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From YouTube: Thursday, September 7, 2017, Common Council Meeting
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Albany Common Council Meeting - Thursday, September 7, 2017
Featured Legislation -
Ordinances Introduced - 38.91.17
Ordinance Passed - 37.82.17
Resolutions Passed - 48.81.17R, 49.81.17R, 51.91.17R, & 52.914.17R
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The
legislation
introduced
today
by
Dorsia
players
really
should
require
no
discussion.
It's
a
small
step
clearly
designed
to
try
and
rebuild
trust
between
community
members
and
police
officers
by
requiring
some
mutual
accountability,
while
the
benefit
of
this
proposed
law
will
be
felt
by
all
citizens,
regardless
of
their
race
or
skin
color.
We
all
know
that
this
is
directed
at
significant
and
deep
distrust
grown
up
over
a
century
within
the
black
community,
specifically
based
on
significant
and
very
real
experiences.
E
I've
often
tried
to
compensate
what
it
must
be
like
to
grow
up,
knowing
that
the
color
of
your
skin
immediately
made,
you
suspect,
in
the
eyes
of
those
who
held
the
power
to
take
away
your
freedom,
and
even
your
life
I
can
consider
this,
but
I
can
never
really
know
it.
So
how
do
those
with
power
and
privilege
begin
to
establish
trust
with
those
who
have
lived
and
whose
parents
and
and
parents
have
lived
through
such
knowledge
and
experience?
This
is,
in
fact
a
long
and
uncomfortable
road
and
we
have
hardly
begun.
E
So,
let's
not
debate
the
small
stuff
when
a
police
officer
confronts
an
individual
and
asked
for
identification
that
individual
has
no
choice
to
withhold
that
information
could
be
immediate
and
severe
consequences.
This
legislation
simply
establish
that
the
individual,
in
turn,
has
a
right
to
know
the
name
and
badge
of
the
officer
involved.
E
Some
trust
when
the
police
officer
offers
the
information
on
ask
that
an
officer
immediately
signals
that
their
subsequent
actions
will
be
carried
out
in
a
manner
that's
open
and
within
the
law
that
the
individual
involved
has
the
power
to
later
identify
and
challenge
any
action.
He
or
she
feels
have
had
their
rights
violated
in
any
way.
It
establishes
a
level
of
mutual
openness
and
communication.
E
My
understanding
is
at
the
end
of
lacy,
P
and
other
community
groups
that
have
been
actively
working
with
the
Albany
Police
Department,
to
improve
trust,
whether
the
community's
support
this
legislation.
It
is
therefore
a
small
but
important
step
forward.
We
have
a
long
journey
ahead,
so
let's
take
this
step
without
hesitation
for
the
good
of
all.
F
My
name
is
Billy
Easton
I'm,
a
resident
of
the
sixth
Ward
in
Albany
and
I'm
here
to
speak
also
in
favor
of
the
same
legislation.
The
same
proposed
ordinance
to
me.
This
seems
like
a
pretty
simple
matter
when
I
interact
with
another
person
and
that
conversation
generally
begins
with
introducing
myself
to
that
person
friendly.
It's
polite.
It
keeps
the
situation
from
becoming
a
tense
situation.
F
So,
when
you're
dealing
with
police
officers
interactions
with
other
people
which
most
people
who've
ever
had
a
police
officer
approached
them
when
they
weren't
seeking
that
experience,
that
is
a
pretty
tense
situation
automatically,
no
matter
what
not
having
anything
to
do
with
whether
the
person
has
done
anything
I
know
anytime.
A
police
officer
approached
me.
I'm,
like
oh
boy,
I
got
to
watch
myself.
So
the
idea
the
police
officer
would
start
by
presenting
their
business
card.
Introducing
themselves
just
sets
a
different
tone.
Instead
of
a
automatically
confrontational
tone.
It's
a
more
collaborative
tone.
F
It's
a
positive
step.
It's
consistent
with
the
current
policies
of
the
police
department,
because
currently
any
person
who
a
police
officer
is
interacting
with,
has
the
right
to
ask
and
receive
the
police
officers
business
card.
This
is
it's
not
changing
a
major
change
in
that
regard,
it
is
frankly
I
give
my
business
cards
out
pretty
freely
they're,
not
very
expensive.
So
there's
not
a
lot
of
expense
here
involved
for
the
city.
It's
a!
It
is
a
small
step,
as
the
last
speaker
said,
it
is
not
going
to
solve.
You
know
all
the
problems
of
the.
F
G
Good
evening,
mr.
president,
pro-tem
members
of
the
council,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
before
you
tonight.
