07,119 --> 00:45:09,040
me upset how big of a part of the

842
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:14,079
discussion this was. Oh. Oh. Uh, sure.

843
00:45:14,079 --> 00:45:16,079
Um, try putting the microphone closer to

844
00:45:16,079 --> 00:45:19,200
your mask. Oh, yeah. Actually, I can

845
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,119
pull that down, too. Is that is that

846
00:45:21,119 --> 00:45:23,119
better? Yeah. All right. Should I just

847
00:45:23,119 --> 00:45:25,760
start from the top? Well, quickly. All

848
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:27,760
right. I want to thank the city council

849
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:29,200
for bringing good cause up for

850
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:30,560
discussion last week. One of the

851
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:32,000
discussion points that kept coming up

852
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,560
was additional costs for landlords. Um,

853
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:36,800
well, city taxes are accounted for in

854
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:38,960
good cause as a reason that landlords

855
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:41,520
might raise the rent. It made me upset

856
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,640
how big of a discussion point that was.

857
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:47,359
Um, I'd like to share some numbers from

858
00:45:47,359 --> 00:45:50,640
my mortgage uh payment. in contrast. So,

859
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:53,280
I bought a house in 2023 and I pay the

860
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,079
bank uh $1,975

861
00:45:56,079 --> 00:45:59,359
a month or $23,700

862
00:45:59,359 --> 00:46:02,480
a year. Of that payment, my city taxes

863
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,760
are only $3,600 a year and my school

864
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,680
taxes are $2500 a year. From 2023 to

865
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:14,800
2024, my city taxes went up 2% or $71.

866
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:18,640
Uh, from 24 to 25, my my taxes went up

867
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:22,000
4.3% or $150.

868
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,079
I don't know about you, but like if I

869
00:46:24,079 --> 00:46:25,599
could find an apartment where the rent

870
00:46:25,599 --> 00:46:28,560
only went up by $150 a year, that would

871
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,839
be amazing. Instead, I have to buy a

872
00:46:31,839 --> 00:46:33,760
house because every year my landlord

873
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:35,760
wanted to increase the rent by 10%,

874
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:40,160
which was over $150 per month. I really

875
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,240
don't think that the city taxes are the

876
00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:43,760
reason that landlords are raising their

877
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:45,440
rent.

878
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:47,359
There was also a lot of talk about how

879
00:46:47,359 --> 00:46:49,280
small landlords are small businesses and

880
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:51,119
part of the economy. I just like to

881
00:46:51,119 --> 00:46:52,960
point out that the tenants who live in

882
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:55,760
Skenctity are arguably a larger point

883
00:46:55,760 --> 00:47:00,800
part of the economy. Sorry, I just

884
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,440
um if the tenants can't afford to live

885
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,599
here, then the people that makes Skaki a

886
00:47:05,599 --> 00:47:07,520
great place will have to move. And that

887
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:09,520
just sounds super boring.

888
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:11,760
Good cause isn't radical. Good cause

889
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:13,359
already has carveouts for small

890
00:47:13,359 --> 00:47:15,119
landlords, city taxes, large

891
00:47:15,119 --> 00:47:17,359
improvements to the buildings. City

892
00:47:17,359 --> 00:47:19,200
taxes are really a drop in the bucket

893
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,520
when it comes to my budget. Uh housing

894
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:23,920
is by far my largest burden. And since

895
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:25,760
I'm lucky enough to have a mortgage, at

896
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:27,760
least I get equity out of that huge

897
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,240
chunk of my paycheck, which is 50% of

898
00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:33,920
it. Um tenants need protections, and

899
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:35,920
good cause is protections. I'm pleading

900
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:37,920
with you all to please put the majority

901
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:39,680
of people's interests forward and

902
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,839
protect the tenants who live here. Help

903
00:47:41,839 --> 00:47:44,319
tenants stay in their homes. Thank Thank

904
00:47:44,319 --> 00:47:45,360
you,

905
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:50,470
[Applause]

906
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:59,430
Robin English.

907
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,680
My apologies.

908
00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:03,599
Good evening, mayor, madame president,

909
00:48:03,599 --> 00:48:06,000
and city council. My name is Robin

910
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:07,440
English. I have been a tenant in

911
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:10,000
Skenctity for 20 years. Chris Morris,

912
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:11,760
director of Slick, was my next door

913
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:13,920
neighbor. We lived in a beautiful little

914
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:15,760
complex where she was property manager

915
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:18,640
for 17 years. I began attending monthly

916
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:20,960
Slick meetings with Chris and took on

917
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,920
the job of hospitality. I hear all about

918
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:26,000
the re rental business and its

919
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,319
challenges. Last year, my complex was

920
00:48:28,319 --> 00:48:31,359
sold to a new owner with their owner

921
00:48:31,359 --> 00:48:33,520
property management. Unfortunately,

922
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:35,440
there is minimal attention to the

923
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:37,680
property and it has changed

924
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:40,000
dramatically. Although I'm not all happy

925
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,160
with the lack of upkeeping, I have

926
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,480
considered moving. I'm very concerned

927
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:48,720
about what will happen to me. I know I'm

928
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:51,440
sorry. I know how close I am to having

929
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:54,160
my life disrupted if I feel that I have

930
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:56,160
to move, but I cannot find a place that

931
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:58,880
fits my particular needs. Since I've

932
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:01,280
heard all the discussions on the law on

933
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:04,000
this law, I'm aware of the unintended

934
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:06,079
consequences of the good cause eviction

935
00:49:06,079 --> 00:49:08,480
law and how it can actually hurt

936
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,920
prospective tenants. When landlords know

937
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:14,319
they won't be able to raise rents or

938
00:49:14,319 --> 00:49:16,880
remove a tenant without legal battle,

939
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:19,520
they start screening more aggressively.

940
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:22,160
That means more applicant rejections

941
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,480
impacting lower income tenants,

942
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:26,160
students, and those with lower credit

943
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:29,040
scores and others. Landlords may raise

944
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:31,440
rents sharply between tenants and

945
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:33,440
protect themselves from future

946
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,800
limitations. Ironically, a law meant to

947
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:39,119
protect renters should make it harder

948
00:49:39,119 --> 00:49:42,720
for new renters to find housing. I'm

949
00:49:42,720 --> 00:49:44,720
really worried about my own future.

950
00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:50,790
Thank you very much. Thank you,

951
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:53,680
Muhammad Haz.

952
00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:58,870
Muhammad Hz.

953
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:01,280
Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Madame

954
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:03,359
President, council members. My name is

955
00:50:03,359 --> 00:50:05,280
Muhammad Hafes. I'm a landlord's connect

956
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:07,119
in Skenctity.

957
00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:09,680
I'm here to speak about the uh about in

958
00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:11,520
opposition to the good cause eviction

959
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:14,400
claw. If the law passes in Skenctity, it

960
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:16,880
will result in the following.

961
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:18,960
One, the increase in operating cost

962
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:21,200
because eviction will take a lot longer

963
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:24,480
to complete. Two, rent will increase

964
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:26,640
because of the operating cost increase

965
00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:28,880
to the landlord. We're not talking about

966
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:31,359
2% taxes that he was gentleman was

967
00:50:31,359 --> 00:50:33,200
talking about here. Talking about the

968
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:34,800
material costs. If you go to the Home

969
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:36,319
Depot,

970
00:50:36,319 --> 00:50:38,160
things have quadrupled. Things have

971
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:40,480
quadruple in price. Talking about labor

972
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:42,400
costs. Talking about legal costs. Try to

973
00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:44,880
hire a lawyer to to do an eviction for

974
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:47,280
you. It cost you hundreds of dollars,

975
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:49,280
maybe thousands.

976
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:52,480
Uh number three, evicting problem tenant

977
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:54,240
will become more difficult, prolonging

978
00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:56,000
the suffering of the neighboring tenant

979
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,480
in the building. and further result in

980
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:00,000
the increase of police and fire

981
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:01,920
department calls. I experienced that

982
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:03,839
myself. I had a problem tenant that was

983
00:51:03,839 --> 00:51:06,240
there during corona and after corona it

984
00:51:06,240 --> 00:51:08,240
took us months and months and so many

985
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:09,839
calls to the police and fire department

986
00:51:09,839 --> 00:51:11,280
phony calls to the police and fire

987
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:13,040
department or when they ca when they

988
00:51:13,040 --> 00:51:14,400
came they basically couldn't do

989
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:16,720
anything. Number four, landlord will

990
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:18,960
start leaving more rental unit vacant

991
00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:24,000
decreasing the number of rent of uh of unit available to rent in the city.

992
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,480
Five, some landlords will stop renting

993
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:29,280
altogether and that will that they will

994
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:32,240
start talking about uh unit conversion

995
00:51:32,240 --> 00:51:34,160
further reducing the number of available

996
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:37,119
units for rent uh making it even harder

997
00:51:37,119 --> 00:51:39,359
for renter for renter to find apartment

998
00:51:39,359 --> 00:51:42,160
in skenctity. Six, if skenctity

999
00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:44,400
landlords stop selling their properties,

1000
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:46,480
absentee landlord would take over

1001
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:48,400
impacting the rental market in

1002
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:52,000
Skenctity. Uh number seven, the higher

1003
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:54,160
cost of rental business will cause fewer

1004
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:56,640
investment in new housing development in

1005
00:51:56,640 --> 00:51:58,319
Skenctity.

1006
00:51:58,319 --> 00:52:00,079
Though it may appear to be helping

1007
00:52:00,079 --> 00:52:02,720
tenant, the law make makes it makes the

1008
00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:04,640
law will make it finding affordable

1009
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:07,040
housing a lot harder for the tenant. So

1010
00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:09,040
please do not vote for the good cause

1011
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:11,359
eviction in Skenct. Thank you. Thank

1012
00:52:11,359 --> 00:52:15,829
you.

1013
00:52:15,839 --> 00:52:24,790
Holly Law. Holly Law.

1014
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:27,119
Good evening, city council members. Mr.

1015
00:52:27,119 --> 00:52:29,680
Mayor, I am a Skenctity resident and

1016
00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:32,319
homeowner of 17 years. The apartment in

1017
00:52:32,319 --> 00:52:34,800
my home is currently occupied by my mom.

1018
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:36,400
And while I hope that arrangement goes

1019
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:38,720
on forever, it is entirely possible that

1020
00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:40,559
I will end up renting at some point to

1021
00:52:40,559 --> 00:52:43,200
someone who didn't give birth to me. I'm

1022
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:45,280
here tonight because I feel strongly

1023
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:47,520
that good cause eviction is a win-win

1024
00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:50,480
for Skenctity. The criticism of good

1025
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,640
cause seems to me to fall largely into

1026
00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:55,920
two buckets. One, predictions of dire

1027
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:57,599
outcomes for the city, including

1028
00:52:57,599 --> 00:53:00,240
renters, and two, a conviction that

1029
00:53:00,240 --> 00:53:02,800
whatever benefits renters must

1030
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:06,000
necessarily hurt landlords. So, first,

1031
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:08,640
the predictions of dire outcomes. You've

1032
00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:10,079
heard them from other people. I'm not

1033
00:53:10,079 --> 00:53:12,319
going to list them all, but good cause

1034
00:53:12,319 --> 00:53:14,480
has been adopted by more than a dozen

1035
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:16,960
New York municipalities, and it's been

1036
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,319
the law in New Jersey since the 70s. So,

1037
00:53:20,319 --> 00:53:22,559
if these dire outcomes were going to

1038
00:53:22,559 --> 00:53:25,119
happen, surely critics would be able to

1039
00:53:25,119 --> 00:53:27,440
provide clear and compelling evidence of

1040
00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:30,400
them. Without actual evidence of these

1041
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:32,720
bad outcomes from these other places, I

1042
00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:33,920
would like to suggest that these

1043
00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:36,720
arguments be disregarded.

1044
00:53:36,720 --> 00:53:38,880
Second, the idea that anything that

1045
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:41,520
benefits renters will necessarily harm

1046
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,400
landlords. This is called zero sum

1047
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:46,319
thinking and it's a particularly

1048
00:53:46,319 --> 00:53:48,480
corrosive mindset when it comes to

1049
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:50,800
making decisions for a whole city where

1050
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:53,119
we are interconnected in so many

1051
00:53:53,119 --> 00:53:55,680
complicated ways. There is social

1052
00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:57,680
science research that supports the idea

1053
00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:00,480
that some people are hardwired to zero

1054
00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:02,319
some thinking. that if you present

1055
00:54:02,319 --> 00:54:04,079
people with a situation that is

1056
00:54:04,079 --> 00:54:06,960
objectively beneficial to all parties,

1057
00:54:06,960 --> 00:54:09,839
like for instance, John sells his car to

1058
00:54:09,839 --> 00:54:12,000
Mary for a price that he is happy with

1059
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:14,559
and Mary buys John's car for a price

1060
00:54:14,559 --> 00:54:17,920
that she is happy with. And social

1061
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:20,160
science researchers will then ask people

1062
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:23,599
who won that interaction and there are a

1063
00:54:23,599 --> 00:54:24,960
significant number of people who will

1064
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:28,240
say John. John won that interaction.

