[0:07] Good evening, East Brunswick. Welcome to
the June 8th township council meeting. I
[0:12] would like to ask everybody to stand for
the pledge of allegiance and remain
[0:15] standing for a moment of personal
reflection.
[0:20] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:25] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:31] justice for all.
[0:40] » Thank you.
[0:46] » Okay, Miss Lo, would you please uh do
roll call?
[0:50] » Councilman Beh.
>> Councilman Makavoy,
[0:53] » here.
>> Councilman Wendell, absent.
[0:57] Councilwoman Winston absent. Council
President Zambicki
[1:02] » here.
>> Also present, Mayor Brad Cohen
[1:05] » here.
>> Administrator Joseph Kusculo
[1:08] » here.
>> And Township attorney Anthony Aayakoka
[1:11] » here. Adequate notice of this meeting
has been provided as required under
[1:16] chapter 231 public law 1975 by
specifying the time, date, location, and
[1:24] to the extent known the agenda by
posting a copy on the bulletin board
[1:29] located in the main lobby of the East
Brunswick Municipal Building, providing
[1:34] a copy to the Home News Tribune and the
Asbury Park Press newspapers, posting a
[1:39] copy on the township's website, and by
filing copy in the office of the
[1:43] township clerk which will be entered
into the minutes.
[1:46] » Thank you. May I have a motion for the
minutes to adopt for May 28th?
[1:51] » I'll move to adopt
>> and second.
[1:54] » Second.
>> Second. Thank you.
[1:56] » And welcome.
>> Councilman Bhol.
[1:59] » Yes.
>> Councilman Makavoy.
[2:01] » Yes.
>> And council presidenti.
[2:03] » Yes. All right. for this meeting. We do
not have any proclamations or
[2:08] resolutions of recognition or
ordinances, which means we're going to
[2:11] move straight to the reports section to
our mayor. Mayor's report.
[2:16] » Uh this is going to shock everybody, but
uh no report tonight.
[2:20] » No. [laughter]
>> Thank you. And Mr. Cruscola?
[2:24] » Uh no report this evening.
>> Thank you. And to our township attorney?
[2:29] » Uh no report.
>> All right. Thank you. and our clerk.
[2:33] » Just a quick acknowledgement.
>> Um
[2:40] uh so uh we had a very successful 2026
primary election on June 2nd. I would
[2:46] like to thank everyone who facilitated
in the election process whether big or
[2:51] small. Your help is greatly appreciated.
So, I would like to acknowledge uh the
[2:56] Middle Sex County Clerk's Office, the
Middle Sex County Board of Elections,
[3:01] the Township Clerk's Office here in East
Brunswick, um the Board of Education,
[3:06] all of our Poland locations, all poll
worker recruiters, and most of all to
[3:11] all of the pole workers. We could not
have done it without you. So, thank you
[3:16] all.
That's all I have to report. Thank you.
[3:20] Thank you.
Okay. Any other reports from council?
[3:26] We're good. Mr. Mack, we're good.
>> I could comment.
[3:28] » Go ahead.
>> Cable advisory.
[3:30] » Yeah.
>> Cable advisory board. Um
[3:36] there's a lot of excitement in town. I'm
sure that a lot of people have heard
[3:39] that uh
a a a a new choice is going to be
[3:45] available for the residents of the town.
The infrastructure that goes with this
[3:51] is going to take some time. Everything's
going to be underground because the
[3:55] cable that we have,
you know, is on the telephone poles.
[3:59] It's going to be
real transparent with regard to we're
[4:04] going to you're going to have a choice.
>> A lot of people may stick with what we
[4:08] have and then move to others will get
something new.
[4:12] It's going to be an exciting time for us
because we so used to uh a particular
[4:18] service and it's it's going to be new.
>> Um and then the the other bit of
[4:26] information would be the the planning
board that the mayor and I are on and
[4:29] Mr. Chrisculo, I beg you pardon, is on.
