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From YouTube: June 22, 2021 Caucus, Public Hearing, & Regular Meeting
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Acted on Legislation
A
Okay
welcome
everyone.
Can
you
all
hear
me
in
my
mute?
No
okay
to
our
monday
june
21st
caucus
before
our
main
meeting
just
getting
right
into
our
agenda
start.
First
up
on
the
agenda,
is
a
public
hearing
for
mr
shea's
ordinance,
1861
21
and
we'll
be
moving
that
ordinance
based
depending
the
outcome
of
the
public
hearing
next
meetings
minutes
june
7th
meeting
minutes
will
be
offered
for
passage.
B
A
Moving
into
local
laws
not
introduced
this
from
a
conversation
I
had
with
mr
shea
earlier.
She
we
were
slated
to
do
something
with
a
local
law.
I
see
that
it
was
pending
attendance.
I
would
you
know
I'll
come
back
to
it
when
she
gets
in
the
meeting,
but
I
don't
believe
we'll
be.
We
will
be
moving
forward
with
it
tonight
at
her
request,
but
we'll
see
what
she
gets
in
the
meeting.
A
A
A
E
A
B
A
A
A
G
C
A
D
D
D
We
aren't
just
going
to
directly
live
stream
to
facebook
or
youtube
because
in
the
meeting,
what
whatever
we
live
stream
then
becomes
their
property,
and
they
could
insist
that
people
watch
a
bunch
of
commercials
in
order
to
see
our
meetings.
So
he
so
the
I.t
director
was
going
to
have
a
third
party
that
we
actually
live
stream
to.
Who
then
puts
it
out
on
our
website
and
probably
on
facebook?
Also.
A
I
I
think
that's
a
very
ambitious
goal.
I
think
overall
we're
looking
at
about
five
weeks
in
total.
I
will
be
my
best
guess
estimate
we
made
this
a
collaborative
so
we're
looking
at
replacing
the
equipment
and
then
also
taking
our
meeting
streaming
to
the
next
level
and
streaming
to
multiple
platforms,
youtube
facebook
and
then
our
own
web
page,
like
councilman
o'brien,
said
to
make
sure
that
people
don't
have
to
watch
those
ads.
I
D
Yeah,
an
rit
director,
I
gave
an
example
of
a
couple
of
cities.
Flagstaff
has
a
broadcast
where
you're
actually
seeing
the
live
meeting
at
the
same
time,
you're
seeing
the
agenda
they
they
could
do
a
three
screen
split.
You
see
the
meeting
the
agenda
and
the
actual
legislation
at
the
same
time.
So
our
so
that's
possibility
too
in
terms
of
format.
A
Yeah,
I
think
san
antonio
was
one
of
the
examples
it
was.
It
was
something
to
see
I'd
love
to
see
us
get
there.
It
was
very
helpful
to
follow
along
and
then
the
way
the
the
the
page
was
set
up.
The
hyperlinks
and
the
agenda
allowed
you
to
click
on
it
and
go
to
that
portion
of
the
video
it's
tied
directly
to
if
you're
discussing
local
law
c,
for
instance,
you
click
it
on
there
and
it
went
right
to
that
part
of
the
discussion
it
was.
A
It
was
awesome
and
if
we
could,
we
could
do
that.
Of
course,
there's
a
cost
to
that.
It's
not
it's
not
cheap.
So
that's
that's!
Why
we're
not
jumping
right
to
that?
We
gotta
we
gotta
figure
out
how
how
we,
how
we
get
there
so
yeah
anything
else.
I,
mr
o'shea,
you're
we
we've
gone
through
the
agenda
and
I
I
told
everyone
we'd
go
back
to
see
what
you
want
to
do
with
local
lossy.
If
you
want
to
hold
off
or.
A
J
J
A
A
Yeah,
I
think
the
issue
is,
it
comes
from
zoom.
I
think
it's
you
it's
when
you
get
the
email
from
jr
saying
to
look
out
for
it.
It's
usually
within
like
20
minutes
that
that
it
follows
for
the
webinar
link
and
sometimes
it
gets
caught
up
in
spam,
but
it
was
it
was
sent
out
today
and
it's
it's
as
simple
as
the
other
links
you
just
it
says,
join
the
meeting.
You
click
it
and
you
go
right
in
you.
Just
gotta
find
it
so
so
yeah.
L
So
I
don't
know
if
everyone
saw
the
press
release
today,
but
he
has
withdrawn
his
name
from
from
the
race
becoming
the
police
chief
for
akron.
So
that's
good
news.
I
think
many
of
our
residents
had
some
concerns,
as
relates
to
all
the
activity
that's
happening
in
our
city
and
to
have
a
police
chief
interviewing
somewhere
else.
D
A
A
H
I'm
just
saying
just
paying
attention
to
you
know:
public
knowledge
was
with
you
know
like
we
have.
We
all
know
people
on
the
force.
We
all
know
people
in
the
community,
and
you
know
we
I'm
pretty
sure
y'all
hear
a
lot.