1065
00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:30,240
John definitely won. Mary definitely

1066
00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:33,040
lost. Even though objectively they both

1067
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:35,760
won, that interaction was beneficial to

1068
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:38,160
both. And I mentioned this research just

1069
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:40,000
to point out that just because certain

1070
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,720
people believe they will lose when

1071
00:54:42,720 --> 00:54:44,880
others gain doesn't mean that's

1072
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:47,920
necessarily objectively accurate. I

1073
00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:49,599
think some landlords may be stuck in

1074
00:54:49,599 --> 00:54:51,680
this zero sum mindset and it makes them

1075
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:53,680
unable to see the benefits that would

1076
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:56,640
acrue to all of us, landlords included,

1077
00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:58,880
if the whole city were to have more

1078
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:01,520
stable housing, a friendlier and more

1079
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:03,920
welcoming rental culture, and therefore

1080
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:06,800
more demand for rental units. Good cause

1081
00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:08,800
eviction would be a win-win for

1082
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:12,280
Skenctity. Thank you. Thank you.

1083
00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:16,160
[Applause]

1084
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:21,520
Ed Laven Jr. Ed Leven Jr.

1085
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This is city business, but it's not

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00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:25,359
about rentals. I beg your pardon. This

1087
00:55:25,359 --> 00:55:27,040
is city business, but it's not about

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00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,599
rentals. Okay. You talk about whatever

1089
00:55:29,599 --> 00:55:31,839
you'd like. Well, I was involved in a

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00:55:31,839 --> 00:55:34,160
small claims court case. I won a default

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00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:37,760
judgement on 1016, 2019. I get one piece

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00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:39,440
of paper in regular mail with a court

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00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:42,640
date and time of 9:10 2020 9:00 a.m.

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00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:44,880
There is no affidavit or proof of

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00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:47,040
service. Defendant cannot come back to

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00:55:47,040 --> 00:55:49,280
the court without valid reason why she

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00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:55,670
did not appear on 101619.

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00:55:55,680 --> 00:55:57,520
Also, she must show some proof of why

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she should win case. This must be in

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00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:02,079
motion. No judge can act on a motion

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00:56:02,079 --> 00:56:03,760
without proof of service. This is

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00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:05,760
obstruction of justice and most

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00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:07,680
certainly no judge can vacate a default

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00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:10,480
judgment and say lean was satisfied 11

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days before a trial. Frost signed the

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two motions first waited out by clerk.

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Need proof of service.

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00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:24,640
Frost signed the second motion also

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00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:26,799
without affidavit or proof of service.

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00:56:26,799 --> 00:56:29,200
With Frost signing improper motions and

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Falotico acting on improper motions,

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00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:33,599
which no judge can act on a motion

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00:56:33,599 --> 00:56:35,760
without proof of service, this makes it

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00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:37,359
a conspiracy to deprive me of my

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00:56:37,359 --> 00:56:40,240
constitutional rights of due process and

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00:56:40,240 --> 00:56:44,160
crime 18 USC 242.

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Belico goes further and vacates default

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judgment in committing the crime of 18

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USC 1509, obstruction of courts. No one

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vacate or dismiss another judge's

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00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:56,400
decision without a proper hearing and

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00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:58,880
evidence to do so. I've been before this

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00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,040
mayor and city council several times.

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00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:02,799
They are complicit after the fact

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because I have left them the proof and

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00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:06,240
nothing has been done to these two

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00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:08,720
corrupt judges. Mayor, county attorney,

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00:57:08,720 --> 00:57:11,599
district attorney, US attorney, all know

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00:57:11,599 --> 00:57:13,599
about the crimes of these two judges.

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The mayor has kept me out of the

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00:57:14,960 --> 00:57:17,200
newspaper and off the news channels. The

1132
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:19,359
mayor pays very well for corruption.

1133
00:57:19,359 --> 00:57:21,359
Valico tears down a building on State

1134
00:57:21,359 --> 00:57:23,839
Street. proper authority to do so and

1135
00:57:23,839 --> 00:57:26,319
mayor makes him a judge.

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00:57:26,319 --> 00:57:29,280
You also appointed TP Frost. I went to

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00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:31,119
John D. Augustine, Miles Reed of the

1138
00:57:31,119 --> 00:57:33,359
Gazette. The Augustine was publisher and

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00:57:33,359 --> 00:57:36,319
president. Miles Reed was editor. As I

1140
00:57:36,319 --> 00:57:38,240
said, mayor pays well for corruption.

1141
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:41,920
The CBTA paid 300,000 for parking spaces

1142
00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:44,319
to the Gazette. John D. Augustine now

1143
00:57:44,319 --> 00:57:46,880
owns the Gazette. Commission on Judicial

1144
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:49,599
Conduct threw my paperwork away after I

1145
00:57:49,599 --> 00:57:51,760
told them they must base their decisions

1146
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:53,440
on the rules of court and the laws of

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00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:55,520
the Constitution or they too could be

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00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:56,720
charged with obstruction of the

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00:57:56,720 --> 00:58:00,230
governmental administration.

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00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:03,040
I've been to city police, sheriff, state

1151
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:05,040
police, found one of state trooper that

1152
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:07,520
filed my complaint. The DA told him

1153
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:09,359
there was no crime. You could go no

1154
00:58:09,359 --> 00:58:11,920
further. FBI and US attorney's office

1155
00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:14,160
both said the exact same thing to me.

1156
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:15,680
This is not something we're going to

1157
00:58:15,680 --> 00:58:18,240
look into. When they refused to file my

1158
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:20,240
complaints, you do realize you live in

1159
00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:22,799
New York. When you have mayor running

1160
00:58:22,799 --> 00:58:24,880
for a fourth term, Fatika was running

1161
00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:26,319
for Supreme Court. I went to the

1162
00:58:26,319 --> 00:58:28,240
attorney grievance committee regarding

1163
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:30,640
DA, County Attorney Gardner, and US

1164
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:32,880
attorney Barnett. They could find no

1165
00:58:32,880 --> 00:58:34,640
misconduct.

1166
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:36,480
I also went to election board letting

1167
00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:38,160
them know how you were covering up for

1168
00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:41,680
Falatico. Not uh surprisingly, they

1169
00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:44,079
could find nothing wrong. No response.

1170
00:58:44,079 --> 00:58:45,839
Oh, your time is expired. Please

1171
00:58:45,839 --> 00:58:47,680
summarize.

1172
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:51,440
It's time to go to Pan B.

1173
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:55,750
Thank you.

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00:58:55,760 --> 00:59:09,990
Paty Dio Prasad.

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00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:12,960
I am short.

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00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:15,040
Good evening, Mayor McCarti, city

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00:59:15,040 --> 00:59:17,760
president for the field and city council

1178
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:20,880
members. My name is Patio Prasad. I'm a

1179
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:23,920
Skenct City resident. Skenctity is a

1180
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:26,400
city that's rebuilding. We've seen

1181
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:28,559
growth downtown and neighborhoods come

1182
00:59:28,559 --> 00:59:31,680
back indeed. But that progress depends

1183
00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:34,000
on investment, on people like me

1184
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:36,880
choosing to put our money, time, and

1185
00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:40,240
energy into restoring housing. Stop.

1186
00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:42,799
Good cause eviction sends the opposite

1187
00:59:42,799 --> 00:59:46,000
message. This tells that would be

1188
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:48,559
investors and landlords that even if you

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00:59:48,559 --> 00:59:51,520
follow the law and keep rents fair, the

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00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:53,760
city will make it very difficult for you

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00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:56,960
to remove a tenant from your property.

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00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:58,880
Why would anyone invest under those

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00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:00,400
conditions?

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01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:02,799
Why would they t take a risk on that

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01:00:02,799 --> 01:00:05,599
property downtown that is a block away

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01:00:05,599 --> 01:00:09,440
and needs $50,000 in repairs?

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01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:12,880
This law will co would cause

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01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:15,839
good local law landlords to walk away.

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01:00:15,839 --> 01:00:18,240
Guess who will move in? Predatory out of

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01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:20,079
town buyers who don't care about the

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01:00:20,079 --> 01:00:23,599
community only profit. If you care about

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01:00:23,599 --> 01:00:26,079
revitalizing skinnity,

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01:00:26,079 --> 01:00:28,000
don't cut off the people that is doing

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01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:31,839
the work. Say no to good cause eviction.

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01:00:31,839 --> 01:00:39,109
Thank you. Thank you.

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01:00:39,119 --> 01:00:47,829
Jamaica Miles.

1207
01:00:47,839 --> 01:00:49,520
So, let's get quick with some

1208
01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:51,359
clarification. The Kingston Pikipsy

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01:00:51,359 --> 01:00:53,119
lawsuits that were referenced were about

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01:00:53,119 --> 01:00:56,400
rent control, not about good cause. It's

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01:00:56,400 --> 01:00:58,799
completely unrelated. Um, by the way,

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01:00:58,799 --> 01:01:00,480
going to court is the law, so we're

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01:01:00,480 --> 01:01:02,400
supposed to do that. And good cause

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01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:04,640
would reduce the number of court cases

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01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:06,720
because it eliminates frivolous filings

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01:01:06,720 --> 01:01:09,280
and holds landlords accountable to real

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01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:12,480
standards. I am not just a lifelong

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01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:14,880
skenkity resident. I am also someone who

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01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:17,599
has been impacted by renting in the city

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01:01:17,599 --> 01:01:19,920
of Skenctity. Forced out of apartments,

1221
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:22,319
afraid to call code enforcement, needing

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01:01:22,319 --> 01:01:24,160
to relocate every year for multiple

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01:01:24,160 --> 01:01:26,720
years, and experiencing extremely high

1224
01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:29,119
rent. Let's start with me being born on

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01:01:29,119 --> 01:01:32,720
Hamilton Hill in 1974. By 1980, my

1226
01:01:32,720 --> 01:01:34,880
parents had to move to 953 Albany

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01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:38,000
Street. By 1988, at the age of 14 years

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01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:40,160
old, it was the first time that I was

1229
01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:43,119
homeless. But let's jump ahead. 1881

1230
01:01:43,119 --> 01:01:44,640
State Street, I actually was able to

1231
01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:48,000
live there for 7 years from 20 from 2002

1232
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:51,040
to 2009. Then I had to move to Cutler.

1233
01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:53,520
That was less than a year. Plymouth A,

1234
01:01:53,520 --> 01:01:56,000
less than a year. Rugby Road. I lived

1235
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:58,000
there almost a year, but there was a rat

1236
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:00,000
infestation and they wouldn't take care

1237
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:01,680
of it. So, I moved to another apartment

1238
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:04,079
on Rugby Road less than a year. Then

1239
01:02:04,079 --> 01:02:06,000
over to Brandy Wine A and we've only

1240
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:09,280
made it to 2015. Do I need to go on? How

1241
01:02:09,280 --> 01:02:11,280
many of you currently rent in the city

1242
01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:14,400
of Skenctity? How many of you have ever

1243
01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:17,040
rented in this city? Which neighborhoods

1244
01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:18,960
do you currently live in or have you

1245
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:21,839
ever lived in? Mine span almost the

1246
01:02:21,839 --> 01:02:24,160
entire city. How many young people at

1247
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:26,480
Seat Center live in rentals right now?

1248
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:28,079
How many attendees of our public

1249
01:02:28,079 --> 01:02:31,520
libraries are housing insecure? Is every

1250
01:02:31,520 --> 01:02:33,280
senior that is living in the city of

1251
01:02:33,280 --> 01:02:35,680
Skenctity living in a safe, stable,

1252
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:38,799
affordable, and secure housing unit? I'm

1253
01:02:38,799 --> 01:02:40,160
not just someone who lives there. I'm

1254
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:41,520
also someone who has been on the ground

1255
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:43,920
speaking to residents for years being

1256
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:45,920
told that the number one issue is and

1257
01:02:45,920 --> 01:02:47,920
continues to be housing safety,

1258
01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:50,240
security, and affordability. I am here

1259
01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:52,720
to urge this council to opt into New

1260
01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:54,319
York State's good cause eviction law

1261
01:02:54,319 --> 01:02:56,160
because this legislation is not just

1262
01:02:56,160 --> 01:02:58,880
necessary. It is long overdue. Our

1263
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:01,119
housing isn't being wellmaintained right

1264
01:03:01,119 --> 01:03:04,400
now. It is already difficult to get an

1265
01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:05,920
apartment right now. So, if folks are

1266
01:03:05,920 --> 01:03:07,040
worried about whether or not it's going

1267
01:03:07,040 --> 01:03:08,960
to get more difficult, y'all ain't

1268
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:11,440
rented in this city. We already have

1269
01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:13,599
absentee landlords. We already have

1270
01:03:13,599 --> 01:03:15,440
apartments that aren't being inspected

1271
01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:17,839
and don't have rental certification. We

1272
01:03:17,839 --> 01:03:19,599
already have tenants who are being

1273
01:03:19,599 --> 01:03:22,000
illegally evicted without going to

1274
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:24,319
court, which is against the law to a

1275
01:03:24,319 --> 01:03:27,119
body that likes to be law in order. And

1276
01:03:27,119 --> 01:03:29,359
the worst part, many tenants don't even

1277
01:03:29,359 --> 01:03:31,039
know their rights. So yes, we do need an

1278
01:03:31,039 --> 01:03:33,440
education piece. Good cause can help us

1279
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:35,839
to fix this. It brings clarity. It

1280
01:03:35,839 --> 01:03:38,160
brings standards. It empowers tenants to

1281
01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:41,599
speak up and holds neglectful property

1282
01:03:41,599 --> 01:03:43,280
owners accountable. For those of you

1283
01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:44,960
that are good property owners, God bless

1284
01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:46,799
you and thank you for what you do. There

1285
01:03:46,799 --> 01:03:48,880
is zero evidence that the tax base has

1286
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:51,520
suffered in any good cause community.

