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OKAY.SO WE'RE GONNA START OUR MEETING, AND, UH, FIRST WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG, UNITED STATES REPUBLIC RELIGIOUS STANDS ONE DAY, ONE NATION WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE RULE, AND
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Teressa Spence-Kerlew, mother of Winsome Gordon, Grants Coordinator In memory of Thomas A. Facelle, former Chair of the Town’s Board of Ethics, and resident of the Orchard Hill section. He had a long and extraordinary career in both law and the military. He served in the U.S. Army and upon graduation enrolled in Fordham University. He secured a position with the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office and was promoted to Chief Assistant D.A., a position which he held for twenty years. He also served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve as Staff Judge Advocate, and was promoted to Brigadier General, his proudest accomplishment. He was elected Family Court Judge in Westchester County, and then successfully ran for the NYS Supreme Court for the 9th Judicial District. In memory of the 618,137+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 4,312,902+ deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon]
WE HAVE, UM, A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THERESA SPENCE, CARLOW, MOTHER OF WINSOME GORDON, WHO'S A GRAMS COORDINATOR, UH, FOR THE TOWN.AND IN MEMORY OF THOMAS ELL, HE WAS A FORMER CHAIR OF THE TOWN BOARD OF ETHICS.
HE WAS A RESIDENT OF THE ORCHARD HILL SECTION OF THE TOWN.
HE HAD A LONG AND VERY EXTRAORDINARY CAREER IN BOTH LAW AND THE MILITARY.
HE SERVED IN THE US ARMY, AND UPON GRADUATION AND ENROLLED IN FORTON UNIVERSITY, HE SECURED A POSITION WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY DISTRICT'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF ASSISTANT DA A POSITION THAT HE HELD FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
HE SERVED IN THE U S A AIR FORCE RESERVE AS STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE, AND WAS PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL, HIS PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT.
HE WAS ALSO ELECTED A FAMILY COURT JUDGE IN WESTCHESTER, AND THEN GOT ELECTED TO THE NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT, UM, FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
IT WAS REALLY AN AMAZING, UM, A HUMAN BEING, A GREAT ASSET TO THE TOWN.
UM, DURING, UM, MY, UH, TENURE FREQUENTLY, UM, UM, CONTACTED US WITH, WITH GOOD ADVICE.
HE WAS, UH, ALWAYS VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTIVE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND HELPFUL AND, YOU KNOW, JUST A, A MODEL PUBLIC, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVANT.
SO HE IS GONNA BE MISSED AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS WILL ALWAYS BE APPRECIATED.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF 1600 616,493, PLUS INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF C OVID 19 WHO HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES AND 4,285,903 PLUS DEATHS WORLDWIDE, EACH LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, TO SOON THANK YOU.
[ PRESENTATIONS 2021 Greenburgh Town Hall Summer Internship Program]
OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK, UH, JUDITHUH, YOU KNOW, THIS SUMMER JUDITH DID AN AMAZING JOB, WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WAS, UM, EXTREMELY, UM, IMPRESSIVE.
I THINK THE INTERNS LEARNED A LOT, AND, UH, THEY, YOU KNOW, I'VE ONLY GOTTEN, YOU KNOW, COMPLIMENTS AND I JUST WANT TO RELAY THANK YOU, JUDITH, FOR, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR EFFORTS.
I THINK, UH, THE INTERNS THIS YEAR WERE AMONG THE BEST THAT WE'VE, UH, HAD SINCE WE STARTED THE PROGRAM THREE YEARS AGO.
THESE PAST SIX WEEKS HAVE INDEED BEEN A, REPRESENTED A LABOR OF LOVE.
AS I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW ALL 32 OF OUR INTERNS AND THE ATTENDANCE EACH DAY AVERAGED 30 STUDENTS EVERY DAY.
THOSE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE HAD PRIOR FAMILY COMMITMENTS, BUT IT'S EVIDENCE OF THE COMRADERY THAT THEY FORMED, THEIR COMMITMENT TO DOING THE WORK THAT THEY DID, AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER IN LEARNING AND GROWING.
THAT'S WHAT THEIR PRESENCE EVERY DAY REPRESENTED.
SO OUR INTERNS THIS YEAR REPRESENTED THE MOST DIVERSE TAPESTRY OF WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE, AS AMERICANS.
THEY, THEIR CULTURAL ROOTS REPRESENTED
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ECUADORIAN AND IRISH, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN CARIBBEAN, THE EAST, INDIA, ENGLAND, RUSSIAN AND IRISH, TAIWAN, GEORGIA, AND GEORGIAN, AND TURKISH, ECUADORIAN, INDIA AND RIRI, LANKA, HINDU, HINDU, INDIA, HINDU, AND MANY, MANY MORE.THOSE ARE THE CULTURES THAT YOU SEE REPRESENTED HERE THIS EVENING.
THE PROGRAM IS BASED ON FOUR PILLARS, COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND TEAMWORK.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF OUR SIX WEEKS, WE HEARD FROM GUEST SPEAKERS WHO REPRESENTED EACH ONE OF THOSE PILLARS, INCLUDING THE GENTLEMAN STANDING IN THE DOORWAY, CORY WEISS.
HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS CAREER AND HIS EXPERIENCES AS A TEAM LEADER IN HIS FIELD OF SECURITY AND BUILDING MANAGEMENT.
SPEAKERS INCLUDED DAVID WILSON OF THE JOURNAL NEWS WHO CAME IN AND SPOKE TO THE INTERNS, AND THEN HE ALSO PROVIDED FEEDBACK TO THEM ON THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
VIRGINIA GIARDANO, WHO HAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THE FIRST FEMALE VETERANS GARDEN, MEMORIAL GARDEN, THAT MAY, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY DEDICATED TO FEMALE VETERANS.
ELAINE ROGERS OF TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN THEIR, IN THE INTERNS PRESENTATION THE EVIDENCE OF THE SKILLS THAT SHE HELPED DEVELOP IN THEM.
I'LL SAY, NOT SO MUCH THAT SHE HELPED DEVELOP, BUT THAT SHE HELPED POLISH BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF THESE INTERNS BROUGHT THOSE SKILLS HERE TO THE, TO THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, SPEAKING SKILLS, PRESENTATION SKILLS, HILLS REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, LIEUTENANT HALL, CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT THE COMMITMENT OF OUR POLICE TO RESIDENTS.
KRISTA MADDEN, THE ASSISTANT TO OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR, WHO HAS A STRONG BACKGROUND IN JOURNALISM AND WRITING, CAME IN AND WORKED WITH THE INTERNS ON THEIR PRESENTATIONS AS WELL.
JOY AND THOMAS, DEPUTY TOWN CLERK TALKED ABOUT HER STORY OF OVERCOMING OBSTACLES.
TERRENCE JACKSON AND DAVID REGINA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, GARRETT DUQUE, RICH FAWN, BRIAN SIMMONS, TIM LEWIS, OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, AND SEVERAL DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE, WERE PART OF THIS, FORMING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THE TOWN OPERATES AND EMPOWERING THEM TO TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES.
THEY VISITED DEVELOPMENTS AND LEARNED FROM DEVELOPERS ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TOWN THEY HEARD FROM.
ONE OF OUR GUEST SPEAKERS IS HERE TONIGHT, MARK WINEGARTEN, WHO TALKED ABOUT HOW DEVELOPERS AND LAWYERS WORK TOGETHER WITH THE TOWN.
DAVID AND URA, WHO INSPIRED ONE OF OUR INTERNS, JANET LYN, TO SPEAK TO PRESENT AT THE REDISTRICTING HEARING.
WE JUST HAD A VERY RICH EXPERIENCE FOR OUR INTERNS THIS YEAR.
PHIL WISENER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE STATE OF COLORADO SUPREME COURT REPRESENTATIVES WHEN THEY WENT ON A TOUR TO THE SUPREME COURT,
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IT WAS JUST A VERY RICH EXPERIENCE.SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO PRESENT EXCERPTS FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEIR EXPERIENCES OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKS.
THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT VIDEOS THAT THEY PRODUCE THAT WERE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT OF RAY THOMAS, WHO SPONSORED AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG EXPOSURE FOR MANY YEARS AND IS NO LONGER HERE IN OUR TOWN.
HOWEVER, WHAT HE BROUGHT TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN TERMS OF SKILLS, FINANCIAL SKILLS, LEARNING HOW TO INVEST, LEARNING HOW TO CREATE PROGRAMS, LEARNING HOW TO DO SPECIAL EVENTS, PRESENTATION SKILLS, LEARNING JUST A MYRIAD OF EX OF SKILLS THROUGH EXPOSURE.
HOWEVER, HE CAME IN TO BE A GUEST SPEAKER TO THIS GROUP OF INTERNS, AND HE SAID, OH, WOW, I'M JUST AMAZED AT THE BRIGHTNESS OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, AND I WANNA HELP THEM PRODUCE THEIR VIDEOS.
HE HAS HAD 11 EMMY NOMINATED EMMY AWARD NOMINATED VIDEOS THIS YEAR ALONE, FOUR HAVE BEEN NOMINATED, AND HE SAID, JUDITH, I WANNA HELP YOU.
AND THE 2021 GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNS TO INCREASE THEIR CHANCES OF BEING NOMINATED AS WELL.
SO I, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE INTERNS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 2021 GREENBURG TOWN HALL, SUMMER INTERNS, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE VIEWING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
MY NAME IS AKASH RAJA, AND I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT THE FORDHAM PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
MY NAME IS NVO NALINI, AND I AM A RISING JUNIOR AT EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL.
MY I'M, MY NAME IS BANI GOPEL KRISHNA, AND I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT EDGEMONT JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS SUMMER, THE GREENBURG 2021 SUMMER INTERNS HAVE MADE VIDEOS AND PSAS REGARDING NUMEROUS ISSUES FACING THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY.
OUR VIDEO FOCUSED ON THE TOPIC OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND TAKING A GREEN STEP OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.
THIS MEANS WORKING TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
AS WE COME OUT FROM QUARANTINE, I WILL NOW TRANSFER TO MY GROUP MATES FOR A FURTHER EXPLANATION.
SO THIS P S A THAT WE'VE WORKED ON REALLY REPRESENTS OUR THOUGHTS ON THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS AS THE PANDEMIC IS STARTING TO SLOW DOWN MASKS AND OTHER HAND SANITIZERS HAVE BEEN DEFINITELY A PROBLEM THAT OUR TOWN HAS BEEN FACING AND ALSO NEW YORK STATE.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPERATIVE THAT WE, AND WHY WE ARE REFERRED TO ALL CITIZENS OF GREENBURG AND AMERICA.
REALLY REALIZE HOW MUCH MASKS CAN DO IN THE PANDEMIC AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE IN DISPOSING OF THEM PROPERLY, INCLUDING HOW IMPORTANT SET HAND SANITIZER IS, AS LONG AS THEY REMAIN IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND GET DISPOSED OFF CORRECTLY.
WE WANT TO DRIVE HOME THE FACT THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS DEPENDENT ON EVERYONE DOING THEIR PART.
EVERY ACTION YOU TAKE CAN HAVE A DEEP EFFECT ON THE LIVES OF OTHERS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR LARGE, THE ENVIRONMENT ISN'T JUST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERSON WHO DROPPED THEIR MASK ON THE GROUND, OR YOUR NEIGHBOR WHO DOESN'T RECYCLE.
IT'S EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY.
NEXT GROUP, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF THE VIDEOS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE VIDEOS, WHICH ARE BASICALLY PSAS, UM, ABOUT APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES LONG.
GOOD EVENING TOWN BOARD MED MEMBERS IN RESIDENCE OF GREENBURG.
MY NAME IS VERONICA PUCCI, AND I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT MARIA REGINA HIGH SCHOOL.
MY NAME IS JONATHAN LAZO, AND I'M A RISING, UH, SENIOR AT ARCHBISHOP NIC HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, AS PART OF OUR 2021 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WE CREATED P SS A VIDEOS ON TOPICS THAT WERE IMPORTANT AND RELATABLE TO OURSELVES AND PEERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
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OUR GROUP DECIDED TO FOCUS ON THE TOPIC OF CYBERSECURITY AND INTERNET SAFETY.THE PURPOSE OF THIS VIDEO IS TO EDUCATE AND INFORM YOUNG TEENS AND ADULTS ON THE DANGERS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS THAT CAN COME WITH USING SOCIAL MEDIA APPS AND THE INTERNET.
AS PART OF OUR P S A VIDEO, WE WROTE AND DIRECTED A SHORT SKIT, INTRODUCING SOME OF THE DANGERS THAT COME WITH USING SOCIAL MEDIA APPS SUCH AS SNAPCHAT.
THE SKATE PORTRAYS A YOUNG GIRL BEING TARGETED BY AN OLDER MAN WHO PRETENDS TO BE SOMEONE HE IS REALLY NOT, AND THEY END UP MEETING IN PERSON WHERE THE GIRL IS PLACED IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION.
ALONG WITH OUR SKATE, WE RESEARCHED STATISTICS THAT PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND VALUABLE INFORMATION ON CYBERSECURITY.
FINALLY, THROUGHOUT OUR VIDEO, WE FOCUSED ON THREE MAIN PARTS, INTERNET SAFETY, OUR SKIT, RESEARCHING IMPORTANT STATISTICS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATING PRE-TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ON BEHALF OF ME AND VERONICA, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HEARING US AND OUR PRESENTATION ON CYBER SECURITY.
UM, MY NAME'S JESSICA WENT, AND I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT LEY HIGH SCHOOL.
MY NAME IS ANTHONY ANTE, AND I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT LEY HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M A GRADUATE OF HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL AND A STUDENT AT BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M A SO RISING SOPHOMORE AT EDGEMONT JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
AND ONE THING I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT IS PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING YOU, UM, AN EPIDEMIC, UH, SOLUTION TO AN EPIDEMIC ON SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION.
SO WHAT REALLY SPARKED OUR PROJECT WAS THE WITNESSING ALL OF THE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA OVER USAGE THAT OCCURRED DURING THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC.
UH, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THAT, RIGHT NOW, UH, I THINK IT IS PSYCHOLOGISTS ESTIMATE THAT AROUND FIVE TO 10% OF AMERICANS ARE, UH, SUFFERING FROM SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION AS IT IS CLINICALLY DEFINED, UM, ARE AS STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG.
WE THOUGHT THAT THIS ISSUE WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT, AND THAT BY SHINING PUBLIC ATTENTION ON IT, WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER EFFECT.
SO WE MADE A SKIT ENTITLED TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICT.
UM, WE MADE A SKIT THAT IS ENTITLED TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICT FOLLOWING 18, WHO SPENDS TIME ON OUR PHONE INSTEAD OF WITH HER FRIENDS, HER THREE BEST FRIENDS CONFRONT HER ABOUT NOT SPENDING ENOUGH TIME WITH THEM, AND WILL SHE RESPOND ACCORDINGLY? THE MESSAGE WE WANTED TO GET ACROSS IS THAT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY TEENS, SHOULD USE SOCIAL MEDIA IN A MORE HEALTHY WAY.
THIS INCLUDES SPENDING TIMES OUTDOORS WITH FRIENDS AND USING THE GREENBERG PARKS AND POOLS.
WHILE WE ARE STARING AT A SCREEN FOR HOURS ON END, DISCONNECTING OURSELVES FROM THE WORLD, WE ARE MISSING OUT ON EXPERIENCES THAT YOU CAN ONLY GET BY PHYSICAL INTERACTION WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND EVEN STRANGERS.
WE ARE ALSO MISSING OUT ON BENEFITS OF GOING OUTSIDE AND ADMIRING THE BEAUTY OF NATURE THAT BRINGS US A SENSE OF JOY THAT TECHNOLOGY IS INCAPABLE OF PROVIDING.
THANK YOU, AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR P S A GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS OF GREENBURY.
MY NAME IS CINDY WATERMAN, AND I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT VALHALLA HIGH SCHOOL.
MY NAME IS MASS MCGAUGHLIN AND I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT ARDSLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
MY NAME IS ETHAN KIAN, AND I'M AN EIGHTH, A RISING EIGHTH GRADER AT EDGEMONT JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
MY NAME IS SADAN KARTHIK AND I'M, AND I'M ALSO A RISING EIGHTH GRADER AT EDGEMONT JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, AS PREVIOUS GROUPS HAVE STATED, WE CREATED A SHORT FILM ABOUT A TOPIC THAT WE FELT PASSIONATE ABOUT.
OUR GROUP DECIDED ON THE TOPIC OF UNFAMILIAR TYPES OF RECYCLING.
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RECYCLE THROUGH THE CREATION AND USE OF SHORT, FUNNY, AND ENTERTAINING FILM THAT PEOPLE WILL ENJOY.
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A DYSTOPIAN WORLD OF THE FUTURE, RULED BY A TRASH EMPIRE.THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR OUR PLANET AND BELIEVE THAT ALL TRASH SHOULD BE TOSSED IN THE RIVER WHERE, WHICH HAS BEEN POLLUTED OVER DECADES.
THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO REINTRODUCE THE IDEAS OF RECYCLING AND SAFE DISPOSAL.
THEY THE RECYCLING REVOLUTION AND THE MAIN PROTAGONIST OF OUR SHORT FILM.
WE HAVE INCLUDED LINKS THAT AT THE END OF OUR SHORT FILM THAT LEAD TO WEBSITES WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT CHEMICAL AND E-WASTE RECYCLING AND SAFE DISPOSAL RECYCLING WILL BE THE SAVIOR OF OUR PLANET, THE FIRST.
IN THE WORLD, 95% OF TEENAGERS HAVE IN THE WORLD, 95% OF TEENAGERS HAVE A CELL PHONE IN WHICH THEY USE APPS LIKE SNAPCHAT, INSTAGRAM, HOME LEGAL, ET CETERA.
ALTHOUGH SOCIAL MEDIA IS A WAY TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND IS USED AS ENTERTAINMENT, THERE ARE MANY DANGERS THAT COME WITH USING THESE APPS.
TEENAGERS ARE BEGINNING TO DOWNLOAD SOCIAL MEDIA AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, AND SOMETIMES WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS EVEN KNOWING.
WITHOUT THE PROPER EDUCATION AND TEACHING OF THE LIFE DANGERS THAT COME WITH THESE APPS, MANY YOUNG SUSCEPTIBLE TEENS ARE PUT IN LIFE LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS.
HERE, ABOUT THREE 50 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED BY STRANGERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
YOU TEXTING? IT'S JUST SOME GUY ON SNAPCHAT.
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO TEACH KIDS FROM A YOUNG AGE TO NOT SHARE PERSONAL AND PRIVATE INFORMATION ONLINE, ESPECIALLY WITH PEOPLE YOU'VE NEVER MET.
HAVE YOU MET HIM? NO, BUT I THINK WE'RE PLANNING ON MEETING AT THE PARK TONIGHT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE USAGE OF ONLINE CHATTING SITES, LIKE NOT ONLY PERCEIVE SELF IN DANGER, BUT THE PEOPLE AROUND YOUTUBE FOREVER WATCHING MOVIES.
THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS SUCH AS LEARNING FROM THE DANGERS OF THESE SITES AND TEACHING KIDS ABOUT INTERNET.
MANY LOCAL TEENAGERS FIND THEMSELVES IN UNCERTAIN SITUATIONS.
WHO ARE YOU? HOW DO YOU WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I'M I I REALLY, MY DAUGHTER.
SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO GO AT 8:00 PM BUT SHE DIDN'T.
IT WOULD BE, IT IS VERY EASY FOR HACKERS TO FIND YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
SO JUST YOUR LOCATION'S, PHONE NUMBERS AND PROTECT THE PANDEMIC IS OVER.
LET IT GO BECAUSE THE PANDEMICS OVER, RIGHT? WHAT? OH, LET'S THE PANDEMICS OVER FAST ANYMORE, SOME SANDWICHES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ANDERSON COOPER AND BEHIND ME, WE SEE A VERY CALM SCENE FOLLOWING THE AMBULANCE PANDEMIC AS DOORS OPEN AND SHOULD FILLED.
AGAIN, PEOPLE GET THE STRIP BACK OF THE MASKS AND TAKE OFF THEIR GLOVES.
HOWEVER, WHERE WILL THESE PIECES END UP FOLLOWING THE RETURN IN NORMAL LIFE WILL MASS WITH THE STREETS WILL GLOVES FLOATING IN RIVERS WALK YOUR MIND TODAY, ONE DOES NOT GO PHARMACY WITH THEIR MASKS.
WE CAN SEE THESE EFFECTS THROUGH DESTRUCT OF THE NEARBY HUDSON RIVER.
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BEGINNING OF 1947, GENERAL ELECTRIC POLLUTED THE HUSS RIVER BY DISCHARGING POLYCHLORINATED LATINOS.THIS CAUSED A VERY, A RANGE OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ANIMALS AND FISH.
THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF FACTORIES BORDERING THE HUSS, DUMPING WASTE AND POLLUTION INTO THE RIVER.
THIS PROCESS JUST INCREASED DURING THE PAST DECADES AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, A GREAT AMOUNT OF MASS AND SAND WERE IN TURN, JUMPED INTO THE HUDSON.
THE ECOSYSTEM OF THE HUDSON ISLY INFLUENCED BY INTERNATIONAL.
EVERY BIT OF POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION.
MONUMENT RISING CHANGE, EXPECT ANIMALS THE DISAPPEAR FROM WATER.
IN ADDITION, WARMER TEMPERATURES LEAD TO FASTER LIFE CYCLES, MAKING THE HUDSON ECOSYSTEM EVEN MORE PREVENTABLE.
DUAL COLLECTED BOOMS WILL OCCUR.
FISH MUNICIPAL SUFFER CAUSING LARGER RIPPLE EFFECTS IN THE FUTURE.
WE CAN SEE EFFECTS AND THEIR DAMAGE RIVER POPULATION OF CROPS.
THE DROPPING POPULATION CAUSED MASSIVE SHIFTS IN S ECOSYSTEM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU TAKE AN ECO EXPERT JACKSON BORN, EXPLAIN TO YOU THE BLUE CRABS IMPORTANCE TO WHAT THEIR CLIMBING POPULATION.
OPPORTUNISTIC LEADERS, THEY EATS SMALLER CROS, FRESHLY DEAD FISH, PLANT AND ANIMAL.
AND ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN FIND.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS A RESULT OF FACTORS LIKE HABITAT LOSS AND HABITAT PRESSURE, THE HAS SEEN A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION.
THIS EVENTUALLY WILL RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE RIVER ECOSYSTEM AS PREDATORS WHO RELY ON THE LIVESTOCK COULD POTENTIALLY IN CONTROLLABLE RISE POPULATION LIMIT'S.
UNDERSTAND, KEEP CORRECT ACCORDANCE OF AND RESPONSIBILITY ACTIONS EVEN WHEN IT'S RIVER.
AND MAKE SURE THAT LET'S COME.
THANK GREAT, YOU KNOW, AND ARE GETTING A DIVORCE.
WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS ON YOUR PHONE? YOU DO.
IS SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE? I COULD.
I WAS ON HER PHONE WHILE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HANGING OUT.
I THINK I'M GONNA SEE ANGEL MENTION FOR HER.
LITERALLY, I ASKED HER THE QUESTION, WHAT IS GOING ON THE WHOLE WORLD? YEAH.
SHE GET THE, UH, GAME TOGETHER.
WHAT WE WERE THINKING IF YOU COULD COME TO THE PARK WITH US, BUT CLEARLY IT WAS SO GLUED TO YOUR PHONE TO BE UP FOR THAT.
MISS YOU FOR HELP WITH CHANGE SOMETHING.
JUST BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE MY BEST FRIENDS.
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WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED ON OUR INSTAGRAM, SNAPCHAT.WHAT MORE COULD WE ASK FOR? THERE'S SO MUCH MORE.
DECIDE WHAT'S THE POINT IN BEING OUTSIDE WHEN YOU JUST AT HOME AND BINGE NEW SERIES OR WATCH FOR HOURS? DON'T YOU'RE JUST BEING RIDICULOUS.
OH, THAT WAS A LITTLE, I'M SORRY.
YOU SEE THIS THING? YOU'RE ALWAYS TROLLING.
WELL, I USED MY TIME, MY SLEEP AND MY NETWORK.
THAT'S HOW, HOW SO YOU DON'T REALLY TALK.
SO WHAT I MEAN THAT'S OUR JOB.
I MEAN, ARE WE GONNA DO RECYCLE THE TRASH OR SOMETHING? I MEAN, COME ON.
