May 18, 2021 Town Board - Work Session

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[ Town of Greenburgh Work Session of the Greenburgh Town Board Agenda: Tuesday – May 18, 2021 – 6:00 P.M. (Please note that, although the Work Session Agenda is shared with the public prior to each Work Session, the Agenda may be revised at any point up to the start of the meeting as well as during the meeting, if necessary.) (All Work Sessions are Televised Live on Cablevision Channel 76, Verizon 35 and are streamed live. Work Sessions and Town Board Meetings will be aired each Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting at 7:02am and 4:45pm. Each segment will run for approximately 6 to 7 hours, depending upon the length of the two meetings.)]

UM, DO WE HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF HERE? OKAY.

LET'S NOT START WITH THE POLICE CHIEF.

OKAY.

BUT THE, THE, THAT WE WANT TO BEGIN BY TALKING ABOUT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGNAGE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, OF THE, UH, GREENBERG AGAINST SYSTEMIC RACISM, UH, COMMITTEE.

UM, IT IS A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS, UH, SET UP WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO LAUNCH A BLACK LIVES MATTER CAMPAIGN IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER CAMPAIGN IS NOT, UH, TO DISPARAGE THE POLI, THE GREENBERG, THE GREENBERG POLICE, IN ANY WAY.

UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN IS EDUCATIONAL, UH, UH, IT IS TO, UH, BE THOUGHT PROVOKING, UH, TO ENCOURAGE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN TOWN RESIDENTS ABOUT, UM, THE ISSUE OF RACISM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND, UH, THE SYSTEMIC NATURE OF IT, HOW IT HAS AFFECTED BLACK PEOPLE, UH, HISTORICALLY, HOW IT CONTINUES TO AFFECT BLACK PEOPLE, UH, BECAUSE IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT, UH, THE LACK OF CONVERSATION AROUND THIS ISSUE IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT PERSISTS.

AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THE BLACK LIVES MATTER SCIENCE CAMPAIGN, UH, IS TO, UH, GENERATE DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE.

UM, THERE ARE THREE, UH, MAJOR COMPONENTS TO THE BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGNAGE CAMPAIGN.

UM, THE FIRST IS TO CREATE SIGNS TO GO ON THE, UH, WELCOME SIGNS.

WELCOME TO GREENBERG SIGNS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.

UH, THE SECOND LEG WAS, UH, AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN, UH, BEING RUN WITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, THE ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN, UH, AND THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN, WHEREBY STUDENTS WOULD, UM, PARTICIPATE IN, UH, AN EDUCATIONAL, UH, PROGRAM, IF YOU WILL, WITH ARTISTS WHO WILL DISCUSS WHY IT IS, UH, IN 2021, THAT WE HAVE TO SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE HISTORY BEHIND THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK LIVES MATTERING, UH, WHY, IN FACT, FOR SO MANY YEARS, 400, IN FACT, BLACK LIVES DID NOT MATTER.

AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES NOW AT THIS TIME, WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE A, A RECKONING NATIONWIDE, UH, AROUND THESE SENSITIVE ISSUES.

UM, THE STUDENTS WOULD, UH, DRAW AFTER GOING THROUGH, UH, AFTER EXPERIENCING THE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS WITH THE ARTISTS, THEY WOULD THEN, UH, DO AN ARTISTIC RENDERING ON, UH, SEVERAL BANNERS, AND THOSE BANNERS WOULD THEN BE DISPLAYED ON CERTAIN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND, UH, PARTICIPATING SCHOOL BUILDINGS SHOULD THEY DESIRE.

UM, THERE'S ALSO A PLAN FOR AN ESSAY CONTEST, UM, WHY WE HAVE TO SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER, THAT'S GONNA BE SPONSORED, I BELIEVE, BY THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE.

UM, AND THE RESULTS OF THE ESSAY CONTEST WOULD BE ANNOUNCED AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRD LEG OF, UH, THE SIGNAGE COMMITTEE, AND IN FACT, PERHAPS THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, A MURAL, UH, 14 PANELS TOTAL PAINTED ON THE WALLS OF THE OVERPASS TO THE 2 87 TO 2 87, UH, OVER, OVER MANHATTAN AVENUE.

UH, THERE'LL BE SEVEN PANELS ON EACH WALL, UH, DEPICTING, UH, THE HISTORY, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE A MEMORIAL ROCK GARDEN DEDICATED, UH, TO THOSE BLACK AMERICANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO RACISM, UH, BOTH IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UM, WE HOPE THAT, UH, THIS MURAL, SO AT THE, AT THE GRAND UNVEILING OF THE MURAL, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE WINNERS OF THE ESSAY CONTEST.

UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE, UH, A WAYSIDE, UH, DESCRIBING, UH, THE HISTORY AND THE MEANING OF THE MURAL, THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED, UH, IN ITS CREATION.

UH, THE ARTISTS, UH, THE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS,

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UH, IN ADDITION, THE WAYSIDE WILL INCLUDE A QR CODE, WHICH, UM, WILL, UM, UH, HAVE A LINK, UH, AND BE MORE INTERACTIVE, UM, AND GO INTO GREATER DETAIL WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE HISTORY, UH, AND THE ARTWORK THAT'S BEING VIEWED, UM, BY, UH, THE PUBLIC.

UM, WHAT GARRETT HAS JUST SHARED, UH, IS A RENDERING OF, UH, ONE OR, OR OF ONE SIDE OF, OF THE MURAL, SEVEN OF THE PANELS, UM, AND THE ROCK GARDEN IN FRONT OF IT, UH, WHICH CONTIN, WHICH CONTAINS ROCKS THAT WILL BE PAINTED, UH, WITH NAMES WE PAINTED IN THE COLORS OF, UH, BLACK LIBERATION, RED, BLACK, AND GREEN.

AND THEN ON THOSE ROCKS WILL BE PAINTED THE NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST, UH, DUE TO, UH, SYSTEMIC RACISM, UH, IN OUR COUNTRY.

UM, I WANNA SAY SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE SIGNS THAT WENT UP, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, THEY WERE SIGNS THAT WERE PUT UP BY THE TOWN THAT SAID, UH, ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.

UH, THEY WERE PUT UP BY THE TOWN SO THAT WE COULD, UH, SEE, UH, HOW, UM, WE COULD, WE COULD, WE COULD SEE WHETHER, UH, THE PROPORTIONS WERE CORRECT.