1287
01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:53,920
What has suffered is community stability

1288
01:03:53,920 --> 01:03:56,640
when we fail to act. New Jersey since

1289
01:03:56,640 --> 01:03:59,200
1974, where's the evidence? So the

1290
01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:01,119
question is not should we wait. The

1291
01:04:01,119 --> 01:04:03,119
question is how many more people will

1292
01:04:03,119 --> 01:04:06,559
you allow to suffer while we do nothing?

1293
01:04:06,559 --> 01:04:08,960
So make process make the process

1294
01:04:08,960 --> 01:04:11,280
forward. Move the process forward to opt

1295
01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:13,599
into good cause. Don't let fear and

1296
01:04:13,599 --> 01:04:15,839
misinformation guide this city's

1297
01:04:15,839 --> 01:04:17,520
decision-making. You summarize, please.

1298
01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:19,760
I am summarizing right now. Don't let a

1299
01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:21,680
good policy die because of political

1300
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:24,640
games. And don't ignore the people who

1301
01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:26,640
need strength, compassion, and

1302
01:04:26,640 --> 01:04:33,660
leadership right now. Thank you,

1303
01:04:33,670 --> 01:04:37,029
[Applause]

1304
01:04:37,039 --> 01:04:40,160
Kathy Sullivan.

1305
01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:44,640
Down with the signs. Kathy Sullivan.

1306
01:04:44,640 --> 01:05:04,470
She must have left. Trisha Pedro.

1307
01:05:04,480 --> 01:05:06,559
Hello everyone on the city council. I'm

1308
01:05:06,559 --> 01:05:08,799
Trisha Pedro. I had signed up to speak

1309
01:05:08,799 --> 01:05:11,599
about um 317 State Street. Just wanted

1310
01:05:11,599 --> 01:05:14,880
to introduce myself. Um it's not about

1311
01:05:14,880 --> 01:05:18,319
this. So I just wanted to say that I am

1312
01:05:18,319 --> 01:05:20,160
a mother of eight and I live here in

1313
01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:22,880
Skenctity for over 20 years. I am a

1314
01:05:22,880 --> 01:05:25,359
business owner. I love Skenctity. I came

1315
01:05:25,359 --> 01:05:27,599
here just doing my own little thing and

1316
01:05:27,599 --> 01:05:29,839
Skenctity have embraced me. I do a lot

1317
01:05:29,839 --> 01:05:31,920
of community events and just I love the

1318
01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:34,240
people in Skenctity. So, I wanted to use

1319
01:05:34,240 --> 01:05:36,960
the space so that I can have business

1320
01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:40,160
owners like myself just get together and

1321
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:42,079
make money in the city of Skenkity and

1322
01:05:42,079 --> 01:05:44,720
just just work with the foot traffic

1323
01:05:44,720 --> 01:05:46,480
that's already going through downtown

1324
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:48,799
Skenctity. So, I just wanted to let you

1325
01:05:48,799 --> 01:05:50,000
guys know that I'm trying to give you

1326
01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:51,359
like a face to the name, introduce

1327
01:05:51,359 --> 01:05:53,440
myself. That's all. Thank you. Thank

1328
01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:56,260
you,

1329
01:05:56,260 --> 01:05:58,799
[Applause]

1330
01:05:58,799 --> 01:06:06,230
Valerie Triano.

1331
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:08,880
Good evening, city council members. I'm

1332
01:06:08,880 --> 01:06:11,680
here today in support of connected opt

1333
01:06:11,680 --> 01:06:14,960
into the good cause eviction law. As a m

1334
01:06:14,960 --> 01:06:17,039
me member of this community, as a

1335
01:06:17,039 --> 01:06:18,559
neighbor, and as someone who believes

1336
01:06:18,559 --> 01:06:20,480
that housing is not just a commodity,

1337
01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:23,039
it's a human right. First, I want to

1338
01:06:23,039 --> 01:06:24,720
thank council member Farley for

1339
01:06:24,720 --> 01:06:27,359
introducing the good cause eviction

1340
01:06:27,359 --> 01:06:29,680
resolution to committee this past Monday

1341
01:06:29,680 --> 01:06:32,160
and to thank council members Farley,

1342
01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:34,000
Williams, and Porterfield for bringing

1343
01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:36,160
such thoughtful facts and statistics to

1344
01:06:36,160 --> 01:06:38,079
the conversation.

1345
01:06:38,079 --> 01:06:40,319
Your leadership matters

1346
01:06:40,319 --> 01:06:42,559
because right now in connectity, there

1347
01:06:42,559 --> 01:06:45,119
are families living in fear. Fear of

1348
01:06:45,119 --> 01:06:46,559
being pushed out of their homes, not

1349
01:06:46,559 --> 01:06:49,280
because they did something wrong, but

1350
01:06:49,280 --> 01:06:50,880
because they dared to speak up about

1351
01:06:50,880 --> 01:06:53,359
mold, broken heat in winter, or leaking

1352
01:06:53,359 --> 01:06:55,680
ceilings. Fear that if they ask for

1353
01:06:55,680 --> 01:06:58,079
repairs, they'll find a notice taped to

1354
01:06:58,079 --> 01:06:59,599
their door telling them they have 30

1355
01:06:59,599 --> 01:07:02,799
days to get out. That is not justice.

1356
01:07:02,799 --> 01:07:05,920
That is abuse of power. The good cause

1357
01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:08,000
eviction law is our opportunity to say

1358
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:12,480
no more. No more retaliatory evictions.

1359
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:14,799
No more families torn apart by greed. No

1360
01:07:14,799 --> 01:07:16,559
more mothers lying awake at night

1361
01:07:16,559 --> 01:07:17,680
wondering where their children will

1362
01:07:17,680 --> 01:07:19,760
sleep next month. This law doesn't

1363
01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:22,559
punish good landlords. It protects them

1364
01:07:22,559 --> 01:07:25,440
and ensures that small local landlords

1365
01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:28,160
can continue offering affordable housing

1366
01:07:28,160 --> 01:07:29,920
without being crushed by corporately

1367
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:32,160
owned buildings jacking up rent

1368
01:07:32,160 --> 01:07:35,589
citywide.

1369
01:07:35,599 --> 01:07:38,400
It keeps housing fair, competitive, and

1370
01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:39,920
rooted in our comm community in the

1371
01:07:39,920 --> 01:07:42,000
community. This law does not allow

1372
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:44,720
tenants to abuse the system. Landlords

1373
01:07:44,720 --> 01:07:46,000
will still be able to evict for

1374
01:07:46,000 --> 01:07:49,270
non-payment,

1375
01:07:49,280 --> 01:07:50,799
destruction of property, or illegal

1376
01:07:50,799 --> 01:07:53,280
activity. They can still raise rent so

1377
01:07:53,280 --> 01:07:55,280
long as those increases are fair and

1378
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:57,839
based on actual costs. Owner occupied

1379
01:07:57,839 --> 01:08:01,039
homes with 10 or fewer units are exempt.

1380
01:08:01,039 --> 01:08:02,880
Let's be clear, good cause isn't

1381
01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:05,520
radical. It's reasonable. It's humane.

1382
01:08:05,520 --> 01:08:08,559
It's overdue. And it works. New Jersey

1383
01:08:08,559 --> 01:08:10,400
has had a version of this law for nearly

1384
01:08:10,400 --> 01:08:12,720
50 years and not only has it protected

1385
01:08:12,720 --> 01:08:16,080
renters renters. It's outpaced New York

1386
01:08:16,080 --> 01:08:18,719
in housing construction. This law is not

1387
01:08:18,719 --> 01:08:21,440
anti- landlord, it's

1388
01:08:21,440 --> 01:08:24,319
pro community. It's pro- stability. It's

1389
01:08:24,319 --> 01:08:27,040
pro dignity. Let's lead with compassion

1390
01:08:27,040 --> 01:08:29,199
to put people over profit. Let's make

1391
01:08:29,199 --> 01:08:30,880
connectity a city where no one loses

1392
01:08:30,880 --> 01:08:33,279
their home just for speaking up. where

1393
01:08:33,279 --> 01:08:35,679
housing isn't a constant fight but a

1394
01:08:35,679 --> 01:08:37,839
foundation to build our lives upon.

1395
01:08:37,839 --> 01:08:39,359
Thank you for your time for listening

1396
01:08:39,359 --> 01:08:41,199
not just with your heart. I mean not

1397
01:08:41,199 --> 01:08:42,719
just with your ears but with your

1398
01:08:42,719 --> 01:08:49,110
hearts. Thank you. Thank you

1399
01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:59,269
Rach.

1400
01:08:59,279 --> 01:09:01,839
Hello. I came to uh speak on behalf of

1401
01:09:01,839 --> 01:09:05,120
Trisha Pedro. Um she's been an amazing

1402
01:09:05,120 --> 01:09:08,239
community member who is well loved um by

1403
01:09:08,239 --> 01:09:11,920
the Skenctity community and as the uh

1404
01:09:11,920 --> 01:09:13,279
director of the Hamilton Hill Arts

1405
01:09:13,279 --> 01:09:15,120
Center, we've worked together often to

1406
01:09:15,120 --> 01:09:17,120
put on community events and I just

1407
01:09:17,120 --> 01:09:18,880
wanted to support her purchase of the

1408
01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:21,450
property. Thank you. Thank you,

1409
01:09:21,450 --> 01:09:25,040
[Applause]

1410
01:09:25,040 --> 01:09:34,229
Ellie Pepper.

1411
01:09:34,239 --> 01:09:36,159
Good evening, Mayor, Madame President,

1412
01:09:36,159 --> 01:09:38,960
city council members. I've lived in the

1413
01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:40,960
city of Skenctity for 30 years as a

1414
01:09:40,960 --> 01:09:43,679
homeowner. Uh, I'm here to urge you to

1415
01:09:43,679 --> 01:09:47,040
opt into New York's good cause eviction

1416
01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:49,920
law because our city's renters urgently

1417
01:09:49,920 --> 01:09:52,560
need this protection and responsible

1418
01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:55,840
landlords have nothing to fear from it.

1419
01:09:55,840 --> 01:09:58,960
15 cities in the state have already done

1420
01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:03,120
it. So, let's do it. More than half of

1421
01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:06,159
all households in Skenctity and in

1422
01:10:06,159 --> 01:10:08,080
neighborhoods like Mount Pleasant and

1423
01:10:08,080 --> 01:10:09,679
downtown.

1424
01:10:09,679 --> 01:10:11,920
Um, so there's more than half of all

1425
01:10:11,920 --> 01:10:14,560
households in Skenctity are renters. And

1426
01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:16,400
in neighborhoods like Mount Pleasant and

1427
01:10:16,400 --> 01:10:20,880
downtown, it's more than 75 or even 90%.

1428
01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:23,040
That's a lot of people who are renters

1429
01:10:23,040 --> 01:10:25,360
in this city. The majority of those

1430
01:10:25,360 --> 01:10:27,679
buildings are owned by absentee

1431
01:10:27,679 --> 01:10:29,760
landlords, many of whom don't live in

1432
01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:31,760
Skenctity and some don't even live in

1433
01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:34,080
the state.

1434
01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:36,000
And something that started all the way

1435
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:40,480
back in 2018 and finally we've seen um

1436
01:10:40,480 --> 01:10:44,640
what it led to just this past year, but

1437
01:10:44,640 --> 01:10:46,800
that's seven years later. I just want to

1438
01:10:46,800 --> 01:10:50,080
point that out.

1439
01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:53,280
The city fined one absentee landlord,

1440
01:10:53,280 --> 01:10:58,159
Alh Hawk LLC, more than 665,000

1441
01:10:58,159 --> 01:11:00,719
for dangerous conditions across multiple

1442
01:11:00,719 --> 01:11:03,600
properties, homes with no heat, no

1443
01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:05,440
maintenance, no regard for the people

1444
01:11:05,440 --> 01:11:08,320
living there. And still many attend many

1445
01:11:08,320 --> 01:11:10,800
tenants are afraid to speak up because

1446
01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:13,600
right now they can be evicted for any

1447
01:11:13,600 --> 01:11:17,120
reason or no reason at all. good cause

1448
01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:19,679
eviction would change that. It doesn't

1449
01:11:19,679 --> 01:11:21,840
stop landlords from evicting tenants who

1450
01:11:21,840 --> 01:11:24,560
don't pay rent or break their lease. It

1451
01:11:24,560 --> 01:11:26,719
just says if you're doing everything

1452
01:11:26,719 --> 01:11:29,440
right, you can't be thrown out without a

1453
01:11:29,440 --> 01:11:32,080
valid reason. And it protects tenants

1454
01:11:32,080 --> 01:11:35,360
from retaliation if they report unsafe

1455
01:11:35,360 --> 01:11:37,360
conditions.