THAT'S DUDE, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT? NO.
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS SIN? UH, HE WAS, UH, WE WERE HAVING A LITTLE PROBLEM.
IF HE DRINK OUT, I'M SURE HE'LL BE BACK SOON.
THE COMMISSIONER LET YOU SOME WATER.
SO COMMISSIONER IS DOING NOTHING, RIGHT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WAIT? ANIMALS ARE DEAD.
NOBODY CARES ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT FOR RECYCLING.
HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? WE'RE GONNA GO TO PORCH AND STOCK.
WHY NOT? HOW DO WE KNOW? LET'S JUST ASK HIM.
I HONESTLY KNOW THIS PLACE USED BE NICE ENVIRONMENT.
THERE USED TO BE PLACES WHERE CHEMICAL AND EWA WERE TREATED PROPERLY.
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USED BE EVEN A RECYCLED YARD.WHAT DO YOU DO IN MY OFFICE? WE'RE HERE TO TALK TO YOU.
YOU'RE A COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? YES.
I'M THE FIRST COMMISSIONER TO NEAR IN STATE DISPOSAL SERVICES OF MANAGING WASTE.
YOU, YOU MADE CLEAR SCALE ALL THE WORLD THE WAY IT WAS WHEN ELECTRONICS WERE PUT IN PROPER FACILITIES AND CHEMICALS WEREN'T POUR DOWN THE TRAIN.
WHY DO YOU WANNA BE IN THIS WORLD? THAT WORLD IS NOT BACK IN THAT WORLD.
NOBODY HAD THE FREEDOM TO DISPOSE OF ALL THAT WASTE THEY WANT.
NOW THEY HAVE THAT FREEDOM AND YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE IT FOR POISON.
MR. COMMISSIONER? I, UH, I'VE PREPARED THE WATER.
THIS IS PRETTY THAN SEE FOR YEARS.
AS A BB DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, I GUESS THAT NEEDS ME, UH, ACTING COMMISSIONER NOW.
ALL OF THE BURNS FOR THESE AWESOME VIDEOS, UM, THAT THEY ALL PUT TOGETHER ON THEIR OWN.
THEY DECIDED ON THE, THE MESSAGE THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING FORTH.
THEY PUT TOGETHER THE CONTENT OF THE VIDEOS AND THEY JUST DID AN AMAZING JOB.
CAN WE GIVE THEM ALL A, A HAND? THANK YOU.
AND SO THEY ALSO PRODUCED A VIDEO ON MASK WEARING, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF JANELLE IS GOING TO PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN, BUT WHILE WE YOU HAVE IT.
THIS IS AT THE REQUEST OF TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER FOR THE INTERNS TO PRODUCE A, UM, A, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ON MASK WEARING.
ASKED WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT AND WHY SHOULD YOU WEAR THEM BY WEAR A MASK AND PROVIDE RESPIRATORY DROPLESS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WEARING MASKS DROP PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED, ESPECIALLY KIDS ARE MORE AT RISK OF GETTING COVID.
KIDS UNDER 12 ARE STILL UNABLE TO BE VACCINATED, BUT THE FALL SEMESTER IS QUICKLY FUNCTION.
WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR FUTURE, WHICH IS OUR SHOCK.
COVID ALSO HAS A VARIANT KNOWN AS THE DELTA VARIANT OR INDIA.
THE DELTA VARIANT IS CONTAGIOUS.
WE CAN REDUCE THE SPREAD WIDESPREAD PANDEMIC, NOT DELTA MIGHT BE THE MOST DANGEROUS VARIANT OF COVID YET DUE RESISTANCE TO THE VACCINE.
EVEN VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS STILL WEARING MASK WEARING NOT ONLY THE NEVER BE TOO BECAUSE OF HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO DETECT THE VIRUS.
THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC AND SPREAD THE VIRUS TO DOZENS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING WHICH CAUSES LOSS OF COVID-19 FOUR.
DESPITE EXTRAORDINARY VACCINE FIVE DOCTORS ASSISTANCE TIME, YOU CAN'T FULLY
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RELY ON THEIR STUDY AND WORK COMPLIANCE IN DAY TO DAY.THIS CONCEPT, THROUGH THESE EXPERIMENTS, THEY FOUND WEARING SURGICAL MASKS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE MASKS, QUITE CAN CONDITION IMMUNE SYSTEM TRANSITION OURSELVES AND OUR LOVED ONES ARE BEING SAFE.
RESEARCHERS FORECAST A PEAK OF ABOUT A THOUSAND DEATHS A DAY IN SEPTEMBER, AND A TOTAL OF 76,000 ADDITIONAL DEATHS BY NOVEMBER.
BUT 95% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WORE THEIR MASKS.
THEY THAT 49,000 OF THOSE LIVES KEEP YOURSELF SAFE.
KEEP YOUR AS POSES A DANGER TO THOSE WITH THE EXISTING AS IT RULES A CRUCIAL BARRIER BETWEEN THE VIRUS AND THE VULNERABLE.
THE FACE MASKS WEAR TO SHOW YOU PUT YOUR MASK ON TOP.
UH, NO, BECAUSE MASKS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO COVER YOUR EYE COVER YOUR NOSE, YOUR MOUTH.
YESTERDAY YOU WERE BY, UM, I BELIEVE PROTOCOL.
WELL, FIRST I'M SAY MASKS ARE, WHICH EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ALWAYS TRICKY.
UH, ALSO, UM, YOU CAN ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE, IF YOU'RE DRIVING DRUNK AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE DRIVING SOBER.
ALRIGHT, SO WHAT ARE YOUR PROBLEMS WITH MASK? WHY WON'T YOU WEAR, WHY WON'T YOU WEAR IT? PLEASE PUT IT ON CAMPUS.
SO WHAT IS YOUR PERCENT? SO BASICALLY THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC IS COMPLETELY FAKE.
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AND I KNEW THE GOVERNMENT WAS LYING WHEN THEY WAS SUPPOSED TO SEND ME A, A LOAN LOAN.AND I GOT 1,299 AND THEN ONE 300 PLUS IT WAS TAXABLE.
THEY BEEN MINE SINCE TO START.
THEY JUST WANT ME TO LOSE MONEY.
IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S NOT OKAY.
IT'S MATTER FOR YOU TO SHARE THE PROBLEM.
DON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT, THAT IS ONLY PRESENT.
ALRIGHT, SO DURING THIS THERAPY DISCUSSION, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SHARE WHAT YOU THINK THE PROBLEM.
I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM PER SE.
I'M YOUNG, I'M IN GOOD HEALTH.
I RUN, I TAKE MY GUMMY VITAMINS.
AM I REALLY AT RISK FOR COVID? I DON'T THINK SO.
SO I'M NOT GONNA GO IN AND MYSELF FOR SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NOT MY CONCERN AT ALL.
ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA START OFF WITH, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.
AND I MEAN THAT IN THE NICE HOSPITAL, IT'S REALLY NOT.
THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL, THEY HOSPITALIZED TO GO OVER WHERE THEY'RE AT OR THEY HAVE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUTSIDE TO, IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE THAT BOTH FOLLOW THE PROPER GUIDELINES AND PROPER PROTOCOL BY THE C D C THAT THIS IS GONNA KEEP GROWING THE NUMBER AND WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET OVER.
SO PLEASE OUT AND BE RESPECTFUL.
YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY WEARING, OH YEAH.
WE REALLY SEE THE RISK OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE BELIEVE THAT'S BEST IF ALL OF US WEAR A MASK TO PROTECT NOT ONLY OURSELVES, REACH, PROTECT EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
RIGHT? AND WE ARE GOING TO BRING TO CLOSE OUR PRESENTATION WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO OUR, WELL, SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR TOWN BOARD REGARDING AN ISSUE THAT IS, HAS BEEN ONGOING, UM, AS WE HAVE, UH, UM, COME TO, UM, PRACTICE OR COME TO, UH, DEVELOP PROJECTS AROUND THE PURPOSE OF OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS TO EXPOSE AND INTRODUCE OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES THROUGH AUTHENTIC ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS.
SO, IN CLOSING, THEY HAVE A MESSAGE FOR OUR TOWN BOARD BASED ON AN AUTHENTIC ISSUE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
WE ARE HERE TO ADDRESS A MAJOR ISSUE FACING NUMEROUS CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, GAS LEAF BLOWERS ARE ALLOWED DAMAGING TO OUR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND AIR QUALITY.
AS SUCH, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT A SOLUTION TO WHAT SEEMS AN EVER PRESENT PROBLEM.
WE PROPOSE TO HAVE ASSESSED SCHEDULE OF 12:00 PM TO 5:00 PM ON WEEKDAYS FOR GAS LEAF BLOWERS ONLY, AND 2:00 PM TO 5:00 PM ON WEEKENDS FOR THE SAME GAS LEAF BLOWERS.
AS TIME MOVES ON, THE ALLOWED HOURS WILL SLOWLY SHRINK TO 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM ON ALL DAYS FOR GAS LEAF BLOWERS.
MEANWHILE, ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWERS WILL NOT HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON HOURS.
FINES SHOULD BE GIVEN OUT FOR THE BREAKING OF THE RULES.
SUCH A SET OF RULES SHOULD DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM USING GAS LEAF BLOWERS AND SWITCH
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TO ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWERS.FURTHERMORE, THE GRADUAL TRANSITION SHOULD GIVE BUSINESSES A CHANCE TO SLOWLY TRANSFER THEIR TOOLS TO ENFORCE OUR SOLUTION, INCLUDING THE FINE.
WE PROPOSE A HOTLINE FOR NEIGHBORS TO CALL ANONYMOUSLY REPORT TO REPORT TO THE LOUD NOISES COMING FROM GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.
THIS HOTLINE WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND ALSO PUT ON SUPERVISOR FINDER'S PHYSICAL PAPER LETTERS FOR CONVENIENCE.
IN CONCLUSION, WE PROPOSED A, WE PROPOSED TIME RESTRICTIONS, FINES, AND AS WELL AS A HOTLINE TO KEEP CITIZENS ACCOUNTABLE FOR EACH OTHER.
THIS SYSTEM SHOULD ENCOURAGE ELECTRICALLY FOLLOWERS REDUCING NOISE AND HEALTH ISSUES.
UH, MY NAME IS VERONICA COLUCCI.
UH, THROUGHOUT THIS INTERNSHIP, MS. BEVELL BROUGHT A VERY IMPORTANT AND URGING TOPIC TO OUR ATTENTION, GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.
AS A GROUP, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO PRESENT A SOLUTION TO THE BOARD AND HOPEFULLY SEE NEW LAWS SET IN PLACE WHILE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE ENTIRE GROUP.
WE'VE REACHED A FEW ROADBLOCKS AND DISAGREEMENTS IN OUR SOLUTION.
AS A RESULT, WE ADAPTED AND CAME UP WITH AN IDEA TO BREAK INTO TWO SEPARATE GROUPS, THUS PROVIDING YOU WITH TWO VERY SIMILAR, YET SLIGHTLY VARYING SOLUTIONS TO THE GAS POWER LEAK BLOWERS.
LIKE OUR COLLEAGUES, WE AGREE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING TIMEFRAMES TO USE LEAF BLOWERS ON WEEKDAYS FROM 12:00 PM TO 5:00 PM.
HOWEVER, WE DECIDED THAT WOULD BE BEST TO BAN THE USAGE OF LEAF BLOWERS ON SUNDAYS AND A SATURDAY USAGE SCHEDULE OF 11 TO 5:00 PM THIS ALLOWS MANY ADULTS WHO MAY BE TOO BUSY DURING THE WEEK 'CAUSE OF THEIR WORK SCHEDULE TO USE THEIR LEAF BLOWERS DURING THIS TIME.
ALSO, ALL GUEST POWERED LEAF BLOWERS WILL BE BANNED ON ALL NATIONAL HOLIDAYS.
IF ANY RESIDENT GOES AGAINST THESE NEW RULES, A HOTLINE WILL BE PROVIDED TO CALL IN ANY COMPLAINTS AND WARNINGS SLASH FINES WILL BE GIVEN OUT, LIKE OUR COLLEAGUES MENTIONED.
FINALLY, AS PART OF THE 2021 GREENBERG TOWN HALL INTERNS, WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TONIGHT TO HEAR US OUT NOT ONLY ON OUR GAS LEAF POWERED, UH, PRESENTATIONS, BUT ALSO ON OUR PSAS AND ALL OTHER CONCERNS.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, EVEN IN COMING TOGETHER TO TACKLE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE ONGOING HERE IN OUR TOWN, EVEN THE INTERNS WERE SPLIT ON, ON SOME OF THEIR DECISIONS, OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU TONIGHT WAS A SAMPLE OF THE WORK THAT THE 2021 GREENBURG TOWN HALL INTERNS HAVE TAKEN ON OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKS.
WHAT YOU JUST SAW THIS EVENING WAS A SAMPLE.
SO IF YOU COULD IMAGINE THE INTENSITY, THE FOCUS, THE DEDICATION, THE COMMITMENT TO LEARNING ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND TEAMWORK, THIS IS WHAT OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS HAS ALL BEEN ABOUT.
I WANT TO THANK OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR, PAUL FINER, THE TOWN BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND OUR TOWN ATTORNEY AS WELL FOR HIS SUPPORT IN HELPING TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM THE SUCCESS THAT IT IS.
THANK YOU INTERNS FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, YOU REPRESENTED A THIRD OF THE ENTIRE GROUP AND, UM, THIS IS YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATIONS WERE AWESOME.
I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, ALSO, UH, AGAIN, THANK JUDITH FOR ORGANIZING A PROGRAM.
YOU DID AN AMAZING, UM, YOU KNOW, JOB.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE INTERNS, UM, FOR BEING AMONG THE BEST THAT WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH, UM, THE PRESENTATION.
AND IF YOU WERE CONSULTANTS, UH, YOUR, UH, REPORT ON YOU PROBABLY WOULD'VE EARNED LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON YOUR LEAF BLOWER, UH, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, BUT, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, WE, THE TOWN BOARD WILL DEFINITELY, UH, REVIEW YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND CONSIDER IT.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH UPDATES.
AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION, ALTHOUGH THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS, UM, IS COMING TO AN END, UM, I GUESS TOMORROW'S THE LAST DAY, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, UM, TO, UM, THE INTERNS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO WRITE, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, UM, UH, TO ALL OF, TO ANY OF YOUR COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR COLLEGES OR, OR JOBS.
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SO YOU COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTACT, UH, YOU KNOW, ME ANY, ANY TIME.AND WE ALSO, UM, SPEAKING TO ANOTHER STUDENT TODAY, UH, GREENBERG, UM, UH, WE'RE INVOLVED IN, UM, A PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED.
AND IT'S CALLED VAX UP WESTCHESTER.
YESTERDAY, UH, UM, MS. N B C, UH, UH, PROFILED ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS ENCOURAGED TO TAKE THE VACCINE.
AND THEN BECAUSE OF, UM, KENNY HARZA, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR, UM, OUR PROGRAM.
AND, AND SHE, SHE TOOK IT BECAUSE HE KEPT CALLING AND CALLING AND CALLING HER, UH, HER FOR, FOR, FOR DAYS AND WEEKS, AND FINALLY TOOK IT.
SO THEY PROFILED HER, UH, NATIONALLY AND THEY PROFILED THE VAX WESTCHESTER PROGRAM.
I MET WITH A STUDENT TODAY, UM, AND SHE WANTS TO, WE'RE GONNA ORGANIZE LIKE A SOCIAL EVENT, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY ENCOURAGING, UH, 12 TO 17 YEAR OLDS TO GET VACCINATED.
AND, UM, IF ANY OF THE STUDENTS, EVEN THOUGH THE PROGRAM'S OVER, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM, UH, WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON 12 TO 17 YEAR OLDS.
SOME KIDS ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING VACCINATED, BUT THEIR PARENTS ARE RELUCTANT AND ARE HOLDING THEM BACK.
SO THE GOAL IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS IS GONNA BE TO ENCOURAGE THE PARENTS TO RETHINK, UH, VACCINE HESITANCE HESITANCY.
AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED IN THAT, UH, YOU COULD GIVE ME, GIVE ME A RING.
BUT I JUST WANNA, AGAIN, THANK JUDITH, UM, FOR DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
UH, ANOTHER INITIATIVE JUDITH IS WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS, UM, OUR, UH, FARMER'S MARKET.
AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, UM, HAVE A FARMER'S MARKET EVERY WEEK THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE LATENESS OF THE SEASON, UM, UH, THE, THE ORGANIZER, UH, HAS, UM, COMMITTED TO HAVING, UM, THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, THE LAST THURSDAY IN SEPTEMBER, AND THE FIRST THURSDAY IN OCTOBER.
AND JUDITH, WOULD YOU JUST WANNA MENTION A LITTLE BIT WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON THAT? BECAUSE JUDITH IS REALLY LIKE ONE OF THE BEST ORGANIZERS, UH, IN THE WHOLE, UH, THAT I'VE EVER MET.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S, UH, EXTRAORDINARY ORGANIZER AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THIS.
UH, ALSO THE INTERNS HAVE DESIGNED, UH, FLYERS THAT WILL BE GOING OUT, UH, TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
UH, IT'S A TEST FARMER'S MARKET.
IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S A TEST FARMER'S MARKET, A TRIAL FARMER'S MARKET, UH, TWO THURSDAYS AT SEPTEMBER 30TH AND OCTOBER 7TH FROM TWO O'CLOCK TO 6:30 PM AND, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS EXPERIENCE, UH, OUR, OUR INTERNS HAVE BEEN EXPIRED, HAVE BEEN INSPIRED TO GIVE BACK.
SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE CREATED AND LAUNCHED COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS.
ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN WHO WAS HERE, HE HAD TO LEAVE NVO.
HE AND HIS SISTER, UH, UH, CREATED A PROJECT WHEREBY THEY ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO BRING CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO DONATE.
THERE'S A BIN OUT IN THE LOBBY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO, UM, SELL THOSE BOOKS AT THE FARMER'S MARKET AND DONATE THEM TO A CHILDREN'S CHARITY FOR A, TO A CHARITY FOR CHILDREN.
NO WAY, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST, UH, INTERNS TO COME UP WITH A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT.
AND, UM, HE, UH, REACHED OUT TO OTHER INTERNS AND TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE A LIST OF FOOD PANTRIES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
HOW'S THAT GOING, LARRY? IT'S GOING VERY WELL.
WE, UH, JUST GOT SOME INFORMATION BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY OF SLEEPY HOLLOW IN TERRYTOWN.
UH, THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT HESITANT AT FIRST BECAUSE THAT PANTRY IS ACTUALLY ONLY MEANT FOR, UH, RESIDENTS OF IRVINGTON UP TO TERRYTOWN.
BUT, UH, THEY'RE VERY GLAD TO PARTICIPATE AND WE SHOULD BE, UH, FINISHING UP ON THAT LIST VERY SOON.
SO, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HERE, WE DID NOT HAVE A LIST OF FOOD, FOOD PANTRIES UNTIL YOU CAME ALONG WITH THAT IDEA AND HELPED TO GENERATE THAT LIST.
FABIO FABIO IS A RISING SENIOR AT, HE'S A RISING JUNIOR AT FRANKLIN FRANKLIN REPUBLIC, A RISING JUNIOR AT FRANKLIN MARSHALL COLLEGE.
AND HE CREATED, UH, LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE CALLED THE YARD ANGELS.
JUST AS PAUL CREATED THE SNOW ANGELS, HE HAS, UH, CREATED A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING AROUND TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT
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ABLE TO, WHO DO NOT HAVE THE FINANCES, UM, FOR LANDSCAPERS, BUT THEY'RE GOING AROUND AND HELPING TO CLEAN UP THEIR YARDS.SO THAT'S ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT WAS LAUNCHED OUT OF THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
AND AM I MISSING ANY OTHERS? ANYONE ELSE? YES, JANICE.
TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT YOUR INITIATIVE.
SO I ORIGINATED THE IDEA FOR A VACCINE TOWN HALL BECAUSE I SOUND, I SAW THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE HESITANT ABOUT, UH, THE CONTENT AND CONTEXT OF THE C OVID 19 VACCINE.
AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE WESTCHESTER YOUTH CONGRESS, A STUDENT LED ORGANIZATION STRIVING TO IMPROVE WESTCHESTER BY TAKING ON PROJECTS.
WE HAVE THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT HELD A TOWN SUPERVISOR, CANDIDATE FORUM BETWEEN SUPERVISOR FINER AND TASHA YOUNG.
LAST NIGHT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HASHTAG UH, VAX UP WESTCHESTER, WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL VIRTUAL VACCINE INFORMATION FORUM.
THE AUDIENCE WAS, UH, WAS GIVEN A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS WHILE FIVE DOCTORS SPECIALIZING IN PEDIATRICS, DIABETES, AND OTHERS ANSWERED WITH CLARITY.
NOW, THE HOUR LONG SESSION IS POSTED ON, UH, THE WESTCHESTER YOUTH CONGRESS'S YOUTUBE PAGE FOR EVERYONE TO REVIEW.
I PLAN TO DO MORE IN COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE OUR TOWN AND COUNTY.
AND THANK YOU, HONOR HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR TIME.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE EVIDENCE OF OUR FUTURE LEADERS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
THESE ARE OUR FUTURE LEADERS SITTING IN FRONT OF US, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT, ENCOURAGING FUTURE LEADERS COMING OUT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO WHATEVER COMMUNITY THEY GO INTO.
THAT'S WHAT MARK TOLD THEM TO DO, SITTING RIGHT HERE.
HE SAID, WHEREVER YOU LIVE, GIVE BACK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE GET HOME SAFELY.
DID SOMEONE LEAVE SOME SHOES OVER HERE? NO, THANK YOU.
WELL, EVERYBODY STAY DRY GETTING HOME.
[ Re-opening of a Public Hearing to continue consideration of the extension of the Finmor Sewer District in the vicinity of 701 Dobbs Ferry Road (Adjourned to Town Board Meeting of 9/08/2021)]
[ To consider an Amended Site Plan Application by Hackley School, which is located at 293 Benedict Avenue (P.O. Tarrytown, NY) (Adjourned to Town Board Meeting of 9/08/2021)]
NEXT, UH, WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS.UM, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING ADJOURNED, UM, AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING ADJOURNED.
THAT'S THE REOPENING OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONTINUE THE FINMORE SEWER DISTRICT, UH, EXTENSION.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY HACKLEY, UM, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 2 83 BENEDICT AVENUE.
ADJOURNED TO, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2021.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE, THEY'RE, IT'S 2 93 AND THEY'RE ADJOURNED TO 9 8 21.
[ To consider an Application by Frank Lapetina to extend the North Ardsley Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh]
NEXT, UH, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION BY FRANK LA L TO EXTEND THE NORTH ORLEY SEWER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT YOU WANNA OPEN THE HEARING? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.
UM, I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE READING EVERYTHING FROM THE
I WOULD FAIL MISERABLY AT THAT TASK.
I CONGRATULATE THEM AND GIVE THEM AN EXPERIENCE IN PRESENTING.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO, ANYTHING THEY DO IN THE FUTURE.
I FOUND THAT, UH, THE HARD WAY.
BUT ANYWAY, I CONGRATULATE YOU FOR DOING THAT PROGRAM.
I WISH I KNEW IT WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE THAT SIZE.
ANYWAY, THE, THE, THE REASON WHY WE'RE APPLYING IS BECAUSE, UM, I, AS AN ARCHITECT, I RECEIVED THE CLIENT AND THE CLIENT SHOWED ME A, A SITE PLAN AND A LINEN OF AN APPROVED SUBDIVISION.
THEY ASKED ME, IS THIS AN APPROVED SUBDIVISION? CAN WE BUILD HERE? AND I LOOKED AT IT, I SAW THE LINEN WAS SIGNED BY, EVERYONE WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, WHEN I GO AND TRY TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT, I'M TOLD CORRECTLY, SO BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT THERE, AND I THINK IT WAS THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THAT ALERTED ME TO THIS, THAT THE
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LOTS THAT I WAS TRYING TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT FOR WAS NOT IN THE SEWER DISTRICT AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WHEN THE APPLICATION FOR THE SUBDIVISION WAS MADE WAY BACK 30 YEARS AGO.SO WE ARE HERE TO CORRECT THAT PROBLEM, UH, OR THAT OMISSION, OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT, IN ORDER FOR ME TO, UH, BE ABLE TO, UH, SECURE BUILDING PERMITS FOR MY CLIENT.
