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PAUL, CAN YOU HEAR US? PAUL? PAUL, ARE YOU MUTED? MAYBE ASK JANET.
PAUL, CAN YOU HEAR US? JANET, TO UNMUTE PAUL.
JANNA, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I CAN.
IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS.
WELL, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ON CAMERA, BUT CAN YOU HEAR US? SOMEONE'S SITTING IN MY CHAIR.
SO SINCE YOU'RE NOT ON CAMERA, UH, JOY IS GOING TO, WE'LL DO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE SHOULD OKAY.
WELL, I'M JUST GONNA REPEAT WHAT SHE SAID.
SHE'S THE DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
HOW ABOUT WE START THE MEETING? SOUNDS LIKE A IDEA.
THIS IS JOY HABER IN HER ROLE AS A DEPUTY TOWN SUPERVISOR, AND WE'RE GONNA CALL UP THE VETERAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, HUGH MCCALLEY, COME SIT AT THE TABLE.
WE ARE SORRY TO HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS UNDER THE WEATHER.
SO WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDING VIA ZOOM, AND WE HAVE AN IN-PERSON QUORUM.
SO WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE LAW AND TOWN CODE LAW.
AND YOU CAN HEAR ME RIGHT, RIGHT? CAN YOU SEE US FINE? YEAH.
COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND RESIDENCE?
UH, LOVE BRYANT STREET, HARSDALE, NEW YORK, 1 0 5 3 OH.
AND WITH THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, MY DEPA SQUA, I BELONG TO THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, I JUST WANNA TAKE A, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
THE, THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS GOING TO HOST A VETERAN'S BREAKFAST STARTING THIS YEAR.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN DONE BY THE COUNTY, AND IT WAS SPONSORED BY PHELPS, UH, HOSPICE.
THEY HAD, UH, THE ATTENDANCE WAS OVER 700 VETERANS.
WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT I WANTED TO CALL MINE MYSELF, BILL AGUILAR AND EFRON HERNANDEZ, WHO OUR, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANTED TO NOTIFY THE BOARD.
FIRST, WE WANT TO COME IN AND JUST ADVISE YOU THAT WE ARE GOING TO RUN THE BREAKFAST AND THEN BITE YOU TO THE BREAKFAST.
THE DATE OF THE BREAKFAST WILL BE MAY 9TH, AND IT'LL BE NINE 30 IN THE MORNING.
AND OUR SPONSORS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, TO, TO PROVIDE SOME, UH, A GREAT MEAL FOR OUR VETERANS.
EACH, EACH VETERAN, UH, HE OR SHE WILL, WILL HAVE A PLATTER WITH EGGS, BACON, SAUSAGE, HASH BROWNS, AND FRENCH TOAST.
THERE'LL BE AN ALTERNATIVE HEALTHY DISH OF, UM, YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT HEALTHY FRUIT,
SO, UH, OUR, OUR SPONSORS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US AND, AND, UH, WE, WE, WE THANK THEM.
BUT AGAIN, BE, WE ARE GOING TO DO, START THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ON MONDAY AND, UM, STARTING WITHIN THE TOWN, UH, GREENBERG ITSELF IN THE VILLAGES.
AND THEN WE'LL START TO RAMP IT OUT.
AND THERE'S A METHODOLOGY THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH KRISTA AND, UH, EDIE JUST ON HOW THAT MAILING LIST SHOULD BE, UH, UH, MANAGED.
WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME EXTRA WORK.
UM, EFRIN HERNANDEZ IS GONNA BE A POINT PERSON WITH THE VILLAGES, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE HAD NOTIFIED THE VILLAGES AND THE VILLAGE VETERANS SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ADDITIONAL LETTERS, THAT THERE WAS SOME GAP IN THAT.
WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, IDENTIFIED AT LEAST A DOZEN VETERANS THAT DIDN'T GET A LETTER FROM EITHER ONE THAT ARE PROPERTY HOLDERS TO GET TAX EXEMPT.
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WE'LL GET TO THAT.UM, SO WE JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD AND BEFORE WE WENT PUBLIC, WE WANTED TO SIT AND, AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO AND INVITE YOU TO THE EVENT.
THAT'S, THAT'S OUR WHOLE SPEECH.
SO, ARE, ARE YOU, UH, YOU SHARING? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE LOCATED, PLEASE? I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO ASK AS WELL.
ANTHONY, VETERANS PARK AND OLEY.
THE SAME VENUE THAT, I'M SORRY.