1456
01:11:37,360 --> 01:11:40,320
It also puts a check on unreasonable

1457
01:11:40,320 --> 01:11:42,719
rent increases.

1458
01:11:42,719 --> 01:11:45,360
So, just to put a clear point on the

1459
01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:49,120
amount that can be increased right now,

1460
01:11:49,120 --> 01:11:53,199
inflation in our region is 3.4%.

1461
01:11:53,199 --> 01:11:56,080
Under good cause, a rent increase is

1462
01:11:56,080 --> 01:11:58,719
presumed unreasonable

1463
01:11:58,719 --> 01:12:02,159
if it is higher than 5% plus the

1464
01:12:02,159 --> 01:12:05,679
consumer price index.

1465
01:12:05,679 --> 01:12:08,000
So, if you put that together with the

1466
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:10,960
inflation rate right now in this region,

1467
01:12:10,960 --> 01:12:13,760
you're looking at an 8.4%

1468
01:12:13,760 --> 01:12:17,280
increase as being reasonable.

1469
01:12:17,280 --> 01:12:20,960
That doesn't um block rent increases. It

1470
01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:24,159
just ensures that they're fair. If a

1471
01:12:24,159 --> 01:12:26,400
landlord has rising costs and needs to

1472
01:12:26,400 --> 01:12:29,360
raise rent more than that, they can

1473
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:33,280
still do it. They just need to justify

1474
01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:35,520
it if it leads to eviction for

1475
01:12:35,520 --> 01:12:37,840
non-payment.

1476
01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:39,280
Now, I want to speak directly to

1477
01:12:39,280 --> 01:12:41,440
concerns about small landlords. Is that

1478
01:12:41,440 --> 01:12:43,760
my time up already? Wow, God, that went

1479
01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:46,159
so fast. Um, I know many of them care

1480
01:12:46,159 --> 01:12:47,840
deeply about their tenants and are part

1481
01:12:47,840 --> 01:12:50,000
of the communities they're they serve.

1482
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:51,840
And good cause does not prevent them

1483
01:12:51,840 --> 01:12:53,440
from making a living. It doesn't stop

1484
01:12:53,440 --> 01:12:55,760
evictions for valid reasons. Doesn't

1485
01:12:55,760 --> 01:12:57,840
freeze rents. In fact, many of the worst

1486
01:12:57,840 --> 01:12:59,679
violations and most aggressive evictions

1487
01:12:59,679 --> 01:13:01,920
in Skenctity come from large absentee

1488
01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:04,640
owners, not local landlords. It's about

1489
01:13:04,640 --> 01:13:06,239
targeting abuse, not punishing

1490
01:13:06,239 --> 01:13:07,920
responsible property. I need you to

1491
01:13:07,920 --> 01:13:10,480
summarize. We already have strong

1492
01:13:10,480 --> 01:13:12,719
enforcement tools, but those don't mean

1493
01:13:12,719 --> 01:13:14,880
much if tenants are afraid to file a

1494
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:16,960
complaint. Good cause gives renters the

1495
01:13:16,960 --> 01:13:18,640
confidence to speak up, and it helps

1496
01:13:18,640 --> 01:13:20,080
stabilize neighborhoods by stopping

1497
01:13:20,080 --> 01:13:21,679
unjust evictions before they happen.

1498
01:13:21,679 --> 01:13:26,310
Thank you. Thank you.

1499
01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:34,950
Dean Nabado,

1500
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:38,239
I will try to speak fast. Uh, good

1501
01:13:38,239 --> 01:13:41,760
evening, uh, madame president, city

1502
01:13:41,760 --> 01:13:43,840
council members, and mayor. Uh, my name

1503
01:13:43,840 --> 01:13:46,320
is Dean Morabo, and I live in the city

1504
01:13:46,320 --> 01:13:49,440
of Skenctity. After listening to the

1505
01:13:49,440 --> 01:13:51,760
discussion last Monday by members of the

1506
01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:55,199
council regarding opting into or out of

1507
01:13:55,199 --> 01:13:57,280
good cause eviction,

1508
01:13:57,280 --> 01:14:00,000
uh it appeared to me that those voices

1509
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:02,640
uh against good cause had very

1510
01:14:02,640 --> 01:14:04,960
unconvincing arguments

1511
01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:08,159
uh to vote for opting out. Um I'll give

1512
01:14:08,159 --> 01:14:10,239
some examples.

1513
01:14:10,239 --> 01:14:11,840
uh

1514
01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:14,880
landlords will be rushing to sell their

1515
01:14:14,880 --> 01:14:16,960
properties leading to corporation

1516
01:14:16,960 --> 01:14:19,280
corporations buying up properties and

1517
01:14:19,280 --> 01:14:23,199
creating uh absentee landlords. This is

1518
01:14:23,199 --> 01:14:27,990
uh only speculation

1519
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:30,640
and word of mouth and it's a form of

1520
01:14:30,640 --> 01:14:32,880
fear-mongering.

1521
01:14:32,880 --> 01:14:36,239
Uh also landlords suffered during COVID.

1522
01:14:36,239 --> 01:14:39,280
Well, tenants did as well. Where is the

1523
01:14:39,280 --> 01:14:41,840
compassion for them?

1524
01:14:41,840 --> 01:14:44,640
Small landlords are small businesses

1525
01:14:44,640 --> 01:14:48,239
trying to create generational wealth.

1526
01:14:48,239 --> 01:14:50,320
Uh will that be on the backs of the

1527
01:14:50,320 --> 01:14:53,440
tenants? Is that what it's about? Uh

1528
01:14:53,440 --> 01:14:55,840
this sounds a lot like colonialism to

1529
01:14:55,840 --> 01:14:58,480
me.

1530
01:14:58,480 --> 01:15:00,880
Uh it was stated landlords are part of a

1531
01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:03,280
solution. Taking people into their

1532
01:15:03,280 --> 01:15:06,640
properties to give them a place to live.

1533
01:15:06,640 --> 01:15:08,800
I thought that I heard that landlords

1534
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:11,679
are small businesses.

1535
01:15:11,679 --> 01:15:14,400
Landlords are building a skenctity we

1536
01:15:14,400 --> 01:15:16,719
can all be proud of.

1537
01:15:16,719 --> 01:15:19,360
Is this to the exclusion of an already

1538
01:15:19,360 --> 01:15:23,280
disenfranchised population of the city?

1539
01:15:23,280 --> 01:15:26,239
Uh landlords were compared to other

1540
01:15:26,239 --> 01:15:29,280
small businesses in the city. People

1541
01:15:29,280 --> 01:15:31,120
need to feel safe and secure in their

1542
01:15:31,120 --> 01:15:34,800
properties they rent um which should be

1543
01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:37,040
affordable, clean and properly

1544
01:15:37,040 --> 01:15:41,350
maintained by landlords.

1545
01:15:41,360 --> 01:15:44,400
These are not things small businesses in

1546
01:15:44,400 --> 01:15:47,199
other small businesses in the city are

1547
01:15:47,199 --> 01:15:50,480
uh required to provide.

1548
01:15:50,480 --> 01:15:52,800
It's not fair that landlords should lose

1549
01:15:52,800 --> 01:15:56,000
money for owning rental properties.

1550
01:15:56,000 --> 01:15:58,080
Well, good cause isn't about taking

1551
01:15:58,080 --> 01:16:00,560
money away from landlords. It's about

1552
01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:02,800
providing perfection protections for

1553
01:16:02,800 --> 01:16:05,679
tenants. So, in conclusion, I'd like to

1554
01:16:05,679 --> 01:16:09,040
say that people who become landlords do

1555
01:16:09,040 --> 01:16:13,120
so as a choice. Uh people need a place

1556
01:16:13,120 --> 01:16:16,000
to live. It's not asking too much for it

1557
01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:18,000
to be affordable, clean, and

1558
01:16:18,000 --> 01:16:20,400
appropriately maintained by the people

1559
01:16:20,400 --> 01:16:22,640
that own the property. Thank you. Thank

1560
01:16:22,640 --> 01:16:23,670
you.

1561
01:16:23,670 --> 01:16:28,000
[Applause]

1562
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:29,920
First name looks like Laurel and the

1563
01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:40,790
last name starts with a G.

1564
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:42,880
I beg you pardon.

1565
01:16:42,880 --> 01:16:48,470
It sound it looks like it.

1566
01:16:48,480 --> 01:16:50,000
And could you just please your state

1567
01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:52,000
your full name because I am unable to

1568
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:54,239
read your last name. No problem. My name

1569
01:16:54,239 --> 01:16:57,520
is Laurel Barnes. Good afternoon, good

1570
01:16:57,520 --> 01:17:00,320
evening, mayor, madame president, and

1571
01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:02,960
city council. Um, I was going to speak

1572
01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:04,640
about something different, but now that

1573
01:17:04,640 --> 01:17:07,840
I heard about this good cause uh

1574
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:09,600
eviction,

1575
01:17:09,600 --> 01:17:12,080
I've been a resident of Skenki for over

1576
01:17:12,080 --> 01:17:14,159
20 years. I've been in different

1577
01:17:14,159 --> 01:17:17,760
apartments. Um, I've been in my last one

1578
01:17:17,760 --> 01:17:20,800
right now for going on 12 years.

1579
01:17:20,800 --> 01:17:25,840
I have never been late on my rent.

1580
01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:28,800
Our apartment building got bought by an

1581
01:17:28,800 --> 01:17:33,280
LLC after our landlord who was just a

1582
01:17:33,280 --> 01:17:35,920
single landlord owning a few places who

1583
01:17:35,920 --> 01:17:39,040
was actually compassionate and kind.

1584
01:17:39,040 --> 01:17:42,480
Someone else bought it. Now he calls me

1585
01:17:42,480 --> 01:17:44,400
a troublemaker.

1586
01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:47,440
I was telling him about what was going

1587
01:17:47,440 --> 01:17:51,360
wrong with my neighbor downstairs

1588
01:17:51,360 --> 01:17:54,400
and the other neighbor on the other side

1589
01:17:54,400 --> 01:17:57,440
of the building. He has threatened to

1590
01:17:57,440 --> 01:18:00,880
not reloom my lease next year. And his

1591
01:18:00,880 --> 01:18:04,320
lease, all it is is a piece of paper

1592
01:18:04,320 --> 01:18:06,320
saying, "Do you still want to live here?

1593
01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:10,960
Sign here." No rules, no nothing.

1594
01:18:10,960 --> 01:18:14,320
I don't think it's fair. I'm telling him

1595
01:18:14,320 --> 01:18:16,480
something that's happening. I'm not

1596
01:18:16,480 --> 01:18:18,880
trying to be a troublemaker.

1597
01:18:18,880 --> 01:18:23,040
It's just the truth. And he hardly ever

1598
01:18:23,040 --> 01:18:25,040
comes by.

1599
01:18:25,040 --> 01:18:27,760
I'm also under section 8. He's also

1600
01:18:27,760 --> 01:18:32,080
raised the rent because of section 8

1601
01:18:32,080 --> 01:18:36,480
uh over $150 the first time. I rent a

1602
01:18:36,480 --> 01:18:40,080
one-bedroom apartment and now it's $900.

1603
01:18:40,080 --> 01:18:44,159
I'm afraid to tell him that my bathroom

1604
01:18:44,159 --> 01:18:47,360
sink is leaking. I'm afraid to ask him

1605
01:18:47,360 --> 01:18:49,600
for another refrigerator because it's

1606
01:18:49,600 --> 01:18:51,920
starting to go.

1607
01:18:51,920 --> 01:18:54,080
I'm afraid to tell him about the heat.

1608
01:18:54,080 --> 01:18:56,640
The the radiator starts leaking like

1609
01:18:56,640 --> 01:19:00,719
crazy and I have it's ruined the rug

1610
01:19:00,719 --> 01:19:03,440
that I have in my kitchen. I'm afraid to

1611
01:19:03,440 --> 01:19:05,280
tell him anything because I'm afraid

1612
01:19:05,280 --> 01:19:07,040
he's going to get me out and not renew

1613
01:19:07,040 --> 01:19:11,120
my lease. And it's not fair. They should

1614
01:19:11,120 --> 01:19:13,120
not have the right to just say, "You're

1615
01:19:13,120 --> 01:19:16,000
a troublemaker. Time to get out. I can't

1616
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:19,040
afford to move anywhere. I have to live

1617
01:19:19,040 --> 01:19:21,760
where I'm living. It's it's a great

1618
01:19:21,760 --> 01:19:25,280
area. I feel safe there."

1619
01:19:25,280 --> 01:19:28,640
And it's it will not help also my mental

1620
01:19:28,640 --> 01:19:32,159
health. I suffer from severe depression

1621
01:19:32,159 --> 01:19:35,920
and that will make me go downhill.