AND OF COURSE, BEFORE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN EVALUATE THAT, UM, SOMEONE, UH, UH, UH, UH, TORE ONE OF THE SIGNS DOWN, UM, DAMAGING THE WALTON TO GREENBERG SIGN THAT IT WAS ATTACHED TO.

UM, AND I WANT TO USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT THE POLICE THAT TORE THE SIGN DOWN.

OKAY? THIS IS NOT AN ANTI-POLICE MOVEMENT, OKAY? IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE, WHETHER THEY'RE A MEMBER OF THE TOWN WHEN THEY'RE A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN, OR SOMEONE WHOSE ATTITUDE WAS SO BAD, AND WHOSE THOUGHTS ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTERING WERE SO DISTORTED THAT THEY FELT THAT THE ONLY OPTION WAS TO PULL THE SIGN DOWN, OKAY? THAT, THAT THE POLICE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

OKAY? THIS IS NOT AN ANTI-POLICE MOVEMENT.

THIS IS A MOVEMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO PULLED THAT SIGN DOWN, THAT INTOLERANCE, UM, THE UNWILLINGNESS TO, TO, UH, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BLACKS HAVE BEEN SYSTEMICALLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, UH, CONTINUE TO BE SYSTEMICALLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.

AND NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT EXCEPT BLACK PEOPLE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.

THIS IS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SPUR.

THIS IS THIS, THIS, THIS INCIDENT, UH, ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE THIS CAMPAIGN TO SPUR TOWN WIDE.

YOU KNOW, UM, THERE IS, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR THIS ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE SIGN, UH, AGAINST THE IDEA THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER, YOU KNOW, AND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE SO ENRAGED AND UNCOMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT IT IS REALLY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE, UM, THE CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS.

UM, AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN, UM, WE ALL IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WILL BE IN A BETTER PLACE.

AND THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CAN BE A BEACON FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, FOR HOW, UM, WE AS A TOWN, AS MUNICIPALITY, UH, STAND BEHIND BLACK LIVES MATTERING NOT AS A, A, A COUNTER TO POLICE LIVES MATTERING, OR ALL LIVES MATTERING, JUST AS THE SIMPLE FACT THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER.

BECAUSE FOR MOST OF, FOR, FOR, FOR ALL OF MY LIFE, UM, THE SUBTEXT HAS BEEN THAT BLACK LIVES DON'T MATTER.

AND IF YOU ARE NOT BLACK IN AMERICA, THEN YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT.

SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS INTRODUCE BLACK VOICES INTO THIS DIALOGUE SO THAT WHITE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF WHAT WE GO THROUGH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, AND ARE NOT AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT IT.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, I WOULD OPEN THE FLOOR, UH, TO TAKE COMMENTS, UM, FROM THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED, UH, IN COMMENTING.

I SAW, UM, TASHA YOUNG'S HAND GO UP, BUT I DON'T KNOW, JUDITH, DO YOU, ARE YOU SEEING OTHER HANDS, OR SHOULD I TAKE THE QUESTION? WELL, WELL, NO.

WELL, UM, THERE, THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME OTHER HANDS.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ALSO ADD TO, UM, YOUR, YOUR REPORT.

VERY, OF COURSE.

IT WAS VERY, VERY POSITIVE AND VERY FACTUAL.

THANK YOU, KEN.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, UH, NEWS 12 DID DO A STORY OF THE VANDALISM, AND THAT

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UM, I ALSO, I JUST WANNA GO BACK TO, UM, AN OPENING COMMENT, KEN, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

UM, I'M A VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE THAT, UM, INCLUDES TOWN OFFICIALS, UM, UM, COM COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, UM, AND DEPARTMENT HEADS.

AND I JUST WANNA GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING.

UM, NOW, WHEN THIS COMMITTEE WAS FIRST FORMED, IT WAS FORMED AT THE REQUEST OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, UH, CLIFF CLIFTON ABRAMS. AND, UM, THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE, THAT IT IS NOT A SUBCOMMITTEE OF ANY OTHER COMMITTEE.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

AND I, I, WELL, I JUST, I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T RECALL, UH, I, I DON'T RECALL THE, THE RESOLUTION SAYING THAT THIS WAS A SUBCOMMITTEE.

I COULD BE WRONG, BUT, BUT, UM, IF IT DOES, THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO, UM, A, A, A MISGUIDED, UM, UM, THOUGHT PROCESS BECAUSE CLIFF ABRAMS, UM, PRESENTED THIS AS AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT.

AND, UM, I, I, I THINK THAT, UM, TO SUGGEST THAT, OR TO SAY THAT WE ARE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF, OF SOME OTHER EXISTING COMMITTEE IS TO DIMINISH THE SIGNIFICANCE, TO DIMINISH THE IMPORTANCE, AS WELL AS THE MESSAGE OF THIS COMMITTEE.

THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE.

IT WAS NOT CREATED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE, THE GASSER COMMITTEE.

THE GASSER COMMITTEE AS THE GASSER COMMITTEE, AS AWESOME AS IT WAS, WAS CREATED WITHIN, WAS, IT WAS CREATED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A MANDATE FROM THE GOVERNOR.

THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD, BY ALL MERITS, BY ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE WHO ASKED FOR ITS CREATION, SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAND INDEPENDENTLY ON ITS OWN.

NOW, I, I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS SEEMS TO BE, UH, UH, UH, UH, SOME CONFUSION HERE, BUT WHEN CLIFF FIRST INTRODUCED THIS, AND HE INTRODUCED IT SEVERAL WEEKS, SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE GASSER WAS EVEN CREATED, ASKING FOR THIS PROJECT, AND THIS PROJECT IS ONE THAT BY ITS OWN MERIT, SHOULD STAND, BE ALLOWED TO STAND TALL ON ITS OWN TWO FEET WITH HIS HEAD ERECT.

AND SO, SHOULDERS BACK.

CLIFF, YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING.

THANK YOU, JUDA.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE TOWN BOARD FOR HAVING THE COVERAGE TO EVEN LET THIS HAPPEN, BUT I JUST, THEY, THEY GOT THIS THING CALLED CRITICAL RACE THEORY, AND WHAT THAT STAND FOR IS THE TRUTH.