Um I think in our next meeting we're
[4:35] finally going to see some some plans for
the mall. I'm real excited about that
[4:41] because no matter where I go now, it
seems as if people are asking me about
[4:46] that and I don't know what to respond
with and I want to know what to respond
[4:51] with. Thank you, Council President.
>> Thank you,
[4:55] » Councilman. Anything for tonight? No,
>> nothing.
[4:57] » Okay, perfect. Thank you. So, we're
going to open the meeting to the public
[5:01] portion. Miss Laughle, would you please
read the statement? The public comment
[5:05] portion of our meeting is to allow the
public to bring to the council's
[5:09] attention their concerns or comments. In
accordance with NJSA 10 col4-12A
[5:16] and the East Brunswick rules of council,
the council asks the public to limit
[5:21] their comments to 5 minutes or less.
At the conclusion of the statements or
[5:27] questions from a member of the public,
the council president at her discretion
[5:32] may choose to respond or not respond.
Thank you. Does anybody from the public
[5:39] would like to come speak at the podium?
Please just give your name and address.
[5:44] » Absolutely.
[5:48] » Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Good
evening, President Zimbeck. My name is
[5:53] Ning Shu. I live in one civic center
drive, East Brunswick. I injured my leg
[5:58] at work this past February and have had
to spend the time since then recovering.
[6:04] A few months ago, I spoke to you here
about persecution attacks and slandered
[6:09] against the practice of falling go that
have been taking place in mainland China
[6:13] for decades starting 1999 and continuing
to this day. When I was in China, the
[6:20] Communist Party sent me to a forced
labor camp for three years and prison
[6:24] for four years simply because I
persisted in practice falling. In the
[6:30] forced labor camp, I was forbidden to
speak of truthfulness, compassion, and
[6:34] forbearance or to practice meditation
and exercises. To enforce this, they
[6:40] specifically assigned two imits to sedo
to shadow me constantly. If I was caught
[6:46] doing so, I would be subjected to
torture. They forced me to watch videos
[6:51] and wheel newspaper materials that
slandered falling. When I refused, they
[6:55] subjected me to torture. I was once
surrounded and beaten by 11 people. A
[7:01] beating that lasted three days and three
nights until my head was deformed
[7:06] looking like an aliens. I couldn't open
my eyes at all and was unable to stand.
[7:12] They locked me in solitary confinement
where I was denied sleep and forbidden
[7:18] to sit or rest for 30 days straight. I
had to remain standing the entire time
[7:24] and was not allowed to wash or use the
toilet. Even when I lost consciousness,
[7:28] they still wouldn't let me sleep.
Eventually, my legs became severely
[7:33] swollen and deformed, as thick as an
elephant's legs, making it impossible to
[7:38] wear shoes or walk normally. 30 days
later they continued to brutally shock
[7:44] me with high bodies electric batons
forcing me to give up practicing. Later
[7:49] on whenever they saw me practicing the
exercises in the morning they would
[7:53] order other image to tide my limbs and
waist using four ropes to the four
[7:58] corners of the bunk beds where the
prisoners slept with an additional rope
[8:04] securing my waist in the middle. As soon
as the execu executioner pulled the
[8:10] central rope, my entire body was yanked
up or by forces pulling in five
[8:16] different directions. This form of
torture is known as dememberment by five
[8:22] horses.
This type of torture leaves people
[8:26] mammed or dead. To resist persecution, I
was compelled to go on a handless
[8:31] strike. This went on for for 11 months
causing my weight to drop to just 55
[8:37] pounds. They sent me to the hospital and
the doctors there also cooperated with
[8:42] communist party. While I was practicing
exercises in the hospital, a male guard
[8:48] wielding a 3 m long steel whip savagely
beat me about the head and body until I
[8:54] collapsed. Even more cruel is the fact
that the wife of a friend of mine was
[8:59] subject to torture and persecution and
then have her organs forcibly harvested
[9:05] while she was still alive. But they
deceived her husband telling him she was
[9:09] died. However, when family members
arrived at the hospital, they felt the
[9:14] patient was not yet dead and strongly
insisted that the doctors perform the
[9:18] ECG. At a last resort, the doctor
performed an examination and the result
[9:24] result revealed according to the ECG
that the heart was still beating. Yet in
[9:29] a panic, they tore up the ECG stripe.
