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B
Okay:
okay,
welcome
everyone
to
our
monday
april
5th
caucus
prior
to
our
regular
council
meeting
present
for
the
record
right
now:
council,
member
love,
igo,
anani,
johnson,
o'brien,
pharaoh,
fahey,
conti
and
hoey.
B
Our
staff
research
council,
j.r
prachardo
clerk,
daniel
gillespie,
as
well
as
jared
pellerin,
corp
council's
extraordinaire
good.
To
see
you
see
it's,
it's
it's
been
a
while.
So
I
think
I
got
everyone.
That's
here
thus
far
back.
B
Oh
councilmember
flynn
has
also
joined
us
council.
President
ellis
isn't
going
to
be
with
us
tonight,
so
you
got
me.
Hopefully
I'm
not
too
bad
we'll
get
through
this.
So
just
jumping
into
the
agenda.
B
We
have
a
public
hearing
tonight,
ordinance
46
122
12
of
20,
which
we'll
be
voting
on
pending
the
outcome
of
the
public
hearing.
My
understanding
is,
we
have
three
folks
for
comment
during
the
public
hearing,
let's
see
next
on
to
for
the
minutes,
I'll
be
offering
the
15th
of
march
meeting
meeting
minutes
for
that.
B
It's
local
law
f.
Next,
on
to
local
law
g
of
2020
by
mr
kanti,
again
another
piece
of
legislation
that
will
be
going
to
law.
B
B
Any
questions
thus
far:
no
okay,
good
next
local,
la
jay
of
2021
by
mr
o'brien.
B
D
We,
I
think
we
got
the
revised
one
with
the.
If
I'm
not
jr,
isn't
correct.
F
G
B
Okay,
so
we're
good,
it's
it's
a
whole,
no
matter
what
and
of
course,
once
we
get
to
the
ordinance
that
will
be
withdrawn,
so
that
was
local
law
jay
moving
on
the
local
laws,
hell
local
law.
L
is
number
two
on
the
local
laws
hell
by
miss
love,
we'll
be
voting
on
that.
B
That
will
also
be
moving
with
some
amendments.
I
believe
yes.
D
So
this
will
be
I
I
guess
I
will
move
to
amend
tonight.
We
do
have
a
message
from
the
mayor
attesting
to
necessity
to
move
it
tonight
and
allowing
us
to
take
it
up,
and
the
revised
version
was
sent
out
earlier.
D
D
So,
with
the
with
the
mayor's
message,
I'd
like
to
move
to
pass
this
tonight.
B
Okay
and
miss
gillespie,
you
have
that
message
on
hand
to
read,
along
with
the
the
law.
H
C
B
B
A
B
We
have
item
number
10
under
ordinances,
health,
ordinance,
44,
122
20
regarding
scott
street
by
ms
frederick,
we'll
be
moving
that
that's
that
came
out
of
committee
with
a
positive
recommendation
and
got
to
mend
it.
So
that
was
number
ten
number
11,
also
by
ms
frederick
ordinance,
45
1220
again
relating
to
scott
street
past
committee
and
we'll
be
moving.
That
also.
B
All
right
questions
next
number,
12.
B
Is
the
subject
of
our
our
hearing
the
past,
pending
the
outcome
of
the
hearing,
it's
number
12
from
planning
and
miss
fahey
ordinance,
number
46,
122-20,
okay,
all
right!
B
Next,
moving
on
to
number
14
under
ordinances
held
by
mr
o'brien,
it's
4,
31
21
relating
to
the
water
department
and
replacing
lead
pipes
that
went
through
the
general
services
committee.
Positive
recommendation
will
be
moving
ahead
with
that.
Also
that's.
B
Oh,
you
know
what
it's
twice
it
is
it
is.
It
is
right.
I
was
trying
to
remember
what
miss
fahey
pointed
out
the
last
meeting
and
it
was
the
duplicate,
14
and
16
being
the
same.
It's
withdrawal,
it's
been
included
in
the
local
law
j.
So
sorry
about
that.
B
Continuing
on
that's
just
for
rest
now,
we're
on
to
resolutions
introduced
it's
resolution,
32
4121
by
miss
love
that
will
be
going
and
taken
up
in
the
housing
community
development
community
on
april
7th.
B
Okay,
next
resolution,
34
21
21
again
finance,
miss
farrell
relating
to
the
building
and
regulatory
compliance.
It'll
be
going
to
finance
to
be
discussed.
B
Next
resolution,
35
4121
for
the
indonesian
racism,
we're
all
co-sponsors
on
that
that'll
be
a
pass.
B
Okay
and
the
next
by
majority
consent
we'll
be
adding
the
dmc
which
were
from
mr
conte,
which
we're
all
included
on
36
41
21.
Regarding
mr
langdon,
yes,
okay,
yeah!
Let.
D
Me
because
it's
it
has
been
revised
and
I
just
want
to
confirm
if
all
members
want
to
be
correspondent,
so
I
didn't
hear
from
everyone,
but
if
everyone
wants
to
be
co-sponsored,
we'll
do
that.
So
the
I
think
people
are
familiar
with
the
issue
here
and
the
remarks
that
were
made
and
the
calls,
including
from
the
county
exec
and
chairman
joyce,
for
his
resignation,
and
they
were
going
to
pass
a
resolution
of
censure
at
the
county
legislature's
next
meeting.
D
So
this
resolution
has
been
revised
to
take
out
the
references
to
the
the
resignation
and
also
the
reference
to
the
the
county
resolution
of
censure,
which
is
being
withdrawn,
and
so
what
it
basically
is
now
is
just
a
a
condemnation
of
the
remarks
and
a
reaffirmation
of
the
council's
support
for
diversity.
D
Inclusion
of
the
lgbt
community-
and
it
also
provides
that
a
copy
of
the
the
resolution
be
sent
to
those
organizations
that
actually
are
involved
with
the
community
and
have
also
been
vocal
on
this
issue.
There's
these
particular
remarks,
including
the
pride
center
in
our
own
voices,
the
albany
damian
center,
the
alliance
for
positive
health
and
the
house
of
precise,
which
deals
with
with
youth
issues.
D
So
that
is
the
the
revision.
So
even
though
he
has
resigned,
the
remarks
are
out
there
and
think
it's
important
that
we
not
be
silent
but
reaffirm
our
condemnation
of
those
remarks
and
our
support
for
the
community.
So
I
would
still
like
to
move
this
for
passage
tonight.
B
Thank
you,
mr
conte,
for
that
any
questions.
B
Okay,
okay,
next
on
to
resolutions
hell,
we
got
number
nine
under
resolution
cells,
23
3121
from
finance,
that'll
be
half.
K
B
So
eight
and
nine
will
be
passes.
Tens
of
still
whole
number
eleven
resolution,
27
31-21
by
myself,
mr
robinson
and
miss
love,
honoring
warren
mackey
and
renaming
livingston.
His
honor
will
be
a
pass.
B
All
right,
so
that's
it
for
the
agenda.
B
You
got
a
little
time.
I
could
have
gone
a
little
slower,
but
I
would
what
I
would
like
to
say
to
you.
Judy
is
I
I
apologize.
I
spent
a
bit
of
time
this
afternoon
talking
to
you
and
and
a
few
other
people
about
local
lossy.
I
don't
know
how
I
forgot
it,
so
I
apologize
it
wasn't
intentional.
So
we'll
do
the
amendment
to
that
any
other.
B
A
L
A
D
They
are,
they
are
a
package,
so
I
don't
know
if
it
makes
sense
to,
even
if
you
might
not
be
able
to
do
all
that
one
night
to
at
least
have
a
quick
review
of
all
four
at
one
night
and
then
see
where
you
want
to
go
okay,
but
they
are,
I
think,
they're
related,
so
they're
kind
of
a
package
that
you.
A
A
N
J
N
I'm
okay,
with
having
any
public
comments
to
make.
You
know
full
transparency
on
the
issue
now
I
know
where
I
stand
and
I
I
support
local
off
and
I
I
think
it's
gonna
be
good
for
all
of
our
landlords,
even
though
they
may
not
see
it.
That
way,.
D
Because
you
know
this,
does
they
do
come
out
of
the
city's
rise
grant
and
there
was
a
process
that
I
know
the
city
went
through.
Rob
mcgee
was,
I
think,
the
point
person
on
it
in
terms
of
a
process
with
some
community
input
that
they
did
over
the
past
year
or
so,
and
so
it's
probably
good
to
get
an
overview
from
rob
or
whoever
in
terms
of
the
process
how
these
evolved.
What
they're
intended
to
do
so
that
people
have,
you
know,
understand
that
and
then
move
through
consideration.
D
And
obviously
you
know
there
are
interested
parties
on
the
landlord
side,
not
also
on
the
housing
advocate
side.
So
you'd
want
to
be
able
to
hear
from
both
of
them.
Yeah.
F
M
N
If
that's,
if
you
are
looking
to,
if
you
eat
somebody
and
you're
trying
to
raise
the
rent
beyond
that,
certain
percentage,
as
you're
excused
to
to
my
career
is
five
percent.
Yes,
that's
right!
That's
that's!
That's
if
you're
using
that
as
a
punitive
methods
to
try
to
address
issues
with
your
instead
of
actually
advancing
the
issues
with
the
tenants
regarding
property
and
they
come
up
well.
A
Not
arguing
that
let's
have
the
meeting
that
rich
is
proposing
an
overview
okay,
because
a
lot
of
comments
already,
let's
get
that
and
talk
to
all
the
sponsors,
and
then
we
can
back
and
get
feedback
and
when
we're
probably
hopefully
just
passing
them
all
as
a
package.
I
think
that
sounds
reasonable
at
this
point.
A
B
B
Okay
yep,
mr
johnson,
apparently
you
just
got
to
jump
in
bud.
O
That's
what
everybody
raised
my
hand,
is
you
got
to
jump
in,
but
you
know
long
story
short.
I
just
have
to
advocate
for
people
who,
when
we
are
putting
this
prologue
in.
O
Fiscally
you
know
certain
people
are
jamming
people
up
in
terms
of
trying
to
get
them
to
sign
leases
before
this
law
goes
into
effect.
So
you
know
in.
A
O
Own
award,
I
have
seen
instances
where
you
know
some
of
these
increases
that
the
landlords
are
asking
for
are
astronomical
and
when
you're
going
up
on
people's
rent
300
dollars
two
years
in
a
row,
you
know,
I
think,
that's
why
we
have
a
need
for
this
conversation
that
we're
having
right
now.
So,
just
as
an
advocate
for
people
who
are
in
situations
like
that
and
you
know,
are
forced
to
move.
O
I
think
that
this
is
the
type
of
protection
that
they're
looking
for
in
this
this
law.
So
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
on
the
record.
Thank
you.
A
D
I'm
pretty
available.
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
committee
meetings
going
on,
but
you
know
maybe
danielle
can
identify
the
available
dates
and
then
we
can
put
those
out.
But.
H
I'll
send
out
three
options
to
you.
Honorable
I
go
and
then
you
can,
you
know
direct
and
then
I'll
send
another
correspondence
out
to
everyone
else
to
find
out
what
the
overall
availability
is
sounds
good.