LAST YEAR IN 2020, I BRUNG, I ADVOCATED FOR THE MURAL TO BE PUT UP UNDER THE UNDERPASS.

AND IT TOOK A WHILE BEFORE IT HAPPENED.

AND I MUST SAY THAT MR. FINER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT SUPPORTED IT.

IT WAS APRIL OF 2020.

WE DIDN'T END UP GETTING THE OKAY UNTIL THE JULY.

THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENED, THEN A THREE PARTS THING CAME BECAUSE ORIGINAL WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE DE MERRILL.

THEN THE THREE PART CAME WITH THE SIGN AND THE BANNERS, AND THEN WE FORMED A COMMITTEE.

AND THE COMMITTEE THAT, THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS MYSELF, GEORGE VILLE, PASTOR WILLIAM AND SARAH, SARAH BRACY WHITE, WE MEET EVERY WEEK, ONCE A WEEK ON A MONDAY, NOW TUESDAY, FOR OVER FOUR MONTHS.

SO OVER 33 PANELS.

AND THE WHOLE MISSION IS TO SHOW, I DON'T FEEL WE HAVE TO, IF PEOPLE CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS AND UPSET ABOUT IT, GREENBURG NEED TO BE EXPOSED.

AND I GIVE THE TOWN GREAT COURAGE FOR ALLOWING THE RED, BLACK, AND GREEN LIBERATION.

GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH HATE, HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PRIDE.

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BUT PLEASE REMEMBER, I ADVOCATED FOR THIS IN 2020 WHEN PEOPLE REALLY WAS DOING IT.

AND THEN I SOFTENED IT UP BY ALLOWING AND WHAT JUDY PLAY A MAJOR PART, HAVING IT FROM 1619 TO THE PRESENT.

AND THE ROCKS REPRESENT ALL THE AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT WAS MURDERED BY POLICE, BECAUSE THE B L M IS MOSTLY ABOUT BLACK, BLACK POLICE BRUTALITY.

AND BY US DOING, WE CHANGED IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL BY HAVING HISTORY, HISTORICAL MOMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS.

SO, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY, I THOUGHT THE SIGN WAS BEAUTIFUL.

I THOUGHT THE SIGN WAS, IT WAS, AND I, AND, AND, AND GUESS WHO CAME OUT WITH THE SLOGAN? FRANCIS SHEEN.

HE CAME UP WITH IT AND WE AGREED ON IT.

AND I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.

AND IF PEOPLE GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT, SO BE IT.

EVERY TIME WHEN IT COME TO BLACKS AND INJUSTICE, WE ALREADY GOT A SOFTBALL IT.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT I CALL NEWS 12 UP? I TOLD NEWS 12 WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY WANTED TO INTERVIEW ME FRIDAY, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME 'CAUSE I WAS ALREADY INVOLVED IN SOMETHING ELSE.

AND I'M GLAD PAUL STEPPED UP AND JANICE GRIFFIN FROM THE NAACP, WHO I WISH WAS HERE TONIGHT.

HEY, THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH.

AND THAT'S ALL CRITICAL RACE THEORY, TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN AMERICA.

ANYTIME THAT YOU COULD STORM THE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND WE STILL AIN'T TALKING ABOUT THAT, AND SHOW YOU WHERE AMERICA STANDS, THAT PEOPLE STORMED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAPITAL AND GOT HOME WITH SOUVENIRS.

NOBODY GOT SHOT.

NOBODY.

ONE PERSON, NO RUBBER BULLETS, NO RIOT GEARS, NO TANKS.

BUT WHEN WE PEACEFULLY PROTEST INJUSTICE OF BLACKS IN AMERICA, YOU GOT TANKS OUT THERE, YOU GOT RIOT GEAR, YOU SHOOTING RUBBER BULLETS, YOU SHOOTING TEAR GAS THAT THEY USE IN THE ARMY, THIS HAS TO STOP.

AND I'M TIRED OF, EVERY TIME WE FIGHT FOR INJUSTICE, WE HAVE TO SOFTEN IT UP.

GREAT.

I JUST HAD, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, TWO THINGS I WANTED TO ASK.

UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK AGAIN, CLIFF, FOR, UM, FOR THE IDEA OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MURAL AND FOR YOUR, UH, LEADERSHIP ON, ON THIS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW JUST NOW, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE, UM, THE MURAL, IT REALLY IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE IN THE TOWN ARE GONNA BE PROUD OF.

AND I THINK, UH, MANHATTAN AVENUE WILL BECOME A DESTINATION POINT FOR, UH, FOR PEOPLE THROUGHOUT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

BECAUSE THIS MURAL IS GONNA BE REALLY AN AMAZING, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, STATEMENT ON THE PART OF THE TOWN.

AND REALLY, VERY, VERY EXCITING.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR AND YOU, FOR YOUR, YOUR HARD WORK.

UM, BECAUSE, UM, THE, OF THE VANDALISM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.

AND I I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE NOW TO HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF GIVE US AN UPDATE ON, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, UH, FIND OUT WHO COMMITTED THE ACT OF, YOU KNOW, VANDALISM.

BECAUSE WE REALLY, WHEN A SIGN LIKE THIS IS VANDALIZED, OR ANY PROPERTY IS VANDALIZED, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S ANY FORM OF HATE, WE JUST CAN'T TOLERATE THAT.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M PLEASED THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SEND OUT A, A PRESS RELEASE, UH, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIND THE PERSON.

SO CHIEF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, PAUL, JUST EXCUSE ME, SUPERVISOR BEFORE CHIEF SPEAK.

JARED, IF YOU CAN, CAN YOU SHOW THE IMAGE AFTER CHIEF SPEAK OF THE RED, BLACK, AND GREEN, SO PEOPLE WON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN THEY'RE RIGHT ON MANHATTAN AVENUE? LET THEM SEE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA LOOK LIKE.

SURE.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS A COLOR RENDERING, UH, BASED ON THE VISION THAT CLIFF HAS DESCRIBED.

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AND THESE TWO COLORS HERE REPRESENT THE YEAR OF A PROMINENT EVENT IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND THEN THE PAINTING MURAL.

SO, UM, THERE, IT'S, IT'S A PANEL SETUP AS WAS SHOWN IN THE PRIOR RENDERING.