They did not allow family members to
[9:34] visit again until the person had died.
Is there anything in this world more
[9:39] evil or more cruel than this? Moreover,
the C the Chinese Comm's party had
[9:44] extended its persecution overseas. They
bribed the medium on officials and
[9:49] exploited America's freedom of the press
to slander and vilify falling. They have
[9:55] bri thugs to issue personal threats
against and inflict physical harm upon
[10:00] members of overseas medium outlets and
performing arts groups that expose the
[10:06] communist party persecution of fallen.
They also explored the US legal system
[10:12] to file frivolous
lawsuits aimed at damaging fing's
[10:17] reputation. Even well known from the
outset that these suits would fail due
[10:22] to time constraint. I'm handing over the
relevant evidentiary materials for your
[10:28] review. Please help the kind and good
people in China who are suffering from
[10:33] evil persecution and uphold the
universal values bestowed upon humanity
[10:38] by the divine truthfulness, compassion
and forbearance. My hope is that you
[10:43] will earth senators Corey Booker and
Andy Kim to co-sponsor S4009
[10:50] falling and victims of force organ
harvesting protection act a bipartisan
[10:55] bill introduced by Senator Cruz and
Senator Mkeley. Thank you all.
[11:00] » Thank you.
[11:04] » Yep. Can you give it to the officer and
he'll make sure that we get it. Thank
[11:07] you.
[11:12] » Thank you, Officer. Thank you.
[11:17] Would anybody else like to speak?
Just your name and address, please.
[11:23] Thank you.
>> 68 Brookshire Way. Um All right. Um,
[11:27] just wanted to start off by first
saying, um, I like the, um, I was able
[11:32] to visit the East Brunswick Ice Rink
recently and so that was really nice. I
[11:35] thought it was very well done and, um, I
do think it's going to be a good
[11:38] addition to the town and for our kids.
Um, so hopefully it's going to be a
[11:42] success and, um, we've been enjoying
taking partaking in the classes and
[11:46] things like that. So, um, thank you to
everybody involved with that. And then
[11:50] um also wanted to thank the police
department for their help with um in our
[11:55] in the uh ICB in the mosque over there
on New Brunswick Avenue. So they've been
[12:00] really helpful with um we had Eid Eidala
prayers and they were very very helpful
[12:04] in you know making sure that our
community is always feeling safe and
[12:07] secure and I think they've been very
responsive with the masjid. So I think
[12:11] um we we thank them for that. Um just
just mostly I just wanted to say that um
[12:16] really amazed and shocked and um and
joyful and grateful about the election
[12:21] results that we had here in CD12. Um and
I think like you know having time to
[12:26] reflect on on what happened here because
it was such a you know I think there
[12:30] were 13 candidates for the spot um the
Democratic primary um and our you know
[12:35] incumbent mayor here. Um so just to have
Dr. Adam Hamawi win the election. I was
[12:41] I was actually shocked that that
happened and then I I went through a
[12:44] whole slew of emotions, but I think
really just um feeling so humbled and
[12:48] grateful knowing that I think I think
the voters have spoken very loud and
[12:51] clear here um that they are not New
Jersey and CD12, we do not stand for
[12:58] genocide and we're never going to stand
for that. Um, and I think that was very
[13:03] clear in the loss of Camala Harris. And
when they've done the dissection now,
[13:08] um, they found that that was the reason,
the resounding reason among voters why
[13:12] Camala Harris lost was because of the
genocide. So, um, I think we're seeing
[13:17] that here. I think Dr. Hamawi is a true
leader and a hero. Um, we're we're just
[13:21] we're we're we're absolutely
joyful and excited about the change
[13:28] that's going to come for our district.