Just
like
I
hear
a
lot
and
you
know
that's
why
my
comments
were
as
such
at
the
end
of
the
last
meeting.
H
If
we
do
go
into,
we
get
into
a
situation
where
the
chief
leaves,
or
you
know,
for
whatever
reason
I
think
it's
a
time
to
take
a
hard
look
at
hiring
somebody
from
within
apd
being
that
it's
going
through
all
types
of
transitions,
and
you
know
when
I
made
that
comment
on
wednesday.
I
I
was
unaware
that
you
know
the
two
deputy
chiefs
were
retiring,
so
that
makes
it
even
a
stronger
point
that
we
need
to
have
some
conversations
about.
H
H
H
H
A
Yeah,
but
you
know
I'd,
make
argument
that
police
departments
around
the
country
are
dealing
with
the
same
or
similar
similar
issues,
just
a
lot,
a
lot
of
stuff
going
on
right
now,
civil
unrest
and
issues
that
we
need
to
work
through.
I'd
like
to
see
you
know,
police
come
to
the
table
with
community
and
try
to
resolve
it
and
come
to
some
agreement,
and
you
know,
agree
to
disagree,
but
but
folks
need
to
be
treated
better
by
police
and
the
community
needs
to
realize
that
every
police
officer
isn't
bad.
A
J
A
Well,
I
think
in
the
last
week
there
was
been
a
vote
on
the
you
know,
the
pba
council
82
question.
I
think-
and
I
would
I
don't.
I
haven't
heard
the
results
of
that.
Yet
it's
the
membership
has
to
decide
their
representation
and
then
I
think
they
can
reengage
the
city's
administration
to
try
to
move
forward.
C
C
Things
come
up
and
you
know
there's
just
a
lot
of
changes
in
personnel.
I
I
think
it
should
either
be
posted
on
the
website
or
if
you
know
they
should
notify
the
council,
because
it's
you
know
those
extra
steps
we
have
to
take
to
make
several
calls
to
find
out
who's,
the
new
beat
officer
or
who's
the
new
commander
or
who's
the
new
all
these
positions-
I
don't
know
if
other
folks
are
finding
that,
but
I
certainly
am.
J
K
K
K
C
J
O
A
I
I
They
said
that
they
were
out
of
the
city
and
they
were
unable
to
come
in
for
an
in-person
interview,
and
then
they
called
me,
like
maybe
thursday
of
last
week,
to
say
they
were
still
interested
and
wanted
to
know
if
the
council
had
made
a
decision
and
then,
when
I
had
mentioned
that
in
that
invitation,
I
had
asked
for
their
references
and
they
had
indicated
that
they
didn't
have
access
to
internet
services
where
they
were
so.
I
guess
you
know
that
puts
us
kind
of
sort
of
at
a
standstill.
I
And
you
know
we're
looking
at
some
creative
ways
to
fill
the
position
temporarily,
possibly
attempt
and
then
re-interview
additional
candidates.
I
did
put
the
posting
back
up,
so
that
is
where
we
are.
Since
the
posting
went
up,
we
had
four
responses
and
at
least
half
of
them.
They
don't
currently
live
in
the
state.
I
L
I
just
want
to
just
give
a
recommendation.
I
know
this
is
quite
a
process,
but
just
if
there's
an
opening
next
time,
especially
with
all
the
anchor
universities
we
have
around
here,
we
shouldn't
wait
until
they
all
leave
for
the
summer
to
try
to
get
them
to
interview.
You
know
I
think.
Sometimes
we
should
be
a
little
bit
cognizant
that
you
know
some
of
the
college
students
they're
looking
once
they
graduate.
They
want
to
stay
in
the
city
of
albany.
They
want
they.
L
They
enjoy
all
the
benefits
that
albany
has,
but
if
they're
waiting
to
you
know
after
they
graduate
and
leave
albany
and
then
hey,
are
you
interested
in
the
job?
I
think
just
next
time
just
for
us
to
be
a
little
bit
more
proactive,
and
this
is
not
just
for
our
position,
but
I
think,
as
a
city
as
a
whole,
you
know
if
there's
an
opening,
we
shouldn't,
you
know,
try
to
wait
for
the
summer
time
to
try
to
hire
because
there's
a
lot
of
talent
at
some
of
these
anchoring
institutions.
Q
We
hope
the
next
one
if
they
decide
to
leave
or
interviewing
for
other
jobs,
they
would
tell
us
prior.
So
we
could
start
that
process,
and
that
would
probably
happen,
and
you
know
that's
that's
part
of
everything.
It's
just
not
one
thing
I
mean
you
know.
If
we
get
earlier
notice,
this
person
would
have
been
hired
already.
We
probably
would
have
reached
out
to
colleges
and
had
more
candidates
interviewed.
So
I
hope
the
next
one,
I
think,
will
council
be
clear.
Q
N
Q
Because
we
don't,
we
know
this
is
not
a
career
job
right.