AND YOU SEE ONE REPRESENTATION OF A PAINTED ROCK HERE, AND THIS WOULD BE MIMICKED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

AND, AND WE ANTICIPATE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING LEADING UP ON EACH SIDE, AS WELL AS NOT SHOWN IN THIS RENDERING.

CONCEIVABLY WOULD BE A RAILING, UM, AND SOME OTHER FEATURES AND SECURITY CAMERAS, OF COURSE, UH, AND UPDATING THE LIGHTING TO BE SHIFTED UP IN THIS DIRECTION TOWARDS THE TOP, BUT AR ARTISTICALLY AND AESTHETICALLY THIS, THAT, THAT, THAT'S AN OVERVIEW.

UH, GARRETT, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT, UH, THE MURAL TO BE COMPLETED? WELL, THERE'S A GRANT APPLICATION IN WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY, AND WE ANTICIPATE HEARING BACK ON JULY 1ST ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

UM, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THE PROJECT IS, IS, IS, IS, IS CONTINGENT ON THAT, BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

BUT I THINK WE GETTING UPDATES AND, AND APPROVAL FROM NEW YORK STATE D O T AND DO A LOT OF THE TECHNICAL DESIGN WORK THAT'S NECESSARY TO, UM, AND IF THAT GRANT IS SUCCESSFUL, I MEAN, I, I I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT FULL DEPLOYMENT OF, OF THIS CONCEPT IN, UH, THIS YEAR.

OF COURSE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THIS YEAR IS THE GOAL.

THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE ON THIS PROJECT SO FAR HAS REALLY BEEN ASTOUNDING.

WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO, UH, IN THE PAST, UH, FOUR TO SIX MONTHS, UH, IS, IS THE WORK THAT WOULD NORMALLY TAKE, UM, AT LEAST A, A COMMITTEE TO, TO DO IN, UP TO A YEAR.

AND THERE, THERE HAS JUST BEEN TREMENDOUS ENERGY AND, AND, AND WORK AND TIME INVESTED AND COMMITMENT TO THIS PROJECT.

AND THIS IS WHY I AM ASKING THE BOARD, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, TO CONSIDER THIS AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT, NOT A SUBCOMMITTEE OF AN EXISTING PROJECT THAT HAS HAD A, YOU KNOW, A LAUNCHED A VERY SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE AND HAS PRODUCED A VERY SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT.

THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT BROUGHT UP PROJECT, RATHER.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SPENDING TIME, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, GARRETT RICH, UM, THE, THE, THE POLICE CHIEF HAS CONTRIBUTED, UM, THE, THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE SARAH BRACY WHITE, UH, MYSELF, AND SEVERAL OTHERS, WE DO NOT DESERVE TO HAVE THIS CONSIDERED THE INDIGNITY OF HAVING THIS CONSIDERED A SUBCOMMITTEE OF SOME OTHER EXISTING, UH, PROJECT.

SO I ASKED THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, THE LISTENING, VIEWING PUBLIC TO CONSIDER THIS AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT THAT HAS DONE TRIM, HAS DONE TREMENDOUS WORK.

WE ARE INVOLVING ALL 10 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHILDREN FROM ALL 10 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS, THE ART TEACHERS.

WE, WE HAVE JUST DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A SUBCOMMITTEE, AND WE HAVE 15 ARTISTS ALREADY ON BOARD.

AND CAN WE, UH, HEAR FROM THE POLICE CHIEF AND GET THE REPORT ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE VANDALISM THAT HAPPENED? I MEANT TO MENTION TERENCE TOO.

EXCUSE ME.

SORRY, CHIEF.

YES.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

SO WE HAVE DEDICATED A LOT OF RESOURCES TO THIS, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY AWAITING A RETURN ON A SUBPOENA FROM, UH, A CORPORATE BUSINESS RIGHT IN THE, IN THE AREA.

THE CHASE BANK, UH, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE THE VIDEO, UM, CAMERAS AT THE LOCATION, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL STORAGE AT THE LOCATION.

SO, UM, NO MATTER WHAT OUR INVESTIGATION IS, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH CORPORATE SECURITY WITH SUBPOENAS.

THEY DO NOT JUST GIVE US SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO.

SO WE'VE,

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THAT WAS FRIDAY, AND WE'RE EXPECTING IT, THE RETURN, THEY ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION ON THAT.

UH, THE RETURN IS SET FOR FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK.

THEY ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION, AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DENIED THE EXTENSION.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO CONVEY THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS INVESTIGATION.

THEY'RE GENERALLY TWO WEEKS OR MORE WITH COMPLIANCE ON SUBPOENAS, THE, THE CHASE BANK.

UM, SO WE'RE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THAT.

WE'VE MADE THE PROGRESS, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NARROW DOWN THE TIMEFRAME TO ABOUT A FOUR HOUR WINDOW.

SO, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE MADE SOME GOOD PROGRESS SO FAR.

I HOPE TO HAVE BETTER NEWS FOR YOU NEXT TUESDAY.

THANK YOU.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO, UH, FIND THE PERSON AND YOU'RE USING ALL THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LOOKING THE OTHER WAY.

THAT IS TRUE.

WE, WE ARE.

AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GONNA, UM, MAKE AN ARREST ON THIS CASE.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR THAT, CHIEF.

SEND A MESSAGE, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS NOT GONNA BE TOLERATED.

ANY ACTIVE VANDALISM OF ANY KIND OR ANY ACTIVE HATE OF ANY KIND IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

MM-HMM.

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UH, NOW, UH, UH, I JUST WANNA ADD THAT, THAT WE WERE TOLD TODAY THAT THE VANDALISM OF THAT SIGN, UH, THE ESTIMATED COST TO THE TOWN IS APPROXIMATELY $1,500 IN MATERIALS AND IN WHAT IT COSTS TO CONSTRUCT THAT SIGN.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, TASHA, YOU WANT TO SEE, AS SOON AS I HEARD ABOUT THIS, WHICH WAS, UH, WE NOW KNOW APPARENTLY HOURS AFTER IT OCCURRED, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID WAS I CALLED THE POLICE CHIEF, AND I, I SHARED WITH HIM SOME COMMENTS THAT I HAD ABOUT THE VANDALISM.

AND EVERY ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I SUGGESTED THAT HE PURSUE, THEY WERE ALREADY ON HOURS AFTER THIS WAS DISCOVERED.