Um, and I'm just I'm happy to know that
[13:32] what we've been seeing on our phones for
the last 3 years and it still continues
[13:36] to this day. Um, all of those horrors,
everybody's seeing that and we all as
[13:41] human beings feel the same way about
that and we do have that same red line.
[13:45] Um, and we all need to protect our
children u the children of of the world
[13:50] and that's really what this comes down
to. So, um, just really I just elated
[13:56] about it. And I think I think in
thinking about how to kind of interpret
[14:00] it and go forward in the future, um, I
think it's a it's the voters are
[14:05] speaking right now. We don't want Apac.
We don't want our money going towards
[14:09] bombs and war and genocide and we want
to divest. We should divest this
[14:15] township from that genocidal
[clears throat] regime.
[14:19] um we don't want any leaders who are
going to be representing that and
[14:23] supporting that financially and
otherwise. So, we've spoken very clearly
[14:27] and I'm I'm just I'm just I'm proud and
I think everybody needs to keep speaking
[14:31] up. We need to just everybody it's going
to take all of us to free Palestine and
[14:36] um and and this is not going to end
until that happens. So, that's that's
[14:40] like the utmost important thing I think
for most people on this planet right
[14:44] now. Um, and I'm glad that that's that's
being represented now by Dr. Hamawi. So,
[14:50] um, really really excited. Um, and
change is coming. That old old stuff is
[14:55] not going to work anymore. And, um,
looking forward to the change here in
[15:00] East Brunswick as well. Thank you so
much.
[15:02] » All right.
>> Thank you.
[15:04] » Would anybody else like to speak
tonight?
[15:14] Just state your name and address,
please.
[15:16] » Good evening. Uh, Megan Fischer. I don't
live in town. I work at Hammershold. Uh,
[15:20] so let's say 200 RS Lane in East
Brunswick. Um, I'm here to represent the
[15:24] East Brunswick Education Foundation. Our
Bearcrawl 5K is on the agenda for
[15:28] tonight for the permit to get approved.
So, I just wanted to speak a little bit
[15:31] about that. Uh, this will be our fourth
year running this in November. Uh, it's
[15:35] a 5K uh for people to run our walk as a
fundraiser for the East Brunswick
[15:39] Education Foundation. We also have kids
races um starting at age two and going
[15:44] up to sixth grade. Uh this will be our
fourth year running it. It's a great
[15:48] event that combines us local businesses,
community members, uh EBA, EBEF, uh the
[15:55] board of ed, and anyone that would like
to join us. Uh yeah, last year it was
[15:59] very windy, so hopefully we don't have
that again this year. Um so if anyone
[16:03] would like to join us and support EBF
and everything that it does for East
[16:07] Brunswick public schools, thank you.
Have a nice night.
[16:10] » Thank you.
[16:13] Anyone else that would like to speak
this evening?
[16:26] » Mr. Mayor, Mr. President, town council,
I just I'm very mad about what this
[16:32] governor is doing with that Delaney
detention center. She's going to put $20
[16:39] million to help them fund with lawyers
and everything else. There are taxpayers
[16:46] dollars. It's not right. They're in
there for a reason. And these protests
[16:52] have got to stop also. They shouldn't be
allowed to they could hurt the the
[16:57] police, the ICE. It's just something
that's it's wrong what she's doing. I
[17:02] mean, she's turning down reducing the
gas tax. That's okay because people
[17:08] don't drive. It's not fair to them
either. But the $20 million affects
[17:12] every one of us here. And then she's
looking to uh cut down on the stay in
[17:16] New Jersey from 6,000 to 4,000 and from
500,000 to $250,000 salary. I mean,
[17:25] she's just looking to save money and put
it other places where it shouldn't be.
[17:30] And I I have to voice my opinion. That's
how I feel right now about it. Okay.
[17:35] Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[17:39] Anyone else that would like to speak?
Seeing none, I'm closing the public
[17:46] portion. Thank you. Uh tonight we have
resolution 261 199 through resolution
[17:56] 26205 on our agenda.
>> Thank you. And second. Thank you. Uh,
[18:01] does anything need separated or is there
any discussion you would like to have on
[18:05] any of these?