We
understand.
This
is
a
job
where
people
getting
some
in
getting
some
experience.
They
might
want
to
move
on
yeah,
and
so
we
would
ask
that
the
person
gets
the
job
you
know
in
the
future.
If
you
think
about
moving
on
doing
interviews,
you're,
not
it's
not
like
we're
going
to.
Let
you
go
if
you're
seeking
to
move
up,
but
it
does
put
us
in
the
process
where
we
can
start
that
process,
and
that
didn't
happen.
L
A
A
R
Q
Q
A
Q
S
I
D
I
B
I
B
I
B
D
Q
Q
So
now
we'll
move
on
continue
with
our
agenda.
We
do
have
a
public
hearing
schedule
for
today,
unlike
public
comment,
public
hearing,
if
you
have
anyone
signed
up
for
the
public
hearing,
you
will
only
be
able
to
talk
about
the
ordinance
that
is
up
for
public
hearing
and
during
that
time.
Unlike
public
comment,
if,
if
common
council
members
have
any
questions,
they
are
allowed
to
question
you
at
that
time,
unlike
public
comment,
so
with
that
being
said,
madam
clerk,
can
you
read
the
ordinance.
I
I
I
I
I
Q
J
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
president.
Just
for
clarification
I
wanted
to
let
anybody
who
was
here
to
comment
on
local
aussie
or
thought
that
it
was
up
for
a
vote
that
I
have
asked
the
council
to
defer
action
on
this,
because
four
members
are
unable
to
attend
tonight's
council
meeting
and
I
think
it's
appropriate
to
have
as
full
of
attendance
for
this
vote
as
possible.
So
I
just
want
to
let
people
know
the
reasons.
The
reason
for
the
deferral
again.
Q
Q
If
they
choose
to
do
so,
they
will
do
so
later
on
at
another
time
during
the
agenda,
when
you
speak,
please
state
your
name
address
for
the
record
and
with
that
being
said,
can
in
that
four
minutes
I
will
let
you
know
you
have
a
minute
remaining
to
speak
with.
That
being
said,
can
the
clerk
call
the
first
speaker.
T
Originally,
I
was
here
to
comment
on
local
lawsee
once
again,
I'm
extremely
disappointed
that
the
council
is
not
prepared
to
bring
this
to
a
vote,
understanding
that
the
absence
of
four
members
is
causing
that
I'm
even
more
disappointed,
because
this
was
put
out
with
plenty
of
prior
notice
and
still
four
members
are
absent.
I
get
that.
We
all
have
things
that
happen.
However,
I
would
think
that's
such
an
important
issue
would
would
really
encourage
all
members
to
be
present
for
the
vote.
T
T
Once
again,
the
community
has
been
quite
clear.
I've
heard
certain
members
say:
oh
people
are
contacting
us,
we
want
it,
we
want
it,
and
yet
I
have
sat
on
every
council
meeting
and
the
public
safety
meetings
for
months
now,
and
I
have
yet
to
hear
anybody
speak
in
favor
of
it.
So
I
am
asking
that
all
council
members
listen
to
their
constituents
and
the
community
at
large.
We
want
a
full
ban
on
tear
gas.
T
We
want
a
full
ban
on
rubber
bullets
and
we
do
not
want
a
repeat
of
what
took
place
last
year,
where
several
I
mean
hundreds
of
people
were
brutalized
in
their
own
homes.
Many
of
them
were
not
taking
part
in
any
demonstrations
and
are
still
suffering
the
lasting
effects
and
the
trauma.
So
once
again,
I'm
speaking
in
full
support
of
local
lossy
I'd
like
to
thank
the
sponsors
of
of
this
bill
and
there's
cat
and
then
hopefully
we
will
get
a
vote
in
the
near
future.
T
U
T
A
E
E
First
of
all,
I'd
like
to
thank
everyone
who
has
sponsored
this
legislation,
those
who
have
worked
on
it
and
all
the
conversation
that
has
been
had
in
reference
to
it,
working
in
the
housing
strata
here
in
the
capital
region
for
a
number
of
years,
the
problems,
situations
etc.
That
tenants
face
have
been
basically
part
of
my
life's
work,
day-to-day
work
for
many
years
and
stabilization
affordability.
All
of
these
things
come
into
play
when
you're
dealing
with
our
capital
region
residents
in
reference
to
their
housing.
E
I
just
hope
that
moving
forward
that
the
community,
our
electeds,
those
of
us
who
provide
service
in
this
community,
the
stakeholders
and
even
the
residents
in
in
independence,
can
come
together
and
we
can
really
do
something
different
and
and
help
resolve
some
of
those
issues.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
have
a
good
evening.
Thank
you.
R
There
really
isn't
much
more.
I
can
say
that
you
haven't
heard
already.
I
believe
that
exactly
or
near
100
of
people
who
have
commented
on
this
from
from
the
public
have
been
in
favor
of
local
lost
city,
a
complete
ban
on
tear
gas.