SO THIS, THIS, UH, I SAW SOME EMAILS.

WHY, WHY DIDN'T WE ACT SOONER? SOONER? I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH SOONER YOU POSSIBLY COULD HAVE ACT IT.

IT WAS LITERALLY WITHIN HOURS OF THIS OCCURRING.

AND WE'RE TAKING THIS EXTREMELY SERIOUS.

AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING THE VIDEO IS, IS VERY HELPFUL.

UH, YOU CAN TELL BY NOT GRANTING AN EXTENSION TO, TO THE BANK, UH, WITH THE, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS TAKING THIS, UH, SERIOUSLY.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER DID THIS, UH, I SAW PAUL'S, UH, QUOTE ON NEWS 12, THIS DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF GREENBURG.

ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

AND WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHO THIS PERSON WAS AND MAKE SURE THAT JUSTICE IS HER.

MM-HMM.

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AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO THANK JANICE GRIFFITH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE WHITE PLAIN GREENBERG CHAPTER OF THE N A A C P FOR MAKING THE STATEMENT THAT SHE MADE, WHICH WAS INFORMATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL.

GREAT.

UH, TASHA, YOU WANTED TO SPEAK CERTAINLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SUPERVISOR, AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND, UM, ALL THE TOWN OFFICIALS AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, SO I, FIRST, I WANNA COMMEND EVERYBODY ON THIS GREAT WORK.

THIS IS COURAGEOUS WORK.

THESE ARE COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS.

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN JONES, FOR SETTING THE CONTEXT, UM, OF THE HISTORICAL RELEVANCE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.

AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY COURAGEOUS, AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND EVERYONE HERE.

UM, MADAM CLERK, I, I DO HOPE THAT, UM, IF THE ESSAY CONTEST IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE WORKING ON WITH THE CAUCUS, THAT THE CAUCUS COULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT ENDEAVOR.

SO WHAT I WANNA SAY ABOUT THE UPROOTING OF THE SIGN IS WE AS A COMMUNITY, ARE EXHAUSTED AND HAVING TO FIGHT THE FEELINGS OF TERROR THAT ARISE WHEN WE DON'T FEEL SAFE OR PROTECTED.

THOSE OF US WHO ARE BLACK HAVE LIVED WITH THIS TERROR SINCE ARRIVING AT THE SHORES ON THE OF, ON THE SHORES OF THE AMERICAS.

THEN THROUGHOUT THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT JIM CROW AND CIVIL RIGHTS, AND NOW DURING THE MOVEMENT TO PROTECT BLACK LIVES AND WE'RE TIRED, I HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EXPLAIN TO MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER THAT SHE WILL BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE SHE EXISTS.

I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO NORMALIZE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE REFUSE TO SEE THEIR OWN NEIGHBORS AS EQUAL TO THEMSELVES AS HUMAN BEINGS WHO PAY TAXES, HAVE FAMILIES, AND EXPECT PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO PROTECT THEM AND WORK FOR THEM ALSO.

YET, WE AS A

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AND I COMMEND YOU AGAIN, FOR THOSE THAT DECIDED THAT WE ALL MUST UNITE AGAINST HATE, INCLUDING THOSE IN GOVERNMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF THE CITIZEN ACTIVISTS LIKE CLIFF ABRAMS, WHO BIRTHED THIS IDEA AND ALL WHO STAND UNITED AGAINST HATE IN ALL ITS FORMS. TO ME, THE IDENTITY OF OR DISPLAYING OF BLACK LIVES MATTER, AND A WORD, OR A SIGN OR T-SHIRT, IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO THE PROTECTION OF BLACK LIVES.

IT IS A STATEMENT INDICATING TO NEIGHBOR UPON NEIGHBOR THAT I CARE ABOUT YOUR LIFE.

I CARE ABOUT HOW YOU ARE TREATED.

I CARE ABOUT HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ENTITIES AND OTHER ENTITIES INTERACT WITH YOU.

AND MOST OF ALL, I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN HOW BLACK PEOPLE ARE TREATED AND WHITE PEOPLE ARE TREATED.

AND I WANNA SEE THAT CHANGED.

SO ALL PEOPLE ARE BEING TREATED THE SAME.

I CARE ABOUT YOU BECAUSE YOU MATTER AS MUCH AS I DO.

WHEN THIS SIGN WAS UPROOTED, I THINK IT, YES, IT WAS A JUVENILE ACT AND QUITE UNFORTUNATE.

BUT WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

UM, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT CHIEF MCNERNEY AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY BECAUSE SOME OF US DON'T FEEL PROTECTED.

AND, AND THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE ARE ALL OVER, THIS MAKES ME FEEL MORE CONFIDENT.

I'LL GIVE YOU A SHORT STORY.

DURING THE TIME OF THE TRUMP, UM, CARAVANS IN THE TOWN, MY FAMILY WAS AFRAID TO PUT OUT OUR BIDEN HARRIS SIGN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD ATTRACT DANGER TO OUR HOME.

SO WHAT WE HOPE FOR, AND WHAT THE COMMUNION IN GREENBERG WANTS IS PROTECTION AND RESPONSE TO THESE INCIDENTS.

I SINCERELY APPLAUD, AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THIS SWIFT ACTION.

WE ARE CREATING A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND FOR EACH OTHER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? I SEE CLIFF'S HAND UP.

CLIFF, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AGAIN? THAT WAS FROM BEFORE.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, NICK, UH, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS TOPIC BEFORE WE JUST GO INTO THE FARMER'S MARKET? OH, UM, 1, 1, 1 MORE THING I'D LIKE TO DO.

WE TALKED THIS MORNING AT OUR MEETING, AND WE WAS TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE ROCKS, AND WE WANTED TO KNOW, BECAUSE THE ROCKS IS EXPENSIVE, DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL JULY BECAUSE THE KIDS, CHILDREN, EXCUSE ME, FROM GREENBERG SCHOOL DISTRICT, WANT TO BE ABLE TO WRITE THE NAMES ON THE ROCKS BEFORE SCHOOL IS OUT.

AND WE TALKED TO JARED.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE RELATED TO BOARD OR, OR TO THE COMMITTEE.

HEY, CLIFF, IF I CAN JUMP IN, I'M SORRY.

SUPERVISOR CLIFF.