1622
01:19:35,920 --> 01:19:38,320
Not a good idea.

1623
01:19:38,320 --> 01:19:41,679
Because back in 2009,

1624
01:19:41,679 --> 01:19:44,159
I left my house in Scotia. And this was

1625
01:19:44,159 --> 01:19:47,040
5 years after my mother passed away, who

1626
01:19:47,040 --> 01:19:51,120
I took care of till the day she died.

1627
01:19:51,120 --> 01:19:54,080
I walked towards the Scotia Bridge

1628
01:19:54,080 --> 01:19:57,199
intending on jumping.

1629
01:19:57,199 --> 01:19:59,199
Two police officers, who I still don't

1630
01:19:59,199 --> 01:20:01,679
know their name,

1631
01:20:01,679 --> 01:20:04,400
saved me from doing it. I went to Ellis

1632
01:20:04,400 --> 01:20:06,640
for a month and a half. I have no memory

1633
01:20:06,640 --> 01:20:10,080
of what was going on and I'm happy where

1634
01:20:10,080 --> 01:20:13,840
I am, but I'm afraid to say anything.

1635
01:20:13,840 --> 01:20:17,480
Thank you. Have a good night.

1636
01:20:17,480 --> 01:20:19,040
[Applause]

1637
01:20:19,040 --> 01:20:21,790
[Music]

1638
01:20:21,790 --> 01:20:24,400
[Applause]

1639
01:20:24,400 --> 01:20:33,189
Chris Petro Carly.

1640
01:20:33,199 --> 01:20:34,560
Good evening, esteemed members of the

1641
01:20:34,560 --> 01:20:37,280
council. My name is Chris Petra Carly. I

1642
01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:38,400
actually have never encountered someone

1643
01:20:38,400 --> 01:20:39,920
who pronounced it right the first time

1644
01:20:39,920 --> 01:20:42,239
correctly. So

1645
01:20:42,239 --> 01:20:44,159
uh I am as connected resident. I am

1646
01:20:44,159 --> 01:20:45,920
actually not a tenant. I am a homeowner.

1647
01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:48,320
But I was once a tenant and I was able

1648
01:20:48,320 --> 01:20:50,400
to stably live in an apartment for 7

1649
01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:51,760
years before I was able to afford my

1650
01:20:51,760 --> 01:20:54,159
house. I was only able to afford my

1651
01:20:54,159 --> 01:20:57,199
house because of that stability. And I

1652
01:20:57,199 --> 01:21:00,239
implore you to vote yes on good cause so

1653
01:21:00,239 --> 01:21:02,560
that we can maintain stability for our

1654
01:21:02,560 --> 01:21:05,440
tenants in this time of economic strife.

1655
01:21:05,440 --> 01:21:07,840
We need to understand that everybody who

1656
01:21:07,840 --> 01:21:09,360
contributes to the community, everybody

1657
01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:11,360
who works, everybody who's a barista,

1658
01:21:11,360 --> 01:21:15,120
who works at a Lowe's as a salesman, who

1659
01:21:15,120 --> 01:21:17,360
makes entertainment online, whatever,

1660
01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:19,440
anybody who works for a living needs to

1661
01:21:19,440 --> 01:21:21,760
be able to call someplace their own, to

1662
01:21:21,760 --> 01:21:23,600
be able to live somewhere without the

1663
01:21:23,600 --> 01:21:25,840
threat of randomly being pushed out on

1664
01:21:25,840 --> 01:21:27,440
the street because the landlord

1665
01:21:27,440 --> 01:21:30,400
suspected they might be gay or because

1666
01:21:30,400 --> 01:21:32,560
they just don't vibe with the person in

1667
01:21:32,560 --> 01:21:34,960
there. Good cause will prevent people

1668
01:21:34,960 --> 01:21:39,990
from just being thrown to the wolves.

1669
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:46,150
Thank you for your time. Thank you.

1670
01:21:46,160 --> 01:21:47,440
[Applause]

1671
01:21:47,440 --> 01:21:57,270
Bridget Bridget Savage Spice.

1672
01:21:57,280 --> 01:21:59,199
Hello. Uh my name is Bridget Savage

1673
01:21:59,199 --> 01:22:02,320
Spees. Um I am with the capital district

1674
01:22:02,320 --> 01:22:04,480
DSA um and I work on the housing

1675
01:22:04,480 --> 01:22:07,120
committee um helping to bring um

1676
01:22:07,120 --> 01:22:09,280
legislation like this to places

1677
01:22:09,280 --> 01:22:12,080
throughout the capital district um uh

1678
01:22:12,080 --> 01:22:14,639
including Skenctity. So, um I wanted to

1679
01:22:14,639 --> 01:22:18,320
talk a little bit about the um the way

1680
01:22:18,320 --> 01:22:20,719
that good cause has existed in not only

1681
01:22:20,719 --> 01:22:22,800
the places in New York that have passed

1682
01:22:22,800 --> 01:22:25,360
good cause, but also in California, in

1683
01:22:25,360 --> 01:22:27,520
New Jersey, and in um other

1684
01:22:27,520 --> 01:22:29,600
municipalities in which they have um

1685
01:22:29,600 --> 01:22:31,920
similar protections to good cause or,

1686
01:22:31,920 --> 01:22:33,199
you know, verbatim good cause

1687
01:22:33,199 --> 01:22:36,960
protections. Um, a little while ago, the

1688
01:22:36,960 --> 01:22:39,040
University of Minnesota Center for Urban

1689
01:22:39,040 --> 01:22:41,520
and Regional Affairs published a report

1690
01:22:41,520 --> 01:22:43,520
um because several of their professors

1691
01:22:43,520 --> 01:22:44,719
were wondering, you know, I keep hearing

1692
01:22:44,719 --> 01:22:46,159
this thing from landlords where they say

1693
01:22:46,159 --> 01:22:49,280
that if we pass good cause um then there

1694
01:22:49,280 --> 01:22:51,120
will be no new housing development and

1695
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:53,040
that will drive up rental prices. Um,

1696
01:22:53,040 --> 01:22:54,159
and that's something that I have heard

1697
01:22:54,159 --> 01:22:56,400
here today a lot. Um, and so they did

1698
01:22:56,400 --> 01:22:57,600
this study because they wanted to find

1699
01:22:57,600 --> 01:22:59,360
out is that true. Um they looked in

1700
01:22:59,360 --> 01:23:02,080
California, in New Jersey. They compared

1701
01:23:02,080 --> 01:23:05,600
um the they compared areas with good

1702
01:23:05,600 --> 01:23:07,760
cause to areas without good cause that

1703
01:23:07,760 --> 01:23:09,679
have similar, you know, that are similar

1704
01:23:09,679 --> 01:23:12,239
in their geographic area, similar in

1705
01:23:12,239 --> 01:23:14,560
their income and their GDP, all sorts

1706
01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:18,400
of, you know, um similarities. And they

1707
01:23:18,400 --> 01:23:21,040
determined that it did not have any

1708
01:23:21,040 --> 01:23:23,679
effect on new construction. Um so with

1709
01:23:23,679 --> 01:23:26,880
that study in mind I think um we can

1710
01:23:26,880 --> 01:23:28,639
determine that it's unlikely that it

1711
01:23:28,639 --> 01:23:30,239
would in skenctity if it hasn't anywhere

1712
01:23:30,239 --> 01:23:34,560
else. Um I would also like to um lay out

1713
01:23:34,560 --> 01:23:36,080
the idea that I want to make it

1714
01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:38,080
extremely clear that good cause eviction

1715
01:23:38,080 --> 01:23:40,719
protections do not impact landlords who

1716
01:23:40,719 --> 01:23:43,120
are in the business of providing safe

1717
01:23:43,120 --> 01:23:45,520
and affordable housing. Um, if that's

1718
01:23:45,520 --> 01:23:47,520
what your goal is as a landlord, then I

1719
01:23:47,520 --> 01:23:49,199
commend you for that. And this law

1720
01:23:49,199 --> 01:23:53,199
should not impact you because you

1721
01:23:53,199 --> 01:23:55,840
um you will not be

1722
01:23:55,840 --> 01:23:57,920
uh you if you are not trying to evict

1723
01:23:57,920 --> 01:24:00,239
tenants retal in a retaliatory manner,

1724
01:24:00,239 --> 01:24:02,800
you will not be impacted by good cause.

1725
01:24:02,800 --> 01:24:06,719
Um good cause has a number of um a

1726
01:24:06,719 --> 01:24:08,800
number of carveouts in it as well that

1727
01:24:08,800 --> 01:24:10,239
address some of the concerns that I've

1728
01:24:10,239 --> 01:24:12,880
heard. Um so any building that's built

1729
01:24:12,880 --> 01:24:15,679
before 2009 uh that's built after 2009

1730
01:24:15,679 --> 01:24:17,199
is exempt from good cause which is one

1731
01:24:17,199 --> 01:24:18,560
of the reasons why it doesn't impact new

1732
01:24:18,560 --> 01:24:21,600
development. Um it doesn't impact um

1733
01:24:21,600 --> 01:24:24,480
owner occupied buildings. So small

1734
01:24:24,480 --> 01:24:26,239
landlords renting out their apartment

1735
01:24:26,239 --> 01:24:27,760
attached to their garage or anything

1736
01:24:27,760 --> 01:24:31,120
like that are not impacted. Um it does

1737
01:24:31,120 --> 01:24:34,880
not impact um

1738
01:24:34,880 --> 01:24:36,480
landlords with a portfolio under a

1739
01:24:36,480 --> 01:24:38,400
certain size which can be determined by

1740
01:24:38,400 --> 01:24:40,159
the council. In Albany, we set that as

1741
01:24:40,159 --> 01:24:43,040
one um because of the LLC loophole in

1742
01:24:43,040 --> 01:24:45,440
which landlords frequently own uh many

1743
01:24:45,440 --> 01:24:47,360
buildings under all different LLC's. And

1744
01:24:47,360 --> 01:24:50,080
so it is hard to determine um how many

1745
01:24:50,080 --> 01:24:53,520
units they really have, but um that is

1746
01:24:53,520 --> 01:24:57,360
up to you to determine. The um good

1747
01:24:57,360 --> 01:24:59,600
cause in Albany when it was passed

1748
01:24:59,600 --> 01:25:01,600
decreased the number of eviction cases

1749
01:25:01,600 --> 01:25:04,239
going to court. Um so for the reasons

1750
01:25:04,239 --> 01:25:06,000
that it will decrease eviction burden,

1751
01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:07,440
it will decrease the burden on our

1752
01:25:07,440 --> 01:25:10,000
eviction courts, it will not um impact

1753
01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:11,920
increases in housing stock and it should

1754
01:25:11,920 --> 01:25:13,840
not impact any landlord who's providing

1755
01:25:13,840 --> 01:25:16,080
safe and affordable housing. I urge you

1756
01:25:16,080 --> 01:25:17,440
to pass good cause. Thank you. Thank

1757
01:25:17,440 --> 01:25:23,189
you,

1758
01:25:23,199 --> 01:25:28,390
Rocky Palmer.

1759
01:25:28,400 --> 01:25:30,880
Hi council members, Mr. Mayor, and

1760
01:25:30,880 --> 01:25:32,800
council president.

1761
01:25:32,800 --> 01:25:35,280
Sorry.

1762
01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:38,719
Um, I've been a a small-time landlord

1763
01:25:38,719 --> 01:25:40,080
for most of my life. I've been doing

1764
01:25:40,080 --> 01:25:41,280
this since I was a kid with my

1765
01:25:41,280 --> 01:25:44,000
grandfather and my father. Um, very

1766
01:25:44,000 --> 01:25:48,159
against this um proposed optin to the

1767
01:25:48,159 --> 01:25:50,960
good cause. Um, just going to be very

1768
01:25:50,960 --> 01:25:53,360
concise. Uh, I think it will dis

1769
01:25:53,360 --> 01:25:55,760
disroportionately affect small

1770
01:25:55,760 --> 01:25:58,159
landlords, not these big large corporate

1771
01:25:58,159 --> 01:26:01,199
outfits. Um it's going to be longer

1772
01:26:01,199 --> 01:26:03,520
court times, more expenses, lost rent,

1773
01:26:03,520 --> 01:26:05,760
and will discourage uh new landlords to

1774
01:26:05,760 --> 01:26:08,320
enter the business. Um there are already

1775
01:26:08,320 --> 01:26:11,440
protections in place to protect tenants

1776
01:26:11,440 --> 01:26:14,719
uh New York State. Um

1777
01:26:14,719 --> 01:26:16,480
and we also have the rental certificate

1778
01:26:16,480 --> 01:26:18,960
program as well in the city. I really

1779
01:26:18,960 --> 01:26:25,350
believe the uh the true um

1780
01:26:25,360 --> 01:26:27,120
uh the true intention of this law is to

1781
01:26:27,120 --> 01:26:29,360
usher an arcane New York City New York

1782
01:26:29,360 --> 01:26:31,440
City style rental regulation and

1783
01:26:31,440 --> 01:26:34,000
control. Uh I think it's kind of like a

1784
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:37,440
soft start and from there more laws can

1785
01:26:37,440 --> 01:26:39,840
be added or more laws can be introduced

1786
01:26:39,840 --> 01:26:43,120
or this law can be you know adjusted or

1787
01:26:43,120 --> 01:26:46,639
made worse. Um, and again, I I really

1788
01:26:46,639 --> 01:26:49,440
believe if we wanted to lower rents, uh,

1789
01:26:49,440 --> 01:26:51,199
we should invent in incentivize building

1790
01:26:51,199 --> 01:26:53,040
new units and not buy these big

1791
01:26:53,040 --> 01:26:54,560
corporate outfits whose rents are going

1792
01:26:54,560 --> 01:26:56,800
to be out of reach for mo most, uh,

1793
01:26:56,800 --> 01:26:59,040
people in Skenctity, but, uh, just

1794
01:26:59,040 --> 01:27:02,080
normal small-time investors, and we

1795
01:27:02,080 --> 01:27:04,159
could do this by reducing regulations,

1796
01:27:04,159 --> 01:27:06,480
fees, red tape, and generally just

1797
01:27:06,480 --> 01:27:15,669
encourage new construction. Thank you.