Thank
you.
I
cannot.
My
anniversary
is
april
12th,
so
I
may
not
be
here
on
my
anniversary
or
my
birthday,
which
is
april
24th,
so
I
plan
on
avoiding
those
days
we'll.
A
B
Okay,
so
has
anyone?
Has
anyone
joined
that
I
missed
we're?
All
I
mean
we're
into
the
meeting,
but
okay,
we're
about
to
still
got
a
couple
of
minutes.
B
B
B
O
Yeah,
so
so
mr
kimbrough,
I'm
one
of
those
folks.
O
So
you
know
I
was
trying
not
to
make
it
personal,
but
you
know
like
it's
just
it's
a
tough
situation
for
people
when
you
see
people
having
to
move
that
lived
in
a
space
for
you
know,
10
years,
and
then
you
know
they're,
faced
with
a
a
fork
in
the
road
that
is
tough,
it's
fiscal,
a
fiscal
force
fork
in
the
road.
So.
B
Right
yeah-
and
I
I
would
imagine
that-
and
we
haven't-
had
a
lengthy
discussion
on
the
whole
airbnb
issue.
I
I
wouldn't
be
surprised
if
some
of
that
is
is
tying
into
getting.
You
know,
increasing
it
to
get
folks
out.
You
know
it's.
B
A
And
danelle,
I
think
we
should
definitely
have
an
attorney
at
this.
That's
up
to
date
on
some
of
these
laws
for
the
meeting,
so
I
don't
know
who
brett's
going
to
be
back
or
challenge
who
did
it
before
mcgee.
D
You're
going
to
want
rob,
rob
mcgee
and
I
forget
the
other
attorney.
E
And
rob
mcgee
from
my
office
are
the
two
attorneys
that
have
spent
a
considerable
time
pulling
this
all
together,
and
I
know
that
they
have
had
meetings
with
both
landlords
and
tenants
and
I'm
sure
they
would
be
more
than
happy
to
meet
with
you
all
and
discuss
those
concerns
that
you
have
and
also
what
they've
gathered
through
their
talks
with
them.
Rob
actually
did
approach
me
before
this
evening's
meeting,
so
I
know
he's
willing
and
able
to
meet
with
you
all.
A
N
So
my
computer
broke
my
primary
computer
bro,
so
I'm
using
my
phone,
so
you
guys
can
see
me
and
I'm
using
an
old
laptop.
It
doesn't
have
a
camera
or
a
mic.
So
I
can
see
you
so
that's
why
I
have
to
have
two.
I'm
actually
gonna
go.
Look
at
us
getting
a
new
computer
this
weekend,
trying
to
get
the
other
one
fixed
and
that's
becoming
more
complicated
than
I
thought
it
was
gonna
be.
But
this
is
working
in
the
meantime
you're
working.
What
you.
A
B
Is
now
seven
o'clock
so
with
that
we'll
start,
the
meeting
welcome
everyone
to
the
monday
april,
4
fifth
meeting
at
albany
common
council
will
clerk.
Please
call
the
roll.
B
A
H
Q
F
B
Thank
you,
madam
clerk.
Okay,
we'll
move
on
to
the
pledge
of
allegiance
and
a
moment
of
silence.
Can
we
get
mr
nani
to
do
the
pledge
for.
A
M
B
Thank
you
how
many
folks
we
have
three,
let's
line
up.
H
P
Hello,
I
didn't
expect
to
be
called
on
so
quickly,
but
thank
you.
I
am
reaching
out
to
you
folks,
because
I.
P
B
Yes,
my
name
is
kelly
kimbrough,
I'm
the
president
pro
temp
current
president
of
the
the
council.
During
the
public
hearing.
It's
just
some
rules.
You
can
only
comment
on
the
ordinance
at
hand
which
is
46,
1,
22,
20.
I'll.
Need
you
to
start
by
giving
us
your
name
and
address
council
members
may
or
may
not
ask
questions
during
this
time.
So
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
B
P
B
Yes,
so
you're
in
the
public
hearing.
I
think
you
want
to
speak
in
in
our
public
comment
section
for
our
regular
meeting.
If
that's
the
topic,
you
want
to
speak
on,
it's
you,
yeah,
you're,
gonna,
have
to
step
out
and
then
come
back
in
the
regular
meetings.
H
Honorable
camera,
I
think
that
some
of
the
people
that
signed
up
were
slightly
con
may
have
been
a
little
confused.
They
indicated
both,
but
they
had
previously
provided
comments
specific.
So
the
next
person
that
I
have
is
roger
markovics
and
we
can
just
see
if
he
it
was
his
intent.
C
F
B
Hello
roger,
can
you
hear
me
kelly,
kimbrough.
G
All
right
good
now,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
okay
good
enough
sorry
about
that.
I'm
computer
illiterate
here,
okay,
yeah!
I
am
wholeheartedly
first
of
all,
roger
markovics.
I
live
at
38,
myrtle
avenue
and
I've
been
involved
in
nonprofit
housing
stuff
for
past
50
years,
primarily
with
the
united
tenants
of
albany,
where
my
wife,
maria
and
I
have
been
co-directors
since
we
organized
a
group
back
in
the
early
70s
since
we
retired
about
five
years
ago,
and
so
we're
active
in
a
a
loose
confederation
of
people
network.
G
Rather,
people
call
a
housing
for
all
people
who
don't
have
any
affiliations,
and
it's
not
a
or
not
a
non-profit
organ.
You
know
we
have
any
budget,
no
staff
whatever,
but
just
concerned
about
affordable
housing
and
all
this
ramifications,
and
so
with
with
that
in
mind,
I
am
wholeheartedly
in
favor
of
the
this
ordinance.
The
four
points,
the
all
four
four
points
are
important.
The
the
most
important
one
is
the
most
controversial
ones,
good
cause
for
eviction,
I'll
skip
back
effort.
B
Well,
I
think
we're
you're
you're,
not
talking
about
the
ordinance,
that's
the
subject
of
the
public
hearing
you
want.
You
want
to
participate
in
public
comment,
correct
yeah,
yeah,
yeah,.
R
N
B
I'm
gonna
need
you
to
back
out
and
come
back
in
a
short
time
from
now
to
speak
during
public
comment.
We're
in
the
public
comment
portion
of
the
of
the
hearing
of
the
public
hearing.
H
B
Yes,
miss
mastery
master
yan,
yes,
master,
yanni
hi.
This
is
the
public
hearing
for
ordinance,
46,
1,
22
20.
All
right
is
that
what
you're
here
to
speak
on.
S
So
I
was
under
the
impression
that
I
was
looking
more
for
the
public
comments.
Okay,
so
I
would
like
to
I
apologize
for
that.
I
would
like
to
make
a
public
comment,
though,.
B
It'll
be
short
right
after
this.
This
public
hearing
it'll
be
a
short
time
from
now.
So
just
if
you
can
back
out
we'll
we'll
be
proceeding
pretty
soon
so
do
we.
H
B
Yeah,
and
maybe
we
wanna
try
to
look
at
how
this
happened,
what
the
confusion
was,
although
most
people
normally
don't
have
a
an
issue
navigating
that.
So
if
there's
no
further
comment,
we're
going
to
close
the
public
hearing.
B
Okay,
and
with
that,
we
will
move
on
to
to
the
public
comment
period
for
our
regular
meeting.
T
T
To
do
dr
green's
public
comment
tip,
so
can
you
guys
do
us
like
later,
as
I'm
just
getting
connected
properly.
B
B
B
Hello,
mr
mueller,
it's
mueller
mueller!
Yes,
welcome
to
our
public
comment
period
here
at
albany
common
council.
You
got
five
minutes
up
to
speak
on
any
topic.
You
so
choose
council
members
will
not
be
answering
questions
or
responding
if
they
choose
to
do
so.
It'll
be
later
in
the
meeting
with
that,
sir,
I
will
turn
it
over
to
you.
U
Thank
you
very
much
good
evening.
My
name
is
thomas
muller.
I
am
a
member
of
the
albany
community,
I'm
an
educator,
I'm
a
counselor
and
I'm
an
individual
who's
been
involved
on
the
ground
throughout
the
summer,
helping
our
people
to
demonstrate
their
concern
around
some
of
the
things
that
have
been
taking
place
in
regards
to
how
black
and
brown
people
have
been
treated
by
the
police
department.
U
With
that
said,
it's
come
to
our
attention
that
there
is
local
lawsey
that
is
coming
about
to
the
city
council
put
forth
by
mr
shea,
which
I
first
would
like
to
thank
you,
mr
shea,
for
really
pushing
this
through
public
safety
and
and
all
those
who
served
on
the
public
safety
committee.
I
want
to
speak
in
favor
of
passing
local
lawsuit,
as
is
unamended,
meaning
that
the
city
would
ban
outright
chemical
weapons
used
against
our
people,
as
well
as
the
use
of
rubber
bullets.
U
U
Now
I
know
there
is
an
amendment
that's
being
introduced
to
severely
limit
the
use
of
chemical
weapons.
I
believe
it
was
in
terms
of
like
a
hostage
situation.
U
U
It
clearly
further
puts
more
lives
in
danger,
and
I
believe
we
really
need
to
take
a
look
at
further
de-escalation
techniques,
which
should
be
employed
by
the
police
department,
and
I
think,
as
many
have
seen,
including
several
members
of
the
council,
who
were
on
the
ground
last
year
and
and
were
even
caught
up
in
the
mele,
have
seen
how
there
was
a
complete
lack
of
de-escalation
tactic
used
their
own.
The
police
department's
own
policies.
U
As
far
as
telling
people
that
they
were
going
to
employ
the
use
of
tear
gas
was
not
used,
and
after
watching
the
public
safety
meeting
in
which
the
police
department
and
chief
commented
that
out
of
all
of
they've
learned
through
the
past
years
that
they
were
going
to
get
a
bigger
speaker.
I
think
that
really
leaves
me
as
a
community
member
wondering
if
these
weapons
are
left
in
place.
Are
they
going
to
be
used
when
they
should
not
be,
and
I
believe
that
it
leaves
many
community
members
with
that
question
in
their
minds.
U
So
I
fully
would
support
the
council
moving
forward
with
a
complete
ban
of
these
weapons,
which
should
not
be
used
against
our
community
members
to
begin
with.
Furthermore,
I
would
hope
that
the
city
council
would
encourage
the
police
department
to
further
learn
de-escalation
techniques
that
would
help
to
quell
any
further
demonstrations
that
could
get
out
of
hand.
U
B
You
thank
you,
mr
mueller.
Madam
clerk.
S
First
of
all,
thank
you
for
holding
this
forum,
but
I
do
want
to
say.
I
think
it's
rather
ridiculous,
that
this
is
being
held
up
for
a
vote
have
been
battling
stage
three
cancer
and
have
been
tearcased
five
times
this
summer
throughout
the
capital
region
and
other
places
in
the
state
of
new
york.
S
I
also
want
to.
I
also
do
also
want
to
say
that
I
am
a
leadership
member
in
a
community-based
organization
here
in
albany
called
community
matters,
but
I
want
to.