I SPOKE TO MIKE BRODER EARLIER, AND WE FOUND A LINE FOR THAT, AND WE'LL CLEAR THAT WITH THE BOARD SO WE CAN GET THAT SOONER THAN LATER.

THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S A NICE, UH, UM, EFFORT TO INVOLVE, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS.

AND STUDENTS, THEY'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER, AND THEY COULD LOOK FOR THEIR NAMES WHEN, UH, THEIR FUTURE NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AND GOVERNORS AND CONGRESS PEOPLE AND FIX AND CORPORATE EXECUTIVES, AND THEY COULD TAKE THEIR GRANDCHILDREN TO OUR WALL AND MURAL.

UH, THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT I JUST WANTED TO, UM, UM, MENTION THAT, UH, JUDITH VILLE, UM, YOU KNOW, GARRETT DUQUESNE, UM, UH, TIM LEWIS.

UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, SETTING UP A FARMER'S MARKET AT THE TOWN HALL, AND WE WROTE TO ALL THE FARMERS.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS.

AND JUDITH, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US A, A LITTLE UPDATE, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE, ON THE STATUS, BECAUSE YES, IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING.

YES.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION INCLUDE RICH VAUGHN, BECAUSE HE HAS INCLUDED HIS DEPARTMENT, HIS DEPUTY BRIAN SIMMONS, AND, AND JUST THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF EVERYONE IS, IS, IS JUST MAKING THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, SUCH AN AWESOME PROJECT.

SO IT STARTED OUT, UM, WITH A, AN IDEA AND BECAUSE OF THE COLLECTIVE ENERGY AND EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE THAT HAS COME TOGETHER, THIS HAS, THIS IS NOW, UM, AT A STAGE WHERE OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, TIM LEWIS, IS GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU ALSO, UM, HIS INVOLVEMENT.

AND, UM, UH, BRYANT HAS, HAS CREATED A MAP.

HE'S

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UM, WE'VE MAPPED OUT AN, AN AREA, UH, WHERE THIS IS ALL GONNA TAKE PLACE.

WE HAVE, UM, UH, WITH OUR NEW INTERN, PAUL FROM EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS TO ASK FOR CHILDREN FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, IN PROVIDING, UM, UH, APPROPRIATE MUSIC, UH, AT, AT THE, AT THE SITE.

SO WE'RE REALLY ROLLING ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UM, SO, UH, WITH, WITH, UM, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO JUST, UH, REFER TO TIM LEWIS, WHO, UH, WHOSE IDEA IT WAS TO ACTUALLY PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, TO SHARE THE BIG PICTURE WITH OUR TOWN BOARD, TIM.

AND WE SHOULD MENTION ALSO THAT, UM, AT THE FARMER'S MARKET, THEY, THE, THE PERSON ORGANIZING IT BELIEVES THAT IT WOULD BE THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON RATHER THAN, RIGHT.

IT PROBABLY WOULD BE LATE JULY OR AUGUST WHEN THEY WOULD START.

AND, AND IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD REALLY BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO.

UH, EACH YEAR.

THE HARTSDALE FARMER'S MARKET WAS, I THINK, THE FIRST FARMER'S MARKET IN WESTCHESTER, AND THAT'S ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD.

BUT, UH, ONE OF TOWN HALL IS GONNA BE REALLY AMAZING BECAUSE A NICE PARKING LOT.

IT'S, UH, A LOT OF CARS WILL SEE IT.

THE EMPLOYEES ARE REALLY, MANY EMPLOYEES ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND IT COULD BE ALMOST LIKE THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT THAT THE POLICE HAD, WHERE IT BE A COMMUNITY GATHERING, UH, GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FUN, TO SOCIALIZE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, UM, UH, TO ENJOY THE FOOD.

UM, IT'S JUST REALLY WILL IT'S COMMUNITY AT ITS BEST.

YES.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT STARTING, AS PAUL SAID, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MID TO TO LATTER PART OF JULY ON THURSDAYS, ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM AROUND TWO UNTIL SIX 30, WHICH WILL GIVE PEOPLE TIME, THOSE WHO GO TO WORK AND, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE A LITTLE TIME, UH, TO, TO COME AND ENJOY.

AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE INVITING OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS, NOT ALL AT ONE TIME, BUT MAYBE TWO TO THREE, UM, TO BE PRESENT AT, UH, ON, ON A ROTATIONAL BASIS AT THE FARMER'S MARKETS FOR TASTINGS.

SO, UM, JUST, UH, JUST PICTURE AS, AS, AS THE EXPRESSION GOES, PICTURE THAT TIM.

YEAH, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ALERT THE TOWN BOARD TO THE CONCEPT, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY ALREADY BE AWARE OF IT.

IT IS IN THE TOWN HALL PARKING LOT.

SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THAT, PARTICULARLY THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON CLARION DRIVE, WHO MAY BE IMPACTED BY IT.

UM, WE'RE CONSULTING WITH THE POLICE.

I KNOW D P W HAS BEEN CONSULTED AS WELL AS PLANNING.

AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, MY ROLE IS TO LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT, WHICH I'VE BEEN DRAFTING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING ALL THE ISSUES THAT, UM, COULD COME UP, LIKE INSURANCE, FOR EXAMPLE.

UM, I DID SPEAK TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER IN TARRYTOWN.

UH, THEY ALSO HAVE A FARMER'S MARKET AS WELL AS AN ATTORNEY OVER IN WHITE CLAIMS. SO I'VE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF AGREEMENTS.

IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD CONCEPT.

UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH IT.

IT WILL ONLY BE ON THURSDAYS.

AND, UH, I EXPECT TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT I COULD SHARE WITH THE TOWN BOARD PRETTY SOON.

AND I, I ALSO WOULD WANNA MENTION TO THE BOARD, UM, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I WROTE TO EVERY, UH, FARMER THAT I COULD THINK OF.

AND, UM, I WROTE TO BUSINESS COUNCILS, FARMERS ASSOCIATIONS, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS LATE IN THE SEASON, IT WAS HARD TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, FARMERS INTERESTED.

BUT, UH, THE PERSON WHO, UM, RESPONDED, UM, HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ORGANIZING FARMER'S MARKETS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE ONE OF THE BEST FARMER'S MARKETS OF ITS KIND.

AND I THINK IT'S GONNA GET, GET A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, EXCITEMENT.