NOW, THIS HAPPENED FOUR MONTHS AGO.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO MAKE THAT, UH, THAT INVESTMENT BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE BOARD.
SO I IMPLORE YOU, UH, TO
I THINK THE RECORDS, UH, THAT I SUBMITTED TO YOU HAVE THE, UH, CONS, THE SUMMARY OF WHAT I'VE SAID.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OF COURSE, HERE I AM.
SO I WOULD JUST POINT OUT THAT THE TOWN BOARD HAS YOUR PETITION, WHICH WAS SUBMITTED BY YOUR CLIENT ON JUNE 1ST.
WE CIRCULATED IT TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
AND OTHER THAN ONE SMALL CORRECTION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE TOWN ENGINEER, KEN, C O C, WHICH YOU'VE CORRECTED, THERE ARE NO ISSUES FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
YES, I, I'VE RETURNED THAT, UH, THAT CORRECTION TO, UH, TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS A NUMBER THAT WAS MR. QUESTIONS, ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? NO.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE ELLIE OR THE BOARD.
IS THERE A REASON TO RUSH THIS? THE, UH, THIS WAS PUT AS PART OF OUR PACKET, CORRECT? YES, YES.
I THOUGHT IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR YOU TO SEE IT THAT WAY.
INITIALLY WHAT WAS SUBMITTED WAS THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU SEE MS. ESCALADES WITH, WHICH HAS A LOT MORE, UH, DETAIL ON IT.
UH, THE TOWN ENGINEER SAID THAT THAT WAS REALLY NOT NECESSARY FOR ALL OF THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
AND SO THE TOWN ENGINEER RECOMMENDED SOMETHING A LITTLE SMALLER, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AND WAS THE TOWN ENGINEERS, S I IT, THE ENGINEERING CUMMINS WERE EXCEPT THAT EVERYTHING WAS ACCEPTED.
AND THEN ALL THEY ASKED WAS FOR A, A DEFINITION, A, A, A LEGAL DEFINITION OF THE LOT, WHICH WE HAVE IN MEETS AND DEFINITION.
AND, UH, ON A VERBAL, UH, A WRITTEN FORMAT OF THE APPLICATION.
AND THAT WRITTEN FORMAT A LOT.
AND THAT WAS A CORRECTION THAT WAS, UH, UH, SUBMITTED I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO IS THIS RELATED TO THE IB PLACE, THE HOUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW OR NO, THE HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT THAT IS, THAT WAS EXECUTED, WAS NOT PART OF THE SUBDIVISION.
THE, UM, THE ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL FIVE LOTS, ONE OF THEM, THE ONE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT FOR, WAS NOT PART OF THE SUBDIVISION.
IT WAS IN THE SUBSEQUENT, UH, SUBMISSION OF, UH, TWO MORE LOTS THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING TO DEVELOP.
UH, IS WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE BUILDING BY, UH, EVERYONE 30 YEARS AGO, UH, APPARENTLY THE, I WILL SAY IT THE WAY IT IS, THE PLANNING BOARD DROPPED THE BALL.
AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS AS IT IS TODAY, WHICH IS TO BE SURE THAT THE LOTS ARE CAPABLE OR LEGALLY A A ALLOWED TO, TO FLOW INTO THE SEWER DISTRICT.
APPARENTLY BACK THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THEY DID NOT CHECK THAT BOX.
AND THE PLANNING BOARD WAS SIGNED, UH, WAS SIGNED OFF.
UH, AND, AND THE DOCUMENT WERE FILED IN THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE THE LOTS, BUT THIS IS A BUREAUCRATIC ERROR FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF NOT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW.
IT'S AN ERROR BY THE PLANNING BOARD NOT BEING ADVISED PROPERLY BY THE THEN, UH, UH, UH, ADVISORS TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
THEY SIMPLY SIGNED AFTER THEY ASKED EVERYTHING IS OKAY, THE ANSWER CAME, YES, EVERYTHING IS OKAY.
THERE HAD BEEN ONE ITEM THAT WAS FORGOTTEN.
SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE VOTING TO CORRECT THE ERROR OF THE PLANNING BOARD BACK THEN.
NOW, WHAT WE HAVE, WE, WE'VE HAD AN EXTENSION OF THE SEWER DISTRICT ON JOBS GROVE ROAD.
AND FRANKLY, WE ACTUALLY HELD OVER THAT MEETING THAT, THAT EXTENSION OF THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE DID NOT SAY THE ADDRESS OR, UH, ON OUR, ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE.
IT'S TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION, UH, TO EXTEND THE NORTH LEY SEWER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
THAT WOULD NOT TELL ME IF I WAS READING THE AGENDA THAT IT'S THAT PROPERTY.
WELL, IT IDENTIFIES ALL THE LOTS OF THAT SUBDIVISION.
NO, IT ACTUALLY SAYS TO EXTENT THE
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NORTH DISTRICT, IF YOU KEEP READING THE, THE, IT, IT, IT, IT, IT, WHEN I GET TO GREENBURG, IT HAPPENS.I'M NOT MAKING, I'M SORRY, I FOLLOWED ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS.
I WAS TOLD I FOLLOWED THE FORMAT THAT I WAS GIVEN BY THE ENGINEERING, BY LEGAL.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME.
IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT, I'M SORRY THESE DOCUMENTS ARE IMPROPERLY WRITTEN, THEN TELL ME WHAT IT IS THAT I MUST DO AND I WILL DO IT.
I I'M SIMPLY STATING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR VOICE.
'CAUSE I'M NOT, IT'S FOR SOMEBODY READING OUR AGENDA, WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING GOING ON IN THEIR AREA.
THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT THE, THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS IN HARTSDALE IS PART OF THE NORTH ARDSLEY SEWER DISTRICT.
BECAUSE WE DON'T INDICATE THE STREET, WE DON'T INDICATE AN ADDRESS.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S YOUR FAULT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT AS FAR AS GIVING NOTICE TO PEOPLE, WHICH IS WHAT OUR AGENDAS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO, UH, THIS REALLY DOESN'T CUT IT.
AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THIS BE CONTINUED, UM, SO THAT WE PUT AN ADDRESS HERE NO DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DID ON ROAD.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T VOTE ON IT TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THAT? I'M SAYING I'M NOT EVEN GETTING TO TO VOTING.
I'M SAYING THAT I'M ASKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THIS OVER FOR ALL PURPOSES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE PROPER NOTICE NO DIFFERENTLY THAN PROPER NOTICE.
DO YOU MIND IF I FINISH A STATEMENT? UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M DONE.
THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY IS WE HAVE A PRECEDENT WHERE IF WE DO NOT INDICATE APPROPRIATELY ON OUR AGENDA WHERE A PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS LOCATED AS WE'RE DOING HERE.
AND I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE NORTH HARDLEY SEWER DISTRICT DOES NOT ADEQUATELY TELL SOMEBODY WHO LIVES ON SEACO ROAD IN HARTSDALE THAT IT AFFECTS THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, FOLLOWING PAST PRECEDENT AS WE DID ON DOBS BURY ROAD, BECAUSE NOT ONLY WE DID SAY IT WAS ON DOBS BURY ROAD, WE JUST DIDN'T GIVE THE STREET ADDRESS.
SO FOR THAT REASON ALONE, WE HELD IT OVER TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
I'VE IDENTIFIED THE PROPERTY WITH A LINEN THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE PLANNING BOARD 28 YEARS AGO.
THERE IS AN EXISTING PROPERTY THAT IS NOW DRAINING INTO THE SAME SEWER DISTRICT THAT I'M ASKING PERMISSION TO BE ENTERED.
IT HAS BEEN ENTERING AND IT HAS BEEN FLOWING INTO THAT DISTRICT SINCE THE BUILDING WAS SERVICED BY THE SEWER.
SO WE KNOW THAT TOWN KNOWS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THIS SEWER DISTRICT IS NOW SERVING THAT PARTICULAR LOT.
ALL I'M DOING IS TRY GIVING THE TOWN A CHANCE TO CORRECT THE MISTAKE THEY'VE MADE.
NOW WE'VE BEEN WAITING FIVE MONTHS FOR THIS APPROVAL.
WE HAVE $2 MILLION SITTING IN THE BACK, LOSING INTEREST.
AND I, I REALLY MUST SAY VERY STRONGLY, AS YOU CAN SEE BY MY STYLE, THAT YOU VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT.
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, YOU EITHER VOTE YES OR YOU VOTE NO.
BUT THIS DELAYING THING IS NOT PROPER.
I HAVE, I HAVE KEPT THE LINE, I HAVE KEPT THE LIONS AWAY FROM YOU.
THEY WANTED TO BRING AN ATTORNEY TWO MONTHS AGO AND SUE THE TOWN FOR LOSSES.
I WANT THE TOWN TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT.
WHATEVER LOGIC YOU USE, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS.
IF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE, I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING THAT.
I, I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING THAT.
IF THAT, SO YOU'RE SAYING TO, TO US THAT YOU ARE CORRECTING YOUR MISTAKE.
I'M GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TONIGHT.
I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, YOU'RE GIVING US AN ULTIMATUM.
OKAY, LET ME LEAVE OUT THE WORD ULTIMATUM.
YOU WANT AN UP OR DOWN VOTE TONIGHT? IF, IF THE ME, IF THE OTHER MEMBER AGREE WITH YOU, I EXCUSE I'M OKAY WITH YOU.
THE STENOGRAPHER CAN'T TAKE BOTH OF US AT THE SAME TIME.
I WANNA BE CLEAR ON THE RECORD, YOU ARE ASKING US TONIGHT TO VOTE YES OR NO.
I WANT, I DON'T WANNA POSTPONE IT.
USUALLY, UH, THE TOWN BOARD, WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, WE USUALLY DON'T VOTE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME NIGHT.
YEAH, WE USUALLY VOTE THE NEXT TIME.
ALRIGHT, LEMME DO, LET ME ASK A QUESTION, TIM, IS THERE ANY, YOU KNOW, ISSUES FROM YOUR STANDPOINT IN TERMS OF LEGAL OBSTACLES TO DOING WHAT YOU KNOW HE'S ASKING? NO, THIS IS MY SUGGESTION.
I THINK FRANCIS'S CONCERN IS NOT THE PETITION, BUT THAT THE AGENDA DOESN'T REFLECT THAT THE PROPERTY IS ON DOPPS FERRY ROAD SPECIFIC TECHNICAL ADDRESS.
SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE WE HOLD IT OVER SO WE CAN AMEND THE AGENDA.
SO IT SAYS TWO FORTY FIVE DOBBS FERRY ROAD, AND ANYBODY WHO SEES THE AGENDA AND WANTS TO SPEAK CAN SPEAK, BUT MAYBE WE CAN VOTE ON
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THAT NIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 8TH, WHICH IS WHEN WOULD BE VOTED ON.TIM, CAN I MAKE ANOTHER SUGGESTION TO THE BOARD, JUST TO BE CLEAR, JUST TO SHOW, JUST, JUST FOR A MOMENT, JUST TO BE CLEAR, TO SHOW HOW UNCLEAR THE AGENDA IS.
TIM, IT'S NOT ON DOT FERRY ROAD, IT'S ON SEACO ROAD.
BUT LET, LET ME ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO, IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER WHO IS, YOU KNOW, BEING IMPACTED, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVELY, THAT'S ONE THING.
AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A, YOU KNOW, A PROCEDURAL ISSUE, WHICH IS ALSO A LEGITIMATE ISSUE.
I'M WONDERING, I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE A COMPROMISE COULD BE HAVING, SAY A SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DELAY THIS FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS WAY YOU COULD GET YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUE RESOLVED AND HE AND YOUR CLIENT COULD BASICALLY GET THIS DONE, YOU KNOW, QUICKER.
BECAUSE IF, IF THE TOWN BOARD, IF THE TOWN, UH, IF ALL THE TOWN STAFF, IF NOBODY HAS A PROBLEM TO THIS, WHY SHOULD WE MAKE THE RESIDENT, THE RESIDENT, THE PROPERTY OWNER, SUFFER AND INCUR ADDITIONAL COSTS? IF THERE'S AN ISSUE IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS, BE IT FOR THE TOWN POLICY WISE OR WHATEVER, THEN THEN I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, A LONGER DELAY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, SO ALL I'M SUGGESTING IS MAYBE WE COULD CALL A SPECIAL MEETING EARLIER.
YOU COULD HAVE YOUR CONCERNS ADDRESSED.
IT WON'T BE, IT WON'T BE A LONG, AND THEN WE COULD SAY WE'RE GONNA VOTE AND WE, WE GIVE THEM A DATE CERTAIN FOR A VOTE UP, YOU KNOW, UP, UP OR DOWN.
AND THEN EVERYBODY BASICALLY WOULD BE, UH, HAPPY, NOT HAPPY, BUT THEY'D BE LESS HANGRY.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION OF TIM? YES.
IS THAT WHAT, UH, IS THAT WHAT WELL, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN ERROR, IT'S A NOTICE ISSUE ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE THE NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT PART, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE POINT THAT THAT, UH, THE, THE MISTAKE WAS MADE WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THE SUBDIVISION IS, UH, CARRIED OUT, THERE IS A SIGNING OFF PROCEDURE AND THE SIGNING OFF, OF COURSE, THE MOST IMPORTANT SIGN OFF IS BY THE, THE, UH, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE PLANNING BOARD.
AND OF COURSE, THE CHAIRPERSON ALWAYS ASKS TO EVERYBODY IN THE STAFF, ALL THIS IS, DOES, IS THIS DONE? ARE THE TAXES PAID? THERE'S A WHOLE PROCEDURE.
AND, AND THAT I'M SURE HAPPENED.
AND ONE ITEM, AND IT'S, IT HAPPENS, IT CAN HAPPEN.
ONE ITEM WAS LEFT UN UNCHECKED AND THAT ITEM BELONGED TO THE ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY, SOMEONE FORGOT.
AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE MAPS OF THE SEWER DISTRICTS ARE VERY COMPLICATED AND KIND OF INCOMPLETE IN A WAY.
AND THEY PROBABLY LOOK QUICKLY, AND THIS IS IN VERY CLOSE TO THE BORDER, WHAT BETWEEN ONE DISTRICT AND THE OTHER.
AND THEY MIGHT'VE, THEY MIGHT'VE INTERPRETED FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL TO HAVE BEEN IN, IN FACT, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE EXISTING BUILDING THERE THAT WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN IS FLOWING INTO THE, UH, SEWER DISTRICT.
IN FACT, THE SAME MANHOLE THAT WE WILL BE CONNECTING INTO.
AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR 30 YEARS.
SO WE ARE IN ESSENCE, ALREADY CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE CORRECTING AN ERROR OR AN OMISSION, WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT, IN THAT PROCESS OF APPROVAL.
THAT CLARA, AND, AND IT'S NORMALLY APPROVED QUICKLY.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF THE EQUATION.
I, UH, I UNDER, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
AND ALSO THE COUNCILMAN SHEEHAN'S CONCERN IS THAT IT'S BEING PROPERLY NOTICED SO THAT PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA WOULD KNOW IF THEY WISH TO COMMENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S THE OTHER POINT THAT HE'S JUST TRYING TO MAKE, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN ORDER TO, UH, TO WORK THIS OUT.
I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS HAS BEEN ACCELERATED AND HAS ALREADY BEEN TRIED BECAUSE OF THAT BUILDING OF THAT ONE HOUSE, WHICH STARTED SIX MONTHS AGO.
SO EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS THAT THE REST OF THE PARCELS ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AND EVERYONE'S QUITE HAPPY, TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE THE VALUES OF COURSE GO UP.
THIS IS AN INVESTMENT OF $900,000.
A HOUSE WILL BE SOLD FOR 1,000,002.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A POSITIVE.
AND THE TOWN AND, AND THE TOWN, UH, UH, THE NEIGHBORS KNOW IT ALL.
THEY ALL KNOW THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUSHING US.
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA DO THIS? WHEN ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT? AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THIS PROCESS TO, TO CLARIFY, UH, THE, THE, TO ALLOW THE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH LEGALLY THROUGH THE, FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT POINT OF VIEW.
SO, SO LEMME JUST ASK A QUESTION.
LET'S SAY, UM, WE HAVE A SPECIAL, WE ADJOURN THIS, UH, UH, NEXT WEEK I'M GONNA BE TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO LAW SCHOOL.
SO THE THING IS, UH, LET'S SAY WE, UM, LET HAVE A SPECIAL, UH, WE ADJOURN THE HEARING TO AUGUST 24TH, UM, AND, UH, WHICH IS TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
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AND THEN IT COULD BE PROPERLY, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, UH, IT, IT COULD BE PROPERLY NOTICED, AND THEN WE WOULD VOTE ON A SEPTEMBER 8TH, BECAUSE NORMALLY WE WOULD'VE VOTED ON A SEPTEMBER 8TH AN ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE, WE NEVER DO AT THE SAME TIME.THEN YOUR ISSUE, COUNCILMAN SHEEHAN'S ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED AND YOUR, AND IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT, PAUL.
I, IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE OKAY? THE ONLY THING IS THE, IS THE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A WEDNESDAY NIGHT? BECAUSE NO, TUESDAY DURING OUR, OUR, OUR REGULAR, UH, OKAY.
SO I'M JUST SAYING I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE HAVE A SPEC, WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT, LET'S FIND OUT OUR AVAILABILITY.
I I JUST DON'T LIKE TREATING ONE AREA OF TOWN DIFFERENTLY THAN ANOTHER AREA OF THE TOWN.
QUITE FRANKLY, WE'VE HAD SPECIAL MEETINGS BEFORE I FINISH PAUL, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ON, ON A, ON SEWER DISTRICT, WE HAVE A SEWER DISTRICT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA NOW.
IT'S SEWER DISTRICT, IT'S THREE, THREE TIMES IT'S BEEN ON THE AGENDA.
SO IT'S, THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE PROCESS AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING LET'S HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
IF, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, LET'S JUST HAVE A FULL BLOWN TOWN BOARD WORK MEETING.
BECAUSE IT'S, IT, THESE IDEAS OF JUST DO A SPECIAL MEETING, LET'S DO A JUST SPECIAL MEETING.
IT MEANS THAT IT'S VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC TO SPEAK.
WHEN WE DO THESE KIND OF SPECIAL MEETINGS, THERE'S USUALLY VERY LITTLE NOTICE GIVEN TO ANYBODY ON A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND, BUT LET'S DO A SPECIAL MEETING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT, LET'S JUST PUT IN A SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST AND HAVE IT, AND SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR AGENDAS MOVING.
BUT LET ME JUST, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IDEA OF JUST LET'S HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THIS THING CORRECTED AND FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, AND ACTUALLY GET NOTICE OUT SO THAT CAN UNDERSTAND.
THIS IS NOT A NON-CON, THIS IS NOT A NON-CONTROVERSIAL LOT AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, RIGHT.
BUT WE COULD HAVE, IF WE HAVE, IF WE ADJOURN THE HEARING, WE COULD SEND A NOTICE TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, WHO POSSIBLY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IMPACTED.
WE COULD SAY WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MEETING.
IF NOBODY SPEAKS OUT OR NOBODY EXPRESSES OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
AND IF, YOU KNOW, YOU GET PEOPLE SAYING, OH, THIS IS A HORRIBLE THING THAT YOU'RE DOING, THEN, THEN WE COULD, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER, BUT I THIS, BUT MY FAILING IS IF SO FAR I HAVEN'T HEARD LIKE ONE NEGATIVE COMMENT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THIS FROM ANYONE.
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S, THAT IF WE NOTICE IT, THERE MAY BE NEGATIVE COMMENTS, BUT THIS WAY YOU'RE GIVING NOTICE, UH, WE POSSIBLY COULD EXPEDITE IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I FEEL THERE'S NO CONTROVERSY OVER SOMETHING.
AND WE COULD GO BEND OVER BACKWARDS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR CONSTITUENTS OR, OR RESIDENTS OR APPLICANTS.
I DON'T SEE ANY HARM IN THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MY FEELING IS WE SHOULD BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO HELP OUR, TO HELP RESIDENTS.
AND SOMETIMES WHAT I HEAR FROM PEOPLE IS SOMETIMES PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE PROCESSES SOMETIMES GO ON AND ON AND ON UNNECESSARILY.
SO I'M GIVING YOU JUST MY OWN, MY OWN PERSONAL FAILING.
AND AGAIN, I FEEL WE SHOULD PROVIDE NOTICE.
WE SHOULD SEND OUT, UH, UH, AN EXPLANATION TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PART TO SPEAK OUT AT A HEARING OR TO GIVE US WRITTEN COMMENTS.
AND THEN, AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM.
WELL, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE, THE HEARING WAS NOTICED IN THE NEWSPAPER AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
RIGHT? IT'S JUST NOT REFLECTED ON THE AGENDA.
YOU KNOW, IF I KNEW THIS WAS AN ISSUE YESTERDAY, WE, YOU, WE WOULD'VE HAD IT ON THE AGENDA SO PEOPLE COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY COME OUT.
AGAIN, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO PUT THE, THE HEARING OVER UNTIL SEPTEMBER 8TH, WHICH IS OUR NEXT MEETING.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SPEAK, THEY CAN SPEAK IF IT'S CONTROVERSIAL, AND IF NOT, WE JUST WROTE ON IT.
SO IF YOU MAKE THAT MOTION, THAT WOULD SATISFY MR. ESCALADES.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO ANYWAY IF SOMEONE COMES OUT.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE WOULD DO ON, WE WOULD VOTE ON THE SAME DAY EVENING AS A HEARING, AND THEN EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD WOULD SAY THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.
BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A, I MEAN IN THE PS, WE BASICALLY, AND THEN WE, WELL, WE WOULDN'T VOTE THE SAME NIGHT IF THERE WAS OBJECTION FROM THE NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE SAYING NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
RIGHT? THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS FROM NEIGHBORS.
I WILL PROVIDE A WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS THEN, THEN WE COULD VOTE THE SAME NIGHT.
YOU GOTTA MAKE THE MOTION TO, UH, CLOSE THE, WELL, NO, LEAVE THE HEARING OPEN.
LEAVE THE RECORD, LEAVE THE HEARING AND THE RECORD OPEN FOR ALL PURPOSES.
LEAVE, LEAVE THE, THE LEAVE THE HEARING OPEN FOR ALL PURPOSES.
UNTIL, IS IT SEPTEMBER 8TH? SEPTEMBER 8TH.
UM, NOW I GUESS THAT'S THE MOTION.
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SECOND.THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, ESTIS.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING A LONG TIME AND, AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS AN OMISSION AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ALREADY IN THE DISTRICT.
SO I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION.
I THINK OF MY MOTHER, THEREFORE I WILL NOT SAY IT RIGHT.
AND I THINK THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS.
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NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT.I'M SORRY, JUDITH, DID YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF THE TOWN CLERK, UH, RECOGNIZED YOU YET, SO OF COURSE MRS. SAMS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
THIS IS THE THREE MINUTE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, PERIOD.
REALLY, IT'S A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
ARE YOU PUT OUT AN EMAIL SEEKING A REPUBLICAN FOR THE ETHICS BOARD? IS THERE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS NOT BEEN GENERALLY RELEASED IN PUBLIC? THAT A REPUBLICAN IS NECESSARY REPUBLICAN OR INDEPENDENT? IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU CHOSE A REPUBLICAN? UH, THEY BASICALLY, NO, IT'S A REPUBLICAN OR INDEPENDENT.
THEY, THE, THE HEAD ETHICS BOARD SAID THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DIVERSITY ON, UH, ON THAT BOARD.
OSTENSIBLY, YOU HAVE TWO REPUBLICANS ALREADY ON BOARD.
WELL, I'M JUST, UH, FOLLOWING WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.
WELL, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE IS YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE ON THE ETHICS BOARD RIGHT NOW WHO IS REPUBLICAN, WHO SHOULDN'T BE THERE BY VIRTUE OF THE ETHICS CODE ITSELF.
AND THAT WOULD BE TIM HAYES, WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE GREENBERG REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THE ETHICS CODE SAYS NO OFFICIAL OF A POLITICAL PARTY.
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE A STEP FURTHER THAT THE LAST MEETING IN WHICH MR. HAYES IS PART OF A QUORUM.
ANY DECISIONS REACHED DURING THAT MEETING SHOULD BE INVALIDATED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE BARBARA.
AND THIS IS NOT ENTIRELY NEWS TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE EVEN POINTING OUT AND LOOKING AT THE BIOS OF WHO'S ON THE ETHICS BOARD.