So
I
don't
know
what
the
hesitation
is
on
the
council
member's
part.
I
understand
the
point
of
wanting
everyone
to
be
here,
but
if
everyone
was
listening
to
their
to
their
constituents,
I
would
think
it
would
be
a
15-0
and
you
wouldn't
have
to
worry
about
only
having
11
people
present.
R
R
R
I'd
also
like
to
say
that
I
you
probably
can
tell
from
my
last
couple
public
comments,
but
I
was
disappointed
that
chief
hawkins
did
not
get
the
akron
job.
I
really
think
we
need
to
move
forward
and
I
would
like
to
echo
councilmember
johnson's
suggestion
about
hiring
someone
from
inside
the
city.
There
was
one
thing
that
was
big.
I
remember
when
chief
walks
was
hired,
that
almost
everyone
was
saying
from
the
city
from
the
city
from
the
city
and
now
he's
out
to
then
we
search
and
get
someone
from
michigan.
R
I
don't
believe
he
is
committed
to
the
city.
I
believe
he
was
looking
for
another
job
looking
to
get
out
feeling
the
pressure
coming
upon
him
feeling
he
was
not
welcome.
I
don't
care
what
the
reason
was,
but
he's
not
committed
to
the
city
and
the
press.
Release
that
was
put
out
by
the
apd
today
was
just
throwing
smoke
up
her
ass.
R
I
don't
believe
he
withdrew
his
name,
but
that's
my
personal
thoughts
again.
I
was
flipping
on
here
so
kind
of
seems
like
I'm
rambling,
but
I
really
really
hope
that
next
meeting
this
comes
to
a
vote
in
this
passes
and
I
hope
everyone
that's
voting
tomorrow-
reads
the
paper
and
finds
out.
This
wasn't
voted
on
tonight
and
decides
to
take
their
frustrations
to
the
ballot
box.
Well,
I
thought
the
nra
black
lives
matter.
Awesome.
D
V
My
name
is
crystal:
I
live
at
one
three
one:
two
grand
street
albany
new
york,
one
two,
two:
zero
nine,
I'm
here
to
speak
against
the
tear
gas
ban.
I'd
also
like
to
note,
while
everyone
has
rainbow
flags
around
their
profiles,
the
last
two
meetings
I've
been
in
attendance,
I
have
seen
people
being
misgendered
and
no
correction,
no
a
statement
of
all
like
you
have
misgendered
this
person.
Please
correct
yourself,
despite
the
fact
that
last
time
I
was
on
here,
my
my
name
had
my
actual
pronouns.
V
In
this
I
saw
people
at
pride
who
had
stated
their
love
of
of
trans
and
queer
people,
but
despite
that,
there
has
been
no
actual
physical
or
behavioral
action
to
correct
people
who
have
misgendered
people,
which
is
problematic.
That
being
said,
my
focus
is
on
the
the
ban
of
tear
gas.
My
child
was
tear
gas.
V
This
is
my
child
actually
in
in
the
screen
right
now,
you
tear
gas,
my
child
down
at
the
south
end
during
the
may
30th
police
action.
I
can't
believe
that
we
are.
I
I
don't
know
how
many
months
it's
been
three
or
four
months
that
we
are
putting
this
off,
but
I
can't
believe
that
this
is
how
you
have
continued
to
behave
with
regard
to
tear
gas.
That's
all
I
have
to
say
tonight.
V
V
I
W
Flagg
there
you
go
hello.
Can
you
all
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can.
Mr
yeah
I'm
marco
flagg.
I
live
at
geez
500
park,
ave
area
code,
one
two,
two,
zero,
eight
yeah.
I
saw
a
couple
of
y'all
at
the
the
the
june
teen
thing
so
yeah
me
and
my
colleagues
at
the
center
for
law
and
justice,
we've
been
working
pretty
hard
to
educate
residents
of
south
end
arbor
hill
and
westhill
about
the
albany
public
safety,
commission,
local
l
legislation
and
record
their
feedback.
W
W
So
far,
the
comments
we
have
collected
in
over
70
submitted
feedback
forms
show
the
following
trends:
trained
healthcare
professionals
are
overwhelmingly
preferred
over
police
when
addressing
mental
health
issues
with
police
only
being
strongly
called
for
when
addressing
violent
crime.
Preference
for
changes.
Second,
is
a
preference
for
changes
to
current
enforcement
and
traffic
laws.
Third
is
approximately
50
percent
of
submissions
said
that
they
understood
the
vision,
statement
and
structure
of
the
of
local
l
or
the
the
apsc.
W
Because
what
is
going
to
happen
in
november
is
there's
going
to
be
an
alphabet
soup
of
of
a
referendums
on
the
ballot
that
folks
won't
know.
Much
about
the
other
thing
that's
happening
and
I
think
you're
seeing
that
from
the
commenters
here
that
have
showed
up
again
and
again
about
this.