WE, I'M THE SAME VENUE WE USE FOR THE BARBECUE AT ANTHONY VETERAN PARK.
OH, SO THE AT, AT THE VETERAN PARK? YEAH.
AND THEN WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE, WE ALSO, UM, IN TALKING TO JOEL OR CASEY IN THE PLANNING PARK, UM, ANY SENIOR, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SENIORS THAT ARE TAKING CLASSES THERE DURING THE DAY.
AND, UM, THOSE SENIORS AND ANYONE ATTENDING CLASSES THAT WANT TO DROP IN AND HAVE BREAKFAST, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO.
SO THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT.
WE'LL PROBABLY SOLICIT THEM A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE AND JUST GET THE RSVPS.
'CAUSE THE RSVPS ARE KEY FOR US FOR THIS EVENT.
WHEN ARE THE INVITATIONS GOING OUT? UM, THE LETTER SHOULD GO OUT THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY, AND THEN A FOLLOW UP LETTER.
UM, WE'LL GO OUT FROM THE VILLAGES SOMEWHERE, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF FEBRUARY.
AND THE POSTERS AND FLYERS WILL START TO GET POSTED AROUND TOWN, UM, IN MARCH.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY, AND ALL OF THIS IS PART OF OUR SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHEN IT'S ALL GEARED TO.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO IDENTIFY THOSE VETERANS THAT DO NOT OWN PROPERTY AND THAT MAY LIVE WITH THE RELATIVE OR LIVE, UH, IN A RENTAL UNIT SOMEWHERE.
AND, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THAT.
UM, OUR COMMITTEE RECENTLY, A COUPLE OF US ATTENDED A MENTAL HEALTH, UH, UH, FIRST AID CLASS FOR CRISIS INTERVENTION OF VETERANS AND GEARED TOWARDS SUICIDE PREVENTION.
SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER OUTREACH.
SO FEBRUARY, THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY'S FIRST HARDCORE HARD LETTERS GOING OUT, FOLLOWED BY, UH, VILLAGE LETTERS LATER ON IN THE MONTH.
AND THEN THE POSTERS WILL START TO GO UP LATER.
SO ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOING ANYTHING AS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH, MEANING TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE VETERANS, MAYBE LETTERS OR SOMETHING FOR THEM TO RECEIVE THAT DAY SO THEY CAN HAVE THEM JUST SO WE CAN SHOW APPRECIATION TO OUR VETERANS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED.
ARE YOU GONNA BE DOING ANY OUTREACH THAT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOUR COMMITTEE HAS SOMETHING IN PLACE LIKE THAT, BUT IF NOT, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT.
I THINK THAT'S A, UM, A GREAT GESTURE JUST SO THE VETERANS CAN HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
YEAH, AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
AND, AND SO FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, GINA, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, UM, ANDREW STEWART COUSINS NOMINATES A VETERAN EACH YEAR FOR THE NEW YORK STATE VETERANS HALL OF FAME.
CARMINE DE PASQUALE WAS NOMINATED TWO YEARS AGO.
THAT VETERAN IS BROUGHT UP TO ALBANY AND THEY'RE RECOGNIZED IN SUCH, SUCH, UM, AT OUR EVENT, THAT AWARD WILL BE AWARDED AT BY ANDREW STEWART AT THE BREAKFAST, OR HER REPRESENTATIVE.
AND THE FAMILY WILL BE THERE IN ADDITION.
ALL THE OTHER, WE, WE ARE MAKING A SPECIAL, UM, THERE'D BE A SPECIAL LETTER GOING OUT TO PASS RECIPIENTS OF THAT AWARD, INVITING THEM.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE TOWN, THE COUNTY OF GEORGE CAME UP A FEW YEARS AGO WITH A SPECIAL PIN THAT WAS ISSUED TO OUR VETERANS, AND IT, IT KIND OF GETS EXPENSIVE.
BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D WANT TO DO, WE CAN'T DO A ONE-ON-ONE LETTER BECAUSE, UM, LOGISTICALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO ANYTHING IN RECOGNITION OF OUR VETERANS IS SPECIAL.
I GUESS MAY, AND MAYBE, MAYBE I COULD JUST, I'M SORRY, ELLEN.
MAYBE I COULD JUST BE A LITTLE CLEARER WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.
IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO STUDENTS OF ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND STUFF, TO JUST, TO HAVE A LETTER OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE DO THAT AT, UM, AT MY, AT MY ORGANIZATION, AT UM, NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY THAT WE DO LETTERS.