>> I have some questions if you don't mind,
[18:07] Council President.
[18:11] » I I've noticed that
um
[18:15] county fairgrounds
is being used a lot more than in the
[18:20] past. Whatever in the past means, I
don't and I I I hope this is a a good
[18:26] thing. Having said that, um could I get
clarification
[18:32] um within resolution 26204?
Yeah, let's go. Uh 204. I don't know
[18:40] what a
Asher. Am I pronouncing that right, Mr.
[18:45] Kusculo?
>> I'm not sure. But that's at the uh
[18:49] Dunan's Corner Road location.
>> Okay. That's not at the fairgrounds.
[18:53] Okay. But
>> that's at the at the uh bus there.
[18:57] Can I can I get an explanation as to
Mar?
[19:00] » Yeah. The um mosque on Dunham's Corner
Road has their leader, spiritual leader
[19:07] who's coming in
to the region and holding a service and
[19:13] that service marks the end of the
calendar year for Muslims. And um so
[19:21] there's a 9-day period of time that um
the uh leader is going to be giving
[19:27] these lectures or sermons and um because
there's so few locations in the states
[19:34] um they're being broadcast in about nine
locations throughout the country and the
[19:40] entire region for New Jersey and New
York is being held at um our Mazjid on
[19:48] Dunham's Corner Road. Okay.
>> So, the attempt here is to figure out
[19:52] parking.
>> Uh because as big as their parking lot
[19:56] is, it's not going to fit the number of
cars that are going to be here. So,
[20:00] there's a piece of property on um uh
Fresh Ponds Road next to Giamarice Farm.
[20:07] It's a horse farm and they've got 50
acres in the back that they're allowing
[20:12] to be used for parking. So the to shut
they'll have shuttle buses that will be
[20:17] taking people from that parking location
to the mosque and um so that's what the
[20:24] uh request is for tonight including um
approving the number of officers and
[20:29] security that they're going to need um
for handling uh all of that. That's what
[20:34] that um uh resolution is about.
>> Wonderful.
[20:39] » Yeah, it's great.
>> Wonderful. and resolution 26 hyphen 202.
[20:44] Um
[20:48] » I think that's a new one. A lunar fair.
>> Yeah, we've never had that before.
[20:52] » Same thing with that one. The lunar
fair.
[20:54] » Yeah. So that one is at the at the
fairgrounds for the one night. I'm not
[20:58] really sure. Something new.
>> That's that's new is the Indian Red
[21:02] Hawk.
>> No, that's been for a while.
[21:05] » Been doing that for a couple years now.
>> Yeah.
[21:09] And of course we have the we have the
uh Independence Day celebration,
[21:15] right?
>> Independence Day celebration is going to
[21:19] be at our community art center.
>> Oh, they use overflow parking there.
[21:24] » Okay. Okay.
>> All right. Seems pretty clear to me.
[21:27] Seems pretty clean to me. Thank you,
Council President.
[21:29] » You're welcome. Okay. So, we had a
motion and a second. So, we just need a
[21:34] roll call vote.
>> Council member Hall. Councilman Makavoy.
[21:38] » Yes.
>> And Council President Zimbicki.
[21:41] » Yes. And at this point, we are uh with
the good of the cause. Did anybody have
[21:46] anything they would like to share?
We had a couple events. There was an
[21:51] amazing fishing derby on Saturday down
at Diamond Box. That was very nice. And
[21:56] um I believe our scouts were also
involved in that and helping out. Um we
[22:02] have a our first of the season market
which will be held this Friday um
[22:08] outside the municipal complex. So it's
an evening market. Um we did that once
[22:13] last year and people really seem to
enjoy it. So come down and meet some new
[22:17] friends, try some new cultural and
different foods and music everything.
[22:25] So with that I am going to ask for a
motion to adjourn. So move
[22:31] » second and we'll call our um voice vote.
>> Yes.
[22:36] » I say I
>> thank you.
[22:37] » Good night everyone.
>> Have a good night.
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