I
did
some
research
on
what
professionals
had
to
say
about
the
effects
of
tear
gas
and
why
that
in
1928
it
was
banned
as
chemical
warfare.
S
S
S
Used
on
people
who
were
peacefully
protesting
sure
it
might
have
gotten
a
little
loud,
but
I
think
police
repeatedly
killing
community
members,
for
I
mean
let's
talk
about
the
origins
of
we
could
talk
about
the
origins
of
what
the
police
are
and
why
they
are
here.
But
so
it's
really
been
institutionalized.
S
That
police
have
been
killing
black
and
brown
bodies
for
a
very
long
time,
and
you
know,
I
think
that
yeah
things
got
a
little
loud
and
we
woke
you
up
and
the
message
that
came
to
the
protesters
were
we
were
going
while
we
were
protesting
peacefully,
while
the
police
in
the
city
of
albany
kneeled
with
protesters
and
then
later
that
evening,
tear
gas
them
is
absolutely
insane
and
the
fact
that
you
want
to
hold
a
vote
to
decide
whether
or
not
that's
right
or
wrong
is
ridiculous.
S
Thank
you.
I
think
that
being
that
this
is
a
vote
ban
it
and,
as
far
as
the
use
of
it
being
used
in
hostile
situations,
you're
acting
like
the
tear
gas
is
going
to
find
the
bad
guys.
S
B
G
T
Hi,
my
name
is
lauren
manning.
My
address
is
eight
tyler
trace,
terrace
lifelong
resident
of
albany
new
york,
and
I
too
am
here
to
express
support,
speaking
personally
as
a
resident
for
a
full
ban
on
tear
gas
and
rubber
bullets
and
other
kinetic
munitions.
T
The
proposed
legislation
started
as
a
full
ban.
Now
we
have
a
band
with
exceptions
due
to
fears
of
a
few
over
one
specific
incident.
There
will
always
be
scary
things
that
happen
that
cause
fear
in
some
people.
However,
we
cannot
ignore
the
actual
harm
caused
too
many
more
in
an
effort
to
legislate
away
the
what-ifs
and
the
fears
of
a
few.
T
I
was
also
concerned
two
weeks
ago
because
it
seems
that
the
albany
police
department's
position
is
to
be
asking
us
as
a
community
to
choose
one
state
violence
over
another
state
violence.
They
would
like
us
to
believe
that
these
are
our
choices
and
that
there
are
no
alternatives,
but
this
is
just
not
true.
There
are
alternatives,
such
as
listening
to
the
community,
black
and
brown
people,
in
particular
in
the
future.
T
If
there
are
protests
instead
of
trying
to
disperse
them,
we
can
just
try
to
ensure,
as
a
police
department,
that
they
don't
turn
violent
people
who
think
that
force
is
being
used
against
them.
Most
certainly
will
respond
in
force
or
lash
out.
In
other
angry
ways,
we
as
a
city
need
to
reconsider
how
we
use
such
harmful
agents.
T
T
I
believe
she
called
she
called
in,
so
I'm
not
sure,
but
I'm
doing
it,
I'm
not
even
sure.
I
think
she
may
be
covering
two
things
at
once,
but
she
asked
me
to
cover
it,
so
I
trust
that
she
wants
me
to
cover
it.
I
am
just
actually
pulling
her
comment
up.
Okay
here
we
go.
T
So
this
statement
is
from
the
executive
director
of
the
center
for
law
at
law
and
justice.
Dr
alice
greene,
the
center
for
law
and
justice
believes
it
is
important
for
local
law
c
to
very
narrowly
define
any
exception
to
a
ban
on
the
use
of
tear
gas.
The
proposed
exception
for
a
situation
that
involves
a
hostage
in
danger
of
physical
harm
or
loss
of
life
would
appear
to
be
a
reasonable
inclusion
in
the
law.
T
However,
the
center
opposes
any
broad
language,
such
as
an
exception
for
dangerous
situations,
as
this
would
set
the
stage
for
tragic
results
based
on
erroneous
perceptions
of
danger
by
individual
officers.
It
was
a
later
unsubstantiated
claim
of
danger
that
led
to
the
death
of
george
floyd.
It
was
a
later
unsubstantiated
claim
of
danger
that
led
to
the
paralyzing
of
elizar
williams.
Any
exceptions
for
the
ban
on
the
use
of
tear
gas
must
be
very
narrowly
defined
in
local
lawsuit.
P
Okay,
so
my
name's
chris
dippolito
I
live
in
nassau,
I
used
to
live
in
albany
when
I
heard
that
there
was
going
to
be
discussion
about
rubber
bullet.
Of
course,
I
am
against
the
use
of
tear
gas,
but
people
have
already
spoken
eloquently
about
the
use
of
chemical
weapons
in
albany,
but
I
have
personal
experience
with
the
use
of
rubber
bullets.
P
Having
visited
belfast,
ireland,
rubber
bullets
were
deployed
against
citizens
in
belfast
and
throughout
northern
ireland
by
the
royal
ulster
constabulary,
and
they
were
a
great
propaganda
tool
because,
of
course,
citizens
whether
they
agree
or
disagree
with
the
protest
they're,
certainly
not
going
to
agree
with
the
use
of.
L
P
P
P
B
P
Oh
now,
my
dog
is
barking.
Sorry,
if
I
were
to
throw
this
at
you,
it
would
hurt,
but
it
leaves
a
gun
that
looks
like
a
tear
gas
canister
gun
at
60
miles
per
hour.
P
P
I
saw
a
young
woman,
actually
a
teenager
in
a
band
who
had
an
accordion
strapped
to
her
chest.
The
accordion
was
completely
crushed
and
thank
god
she
had
it
on
her
chest
because
she
probably
would
have
died
as
well.
It
was
not
unusual
to
hear
stories
of
young
people
being
killed
by
these
plastic
bullets.
P
Rubber
bullets,
there's
the
of
course.
The
police
officers
are
in
are
supposed
to
aim
the
gun
at
the
ground
so
that
it
ricochets
and
hit,
but
even
that
can
cause
a
lot
of
damage
and
often,
if
you
have
an
angry
police
officer
or
you
have
a
racist
police
officer,
maybe
they're
not
going
to
aim
the
gun
at
the
ground.
So
for
that
reason
I
think
rubber
bullets
should
be
completely
banned
in
albany,
and
I
that's
I'm
done.
Q
Okay,
I'd
like
to
thank
all
councilmembers
present
here
tonight
and
really
appreciate
your
voting
to.
Q
Place
street
sign
here
on
livingston
avenue
at
the
corner
of
lark
street.
You
know
all
of
you
that
know.
Warren
know
that
he
was
a
person
that
was
very
active
within
the
community
without
being
an
elected
official.
Q
You
know,
no
man
is
larger
than
life,
but
there
are
men
that
are
large
in
life
and
one
was
one
of
those
men.
He
helped
people
that
needed
information
from
politicians
or
organizations.
Q
This
is
a
very
good
spokesperson
for
people
that
were
in
need.
Give
you
an
example
of
how
how
he
interjects
itself
in
a
positive
manner.
I
was
working
at
the
firehouse.
Q
Q
Q
That
was
just
one
example
of
how
he
and
got
involved
not
only
in
this
community
but
outside
of
this
community,
and
I
think
you
know
just
about
everybody
that
met
warren
were
touched
by
one.
You
know
and
people
sought
to
touch
him
in
a
manner.
You
know
he
cut
up
and
laughed
there
a
lot,
but
he
was
very
diligent
in
his
works
of
humanity.
Q
Q
You
know
I
hopefully
through
his
foundation.
The
question
won't
be
asked
50
years
from
now
who
was
warren
mackey?
You
know,
hopefully,
that
that
college
fund
set
up
through
warning,
denise
mackey,
will
continue
the
legacy
of
my
brother
and
a
rightful
and
truthful
manner.
I
thank
you
again
for
the
counsel.
You
know
for
your
votes
and
god
bless
you
all
and
continue
to
do
your
work.
G
Yeah
I
already
announced
who
I
am
before
so,
and
I
I've
been
here
so
often
at
the
council,
and
actually
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
you
got
all
of
you
in
the
council
for
being
so
diligent
and
and
and
find
fine
leaders
for
all
of
us.
So
I
want
to
say
that
you
know
what
I'm
ver
with
housing
for
all
we're
supportive
of
these
four
proposed
changes
to
the
codes
and
rather
than
go
over
them.
G
I
think
you
know
what
they
are
and
I'll
just
say:
there's
gonna
be
more
opportunities
to
speak
later,
on,
especially
the
landlords
around
being.
We
want
to
have
a
dialogue
with
them.
We're
welcome
to
do
that,
but
it
is
time
it
is
time
to
like
recognize
the
need
for
equity
with
tenants.
G
I
mean
not
equity
with
attendance,
investing
you
know,
but
the
equity
fairness
about
this,
because
all
the
amount
of
rent
people,
the
tenants
pay
they
have
a
right
to
be
be
treated
with
respect
and
and
recognize
the
validity
and
the
value
of
their
their
investment
for
which
they
get
no
return
other
than
the
fact
they're
living
in
a
place.
So
anyway,
I
don't
need
the
drone
on.
Thank
you
for
listening.
Thank
you
for
acting
on
all
this
stuff.
G
So
next
time,
there's
going
to
be
a
public
hearing
of
some
sort,
I'll
be
prepared
to
speak
at
more
length
if
necessary.
So
thank
you.
N
V
Yeah
thanks
council
members
and
yeah,
my
name
is
nestle
john,
I'm
at
seven
elm
street.
I'm
a
member
of
the
youth
political
alliance
here
in
albany,
and
I
just
wanted
to
comment
in
favor
of
a
local
law
seat,
the
tear
gas
and
bullet
ban
and
as
well
as
the
package
of
housing
bills.
V
However,
as
a
member
a
resident
of
the
south
end
whose
house
was
affected
by
tear
gas
at
the
first
protest,
it
was
used.
I
am
urging
the
common
council
to
pass
local
law
c
unamended,
so
dropping
the
amendment
that
makes
an
exception
for
hostage
situations
and
that's
for
three
reasons.
The
first
reason
is
that
the
language
in
the
amendment
is
too
vague,
so
it
says
that
tear
gas
can
be
used
when
individuals
are
being
restrained
against
their
will.
V
So
I'm
concerned
that
the
police
can
justify
using
tear
gas
in
the
case
of
civil
disobedience
or
sit-ins,
just
because
the
language
is
too
vague
and
the
second
reason
we're
calling
for
the
amendment
to
be
dropped
is
because
the
outcome
of
using
tear
gas
and
those
exceptions
will
have
the
same
result.
V
Innocent
bystanders
will
be
affected
by
tear
gas.
If
it's
used
in
a
hostage
situation
and
that
will
predominantly
still
affect
people
in
lower
income
and
minority
communities
when
tear
gas
is
used
in
hostage
situations
as
it
blows
around
the
neighborhood
that
are
more
densely
populated
and
then
the
third
reason
is
that
the
use
of
tear
gas
and
hostage
situation
is
escalatory
and
it's
not
evidence-based.