THERE'S SOMEONE WHO'S HEAD OF THE VETERANS, UM, THE VETERANS, UH, COMMITTEE IN HER TOWN.
AND SHE ALWAYS ASKS US TO, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU, WHY DON'T YOU WRITE A LETTER, YOU KNOW, JUST A FRIENDLY LETTER, SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I THINK THAT COULD BE SOMETHING.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE GIRL SCOUTS AND ANY OF THE OTHER YOUTH GROUPS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE WOULD LOVE TO, UM, PARTICIPATE AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND AGAIN, THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS OFFLINE, BUT JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO YOU.
AND I THINK SINCE WE HAVE THE TIME TO DO THAT, WE CAN START GETTING SOMETHING TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A GOOD GESTURE AS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY COME IN, WE RECOGNIZE AND FEED THEM, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING AN RSVP LIST, WE MIGHT ASK KRISTA TO RECORD AN ADDRESS AND MAYBE A, A LETTER OF RECOGNITION SIGNED BY THE BOARD.
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YEAH.AND WE SEND THAT OUT TO EACH VETERAN.
I THINK THAT MM-HMM,
THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THAT, I WAS JUST TRYING TO DO SOMETHING BIGGER AND INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY SO WE CAN INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN IT.
THAT'S, SO THAT'S, THAT WAS A GIVEN.
ONE OF THE DRAWBACKS WE HAVE AT THIS EVENT, AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE RELYING ON OUR SPONSORS, THE ATRIA AND SHOP WRITER A LOT, IS WE WILL NOT HAVE OUR REGULAR CORE OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE AT THE BARBECUE.
WE WON'T HAVE OUR GIRL SCOUT, WE WON'T HAVE OUR BOY SCOUT, WE WON'T HAVE THE CERT TEAM.
AND WE HAD ABOUT 50 MEMBERS AT OUR BARBECUE, SO THEY'LL BE BAGGING THE BARBECUE.
BUT, UM, SO ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS TO RECOGNIZE OUR VETERANS? I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S OUTSTANDING.
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ANYWHERE.
I GOT A, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE HORROR STORIES COMING IN TODAY FROM WHITE PLAINS
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO WITH IT THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO TO DRIVE IT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
I JUST WANNA, GINA, DID YOU MEAN A LETTER FOR EACH VETERAN OR A LETTER TO BE READ AT THE EVENT? NO, IT'S JUST A LETTER.
IT'S, IT'S JUST A LETTER TO BE READ AT THE EVENT.
YOU CAN HAVE, YOU CAN POST THEM UP, YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST SOMETHING, JUST SOMETHING SPECIAL TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY APPRECIATES, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THIS COUNTRY.
SO I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.
BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I CAN TALK WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, OFFLINE.
I DON'T WANNA HOLD THE MEAN, I KNOW WE KNOW RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE, BUT I CAN TALK WITH YOU OFFLINE ABOUT THAT.
AND, BUT I, I ALSO THINK THAT THAT A LETTER GOING TO EACH TOWN BOARD, UH, EACH VETERAN, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A MAILING LIST.
AND, AND THAT'S AN OUTSTANDING IDEA.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T, IT, IT PERSONALIZES THINGS.
IT'S A GREAT, IT'S A GENERAL LETTER.
BUT, BUT YES, THAT WOULD BE VERY NICE.
AND HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO COMMISSIONER POSEY ABOUT THAT AT ALL? AT THE COUNTY? NO.
BECAUSE MAYBE HE CAN HELP WITH THE PINS.
SO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN WE WERE AT THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, THERE WERE VETERANS THERE.
WILL THEY BE GETTING THESE LETTERS, INVITING THEM TO THIS? YEAH.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS IS, UM, WE, WE DID, THE TOWN DID TWO GREAT THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, UM, TERRENCE AT THEODORE YOUNG, UH, IN COORDINATION, COMMISSIONER JACKSON COMM, COMMISSIONER JACKSON, UM, MM-HMM.
AND WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT A COUPLE OF WORLD WAR II BEDS FROM THE ATRIA, THE PEOPLE.
UM, BUT, UH, THE INVITATIONS GO PERSONALLY OVER TO THE ATRIA TO CHELSEA.
AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO GET OUR WORLD WAR II GUYS OVER THERE.
UM, THE ATRIA HAS VANS ALSO THAT ARE GEARED FOR WHEELCHAIRS IF THEY'RE NECESSARY.