MR. HAYES IS GONNA BE, HE LEFT THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION OUT.
SO I ALSO REMEMBER AT THE LAST TOWN BOARD MEETING, I ASKED TO APPEAR WITH MY TOWN BOARD, AS IT SAYS ON THE AGENDA, THAT YOU'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH EITHER INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM YOU ABOUT THAT YET.
AND YOU KNOW, THE TOPIC IS MY PROBLEMS WITH THE ETHICS BOARD AND THE ETHICS CODE.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE A SIT DOWN AND DEAL WITH THESE THINGS.
SO PLEASE TELL ME WHEN THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE ETHICS BOARD IS, YOU KNOW, AND I WON'T MENTION THE NAME HERE, BUT I HAVE A COMPLAINT AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN, WHICH THE ETHICS BOARD HAS SAID RIGHT, RIGHTFULLY, THAT THEY CAN'T DEAL WITH, AND IT'S KICKED BACK TO THE TOWN BOARD.
THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE ETHICS CODE, THAT THEY CAN'T RULE OR DISCUSS ANY OF THAT TYPE OF COMPLAINT.
HAVE YOU RECEIVED THAT COMPLAINT? BECAUSE IT'S THEIR OBLIGATION TO FORWARD IT TO YOU.
AND THAT'S CALLED A QUESTION BECAUSE THE OTHER WORD MET OVER THREE WEEKS AGO, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE ACTED.
AND I EVEN THROUGH MASS, I'M SEEING THAT YOU LOOK PUZZLED
SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW, HAVE YOU RECEIVED THAT COMPLAINT AS FORWARDED BY THE ETHICS BOARD? YES, MR. SIMON, THEY RECEIVED IT.
SO WHAT ARE THIS TOWN BOARD GONNA DO? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? WE'LL CONSIDER IT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER SET FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS.
SO MAYBE THAT'S ON, BUT WHILE I COME, WHEN I COME BACK, MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE A BETTER ANSWER.
UH, BEFORE WE START MY TIMER, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
WE HAVE, UM, SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT COULD NOT COME.
UM, I KNOW THEY WERE SENT TO, UM, TOWN CLERK.
I, I HAVE STATEMENTS FOR MACKENZIE LARIO, UM, STEPHANIE SWAN, CHRIS ABRAMS, AND PET WIAM.
SO I'M NOT SURE OF THE PROCEDURE SINCE WE HAVE THREE MINUTES.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
SO I READ THEM OR DID SHE READ THEM? AND THEN JUDITH WILL SEPARATELY READ THE STATEMENTS.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE FOR EIGHT MINUTES OR DONE.
SO I WANNA START, HOW ARE YOU? YES, AND I DID RECEIVE A, A, A FEW CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK.
THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO A VIDEO CONFERENCE, CORRECT.
AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO COME OUT OR DIDN'T WANT TO COME
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OUT.SO MY TIME IS GONNA START NOW, I GUESS.
UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGNAGE THAT WAS, UM, TAKEN DOWN BY VANDALS.
UM, MY, THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS.
SO I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES, BUT MY MAIN POINT IS ON THE BLACK LIVES MATTER COMMITTEE, THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE BOARD IN THE COMMITTEE, AND THEY HAVE VOTES THERE ON THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN THEY COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND THEY HAVE VOTES HERE TOO.
AND I'M NOT ALONE IN FEELING THIS.
UM, CLIFF HAS ALSO WROTE ABOUT THIS.
WE WERE RESPECT, WE REQUESTING THAT FRANCIS SHEEN AND KEN JONES RECLUSE HIMSELF FROM BEING ON THE BOARD VOTE.
'CAUSE THAT NOWHERE CAN YOU VOTE TWICE.
IT'S TOTALLY A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT'S BE SOMETHING THAT BE FAIR AND AND EQUITABLE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER SUBJECT.
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGN IS STILL, DAMN, THE AREA LOOKS STILL VANDALIZED, HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED UP.
THE GREENBERG SIGN'S NOT EVEN UP.
NOW, IF IT'S A CRIME SCENE, STILL THERE SHOULD BE TAPE THERE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SIGN BEING PUT BACK UP WITH WORDS THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE WORDS THAT WERE, WERE ORIGINALLY TORN DOWN.
SO WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE SIGN GO BACK UP.
THAT THE SIGN SAYS ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
AND THAT IT GO UP IMMEDIATELY.
THIS HAPPENED MONTHS AGO, AND THE SITE TWO DAYS AGO LOOKS LIKE THE CRIME HAPPENED TWO DAYS AGO.
IT'S NOT GETTING THE RESPECT AND DIGNITY THAT IT DESERVES.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT IS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT, AND IT'S A MOVEMENT DEVELOPED AND ARRIVED OUT OUT OF BLACK PEOPLE BEING MURDERED AND THEY'RE SUFFERING.
AND A POINT WAS ALSO MADE THAT SO MANY THINGS ARE OFTEN GIVEN TO BLACK PEOPLE AND TAKEN BACK BECAUSE WHITE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.
THEY DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH IT.
AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE LETTERS SENT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS OF CONTENTION ABOUT THAT SIGN.
BUT THERE ARE EQUALLY AS MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING THAT THAT SIGN IS NOT CONTENTIOUS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO WOULD, UH, LIKE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE I READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST? SIR, TWO PEOPLE.
YOU NEED TO COME? OH, YOU'RE ROB WINGATE.
COME FORWARD PLEASE TO THE PODIUM.
AND I ALSO SEE ANOTHER SPEAKER IN THE BACK WHO RAISED HER HAND.
WHO IS THAT? OH, IS IT TANYA? IS THAT YOU? I MEAN TASHA.
I'M A RESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN.
AND, UM, I GUESS I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT 40 YEARS.
UM, I'M AN ADMINISTRATOR WHO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HAS BEEN A PART OF A LOT OF, UM, HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
UM, AS PART OF A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON A RACIAL HEALTH EQUITY PROJECT, UM, ACROSS THE HUDSON VALLEY IN THE CATSKILLS REGION.
AND, UM, THE FOCUS OF THAT WAS TO BE ABLE TO TEACH HEALTH PROVIDERS HOW TO INTEGRATE CONCEPTS OF RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY INTO WHAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS, AS WELL AS IN TERMS OF SYSTEMS PLANNING.
SO WE WORKED WITH SOME PRETTY LARGE INSTITUTIONS, WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER, MONTEFIORE, MANY OF THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WERE PART OF THIS PROJECT.
IT WAS A FIVE YEAR PROJECT, AGAIN, FUNDED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
AND SO, UM, SO I'VE BECOME INVOLVED IN, IN SORT OF SOME NEW WAYS RECENTLY HAVING JOINED THE, UM, HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH YOU AS A NON-VOTING MEMBER.
BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE POSITION OF THE NAACP, UH, IN TERMS OF HOPING TO SEE THE RESTORATION OF THE SPECIFIC
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TEXT THAT WAS ON THE SIGN THAT WAS DESTROYED ON NORWOOD ROAD.UM, I'M ONE OF TWO PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT TO THAT LOCATION ON THE SATURDAY AFTER THE SIGN WAS DESTROYED, JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND WITH ONE OTHER PERSON.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN FOUND MYSELF BEING CONFRONTED BY, I'D SAY, FOUR TO FIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA, ALL WHITE, UM, WHO CAME TO ME AS IF I REPRESENTED THE TOWN WITH THE APPARENT EXPECTATION THAT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SIGN.
AND THEY STARTED INSULTING US AND SCREAMING AT US.
I THOUGHT ONE OF THEM WAS GONNA CAUSE A FIST FIGHT WITH US.
WE ENDED UP SPENDING ABOUT FOUR HOURS THAT DAY.
WE ALSO HAD A POLICE SERGEANT CAME BY AND SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND SORT OF GIVING US HIS PERSPECTIVE.
IT WAS AN AWKWARD DAY, BUT IT REALLY SORT OF DROVE HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE IN PHRASING THIS SIGN.
SO, SO WHAT I'M HERE TO SORT OF JUST REFERENCE BRIEFLY, AND I MIGHT TALK AGAIN A LITTLE LATER IF I CAN, IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WHO COME FROM MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS, SOMETHING WE TRAIN AROUND IS CONSISTENCY, RIGHT? IT'S CONSISTENT DEDICATION AND SORT OF AN UN SHIFTING FOCUS AND NEED TO PRIORITIZE THESE QUESTIONS IN THESE MATTERS.
SO WHAT STRIKES ME AS TO BE THE CHALLENGE HERE THAT I THINK THE BOARD AND ANY COMMITTEE SHOULD BE IDENTIFYING RIGHT NOW IS THE QUESTION OF WHAT WAS YOUR GOVERNMENTAL PROCESS BEFORE THE SIGN WAS TORN DOWN? IF IT WAS A LEGITIMATE PROCESS AND THE ONLY REASON THE SIGN CAME DOWN IS BECAUSE SOMEONE TOOK AN AX TO IT OR HACKED IT DOWN LIKE WE SAW IN THAT VIDEO, THEN THE INTENT IS DISRUPT WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT PROCESS WAS BEFORE.
AND FOR THAT REASON ONLY, I THINK THAT LANGUAGE SHOULD BE RESTORED.
'CAUSE IT WOULD STILL BE THERE TODAY.
GOOD EVENING BOARD AND MADAM CLERK AND TOWN, UH, ATTORNEY.
I'M ALSO HERE TO COMMENT ON REPLACING THE SIGN AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY WORDED.
AND MY REASON FOR SPEAKING ON THIS THIS EVENING IS MANIFOLD.
BUT FIRST I WANNA TALK ABOUT ZERO TOLERANCE FOR VANDALISM FOR RACIALLY BASED TERROR, AND REALLY A PLEA TO STAND UP IN THE FACE OF VITRIOL.
AND REALLY WHAT I'VE HEARD, AND I COULD BE INCORRECT, MISGUIDED ASSOCIATION WITH THE WORD BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE PHRASE BLACK LIVES MATTER.
I BELIEVE I HEARD THAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS EQUATE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT TO ANTIFA THAT IS NOT TRUE AND TO INCITE VIOLENCE.
SO I'M HERE TO SAY THAT FOR ME AND FOR MANY OTHERS, THE TERM BLACK LIVES MATTER IS A MATTER OF SURVIVAL.
IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.
IT IS A MATTER OF SUBSTANTIATING AND AFFIRMING PEOPLE'S HUMANITY TO EXIST SAFELY AND TO HAVE EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW AND UNDER THE GOVERNING BODY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO FACE DIFFICULTIES.
I EVEN MYSELF, AM SHAKING AT THE REPORT THAT PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THEIR HOMES IN AN ANGRY MANNER WITH THE INTENT TO INTIMIDATE MAYBE, OR TO FORCE THEIR OWN POSITION ON A RESIDENT.
BUT THESE ARE THE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE TO REALLY DIG DEEP AND STICK TOGETHER AND STAND UNITED TO NOT GIVE IN TO IGNORANCE OR VIOLENCE, BUT TO STAND FOR AN IN SOLIDARITY FOR PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO EXIST SAFELY AND EQUALLY UNDER THE LAW.
I WAS NOT HERE DURING THE PROCESS TO HAVE THAT PARTICULAR WORDING, BUT IF BLACK LIVES ARE NOT PROTECTED IN THE TOWN AND NOT MATTERED IN THE TOWN, THEN TRULY ALL LIVES ARE NOT PROTECTED BECAUSE WE'RE A PART OF THOSE ALL LIVES.
SO I JUST IMPLORE THE TOWN TO REALLY CONSIDER PUTTING THE SIGN BACK AS IT ORIGINALLY READ.
AND MORE THAN THAT, MAYBE WE CAN THINK ABOUT TRAININGS ON WHAT RACISM ACTUALLY IS AND HOW TO STAND UNITED
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TO TO, TO FIGHT AGAINST IT.IT'S HARD, IT'S HARD WORK, AND IT IS DANGEROUS AND IT IS SCARY.
BUT THERE ARE RESOURCES OUT THERE, AND I JUST HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER PUTTING IT BACK AND CONSIDER MORE TRAININGS ON RACIAL SENSITIVITY.
I AM A LOCAL ACTIVIST AND I'M A RESIDENT OF GREENBURG.
UM, I THINK I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT FOR, UM, PROBABLY 40% OF THE RALLIES THAT OCCURRED IN GREENBURG, I INITIATED THEM FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER.
AND, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, NOT ONE WAS VIOLENT.
AND SO TO SAY THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER INCITES VIOLENCE, UM, IT REALLY DISTURBS ME.
UM, THERE'S NO BETTER WAY I CAN PUT THAT.
UM, BECAUSE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, WE HAVE NOT SEEN SUCH.
UM, AND I WILL SAY SOMETHING THAT I SAY AT MOST OF OUR RALLIES, AND I'LL SAY THIS, THAT CHANGE IS ONLY BORN AND THE BELLY OF DISCOMFORT.
AND IF WE WON'T CHANGE, SOMETIMES THAT COST US OUR, OUR CON OUR COMFORT.
IT COST US, UM, TO UM, SAY YES AND SAY NO IN TIMES THAT IT IS CHALLENGING.
AND YOU KNOW, I I REALLY, I BEG OF YOU AT THIS POINT, UM, I ASK OF YOU TO CONSIDER PUTTING THE SIGN BACK UP THAT YOU ORIGINALLY PUT UP.
THERE WAS A REASON THAT YOU PUT IT UP WHEN YOU DID.
SOME OF THE MECHANICAL ISSUES AROUND THE SIGN NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.
UM, BUT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE VERBIAGE UNTIL RACISM ISN'T TOLERATED HERE, THAT STEMS FROM HATE, HAS NO HOME HERE.
AND BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE LANGUAGE OF A THIRD GRADER IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ADULTS.
WE UNDERSTAND HATE, AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
AND WE HAVE TO CONFRONT IT HEAD ON.
THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE TO THE FUTURE.
THAT'S A RESPONSIBILITY YOU HAVE TO YOUR NEIGHBOR.
AND LIKE IT OR NOT, I'M SOMEBODY'S NEIGHBOR IN HERE, RIGHT?
UH, AND THAT'S A RESPONSIBILITY YOU HAVE TO ONE DAY MY KIDS AND THE KIDS OF EVERY BIPO PERSON IN GREENBURG.
AND SO IF YOU, YOU, IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS DIRECTION, YOU MOVE THE LEVEL OF TOLERANCE AND YOU SAY THAT IT'S OKAY FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN IN GREENBURG, THAT'S NOT OKAY.
'CAUSE IF YOU'D MOVE IT HERE, YOU WELCOME IT IN IRVINGTON.
YOU WELCOME IT IN DOBBS, YOU WELCOME IN A TERRY TOWN AND SLEEPY HOLLOW AND IN THE RIVER TOWNS, WE JUST DON'T ROCK THAT WAY.
WE, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WORDS TO SAY, BUT PLEASE RECONSIDER.
ALL LIVES REALLY CAN'T MATTER.
AND BEFORE BLACK LIVES MATTER WAS A
ANYBODY ELSE? DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE MEETING TO DISCUSS? BECAUSE I REMEMBER CLIFF, UH, I THINK IT'S IN TWO WEEKS.
WHAT? I THINK IT'S IN TWO WEEKS.
UH, THE COMMITTEE IS MEETING WITH, UH, ON THE 19TH, RIGHT? YES.
HE'S ON THE, HE'S ON THE COMMITTEE.
PAUL, RIGHT? THEY, UH, CLIFF A RAM ASKED, UH, FOR A MEETING WITH A COMMITTEE AT OUR, I THINK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
SO, UH, THE BOARD WILL BE, HE AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE,
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AND ALL OF EVERYBODY HERE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMITTEE, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME.AND THEN I GUESS THE COMMITTEE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN BOARD TO HANDLE IT.
SO WE HAVE COMMITTEE MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN BOARD, RIGHT? BUT HE WENT TO ANOTHER AND SO NOW THEY'RE, NOW THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO RECONSIDER, RIGHT? SO THAT'S GONNA BE IN TWO WEEKS.
DID THAT, I DUNNO, I, I, SO THEY'RE GETTING ANOTHER MEETING IN TWO WEEKS, RIGHT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU, UH, IF EVERYBODY GIVES UP, JUDITH, UH, OR ME YOUR EMAIL, I'LL FIND OUT WHEN THE COMMITTEE'S MEETING AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU, UM, LEMME SEE IF I CAN PULL IT UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE DATE AND TIME OF, OF THE MEETING.
SO JUDITH, YEAH, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER BUSINESS IN TERMS OF THE RESOLUTIONS BEFORE WE HAVE THE SECOND, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? SO CAN WE MOVE THE AGENDA ALONG? UH, THERE ARE TWO OTHER REQUESTS TO, FOR STATEMENTS TO BE READ DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, SEGMENT.
THE FIRST IS FROM MACKENZIE LARIO SUBMITTED THIS AFTERNOON AT 12:06 PM AND IT STATES THE FOLLOWING.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGN ON NORWOOD ROAD IN GREENBURG WAS TORN DOWN BY VANDALS.
I SUPPORT THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS SIGN TO EXPRESS THAT RACISM AND HATE RELATED CRIMES ARE NOT TOLERATED IN GREENBURG, NEW YORK.
I REQUEST THE ORIGINAL WORDING OF THE SIGN BE USED ON THE USED ON THE REPLACEMENT.
ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
I STAND WITH THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THIS MATTER.
AS A LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBER AND ACTIVIST, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME.
I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SENSITIVITY AND HELP WITH THIS URGENT AND IMPORTANT MATTER.
MCKENZIE P LARIO, MD N Y S C R P A C P S.
THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SUBMITTED BY STEPHANIE SWAN.
AS A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF THE FAIRVIEW GREENBURG PARKWAY GARDENS COMMUNITY, I WAS HORRIFIED AND MENTALLY PARALYZED WITH GRIEF.
WHEN I FIRST SAW ON CHANNEL 12, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGN HAD BEEN INTENTIONALLY PULLED DOWN WITH A CHAIN WITHIN HOURS OF BEING PLACED UNDER THE WELCOME TO GREENBERG SIGN.
I'M A BLACK FEMALE BY BIRTH, WHO HAS LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 60 YEARS PLUS, AND FAMILY AND ANCESTRY ROOTED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS VIOLENT, VOLATILE ACTION SHOWED ME PUBLICLY MY BLACK LIFE DID NOT MATTER, LET ALONE MY FAMILY MEMBERS OR ANYONE WHO LOOKED LIKE ME BY ALLOWING THE ORIGINAL SIGN NOT TO BE PLACED BACK IN ITS ORIGINAL STATEMENT, ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
AND REPLACING IT WITH RACISM WON'T BE TOLERATED IN OUR TOWN.
WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT DOES EXIST BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TO ME AS A BLACK WOMAN LIVING IN FEDERAL HOUSING.
IT IS CALLED SYSTEMIC RACISM BECAUSE THE VERBAL HARASSMENT AND MENACING CONDUCT I HAVE ENDURED FOR THE PAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GREENBERG HEIGHTS, L L C, FORMERLY KNOWN AS G H A GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY CONTINUES.
THE SYSTEM IS SET UP TO STEREOTYPE HOW BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD LIVE AND BE BROKEN AS A PEOPLE THROUGH HUMILIATION.
AS I HAVE SPOKEN AT PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS, THE MEANING OF ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER 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 ENTITLES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES INTERACT WITH YOU.
AND MOST OF ALL, I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN HOW BLACK PEOPLE ARE TREATED AND HOW WHITE PEOPLE ARE TREATED.
AND I WANT TO SEE THAT CHANGE TO ALL PEOPLE BEING TREATED THE SAME.
I CARE ABOUT YOU BECAUSE YOU MATTER AS MUCH AS I DO.
THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM BLACK WESTCHESTER MAGAZINE, MAY
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20 OF 21, QUOTED BY TASHA YOUNG, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS AND ADAMANT DEMAND FOR THE SIGN TO BE PUT BACK UP IMMEDIATELY.THIS STATEMENT IS FROM PATRICIA WEEMS WILLIAMS. EVEN THOUGH THE TOWN BOARD MEETINGS ARE NOW GOING TO BE HELD AT TOWN HALL C OVID 19 IS STILL PROBLEMATIC.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE OUTSTANDING MEDICAL ISSUES ARE SHELTERING IN PLACE AND CANNOT ATTEND IN PERSON.
IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF THE COUNCIL WOULD TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION THE POSSIBILITY OF REINSTATING THE ZOOM MEETINGS FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND THE MEETINGS IN PERSON.
P L WEEMS, THE LAST STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY CLIFTON ABRAMS. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT THE STATUS OF A POTENTIAL MANDATE THAT WHEN THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY UNDERTAKES A SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR APPRENTICESHIP CONSTRUCTION JOBS AS PART OF IT.
THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM COULD HAVE APPLIED TO THE SENIOR HOUSING CONSTRUCTION ON MANHATTAN AVENUE AND CAN APPLY TO THE RENOVATION PROJECTS THAT ARE FORTHCOMING.
I WOULD APPRECIATE THIS AS A WORK SESSION TOPIC IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE I COULD ELABORATE.
YEAH, I JUST HAD, SO, SO I JUST, PAUL, SO THERE IS A TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED MEETING ON AUGUST THE 19TH, BUT SO FAR ONLY THREE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HAVE SAID THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT.
SO THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, IT IS AUGUST AND SO, BUT IT, THE, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS TO, TO HAVE THE MEETING ON, UH, OCTOBER 19TH AT 11:00 AM.
UM, AND THAT WAS PROPOSED EARLIER IN THE WEEK AND THREE, THREE, UH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SAID THEY COULD MAKE IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE THE DATE OR NOT.
I, I, I HAD, YOU SAID OCTOBER, NOT AUGUST.
YOU KNOW, I HAD LIKE A THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD THINK ABOUT.
I'M NOT SURE IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR A BAD IDEA, BUT IT'S JUST, UH, A CONCEPT.
I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT SOMEBODY VANDALIZED A SIGN AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE SAYING SINCE THE SIGN HAS NOT BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, REPLACED.
BECAUSE IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE, IT DIDN'T, EVEN IF PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE THE WORDING, PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE WORDING AND THEY TAKE VIOLENT ACTION OR HATEFUL ACTION, UM, IT BASICALLY SENDS A MESSAGE THAT THEY COULD GET.
THEY'RE GETTING AWAY WITH THAT.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE'S RACISM AGAINST DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, GROUPS.
THE ASIAN COMMUNITY, THERE'S A LOT OF RACISM IN THE TOWN AGAINST THE ASIAN COMMUNITY, HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
THERE'S, UH, RACISM, THE L G B T COMMUNITY, THERE'S, THERE'S HATE.
WHAT IF, AND THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT THAT I HAVE, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR GOOD IDEA, BUT I THINK THAT MAYBE THIS COULD WORK.
WHAT IF WE, UM, AS A COMMUNITY SAID WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING UP, UM, SIGNS FOR LIKE A TWO OR THREE MONTH PERIOD, UM, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING WHY WE AS A TOWN DO NOT SUPPORT HATE AGAINST DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES.
SO FOR THREE MONTHS, YOU COULD HAVE WHERE I SAY TWO MONTHS OR WHATEVER, AND THIS WOULD BE A PERMANENT, A PERMANENT DISPLAY ON A ROTATING BASIS.
SO SAY TWO OR THREE MONTHS EVERY YEAR THE BLACK LIVES SIGN WOULD BE PLACED AT THE ALLOCATION.
THEN TWO MONTHS LATER, UM, YOU WOULD HAVE SOMETHING RELATING TO HATE AGAINST THE ASIAN COMMUNITY OR HATE AGAINST THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
WE'RE A HATE AGAINST THE, UH, L G B T COMMUNITY.
AND WE WOULD GET THE DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, GROUPS TO HELP DESIGN, UM, THE DESIGN.
THERE COULD BE A, A A TWO MONTHS, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID, I'M IRISH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN, UH, HATE AGAINST I, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, YOU WOULD, WE WOULD KEEP CHANGING THE SIGNS.
AND YOU KNOW, MY FEELING IS THAT, UM, UH, SOMETIMES IT, UH, THIS SIGNAGE CHANGES.
PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO NOTICE IT.
AND, UM, THEN IF IT'S JUST PERMANENTLY, BECAUSE THEN AFTER A WHILE YOU BECOME, YOU KNOW, IMMUNE TO IT.
'CAUSE I SORT OF THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GOALS IS NOT ONLY THE SIGNAGE AND THE WORDING, BUT IT'S TO CHANGE ATTITUDES.