1798
01:27:15,679 --> 01:27:24,709
Crystal Dwayne.

1799
01:27:24,719 --> 01:27:26,639
Hello. Hello. If you don't mind, I'm

1800
01:27:26,639 --> 01:27:29,280
just going to set a timer. It's 3

1801
01:27:29,280 --> 01:27:31,520
minutes. It is three minutes. Okay. Can

1802
01:27:31,520 --> 01:27:33,679
everybody hear me?

1803
01:27:33,679 --> 01:27:36,719
No. Can you hear me now? Okay. I just

1804
01:27:36,719 --> 01:27:38,000
want to make sure everybody can hear.

1805
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:40,000
That's all. It's very hard to hear in

1806
01:27:40,000 --> 01:27:43,920
the back. So, okay, I set my timer. Um,

1807
01:27:43,920 --> 01:27:46,960
I am here just asking for transparency

1808
01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:50,320
within the community in regards to the

1809
01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:55,199
uh lack of clean drinking water, a basic

1810
01:27:55,199 --> 01:27:59,199
human right. I have been a resident for

1811
01:27:59,199 --> 01:28:01,600
my entire life basically in Skenctity,

1812
01:28:01,600 --> 01:28:04,320
born and raised. Um, this is a bag of

1813
01:28:04,320 --> 01:28:07,760
medication. This is just some medication

1814
01:28:07,760 --> 01:28:10,400
that I have to take on a regular basis.

1815
01:28:10,400 --> 01:28:14,719
Um, it's appalling to me that in the

1816
01:28:14,719 --> 01:28:17,679
city of Skenctity that we are only

1817
01:28:17,679 --> 01:28:21,199
required to actually sample our water

1818
01:28:21,199 --> 01:28:26,320
once per calendar year. And in 2024, I

1819
01:28:26,320 --> 01:28:27,840
don't know if everybody has had a chance

1820
01:28:27,840 --> 01:28:30,239
to actually read what the contaminants

1821
01:28:30,239 --> 01:28:33,679
are in there. In 2024, we had 48

1822
01:28:33,679 --> 01:28:37,679
contaminants alone, which cause cancer,

1823
01:28:37,679 --> 01:28:39,199
leukemia,

1824
01:28:39,199 --> 01:28:42,719
respiratory effects on your body, brain

1825
01:28:42,719 --> 01:28:45,840
cancer, soft tissue problems, a plethora

1826
01:28:45,840 --> 01:28:49,440
of problems that some you can't even

1827
01:28:49,440 --> 01:28:53,199
fix. these two that I just happened to

1828
01:28:53,199 --> 01:28:55,840
look up. Benzene, which is the first on

1829
01:28:55,840 --> 01:28:59,199
the list of the actual 2024

1830
01:28:59,199 --> 01:29:02,400
uh drinking water report, can cause

1831
01:29:02,400 --> 01:29:06,239
blood disorders, leukemia, cancer. Uh

1832
01:29:06,239 --> 01:29:09,040
our male population, believe it or not,

1833
01:29:09,040 --> 01:29:11,520
is at a higher risk from for uh

1834
01:29:11,520 --> 01:29:15,840
contaminated water. Um, and then females

1835
01:29:15,840 --> 01:29:18,800
uh inevitably suffer from hormonal

1836
01:29:18,800 --> 01:29:21,520
problems, breast cancer, and so on and

1837
01:29:21,520 --> 01:29:24,480
so forth. What I'm asking that we do as

1838
01:29:24,480 --> 01:29:27,280
a community, I don't know about you, but

1839
01:29:27,280 --> 01:29:29,440
everybody in my family has been a

1840
01:29:29,440 --> 01:29:32,080
lifelong resident of Skenctity and in

1841
01:29:32,080 --> 01:29:34,960
one facet or another has been affected

1842
01:29:34,960 --> 01:29:37,679
by health problems. If I could just do a

1843
01:29:37,679 --> 01:29:39,760
little demonstration here. How many

1844
01:29:39,760 --> 01:29:42,239
people here in this room take more than

1845
01:29:42,239 --> 01:29:46,310
one medication?

1846
01:29:46,320 --> 01:29:49,520
Okay, another thing. How many people

1847
01:29:49,520 --> 01:29:51,840
remark? How Okay, I'm sorry. How many

1848
01:29:51,840 --> 01:29:56,080
people in this room by yourself, your

1849
01:29:56,080 --> 01:29:57,679
family member or someone has been

1850
01:29:57,679 --> 01:30:02,629
diagnosed with cancer recently?

1851
01:30:02,639 --> 01:30:04,719
There is a statistic out here on the

1852
01:30:04,719 --> 01:30:09,040
national uh cancer institute that uh

1853
01:30:09,040 --> 01:30:12,239
Skynctity is actually getting 580 more

1854
01:30:12,239 --> 01:30:15,600
cases on a yearly basis and that is

1855
01:30:15,600 --> 01:30:18,000
stating that that is actually stable for

1856
01:30:18,000 --> 01:30:20,320
us. While granted that's not in the

1857
01:30:20,320 --> 01:30:24,960
thousands, 580 is way too many. 580 is

1858
01:30:24,960 --> 01:30:28,239
affecting people's, you know, long-term

1859
01:30:28,239 --> 01:30:30,639
jeevity of their life. It's cutting it

1860
01:30:30,639 --> 01:30:35,120
shorter. We need to do something

1861
01:30:35,120 --> 01:30:38,239
in our community to assist the people

1862
01:30:38,239 --> 01:30:41,280
and by giving and providing clean

1863
01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:44,560
drinking water. Chloroform itself is in

1864
01:30:44,560 --> 01:30:46,800
there and that was listed as not a

1865
01:30:46,800 --> 01:30:49,040
violation. I know that your timer went

1866
01:30:49,040 --> 01:30:55,510
off. So, yep. Thank you. You're welcome.

1867
01:30:55,520 --> 01:30:57,520
I have no one else signed up to speak,

1868
01:30:57,520 --> 01:30:59,600
so I declare the public comment of city

1869
01:30:59,600 --> 01:31:02,080
business closed.

1870
01:31:02,080 --> 01:31:03,920
At this time, any miscellaneous business

1871
01:31:03,920 --> 01:31:09,189
of the council.

1872
01:31:09,199 --> 01:31:11,600
Everyone had an opportunity to sign up.

1873
01:31:11,600 --> 01:31:15,199
I'm sorry. Everyone had an opportunity.

1874
01:31:15,199 --> 01:31:16,400
to sign up at the beginning of the

1875
01:31:16,400 --> 01:31:19,920
meeting. This that I've called every

1876
01:31:19,920 --> 01:31:23,120
name that's on the list.

1877
01:31:23,120 --> 01:31:24,719
I've called every name that was on the

1878
01:31:24,719 --> 01:31:29,910
list.

1879
01:31:29,920 --> 01:31:31,520
I called every name on the list. We

1880
01:31:31,520 --> 01:31:32,800
asked people to sign up at the beginning

1881
01:31:32,800 --> 01:31:37,590
of the meeting.

1882
01:31:37,600 --> 01:31:41,280
Miscellaneous business of the council.

1883
01:31:41,280 --> 01:31:50,709
Mr. Mr. Williams.

1884
01:31:50,719 --> 01:31:53,520
Thank you. I uh initially just wanted to

1885
01:31:53,520 --> 01:31:56,000
uh appreciate and tell everyone that uh

1886
01:31:56,000 --> 01:31:57,199
took the courage to come up here and

1887
01:31:57,199 --> 01:31:58,800
speak regardless of your position and

1888
01:31:58,800 --> 01:32:01,040
what issue you're speaking to. It is uh

1889
01:32:01,040 --> 01:32:02,480
definitely something that uh takes

1890
01:32:02,480 --> 01:32:04,560
people back. Uh it is a form of speaking

1891
01:32:04,560 --> 01:32:06,239
that people aren't usually used to but

1892
01:32:06,239 --> 01:32:07,600
it shows your passion towards your

1893
01:32:07,600 --> 01:32:09,440
issues which is why I take a lot of

1894
01:32:09,440 --> 01:32:11,440
notes because I value that time that you

1895
01:32:11,440 --> 01:32:12,960
spend with sharing your candid thoughts

1896
01:32:12,960 --> 01:32:15,120
with us and sincerely I present myself

1897
01:32:15,120 --> 01:32:17,360
as someone that's objective. Uh so with

1898
01:32:17,360 --> 01:32:18,880
respect to the conversation of good

1899
01:32:18,880 --> 01:32:21,120
cause eviction, uh sincerely looking at

1900
01:32:21,120 --> 01:32:23,040
it from a standpoint of the lived

1901
01:32:23,040 --> 01:32:24,400
experience that I had throughout my

1902
01:32:24,400 --> 01:32:25,679
life, not just within the city of

1903
01:32:25,679 --> 01:32:29,520
Skenctity, but just as uh um

1904
01:32:29,520 --> 01:32:31,280
as someone that grew up not with a

1905
01:32:31,280 --> 01:32:33,760
stable home, um but also looking at the

1906
01:32:33,760 --> 01:32:35,920
merits and hearing both sides of the

1907
01:32:35,920 --> 01:32:37,679
facts and also hearing uh some candid

1908
01:32:37,679 --> 01:32:38,960
conversations from people that I

1909
01:32:38,960 --> 01:32:41,920
consider very close to me, I can't seem

1910
01:32:41,920 --> 01:32:43,760
to get away from the fact that I I'm a

1911
01:32:43,760 --> 01:32:46,639
huge supporter of it. Uh on this very

1912
01:32:46,639 --> 01:32:49,600
context, good cause eviction keeps good

1913
01:32:49,600 --> 01:32:52,480
tenants in homes and holds poor

1914
01:32:52,480 --> 01:32:55,840
landlords accountable. And

1915
01:32:55,840 --> 01:32:59,280
my understanding of that is that with a

1916
01:32:59,280 --> 01:33:01,280
marginal administrative cost to

1917
01:33:01,280 --> 01:33:03,440
landlords, it ensures that your actions

1918
01:33:03,440 --> 01:33:05,679
taking place, the morality of the

1919
01:33:05,679 --> 01:33:07,360
decisions that you can impact

1920
01:33:07,360 --> 01:33:10,400
individuals over. Uh we heard from uh

1921
01:33:10,400 --> 01:33:11,840
two individuals who I'm not going to

1922
01:33:11,840 --> 01:33:14,880
name speak from their hearts about their

1923
01:33:14,880 --> 01:33:16,880
lived experiences and what unstable

1924
01:33:16,880 --> 01:33:19,360
housing does for the community. In a few

1925
01:33:19,360 --> 01:33:20,480
months, we are going to have the

1926
01:33:20,480 --> 01:33:22,960
conversation of how much overtime do we

1927
01:33:22,960 --> 01:33:26,480
allow to increase police and fire

1928
01:33:26,480 --> 01:33:29,040
departments. And in very few instances

1929
01:33:29,040 --> 01:33:31,199
do we have the ability to be proactive

1930
01:33:31,199 --> 01:33:34,480
instead of reactionary. Stable housing

1931
01:33:34,480 --> 01:33:36,000
improves the quality of life of a

1932
01:33:36,000 --> 01:33:37,440
community. And it has been said

1933
01:33:37,440 --> 01:33:39,199
abundantly

1934
01:33:39,199 --> 01:33:40,400
that this is something that is good for

1935
01:33:40,400 --> 01:33:43,360
the city of Skenctity. I urge everyone

1936
01:33:43,360 --> 01:33:44,560
regardless of what side of the

1937
01:33:44,560 --> 01:33:47,520
conversation we're on to look at the law

1938
01:33:47,520 --> 01:33:48,960
because as I hear a lot of the

1939
01:33:48,960 --> 01:33:51,520
misinformation, there are protections in

1940
01:33:51,520 --> 01:33:54,480
place for illegal behavior, for breaks

1941
01:33:54,480 --> 01:33:56,960
and lease. Um there are protections in

1942
01:33:56,960 --> 01:33:59,600
place for maintenance costs above the

1943
01:33:59,600 --> 01:34:01,679
10% number that you are uh that was

1944
01:34:01,679 --> 01:34:04,560
cited multiple times with justifiable

1945
01:34:04,560 --> 01:34:07,040
reasoning and that is where I think a

1946
01:34:07,040 --> 01:34:08,719
lot of the the the headache and

1947
01:34:08,719 --> 01:34:10,960
knee-jerk reactions come come from. It

1948
01:34:10,960 --> 01:34:13,120
is now having to justify your actions.