BUT I THINK THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM FROM, FROM PEOPLE IN, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY ALREADY.

I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST, THEY JUST CAN'T WAIT.

AND PAUL, I JUST WANNA ADD THAT THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS GOING TO BE, UH, COORDINATING THE VENDORS COMES TO US WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE HAVING COORDINATED FARMERS' MARKETS EVENTS AT UNION SQUARE AND THE CITY, AND GOSHEN, NEW YORK.

HE'S UP, HE'S GOING UP THERE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO, UM, AS PART OF ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF A HUGE FARMER'S MARKET THERE.

AND HE JUST BRINGS TO US MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, CHRISTA MADSON FOR HER ROLE IN HELPING TO COORDINATE.

SHE'S A MEMBER OF OUR COORDINATING COMMITTEE, UH, AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

UM, BOARD

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UM, I KNOW I DID NOT PERSONALLY, UM, OR ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN BOARD, UM, DO THIS LAST WEEK.

IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT.

WE NORMALLY HAVE A LOVELY CEREMONY, UM, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT THE DIFFERENT OFFICERS HAVE DONE, UM, OVER THE PAST YEAR.

AND DUE TO C OVID 19, WE DID NOT HAVE THAT CEREMONY.

SO, UM, THE, THE, THE CONGRATULATIONS ARE COMING THIS WEEK, UM, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT QUEUE TO REMIND US, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWN BOARD RECOGNIZED, UH, THE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR, UM, NATIONAL, UH, POLICE APPRECIATION WEEK, BECAUSE WE SURE DO APPRECIATE YOU CHIEF AND THE HARD WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES, UH, AND THE VALIANT EFFORTS THAT ARE MADE EVERY DAY, UH, BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

YES.

I SECOND, I SECOND I, KEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YES.

I WOULD SAY THANK YOU.

I WOULD SAY THANK YOU TO KEN FOR THINKING ABOUT IT.

AND I, I THINK WE SHOULD PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, ON OUR, ON AN AGENDA FOR, TO, AS A RECOGNITION IF THE NE NEXT HOMEWARD, UH, MEETING, THANK YOU, CHIEF, UH, CHIEF DIDN'T, DIDN'T THEY, UH, RESCHEDULE IT FOR THE FALL? THEY, THEY DID.

AND, AND, AND THANK YOU ALL.

AND, AND IT, AND THAT'S ON ME THAT WE DID RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR OFFICERS WITH, WITH A VERY BRIEF FIVE MINUTE CEREMONY AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH LAYING A WREATH FOR OUR LOST OFFICERS.

BUT THEY DID TO, TO FRANCIS'S POINT, THEY DID RESCHEDULE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK CELEBRATIONS TO TILL OCTOBER.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WEEK, BUT YEAH, I, I APOLOGIZE THAT , WHATEVER IT IS, WE'RE NOT GONNA FORGET.

OKAY.

AND I, I APOLOGIZE.

I I WAS AN OVERSIGHT.

I'VE, I DID NOT ADVISE THE BOARD ON THAT LAST WEEK.

UM, THAT'S GREAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I POSTED ON, YOU KNOW, THE WEBSITE, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, THE CHRON STATISTICS FROM 2016 TO 2020.

THERE WERE DRAMATIC, UM, REDUCTIONS IN BOTH PART ONE AND PART TWO, UH, YOU KNOW, OFFENSES, AND THAT'S A CREDIT TO THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY'VE REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING CRIME DOWN IT'S CRIME SIGNIFICANT.

I THINK IT'S ABOUT HALF DOWN, UH, HALF OF WHAT IT WAS, UH, IN 2016.

SO AGAIN, UM, IT IS APPRECIATED.

AND, UH, YOUR, UM, THE OFFICERS AND YOUR TEAM, THEY REALLY WORK VERY HARD.

THANK YOU.

ONE OTHER POINT THAT I, I DON'T WANT TO FORGET NOW.

UM, THIS IS NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK, BACK TO BACK WITH THE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.

UH, AGAIN, THERE'S NO FORMAL, UH, CEREMONIES.

WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE, AND WE WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY THAT LOCALLY THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE OCCURRED.

WE USUALLY COMBINE THE TWO IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OF OUR PERSONNEL.

SO WE'RE RECOGNIZING THEM THIS WEEK AS WELL.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, THANK, UM, YOU KNOW, JARED ROSENBERG FROM OUR E M SS, UM, UH, DIVISION AND STEVE , OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR, UM, A FEW DAYS AGO, UM, I WAS BIKING AROUND AND STOPPED OFF AT THE WARREN AVENUE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY APARTMENTS.

AND, UH, THERE'S A WOMAN WHO HAS, UM, 30, UH, YEAR OLD, UH, 30 YEAR OLD PLUS, UM, UH, DAUGHTER WHO, UM, UH, IS SEVERELY DISABLED.

UM, SHE'S ON, SHE LIVES ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF HER APARTMENT.

AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO GET, UM, A SIERRA LIFT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR HER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO, I'M GONNA PROBABLY DO, UM, SOME NEXT DOOR, UM, UH, FUNDRAISING REACH OUTS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY PRETTY SAD BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR HER TO GET FROM THE SECOND FLOOR TO, UH, TO THE GROUND FLOOR.

AND JARED'S REALLY BEEN, UM, BEEN TERRIFIC.

AND WHEN I SPOKE TO BISHOP PRESTON, UM, YOU KNOW, TODAY THERE MAY BE OTHER, UM, UH, RESIDENTS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WHO, WHO ALSO HAVE DI DISABILITIES AND THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT THE TOWN COULD DO, UH, WORKING WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE COULD HELP CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR THE BETTER.

SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

THANK YOU.

AND ONE OTHER, ONE OTHER POINT THAT I, THAT I FORGET, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEK, UM, THROUGH YOUR COORDINATION AND, UH, WITH THE AUSTIN ENG VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS, WE HAD A POPUP VACCINE, UH, INITIATIVE, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND AT THE COMMUNITY ROOM OF, UH, 9,100 MANHATTAN AVENUE.

AND, UH, THE TURNOUT WAS, WAS LOW.