V
So
there's
historical
examples
of
tear
gas
being
used
in
hostage
situations
like
in
1993
when
the
fbi
raided
the
compound
in
waco
texas
and
they
initially
pumped
the
compound
full
of
tear
gas
as
a
assuming
that
the
people
inside
the
compound
would
be
flushed
out
and
they
would
be
able
to
break
the
siege
on
this
religious
sect.
But
what
actually
happened
was
it
was
escalated
sharply
and
it
resulted
in
a
widespread
fire
and
75
people
were
killed,
including
25
children.
V
So,
for
those
three
reasons
we
are,
I
am
strongly
urging
the
council
to
pass
local
lawsuit
unamended,
because
the
albany
police
department
cannot
be
trusted
to
use
chemical
weapons.
In
any
scenario,
thank
you.
H
B
W
Great,
so
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
I'm
a
city
resident
for
18
years,
I'm
a
landlord
I
live
in
on
elm
street
as
well
in
downtown
albany.
I
appreciate
the
the
comments
of
my
fellow
citizens
regarding
the
tear
gas
ban
and
I
support
it.
However,
tonight
I
just
wanted
to
speak
in
more
detail
about
the
proposed
housing
laws.
I'm
really
heartened
by
the
discussion
that
you
had
in
caucus
about
the
idea
of
meeting
with
landlords
and
tenants
and
community
stakeholders
and
getting
community
input.
W
Perhaps
outside
investors
like
hedge
funds
or
downstaters
or
out-of-staters
or
californians,
I
mean
anybody
can
can
buy
property
in
albany
and
rent
it
out.
But
we
all
live
here.
You
may
have
heard.
W
W
The
affordable
housing
journal,
shelter
force
reports
that
roughly
7.5
million
homes
in
this
country
are
two
to
four
unit
buildings.
We
see
a
lot
of
those
in
albany,
as
well
as
another
13.7
million
homes
or
five
to
49
unit
buildings.
We
see
those
in
the
city
as
well.
So
if
you
just
ask
yourself
what
percentage
of
those
are
owned
by
basically
like
small-time
mom
and
pop
landlords,
seven
out
of
ten
according
to
shelter
force.
W
So
as
as
the
I
guess,
you'd
call
me
the
pop
in
that
mom-and-pop
situation.
I
really
look
forward
to
thinking
how
we
can
all
work
creatively
together
about
housing
issues.
I'm
particularly
concerned
about
local
law.
I,
the
residential
occupancy
occupancy
permits,
which
I
feel
like
needs
to
really
be
rethought
in
light
of
the
the
issues
that
I'm
raising
so
again,
a
thank
you
for
the
the
caucus
discussion.
Incredibly
heartened.
Let
me
know
when
it'll
be
and
I'll
be
there,
and
I
look
forward
to
speaking
with
you
all
more.
X
B
Morris,
can
you
state
your
your
address
for
us?
Oh.
X
I'm
sorry
I
am
at
23
delaware
terrace
last
summer,
during
the
the
beginning
of
the
protests,
when
tear
gas
was
used,
I
lived
at
eight
wilbur
street
in
the
south
end
in
the
area
of
the
of
the
where
the
tear
gas
happened.
So
I
would
like
to
speak
in
favor
of
the
ban
without
amendment
mostly
because
of
the
very
reckless
way
I
saw
the
police
using
the
tear
gas
last
may
I've
been
I've
been
around
tear
gas.
Several.
X
You
know
a
few
times
in
my
life
before
that
happened
in
protests
in
larger
cities,
and
things
like
this
and
the
way
that
the
albany
police
was
using.
It
was
incredibly
reckless.
I've
never
seen
them
throw
so
many
canisters
at
such
small
groups
of
people.
There
was
one
incident
specifically
that
I
would
like
to
relay.
Where
I
saw
there
was
a
group
of
people
on
south
pearl
street,
and
then
there
was
a
group
of
people
on
trinity
place.
The
people
in
trinity
place
were
trying
to
leave
the
area.
X
We
were
walking
up
the
street
sort
of
parallel
to
where
the
police
were
down
on
south
pearl
street,
and
so
I
could
kind
of
see
down
anytime.
There
was
a
break
in
the
buildings,
they
were
just
taking,
tear
gas
canisters
out
of
buckets
and
then
other
ones
were
shooting
them,
but
there
were
police
just
throwing
round
after
round
at
maybe
a
group
of
five
or
ten
people
who
were
kind
of
huddling
behind
cars.
X
People
were
trying
to
hide
behind
whatever
they
could
to
escape
from
the
rubber
bullets,
and
then,
wherever
the
people
were
trying
to
hide
from
the
rubber
bullets,
they
were
throwing
tear
gas
canisters
and
throwing
multiple
canisters
at
the
same
people.
X
They
they're
a
group
of
people
were
trying
to
get
away
from
the
police
off
of
south
pearl
street
into.
I
saw
a
group
of
people
hide
in
a
parking
lot
on
south
pearl
in
between
arch
and
westerlo.
I
think,
and
this
this
parking
lot
was
surrounded
by
on
three
sides
with
walls,
so
people
hid
behind
the
cars
in
there
to
escape
from
the
rubber
bullets,
but
then,
when
the
tear
gas
started
getting
thrown
in
and
it
was
round
after
round
that
they
were
throwing
into
there,
the
people
couldn't
get
away.
X
When
I
came
upon
the
scene,
I
came
upon
the
back
part
of
it
off
trinity
place,
and
I
saw
a
group
of
people
who
had
seen
that
this
was
happening,
went
over
and
were
pulling
people
up
over,
maybe
about
maybe
a
six
or
eight
foot
wall
to
get
them
out
of
the
tear
gas
because
they
couldn't
go
out
the
front
because
then
they
would
be
shot
with
rubber
bullets.
X
People
were
hyperventilating
and
couldn't
see
and
were
on
the
ground.
There
was
no
medical
aid
given.
X
Okay,
and
so
basically
also
in
that
same
that
same
night,
I
know
somebody
there
who
was
there
with
in
near
the
area
with
children
and
weren't,
really
part
of
the
protest,
but
they
had
come
to
sort
of
like
see
what
was
happening
and
when
it
started
to
escalate,
they
were
trying
to
go
home,
the
police,
wouldn't
let
them
leave,
walk
away
up
warren
street.
They
made
them
go
up.
Trinity
and
their
her
children
were
tear
gassed
when
she
had
just
asked
the
police
where
to
go.
X
B
Thank
you
for
those
comments.
Miss
morris,
miss
farrell.
I
entertained
a
motion
to
extend
public
comment.
K
Yes,
we
would
love
to
have.
B
H
Thomas
vandor
signed
up
for
public
comment.
He
wanted
to
get
public
comment
on
local
laws
f
and
I
of
2021,
if
he's
still
with
us,.
H
Y
When
landlords
refuse
to
make
essential
repairs
to
their
buildings,
tenants
don't
have
a
choice
but
to
leave
their
homes.
They
don't
always
have
a
place
to
go:
hotels,
motels,
shelters,
the
street.
Sometimes
people
are
lucky
and
they
have
friends
or
family
to
stay
with
temporarily,
while
they
start
the
arduous
process
of
finding
a
new
place
to
live,
but
especially
during
covid.
Any
of
these
options
should
be
unacceptable
if
code
enforcement
is
allowed
to
make
repairs
and
build
the
landlords,
people
will
be
able
to
stay
in
their
homes
instead
of
being
displaced
by
negligence
and
greed.
Y
Y
These
retaliatory
evictions
can
be
done
for
any
number
of
reasons
like
discrimination,
a
sexual
advance
by
a
landlord
that
was
rejected
or
code
enforcement
being
called,
because
the
landlord
wasn't
maintaining
the
apartment
by
making
landlords
give
a
reason
for
their
eviction.
Tenants
will
have
greater
stability
and
feel
more
at
ease
when
it
comes
to
engaging
in
the
community
and
making
investments
in
their
area.
H
X
Z
Okay,
okay,
hear
me:
okay,
yep,
we
got
you.
My
name
is
john
o'grady.
I've
lived
in
albany
about
50
years
for
the
first
15
I
was
a
renter
and
now
I'm
a
homeowner,
I'm
a
part
of
the
housing
for
all
group
that
roger
markovich
described,
and
I
want
to
speak
in
favor
of
the
legislation
to
protect
tenants
such
as
good
cause
and
the
other
three
bills.
Z
Z
It
should
not
disrupt
any
other
type
of
landlord.
I've
seen
the
objections
of
some
people,
some
of
the
landlords
and
realtors
to
this
legislation.
I've
read
it
and
I
think
we
have
answers
to
it.
I'm
heartened
by
marshall,
miller's
comment
before
who's
a
landlord,
and
I
look
forward
to
the
dialogue.
Thank
you.
I
I'd
like
to
commend
you
guys
on
the
resolution:
35
41,
21
r,
that
you're
considering
today
that
condemns
all
forms
of
asian
american
racism
since
2019
the
anti-asian
hate
crimes
have
surged
by
250
asian
american
pacific.
Islander
communities
have
been
unjustly
scapegoated
and
demonized
by
many
in
this
country.
Over
the
covet
19
pandemic
asian
americans
number
more
than
23
million
in
the
united
states
and
represent
more
than
30
different
nationalities
and
ethnic
groups,
including
samoan
tagwan,
ghomenian
and
native
hawaiian,
from
pacific
islands.
I
Vietnamese
cambodian
thai
burmese
malay,
filipinos
from
southeast
asia,
pakistani
bangladeshi
indian
and
sri
lankans
from
south
asia,
afghani
and
iranians
from
central
asia
and
korean,
japanese
and
chinese
from
east
asia.
Asian
american
immigrants
have
always
been
an
integral
part
of
the
american
fabric
and
have
both
shaped
the
history
of
the
united
states
as
well
as
had
their
own
lives
dramatically
influenced
by
moments.
In
its
history,
we
have
been
helping
the
u.s
economy
in
many
walks
of
life,
including
health
care
law
enforcement,
food
service,
industry,
education
and
governance.
Just
to
name
a
few
locally.
I
I
Our
contributions
to
the
capital
district
community
make
us
more
vibrant
as
a
collective
america
is
about
inclusion,
not
exclusion.
This
sentiment
remains
not
be
relevant
but
essential,
as
we
all
confront
this
growing
racism
in
this
country.
I
encourage
you
to
both
condemn
and
confront
racism.
When
you
see
it,
this
is
a
core
american
value.
This
resolution
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
the
albany
city
common
council
to
create
a
thriving
and
vibrant
city
where
all
are
truly
welcome.
Thank
you,
mr.
I
just
need
your
address.
H
Next
up,
mr
president,
is
willie
white
who
signed
up
to
speak
regarding
to
his
objection
to
tear
gas
usage
in
the
city
of
albany.
Willie
white
is
with.
H
I
see
destiny
harris
as
an
attendee
that
may
wish
to
speak.