Tear-Gas
thing
is
exhaustion
and
apathy,
and
I
don't
really
know
if
that's
what
you
all
want
to
promote.
But
that's
what's
happening
right
now.
W
I
would
hope
that
you
would
encourage
participation,
but
that's
not
what
I'm
seeing
now
how
we
can
encourage
well,
so
one
thing
that
you
all
really
can
need
to
be
encouraging
participation
for,
in
addition
to
all
this
legislation,
stuff
going
on
are
the
130
million
plus
dollars
that
are
coming
into
albany
city
and
county
because
of
the
american
rescue
plan
funds.
That
outreach
is
incredibly
important.
This
is
future
changing,
life-changing
stuff
and
the
mayor's
office,
and
the
common
council
must
do
a
much
better
job
at
outreach
right.
W
Otherwise
these
voices
are
just
going
to
get
louder
and
louder.
We're
highly
frustrated
by
the
last
week's
digital
only
fund
surveys
released
by
the
mayor's
office
communities
who
would
benefit
the
most
from
these
funds.
They
may
not
have
internet
access
and,
additionally,
at
the
beginning
it
was
those
surveys
were
only
released
for
five
days
right,
that's
extended
for
a
bit
longer,
but
it's
it's
clearly.
Clearly
it
seems
to
be
an
oversight
or
performative.
W
W
Okay,
resources
for
a
street
team,
an
outreach
team
made
up
of
residents
from
key
previously
redlined
communities
of
the
south
and
west
hill
arbor
hill
right
they
could
be
paid.
You
know,
20
bucks
an
hour
whatever
you
know
good
good
money
to
talk
with
their
neighbors.
There
could
be
an
onboarding
process
to
tell
folks
what
questions
they
should
ask.
How
do
they
submit
that
information?
W
I
G
G
I
I'm
disappointed
that
local
lawsey
is
not
being
brought
to
a
vote
tonight,
as
I
was
disappointed
in
previous
meetings,
when
this
very
important
law
was
not
brought
to
a
vote,
I'm
strongly
in
favor
of
it.
I
urge
the
council,
as
soon
as
possible,
to
take
a
vote
on
this
to
pass
it
and
to
help
to
ensure
that
the
mayor
signs
it.
G
G
Well,
you
know
a
federal
study
would
be
nice,
but
the
truth
is
we
know
what
happened
in
albany.
We
know
that
people
were
harmed.
We
know
that
the
use
of
tear
gas
was
completely
unnecessary
last
year.
We
know
that
when
it
was
used
twice
last
year,
those
were
the
only
occasions
and
I
believe
in
at
least
40
years.
I've
heard
some
other
time
frames
put
out
there,
but
certainly
there's
it's
been
decades,
since,
whenever
tear
gas
was
used
by
the
albany
police,
so
how
much
of
a
study
is
needed?
G
We
know
what
happened.
We
know
what
was
wrong.
We
know
it
was
harmful
and
we
know
that
there
was
no
justification
for
it
and
that
there
can
be
no
justification
for
the
use
by
the
albany
police
department
of
a
weapon
of
war
against
people
in
albany,
and
so
you
know
that
seems
to
me
to
be
a
tension
to
go
on
and
the
argument
that's
been
raised
that
we
can't
ban
tear
gas
unless
we
spell
out
exactly
what
alternatives
the
police
have
to
using
tear
gas
again.
This
is
a
straw.
Man
argument.
G
They
haven't
used
it
in
40
years
until
last
year.
There's
never
been
an
instance
in
albany,
where
the
police
have
used
lethal
force
against
people
engaging
in
protest
activities.
Never
so
that's
not
really
an
issue.
The
issue
is
tear
gas
is
wrong.
It's
dangerous.
It
shouldn't
be
used
against
people
in
albany
and
that's
what
the
council
needs
to
say.
If
the
police
need
alternatives,
the
police
will
have
to
figure
out
with
public
input,
how
to
address
situations
that
they
find
difficult
to
address.
G
And
then
the
newest
proposal,
which
would
sort
of
ban
tear
gas
but
allow
for
an
exception
of
the
chief
or
deputy
chief
were
on
the
scene
and
and
the
wording
is
so
odd.
In
my
opinion,
and
if
they
confirmed
that
a
riot
was
taking
place,
I
don't
quite
understand
what
that
means.
How
does
the
police
chief
confirm
that
a
ride
is
taking
place?
G
I
don't
know
what
the
standard
is
for
assessing
that
and
then
this
law
sort
of
in
an
attempt
to
protect
first
amendment
says,
but
this
doesn't
apply
to
first
amendment
protected
activities.
Well,
who
decides
whether
it's
the
first
amendment
protected
activity,
the
mayor,
the
chief
one
of
you
as
council
members?
That's
not
really
how
the
constitution
works.
G
I
mean
people
are
engaged
in
constitutional,
protected
activities
when
they're
voicing
grievances
and
coming
together
and
assembling
with
others
to
share
their
opinions-
and
you
know,
as
dr
king
said,
even
a
riot
is
the
voice
of
the
unheard
so
who
decides
what's
protected
or
not?