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SEND A MESSAGE TO, UM, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT GREENBURG IS A COMMUNITY THAT DOES NOT CONDONE, THAT DOES NOT, UM, SUPPORT HATE AGAINST ANYBODY, I THINK THAT COULD BE LIKE A, A WIN FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYBODY.AND I'M JUST ASKING IF PEOPLE WOULD, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT SUGGESTION.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT COULD WE DO TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAD AS THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I MAY NOT BE AFRICAN AMERICAN.
MY LIFE, YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ALSO.
SO THIS WAY THE TOWN WOULD, WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EVERY, EVERY DIFFERENT, UH, AGAINST DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT TRADITIONALLY ARE, ARE DISCRIMINATED.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MY FAILING IS THAT, UM, THE WORDING OF THE SIGN COULD BE DESIGNED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT, YOU KNOW, BY THE GROUP THAT IS, UH, IS PROMOTING THIS, YOU, THIS INITIATIVE, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN, WE HAVE BEEN TAKING EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO DISCOURAGE DISCRIMINATION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A SIGN THAT'S GONNA DO IT AS JUST LIKE AN ATTITUDE.
SO I'M JUST ASKING EVERYBODY TO THINK ABOUT THAT RACISM,
AND THEN PEOPLE CAN SPEAK FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES.
SO MAYBE WE JUST WANNA MOVE THE AGENDA POLL
YEAH, I I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT THOUGH ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I AM ON THE COMMITTEE.
UM, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A PERCEPTION THAT WE ARE DOING WELCOMING SIGNS.
ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, I DUNNO, 16 MONTHS AGO OR SO, ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, CLIFF ABRAMS, CAME TO US AND SAID, WE WOULD LIKE, I, I WOULD LIKE TO PAINT BLACK LIVES MATTER ON MANHATTAN AVENUE.
UH, FRANKLY, I DIDN'T LIKE THE OPTICS OF THAT.
AND I KNOW OTHERS PLACES WERE DOING THAT.
MANY OF THEM WERE ON CLOSED ROADS.
I JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE BLACK LIVES MATTER AND THEN YOU HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE COMING, PEELING RUBBER, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THAT.
YOU KNOW, TO ME, I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S DISRESPECTFUL, RIGHT? IT'S NOT A CLOSED ROAD.
BUT THEN THE STATE, AND IT WAS ONE THOUGHT WAS TO PUT IT OUTSIDE OF TOWN HALL.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL.
YOU KNOW, THEY DID IT OUT, I THINK OUTSIDE OF YONKERS CITY HALL STATE CAME BACK AND SAID, YOU CAN'T PAINT OUR STATE ROAD.
IT'S, IT CREATE THE, THE LINES, THE THE WORDING IS GOING TO CREATE, UH, DRIVER CONFUSION.
AND SO THEN THE THOUGHT WAS, WELL, IF YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T DO IT ON A STATE ROAD, WHY DON'T WE DO IT ON A TOWN ROAD? UH, AND OF COURSE, IF IT'S UNSAFE ON A STATE ROAD, IT'S ALSO UNSAFE ON A TOWN ROAD.
UH, SO THE, THE TOWN BOARD CREATED THIS COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO THIS.
WHILE THERE WAS STILL QUITE A PUSH FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER ON MANHATTAN AVENUE.
AND THE COMMITTEE GOT TOGETHER A FAIRLY SMALL GROUP.
AND WE WANTED THIS TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVOR, NOT JUST SYMBOLISM.
COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON, UH, HEADS UP OUR GREENBERG AGAINST SYSTEMIC RACISM COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES AND DID A FANTASTIC REPORT REGARDING, YOU KNOW, POLICE ACTION.
BUT UNLIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THE GOVERNOR GAVE A MANDATE, YOU HAD TO COME UP WITH A REPORT AND FILE IT BY A CERTAIN DATE.
I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON IN THOSE OTHER COMMUNITIES.
THEY FILED IT, OKAY? AND NOW IT'S, NOW IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING SITTING ON A SHELF.
WE SAID, FOR OUR COMMITTEE, NOT ONLY LOOK INTO POLICE RELATED SYSTEMIC RACISM, BUT IN HEALTHCARE, IN EDUCATION, THIS SUBCOMMITTEES THAT, EXPANDED THAT.
SO WE'RE NOT DOING THE MINIMUM.
MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD LIKE TO SOMEBODY SHOW A MUNICIPALITY THAT'S DOING MORE.
AND SO THAT COMMITTEE MEETS VERY REGULARLY AND THIS SUBCOMMITTEES MEETS VERY REGULARLY.
AND THAT COMMITTEE HOLDS THE TOWN BOARD RESPONSIBLE FOR NOW IMPLEMENTING WHAT'S IN THAT REPORT THAT WENT TO THE GOVERNOR.
SO WE HAVE THAT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THIS COMMITTEE DEALING WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER.
AND SO OUT AN OUTGROWTH OF THAT COMMITTEE WAS TO, AND IF IT CAN'T BE ON THE STREET,
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PUT IT ON THE WALL ON MANHATTAN AVENUE.AND CLIFF ABRAMS AND OTHERS ARE REALLY DOING A FANTASTIC JOB IN WORKING UP THE VERY LARGE AREA, PROTECTED FROM THE RAIN UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.
IT'S GONNA BE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
BUT WE WANNA DO MORE THAN THAT.
WE WANT THIS TO BE EDUCATIONAL.
SO WE WANTED TO GET THE SCHOOLS INVOLVED IN WRITING SOMETHING AROUND, OR DRAWING AROUND BANNERS AND SIGNS THAT SAY ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
AND FRANKLY, I BROUGHT THAT SAYING TO THE COMMITTEE, AND THE COMMITTEE AFTER MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS OF DISCUSSION ADOPTED IT.
SO IF SOMEBODY IS LOOKING AT THE ENTRANCE SIGN TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND IT SAYS, UM, RACISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED HERE.
AND THEY THINK, OH, WE WON, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON, AND IT WAS A PERSON.
WE HAVE VIDEO, A PERSON WHO HACKED DOWN THAT THING.
THEY WON BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PUTTING UP THAT SAME SIGN, WHICH BY THE WAY, IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE PUT UP.
THAT SIGN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PUT UP, TAKE A PICTURE OF IT, SHOW IT TO THE COMMITTEE, AND REPORT BACK, AND IT STAYED UP.
IT WAS BIGGER THAN THE WELCOME SIGN, HAD SOME ISSUES WITH IT.
I WAS THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED, WHY DON'T WE USE REFLECTIVE, REFLECTIVE PAINT? AND UNFORTUNATELY AT NIGHT, THAT SIGN ACTUALLY READ ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER.
IT THE UNLESS GOT WHITED OUT BECAUSE THE, THE WAY THE LETTERING WAS REVERSED, THAT GOT WHITED OUT.
THAT'S NO REASON TO TAKE DOWN THE SIGN, KNOCK DOWN THE SIGN, HACK DOWN THE SIGN.
BUT IF ANYBODY SEES THAT SIGN, AND BY THE WAY, WHY ISN'T IT UP? WE HAVE THE SIGN, THE NEW SIGN THAT THE COMMITTEE VOTED ON WITH ONE, WITH ONE NEGATIVE VOTE.
WE HAVE THE SIGN READY TO PUT UP, BUT WE KEEP BEING HELD TOLD DON'T GO BACK AND DO THE ORIGINAL SIGN.
SO THAT SIGN WOULD'VE BEEN UP A WHILE AGO.
FRANKLY, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THAT LONG AGO BECAUSE THE SIGNS, THOSE WELCOME SIGNS FOR TOWN OF GREENBURG, THEY'RE EXPENSIVE AND THEY TAKE A WHILE TO MAKE.
SO IT WAS ONLY NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT WE GOT THE SIGNS THAT WE CAN PUT UP.
BUT THE ONLY REASON THAT SIGN IS NOT UP RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE WE'RE BEING TOLD, DON'T PUT UP THE SIGN THAT WAS RECOMMENDED TO US, UH, BY ONE OF THE PASTORS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND THE, THE COMMITTEE VOTED ON WITH ONE NEGATIVE VOTE.
AND SO YOU MIGHT SAY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CAVING, YOU'RE YOUR COWARDS.
YOUR COWARDS WERE NOT PUTTING BACK THAT SAME SIGN THAT, THAT THAT ONE PERSON TOOK OUT.
AND I TAKE GREAT OFFENSE TO THAT BECAUSE THE PERSON, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL, REMEMBER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE KIDS INVOLVED.
AND SO WHAT'S ALL PART OF THIS IS GETTING OUR KIDS ANNUALLY TO BASICALLY REPLACE THE BANNERS THAT'S GOING TO BE APPEARING THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH, WITH THE ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
THAT WORDING, IT'S NOT RACISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
IT'S THAT WORDING THAT THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO.
AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT AS THEY SAY, OH, OKAY, I, THE THE GUY THAT TOOK IT DOWN, OR A GAL WHO TOOK IT DOWN, THEY DRIVE DOWN AND THEY GET TO THE LIBRARY.
YOU ARE GONNA SEE THAT WORDING BIGGER THAN YOU'LL EVER SEE IT ON THAT WELCOME SIDE.
SO IF HE THOUGHT THAT HE PULLED A FAST ONE AND GOT US TO COWARDLY NOT PUT IT THERE, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO VERY FAR TO SEE IT.
OR IF HE COMES TO TOWN HALL, YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE HERE.
IT'S GONNA BE IN SEVERAL OCA AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO WE ARE PUTTING THESE SIGNS ALL OVER THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
WE, SO WE HAVE THE MURAL THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE, UNDER THE BRIDGE ON MANHATTAN AVENUE.
WE'RE HAVING THE BANNERS THAT'S GONNA BE DISTRIBUTED ON BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE STUDENTS GETTING INVOLVED SO THAT THEY CAN HELP CONTRIBUTE TO DECORATING THAT SAYING ON THESE BANNERS.
AND SO THIS IS A BROAD, THIS IS A, A VERY WELL DEVELOPED PROGRAM BY A VERY GOOD, DIVERSE COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE OF HOW DO WE PROMOTE BLACK LIVES MATTER? 'CAUSE THAT'S ITS FUNCTION.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY TOOK DOWN A SIGN, HACKED
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DOWN A SIGN, AWFUL THING TO DO, BUT THE QUESTION ISN'T, UH, THEY TOOK IT DOWN, PUT IT RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN.IT'S WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS WHAT, WHAT IS OUR END GOAL? YES.
WE COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU, WE'RE GONNA PUT IT BACK UP AGAIN.
AND FRANKLY, THAT WAS MY POSITION GOING INTO THE MEETING WHEN WE ALL, WHEN WE INITIALLY VOTED ON THIS.
BUT I WAS ACTUALLY CONVINCED BY A LOCAL MINISTER THAT AS YOU'RE BEING WELCOMED INTO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, SET THE STAGE AND LET 'EM GET DOWN THE BLOCK AND GET HIT WITH THAT, THAT SAYING, AND TO ME IT MAKES SENSE.
NOW, SOMEBODY MIGHT SAY, WHY DON'T YOU RECUSE YOURSELF? YOU'RE ON THE TOWN BOARD ON THAT COMMITTEE.
THAT COMMITTEE WOULDN'T EXIST IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PEOPLE THAT PUT IT TOGETHER, WHICH ARE THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THERE AND THE OTHERS THAT YOU SEE UP HERE.
SO IT'S NOT AS CLEAR CUT, CLEAN AS YOU MIGHT THINK, IS THERE'S ONE SITE.
THIS IS, THIS IS OUR WAY OF, OF ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.
UM, AND, AND EVERY, ALL THE FOCUS HAS TO BE ON THERE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS MUCH BROADER.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE INCLUDING THE VILLAGES, RIGHT? SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS INCLUSIVE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A MEETING, I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE IN TWO WEEKS, OR AT LEAST IT'S TENOR WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR IT.
BUT IT'S MORE THAN ONE SIGN IN ONE LOCATION.
THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN OF ADDRESSING THIS AND NOT LETTING IT DIE.
BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE'LL GO BACK TO THE SCHOOLS AND SAY, HEY, 'CAUSE BANNERS, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY THEY DETERIORATE IN WEATHER.
HEY, HOW ABOUT DOING ANOTHER ONE? GETTING THE CHILDREN INVOLVED.
AND IT'S BY GETTING THE CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, NOT JUST SOMETHING PAINTED ON THE STREET, BUT GETTING THE CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND WRITING ESSAYS, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THIS GROUP'S IDEA, HAVE A RE HAVE A, UH, ESSAY PROGRAM AS TO WHY DO WE HAVE TO SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER, RIGHT? WHY ISN'T IT JUST UNDERSTOOD? SO IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S A BIGGER PROCESS THAN ONE LOCATION AT ONE SIGN BY ONE PERSON WITH AN AX.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, MENTION THE FACT THAT THIS STATEMENT, ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER WAS A STATEMENT THAT WAS PROMOTED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE MEDIA GOING BACK SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS SUGGESTED BY FRANCIS, THAT THIS WORDING BE PLACED ON THE SIGN HERE IN GREENBURG.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE ORIGINS, THE TRUE ORIGINS OF SUCH A MESSAGE.
IT DIDN'T JUST BRING UP HERE DURING A MEETING AMONG TOWN OFFICIALS.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A MESSAGE THAT EMERGED AS A NATIONAL AND A UNIVERSAL STATEMENT.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WOULD COME FORWARD AND SAY, WE FEEL THE SIGN SHOULD BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE VANDALISM REPRESENTS AN OFFENSE TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST BEING VERY HONEST.
IF YOU HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AND THE LEGACY OF THE 400 YEARS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THIS COUNTRY, YES, IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME FORTH AND SAY, RESTORE THAT AND ASK THAT THE BOARD RESTORE THAT SIGN.
AND I WANNA THANK MR. WINGATE BECAUSE YOU SEE, MR. WINGATE ALSO REPRESENTS HISTORICALLY CAUCASIAN INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ALWAYS STOOD BY AND SUPPORTED
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FREEDOM OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, PHYSICAL FREEDOM, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, AND EQUALITY.SO FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT HAD THIS EXPERIENCE OR HAVE NOT LEARNED HOW TO EMPATHIZE WITH THAT EXPERIENCE, YEAH, IT'S NATURAL THAT YOU'RE GONNA FEEL OFFENDED WHEN PEOPLE COME FORWARD AND SAY, PLEASE RESTORE THAT SIGN BECAUSE THE VANDALISM REPRESENTS AN OFFENSE TO US.
I GUARANTEE YOU, IF ONE OF THESE GLASS WINDOWS HERE IN THIS AUDITORIUM WERE BROKEN, THEY WOULD BE RESTORED WITH SUCH HIGH TECH CAMERA TECHNOLOGY THAT SHOULD IT OCCUR AGAIN, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY APPREHENDED.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHEN ASKING FOR, WHEN THEY SAY, LET'S RESTORE THE SIGN.
AND IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, THERE SHOULD BE TO, TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
OR SHOULD, SHOULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN? THERE SHOULD BE CAMERAS, THERE SHOULD BE TECHNOLOGY PLACED AROUND THAT SIGN THAT WOULD HOLD THE INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE.
DON'T JUST SIMPLY DISMISS IT BECAUSE IT CREATED CONTROVERSY.
AND THAT CONTROVERSY HAS MADE SOME PEOPLE A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, THOSE WHO ARE ASKING THAT THE SIGN BE RESTORED, THAT THE WORDING BE RESTORED BECAUSE THE WORDING, THE RESTORATION OF THE SIGN WITH ITS ORIGINAL WORDING REPRESENTS RESPECT FOR THOSE WHOM THE SIGN SPEAKS TO.
ONE IS, I NEVER SAID THAT I INVENTED THE WORDING.
I DIDN'T SAY YOU INVENTED IT EITHER.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I WAS AT THE COMMITTEE, I SAID THAT WE HAD A BLACK LIVES MATTER EVENT AT UNION BAPTIST, UM, LAST YEAR AND SOMEBODY WAS WEARING A T-SHIRT WITH THAT SAYING ON THERE.
AND FRANKLY, IT, IT REALLY HIT HOME.
AND I REMEMBERED THAT SAYING, AND I, WHEN I WAS BRINGING THIS SAYING, 'CAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LOTS OF DIFFERENT SAYINGS, UH, OR JUST BLACK LIVES MATTER, SIMPLY SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER.
BUT THE, AS SOMEBODY'S DRIVING BY AND YOU SEE BLACK LIVES MATTER, IT DOESN'T GET YOU TO THINK MUCH MORE THAN WHATEVER YOUR INTERNAL PREJUDICES HAPPEN TO BE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
SOME PROPOSED THAT ALL LIVES MATTER WHEN BLACK LIVES MATTER, BUT I DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT'S ACCURATE BECAUSE WHEN BLACK LIVES MATTER, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS AND L G B T Q, THAT ALL GOES AWAY.
BUT WHEN YOU SAY ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL LATINX MA LIVES MATTER OR ASIAN LIVES MATTER, IT DOESN'T DISMISS ANY OTHER RACIAL OR OTHER, UM, MARGINALIZED GROUP.
AND SO IT'S, TO ME, A A REALLY POWERFUL BUT EDUCATION, YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND ITS ITS MEANING.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE ASKING THE SCHOOL KIDS TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU? AND SO THE PERSON WHO WON ME OVER FOR CHANGING THE WORDING ON THAT SIGN WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MINISTER AT OUR MEETING.
'CAUSE I WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT PUT THAT SAME SIGN BACK UP, NOT THE SIZE THAT IT WAS.
'CAUSE IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE THAT SIZE, NOT EVEN CLOSE.
THAT WAS JUST A MISTAKE WHEN WE SAID, LET'S PUT IT ACROSS BOTH, BOTH LEGS.
SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING ACROSS BOTH LEGS AND HAVING ALL LIVES, CAN'T, UH, UH, ALL LIVES MATTER.
AND THEN UNLESS BLACK LIVES MATTER PUT ACROSS LIKE THIS ONE, THEY JUST EXPANDED THE SIGN
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DIAGONALLY AND OF COURSE ZOOMED THE WHOLE THING UP TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS BIGGER THAN THE WELCOME SIGN.BUT THESE ARE, THESE ARE REASONABLE PEOPLE CAN HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AS TO THE APPROACH.
UH, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT THIS COMMITTEE TAKES ANY OF THIS LIGHTLY.
THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THOUGHT THAT'S BEEN GOING INTO THIS.
IT'S ALMOST A YEAR THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE IN ORDER TO, UH, COMING UP WITH THESE DIFFERENT IDEAS AND HOW TO EXPAND IT.
AND NO ONE'S RUNNING AWAY FROM RACE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY GREAT ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE IS THERE A REALLY TOUGH DISCUSSIONS THAT GO ON RIGHT ABOUT RACE AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS IT? AND, AND WHAT I TAKE PARTICULAR OFFENSE TO IS WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, YOU'RE NOT PUTTING THE SAME SIGN UP, YOU'RE A COWARD.
WELL, IF I, IF I WAS A COWARD OR ANY OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF PEOPLE ON THE CO OR ON THE COMMITTEE WERE A COWARD, THEY WOULDN'T BE ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THERE ARE REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS THAT OCCUR IN THOSE MEETINGS.
AND I THINK THE END PRODUCT BETWEEN THE MURAL, WHICH IS GONNA BE ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE, UH, THE BANNERS, UH, THE, THE WELCOME SIGNS ALL TOGETHER IS GOING TO SAY, HAVE A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ABOUT HOW SERIOUSLY WE TAKE THIS.
NOT ONE STREET SIGN, NOT ONE BANNER, I MEAN A WELCOME SIGN, BUT REALLY A MESSAGE NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THAT ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
THAT'S UP TO OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN MAY CAN I SAY SOMETHING? NO, NO, NO, NO.
SO CAN WE MOVE THE AGENDA? YEAH.
AND THEN, UH, WE CAN, SO WE'RE DOING THE AGENDA NOW.
[ TB 1 - 8/11/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh expressing the intent of the Town Board to enter into an agreement with the Village of Ardsley whereby the Village will relocate an existing Town Perpetual Easement on the Village’s proposed new driveway on Heatherdell Road in the Village, which will continue to provide unlimited secondary ingress and egress by Town employees, contractors, and invitees from Heatherdell Road to Town Park property]
V ONE RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG EXPRESSING THE INTENT OF THE TOWN BOARD TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE VILLAGE OF LEY WHEREBY THE VILLAGE WILL RELOCATE AN EXISTING TOWN PERPETUAL EASEMENT ON THE VILLAGE'S RESOLUTION NEW DRIVEWAY ON HEATHERDALE ROAD IN THE VILLAGE, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UNLIMITED SECONDARY INGRESS AND EGRESS BY TOWN EMPLOYEES, UH, CONTRACTORS AND INVITEES FROM HEATHERDALE ROAD TO TOWN PROPERTY.[ TB 2 - 8/11/2021 Resolution adopting a Standard Work Day and Reporting Resolution for Non-Exempt Elected and Appointed Officials (Held over to Town Board Meeting of 9/08/2021)]
TB TWO IS HELD OVER.PAUL, MAY I ASK WHY THIS, UH, UH, THIS, UH, RESOLUTION IS BEING HELD OVER? UM, I INDICATED, UM, VERY CLEARLY THAT, UM, IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION BASED ON A TIME SCHEDULE THAT, UM, WE HAVE WITH THE STATE OF NEW YORK REGARDING PASSING THIS RESOLUTION AND POSTING IT AND THEN HAVING A 15 DAY PERIOD, UM, UPON WHICH THERE MUST FOLLOWING, AFTER WHICH THERE MUST BE AN AFFIDAVIT GENERATED.
WE HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH TO FOLLOW A PROCESS.
AND HOLDING THIS OVER TILL SEPTEMBER 8TH IS, IS TAKING, TAKING AWAY BASICALLY ALMOST AN ENTIRE MONTH FROM THIS PROCESS.
SO WHY IS IT, IS IT BEING HELD OVER? I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S ANY, ANY BOARD MEMBER HAS A RIGHT TO HOLD OVER, UM, ANY ITEM.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHO HOLDING OVER UNDERSTAND ANY BOARD MEMBER CAN HOLD SOMETHING OVER.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY IT'S BEING HELD OVER ANY REASON.
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO'S HOLDING IT OVER.
WELL, WE GOT, WE HAD A EMAIL FROM, UH, TWO ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, ACTUALLY THREE ELECTED OFFICIALS ASKING THAT WE NOT ON VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TIME TO ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A SCHEDULE SINCE THEY WERE ONLY NOTIFIED THAT THEY HAD TO DO A THREE MONTH CALENDAR AT THE END OF JUNE.
AND HERE IT IS, THERE'S NO WAY TO DO A THREE MONTH CALENDAR BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT, THEY'VE ALSO CONTACTED THE STATE AND THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH HOLDING IT OVER.
OKAY? SO EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL SHOULD KEEP A RECORD, A DAILY RECORD OF ACTIVITIES.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY ANYONE COULD NOT TAKE THEIR CALENDAR AND GENERATE THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE GENERATED.
FRANCIS SHEEN HELD THIS OVER TO BE VINDICTIVE AND SPITEFUL FOLLOWING MY ATTEMPTS
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TO GET THIS RESOLUTION PASSED AND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SCHEDULE THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH.HE CONSISTENTLY UNDERMINES MY EFFORTS, SABOTAGES INITIATIVES, WHENEVER HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO THAT I HAVE LAUNCHED.
AND HIS ACTIONS ARE FURTHER EXAMPLES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM BECAUSE HE DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE OR SABOTAGE THE EFFORTS OF ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEAD IN THIS TOWN I AM.
AND, AND THE MISOGYNISTIC, I AM THE ONLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE DEPARTMENT HEAD IN THIS TOWN.
AND HE CONSISTENTLY, CONSISTENTLY ATTEMPTS TO SABOTAGE EFFORTS THAT I LAUNCH.
HE DID NOT EVEN HAVE THE RESPECT OR THE COURAGE TO COME TO ME AND SAY, I'M GOING TO HOLD THIS OVER, OR THIS WILL BE HELD OVER UNTIL SUCH AND SUCH A TIME OR FOR WHATEVER REASON.
YOU SEE, RACISM IS ALSO SYSTEMIC.
RACISM IS ALSO THE ABSENCE OF RESPECT.
IT'S ARROGANCE AND IT'S DISMISSIVE IN ITS INTENT.