1949
01:34:13,120 --> 01:34:16,080
But we continue to hear from tenants

1950
01:34:16,080 --> 01:34:18,000
since I've been an elected official year

1951
01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:20,639
after year of the struggles of having

1952
01:34:20,639 --> 01:34:23,280
instable housing in a city where rents

1953
01:34:23,280 --> 01:34:25,600
are continuing to rise. We tried to have

1954
01:34:25,600 --> 01:34:27,280
the conversation of rent stabilization

1955
01:34:27,280 --> 01:34:29,760
that was met with an utter no. We are

1956
01:34:29,760 --> 01:34:31,040
trying to bring the conversation of good

1957
01:34:31,040 --> 01:34:34,159
cause eviction that is also met with an

1958
01:34:34,159 --> 01:34:37,440
fervorable no. What are we to say to the

1959
01:34:37,440 --> 01:34:39,600
majority of this community who is

1960
01:34:39,600 --> 01:34:41,199
sitting on the tenant side of this who

1961
01:34:41,199 --> 01:34:43,360
is crying out for help.

1962
01:34:43,360 --> 01:34:45,360
We continue to hear that New York has

1963
01:34:45,360 --> 01:34:47,520
some strict protections for tenants. But

1964
01:34:47,520 --> 01:34:49,120
looking at the case study of connectity,

1965
01:34:49,120 --> 01:34:50,480
you are also hearing about tenants that

1966
01:34:50,480 --> 01:34:52,080
are saying, "Were those protections for

1967
01:34:52,080 --> 01:34:55,280
me?" And that is not something that is

1968
01:34:55,280 --> 01:34:57,280
debatable. These are lived experiences

1969
01:34:57,280 --> 01:34:59,920
that we hear meeting after meeting and

1970
01:34:59,920 --> 01:35:02,159
then we hear from our advocacy groups

1971
01:35:02,159 --> 01:35:04,560
event after event. Housing continues to

1972
01:35:04,560 --> 01:35:06,480
be the number one priority for not just

1973
01:35:06,480 --> 01:35:08,560
city of Skenctity residents, but for

1974
01:35:08,560 --> 01:35:10,320
residents within the state of New York.

1975
01:35:10,320 --> 01:35:12,239
I applaud the legislature for passing

1976
01:35:12,239 --> 01:35:14,239
this type of law. The only push back

1977
01:35:14,239 --> 01:35:16,480
that I have was making it opt-in. I

1978
01:35:16,480 --> 01:35:18,000
think it is a requirement for us to have

1979
01:35:18,000 --> 01:35:19,679
this conversation. I thank Mr. Farley

1980
01:35:19,679 --> 01:35:21,600
for presenting it. And I look forward to

1981
01:35:21,600 --> 01:35:24,480
having a candid factual discussion next

1982
01:35:24,480 --> 01:35:26,320
week about the merits of where each of

1983
01:35:26,320 --> 01:35:28,560
my peers stand because sincerely this is

1984
01:35:28,560 --> 01:35:33,440
impacting lives. It truly is. Um housing

1985
01:35:33,440 --> 01:35:36,960
is a fundamental right. I have had the

1986
01:35:36,960 --> 01:35:40,159
luxury due to my military um experience

1987
01:35:40,159 --> 01:35:42,320
and military career to have had the

1988
01:35:42,320 --> 01:35:44,480
ability to use the VA home loan. If not

1989
01:35:44,480 --> 01:35:46,719
for that, I guarantee you I would be

1990
01:35:46,719 --> 01:35:49,120
sitting on that side of the room as a

1991
01:35:49,120 --> 01:35:53,440
tenant. sincerely uh saying the right

1992
01:35:53,440 --> 01:35:56,239
thing sometimes is unpopular, but

1993
01:35:56,239 --> 01:35:57,679
looking at the case studies that we've

1994
01:35:57,679 --> 01:35:59,440
seen from the municipalities that have

1995
01:35:59,440 --> 01:36:02,320
opted in, looking at the proven records

1996
01:36:02,320 --> 01:36:04,159
from states that are continuing to do

1997
01:36:04,159 --> 01:36:07,040
this work based on the logic that we've

1998
01:36:07,040 --> 01:36:09,120
heard, those communities should be in

1999
01:36:09,120 --> 01:36:10,800
disarray.

2000
01:36:10,800 --> 01:36:14,159
So sincerely as we look at the facts and

2001
01:36:14,159 --> 01:36:15,760
as we looked at the lived experiences

2002
01:36:15,760 --> 01:36:17,520
from tenants in our community, I truly

2003
01:36:17,520 --> 01:36:19,920
believe that this ensures that good

2004
01:36:19,920 --> 01:36:22,400
tenants remain in place and it still

2005
01:36:22,400 --> 01:36:24,639
provides landlords the rights that they

2006
01:36:24,639 --> 01:36:28,719
are demanding that they still have um to

2007
01:36:28,719 --> 01:36:30,000
provide themselves a quality of life

2008
01:36:30,000 --> 01:36:31,280
that they are looking forward to as

2009
01:36:31,280 --> 01:36:37,430
well. Thank you. Thank you,

2010
01:36:37,440 --> 01:36:42,159
Mr. Farley. Thank you, Madam Chair. Um,

2011
01:36:42,159 --> 01:36:43,440
thank you, Mr. Williams, for your

2012
01:36:43,440 --> 01:36:45,920
comments. Uh, I I um agree with

2013
01:36:45,920 --> 01:36:49,040
everything you said. Um, and I just

2014
01:36:49,040 --> 01:36:50,639
think that this is something that's not

2015
01:36:50,639 --> 01:36:53,840
that complicated. It really isn't. And I

2016
01:36:53,840 --> 01:36:56,800
think sometimes people over complicate

2017
01:36:56,800 --> 01:36:58,239
things so they can hide in the

2018
01:36:58,239 --> 01:37:00,880
confusion. I've read through this front

2019
01:37:00,880 --> 01:37:03,600
and back. I've had real candid

2020
01:37:03,600 --> 01:37:06,080
conversations with landlords and

2021
01:37:06,080 --> 01:37:09,119
tenants. Um, and I am someone with

2022
01:37:09,119 --> 01:37:11,280
presented with new information is

2023
01:37:11,280 --> 01:37:14,000
willing to change my mind based on that.

2024
01:37:14,000 --> 01:37:15,600
I think that that is something that you

2025
01:37:15,600 --> 01:37:18,159
must be willing to do as a leader

2026
01:37:18,159 --> 01:37:21,360
whether it's popular or not. Um, I've

2027
01:37:21,360 --> 01:37:24,080
heard the stories about how these

2028
01:37:24,080 --> 01:37:27,600
horrible uh uh situations that landlords

2029
01:37:27,600 --> 01:37:29,600
are placed in from tenants not paying

2030
01:37:29,600 --> 01:37:32,880
their rent um through COVID and damaging

2031
01:37:32,880 --> 01:37:35,440
their property and being nuisance and

2032
01:37:35,440 --> 01:37:38,480
just doing things that where someone has

2033
01:37:38,480 --> 01:37:41,360
uh invested their life's savings into a

2034
01:37:41,360 --> 01:37:44,480
property and now the landlord has become

2035
01:37:44,480 --> 01:37:48,239
a victim of this unruly tenant. Um, and

2036
01:37:48,239 --> 01:37:51,440
those are things that I know happen.

2037
01:37:51,440 --> 01:37:54,960
Those are real things that happen. And

2038
01:37:54,960 --> 01:37:58,000
in good cause eviction, there are

2039
01:37:58,000 --> 01:38:00,719
provisions for every single thing that

2040
01:38:00,719 --> 01:38:03,199
people have been talking about.

2041
01:38:03,199 --> 01:38:05,199
I would just stress to people to please

2042
01:38:05,199 --> 01:38:07,840
go back, read this legislation, and ask

2043
01:38:07,840 --> 01:38:09,360
yourself,

2044
01:38:09,360 --> 01:38:11,199
would I do any of these things that are

2045
01:38:11,199 --> 01:38:15,040
on this list? And if your answer is no,

2046
01:38:15,040 --> 01:38:17,199
then not only should you not be against

2047
01:38:17,199 --> 01:38:18,800
this, but you should be coming out to

2048
01:38:18,800 --> 01:38:22,239
support it. I also want to say that, you

2049
01:38:22,239 --> 01:38:24,000
know, we on city council, I do believe

2050
01:38:24,000 --> 01:38:27,679
that we all are homeowners and sometimes

2051
01:38:27,679 --> 01:38:29,760
your proximity or lack thereof to an

2052
01:38:29,760 --> 01:38:33,280
issue can really impact how you receive

2053
01:38:33,280 --> 01:38:34,960
messaging. And I want us all to be

2054
01:38:34,960 --> 01:38:37,520
mindful of the people who are not in the

2055
01:38:37,520 --> 01:38:40,159
very uh privileged uh position that Mr.

2056
01:38:40,159 --> 01:38:42,320
uh Williams talked about.

2057
01:38:42,320 --> 01:38:44,400
I've been born and raised connectedity.

2058
01:38:44,400 --> 01:38:46,719
I've been here all my life and I always

2059
01:38:46,719 --> 01:38:48,400
heard a saying that might have not been

2060
01:38:48,400 --> 01:38:50,880
originated here but um first time I

2061
01:38:50,880 --> 01:38:52,560
heard it was here and that's all money

2062
01:38:52,560 --> 01:38:55,199
isn't good money. So when people talk

2063
01:38:55,199 --> 01:38:58,480
about you know the investments and

2064
01:38:58,480 --> 01:39:00,239
investments that people are making into

2065
01:39:00,239 --> 01:39:03,040
the city. I'm happy to hear about

2066
01:39:03,040 --> 01:39:05,920
investments but again all money isn't

2067
01:39:05,920 --> 01:39:08,080
good money. And if you're not going to

2068
01:39:08,080 --> 01:39:11,520
come here and provide a safe uh

2069
01:39:11,520 --> 01:39:14,800
respectable housing for people, then our

2070
01:39:14,800 --> 01:39:18,560
commitment to basic human dignity is not

2071
01:39:18,560 --> 01:39:28,790
and should not be for sale. Thank you,

2072
01:39:28,800 --> 01:39:30,719
Miss Patrick.

2073
01:39:30,719 --> 01:39:33,199
Thank you.

2074
01:39:33,199 --> 01:39:35,760
Yeah, I actually um was only able to buy

2075
01:39:35,760 --> 01:39:37,840
a home having worked in nonprofit all my

2076
01:39:37,840 --> 01:39:40,400
life um because I had an uncle that died

2077
01:39:40,400 --> 01:39:43,040
and very generously gave each of his

2078
01:39:43,040 --> 01:39:46,080
nieces and nephews uh money and that was

2079
01:39:46,080 --> 01:39:47,520
how my husband and I were able to come

2080
01:39:47,520 --> 01:39:49,440
and buy a home in Skenctity. But other

2081
01:39:49,440 --> 01:39:50,880
than that, I was mic closer. I can't

2082
01:39:50,880 --> 01:39:53,440
hear you. Can't hear it. Now I can now.

2083
01:39:53,440 --> 01:39:55,600
The mic's closer. Yeah. Okay. I was

2084
01:39:55,600 --> 01:39:57,280
saying that I only was able to buy a

2085
01:39:57,280 --> 01:40:00,719
home here um a after renting my entire

2086
01:40:00,719 --> 01:40:03,920
life because of my nonprofit career. Uh

2087
01:40:03,920 --> 01:40:05,520
because I had an uncle that passed away

2088
01:40:05,520 --> 01:40:08,560
and uh generously gave all of his nieces

2089
01:40:08,560 --> 01:40:11,520
and nephews. Uh he didn't have any

2090
01:40:11,520 --> 01:40:13,440
children. Uh so that was how we were

2091
01:40:13,440 --> 01:40:15,199
able to buy our house. So um I

2092
01:40:15,199 --> 01:40:21,119
definitely spent most of my life renting apartments. Um I wanted to thank

2093
01:40:21,119 --> 01:40:23,199
the school district for an incredible

2094
01:40:23,199 --> 01:40:26,400
event the other day. Skin Equity um

2095
01:40:26,400 --> 01:40:28,400
which they sponsored in the parking lot

2096
01:40:28,400 --> 01:40:31,280
over at their uh headquarters um which

2097
01:40:31,280 --> 01:40:33,360
was just a wonderful event. Lots of

2098
01:40:33,360 --> 01:40:37,199
community resources um that were there

2099
01:40:37,199 --> 01:40:39,040
um and it was a lot of fun dancing even

2100
01:40:39,040 --> 01:40:41,040
though it was really hot. Um but it was

2101
01:40:41,040 --> 01:40:45,199
great to see the community come out for that event. I also wanted to thank I

2102
01:40:45,199 --> 01:40:47,360
see I think Rachel's still here. Uh I

2103
01:40:47,360 --> 01:40:48,880
wanted to thank the Hamilton Hill Arts

2104
01:40:48,880 --> 01:40:51,920
Center uh for the Junth celebration uh

2105
01:40:51,920 --> 01:40:54,000
over the weekend. And that was also it's

2106
01:40:54,000 --> 01:40:56,239
just great to see people come out, but

2107
01:40:56,239 --> 01:40:58,560
also um you know all the resources that

2108
01:40:58,560 --> 01:41:00,560
are available from the people that table

2109
01:41:00,560 --> 01:41:03,760
at these events. Um it's it's really a

2110
01:41:03,760 --> 01:41:05,840
great a great opportunity for folks to

2111
01:41:05,840 --> 01:41:09,199
come and celebrate our community. Um I

2112
01:41:09,199 --> 01:41:12,000
wanted to uh give a little bit of

2113
01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:14,480
information. We really need those pools

2114
01:41:14,480 --> 01:41:16,320
that we have in our splash pads,

2115
01:41:16,320 --> 01:41:17,840
especially with the weather these days.