I
certainly
don't
want
the
chief
of
police
making
the
decision
as
to
whether
my
engagement
with
others
on
issues
of
public
concern
is
protected.
G
First,
amendment
activity
or
not-
and
I
don't
want
the
mayor
deciding
that
these
are
not
they're,
not
the
ones
who
get
to
do
that.
So
anyhow,
look
the
the
history
in
albany.
Whether
and
I
know
some
of
you
understand
this-
and
some
of
you
are
fully
on
board
with
this,
and-
and
I
thank
you
for
that,
so
I'm
not
criticizing
those
who
are
on
board
already,
but
really
for
those
who
are
not.
G
I
I
S
Okay,
thank
you
yes.
Good
evening.
I
was
under
the
impression
that
local
law
l
would
be
introduced
this
evening.
So
I
wanted
to
comment
on
it,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
the
center
for
law
and
justice
strongly
urges
all
common
council
members
to
vote
for
passage
of
local
law,
l,
which
provides
for
the
creation
of
the
albany
public
safety
commission
that
marco
just
mentioned
this
proposed
restructuring
of
public
safety
services
in
albany
simply
makes
more
sense
than
the
status
quo.
S
All
across
this
country,
cities
are
reimagining
their
policing
systems.
When
governor
cuomo
issued
executive
order
203,
he
challenged
all
new
yorkers
to
reinvent
policing
in
our
municipalities,
dedicated
citizens
on
the
albany
police
reform,
collaborative
provided
our
city
with
a
solid
foundation
on
which
to
construct
our
reinvented
public
safety
system,
so
creating
an
entirely
new
service
delivery
system.
Local
law,
l
decouples
community
safety
from
policing,
because
not
all
calls
to
the
albany
police
department
warn
an
armed
response.
S
One
is
the
law
enforcement
and
the
other
would
be
community
safety
and
oversight,
responsibilities
that
in
currently
rest
solely
within
the
albany
police
department
are
to
be
distributed
across
these
two
co-equal
branches,
with
the
law
enforcement
branch
carrying
out
traffic
control
and
penal
code
violation
responses,
the
community
safety
and
oversight
branch
will
respond
to
non-law
enforcement.
Calls
for
service,
for
example,
mental
health
issues
as
as
well
as
overs
oversee
ap,
apsc
policy,
development,
implementation
and
enforcement.
S
S
Social
justice,
advocacy
groups,
including
the
center
for
law
and
justice,
have
begun
conducted,
conducting
community
education
and
input
sessions
to
help
flesh
out
the
complete
structure
of
the
apsc.
As
marco
has
mentioned.
Additionally,
community
members
are
helping
to
finalize
the
apsc
draft
vision
statement
which
emphasizes
decoupling,
public
safety
from
policing,
centering
community
voices
and
ending
systemic
racism.
S
Integral
to
this
proposed
vision,
statement
are
four
pillars
of
procedural
justice,
one
treating
people
with
dignity
and
respect,
giving
citizens
a
voice,
doing
encounters
being
open
and
transparent.
In
decision
making
and
conveying
trustworthy
motives,
a
guiding
principle
of
the
apsc
is
sanctity
of
life
that,
at
the
core
of
a
responder's
responsibility,
is
the
duty
to
protect
all
human
life
and
physical
safety.
M
M
M
I've
had
friends
call
me
last
year
asking
if
I
could
drive
downtown
and
bring
milk,
because
there
were
children
who
were
hit
with
the
tear
gas,
so
they
were
like
vulnerable
people.
There
were
elderly
people
terry,
it's
just
something
that
again,
it
sounds
like
constituents
have
made
their
opinion
relatively
clear
for
them
on
a
large
scale
that
it's
just
not
an
effective
deterrent
for
going
after
a
handful
of
individual
actors.
When
there's
so
many
people
who
may
not
even
be
protesting
peacefully
or
otherwise
involved.
M
I
think
it
sounds
like
a
lot
of
experts
have
on
both
police
and
community
relations
and
the
use
of
that
type
of
technology
and
weaponry.
I
think
that
the
evidence
right
there
is
already
evident
for
why
that
substance
is
extremely
dangerous
and
potentially
lethal,
especially
when
used
in
large
crowd
situations.
M
As
far
as
deterrence
goes
just
just
heard
from
so
many
people
who
were
there,
they
weren't
arms,
they
were
there,
they
had
permits
and
they
still
were
exposed
and
their
lives
were
put
in
danger.
So
I
just
wanted
to
think
I
know
the
vote
isn't
tonight,
but
whoever's
working
towards
this
towards
lokwasi.
It's
it's
just
the
moral
and
humane
thing
to
do.
I
feel,
especially
with
respect
to
the
citizenry
and
for
giving
people
a
voice
without
fear
of
reprisal.