AND THIS IS WHAT HE HAS CONSISTENTLY DONE TO THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK.
SPECIFICALLY GOING BACK AS FAR AS 2018, WHEN HE REMOVED AN EMPLOYEE FROM MY OFFICE, SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE WANTED ME TO GIVE, TO CONVERT MY CONFERENCE ROOM TO AN OFFICE FOR HER, HE CREATED A LIE SAYING THAT IT WAS FOR A, UM, UH, A HANDICAP ACCOMMODATION.
AND IT WASN'T, THERE WAS NO A D A ACCOMMODATION THAT I WAS VIOLATING FALSE ASSERTION.
HE TOLD THE BOARD THAT THEY HAD TO CREATE A NEW POSITION FOR HER BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO TERMINATE HER.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE, I'VE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT TERMINATING THIS PERSON.
THESE ARE ALL BEHAVIORS OF DISRESPECT FOR AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE DEPARTMENT HEAD.
HE HAS NEVER DONE THE KINDS OF ACTS OF, OF SABOTAGE TOWARDS ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEAD IN THIS TOWN.
THERE WAS NO REASON WHY THIS RESOLUTION COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PASSED.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN PASSED AS AMENDED, WHICH THEY DO OFTEN.
THEY PASS RESOLUTIONS AND THEY SAY, AS AMENDED IF THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF REVISION.
SO FOR THE RECORD, I AM ONE OF THE, UM, PERSONS WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBMITTING MY PAPERWORK TO THE STATE.
AND UPON SUBMITTING IT TO THE STATE, I REALIZED THAT IT WAS NOT COMPLETE.
UM, SO I DID CONTACT THE STATE AND THEY SAID THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM THAT WE COULD HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TIME.
THERE WERE ALSO TWO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO RAN INTO THE SAME SITUATION.
AND AGAIN, THEY ALSO CONTACTED THE STATE.
AND THE STATE ALSO STATED THAT TIME WOULD BE ALLOTTED.
SO THIS WAS NOTHING AGAINST THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE JUST AS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PAPERWORK
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WAS COMPLETE.SO, BECAUSE IT IS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, I I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE GOT THAT, WHERE SHE'S GETTING THIS FROM, BECAUSE THE, THE DOCUMENTATION THAT SHE SUBMITTED TO ME, I PRESENTED TO A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PENSION INTEGRITY UNIT AND HE APPROVED IT.
SO THIS IS ALL DISTORTED IN AN EFFORT TO DISCREDIT WHAT I HAVE PRESENTED.
OKAY? NOW, INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS GINA HAVE A HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY THAT GO BACK TO THE PLANTATION.
THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PEOPLE SUCH AS GINA WHO ARE COMPLICIT WITH EFFORTS TO DISCREDIT THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO BE PROGRESSIVE AND PROACTIVE.
SO EVERYONE HAS AN, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
EVERYONE DOES HAVE AN OPINION, OPINION.
AND, AND THIS IS UNFORTUNATE THAT ARE, WE ARE SITTING HERE AND HAVING THIS TYPE OF DISCUSSION.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN THERE IS OTHER TOWN BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE, YOU KNOW WHAT, AND MAYBE IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT WAS CREATED, THIS DISCUSSION WAS CREATED BY YOU AND FRANCIS.
AND I EXPLAINED TO, AND I EXPLAINED TO THE TOWN, FRANCIS, I EXPLAINED TO THE TOWN AND TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH THE TOWN IS THE PUBLIC, EXCUSE ME, THE ACCURATE TRUTH.
I DO HAVE AN EMAIL FROM THE STATE.
I SPOKE TO THE STATE, ALL THREE OF US HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PENSION BENEFITS WERE CORRECT.
APOLOGIZE IF I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT MY PENSION BENEFITS ARE ACCURATE.
OKAY? AGAIN, SO, SO AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MY PAPERWORK IS CORRECT.
SO YES, INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF MAKING SURE THAT SOMETHING WAS PUT IN INCORRECTLY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CORRECT.
OKAY? SO, AND ALSO ABSENCE OF RESPECT.
YOU DIDN'T COME TO ME AND SAY, JUDITH, I REALIZE THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THIS RESOLUTION.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S A AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT HOLDING IT OVER.
THAT'S RESPECT FOR A DEPARTMENT HEAD OR FOR AN OFFICIAL OR FOR ANYONE WHEN YOU'VE LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE.
AND TO NOT LET THAT PERSON KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, THAT YOU FEEL A NEED TO HOLD IT BACK, MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS, THAT'S DISRESPECT.
IT'S UNDERMINING THAT PERSON'S EFFORTS.
TOTAL COMPLETE DISRESPECT AND ARROGANCE.
ARE YOU DONE? ARE WE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE, ARE WE GONNA MAINTAIN THE NO, I I I MIGHT BE DONE.
I I I JUST WANNA MAKE VERY CLEAR WHAT JUDITH INITIALLY SAID WAS A VERY DRAMATIC STATEMENT.
IF IT WAS TRUE, I DID NOT HOLD THIS OVER.
AND THEN IT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM.
GINA JACKSON IS THE ONE WHO'S HOLDING IT OVER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS DONE RIGHT.
AND THERE ARE TWO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT ME, WHO ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS, AS COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON HELD OVER.
WHY DID GINA SPEAK UP? I DIDN'T.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A NOT YOU WERE ASKED TB RESOLUTION.
THIS IS A TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION.
IT'S NOT A CLERK RESOLUTION, IT'S A TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION.
WE DON'T TELL PEOPLE IN ADVANCE IF WE SEE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE HELD OVER.
BUT IF SOMETHING IS ACTUALLY AFFECTING AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER PERSONALLY OR ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL PERSONALLY, THEN THE RAMIFICATIONS OF FILING SOMETHING WITH THE STATE THAT'S NOT ACCURATE IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.
VERY SIGNIFICANT AND HAS LONG-TERM RAMIFICATIONS.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE RE UH, NEEDS TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
BUT WHEN YOU, ANYONE LISTENS TO THIS TAPE, AGAIN, LISTEN TO THE JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS THAT IT HAD TO BE ME AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM.
GINA JACKSON THEN SAYS SHE'S THE ONE THAT'S AFFECTED BY THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT STILL MAKES IT SYSTEMIC RACISM OR NOT, BUT YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, AT SOME POINT FACTS MATTER.
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THE FACTS THAT ARE PUT ON THAT DOCUMENT THAT GOES TO THE STATE MATTER AND THEY HAVE TO BE ACCURATE.AND SO YOU HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DATA IS ACCURATE.
AND AS IT TURNS OUT, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, THE STATE HAS SAID YOU HAVE MORE TIME BECAUSE THEY EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO THE STATE.
AND SO SINCE THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH THE STATE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE ON THIS BOARD THAT THIS NEEDS TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF DISCUSSION.
THIS IS A T RESOLUTION, HOWEVER, IT IS A RESOLUTION.
I THINK WE BASICALLY SHOULD JUST MOVE ON BECAUSE BY THE TOWN, YOU KNOW WHAT WE, AND NEITHER OF THEM HAD THE RESPECT PAUL, TO COME TO ME AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THIS OVER.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THIS INCIDENT THAT I REFERENCE AS AN EXAMPLE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM.
IT'S A CULMINATION OF ACTIONS TAKEN BY FRANCIS SHIN THAT REPRESENTS SYSTEMIC RACISM.
OKAY, WELL LET'S, I APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING THAT HE HELD IT OVER IF HE DIDN'T.
HOWEVER, I DON'T BELIEVE FOR ONE SECOND THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH INFLUENCING IT BEING HELD OVER PAUL.
OKAY, WELL LET'S JUST MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA BECAUSE ALREADY 10, UH, 10 15.
SO TB, IF ANYBODY ON THE BOARD WANTS TO HOLD UP ANYTHING, THEY SHOULD LET US KNOW BEFORE OUR VOTE BECAUSE ANY, UH, RESOLUTION THAT'S APPROVED WILL BE STAMPED TOMORROW.
UH, AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE GOING.
[ TB 3 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an agreement with the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson for Fire Protection Services to the Donald Park Fire Protection District for the year 2020]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, UM, FOR THE YEAR 2020.[ TB 4 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing teh Town Supervisor to execute a one-year agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated Area residents in the Chauncey Fire Protection District for the year 2020]
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED AREA RESIDENTS AND THE TRUANCY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2020.[ TB 5 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a one-year agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated Area residents in the South Ardsley Fire Protection District for the year 2020]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EX EXECUTE A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT, UM, BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF LEY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TOWN INCORPORATED AREA RESIDENCE IN THE SOUTH LEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, UM, FOR THE YEAR 2020.[ TB 6 - 8/11/2021 Resolution amending Section 570-8 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, the Code of Ethics, related to the Annual Statement of Financial Disclosure]
RESOLUTION AMENDING SECTION 5 78 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THE CODE OF ETHICS RELATED TO THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.[ AT 1 - 8/11/2021 Resolution approving the retention of Vincent Toomey, Esq., to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Kristin Stein v. The Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $25,000]
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RETENTION OF VINCENT TOOMEY TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG IN THE MATTER OF KRISTEN STEIN, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEED $25,000.UM, WELL, I'LL SECOND IT SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.
OKAY, TIM, THIS IS THE ONE WHERE HE SAID THAT THE, IN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, IT SAYS THAT THE RATE FOR IN COURT, UH, APPEARANCES WILL BE DETERMINED THAT A LATER DATE, THE RATE FOR, THAT'S WHAT THE RESOLUTION SAYS, THE RATE IS $240 FOR IN COURT OR OUT OF COURT SERVICES.
SO, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS AS AMENDED WITH THAT AMENDMENT IN THERE, THAT, UM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE WORK IS, IS, IS, NEEDS TO OCCUR RIGHT AWAY.
AND SO I WOULD MOVE THAT AMENDED WITH THE, THE CHANGE BEING THAT THE LINE THAT'S IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT THE RATE WILL BE DETERMINED LATER FOR IN COURT, UH, FEES, UH, THAT BE CHANGED TO $240 PER HOUR FOR BOTH IN COURT AND OUT OF COURT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK HE ACTUALLY BROKE IT DOWN THAT IT'S A LESSER AMOUNT FOR PARALEGALS.
AND SO I THINK WE CAN PUT THAT IN THERE AS WELL.
SO PAUL, YOU WANT TO JUST WITHDRAW THE MOTION AND, AND MAKE A, UH, A SECOND MOTION WITH, WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE OUTLINED ON THE, UH, RECORD.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, WITHDRAW THE MOTION AND, UH, MOVE THE RESOLUTION AS, UM, AS AMENDED, UH, WITH THE WORDING THAT YOU USED.
SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, UH, RESOLUTION
[ AT 2 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim File No.: 74/21C, by Genevieve Stroh, for an amount not to exceed $2,090.41]
AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY, UH, DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM.FILE NUMBER 7 4 21 C BY GENEVIEVE, UH, STRO IN MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED 2090 AND 41 CENTS.
WHAT WAS THIS WAS? I THOUGHT THIS WAS BEING HOLD OVER.
NO, THIS WAS ONE THAT, THIS WAS NOT.
THE ONE WAS, THIS IS, UH, THE ONE WHERE IT WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE, VERY EXPENSIVE,
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UH, GARBAGE CAN, ROLLING DOWN A FLAT.BUT, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PHOTOS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE, UH, COMMISSIONER FA, WE ARE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.
NOT HAVING PHO PHOTOS OF THE, OF DAMAGE.
I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, WE'RE GONNA BE EQUIPPING OUR ARTICULATED TRUCKS WITH CAMERAS SO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A CLAIM, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO VERIFY IT VERY QUICKLY WITH, UH, VIDEO.
WE'RE, UH, OUTFITTING ALL THE VEHICLES, RIGHT? ALL TOWN VEHICLES.
SO NO ONE'S SAYING THAT THIS PERSON DIDN'T SUFFER THIS.
IT'S JUST, UH, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A DEFENSE AT THIS POINT.
UH, BUT I KNOW MY GARBAGE CAN AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S GARBAGE CAN.
IT'S RECTANGULAR AND IT DOESN'T ROLL.
BUT APPARENTLY THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WITH THE ARM OF THIS TRUCK THAT CAUSED IT TO, TO CAUSE DAMAGE.
I'LL SECOND, BUT WE, WE, WE CAN VOTE ON THIS.
[ AT 3 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing the acceptance and execution of release for settlement of the Town of Greenburgh’s Claim against Atlas Van Lines, Inc., Claim, File No.:92/21C, for property damage to Town property, for an amount not to exceed $24,169.24]
AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE AND EXECUTION OF RELEASE FOR SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S CLAIM AGAINST ALLIES LINE, UH, FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE TO TOWN PROPERTY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 24,000 169 24.[ AT 4 - 8/11/2021 Resolution approving the retention of Affiliated Engineering Laboratories, Inc., in the matter of Grayrock Associates, LLC v. 529 Central Park Avenue, LLC and Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $6,000.00]
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RETENTION OF, UM, AFFILIATED ENGINEERING, UH, LABORATORIES AND THE AMOUNT OF GRAY ROCK ASSOCIATES, UH, NOT TO EXCEED $8,000 6,000.[ AT 5 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Ferncliff Cemetery Association for property located on Secor Road. The Consolidated Sewer Maintenance District’s refund is $14,560]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER FERNCLIFF CEMETERY ASSOCIATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT SEEKER ROAD.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 6 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner High Point at Hartsdale Condominium I for property located at 100-200 Highpoint Drive. The Town’s share of the refund is $52,284±; the County’s share is $30,010±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $3,993±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $45,681±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc District’s share is $1,545±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $132,627±. Refunds from all sources total $266,141± ]
TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER HIGH APPOINTED HARTSDALE, UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 288,141.[ AT 7 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner High Point at Hartsdale Condominium II for property located at 300 Highpoint Drive. The Town’s share of the refund is $145,533±; the County’s share is $82,868±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $11,049±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $130,059±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc District’s share is $7,968±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $373,555±. Refunds from all sources total $751,031±]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER HY TWIN AT HARTSDALE CONDOS.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT YOU SECOND.
[ AT 8 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner High Point at Hartsdale Condominium III for property located at 400-500 Highpoint Drive. The Town’s share of the refund is $112,907±; the County’s share is $64,080±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $8,537±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $101,004±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc District’s share is $5,424±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $289,917±. Refunds from all sources total $581,869±]
ANOTHER PERSON RESOLUTION, UM, UH, AUTHORIZING TAX ARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER HIGH POINT.STILL YOUR PHONE FOR YOUR PHONE AND THAT'S WHAT THAT RINGING IS.
UM, YOU ON EIGHT, UM, YOUR REFUNDS 5 81 8 6 9.
[ AT 9 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing an agreement with WestCop to provide Social Services to the Town of Greenburgh for calendar year 2021, at a cost not to exceed $16,837, plus up to $400 reimbursement for meal delivery mileage expenses documented to the satisfaction of the Town Comptroller. (Held over to 9/8/2021 Town Board Meeting)]
AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH S CUP TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, FOR 2021.THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 16,837 PLUS UP TO $400 REIMBURSEMENT FOR MAIL DELIVERY.
MILEAGE, TIM, ON THIS ONE? YEP.
WE DIDN'T GET THE, UH, SCOPE OF SERVICES YET FROM THEM REGARDING WHAT THEY DID DURING A PANDEMIC.
SO WE NEED TO HOLD THIS ONE OVER.
UM, CAN WE DO, CAN WE, UH, UM, MAYBE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM SO THAT WE HAD, I KNOW WE HAD ONE AND WE DISCUSSED WHAT IT NEEDED TO BE, HAD TO BE PUT IN WHAT NEEDED TO BE PUT INTO THE SCOPE OF SERVICES DURING A PANDEMIC YEAR.
UM, AND I THOUGHT WE HAD A MEETING IN THE MINES ON THAT, BUT WE NEVER GOT ANYTHING IN WRITING.
SO MAYBE BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE THERE IS NOW TWO YEARS AFFECTED BY THIS, RIGHT.
WE COULD, WE COULD RESOLVE THAT.
[ AT 10 - 8/11/2021 Resolution approving the retention of Piscionere & Nemarow, P.C., to represent Greenburgh Police Personnel requesting his services in the matter of Kristin Stein v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $25,000.]
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE, UH, RETENTION OF SKE HONORARY AND MRO TO REPRESENT THE GREENBERG POLICE PERSONNEL REQUESTING THE SERVICES IN THE MATTER OF CHRISTINE STEIN FOR NOW AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25002ND.SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE THERE WAS A CHANGE TODAY THAT CHANGING THE NAME OF WHO? THE YEAH, IT WAS JUST THE FIRM'S NAME AS OPPOSED TO THE INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY'S NAME.
SO, UH, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE VOTE ON THIS AS AMENDED BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION THAT WENT UP OVER THE WEEKEND DID NOT HAVE THE FIRM'S NAME AS THE PERSON REPRESENTING IT.
THEY HAD AN INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY THAT WAS REPRESENTING IT.
SO WITH THAT MODIFICATION, I WOULD MOVE THAT, UH, I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE THIS AS AMENDED TO MAKE THE CHANGE.
IT'S STILL THE SAME LAW FIRM, BUT THE LAW FIRM DOES NOT WANT US TO IDENTIFY A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY.
THEY WANT TO IDENTIFY THE FIRM ITSELF, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.
SO YOU WANT TO REDO IT BOTH? YES.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND AS AMENDED.
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A T 11 IS BEING HELD OVER A[ AT 12 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing payment for the retention of Allen R. Wolff of the Law Firm of Anderson Kill, P.C., as Special Counsel for the Town of Greenburgh regarding insurance coverage matters at a cost not to exceed $110,000.]
T 12 AUTHORIZING PAYMENT FOR THE RETENTION OF ALAN WOLF, OF THE LAW FIRM OF ANDERSON KILL A SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG REGARDING INSURANCE COVERAGE MATTERS THAT THE COST NOT TO EXCEED 110,000, UM, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS.OKAY, BEFORE THERE'S A SECOND ON THIS ONE.
WE NOW KNOW, I THINK AS OF TODAY THAT IT'S, THIS IS A FINAL BILL.
AND SO I WOULD, AND THAT'S NOT ON THE RESOLUTION THAT IS POSTED BECAUSE WE JUST FOUND THAT OUT BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION YESTERDAY AT THE, UH, WORK SESSION.
SO PAUL, I WOULD ASK YOU THAT YOU MOVE THIS AS AMENDED SO THAT THERE JUST BE A LINE PUT ON THERE THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR WORK.
SO I, SO WE DON'T KEEP GETTING BILLS, QUITE FRANKLY.
I MOVE AS AMENDED THAT THIS IS THE FINAL.
UH, UM, UH, COST SECOND FOR THIS CASE.
[ CL 1 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing permission to close Lynwood Road between Ardsley Road and Sherwood Place, on Saturday, August 14, 2021 (Rain Date: August 15, 2021), from 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM, for the residents of Lynwood Road to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE LINWOOD ROAD BETWEEN LEY AND, UM, SHERWOOD PLACE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH.UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ CL 2 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing permission to close off Walbrooke Road between Glenwood Road and Roxbury Road, on Saturday, September 11, 2021 from 3:00PM until 7:00PM (Rain Date: September 12, 2021), for the residents of Walbrooke Road to hold their Annual Block Party]
PERMISSION TO CLOSE OFF BROOK ROAD BETWEEN GLENWOOD AND ROXBURY ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.I'D LIKE TO MOVE A UH, BUT THERE'S A SEPTEMBER 12TH RAIN DATE IN CASE THERE'S NEED.
[ CL 3 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing going to bid for the Upgrade/Purchase of Digital High-Definition Studio Capture and Play Broadcast Cable Equipment and Installation]
AUTHORIZING GOING TO BID FOR THE UPGRADE PURCHASE OF DIGITAL HIGH DEFINITION STUDIO CAPTURE AND PLAY BROADCAST CABLE EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, UH, IN SPEAKING WITH THE, UM, UH, IT WAS MY MISTAKE.
I ADDED IN AN INSTALLATION THAT'S GONNA BE A SEPARATE BID.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD, LET'S END IT AT EQUIPMENT.
SO PLEASE MAKE THE MOTION TO READ IT ALL THE WAY UP TO CABLE EQUIPMENT.
THERE'LL BE A SEPARATE BID FOR INSTALLATION 'CAUSE IT, IT'S LIKELY GONNA BE BECOME LESS EXPENSIVE THAT WAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ CD 1 - 8/11/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh (1) supporting the submission of a 2021 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) pre-application related to a pedestrian safety grant opportunity; and (2) approving the services of AKRF, Inc. (“AKRF”) for technical application assistance for an amount not to exceed $15,000]
OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SUPPORTING SUBMISSION OF A 2021 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES, UH, PROGRAM TAP PRE APPLICATION, UH, RELATED TO A PEDESTRIAN SAFETY GRANT OPPORTUNITY AND APPROVING THE SERVICES OF A K R F FOR TECHNICAL APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, UH, 15,000 UH, DOLLARS.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
UH, GAR, THIS WAS FOR THE WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE SIDEWALK? THAT'S CORRECT.
DO THEY IMPROVEMENTS? COULD YOU JUST MAYBE JUST COME UP AND JUST GIVE A, A BRIEFING FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE, ESPECIALLY THE EAST HARSDALE AVENUE THERE? I DON'T THINK GARRETT HAS A SHORT VERSION OF THIS 'CAUSE IT'S SO EXCITING.
THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM IS A GRANT PROGRAM.
THE TOWN'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH, UH, TWO TIMES IN THE PAST.
AND AT PRESENT WE'RE SEEKING THE SERVICES OF A K F TO ASSIST US IN THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE 2021 ROUND.
AND THIS GRANT IS DUE SEPTEMBER 29TH.
THERE'S A PRE-APPLICATION SUBMISSION ROUND DUE AUGUST 17TH, WHICH WE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM THE STATE.
THEY'LL LET US KNOW, UH, THEY'LL CRITIQUE OUR, OUR PRE SUBMISSION, IF YOU WILL.
UH, THREE COMPONENTS TO THE GRANT APPLICATION THAT WE'RE SEEKING, SIDEWALK ALONG WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE FROM PA PAC CAPONE ROAD TO FOUR CORNERS.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE OVER A MILE, SO SUBSTANTIAL STRETCH WHERE NO SIDEWALK EXISTS.
THE SECOND PART WOULD BE, UM, RETROFITTING THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT FOUR CORNERS DOWN TO THE HARTSDALE TRAIN STATION FOR WHAT'S CALLED AN ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM.
AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS BE AN UPDATED MODERN SYSTEM THAT WOULD GIVE BETTER PRIORITY TO EASTWEST TRAFFIC ALONG THAT CORRIDOR THAT WOULD COINCIDE BETTER WITH THE PEAK TRAIN TIMES TECH.
PRESENTLY, THERE'S THE OLD STYLE LIGHTS THAT ARE ON TIMERS AND THEY REALLY DON'T REACT TO THE NEEDS OF THE, THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC NETWORK WHEN THERE'S, UH, UH, BACKUPS.
AND LASTLY, A SERIES OF, UH, PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS ALONG EAST HARSDALE AVENUE, WHICH INCLUDE BULB OUTS, UM, UH, UPDATED CROSSWALKS, UH, PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS, A D A, UM, ASPECTS OF, OF EAST HARSDALE AVENUE.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE THIRD COMPONENT.
SO REALLY IT'S, IT'S SEEN AS A, A REALLY LINEAR, UM, UH, TRANSPORTATION PROJECT, AND IT'S GONNA BE A SUBSTANTIAL, UH, ASK OF THE TOWN.
AND, UH, IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, IT WILL REALLY, UH, ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE TOWN.
IT'LL BE SOMETHING I THINK WE'LL ALL BE PROUD OF.
AND YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN ON MONDAY JONES, UH, WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING US A $1 MILLION ON GRAND FIR DOPPS FERRY ROAD.
SO WE COULD HAVE A SIDEWALK FROM, UM, ONE 19 TO, UH, NORWOOD ROAD.
AND, AND THEN FROM, UH, UH, SEEKER ROAD, UH, ALL
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THE WAY, UH, TO, UM, ACTUALLY FROM A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DUCK CHERRY ROAD ALL THE WAY TO CENTRAL AVENUE.AND THEN, UH, THE TRAFFIC, UM, ON EAST DALE AVENUE WILL BE, UH, THERE'LL BE LESS CONGESTION.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING, UM, INITIATIVES, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE EVER, UH, EMBARKED ON.