AA
AB
AA
So
I
wanted
to
speak
in
favor
of
local
laws,
see
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
my
voice
is
heard
during
this
meeting
today.
I
don't
see
how,
without
the
amendment,
I
don't
see
how
this
tear
gas
can
be
used
in
a
house.
AA
The
situation
think
about
the
young
men
and
women
that
were
out
there,
the
young
children,
the
elderly
people
that
may
not
have
been
out
there
during
the
protest
during
the
summer,
but
they
were
still
affected
by
this
tear
gas,
young
children
who
may
have
been
hit
or
traumatized
by
the
rubber
bullets
due
to
seeing
someone
next
to
them
or
someone
that
was
with
them
being
struck
by
these
rubber
bullets.
If
you
want
to
say
you
want
to
use
tear
gas
in
a
hostage
situation,
think
about
how's
the
situation
possibly
happening
at
an
elementary
school.
AA
Nowadays,
there
are
mass
shootings
going
on
in
all
types
of
different
aspects,
so
I
would
say,
let's
think
about
that.
If
this
law
is
not
moved
forward,
then
I
feel,
like
you
failed
us,
you
failed
the
community
you're
furthering
the
relationship
between
the
albany
police
department
and
the
communities
that
they're
supposed
to
serve.
It
does
not
make
sense
to
me.
AA
We
can
no
longer
harm
our
communities.
We
should
be
thinking
about
how
the
police
department
can
use
proper
de-escalation
techniques
just
because
they
want
to
use
tear
gas
rather
than
a
gun.
They
want
to
use
rubber
bullets
rather
than
a
baton
or
whatever
the
case
they
whatever
weapon,
they
choose
to
harm
a
black
around
person.
AA
Let's
think
about
those
things,
how
we
can
better
serve
our
communities
also
as
public
officials.
Let's
make
sure
that
we
are
out
here
in
these
streets
with
our
community,
so
we
can
better
those
relationships
so
that
we
can
better
vote
because
that's
that's
that's
the
most
important
thing
here
today.
So
thanks
for
letting
me
comment
tonight.
A
AC
Yes,
hello,
I
am
a
resident
of
troy,
but
I
have
deep
roots
in
albany,
specifically
dating
back
to
my
great
grandmother
who
emigrated
from
sicily
in
the
south,
who
builds
community
in
the
southland
and
on
sard
road.
I
would
just
firstly
like
to
say
that
I
also
strongly
echo
the
support
of
local
lost
c
and
the
banning
of
rubber
bullet
and
tear
gas
ban
that
has
been
discussed
by
many
people
so
eloquently
today.
So
I
don't
think
I
have
anything
further
to
add
to
that
other
than
that.
AC
We
should
also
be
focusing
on
ending
the
carceral
system
of
policing
and
focusing
on
transformative
justice.
We
should
be
centering
de-escalation
techniques
when
training
our
police
and
promoting
the
demilitarization
of
policing
in
our
community.
AC
I'd
also
like
to
acknowledge
the
great
work
that
elevate
518,
which
destiny
harris
represented
today,
that
they're
doing
in
our
community
really
phenomenal
organization,
but
I
am
actually
here
today
to
comment
on
the
housing
bills,
local
law
f
and
I
the
good
cause,
eviction
unsafe
and
unfit
buildings
and
changes
to
the
residential
occupancy
permit,
firstly,
for
good
cause
eviction.
AC
AC
If
you
complain
about
living
condition
or
other
quality
of
life
concerns,
I'm
sure
you
can
all
use
your
imagination
of
the
myriad
of
concerns
that
could
come
up,
but
a
very
interesting
one
that
is
currently
being
discussed
in
our
legislator
is
that
new
york
has
more
children
with
lead
poisoning
than
any
state
and
that
the
rate
of
children
with
elevated
blood
levels
lead
levels
in
some
neighborhoods
are
five
to
six
times
higher
than
flint's
peak
rate.
AC
So
you
can
imagine
if
you
are
a
parent
of
a
child
in
a
home
that
requires
this
kind
of
lead
remediation
and
having
to
choose
between
your
children's
health
and
having
a
how
a
roof
over
their
head.
Good
cause.
AC
Evictions
also
gives
renter
greater
security
in
their
housing,
and
then
they
will
be
more
likely
to
view
their
apartment
and
their
neighborhood
as
home
and
to
feel
fully
vested
in
their
housing
and
neighborhood,
which
ensures
a
greater
neighborhood
stability
and
that
all
circles
back
around
to
the
policing
issues
that
we're
discussing,
I
think,
there's
a
big
fear
among
particularly
corporate
landlords,
but
not
so
much
among
small
business
owner
and
small
occupancy
landlords
that
good
cause
eviction
legislation
will
make
it
near
impossible
for
landlords
to
evict
problem
tenants.
AC
This
is
frankly
not
true
good
cause.
Eviction
means
that
a
landlord
must
have
a
reason
to
evict
a
tenant
from
their
housing,
and
these
reasons
still
include
things
such
as
non-payment
of
rent
violating
a
substantial
obligation
of
their
tenancy
committing
or
permitting
a
nuisance
such
as
maliciously
damaging
the
apartment.
The
the
tenant
is
in
violation
of
causing
a
violation
of
the
law,
so
there
are
still
plenty
of
things
that
landlords
can
evict
people
for
it's
just
protecting
the
everyday
citizen
from
being
discriminated
against
by
their
landlord.
AC
Secondly,
for
the
unsafe
and
unfit
laws.
What
does
this
bill
do
rather
than
declare
building
unsafe
and
unfit
and
forced
to
be
closed?
Adding
to
the
urban
blight
in
albany?
This
bill
would
empower
the
city
of
albany
building
department
to
make
emergency
repairs
if
the
owner
refuses
to
do
so
or
can't
be
found,
and
the
owner
will
be
billed
for
the
cost
of
the
repairs.
AC
This
is
going
to
help
tenants
and
neighborhood
by
reducing
the
displacement
of
tenants
from
unsafe
buildings
and
those
who
must
then
stay
at
a
homeless,
shelter
which
causes
physical
and
emotional
disruption
for
families
and
it'll
help
get
critical,
unsafe
code
violations
repaired
to
stem
the
abandonment
of
buildings
in
our
neighborhood.
Finally,
regarding
the
residential
occupation
permit
changes,
the
changes
that
are
proposed
are
necessary
because
they
will
reduce
the
times
that
landlord
must
renew
the
rops
for
the
building
from
30
months
to
24
months
and
most
important.
AC
A
landlord
would
be
required
to
post
the
rop
at
the
building
and
include
emergency
contact,
information
code
enforcement,
contact,
information
and
tenant
advocacy
resource
information,
meaning
that
tenants
will
know
whether
there
is
an
rop
on
their
apartment
before
they
move
in
and
who
to
contact.
When
there
are
problems,
I
thank
you
so
much
for
extending
the
public
commenting
period
tonight
and
for
your
work
for
our
city.
H
C
A
B
You
guys
hear
me:
yes,
we
can
just
give
us
your
name
and
address
and
you
can
go
ahead.
AD
All
right
awesome,
so
my
name
is
steven
negron.
My
address
is
55
10
brook
street
in
albany
and
today
I
just
want
to
comment
about
local
law
c
and
talk
about
the
use
of
tear
gas
and
rubber
bullets.
AD
As
a
community
activist
and
as
somebody
that
was
very
active
last
year
and
I
got
to
firsthand
see
the
effects
of
tear
gas
and
rubber
bullets,
while
also
understanding
the
fact
that
the
tear
gas
that
was
deployed
against
protesters
largely
didn't
really
affect
the
protesters
as
much
as
it
did
in
the
in
the
arbor.
AD
So
to
kind
of
reiterate
and
to
repeat
a
similar
point
that
has
been
made
repetitively
throughout
the
night.
Tear
gas
and
rubber
bullets
need
to
be
banned
and
as
rubber
bullets-
and
you
know
this
was
a
point
that
was
brought
up
earlier
tonight
when
they
shoot
a
rubber
bullet
they're
supposed
to
shoot
it
at
the
ground.
First,
and
I
can
tell
you
that
I've
personally
seen
a
rubber
bullet
being
discharged
that
wasn't
pointed
anywhere
near
the
ground.
AD
You
can
tell
the
trajectory
of
someone's
when
someone's
pointing
a
firearm
based
off
of
their
shoulder
position,
and
you
can
tell
whether
someone's
pointing
toward
the
ground-
or
you
know
a
little
bit
higher.
AD
So
we
really
don't
there,
there's
not
much
trust
between
apd
and
the
community
that
they
serve
right
now,
and
it's
mainly
because
of
instances
like
this.
So,
as
a
city,
if
we
can
ban
these
uses
and
make
the
community
feel
a
little
bit
safer
and
if
we
can
really
emphasize
de-escalation
tactics,
if
we
can
emphasize
community
policing,
we
want
the
same
things
that
everyone
else
wants.
AD
We
want
to
bridge
the
gap
between
the
police
and
the
community,
but
we
need
a
police
that
isn't
aggressive
and
that
isn't
so
willing
to
to
cause
harm
to
the
community
that
they're
supposed
to
serve.
So
that's
pretty
much
just
my
statements
tonight.
I
hope
that
the
common
council
will
do
the
right
thing
and
and
and
ban
these
weapons
and
that
a
local
lawsuit
goes
through
without
a
hiccup.
A
H
We
are
on
to
the
written
comments
that
have
been
submitted.
This
one
is
from
susan
dubois
and
it
reads
as
follows:
I'm
writing
to
submit
a
written
comment
for
the
april
5th
2021
albany
common
council
meeting.
I'm
glad
to
see
that
the
legislation
about
residential
occupancy
permits,
good
cause
eviction
and
emergency
repairs
will
be
introduced
at
this
meeting.
The
good
cause
eviction
provision
will
probably
be
even
more
important
now
than
it
would
have
been
prior
to
the
covet
19
pandemic.
H
H
Next
one
is
from
reverend
joe
paperone.
I
am
the
acting
director
of
the
labor
religion
coalition
of
new
york
state,
a
coordinator
for
the
new
york
state,
poor
people's
campaign
and
a
resident
of
albany
ward
11..
I'm
writing
in
support
of
the
housing
bills
currently
under
consideration
by
the
albany
common
council.
These
bills
provide
common
sense,
support
for
vulnerable
tenants
and
should
be
implemented
without
delay.
Despite
advances
in
tenant
protections
at
the
state
level
in
recent
years,
landlords
continue
to
hold
disproportionate
power
over
their
tenants.
H
These
bills
would
hold
landlords
to
account
and
provide
protections
to
many
tenants
who
have
been
struggling
through
the
covet
19
pandemic.
Health
care
is
a
human
right
and
we
will
continue
to
organize
to
make
itself
when
treated
like
any
other
commodity,
I.e
for
the
purposes
of
making
profit
for
landlords
and
developers.
Human
dignity
is
diminished
because
tenants
are
placed
at
the
mercy
of
a
system
stacked
against
them.
They
are
required
to
accommodate
unscrupulous
absentee
or
dismissive
landlords,
because
the
costs
of
moving
are
so
high
and
so
disruptive.