I
I
X
X
X
If
you
have
some
form
of
respiratory
conditions
such
as
asthma
or
chronic
obstructive,
pulmonary
disease
and
prolonged
exposure
to
tear
gas,
can
lead
to
complete
respiratory
failure
and
even
death
and
rubber
bullets,
which
are
considered
among
the
most
lethal
of
non-regular,
bullets
can
also
lead
to
death,
as
well
as
permanent
loss
of
vision,
traumatic
brain
injuries
and
solid
organ
injury.
To
use
such
harmful
and
lethal
weaponry
on
the
very
people
you
are
supposed
to
be
serving
and
protecting,
including
children
for
pete's
sakes
and
especially
during
a
pandemic,
is
not
just
a
crime.
X
It
is
an
act
of
war
and
it
symbolizes
the
massive
failure
of
albany's
leadership
to
walk,
walk
the
talk
on
its
claimed
commitment
to
black
lives.
Mayor
kathy
sheehan
said
last
year
that,
following
the
murder
of
george
floyd,
that
until
white
america
acknowledges
the
damage
done
to
black
americans
under
the
banner
of
enforcing
the
rule
of
law,
we
cannot
move
forward,
and
yet,
a
year
later,
the
city
of
albany
continues
to
contribute
to
that
very
damage.
X
As
the
albany
police
continues
to
brutalize
people
of
color,
as
we
witnessed
last
year
and
in
the
south
end
two
months
ago,
with
violent
tactics
such
as
tear
gas,
rubber
bullets,
pepper
spray,
beating
them
in
the
streets
and
discarding
supplies
and
resources.
Writing
the
phrase
black
lives
matter
all
over
the
city
and
the
mayor's
promise
to
remove.
One
statue,
which
is
still
standing
by
the
way,
doesn't
mean
anything
if
you
aren't
putting
the
work
to
create
policy
that
will
actually
help
improve
the
lives
of
people
of
color
in
albany.
X
Passing
local
law
c
in
its
current
unaltered
text
would
be
a
major
step
in
that
work
for
the
health
and
safety
of
not
only
those
practicing
their
first
amendment
rights
in
the
streets,
but
all
of
albany's
residents.
I
implore
the
council
to
take
that
step
and
I
will
save
my
thanks
for
when
the
council
is
done
playing
politics
with
people's
lives.
I
We
went
through
everyone,
that's
currently
in
the
queue.
I
have
two
written
comments.
Okay,
let
me
share
those.
This
one
is
from
colin
clark
of
elm
street
albany
new
york.
I
stand
with
other
community
members
and
demand
the
common
council
pass
local
lawsey
to
fully
ban
the
use
of
tear
gas
in
the
city
of
albany.
Anything
less
is
a
shameful
and
harmful
act,
and
then
we
received
a
comment
from
james
cheney,
requesting
that
the
common
council
ban
local
lawsuit-
and
those
are
the
comments
that
I
have
for
this
evening.
I
Q
B
P
A
J
I
Amending
chapter
133,
a
building
construction
and
housing,
special
provisions
of
the
code
of
the
city
of
albany
in
relation
to
issuance
of
notices
of
violations,
penalties
and
enforcement
of
stopped
work
and
unsafe
and
unfit
orders
under
the
new
york
state.
Uniform
fire
prevention
and
building
code
and
albany
city
code.
C
C
C
It
makes
some
major
changes
to
the
rop
program.
One
of
the
things
it
does
is
requires
it
really
firms
up
the
information
that
we
get
from
the
property
owner
so
that
we
can
contact
them
getting
a
copy
of
their
license,
getting
their
social
security
number
get
or
if
it's
a
a
business.
Their
ein
number
two
emergency
contacts,
also
firming
up.
What
that
information
is
so
important.
C
C
You
know
you
can
put
out
a
name,
and
a
phone
number
and
and
privacy
would
not
be
an
issue
also,
there's
the
other
big
change,
whereas
inspections
to
take
place
every
30
months
now,
it'll
take
place
every
24
months,
and
this
enables
the
city
to
stay
on
top
of
these
properties.
They
turn
over
very
quickly.
There
are
problems
that
arise
very
quickly.
I
think
it's,
I
think
it's
necessary
that
the
inspections
are
much
more
frequent.
C
The
fines
are
pretty
stayed
pretty
similar
and
they
haven't
been
changed
in
over
nine
years.
However,
because
there'll
be
more
frequent
inspections,
there's
a
there
will
be
a
slight
increase
in
the
fee,
but
for
the
most
part
they
the
amounts
will
stay.
The
same
also,
the
chief
building
official
will
have
the
power
now
to
revoke
an
rop
when
there
are
serious
health
and
safety
issues,
and
this
is
again
a
major
change.
C
C
I
I
want
to
give
my
sincere
thanks
and
really
praise
to
the
work
that's
been
done
on
this
by
rick
lejoy,
the
director
of
buildings
and
codes
and
his
staff
corporation
council
rob
mcgee
and
laura
gulfo,
and
a
special
thanks
to
our
advocates
housing
for
all
all
united
tennis,
all
that
all
who've
been
involved
in
this
and
the
landlords
landlords.