IT REALLY WOULD CHANGE THE WHOLE NATURE OF, UH, OF, UH, HARTSDALE.
THERE'S THREE SCHOOLS, SOLOMON CHE AND MARIE REGINA.
UM, SO STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK TO CENTRAL AVENUE.
IT, IT REALLY IS LIKE VERY EXCITING, AMAZING.
WE MET WITH ANDREA STEWART COUSINS LAST WEEK, UM, YOU KNOW, ON, YOU KNOW, ON SITE ON WEST DALE AVENUE.
AND SHE INDICATED THAT SHE WOULD, UH, BE SUPPORTIVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH MY NOTES, UM, A FEW DAYS AGO AND WHEN KATHY HLE, THE NEW GOVERNOR, UM, WAS, UH, FIRST, NOT YET, NOT YET, NOT YET, YET, NOT YET SOON TO BE GOVERNOR WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY WHEN SHE WAS INITIALLY, UM, UM, ELECTED, SHE, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTACTED US AND WE TOOK HER ON A TOUR OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
AND SHE SPENT ABOUT TWO HOURS, UM, UM, SPEAKING TO MERCHANTS ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, ONE BY ONE, UH, ASKING THEM WHAT, UH, THE STATE COULD DO TO HELP THE LOCAL, UH, BUSINESSES ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
AND THEN WENT TO THE THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER AND, UH, SPOKE TO, UH, THE LEADERSHIP THERE AND, AND RESIDENTS WHO WERE USING THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO I FEEL THAT, UM, UH, DURING THE NEXT YEAR, WE DEFINITELY WILL HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO UNDERSTANDS HARTSDALE AND THE FAIRVIEW AREA.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, GET HELP FROM, FROM THE STATE.
JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE THING.
UM, WE DO ANTICIPATE LOOKING TO BRING A K R F IN AT A, EITHER A TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION OR A REGULAR MEETING IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOUR CORNERS REDEVELOPMENT.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS AND, UH, HAS SOME EXCITING IDEAS.
SO, UH, WE WANNA BRING THEM IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AND, AND, AND TARGET A DATE THAT WORKS FOR REPORT.
UH, PAUL, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GO BACK TO CL THREE, UM, BRIEFLY.
NOW, THIS, UH, UH, HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE OF DAYS.
THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY OUR CABLE ACCESS DIRECTOR.
UM, AND, UH, THEN THAT COMES UNDER MY DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
NOW TO BREAK UP THE BID FOR EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION, WHICH FRANCIS JUST DID IN A VERY UNDERHANDED MANNER, IS TO PUT, IS TO SAY, OKAY, SO WE'LL HAVE EQUIPMENT, AN EQUIPMENT BID SEPARATE FROM AN INSTALLATION BID.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGH THE CABLE ACCESS DEPARTMENT.
WHEN YOU BREAK UP THE EQUIPMENT AND THE INSTALLERS SEPARATE, THOSE TWO ACTS FROM EACH OTHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING LESS EXPENSIVE.
THE FUNDS THAT SUPPORT THE CABLE ACCESS DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT ARE CALLED PEG FUNDS, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
WE HAVE AT LEAST A MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT FUND ALONE.
THAT IS TO BE USED TO UPGRADE EQUIPMENT FOR CABLE ACCESS PURPOSES.
SO IF WE DO NOT INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION ALONG WITH THE EQUIPMENT, WE REALLY RUN THE RISK OF GETTING GREAT EQUIPMENT AND CHEAP INFERIOR INSTALLATION.
WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO? THAT'S ONLY GOING TO MAKE WAY FOR POOR DELIVERY OF SERVICE WITH RESIDENTS CALLING FROM HOME SAYING, THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH MY AUDIO, THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH MY VIDEO.
NOW, THAT CAN HAPPEN ANYHOW, BUT THE CHANCES OF IT
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HAPPENING ARE INCREASED WHEN YOU SEPARATE OUT THE PROVIDER OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE PROVIDER OF THE INSTALLATION.NOW AGAIN, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE THROUGH A CONVERSATION WITH THE CABLE ACCESS DIRECTOR AND MYSELF PRIOR TO JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO, MAKING THIS CHANGE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTROLLING DISRESPECT, UNDERMINING HOSTILITY, ARROGANCE.
SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER VERY DRAMATIC, UH, MOMENT IN THE, IN THIS TOWN BOARD MEETING.
IF, IF, IF IT, IF IT WAS TRUE.
IF, IF IT WAS TRUE, THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT BEING DRAMATIC.
EXCUSE ME, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU BEING, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT.
MICHELLE, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU.
NOTHING OF WHAT SHE JUST SAID IS TRUE.
THE, ALL RIGHT, CAN WE JUST MOVE THE AGENDA? SO, NO, I GOTTA ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE SHE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS REGARDING CABLE.
I DO KNOW WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS.
YOU COULD RESPOND ALL YOU WANT THE RESOLUTION THAT THE, THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, BECAUSE HISTORICALLY THE CLERK'S OFFICE HANDLED, YOU KNOW, CABLE COMPLAINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
EXCUSE ME, LINDA CLERK'S OFFICE.
I JUST WANNA FINISH, I WOULD ALSO, I JUST WANNA YOU TALK ABOUT DISRESPECT CONTRACT.
I JUST WANNA FINISH, BE ACCURATE, FRANCIS.
I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO FINISH MY STATEMENT IN AN EFFORT TO DIMINISH NO, NO, NO.
AND DISMISS, LET ME JUST EXPLAIN WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW YOUR RESOLUTION IF YOU ACTUALLY HAD READ IT, BUT APPARENTLY IT DIDN'T, IS ONLY BIDDING ON INDIVIDUAL ITEMS WITHOUT ANY MENTION OF INSTALLATION.
THAT'S YOUR, YOUR WHOLE THING ABOUT, YES, WE NEED IT INSTALLED AND WE'LL HAVE BETTER SOUND.
YOUR RESOLUTION IS A LIST OF INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS, MIXERS, UH, VIDEO CAMERAS, PILL, TEMP, UH, TILT, ZOOM CAMERAS, INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. I THOUGHT THAT IT DEALT WITH INSTALLATION AS WELL.
SO I ADDED THE WORD INSTALLATION THINKING THAT THAT WAS AN ERROR, THAT IT WASN'T PLACED ON THERE.
HOWEVER, WHEN I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, UNBEKNOWNST TO WHAT YOU ARE STATING, IT SAYS IT DOES NOT INCLUDE INSTALLATION.
I THEN WENT AND ASKED OUR CABLE PEOPLE WHO'S, WHO'S IN THE SEPARATE ROOM OVER THERE, WAS IT INTENTIONAL NOT TO HAVE INSTALLATION ON IT? AND THEY SAID, YES, IT IS INTENTIONAL NOT TO HAVE INSTALLATION ON IT.
SO YOU SAYING THAT I AM SPLITTING SOMETHING UP AND IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, I'M UNDERMINING YOU AND I'M DISRESPECTING YOU.
AND WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE ACCUSING ME OF SOMETHING THAT'S SIMPLY NOT TRUE, I HAVE TO RESPOND.
AND HERE'S A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS COMING OUT OF YOUR OFFICE AND YOU'RE UNAWARE OF WHAT IT SAYS, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU WOULDN'T BE ADVOCATING FOR INSTALLATION WHEN THE RESOLUTION IS SIMPLY ON COMPONENTS.
WHY DON'T WE JUST MOVE? WHY WE JUST MOVE? I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS FOR A TOTAL PACKAGE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD FROM GEORGE AND JEANNETTE BY GEORGE.
NO, IT WAS A TOTAL PACKAGE FOR THE UPGRADE OF THE STUDIO HERE DOWNSTAIRS, AND THE STUDIO UPSTAIRS.
AND YOU JUST SAID TO PAUL, PUT THE PERIOD, STOP, STOP IT AT EQUIPMENT, REMOVE INSTALLATION, BECAUSE IT'LL PROBABLY LESS EXPENSIVE.
ANYHOW, THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW, OKAY, WELL THAT THESE FUNDS ARE PAID FUNDS, BUT THAT'S STILL MONEY.
WHY DON'T WE DISCUSS THIS? MONEY IS MONEY, WHETHER IT'S COMING OUT OF YOUR POCKET FROM ONE SOURCE OR ANOTHER.
WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE GO GOING FORWARD IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES IN RESOLUTIONS, LET'S, UH, LET'S, UH, HAVE THE RESO THE CHANGES.
THERE ISN'T A CHANGE IN THE RESOLUTION.
THIS PUTS THE RESOLUTION BACK.
I PUT ON THE AGENDA HERE, THINK ITT INCLUDED INSTALLATION, BUT IT DOESN'T.
OKAY, SO THEN WE, SO WE COULD ALWAYS TAKE, SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU FOR AS FAR AS THE AGENDA IS CONCERNED, MAKE THE AGENDA MATCH THE RESOLUTION BY NOT INCLUDING, OKAY? SO THEN IF ANYBODY HAS ANY CONFUSION COMES ABOUT, IT'S, HE IS TOO ARROGANT TO COME TO ME.
IT'S ALREADY A QUARTER OF ELEVEN'S THE MATTER.
IT'S ALREADY A QUARTER OF 11 AND EVERYBODY'S LOOKING REALLY FOOLISH.
THIS DOESN'T MAKE THE BOARD LOOK GOOD WHEN EVERYBODY'S YELLING AT
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EACH OTHER.I, LET'S MOVE, LET'S JUST, LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD.
UM, UH, WE'RE SUPPORTING THE SUBMISSION OF A OH, WE, WE DID THAT, UM, UH, UH, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION CHESTER COUNTY TO ADMINISTER PROVISIONS OF THE FEAR AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVISIONS.
PAUL, MAY I JUST STOP YOU FOR A MINUTE? 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE WE VOTED ON ON CD ONE.
DID WE VOTE ON C? OKAY, THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE C I DON'T WE I DON'T THINK WE DID.
LET'S DO IT AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DID VOTE ON YOU DID GINA SECOND CD ONE.
IT WAS A SECOND, BUT I DON'T KNOW THERE WAS EVER A VOTE.
[ CD 2 - 8/11/2021 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh supporting the designation of Westchester County to administer the provisions of the Fair and Affordable Housing Provisions of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION OF IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO ADMINISTER THE PROVISIONS OF THE FEAR AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.[ CD 3 - 8/11/2021 Resolution issuing a Negative Declaration for the SEQRA determination of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh with respect to an action which includes the adoption of a Zoning Text amendment (1) to several sections of Chapter 285 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, entitled “Zoning,” related to a new use (Battery Energy Storage Systems; “BESS”); and (2) to Chapter 285 related to Public Utility structures]
RESOLUTION ISSUING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE SECRET DETER DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UM, WITH RESPECT TO AN ACTION WHICH INCLUDES THE ADOPTION OF, UM, ZONING TOWN, UH, TEXT AMENDMENT TO SEVERAL SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 2 85 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED ZONING RELATED TO, UH, NEW USE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.[ CD 4 - 8/11/2021 Resolution adopting a Local Law amending (1) several sections of Chapter 285 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, entitled “Zoning,” related to a new use (Battery Energy Storage Systems; “BESS”); and (2) Chapter 285 related to Public Utility Structures]
AYE.ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW AMENDING, UH, SEVERAL SECTIONS OF, UH, 2 85 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED ZONING RELATED TO, UM, A NEW USE, UH, BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, UM, AND CHAPTER 2 85 RELATED TO PUBLIC UTILITY STRUCTURES.
[ CD 5 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing additional usage of Arup, as engineering consultant for the Town of Greenburgh, for services related to the finalization of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Facility Local Law, for an amount not to exceed $7,000]
AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL USAGE OF A R U P, AN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR SERVICES RELATED TO FINALIZATION OF A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE, UH, SYSTEM, UH, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $7,000.[ CD 6 - 8/11/2021 Resolution issuing a Negative Declaration for the SEQRA determination of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh with respect to a Site Plan and all related applications of Loop Road Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron – Loop Road”) located at 555 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Tarrytown) and designated on the tax map of the Town of Greenburgh as Parcel ID: 7.71-6-2.2]
RESOLUTION ISSUING AN EGG DECK FOR THE SECRET DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH RESPECT TO A SITE PLAN AND ALL RELATED APPLICATIONS OF LOOP ROAD HOLDINGS, UH, WHOLLY, UM, OWN SUBSIDIARY OF REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS.[ CD 7 - 8/11/2021 Resolution issuing a Negative Declaration for the SEQRA determination of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh with respect to a Site Plan and all related applications of Old Saw Mill Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”), located at 777 Old Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Tarrytown) and designated on the tax map of the Town of Greenburgh as Parcel ID: 7.71-6-1..1]
RESOLUTION, UH, AUTHORIZING A NEGATIVE DECK FOR THE SECRET DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH RESPECT TO A SITE PLAN AND ALL RELATED APPLICATIONS OF SAWMILL HOLDINGS.UM, UH, UH, WHOLLY, UH, OWNED AREA OF REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
UH, UH, THE CD EIGHT IS, UM, HELD OVER.
[ CO 1 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2021 budget transfers]
UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2021.[ LB 1 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing the purchase of a specified router and security appliance with license and support for the Greenburgh Public Library to provide secure wireless CIPA-Compliant Internet Access, at a cost not to exceed Six Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars and Thirty-Five Cents ($6,138.35)]
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF, UM, SPECIFIED ROUTER AND SECURITY APPLIANCES WITH LICENSE AND SUPPORT FOR GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY TO PROVIDE A SECURE WIRELESS CIPA COMPLIANT INTERNET ACCESS AND OF COURSE NOT TO EXCEED $6,138 AND 35 CENTS.[ PR 1 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement to provide Site Meals and Home Delivered Meals between the Town of Greenburgh and the County of Westchester, which agrees to provide up to $133,508 for such services]
AUTHORIZING EX EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SITE MEALS AND HOME DELIVERY MEALS BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, WHICH AGREES TO PROVIDE UP TO ONE 33,000 5 0 8 FOR SUCH SERVICES ELECTED TO MOVE NEVADA.[ PR 2 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing the execution of a grant agreement (NSIP/WIN) between the Town of Greenburgh and the County of Westchester, which agrees to provide up to $118,745 for the Town to provide Site Meals and Home Delivered Meals]
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, WHICH AGREES TO PROVIDE UP TO $118,745 FOR THE TOWN TO PROVIDE, UH, SITE MEALS AND HOME DELIVERED MEALS YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE OUT.[ PO 1 - 8/11/2021 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to amend Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh to add parking restrictions on Scarsdale Farm Road]
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AMEND CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.HE HAD PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON SCARSDALE FARM ROAD.
[ PO 2 - 8/11/2021 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to accept a Police Traffic Services Grant through New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee for the year 2022, in the amount of $12,789]
AYE.RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT A POLICE TRAFFIC SERVICES GRANTED THROUGH NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR'S TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE AMOUNT OF 12,789.
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ PW 1 - 8/11/2021 Resolution approving Change Order No. 2 and amending the contract with Northbrook Contracting Corporation for the Rumbrook-Knollwood Interconnection Transmission Main Project, for an amount not to exceed $311,336.49, increasing the total contract amount to $8,774,713.55]
CHANGE ORDER AND AMENDING THIS CONTRACT WITH, UH, NORBROOK, UM, CONTRACT INCORPORATION FOR THE RENBROOK NORWOOD INTERCONNECTION TRANSMISSION MAIN PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 311,000 336 49.INCREASING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT TO 8 MILLION 7 7 4 7 1 3 AND 65 CENTS.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PW 2 - 8/11/2021 Resolution awarding the contract for the boiler plant replacement project at the Theodore D. Young Community Center to the lowest bidder, Carey and Walsh, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $645,000]
RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO THE BOILER TYPE REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT THE DATA YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER TO LOWEST BIDDER CARRY AND WALSH FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIX 45,000.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PW 3 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing execution of 1st Amendment to Westchester County Snow Removal Contract No. 15-958 commencing October 1, 2015 and ending September 30, 2020]
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF FIRST AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY SNOW REMOVAL CONTRACT, UM,[03:00:01]
COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2015 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER, UM, UH, 30TH 2020 SECOND.[ PW 4 - 8/11/2021 Resolution authorizing an architectural service agreement with Perkins Eastman Architects DPC for Program Evaluation and Fit-Out for a Town Consolidated Municipal Facility, for an amount not to exceed $78,000.00]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, UM, AGREEMENT WITH PROGRAMS EASTMAN, UH, ARCHITECTS FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION AND FIT OUT FOR A TOWN CONSOLIDATED MUNICIPAL FACILITY FOR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $78,000.[ TY 1 - 8/11/2021 Resolution accepting on behalf of the Department of Community Resources a $200 award from BSKIDS to help support the programs at the Theodore D. Young Community Center]
RESOLUTION? ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, A $200 AWARD FROM, UM, B S KIDS TO HELP SUPPORT, UH, THE PROGRAMSI'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
ANYONE, UH, LIKE TO SPEAK? UH, WE HAVE 15 MINUTES LEFT.
AND JUDITH, UM, CLIFF ABRAMS EMAIL THAT HE HAD A, A STATEMENT THAT HE WANTED YOU TO READ OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT YOU, UH, READ, SPEAKING IF WHATEVER YOU CAN JUST UP YES.
HOUSE, HAL S ARE WE GONNA LIMIT OR NOT? AND I'LL, I'LL CALL YOU MICHELLE AFTERWARDS.
I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK.
WHO STAYED HERE TONIGHT? WHETHER IT GOES PAST 11 O'CLOCK NOW.
BEFORE YOU START, UH, WE'RE GONNA GIVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA GIVE EVERYBODY FIVE MINUTES OR WOULD YOU WANNA MODIFY THAT? YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S JUST GIVE EVERYBODY FIVE MINUTES.
TONIGHT, WHAT YOU'VE WITNESSED IS A MARGINALIZATION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER.
AND YOU PAID A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THEM, DIDN'T YOU? THE QUESTIONS I ASKED THE TOWN BOARD ABOUT ETHICS SUDDENLY DON'T, DOESN'T SEEM VERY IMPORTANT ABOUT ETHICS BECAUSE ETHICS AFFECTS THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ETHICS, THEN THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
SO WHEN I ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT ETHICS, I DON'T GET ANY ANSWERS, DO I? HOW COME? OH, MR. SHEEN, YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING ANYMORE.
ALRIGHT, UH, AND PAUL, I WANNA REMIND YOU ABOUT A SIDEWALK TOWN HALL FROM YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE POLICE COURT CAMPUS.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
IN FACT, WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT IN 2006.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
YOU ARE EXCLUDING THE PUBLIC FROM EVERY STEP.
AND THE PUBLIC IS THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO FUND THIS.
SO WHEN YOU'VE HIRED CONSULTANTS TO DO DUE DILIGENCE, ABSOLUTELY APPLAUD THAT.
DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH WHO YOU'VE CHOSEN.
BUT WHAT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM IS THAT CONSULTANTS WORK IN TWO AREAS.
ONE, OVERALL TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR A, SUCH AS THE PROJECT.
AND THEN IT GETS DOWN TO THE PHASE WHERE WE DEAL WITH A SPECIFIC BUILDING.
IN THIS CASE, THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, 100 HILLSIDE AVENUE.
ALWAYS THE CHOICE FOR EVERYONE TO REPRESENT THAT.
AND WE KNEW THAT, BUT ONLY BY LOOKING AT THE CONTRACTS THAT I DISCOVER THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT BUILDING.
THAT'S THE BUILDING THAT YOU WERE SPENDING WITH.
TONIGHT'S VOTE FOR $78,000, $275,000 TO THINGS SPECIFIC TO THAT BUILDING.
IF YOU DON'T BUY THAT BUILDING, NONE OF THAT 275,000 COULD BE USED ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO AS A FORMER COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PERSON, ALBEIT IN MANHATTAN, WHAT I DO KNOW IS, AND WHAT YOU'VE ANSWERED WHEN I'VE ASKED YOU IS THAT YOU HAVE NOT TIED THAT BUILDING UP.
ANYONE HERE WHO HAS MONEY COULD STEP IN TOMORROW AND BUY THAT BUILDING AWAY FROM YOU AND THE 275,000 DOWN THE DRAIN.
ANYONE WHO'S BOUGHT A HOME IS PROBABLY AWARE THAT YOU BOUGHT, HAVE A CONTRACT.
AND BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ALL YOUR MONEY, YOU NEED A MORTGAGE, YOU GO TO A BANK, THE CONTRACT SAYS SUBJECT TO OBTAINING FINANCING, YOU PUT UP YOUR CONTRACT DEPOSIT.
AND IF THE BANK LENDS YOU THE MONEY, FINE.
BUT IF THEY DON'T AND THEY SAY NO, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR DEPOSIT BACK.
AND WHY YOU HAVE THAT CONTRACT, NO ONE ELSE CAN BUY IT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING REGARDING THIS BUILDING.
AND THERE MAY BE COMPLICATIONS, THERE MAY BE DETAILS.
BUT I THINK THE PUBLIC, THE TAXPAYERS, THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND YOU ARE RELUCTANT TO TELL US.
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I THINK IT'S GOING ON A LONG TIME.NOW, THE OTHER WHOPPER IS CONSULTANTS THAT YOU HIRED IN 2019, TOLD YOU IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR THAT YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE WORK YOU'VE ASKED US TO DO, WE'VE MET WITH YOU, YOU'VE TOLD US WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE'VE RESPONDED, WE'VE DONE ALL KIND OF THINGS.
WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE, UH, THROWING MORE MONEY INTO THIS PROJECT, THAT'S FINE.
BUT WHAT THEY TOLD YOU WAS THEIR ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TOTALLY FOR THIS PROJECT WAS $85 MILLION.
YOU HAVEN'T TOLD THAT TO THE PUBLIC, HAVE YOU? AND IN FACT, THE CONSULTANT TOLD YOU IT WITH CONSULTATIONS WITH YOU, PRESUMABLY THAT YOUR BUDGET WAS 35 MILLION.
SO IT'S A $50 MILLION DIFFERENCE, WHICH CAN BE, YOU KNOW, REDUCED.
BUT WHAT IS ENTAILED IN REDUCING IT FROM 85 MILLION TO 35? SO, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BUILD FOUR COURTROOMS, MAYBE WE'LL BUILD TWO BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO BRING THE COSTS DOWN.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEARD $85 MILLION, THAT'S WHEN YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID GOODBYE.
BECAUSE WHO LED YOU INTO $85 MILLION? YOU HAVE TO TALK AND TELL THE PUBLIC WHO EMPLOYS YOU, WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND IF YOU'RE SO PROTECTED, ANYTHING YOU TELL US WON'T UPSET YOUR PROTECTION.
THANK YOU MR. SAN MICHELLE BROWN.
I NEEDED THAT MOMENT TO COOL OFF MR. SHEEN.
IT'S NOT ABOUT A SIGN GOING BACK UP AT ONE LOCATION.
DO, DO YOU KNOW? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.
I KNOW YOU WANNA EMPATHIZE WITH ME.
I KNOW YOU WANNA BELIEVE YOU'RE AN ALLY.
YOU CANNOT HAVE IN THE FACE OF A BLACK PERSON VIOLENCE, WHETHER IT WAS BY AN AX OR WHATEVER, A WA A WATER BALLOON.
WE HAVE HAD A VIOLENCE AND TERROR AND INFLICTED ON US MOST OF OUR EXISTENCE.
I DON'T WANNA GET STOPPED BY A COP IN GREENBURG IN WHITE PLAINS.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A LOCATION AND A SIGN.
THE FACT THAT IT WAS TORN DOWN AND THERE'S A DEBATE ABOUT WHY IT NEEDS TO GO BACK UP.
MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT TO HIM.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BECAUSE IT MATTERS AS BLACK PEOPLE THAT THAT SIGN GO BACK UP.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO SAY ALL LIVES MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES CAN'T.
ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
AND THAT'S IN ITSELF IS HUMILIATING.
AS A BLACK PERSON, WE HAVE FEELINGS.
WE DON'T WANNA HAVE TO ASK PEOPLE TO RESPECT OUR LIFE.
AND THEN YOU SPEAK TO JUDITH, YOUR YOUR COLLEAGUE DISRESPECTFULLY.
THEY'RE EDUCATED, THEY'RE INTELLIGENT, THEY'RE ASSERTIVE.
THEY'RE FORCEFUL IN THEIR THINKING.