AND THEY, THEY WILL BE, BRING PEOPLE WITHIN A CERTAIN RANGE.
AND I THINK ANTHONY VETERAN MIGHT BE, SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THEM.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT, UM, IT'S, IT'S AN EASIER EVENT FOR THEM BECAUSE OF THE TIME.
AND SO WE'LL WORK BECAUSE THEY'RE ONE OF OUR PREMIER SPONSORS.
THE CHEF IS, IS LIKE, HELPED US WITH THE MENU.
AND SHE'S GUIDING US AND SHOWING US HOW TO FLIP EGGS AND COOK PRE-COOK BACON AND STUFF.
SO, BUT YEAH, WE, SO WE WANT TO DO THAT OUTREACH.
THE BIGGER OUTREACH THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON IS, AND THIS CAME OUTTA THE SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM, UM, IS WE DESPERATELY WANT TO TOUCH FAMILIES OF VETERANS.
AND THAT'S OUR OUTREACH IS, IS, AND WE, WE TALKED TO, UM, UH, BISHOP PRESTON BRIEFLY THE OTHER NIGHT, AND WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO HIM SOME MORE ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE, UM, THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST OF WHITE PLAINS ARE INITIATING A NEW OUTREACH THROUGH MINISTRY ALONG WITH THE JEHOVAH WITNESS, UH, OVER HERE ON, UH, JUST OFF TARRYTOWN ROAD.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE REACH OUT TO FAMILIES.
'CAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP, THE VETERANS THAT SHOW UP AT THESE EVENTS ARE NOT THE VETERANS THAT ARE HIGH RISK.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE HIGH RISK VETERANS THAT DON'T SHOW UP.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF OUR OUTREACH.
AND SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THOSE CHURCHES AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, UH, PASTOR RICHARDSON AND, AND, UH, BISHOP PRESTON AND, AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, PUSH THIS, THE FLYERS OUT, WHICH THEY DID FOR THE BARBECUE, BECAUSE IF WE GET SOMEBODY OUT OF THEIR HOUSE, OUT OF THAT ROOM, THAT SUICIDE RISK DROPS DRAMATICALLY.
ALONG WITH OUR, UH, THE OUTREACH TO THE COLLEGES TO MERCY AND, UM, WHICH WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH MERCY LEHMAN AND WESTCHESTER.
SO THIS, THIS EVENT IS FOR VETERANS THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER? YEAH.
WE DON'T, ADDITIONALLY, THAT'S WHERE THEY LIVE.
THE MESSAGING STARTS WITHIN THE CORE.
'CAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE THE VETERANS WITHIN THE TOWN FIRST OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS WE GROW FURTHER, WE NEVER ASK FOR IDS COMING IN THE DOOR.
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IF I CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO REACH OUT TO REVEREND TINGER BECAUSE HE RUNS A, UH, I THINK IT'S CALLED SOLE WORKSHOP FOR PEOPLE DEALING WITH, WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND SUICIDE PREVENTION ISSUES.AND HE MIGHT ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE VETERANS.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST SEND ME HIS CONTACT INFORMATION, I'LL, I'LL GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM BECAUSE WE, WE REALLY, THE OUTREACH IS WHAT WE'RE DRIVING AND THAT'S WHY WE STARTED THE BARBECUE.
WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS, THE HIGH RISK IS IT, IT'S BEEN A, A, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE, THE SUICIDE RATE IS REMAINING THE SAME, IT'S NOT COMING DOWN.
AND WE DO NOT WANT A SUICIDE WHERE WE CAN PREVENT ONE.
AND IF ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS, IS CALL MY LEGS TO TELL PEOPLE IS THEY'RE NEVER ALONE.
AND IF WE CAN MESSAGE THAT, YOU'RE NEVER ALONE.
WE SERVE FROM THE LEFT CLEAR FROM THE RIGHT.
YOU CAN EAT ALL THE PLATES YOU WANT.
IF YOU, YOU WANT ONE OF THOSE TWO OR THREE HEALTHY PLATES OF THE YOGURT AND FRUIT, JOE, I KNOW YOU, YOU'LL KEEP YOU.
Q UH, Q UM, CLERK NIRO JUST SENT ME A CONTACT FOR THE CHURCH, SO I WILL THEN FORWARD IT TO YOU.
OR YOU COULD JUST SEND IT TO ME TOO.
I DON'T KNOW IF I ALLOWED, ALLOWED TO SAY THAT.
OH, I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER SHE HAD YOUR, YOUR TEXT.