H
Despite
some
legal
protections,
the
landlord-tenant
relationship
is
inherently
unequal
and
it
is
imperative
that
our
city
and
surrounding
communities
defend
tenants
from
landlords
who
would
prey
on
vulnerability
to
extract
rent
due
to
the
do
the
right
thing
and
pass
these
bills.
They
are
but
a
small
step
in
assuring
the
human
right
to
housing
and
an
important
move
in
the
direction
of
justice.
Thank
you.
Reverend
joseph
pepperon
acting
director
labor
religion
coalition
of
new
york
state
coordinator
of
new
york,
state
poor
people's
campaign.
H
H
Next
comment
is
from
patrick
schauer.
Imagine
you
are
peacefully
demonstrating
downtown
for
a
cause
you
care
about,
because
you
believe
in
a
better
auburn
as
you're
walking
along
the
street
with
your
friends
and
neighbors,
your
head
is
suddenly
rocked
backward.
The
world
spins
and
pain
explodes
from
your
right
eye.
As
a
projectile
three
times,
the
mass
of
a
marble
strikes
your
eye
socket
at
200
feet
per
second,
you
are
permanently
blinded
in
that
eye
and
will
carry
the
limitation
for
the
rest
of
your
life.
H
H
My
name
is
patrick
schauer,
and
I
would
like
the
above
to
be
read
during
the
time
for
public
comment
on
tear
gas
and
rubber
bullets
tonight.
Thank
you.
This
one
is
from
aidan
suckak.
I
live
in
albany
south
end
and
I'm
submitting
this
written
comment
as
a
member
of
the
youth
political
alliance
in
albany.
Ypa
welcomes
and
supports
this
proposed
legislation
and
hopes
it
can
be
a
stepping
stone
to
more
comprehensive
tenant
protections
in
a
more
equitable
and
fair
housing
and
rental
market
in
albany.
Thank
you
from
aidan.
H
The
next
one
is
from
shayna
sager
of
troy
new
york.
I
work
in
albany,
often
I'm
against
the
ability
for
albany
to
be
able
to
auction
off
or
scrap
unclaimed
vehicles,
trap,
toe
and
impound
are
over
utilized
in
urban
areas,
resulting
in
disproportionate
negative
impact
to
black
and
brown
citizens.
As
a
result,
an
emergency
appeal
should
be
offered
within
48
hours
of
impound,
an
impound
fees
wave
related
to
poverty
level.
B
Okay,
so
with
no
further
comments,
I
will
close
the
public
comment
period.
Thank
you.
B
Okay.
Next,
on
the
agenda,
we're
on
to
approval
of
minutes
from
our
previous
meeting,
miss
farrell.
K
Thank
you,
mr
president.
We
have
the
minutes
from
march
15
20
21
for
approval.
B
Thank
you.
Can
I
get
a
second
on
the
mobile
second?
Okay,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
aye,
all
right,
okay.
The
motion
passes
next
on
to
consideration
of
local
laws.
First
up
we
have
mr
ballerin.
B
Thank
you,
madame
clerk,
please.
B
Okay.
Next
up,
mr
tanti.
B
Thank
you,
madam
clerk.
Miss
pharaoh.
B
Moving
along
next
up,
miss.
H
Local
law
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
stop
work
and
unsafe
and
unfit
orders
under
the
new
york
state.
Uniform
fire
prevention
and
building
code
and
albany
city
code.
H
Local
law
repealing
parts
for
residential
occupancy
permit
and
five
rental
dwelling
registry
of
chapter
231,
housing
of
the
code
of
the
city
of
albany
and
enacting
a
new
part.
Four
of
such
chapter
entitled
rental,
occupancy,
permit
and
rental
dwelling
residency
in
relation
to
the
city's
residential
occupancy
permit
and
rental
dwelling
registry
programs.
B
B
B
AB
Thank
you.
I
noticed
local
law,
el
2020
and
asked
for
his
passes.
B
Thank
you,
madam
clerk.
Please
read
the
law.
B
Thank
you,
madam
clerk.
Any
discussion.
B
P
P
L
O
J
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
notice
local
law
c
or
amendment,
and
I
ask
for
an
opportunity
to
speak
on
that
amendment.
B
Okay,
so
we
will
go
ahead.
Mr
o'shea,
a.
J
A
lot
of.
I
feel
the
need
to
provide
clarification
since
so
many
people
have
asked
the
common
council
to
act
on
local
law,
see
without
amendment
local
aussie
was
reported
out
of
committee
and
the
motion
was
made
to
amend
it
as
it
was
being
passed
out
of
committee.
J
Mr
hoey
made
that
amendment
to
address
a
hostage
situation
in
good
faith.
I
think
believing
that
we
would
have
three
votes
in
order
to
vote
it
out
of
committee
with
a
positive
recommendation.
J
There
was
some
further
discussion
on
it
and
with
regard
to
the
specific
wording-
and
I
agreed
to
work
on
the
wording
to
address
situations-
indoor
and
outdoors
with
regard
to
this-
so
I
I
did
so-
I
do
not
feel
like.
I
am
at
liberty
to
not
make
that
amendment,
because
it
was
voted
out
of
committee
with
an
amendment.
J
The
the
amendment
is
narrowly
crafted
very
narrowly
crafted.
It
is
to
not
deal
with
specifically
a
hostage
situation,
because
that
is
not
defined
in
law,
but
to
deal
with
a
situation
in
some
in
which
somebody
is
restrained
in
the
same
manner
that
they
would
be
in
the
event
of
a
kidnapping
or
an
abduction.
J
The
amendment
also
specifically
requires-
and
it
was
the
intent
of
the
mover
to
make
it
clear
that
there
would
be
no
other
alternative
available
the
legislation.
The
amendment
makes
it
clear
that
the
chief
or
deputy
chief
needs
to
make
that
determination
that
there
is
no
other
alternative
available
to
secure
the
safety
of
the
person
who
is
being
restrained.
J
The
restraint
is
also
not
sufficient.
There
has
to
be
a
belief
that
the
person
is
at
significant
risk
of
serious
bodily
harm,
and,
finally,
because
this
is
a
hostage
situation
that
we're
talking
about,
there
is
an
opportunity
for
members
of
the
public
in
the
vicinity
to
be
notified
so
that
they
can
protect
themselves
in
advance
of
the
release
of
any
tear
gas,
and
so
this
amendment
also
specifically
requires
that
people
both
indoors
and
outdoors
in
the
vicinity
are
notified
in
advance
so
that
they
have
an
opportunity
to
protect
themselves
before
any
tear
gas
is
released.
J
J
I
am
honoring
what
I
believe
was
passed
out
of
committee
and
I
respect
the
vote
of
the
of
the
committee
at
that
time,
and
I
don't
feel
as
as,
though
it's
appropriate
to
now
unamended
the.
J
J
I
believe
that
this
particular
exception
is
not
opening
the
door
to
as,
as
was
concerned,
a
lot
of
different
kinds
of
interpretations.
It
is
very
narrowly
tailored.
I
frankly,
would
be
surprised
if
it
was
ever
used.
This
particular
exception
was
ever
used
because
of
all
the
caveats
that
it
has
to
be
somebody
who's
at
significant
risk
of
bodily
injury
that
they
have
to
that.
They
are
under
restraint
in
the
manner
anticipating
penal
law
for
kidnapping
or
abduction
situation.
J
The
chief
or
the
deputy
chief
need
to
make
a
determination
that
that
is
the
only
means
available
and
that
there
has
to
be
adequate
notice
to
residents
to
be
able
to
protect
themselves.
So,
while
I
might
have
preferred
to
pass
this
without
those
amendments,
the
reality
is,
that
is
how
it
was
passed
out
of
committee.
J
J
I'm
not
sure
if
that
will
be
the
result
at
this
particular
point
in
time,
but
the
rules
are
the
rules,
and
this
is
how
we
voted,
how
it
was
voted
out
of
committee,
and
so
I
just
wanted
people
to
understand
this
process.
I
would
encourage
people
to
not
seek
it
to
be
voted
to
be
amended
again
and
delay
the
vote
again.
I
am
hoping
that
this
will
pass
at
our
april
19th
meeting
as
amended.
Thank
you.
A
B
You
that
was
a
lot
so
in
interests
of
full
disclosure.
I
am
currently
working
on
an
amendment
of
my
own.
I
didn't
want
to
get
into
this
back
and
forth
and
be
working
on
it
here
in
in
this
meeting,
but
I
just
want
to
put
that
out
there.
So
folks
don't
think
down
the
line.
B
If
I
try
to
make
a
change
or
do
something
that
it
was
disingenuous,
I'm
saying
right
now
that
I'm
actively
working
on
it
and
without
getting
into
it
and
and
going
back
and
forth
I'll
just
put
that
out
there
that
way
and
I'll
put
it
out
for
folks,
the
public
and
members
to
see
prior
to
trying
to
to
move
forward
with
it.
I
just
thought
I
should
put
that
out
there
and
with
that
being
said,
we
were
on
to
mr
conte.
D
Thank
you,
mr
president,
I
notice
local
law
e
of
2021
moved
to
amend
it
and,
as
amended
pursuant
to
a
message
from
the
mayor,
our
request
passage.
B
Thank
you,
mr
conte.
Madam
clerk,
can
you
read
the
law
and
the
message
please.
H
Next
is
the
message
of
necessity,
requesting
immediate
passage
of
local
law
e
of
2021
as
amended
without
the
statutory
aging
period
under
section
20,
dot,
4
of
the
municipal
home
rule
law,
the
common
council
may
dispense
with
the
usual
aging
requirement
for
a
local
law
if
the
mayor
shall
have
certified
as
to
the
necessity
for
its
immediate
passage
and
such
local
law
may
be
passed
by
the
affirmative
vote
of
two-thirds
of
the
total
voting
power
of
the
legislative
body.
I
hereby
certify
that
local
law
e
of
2021
mc
is
amended
april.
H
3Rd
2021,
which
takes
a
number
of
steps
to
combat
the
reckless
and
dangerous
use
of
unregistered
non-street
legal
off-road
vehicles
throughout
the
city
of
albany
requires
immediate
passage
at
the
april
5th
2021
meeting
of
the
common
council.
This
local
law
will
expand
in
the
city
code,
the
areas
in
which
such
vehicles
cannot
be
operated
legally,
and
it
also
imposes
a
new
two
thousand
three
hundred
and
fifty
dollar
redemption
fee,
which
must
be
paid
before
any
vehicle
sees
in
connection
with
the
violation
of
this
law
may
be
redeemed
from
empowerment.
H
This
local
law
also
provides
apd
the
flexibility
to
sell
vehicles
at
auction,
sell
them
for
scrap
or
destroy
them
after
they
have
remained
unclaimed
in
impound
for
60
days.
It
is
imperative
that
local
law
e
of
2021
mc
is
amended
april.
3Rd
2021
is
passed
at
the
april
fifth
council
meeting
so
that
the
changes
made
by
such
law
can
take
effect
before
summer
when
use
of
off-road
vehicles
in
this
illegal
manner
has
historically
been
highest
and
most
dangerous
submitted
by
mayor
cathy
sheehan.