THEY'RE PASSIONATE, VERY FLEXIBLE.
I THINK YOU RESPONDED DRAMATICALLY TO HER AND TOTALLY DISRESPECTFULLY.
BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO US AS BLACK PEOPLE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
AND YOU HAVE TO WONDER, COULD THAT HAVE OFFENDED A BLACK WOMAN? IT DID.
AND THE FACT YOU DIDN'T PUT THAT SIGN BACK UP OFFENDS ME AND BLACK PEOPLE.
AND AGAIN, YES, YOU'RE PUTTING UP BANNERS IN FAIRVIEW.
PUT SOME SIGNS UP IN EDGEMONT,
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PUT SOME IN TARRYTOWN, PUT SOME IN DOBBS FERRY.YOU'RE PUTTING 'EM AROUND THE LIBRARY, THE TOWN HALL.
PUT IT WHERE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
YOU'RE PUTTING THEM IN FAIRVIEW.
WE'RE TRYING TO SHARE AND EDUCATE.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT AND, AND CREATE A DIFFERENCE.
BUT YOU'RE BLOCKING US FROM THAT 'CAUSE YOU DON'T GET IT.
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T GET IT 'CAUSE YOU'RE WHITE.
BUT I HAVE TO GET YOU, I HAVE TO UNDERSTAND YOU.
I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, EXCEPT YOU TELLING ME AS A BLACK WOMAN, I'M DRAMATIC.
I'M TELLING YOU THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL.
IT'S LIKE CALLING A BLACK MAN ANGRY.
I SO I, I REALLY HOPE THIS IS A TEACHABLE MOMENT.
NOT FOR ME, FOR YOU AND FOR WHOMEVER.
AND AGAIN, RACISM IS TOLERATED HERE.
IF YOU CAN'T HELP, IT'S IF OF AMERICA YOU'RE TRYING TO UNLEARN.
I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE BLACK.
YOU GOTTA KNOW, PART OF YOU IS RACIST.
COULD IT BE, IS IT INTENTIONAL? I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER TO THAT.
BUT I COULD SEE RIGHT NOW YOUR KNEE JERK REACTION IS WHITE WHEN YOU CALL A BLACK WOMAN DRAMATIC.
SO YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO A PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING IF YOU REALLY WANNA UNDERSTAND AND LISTEN.
BUT I DON'T HAVE TO BEG YOU TO DO THIS FOR ME 'CAUSE MY LIFE IS IS GONNA MATTER.
BUT PLEASE PUT THE SIGN BACK UP.
I CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING MICHELLE SAID.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA PICK UP ON SOME COMMENTS FROM THE GENTLEMAN.
UH, THE ETHICS BOARD IS OF GREAT CONCERN AND, UM, PROPERLY PLACED, I THINK GIVEN THE DISPLAY THAT WE JUST WITNESSED.
I CONCUR WITH MICHELLE THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITH THE WORK DYNAMIC THAT IS, THAT IS DISRESPECTFUL AND, UM, NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT.
I WAS ALSO TOUCHED AND OFFENDED.
THE REASON I SPOKE ABOUT EDUCATION WHEN IT COMES TO RACISM IS BECAUSE IT IS A MISNOMER TO THINK THAT BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT UPHOLD RACISM.
AND THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, FINGER POINTING IN ANY WAY.
BUT TO SPEAK TO A PASTOR THAT HAPPENS TO BE BLACK OR TO SPEAK TO ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT HAS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION FROM WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE TONIGHT ABOUT THE SIGN IS SIMPLY A DIS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT MONOLITHIC.
SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING INTO HOW RACISM OPERATES, IT'S LIKE A DISEASE WE ALL HAVE THAT.
IF WE DON'T TAKE ACT ACTIONS TO BE ANTI-RACIST, WE WILL INFLICT RACISM NO MATTER WHAT COLOR YOU ARE.
SO THAT IS WHAT JUDITH WAS TALKING ABOUT.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE SITUATION BECAUSE I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE WORK OF COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE A NOTE THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS BLACK DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE NOT OPPRESSIVE TO OTHER BLACK PEOPLE IN POLICY PRACTICE OR MAKING LAWS.
SO I DO HOPE THAT THIS EXAMPLE TONIGHT IS NOT PUSHED UNDER THE TABLE, BUT HOPEFULLY SOME RESOLVE COULD HAPPEN BECAUSE WORKING IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU FEEL IS HOSTILITY, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
MAYBE NOT ALL OF US, I KNOW I'M FAMILIAR WITH AND IT DOES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT I WAS NOT AWARE ABOUT, WHICH IS THE, THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.
I DO RECALL NOT SO LONG AGO THAT RESIDENTS OF THE FAIRVIEW PARKWAY GARDENS HOUSING CIVIC ASSOCIATION WE'RE VERY CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.
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AND IT IS A BIT OF A SURPRISE TO ME, UM, THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT ENGAGING IN WHATEVER'S GOING ON WITH THE NEW COURT BUILDING.SO I HOPE THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF NEW COURT FACILITIES AND A NEW POLICE STATION.
HOWEVER, THE RESIDENTS REALLY SHOULD HAVE A SAY OF WHERE THAT GOES.
AND IF THERE IS OTHER PUBLIC LANDS, UM, MAYBE THEY COULD BE EXPLORED.
AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO SAY IS IN REFERENCE TO THE SIGN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER SHEEN, IF IT IS GOING BACK, IF IT ISN'T GOING BACK WHERE IT'S GOING.
UM, BUT I THINK WHAT I HEARD IS THAT IT'S GOING BACK, BUT NOT WHERE IT WAS.
IS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S NOT TRUE.
SO, UM, TO MICHELLE'S POINT, AND I THINK WHAT YOU SAID IS THEY'RE ALL GOING BACK, IS, IS THAT CORRECT? WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
I, I WANTED A CHANCE TO, UM, MAYBE, UH, SPEAK AGAIN AFTER YOUR RESPONSE, BUT, UM, IF IT'S GOING BACK WITH THE WORDS THAT, THAT IT, THAT ORIGINALLY WERE ON IT, I THINK THAT IS VERY APPROPRIATE.
AND I GUESS I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, REITERATE, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT ANTI-RACISM, ANTI-RACISM.
SO SOME OF US SAY, I'M NOT RACIST, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD, BUT WE'RE MOVING TO A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE HAVE TO PRACTICE ANTI-RACISM.
ANTI-RACISM IS THE CURE FOR RACISM.
SO NOT BEING RACIST OR BEING REALLY, YOU'RE COMPLICIT, BUT THAT'S EVERYONE'S CHOICE.
THIS IS AMERICA, IT'S A FREE COUNTRY.
BUT TO PRACTICE ANTI-RACISM REQUIRES EDUCATION.
IT RE IT REQUIRES LISTENING, LIKE MICHELLE SAID, FEEDBACK AND REALLY MAKING IT A COMMITTED PRACTICE, A NEW WAY OF LIFE THAT WE ALL HAVE TO LEARN, MYSELF INCLUDED.
SO WHAT I SAID BEFORE IS IT'S HARD WORK, BUT WE ARE ALL WORTH IT AND OUR FUTURES ARE WORTH IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
I JUST WANNA MENTION, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE COURTHOUSE AND THE POLICE, WE, WE DO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH C B R E AND, UM, OUR, AND WE ARE PLANNING, UH, TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN THE PROCESS.
UH, NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.
WE'RE DOING DUE DILIGENCE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW.
BUT THERE'S, BUT BEFORE ANY DECISIONS ARE MADE, WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY DO EXTENSIVE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY INFORMED AND INCLUDE THEM IN THE PROCESS, THE DECISION MAKING, YOU KNOW, UH, PROCESS.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERY OPTION THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION BE, UH, BE, UH, REVIEWED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND IF WE REJECT ONE OPTION, PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHY WE'RE GO TAKING THIS APPROACH OR REJECTING, YOU KNOW, THIS OPTION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME, TIME ON THAT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH WILL START, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT THE TOWN IS LOOKING AT, RIGHT? BY THE WAY, ANYONE ELSE, SORRY, I THINK I HAVE, I KNOW IT'S LATE AND MOST OF US HAVE, UM, KIND OF ZONED OUT.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, I WANNA ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT REMARKS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT.
ON JULY 15TH, THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MET AND WE DISCUSSED, UM, THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE ABOUT THE SIGN.
AND IN THAT MEETING, UM, THERE WAS VARIOUS SPEAKERS AND VIEWPOINTS ABOUT THE SIGNS.
UM, AND ONE COM COMMITTEE, OR ONE, UM, MEMBER OF, UM, THE BOARD WHO IS NOT HERE.
SO I'M NOT GONNA REALLY QUOTE WHAT HE SAID, BUT THERE WAS SOME INCITEMENT OF FEAR THAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT THAT HAD ME, I WAS HONESTLY BOILING TO THE POINT OF TEARS.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT BEING COWARDS.
IT WAS NOT DIRECTED AT ANYONE, BUT I DID MAKE THE COMMENT, IF WE, IF WE JUST LIVE IN FEAR, WE
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ARE COWARDS, THAT THAT COMMENT WAS NOT DIRECTED TOWARD ANYONE.SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COMMENT WAS MADE ANY OTHER TIME, BUT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID.
UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THE WHOLE ROTATING THE SIGN, UM, SUPERVISOR FINDER, UM, THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS, FOR ME BEING A BLACK PERSON IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE A A P I RALLIES VERSUS THE BLACK LIVES MATTER RALLIES, MOST PEOPLE DON'T OPPOSE THOSE RALLIES.
THEY DON'T, YOU DON'T GET COUNTER PROTESTS FOR A A P I RALLIES.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, EVERY TIME BLACK LIVES MATTER, THEIR LIVES MATTER.
EVERY TIME THE DIME WAS PUSHED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, THE DIME WAS PUSHED EVERYWHERE.
SO WHEN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPROVED, EVERYBODY'S QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPROVED.
AND SO I I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FACTS OF, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE NOT FAULT, LIKE WE'RE FAULT.
I HAVE TO DEAL WITH COUNTER PROTEST.
WHEN I WAS AWAY AT HOME, I GOT PICTURES OF THE A A P I RALLY AND I'M LIKE, AND YOU KNOW, WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY.
WE DO BECAUSE HATE IS, IS UNWELCOME EVERYWHERE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU, YOU STAND UP FOR ONE AREA OF HATE, BUT YOU DENY ANOTHER AND THAT'S NOT OKAY.
AND SO THERE WAS A FINAL POINT I WANTED TO MAKE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S THE LAST FEW MOMENTS.
I'M, I'M JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE AMOUNT OF FEAR THAT IT TAKES, UM, TO BACK DOWN IT, IT TAKES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FEAR.
AND THIS MEMBER OF THE BOARD SAID THAT LETTERS HAD COME IN THAT WAS SO THREATENING THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT DO BODILY HARM.
THIS IS WHAT WAS SAID ON THAT MEETING.
AND I KNOW NOT MOST OF YOU WASN'T ON THAT MEETING.
UM, THERE WAS A FEW OF YOU THAT WERE, BUT I MEAN, IF YOU, IF YOU GET OFF A MEETING ON JULY 15TH, AND THIS IS THE KIND OF STATEMENTS THAT WERE SAID, SO OF COURSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE COMMENTS LIKE YOU DO TONIGHT.
I I'M A BLACK PERSON LIVING IN AMERICA.
THERE'S NOT MANY THINGS THAT SCARE ME BESIDES MY OWN LIFE, LOSING MY OWN LIFE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN.
BUT I'M NOT GONNA BACK DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR ANCESTORS TAUGHT US.
I REFUSE IF I DO THAT, I DISCREDIT MY PARENTS, MY GRANDPARENTS, AND EVERYONE THAT CAME BEFORE THEM, AND I WON'T.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE FINAL THING IS THE CONSISTENCY.
CONSISTENCY MATTERS, RIGHT? SO IF WE'RE GONNA PUT UP SIGNS AROUND GREENBERG, 'CAUSE THE THE THREE PART PLAN, WE'VE HEARD IT, I'VE HEARD IT, Y'ALL PROBABLY HEARD IT MORE THAN ME.
UM, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT UP SIGNS AROUND GREENBERG THAT IF THE OTHER SIGNS SAY ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER, IT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT.
AND I DIDN'T EVEN GO TO MARKETING SCHOOL, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONSISTENCY IN MARKETING FOR IT TO WORK.
AND IT TAKES SEVEN TIMES FOR SOMEBODY TO SEE SOMETHING BEFORE THEY REMEMBER IT.
I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SAY I'M NOT RACIST.
YOU HAVE TO BE AN ANTI-RACIST.
AND KELLY, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR NOT CALLING YOUR NAME OUT, BUT I CERTAINLY MADE NOTE OF YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UM, FOR STAYING LATE.
AND I STAY LATE AT MEETINGS LIKE THIS TO GET TO HEAR AND LEARN FROM MICHELLE AND KELLY AND TASHA.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THESE ARE ACTUALLY EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, EVEN IF IT'S LATE AT NIGHT IN THIS DAY AND AGE, I JUST, UM, I LEARNED MORE THAT I SHOULD BE INTEGRATING AND LIKE ADJUSTING AROUND.
SO I THINK IT'S WORTH THE TIME AND THE INVESTMENT, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO THESE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS.
UM, I, I THOUGHT I WOULD ACTUALLY JUST LIKE ACTUALLY THROW IN A FEW THINGS THAT ALMOST SOUND LIKE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT AREN'T TOTALLY FOCUSED ON THE SIGN
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ISSUE, ALTHOUGH I THINK THEY COME OUTTA THE CONVERSATION.AND, AND JUST TO REACT TO ONE THING THAT MS. BEVEL SAID, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME, BEVILLE.
THE, THE, THE OLD FAMILY, THE OLDER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY USED TO SAY BEVEL AND THE YOUNGER ONES SAY BEVILLE,
UM, AND YOU MADE A COMMENT AND I, OR PERHAPS, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEHAN MADE A SIMILAR COMMENT THAT TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU THOUGHT THE POLICE REFORM REPORT AND THE FOLLOW UP PROCESSES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG RIGHT NOW ARE IN SOME WAYS MORE PROGRESSIVE AND MORE ENGAGED AND MORE SUSTAINED THAN IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES IN WESTCHESTER.
I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH THAT, UM, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE CERTAINLY SEEN SOME OTHER VILLAGES THAT ARE REALLY HAVING TROUBLE AND MAYBE NOT EVEN BOTHERING TO LIKE FULLY ENGAGE WITH FOLLOW UP ON, ON LIKE, ON DEVELOPING FUTURE PROPOSALS.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN THE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAKE A REFERRAL OF ONE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR POSSIBLE REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR ITS CURRENT PRACTICES.
SO I I, I ACTUALLY TEND TO AGREE WITH, I, WHAT I THINK IS PROBABLY THE SENSE OF THIS BOARD THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAS GONE A LITTLE FARTHER, IF NOT SUBSTANTIALLY FARTHER THAN SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY.
UM, SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT BECAUSE, UM, AS KELLY HAS SAID, WE HAVE SEEN SOME ACTIVITIES IN SOME OTHER PARTS OF THIS COUNTY THAT ARE REALLY ROUGH IN RELATION TO CIVIL RIGHTS.
BUT SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN TARRYTOWN AND IRVINGTON.
UM, WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN HARASSED BECAUSE THEY'VE STEPPED FORWARD IN FAVOR OF CIVIL RIGHTS THIS PAST YEAR.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE WOMEN OF COLOR, RIGHT? IT'S NOT ME.
UM, SOME OF IT IS AIMED AT SOME OF US IN THIS ROOM, BUT THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HIT WITH PHONE CALLS, WITH VISITS, WITH EMAILS ARE NOT WHITE MEN.
I CAN GIVE YOU THEIR NAMES TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WANT THEM TO BE PROVIDED.
AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS KNOW OF SOME OF THESE INSTANCES.
THEY'VE BEEN INFORMED OF SOME OF THESE.
SO WE NEED TO PROTECT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY TO PROTECT THE WOMEN LEADERSHIP AMONGST US HERE IN THIS ROOM AND OTHER PLACES, THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE EXPOSED TO THIS KIND OF HATE MORE THAN ME, WHO HAS LOTS OF DEFENSE MECHANISMS AND SUPPORTS.
WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THE CHIEF PROBABLY KNOWS AS SOME OF THESE THINGS, OTHER VILLAGES KNOW OF SOME OF THESE THINGS.
IT'S OUT THERE, IT'S VERY OVERT.
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SIGN IS REPRESENTATIONAL OF THAT KIND OF HATE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK MORE ABOUT THAT HATE IN THE COMMUNITY.
ALSO, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE CERTAINLY TALKING ABOUT LIKE HOW WE CHANGE OURSELVES AND CHANGE OUR GOVERNMENT PROCESSES, BUT WE CAN'T ALSO FORGET THAT IT'S SOMEBODY PROBABLY IN A NON-GOVERNMENTAL CAPACITY WHO FELT THAT IT WAS OKAY AND HAD LIKE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, CLEARANCE TO GO OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN FRONT OF A HOME, RIGHT IN FRONT OF A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE WERE PROBABLY SLEEPING ACROSS THE STREET WHEN THIS THING WAS GETTING HACKED DOWN.
THAT'S PRETTY HEAVY DUTY HATE IN THE COMMUNITY.
NOT JUST AMONGST OURSELVES, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TO LIKE INTEGRATE WHAT IT MEANS TO RESPOND TO IT, BUT IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I, I THINK WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THE TOWN HAS RIGHTFULLY AND LAUDABLY SET A STANDARD BY WHICH IT HAS SAYS THAT ON A WELCOME SIGN, IT'S WORTH ALSO LIKE MAKING THIS POINT THAT WE HAVE HOPES THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CHALLENGE TO US IS IN TERMS OF NEEDING TO REPLACE IT WITH THAT TEXT.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT TEXT RAISED THE HOPES OF SO MANY OF US, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT I CAN'T RELATE TO.
BUT WHAT I, WHAT I DO HERE AND WHAT I CAN RELATE TO IS THE IDEA THAT THE DESTRUCTION OF THAT SPECIFIC SIGN TAKES AWAY A HOPE, IS WHAT I HEAR IS WHAT I INTERPRET AS BEING SAID.
THAT IT CREATED A HOPE AND IT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN.
SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I LIKE, LIKE I'M GRAPPLING WITH, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, ARE ARE THERE OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO CELEBRATE? YES.
ARE THERE OTHER COMMUNITIES WE NEED TO MARK AND SUPPORT? ABSOLUTELY.
BUT A HOPE WAS TAKEN AWAY HERE OF MAKING THIS TOWN LOOK AND BE INCLUSIVE FOR A COMMUNITY UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT KELLY OFTEN SAYS.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO TRY TO STICK TO THAT COMMITMENT AND UNDERSTAND AND INTEGRATE IN OUR LIVES WHAT THAT MEANS TO HAVE SEEN THAT LOSS IN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SIGN.
ANYONE ELSE? I GUESS, CAN I MOVE THAT WAY? ADJOURN THE MEETING.
UH, I, I HATE TO DO THIS, BUT I, BUT I, I, I JUST HAVE TO RESPOND.
UH, I, I'VE BEEN SITTING UP ON THIS DAY AS FOR 16 YEARS OR SO, ACTUALLY 26 YEARS WITH THE ZONING BOARD.
I NEVER HAD SOMEBODY COME TO THE PODIUM AND SAY, YOU ARE WHITE.
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YOU'RE RIGHT, I'M NOT BLACK.AND WHAT YOU DIDN'T SAY WHEN YOU SAID YOU ARE WHITE, THIS SHOULD BE A TEACHABLE MOMENT FOR YOU, IS THAT IT SHOULD ALSO THEN BE A TEACHABLE MOMENT FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE.
THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE OF WHOM ARE AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO DECIDED TO CHANGE THE SIGN.
YOU SAID, DON'T CHANGE THE SIGN.
YOU ME, I SHOULD NOT CHANGE THE SIGN.
I CAN'T CHANGE THE SIGN, RIGHT? I'M ONE MEMBER OF FIVE HERE, I'M ONE MEMBER OF WHATEVER.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR A PARTICULAR MEETING.
I CAN'T CHANGE THAT SIGN, BUT I CAN LISTEN, AS I SAID BEFORE I WENT INTO THAT MEETING, UH, WITH, UH, WITH UH, UH, PASTOR WILLIAMS AND BISHOP PRESTON COULDN'T MAKE THAT MEETING, BUT HE SAID THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT THE MAJORITY OF WHETHER OR NOT TO CHANGE IT OR NOT.
AND, AND THE MAJORITY, OVERWHELMINGLY WITH ONE EXCEPTION, UH, WAS TO CHANGE THE, CHANGE THE SIGN.
SO TO HAVE YOU STAND UP AND SAY, YOU ARE WHITE, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, DON'T CHANGE THE SIGN.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S, WHAT THAT SIGN MEANS.
I'M LISTENING AND I'M HEARING, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THOSE OTHER PEOPLE? THE MAJORITY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE, I, I WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY ARE, THEY ARE NOT WHITE, THEY ARE AFRICAN AMERICANS.
AND SO WHEN THEY MADE AN ARGUMENT THAT WAS SO CONVINCING THAT I AGREED WITH IT, I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE CHASTISED FOR AGREEING WITH THAT ARGUMENT.
AND, AND SECONDLY, AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M NOT ONE WHO HEARS THE WORD RACE AND DIVES UNDER THE TABLE.
I THINK ACTUALLY WHAT THAT PERSON DID TO THAT SIGN AND ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING ABOUT IT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING.
IT'S NOT GOOD THAT HE KNOCKED DOWN THE SIGN.
BUT FRANKLY, I WOULD RATHER KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT THERE THEN TO NOT KNOW WE HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT THERE WITH THOSE IDEAS.
I WANT PEOPLE TO GET UP TO THAT, THAT MICROPHONE AND TELL US, SHOW US RIGHT? WHEN THEY SHOW YOU WHO YOU ARE, BELIEVE THEM.
I WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK THEIR MIND SO WE KNOW WHO IS WHAT THEIR ACTUAL BELIEF IS.
SO AGAIN, I DON'T, BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS A DIFFERENT, A PARTICULAR RACE OR WHATEVER, IF SOMEBODY IS NOT SAYING THAT SOMETHING IS SPEAKING TRUTH, I'M GONNA CALL 'EM OUT ON IT.
AND IF I CALL 'EM OUT ON IT AND THEY HAPPEN NOT TO BE WHITE, THAT DOESN'T, TO ME, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME A RACIST.
IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT I AM CALLING OUT THE SUBJECT.
WE HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A CABLE RESOLUTION.
WE HEARD ABOUT THE, UH, STANDARD WORKDAY.
AND HER NOT KNOWING THE TOWN CLERK, NOT KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT RESOLUTION.
I LOOKED AT MY EMAILS, SHE WAS NOTIFIED YESTERDAY ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK, THAT THE THREE ELECTED OFFICIALS WANTED US TO VOTE NO ON THAT RELU, NO PUTTING IT ON THE RESO ON THE AGENDA.
SO THIS WASN'T A SURPRISE, BUT IT, IT SOUNDS GOOD, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAKE THESE KIND OF STATEMENTS.
AND IT'S FRANKLY VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SIT HERE.
THE CHAIR OF OUR COMMITTEE, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER COMMITTEE, WHO'S AFRICAN AMERICAN IS IN HERE.
UH, AND HE ALSO SUPPORTED CHANGING THE SIGN.
AND I GUESS HE NEEDS A TEACHABLE MOMENT.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS VERY DIFFICULT.
AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, NOT ON CAMERA, AND I HOPE WE HAVE HAVE THEM IN THE FUTURE.
UH, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS LIKE THAT.
AND, AND AGAIN, YES, THIS IS A TEACHABLE MOMENT.
I TAKE ALL OF THIS AND I PUT IT AND I ABSORB IT AND YOU KNOW, I WILL, I WILL LEARN FROM IT.
FRANCIS, YOU SO CONVENIENTLY LEAVE INFORMATION OUT.
YES, THE TWO JUSTICES DID SEND AN EMAIL SAYING THAT I WAS REQUESTING INFORMATION THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER.
THEY DID NOT ASK TO HOLD THE RESOLUTION OVER.
AND I RESPONDED, SHOWING DOCUMENTATION, SHOWING DOCUMENTATION OF HOW I NOTIFIED THEIR ASSISTANT WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THEIR DOCUMENTATION TOGETHER.
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TO MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.