2116
01:41:17,840 --> 01:41:19,920
So, I wanted to mention that the

2117
01:41:19,920 --> 01:41:21,520
sheriff's department is going to be

2118
01:41:21,520 --> 01:41:25,040
doing IDs um over at the Central Park

2119
01:41:25,040 --> 01:41:28,880
pool uh this Friday, June 27th, from 12

2120
01:41:28,880 --> 01:41:31,840
to 300 p.m. Um if you don't have a

2121
01:41:31,840 --> 01:41:33,520
driver's license, if you need if you

2122
01:41:33,520 --> 01:41:35,920
don't have a school ID, um come and get

2123
01:41:35,920 --> 01:41:38,400
a a sheriff's ID. So, you'll be able to

2124
01:41:38,400 --> 01:41:40,639
uh come and use the pool. The Central

2125
01:41:40,639 --> 01:41:43,520
Park pool is going to open on Saturday,

2126
01:41:43,520 --> 01:41:46,960
June 28th at noon. Um, it's open Monday

2127
01:41:46,960 --> 01:41:49,520
through Friday, 8:00 am to 9:00 am for

2128
01:41:49,520 --> 01:41:52,159
lap swim only and then Mondays through

2129
01:41:52,159 --> 01:41:55,920
Fridays 12:30 to 6:30 for open swim and

2130
01:41:55,920 --> 01:41:58,719
Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 6. Um,

2131
01:41:58,719 --> 01:42:01,360
our front street and quacken bush pools

2132
01:42:01,360 --> 01:42:03,360
are going to be open starting Monday,

2133
01:42:03,360 --> 01:42:05,040
June 30th, and they're going to be open

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01:42:05,040 --> 01:42:07,840
Mondays through Saturdays, uh, 12:30 to

2135
01:42:07,840 --> 01:42:10,639
6:30. All of the splash pads at all of

2136
01:42:10,639 --> 01:42:12,320
our parks that have them are up and

2137
01:42:12,320 --> 01:42:15,280
running now. So get out there and cool

2138
01:42:15,280 --> 01:42:18,400
down in a splash pad. Um our parks

2139
01:42:18,400 --> 01:42:20,639
director also um this is a report from

2140
01:42:20,639 --> 01:42:23,600
our parks director. Um uh all the summer

2141
01:42:23,600 --> 01:42:25,360
activities that we'll be having in our

2142
01:42:25,360 --> 01:42:29,280
parks are going to start on July 7th. Um

2143
01:42:29,280 --> 01:42:31,840
I wanted to mention that uh music haven

2144
01:42:31,840 --> 01:42:34,000
concerts in Central Park start on

2145
01:42:34,000 --> 01:42:36,960
Sunday, July 13th. All of those shows

2146
01:42:36,960 --> 01:42:39,280
start at 7 p.m. and the concession stand

2147
01:42:39,280 --> 01:42:42,080
opens at 6:00 p.m. And you can get a

2148
01:42:42,080 --> 01:42:44,000
list of all the concerts, all the films

2149
01:42:44,000 --> 01:42:46,480
at musichavenstage.org.

2150
01:42:46,480 --> 01:42:48,639
Um, and then finally, we are doing the

2151
01:42:48,639 --> 01:42:50,239
Declaration of Independence reading

2152
01:42:50,239 --> 01:42:52,480
again on the steps of city hall from

2153
01:42:52,480 --> 01:42:55,520
10:30 at 10:30 on July 4th. There are

2154
01:42:55,520 --> 01:42:58,159
other activities happening uh that day

2155
01:42:58,159 --> 01:42:59,760
around the city as well. I think

2156
01:42:59,760 --> 01:43:02,560
Elizabeth is here as well and uh has put

2157
01:43:02,560 --> 01:43:04,639
together some other activities for that

2158
01:43:04,639 --> 01:43:07,600
day also. And that's all that I have.

2159
01:43:07,600 --> 01:43:09,920
Anybody else? Thank you,

2160
01:43:09,920 --> 01:43:14,390
Mayor.

2161
01:43:14,400 --> 01:43:16,560
Thank you, Madame President. Appreciate

2162
01:43:16,560 --> 01:43:18,320
everyone coming out. It's always good to

2163
01:43:18,320 --> 01:43:20,320
have uh discussions

2164
01:43:20,320 --> 01:43:22,480
uh different perspectives. Hopefully, it

2165
01:43:22,480 --> 01:43:26,000
drives public policy to a uh higher and

2166
01:43:26,000 --> 01:43:28,000
better outcome than we we've gotten

2167
01:43:28,000 --> 01:43:31,119
without the discussion. Want to correct

2168
01:43:31,119 --> 01:43:33,520
uh any misimpression. The one speaker

2169
01:43:33,520 --> 01:43:36,320
tonight said city water is only tested

2170
01:43:36,320 --> 01:43:39,040
once a year. That is absolutely

2171
01:43:39,040 --> 01:43:42,080
incorrect. The water system, the city is

2172
01:43:42,080 --> 01:43:45,360
tested daily. We have a certified lab

2173
01:43:45,360 --> 01:43:48,080
here that tests not only the city water

2174
01:43:48,080 --> 01:43:50,480
but other municipalities. That's both

2175
01:43:50,480 --> 01:43:55,520
water and wastewater. Uh everything uh

2176
01:43:55,520 --> 01:43:58,080
meets or exceeds uh New York State

2177
01:43:58,080 --> 01:44:01,040
Department of Health standards and also

2178
01:44:01,040 --> 01:44:05,600
uh EPA standards. Uh again, Council

2179
01:44:05,600 --> 01:44:07,760
Member Patrick outlined the swimming

2180
01:44:07,760 --> 01:44:10,560
pools and the splash pads going through

2181
01:44:10,560 --> 01:44:14,320
a period of uh some extreme heat. Uh

2182
01:44:14,320 --> 01:44:15,760
would encourage people make sure you

2183
01:44:15,760 --> 01:44:19,280
stay hydrated. Uh don't do things that

2184
01:44:19,280 --> 01:44:21,920
are overexerting. Take it easy for the

2185
01:44:21,920 --> 01:44:23,679
next few days as the temperatures come

2186
01:44:23,679 --> 01:44:25,760
down. And if you have a neighbor who

2187
01:44:25,760 --> 01:44:27,440
might be a senior citizen or somebody

2188
01:44:27,440 --> 01:44:30,080
that uh uh might have a little bit of

2189
01:44:30,080 --> 01:44:32,159
difficulty getting through the high

2190
01:44:32,159 --> 01:44:34,159
temperature, check in on them, say

2191
01:44:34,159 --> 01:44:35,920
hello, make sure that they're doing all

2192
01:44:35,920 --> 01:44:38,320
right. Thank you, Madam President. Thank

2193
01:44:38,320 --> 01:44:40,159
you, Mayor. I'd also like to thank

2194
01:44:40,159 --> 01:44:41,840
everyone that came out this evening,

2195
01:44:41,840 --> 01:44:43,679
regardless of what side of the issue

2196
01:44:43,679 --> 01:44:46,000
that you're on today. I also appreciate

2197
01:44:46,000 --> 01:44:48,400
your respectfulness of each other uh as

2198
01:44:48,400 --> 01:44:50,560
you were speaking. um you know because

2199
01:44:50,560 --> 01:44:53,199
we all have different positions but

2200
01:44:53,199 --> 01:44:54,719
doesn't mean that we have to be enemies.

2201
01:44:54,719 --> 01:44:56,000
We just see things from a different

2202
01:44:56,000 --> 01:44:58,639
place. So I appreciate um how you how

2203
01:44:58,639 --> 01:45:00,560
things were handled this evening. Um I

2204
01:45:00,560 --> 01:45:02,480
do want to make a statement though at

2205
01:45:02,480 --> 01:45:04,639
our last committee meeting it was stated

2206
01:45:04,639 --> 01:45:07,360
that SCAP uh was was in favor of good

2207
01:45:07,360 --> 01:45:10,000
cause eviction and Scap put on their

2208
01:45:10,000 --> 01:45:12,000
city on their Facebook page that they

2209
01:45:12,000 --> 01:45:14,480
were neutral in this on in terms of this

2210
01:45:14,480 --> 01:45:16,320
legislation. So, I just want to make

2211
01:45:16,320 --> 01:45:17,679
sure that everyone if you haven't seen

2212
01:45:17,679 --> 01:45:19,760
it know that that is that is uh what

2213
01:45:19,760 --> 01:45:21,840
Scap has said.

2214
01:45:21,840 --> 01:45:25,040
Um I also want to uh remind Oh, let me

2215
01:45:25,040 --> 01:45:26,719
just tell you about Declaration Day.

2216
01:45:26,719 --> 01:45:29,280
Miss Patrick did mention the declaration

2217
01:45:29,280 --> 01:45:31,360
um of the reading of the Declaration of

2218
01:45:31,360 --> 01:45:33,040
Independence, but there are a number of

2219
01:45:33,040 --> 01:45:35,040
activities that are going on that day.

2220
01:45:35,040 --> 01:45:36,800
Uh it's called Declaration Day, Speak

2221
01:45:36,800 --> 01:45:38,960
Life into Liberty and Justice for All.

2222
01:45:38,960 --> 01:45:42,080
There'll be an 8:30 event um at

2223
01:45:42,080 --> 01:45:45,360
Riverside Park, uh 9:00 am at Yog Bliss

2224
01:45:45,360 --> 01:45:48,000
Yoga, the 10:30 reading of the

2225
01:45:48,000 --> 01:45:49,520
independent uh Declaration of

2226
01:45:49,520 --> 01:45:52,320
Independence on City Hall, and 11:30

2227
01:45:52,320 --> 01:45:54,159
Declaration Day down in Gateway Park

2228
01:45:54,159 --> 01:45:58,639
with Lady Liberty. Um uh 3:00 somatic

2229
01:45:58,639 --> 01:46:00,880
dance at Governor's Lane behind 17 Front

2230
01:46:00,880 --> 01:46:02,880
Street. And 4:30 there's a Fourth of

2231
01:46:02,880 --> 01:46:05,360
July cookout and potluck at Riverside

2232
01:46:05,360 --> 01:46:07,840
Park in Governor's Lane. So, for those

2233
01:46:07,840 --> 01:46:10,080
of you who um don't have other plans for

2234
01:46:10,080 --> 01:46:12,400
Fourth of July, here's an opportunity to

2235
01:46:12,400 --> 01:46:15,440
just have some fun with neighbors.

2236
01:46:15,440 --> 01:46:17,360
And uh just want to remind folks there

2237
01:46:17,360 --> 01:46:19,360
is no meeting next Monday. It is our

2238
01:46:19,360 --> 01:46:21,600
fifth Monday, what I always call the

2239
01:46:21,600 --> 01:46:24,800
city council's holiday, but um but I

2240
01:46:24,800 --> 01:46:26,320
there's also a meeting that day

2241
01:46:26,320 --> 01:46:29,840
regarding housing. So, if you're if

2242
01:46:29,840 --> 01:46:30,960
you're not going to be here, you can

2243
01:46:30,960 --> 01:46:32,400
also you could attend that meeting

2244
01:46:32,400 --> 01:46:35,280
that's regarding housing.

2245
01:46:35,280 --> 01:46:36,719
If there's nothing else to come before

2246
01:46:36,719 --> 01:46:38,320
the city council, I ask for a motion to

2247
01:46:38,320 --> 01:46:42,639
adjurnn. Moved by Mr. uh Farley, second

2248
01:46:42,639 --> 01:46:45,440
by Mr. Mancini. All those in favor? I We

2249
01:46:45,440 --> 01:46:56,629
are adjourned. Thank you.

2250
01:46:56,639 --> 01:47:04,149
not letting me speak. Thank you.

2251
01:47:04,159 --> 01:47:22,260
The very beginning

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01:47:30,800 --> 01:47:36,390
The sign system.

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