B
Thank
you,
madam
clerk.
Any
discussion.
B
No,
it's
not
okay,
adam
clerk,
please
call
the
roll.
O
Yes,
you
know,
I
I'm
gonna
say
like
I'm
in
support
of
of
this
bill,
but
I
have
to
say
it
again
that
we
have
to
have
some
type
of
discussion
about
an
alternative
for
people
to
ride.
O
You
know
like
we
have
to
do
what
we
have
to
do
to
people
that
are
jeopardizing
our
community,
but
you
know
this
is
a
a
population
of
people
in
our
neighborhoods
that,
like
to
ride
off-road
bikes,
and
you
know
to
to
preserve
the
area
that
they
use
and
not
to
come
up
with
an
alternative.
It's
just
you
know
it
just
sounds
too
punitive.
O
I
think
that
I've
received
a
number
of
calls
and
emails
about
people
who
you
know
would
like
to
have
a
spot
for
them
to
be
able
to
ride,
and
I
think
that
we
have.
We
have
to
have
that
conversation
even
if
we
can't
accommodate
them.
We
have
to
have
that
conversation
with
them
and
explain
why
it
can't
happen
just
to
say
no
riding
atvs
or
four-wheelers
or
whatever.
O
However,
you
look
at
it
no
riding
motorbikes
in
the
city
of
albany
there's
to
be
people
that
are
that
want
to
ride
and
and
unfortunately,
going
to
be
put
in
a
situation
where
they're
going
to
ride
on
the
streets
because
of
their
their
their.
O
O
So
I
just
have
to
say
I
will
be
supporting
it,
but
I
think
that
it's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
have
a
memorable
moment
with
the
community.
Thank
you.
B
Okay,
all
right,
mr
content,.
D
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
president.
I
I
do
think,
there's
an
imperative
to
move
on
this
tonight.
The
issue
is
really
getting
out
of
hand
and
not
just
in
albany
but
in
other
areas,
and
I've
had
some
officials
from
other
local
communities
call
to
ask
about
how
we're
dealing
with
this
etc.
But
I
don't
disagree
with
mr
johnson
at
all.
In
fact,
you
know,
I
think
we
do
need
to
look
at
to
what
extent
we
can
develop
alternative
sites.
D
I
I
think
it's
hard
to
find
something
within
the
city,
but
that's
a
conversation.
I'd
be
willing
to
have
and
if
it's
possible
so,
but
as
mr
johnson
indicated,
I
think
we
need
to
move
forward
also
on
on
this
measure
tonight
and
it
does
complement
the
efforts
underway
by
the
apd
and
I
do
want
to
compliment
them
on
on
their
recent
activity
where
they
they
seem
to
be
making
some
progress
here,
and
I
think
this
will
be
helpful,
so
appreciate
your
support
tonight.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
mr
conte,
with
that
clerk,
madam
clerk,
please
call
the
roll.
H
D
O
H
B
L
H
B
Thank
you
we'll
start
with
miss
frederick.
L
B
Thank
you
so
we'll
we
will
mr
o'brien.
S
AB
H
K
B
O
F
B
Thank
you.
The
motion
passes
okay,
so
we're
going
to
back
up
to
our
reports
and
standing
committees.
I
I
inadvertently
skipped
over
it.
So
miss
fahey,
we'll
start
with
miss,
fade.
R
Thank
you.
Mr
president,
the
planning
committee
met
on
march
29th
to
regarding
substantial
amendments
proposed
substantial
amendments
to
the
usdo,
and
we
will
be
meeting
again
tomorrow
april
6
to
continue
that
review.
R
Just
a
reminder
to
everybody
that
schedule
and
we'll
be
meeting
every
two
weeks
on
our
proposed
changes
to
the
usdo.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
F
You
muted,
the
general
services
committee
met
on
march
18th
to
consider
resolution
27-31-21
renaming
a
portion
of
livingston
avenue
in
honor
of
warren
mackey.
His
wife
and
two
daughters
spoke
eloquently
about
his
life,
his
accomplishments,
his
devotion
to
family,
his
support
from
community,
as
well
as
members
of
the
council
and
spot.
The
resolution
sponsor
jamel
spoke
his
relationship
with
warren
mackey.
I
did
several
council
members
and,
as
also
did
the
trafficking
engineer,.
F
F
And
then
also,
we
did
have
a
discussion
about
ordinance,
44
431-21
in
relation
to
lead
pipes.
It
passed
out
of
committee
with
favorable
recommendation,
but
then
there
was
some
thought
by
corporation
council
that
it
should
really
be
worked
into
a
local
law.
So
it's
that
one
is
going
to
be
withdrawn.
F
F
They
apparently
are
putting
out
some
rfps
for
equipment,
but
they
weren't
able
to
make
it.
So
I
do
want
to
reschedule
that
as
well
as
I
want
to
schedule
a
meeting
for
another
consideration
of
the
street
renaming.
F
K
K
We
also
had
resolution
23
31
21r,
that
is
to
change,
was
to
change
the
salary
of
the
building
services
supervisor
they're,
having
issues
filling
that
position
and
they're,
hoping
that,
with
a
higher
salary,
salary
they'll,
be
able
to
attract
someone
and
have
someone
stay
in
that
position
for
some
time
that
also
passed
through
the
committee.
With
a
a
unanimous
positive
recommendation
resolution,
25
31-21-r
was
to
change
a
labor
two
position
to
a
labor
one
position
that
was
held
in
committee.
K
The
labor
one
position
is
the
one
last
category
of
employee
that
does
not
make
the
1552
an
hour,
and
the
committee
members,
myself
included,
were
not
comfortable
voting
that
through,
and
so,
as
I
mentioned,
I've
been
discussing
that
with
the
mayor's
office.
K
So
there
will
be
more
to
come
on
that
at
some
point
in
the
future.
We
also
are
aware
of
we
don't
want
to
hold
up
parks,
so
park
says
said
that
they
would
keep
in
touch
with
us.
In
addition,
we
also
were
provided
an
update
from
the
budget
office
and
the
treasurer
on
the
american
rescue
plan
financing
and,
if
you
weren't
able
to
do
that,
fortunately
we
have
all
of
our
meetings.
K
You
can
go
back
on
facebook
for
any
of
the
people
who
are
excitingly
watching
this
now
and
they
want
to
know
what's
happening.
You
can
go
back
and
watch
that
or
you
can
stay
tuned
for
our
next
exciting
finance
meeting,
which
will
be
on
may
6th,
where
I'm
sure
we'll
have
several
well.
We
do
have
several
items
to
deal
with
already
and
we'll
also
receive
another
update
on
the
what
the
state
of
finances
are.
K
It's
my
hope
to
contin,
as
we
continue
forward
to
get
regular
updates
on
this
and
obviously
in
between
finance
committee
meetings,
we'll
utilize
I'll
I'll,
give
it
give
a
report
or
we'll
have
someone
come
to
caucus
if
there's
a
major
thing
that's
happening,
but
the
administration
has
been
very
supportive
of
giving
regular
updates
to
the
council,
which
we
appreciate
at
finance
committee
meetings.
That
is
everything
thanks.
B
Thank
you,
miss
farrell,
mr
conti,.
D
We
considered
local
law,
l
of
2020,
yes
for
2020,
which
is
a
council
member,
loves
charter,
amendment
related
to
a
residency
requirement
for
members
of
the
common
council,
which
was
reported
out
favorably
in
which
we
adopted
previously
tonight.
D
D
We
met
again
on
march
23rd
and
took
up
discussion
of
local
law
f
of
2019,
which
would
establish
a
comprehensive
ethics
law
for
the
city
of
albany,
including
establishment
of
an
ethics
commission.
We
had
some
good
discussion
on
items
to
review
further
and
some
recommendations
from
corp
council
to
review.
D
So
we
are
looking
at
potential
revisions
and
modifications
in
response
to
committee
discussion,
we
did
tentatively
set
a
follow-up
meeting
on
local
law
f
for
april
12th,
and
at
this
point
I
I'm
not
sure
that
we'll
be
ready
by
that
point.
But
there
are
some
revisions
that
I'm
gonna
try
and
turn
around
so
that
we
can
have
another
committee
meeting
on
that
and
hopefully
be
able
to
move
that
through
to
the
full
council
shortly.
Thank
you.
J
Yes,
the
housing
community
development
committee
is
going
to
be
meeting
on
wednesday
april
7th
at
5
30
to
hold
a
joint
public
hearing
with
the
albany
housing
community
development
agency
to
announce
the
year
47
grants
for
community
development
block
grants
and
to
consider
any
appeals.
J
We
will
be
acting
on.
I
expect
to
act
on
resolution
20.22.21
r
mc,
which
is
the
resolution
that
would
authorize
the
mayor
to
submit
the
action
plan
to
the
u.s
department
of
housing
and
urban
development.
I
will
note
that
it
seems
that.
J
20.22.21
r
has
been
dropped
from
the
council's
agenda
or
maybe
never
made
it
onto
the
agenda.
It
was
added
as
a
mc,
so
I'd
like
that
taken
care
of
there's
also,
we
will
be
taking
up
miss
love's
resolution.
J
32.41.21
r,
which
is
calling
on
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
albany
in
our
county
state
and
federal
partners,
to
implement
more
incentives
for
affordable
home
ownership
and
grants
for
homeowner
maintenance
assistance,
so
miss
andrews
will
be
talking
about
that.
Adam
safrango
from
the
land
bank
will
be
in
attendance
and
also
somebody
from
the
offending
housing
authority
to
talk
about
what
we
are
doing
along
those
lines.
J
I
would
also
like
to
note
that
the
notice
that
went
out
it
has
a
minor
error
in
that
it
reflects
that
april.
7Th
is
thursday
when
it's
actually
wednesday,
and
perhaps
that
can
be
corrected
as
well
and
sent
out,
but
since
we
have
date
right,
I
don't
think
that
changes
anything
and
I
hope
to
see
people
on
wednesday
for
productive
discussion.
B
So
thank
you.
Okay.
Moving
on
getting
back
on
to
ordinances,
hell
number
11..
Excuse
me
miss
frederick.
Your
second
ordinance.
L
B
Thank
you,
madam
clerk,
can
you
please.
F
B
Emotion
passes,
the
ordinance
passes,
miss
fahey.
R
Thank
you.
The
this
is
the
long-awaited
well
at
least
the
first
part
of
their
six-month
review.
We
passed
the
our
zoning
new
zoning
code,
the
usdo
in
2017..
R
That
didn't
happen
for
various
reasons
until
almost
two
years
later,
and
we
decided
that
it
was
necessary
to
break
up
that
review
and
what
we
did
was
take
a
look
at
technical
amendments
to
the
usdo
first
and
that
concerned
renumbering,
looking
at
citations,
typos
changes
in
the
language
and
some
quasi-substantial
amendments
as
well-
and
this
was
a
very
long
process-
and
I
I
do
want
to
commend
both
the
planning
staff
and
all
the
committee
members.