CALL MY ANYTHING ELSE? DO YOU, YOU COMMENTING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, OKAY.
COULD I, COULD I HAVE THE MAJORITY RE UH, LEADER RECOGNIZED YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO VETERANS? 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO'S DONE MORE.
SHE HAS AND, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT, UH, A LOT OF TIMES.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I, I'VE TOLD HER THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, UH, THERE ARE ARE WOUNDED VETERANS THAT, UM, CAN'T GET OUT AND DO THINGS.
AND THEY DO SO MUCH MORE FROM HOME THAN I WILL EVER DO.
AND I'M JUST HAPPEN TO BE THE PUBLIC FACE THAT'S ALL IS THERE COMPARED TO OTHER VETERANS THAT, THAT ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE PHONE WORKING ON CASES LIKE WE HAVE TODAY.
UM, IT, IT IS, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT SHE HAS BROUGHT THAT UP ON YEAH.
BY THE WAY, UM, BY THE WAY, I SPOKE TO, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO I, I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT AND, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN, UH, TWO FOLLOW UP CALLS, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE, UH, SUCCESSFUL.
SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HELP YOU WITHOUT GIVING, YOU KNOW, MUCH INFORMATION.
UM, WE HAD A SITUATION OF WHERE A RESIDENT OF, UM, OF GREENBURG, HIS WIFE IS, WAS A, UH, A VETERAN, YOU KNOW, IN ONLY IN HER LATE FIFTIES.
UH, SHE HAS A MAJOR ILLNESS, SHE'S ON A VENTILATOR, AND, UM, SHE'S TRYING TO GET INTO A REHAB FACILITY IN WESTCHESTER OR IN THE BRONX.
SO, SO HER HUSBAND COULD BE WITH HER.
AND, UM, THE WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL WAS GONNA SEND HER LIKE AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY.
AND HER HUSBAND WAS CRYING AND VERY, VERY UPSET, UH, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BE WITH HER AT ALL TIMES.
SO I CONTACTED YOU, I CONTACTED THE HEAD OF WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL, WE CONTACTED HELEN HAYES.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HO HOPEFUL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS VETERAN, UH, THE YOUNG VETERAN WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND WAS OVERSEAS IN THE COMBAT SITUATION IN A ROLE WOULD, WOULD BE ABLE TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY THAT SHE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT SHE, YOU KNOW, THAT SHE DESERVES AND HER FAMILY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT IS HEARTBREAKING FOR FAMILIES TO HAVE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL AN HOUR AND A HALF A DAY TO SEE HER.
AND I, I THINK, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, UM, THIS IS A YOUNG FEMALE, UH, 21 YEARS ARMY VETERAN COMBAT WOUNDED, AND, UH, UH, A LOT OF, UH, COMPLICATED THINGS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU READ ABOUT THE PAPER FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE OUT IN THOSE OPERATIONS.
AND JUST A STATISTIC, UM, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU SOMETHING AND I, OH, AS FAR AS THE VETERANS WHO ARE INJURED AND CAN'T LEAVE HOME, UM, IS THERE GOING TO BE A ZOOM COMPONENT SO THAT THEY CAN WATCH FROM HOME? OR SHOULD WE ARRANGE FOR THAT? UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON THAT.
UM, WE WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW WE'RE GONNA HANDLE, UM, THE VETERANS THAT CAN'T LEAVE THEIR HOME.
IT'S, SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THAT, NAVIGATE THAT.
UM, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WHEN WE RUN INTO A SITUATION LIKE THAT, A CERTIFIED, UH, SERVICE OFFICER FROM THE DAB OR
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THE AMERICAN LEGION STEPS IN AND THEY BECOME PART OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS A BUDDY PROGRAM, AND THAT'S A ONE-ON-ONE PROGRAM WITH THAT VETERAN SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, THEY HAVE A CONTACT, THEY HAVE FRIENDS AND THEY GROW THAT OUT.YOU KNOW, SO THEY'LL ADD TO THAT.
SO WHEN WE FIND THAT UNIQUE SITUATION, THOSE ARE ALMOST AUTOMATICALLY TURNED OVER TO OUR SERVICE OFFICERS AT WHICH ARE, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY DON'T, THE ISOLATION AND THE PTSD DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF THOSE, UH, SCREEN TYPE ISSUES.
I WAS JUST THINKING FOR THE, FOR THE, UM, FOR THE, THE, SO THE VETERANS WHO YOU MENTIONED WERE SO HELPFUL FROM HOME, AT LEAST FOR THEM, IF WE COULD ZOOM THEM OUT AS SOON AS WE FIND ONE OF THE BETTER, WHEN WE IDENTIFY A VETERAN THAT'S HOME BOUND, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR US.