We
have
many
good
landlords
in
this
city
and
they
and
they
have
participated
in
this
process.
C
L
L
N
I
S
I
K
K
K
F
C
The
planning
land
use
economic
development
committee
will
meet
on
tuesday
of
next
week
june
29th
at
5
30,
to
continue
discussion
on
the
usdo
proposed
amendments
and
on.
I
do
want
to
remind
folks
that
that
the
next
day
on
wednesday
june
30th
there
will
be
a
presentation
before
the
entire
council
at
caucus
on
the
progress.
The
work
that's
been
done
up
to
this
point
on
the
usdo
proposed
amendments,
and
that's
kind
of
you
know
in
some
ways
it's
a
halfway
point
in
this
process.
C
We
will
continue
to
meet
after
that
every
two
weeks
until
until
we
complete
the
our
review
of
the
usdo
proposed
amendments,
but
but
next
I
do
want
to
remind
people
next
wednesday,
and
I
also
would
ask
that
folks.
Please
try
to
get
the
word
out
to
residents
that
this
process
is
going
on,
because
we
do
invite
public
input
in
the
process.
Thank
you.
Q
I
N
N
H
I
D
J
So,
as
a
result
of
that,
I
asked
the
planning
department
to
take
a
look
at
that
and
they
agreed
to
take
a
look
at
it.
The
water
department
has
acknowledged
that
there's
limited
additional
benefit,
especially
if
there's
no
design
standards
for
this.
So
I
introduced
at
the
time
legislation
to
suspend
that
particular
incentive
and
hoping
that
some
further
standards
would
be
forthcoming
and
recommendations
from
the
planning
department.
They've
been
very
busy,
so
we
extended
one
other
time
and
now,
with
our
usdo,
a
complete
review.
J
So
this
would
extend
that
the
suspension
of
that
incentive
for
one
more
year,
and
hopefully
we
will
be
taking
action
on
other
language
before
the
end
of
this
year
that
actually
eliminates
the
need
for
us
to
continue
that
suspension
and
then
repeal
the
suspension
and
replace
it
with
a
more
specific,
beneficial
language.
So
I'm
asking
my
colleagues
to
support
this
suspension
of
the
incentive
for
one
more
year.
U
I
B
K
I
H
Q
I
U
I
N
H
I
C
Yes,
this,
the
goal
of
the
commission
is
to
research,
the
feasibility,
logistics
and
financing
of
creating
a
municipally
run.
Citizen-Owned
high-speed
internet
service
that
will
provide
internet
speeds
greater
than
what
private
companies
currently
provide
and
ensure
service
will
be
made
available
to
every
albany
resident
and
business.
This
on
this
commission,
there
will
be
ten
members.
Five
are
appointed
by
the
mayor.
C
U
U
We
had
a
great
deal
of
highly
qualified
individuals
that
put
their
names
in,
but
unfortunately,
we're
only
able
to
select
five,
but
I
do
want
to
thank
them
and
let
them
know
that
they
can
still
be
engaged
with
the
commission
and
still
share
their
thoughts
and
ideas.
You
know
as
well.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
L
Thank
you,
mr
president.
You
know
today's
a
good
day
right
like
I
could
not
be
more
happier
with
the
way
the
process
of
selecting
these
individuals
who
will
make
up
this
municipal
broadband
individuals
had
a
diverse
background.
Skill
set
knowledge
of
the
commission,
and
I
think
it's
really
going
to
set
the
stage
for
successful
development
of
municipal
internet
in
our
city.
L
L
P
I
P
H
I
H
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
president.
I
just
you
know
any
time
that
you
have
dr
greene
and
mark
missler
speaking
about
a
a
topic,
and
especially
a
topic
that
is
near
and
dear
to
the
second
war.
It
just
excites
me
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
the
people
who
spoke
tonight
passionately
and
I
want
to
apologize
for
you
know
their
disappointment
on
our
behalf.
H
I
think
that
our
opinion
should
matter
more
because
the
potential
of
it
should
be
happening
is
greater
in
our
communities
than
other
communities.
So
something
like
this,
our
voice
need
needs
to
be
heard.
It
needs
to
be
felt-
and
I
just
you
know,
share
in
the
disappointment
that
we
weren't
able
to
address
this
before
the
election
and
even
before
you
know
this
should
have
been
handled.
H
You
you,
you
know
you
make
me,
feel
better
hearing
your
words
and
and,
and
you
know
just
how
you're
not
gonna
let
this
go
away,
and
I
just
wanna.
Let
you
know
that
you
got
one
person,
that's
sitting
at
the
table
and
you're
not
to
say
that
there's
not
others,
but
that
here's
every
word
that
you're
saying
and
we're
gonna
fight
this
fight.
Until
you
know
it
plays
out
one
way
or
another.