R
So
once
we
do
pass
this
technical
amendment
ordinance
tonight,
we
and
we've
actually
already
begun
to
turn
to
the
more
substantial
proposed
amendments
to
the
usdo.
So
this
is
an
important
step
forward.
It'll
allow
us
to
put
this
cleaned
up
document
into
the
general
code
so
that
people
can
easily
more
easily
access
it
and
to
better
take
better
look
at
those
other.
R
Maybe
more
substantial
proposed
amendments
that
we
might
make
over
the
next
over
the
course
of
the
next
several
months
and
as
I've
said
earlier,
we
do
have
a
pretty
rigorous
schedule
of
meeting
every
two
weeks
on
this
300
page
document
coming
up.
But
tonight
our
focus
is
on
passing
the
this
first
part
the
technical
amendments
to
the
usdo-
and
I
want
to
thank
all
council
members
for
supporting
this.
Thank
you.
H
O
B
F
Of
okay,
yes,
I
notice
for
purposes
of
withdrawal,
ordinance
number
four
3121,
because
it's
going
to
be
replaced
more
properly
by
local.
B
Okay,
thank
you,
mr
o'brien.
The
ordinance
is
withdrawn.
Next
on
to
resolutions
introduced,
miss
love.
AB
B
Thank
you
next,
miss
pharaoh.
H
B
Thank
you,
miss
farrell.
K
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
noticed
34.21.21
r
and
ask
for
its
introduction.
B
Okay
next
resolution,
mr
flynn.
B
H
B
M
As
many
of
you
are
aware,
I'm
a
son
of
immigrants
from
west
africa
and
currently
account
it's
tragic,
and
my
thoughts
are
and
prayers
are.
We
lost
several
weeks
ago
in
atlanta
banks
want
to
ask
ourselves,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
the
topic
of
violence,
what
we
have
to
do
to
prevent
any
type
of
violence.
We
have
to
do
a
self-reflection
of
violence
and,
quite
frankly,
what
capacity
we
want
to
live.
M
B
B
All
right,
miss
pharaoh.
B
We
just
no,
we
had
to
do
the
motion
to
add
by
majority
consent.
B
D
President,
I
offer
resolution
36.41,
36.41.21r
and
request
is
passage.
D
Conte,
thank
you,
mr
president.
I
you
know,
I
can't
help
but
note
that
we,
the
previous
resolution
we
adopted,
deals
with
anti-asian
racism
and
this
resolution
deals
with
what
were
really
blatantly
and
offensive
homophobic
remarks
by
a
member
of
the
county
legislature.
I
hope
there's
a
day
comes
when
we
don't
have
to
adopt
resolutions
like
this
or
reaffirm
our
commitments
to
diversity
and
equality
and
equity,
but
that
it
just
comes
as
a
natural
course
of
how
government
operates.
D
I'm
not
going
to
recount
the
the
the
incident
that
happened.
The
remarks
were
offensive
harmful
words,
hurt
words,
give
comfort
to
people
who
hold
beliefs
that
relate
to
inequality,
discrimination
and,
you
might
say,
even
a
willingness
to
do
harm,
and
I
think
we've
learned
that
over
the
past
four
years
with
the
prior
incumbent
in
the
the
white
house-
but
I
want
to
you
know-
as
you
know,
since
this
resolution
was
put
in
mr
langdon
has
decided
to
resign.
D
He
apologized
and
then
resigned,
and
I
really
want
to
compliment
the
community
for
their
swift
reaction
and
condemnation
and
outspokenness
on
this.
D
We
can't
be
silent
and
if
anything
we've
learned,
we
can't
be
silent
and
so
that
that's
part
of
really
what
helped
turn
this
around,
and
I
want
to
also
acknowledge
county
executive
dan,
mccoy
and
albany
county
legislative
leader,
andrew
joyce,
who
also
both
were
swift
in
their
condemnation
and
and
calls
for
mr
langdon's
resignation
and
willingness
to
move
forward
with
a
a
resolution
to
censure
him
which
has
since
been
withdrawn.
D
So,
as
I
say,
it's
important
that
we
not
remain
silent
when
these
things
happen,
and
I
that's
why
I
think,
even
though
I
mean
apologies,
don't
wipe
out
what
was
said.
It's
still
there
and
it
betrays
a
certain
belief
that
we
need
to
reaffirm
where
we
are
in
terms
of
where
this
council
has
always
been
or
well
almost
has
always
been.
I
remember
1987,
where
I
heard
things
like
this,
but
where
this
council
has
been
and
where
the
city
has
been,
and
so
I
do
appreciate
your
support
for
this
tonight.
D
B
You
any
further
comment.
Okay,
we
are
all
co-sponsors
on
this,
so
by
show
hands
all
in
favor,
say:
aye
aye,
aye,.
B
M
M
Gosh,
I'm
the
only
one
all
right,
sorry
about
that.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
think
we
all
know
the
remarks
made
former
county
legislator.
George
langdon,
are
totally
unacceptable
for
anyone,
let
alone
a
public
servant.
M
The
only
appropriate
thing
for
him
was
to
resign
and,
quite
frankly,
I'm
glad
that
he
did,
however,
is
that
we
as
a
council,
come
out
in
a
unified
voice
to
condemn
the
type
of
language
and
to
make
it
clear
that
we
will
not
accept
legislators
who
think
that
certain
groups
of
people
could
be
diminished,
let
alone
banished
from
society.
Just
because
who
are,
we
are
public
servants
because
we
are
obligated
to
serve
all
public.
M
We
don't
exclude
anyone
again.
We
are
elected
to
represent
everyone,
so
I'm
proud
to
support
this
resolution
because
it
makes
it
clear
that
we
support
lgbtq
community
as
well
as
anyone
who
else
who
calls
our
city
home
or
our
county
home,
and
we
will
not
tolerate
elected
officials
who
they
need
to
humanizing
language
against
any
group
of
our
society.
B
Thank
you,
okay.
So,
with
that
being
said,
we're
all
co-sponsors
show
of
hands.
B
Okay,
miss
farrell.
B
Thank
you,
miss
farrell,
madam
clerk,.
B
Okay,
madam
clerk,
please
call
the
roll.
D
L
B
The
resolution
passes
miss
farrell.
K
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
notice
resolution
23.31.21
r
and
ask
for
this
passage.
B
B
B
AB
B
Thank
you
clerk.
Please
read
the
resolution.
O
Yes,
I
just
thank
you,
mr
president.
I
just
want
to
say
I
spoke
on
on
this
matter
in
the
past
man.
We
don't
really
understand
what
we
lost
in
losing
warren.
You
know
it
could
be
many
stories
told
you
know,
and
a
lot
of
them
will
end
with
laughter.
O
O
You
know
warren
provided
a
lot
of
solutions
to
to
many
people
and
and
and
I'll
just
say
it
was
a
huge
loss,
and
I
think
that
this
is
something
that
we
could
do
that
continue
on
his
legacy,
and
you
know
make
sure
that
at
least
a
conversation
could
be
had
about
who
was
warren
mackey,
and
hopefully
it
would
be
somebody
there
to
speak
to
the
effort
that
he
made
while
he
was
here.
So
I
just
want
to
say
job
one
well
done
a
job
well
done
once
again
warren
mackey.
B
Yeah
yeah,
so
I
I'd
like
to
say
over
on
livingston
avenue
where
we're
doing
this
is
it's
my
area
that
I
share
with
mr
robinson,
mr
mackey.
Warren
was
a
a
great
guy.
We
lost
a
lot
when
we
lost
him.
You
know
he's
one
of
he
he's
your
greatest
advocate,
but
if
you're
not
stepping
up
and
taking
care
of
things,
the
way
you
need
to
he
can
come
down
on
you.
We
had
some
very
interesting
discussions.
B
I
mean
he
supports
you
when
he
needs
to,
but
if
he
thinks
she
can
do
better,
he
gets
out.
He
gets
after
he
got
after
me
enough.
You
know
saying,
do
a
little
more
get
you
know,
get
more
involved
and-
and
so
I'm
gonna
miss
that
and
I'd
like
to
say
thank
you
to
his
family.
Warren
was
everything
to
everybody.
He
was
involved
in
everything
he
was
always
helping.
B
He
was
up
and-
and
that
comes
at
a
cost,
so
the
time
that
he
spent
with
us
doing
stuff,
making
stuff
better
for
the
community.
That
was
time
that
he
didn't
have
with
his
family,
and
I
can
remember
times
him
being
out
with
his
his
daughters
in
tow
at
some
things
that
you
know
he
was
involved
in.
So
thank
you
to
denise
and
the
girls
for
for
letting
us
share
your
pops
and
and
your
husband
he's
sorely
missed
and
will
never
be
forgotten.
B
So,
thank
you
so
with
that,
we
we
we're
all
co-sponsors
on
it,
so,
just
by
a
show
of
hands
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
passing
I
okay,
unanimous,
we're
all
in
so
the
the
resolution
passes.
B
Okay,
we're
at
the
end
of
our.
B
Regular
agenda
on
to
miscellaneous
unfinished
business:
we
have
a
commission,
yeah
yeah.
K
B
All
those
in
favor,
aye,
aye,
okay,
the
names
passed,
emotion,
passed,
miss
pharaoh
anything.
B
O
Johnson,
thank
you,
mr
president.
I
just
would
ask
everybody
to
you
know,
hear
me
out
tonight
and
and
through
the
last
several
weeks
we
have
heard
people
from
my
community
where
these
protests
took
place
speak
out,
adamantly
against
the
use
of
tear
gas
and
rubber
bullets,
and
I
just
would
like
to
to
you
know,
ask
my
colleagues
to
think
about.
You
know
not
only
the
act
of
that
night,
which
we
heard
many
different
horror
stories,
but
you
know
the
the
residue
that
was
left
over.
O
You
know
just
how
people
could
speak
about
that
night
like
it
was
just
yesterday,
and
I
I
think
that
we
have
to
act
more
of
our
police
and
dangerous
situations.
You
know
on
a
personal
level,
you
know
my
family
member
dante
ivey.
His
birthday
was
this
week.
That
is
a
loss
that
you
know
our
family
and
our
community
will
never
recover,
and
we
we
took
some
some
steps
to
try
to
ensure
that
you
know
that
another
family
wouldn't
be
in
that
situation,
and
I
just
think
that
trauma.
O
You
know
we.
We
are
a
city
that
is
dealing
with
many
different
forms
and
level
of
trauma,
and
to
have
this
added
on
top
of
it
is,
you
know,
is
a
situation
that
could
have
been
avoided
and
we
don't
need
to
have
situations
that
could
have
been
avoided
not
be
avoided,
and
I
think
that
it's
not
often
that
you
hear
people
speak
so
passionately
about
something
that
they're
they're
against,
and
I
just
would
hope
that
we
keep
in
mind
that
it's
not
often
that
you
hear
people
speak.
O
I
I
will
hope
that
we
will
keep
in
mind.
You
know
people's
100
opposition
against
the
use
of
tear
gas
and
rubber
bullets,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
time
tonight.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
johnson.
Any
further,
no
miss
farrell
like
entertain
the
motion
to
adjourn.