AND IT'S TURNED OVER TO A SERVICE OFFICER THAT'S TRAINED IN DEALING WITH THAT AND TO MANAGE THAT.
NO, I MEAN, JUST FOR THE EVENT ZOOM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD, WE COULD DO THAT.
UM, BUT WE, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.
AND, AND JUST ON A FOLLOW UP, I, I, I DON'T THINK THE, THE BEST VETERANS DAY WE HAD WAS THIS BEST, THIS PAST VETERAN'S DAY.
I, I CAN'T THANK THE BOARD ENOUGH.
I MEAN, ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS BE AT THE, THE CHELSEA FOR AN HOUR AND THAT WAS A FABULOUS, FABULOUS DAY FOR OUR VETERANS.
IT WAS, I MEAN, YOU GOT SOME WORLD WAR II PEOPLE IN THERE THAT, THAT MAYBE WON'T SEE ANOTHER VETERANS DAY, BUT YOU COULD SEE THE JOY.
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT, THAT WITH GINA PAUL, EVERYBODY AND THE COUNTY EXEC WAS THERE.
AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST A GREAT, GREAT, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW, UH, THE VETERANS APPRECIATED YOUR SON BEING THERE, FRANCIS.
AND, AND SO I THINK THAT AS MUCH AS, AS THE RECOGNITION IS DOWN AT DESANT PLAZA AND STUFF, I I REALLY THINK THAT EVERYONE TAKING THAT EXTRA HOUR AND A HALF IN THE AFTERNOON TO DO, I, I COULDN'T BE PROUD OF PART.
IT WAS WONDERFUL FOR US TO BE THERE TOO.
WE REALLY GOT A LOT OUT OF IT, SO THANK YOU.
I JUST, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY GOOD, SO THANKS.
SO WE WANTED TO COME IN TONIGHT, JUST LET YOU KNOW BEFORE YOU START READING IT, AND THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND, UM, THANKS FOR BEING WHAT DATE IS THAT? MAY 9TH, THURSDAY.
WHERE'S IT GONNA BE HELD? ANTHONY GREENBERG TOWN PARK.
GREEN SNEAKERS REQUIRED, SIR, FROM THE LEFT.
FRANCIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT BUILDING IS THAT IN THE MINUTES? I HOPE IT'S ON TV.
RIGHT? WELL, YOU HAVE AN APRON FOR, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY VETERANS WATCHING THIS TONIGHT, UM, WHEN THE PROGRAM OPENS UP IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, IT'S AN RSVP, A QUICK CALL OR A, YOU CAN USE THE UPSC SCAN AND ALL OF THAT.
I JUST HAVE YOU A QUESTION THAT I JUST THOUGHT OF.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TRYING, LIKE EVERYONE WE COULD THINK OF WITH THAT PERSON VETERAN, UM, WHO WANTS HIS, UM, YOU KNOW, WIFE TO BE SENT TO A REHAB FACILITY IN, IN WESTCHESTER, IN THE BRONX.
DO YOU THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL, DO YOU THINK THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE WOULD TO, YOU KNOW, HELP US? UM, BECAUSE I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M DOING LIKE EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO GET THEM THE, THE HELP THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY NEED.
YOU KNOW, SARAH, VERY, THE FAMILY WAS CRYING.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY HEARTBREAKING.
UM, WE JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE I SHOULD WRITE TO.
I WOULD JUST STAND BY FOR, FOR, I WOULD GIVE IT 24 HOURS UNTIL TOMORROW.
UM, RON TOCHI SHOP HAS BEEN ADVISED, AND RON, UH, AND CHRIS, UH, AND CHRISTINE GARONE, THEY'RE AWARE OF IT.
UM, THE PROCESS HAS TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND HOPEFULLY THE, BY THIS POINT, UM, THE DOCTORS FROM WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL HAVE TALKED TO THE, UH, EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTORS DOWN AT KINGSBRIDGE.
I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE AND THAT'D BE AN OFFLINE DISCUSSION.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'RE, I, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO, UH, CLOSE THE WORK SESSION AND, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS AND DISCUSSING PERSONAL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND DISTINCT LEGAL ADVICE ON VARIOUS MATTERS.
SECOND, WE DON'T HAVE ALL IN FAVOR.
AND BY FRANCIS, SHE ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.