Our
thoughts
and
prayers
are
with
those
in
the
Gulf
region
and
in
the
southeast
who
have
been
affected
by
hurricanes,
Harvey
and
Irma.
I
would
like
to
appeal
to
both
council
members
and
tonight's
attendees
to
volunteer
to
help
in
some
manner.
I,
admittedly,
did
not
know
about
this
new
legislation
that
was
just
presented
tonight,
as
members
of
the
council
will
know.
As
I've
spoken
small
handful
of
occasions,
I
think
my
words
is
spoken
in
the
past.
G
I
am
fully
in
support
of
anything
that
helps
police
accountability
and
community
policing
now
to
proceed
with
the
rest
of
my
comments.
I'd
also
like
to
take
the
time
to
ask
the
council
to
do
whatever
is
in
its
power
to
provide
the
city
as
a
safe
haven
for
daca
recipients.
These
individuals
came
here
as
children,
many
of
whom
had
no
choice
in
the
matter
to
a
large
number.
This
country
is
the
only
one
they've
ever
known
they
go
to
school
here
they
work
here.
This
is
your
life.
They
are
Americans.
G
If
any
such
individuals
can
hear
these
words,
this
is
as
much
your
country,
as
is
my
country,
regardless
of
your
documentation.
We
are
stronger
together.
The
main
reason
I
have
planned
to
speak
tonight,
as
the
daca
news
is
relatively
new,
was
to
tell
you
about
a
recent
personal
experience.
This
past
weekend,
I
was
in
in
an
area
of
our
city.
That
I
was
a
minute,
admittedly
unfamiliar
with
near
the
Delaware,
have
secondary
South
Pearl
Street
area
on
one
building.
G
I
happen
to
notice
a
red
sign
with
the
white
X
getting
down
until
recently,
I
have
two
lived
in
suburbia
for
the
majority
of
my
life,
I
was
unsure
what
that
what
it
meant,
but
I
kept
going
about
my
business
and
then
I
saw
another
and
another
and
another
around
the
fourth
or
fifth
one
I
saw
I,
asked
a
colleague
what
the
what
the
sign
meant.
She
told
me
at
the
minute
that
the
met
it
meant
that
the
building
was
either
unoccupied
or
abandoned.
G
I
asked
if
she
knew
if
they
were
simply
abandoned
or
outright
condemned.
She
was
unsure,
since
moving
to
Albany
and
being
closer
to
a
dense
population
center.
I've
seen
firsthand
that
homelessness
is
a
true
for
and
in
the
city,
I
see
everyday
people
rummaging
through
trash.
Looking
for
returnable
bottles
and
cans,
people
begging
for
change,
people
that
haven't
eaten
in
days
every
person
deserves
respect
every
human
being
deserves
a
place
to
say
to
get
out
of
nature's
elements,
whether
he
or
in
rain
or
cold
and
snow.
G
When
I
see
both
a
homeless
population
in
a
series
of
unoccupied
buildings,
I
see
two
problems
whose
Co
habitual
existence
is
an
impossibility
that
somehow
became
a
reality,
I'm,
not
an
economist
and
not
familiar
with
every
finite
detail
of
our
city's
finances
or
what
would
go
into
buying
and
taking
control
and
then
renovating
these
buildings
back
to
livable
conditions.
What
I
do
know
is
that
we
have
a
portion
of
a
population
that
needs
a
place
to
stay.
If
you'll
remember
some
time.
G
G
But,
alas,
it
was
not
meant
to
be
this
property
issue
is
why
I'm
coming
to
you
tonight,
I've
seen
an
opportunity
to
solve
two
problems
at
once:
I,
don't
know
whether
it
be
through
City,
beautification
funds
or
tax
credits
to
the
banks
that
own
these
properties
or
how
it
would
work.
What
I
do
know
is
that
we
have
homeless
population.
What
I
do
know
is
that
these
buildings
are
abandoned.
What
I
do
know
is
that
these
structures
are
rotting
and
will
only
continue
to
do
so.
G
What
I
do
know
is
is
that
if
they
haven't
already
been
condemned,
they
soon
will
be.
What
I
do
know
is
that
this
has
become
about
corporate
greed
rather
than
human
compassion.
What
I
do
know
is
that
people
are
suffering
and
dying
in
our
streets
of
hunger,
thirst,
exposure
to
nature's
cruel
elements.
What
I
do
know
is
that
this
is
acceptable
to
me.
What
I
don't
know
is
if
this
is
acceptable
to
you.
Please
take
action
on
this
matter.