I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO VACCINATE ABOUT 10 PEOPLE, BUT OUR PARAMEDICS, ALONG WITH THE VAC, UH, ADMINISTERED THOSE VACCINATIONS, UH, TO OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

AND, AND THE, WHAT WE FOUND WAS WE WERE HAPPY THAT MOST

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YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I, UM, I STOPPED OFF AT A HUNDRED MANHATTAN AVENUE, UH, LAST WEEK, AND I WAS SPEAKING TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.

UM, AND I WAS SPEAKING TO, UM, UH, YOUR TEAM THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, HELPING TO VACCINATE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF THE SENIORS ARE, HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO JUST DON'T WANT TO BE VACCINATED.

SOME, SOME DO, SOME DON'T.

THE TEN SIX OH THREE ZIP CODE AND ELMSFORD ZIP CODES ARE HAVING A, UH, A LOWER PERCENTAGE THAN, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER AREAS AROUND WESTCHESTER.

SO OUR VAX UP ON WESTCHESTER, UH, INITIATIVE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, TARGET, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE POPULATIONS.

AND IT'S, IT'S A STRUGGLE, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE.

I SPOKE TODAY TO VICKI SIMMONS OF THE GREENBURG HEALTH CENTER, AND THEY HAVE VACCINES.

AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS A VACCINE, YOU JUST WALK IN AND YOU CAN PRACTICALLY GET IT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO LINES.

UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO HAVING TROUBLE MOTIVATING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED TO TAKE THE VACCINE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PLUGGING AWAY.

THANK YOU, PAUL.

THANK YOU.

UM, EXCUSE ME REAL FAST.

I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

DID I HEAR SOMEONE SPEAK? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY REAL FAST.

THIS IS CLIFF ADEN, UM, AND MY PASSION, I FORGOT TO THINK ALONG WITH PAUL COUNCILWOMAN, DIANE NER AND FRANCE WERE THE FIRST THREE THAT AGREED AND VOTED ON HAVING THE, UM, BLACK MATTER MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CLIFF.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT THAT, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON THE JUNETEENTH EVENT THIS YEAR.

SO JUNETEENTH EVENT WILL BE JUNE 18TH.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT FROM SIXTH TO EIGHTH, SO WE WILL, MORE INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW.

UM, BUT WE JUST WANT EVERYONE TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR JUNE 18TH FOR THE JUNETEENTH EVENT.

UH, WE'RE GONNA DO A SECOND ANNUAL ONE.

I THINK WE DID ONE LAST YEAR.

I KNOW WE HAD IT DURING COVID, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT, SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL COME AND CELEBRATE.

UH, SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE'LL BE DOING, WELL, WE WILL HAVE OUR MOTORCADE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION.

UM, AND THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE WEB FIELD.

SO WE, WE ENCOURAGE AND, AND, AND ASK EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THIS, UM, THIS OCCASION, UH, WE REALLY SHOULD CELEBRATE THE ENDING OF SLAVERY, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS TIME.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, I WANT US TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND WE ALL CELEBRATE TOGETHER AS ONE.

BUT I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO PLEASE PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR AS LIKE, AS I MENTIONED, MORE INFORMATION WILL COME.

UM, AND WE WILL PUT IT, MAKE SURE IT'S ALL ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, AND THEN I WILL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT AS THE DATE, UM, COMES CLOSER.

THANKS.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE FARMER'S MARKET, I BELIEVE IT'S ON, UH, WHEN IS, WHEN IS IT OPEN? IT'S GOING, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITE DATE.

IT'S REALLY, UM, UH, THE, THE OPENING DATE IS BEING DRIVEN BY THE, THE COORDINATOR AND, UM, BECAUSE HE NEEDS TIME TO, UM, TO GET, UH, UH, THE VENDORS TOGETHER.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BETWEEN THE MIDDLE OF JULY TO THE, TO THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST SPECIFICALLY.

I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK, BECAUSE I KNOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE CHURCHGOING PEOPLE.

SO A SUNDAY MORNING FARMER'S MARKET DOESN'T NECESSARILY WORK THAT WELL IN, IN, IN THE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY.

THIS IS THURSDAY.

THURSDAY, SO THIS WILL BE A THURSDAY.

YEAH.

EVENING.

IT'LL BE A THUR THURSDAY DURING THE WORK PAR, PARTIALLY DURING THE WORKDAY AROUND, IT'LL START AROUND TWO O'CLOCK AND END AROUND SIX 30.

SO IT'LL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE WHO, UH, ARE NOT WORKING TO COME TO THE FARMER'S MARKET AS, AS THOSE TWO ARE, IT CAN COME AFTER WORK.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE, WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS PRETTY FLEXIBLE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANNA MAKE IT TOO LATE IN THE EVENING SO THAT THE VENDORS WERE NOT PACKING UP LATE AND, AND PACKING UP IN THE DARK.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE SUN WILL SET A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, UH, AS WE GET INTO THE MIDDLE OR LATTER PART OF SEPTEMBER.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO READ THE COMPROMISE AND, AND MAKE IT, UM, UH, A TIME THAT IS, THAT, THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.

AND WAS ANY OTHER LOCATION CONSIDERED? WE BASICALLY THOUGHT THE TOWN HALL

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ONE IS WE CONTROL THE BUILDING AND, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING.

SO FROM A LOGISTICAL STANDPOINT, WE DON'T HAVE TO REACH OUT TO SAY PRIVATE LANDLORDS OR ANYBODY ELSE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO, UM, HAVE THE ABILITY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ABILITY OF, YOU KNOW, MANAGING ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, ALL THE DETAILS.

UM, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK AT TOWN HALL ARE GONNA ALSO, UM, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO IT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEY GO HOME.

THEY COULD BUY, UH, UH, FRESH, YOU KNOW, PRO PRODUCE.

UH, WE COULD PUT SIGNAGE, UH, ON THE, UM, ON THE WALL, YOU KNOW, AND BEFORE YOU ENTER THE, THE TOWN HALL, UM, UH, ADVERTISING IN HILLSIDE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IS, UM, IS BEING USED.

UH, NEXT, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WE'RE TESTING IT OUT.

IT'S REALLY GONNA BE FROM AUGUST TO THE, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE FALL.

BUT IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, UH, NEXT YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE, UM, THE SIDEWALK ON HILLSIDE SO PEOPLE COULD, YOU KNOW, COULD WALK FROM SOUTH ROAD TO THE TOWN HALL SAFELY.