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From YouTube: Monday, June 4, 2018, Albany Common Council Meeting
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Featured Legislation - Resolutions Passed - 34.61.18R (O’Brien), 36.61.18R (Applyrs), 37.61.18R (Conti), 38.61.18R (Conti), 40.61.18R (Fahey), 41.61.18R (Conti)
B
D
B
B
Like
to
welcome
everyone
to
our
meeting
tonight
and
LU
of
all
the
speakers,
we
have
tonight
we're
going
to
be
doing
something
a
little
different
to
a
public
comment
period.
We
want
everyone
to
be
heard
everyone
to
have
their
speech,
but
we
will
be
cutting
down
public
comment
period
to
three
minutes
because
the
large
number
of
speakers
we
have
scheduled
to
speak,
but
you
are,
if
you
like
to
speak
and
the
further
as
you
go
down
an
agenda,
there
will
be
another
opportunity
to
speak
at
that
time
as
well.
B
If
you
choose
to
stay
but
we'd
like
a
public
comment
period
to
be
well,
you
only
have
three
minutes
this
time.
Also,
you
can
talk
about
anything
you
like
to
talk
about.
Council
members
cannot
address
you.
They
can
do
so
at
a
later
portion
of
the
meeting,
but
this
is
really
for
you
to
say
what
you
like
to
say
in
council
members
to
listen.
So
with
that
being
said,
can
the
speaker?
Please
call,
can
a
clerk,
please
call
the
first
speaker,
Derry.
F
Thank
you
best
to
be
brief.
I
come
today
just
say.
Thank
you
to
the
council.
Thank
you
to
president
Coryell's
president
pro-tem
rich
Conti
for
putting
together
on
relatively
short
notice.
The
resolution
in
support
of
the
New
York,
Health,
Act
or
New
York
Medicare
for
all
you'll,
undoubtedly
hear
many
stories
tonight.
If
you
haven't
already
about
the
moral
and
human
necessity
of
implementing
single-payer,
both
of
the
state
and
national
level
and,
of
course,
access
to
health
care
for
all
is
indeed
a
moral
and
civil
rights
imperative
that
Obamacare
has
certainly
improved.
F
But
after
looking
at
this
issue
for
the
past
three
years
in
the
city,
treasurer
I've
concluded
there's
another
imperative
about
Medicare
for
all
that,
if
we
talk
about
more
we'll,
be
able
to
see
this
bill
actually
passed
into
law
after
20
years
of
trying,
because
no
matter
how
you
look
at
it
passage
of
the
New
York
Health
Act
will
result
in
the
single
greatest
property
tax
cut
in
history
right
now.
Health
care
is
a
hidden
tax
in
our
economy.
F
The
cost
of
a
new
car,
for
example,
contains
a
hidden
health
care
of
two
to
four
thousand
dollars.
Well
for
property
taxpayers
that
hidden
cost
lays
in
the
cost
of
health
care
to
municipal
governments
via
employee
health,
insurance
and
Medicaid.
Currently,
health
care
costs
are
millions
of
dollars
more
than
the
entire
Albany
County
property
tax
levy,
about
half
of
the
city
tax
levy
and
about
a
quarter
of
the
school
tax
levy.
The
New
York
Health
Act
will
act
to
remove
the
vast
majority
of
these
costs
and
spending
the
spring
up.
F
The
use
of
municipal
revenues
for
other
purposes,
including
and
in
Albany,
especially
massive
property
tax
cuts,
even
allowing
for
Albany
stress
financial
position,
the
additional
FICA
tax
to
be
paid
under
the
New
York,
Health,
Act
and
other
overdue
city
investments,
city,
property
taxpayers
will
be
able
to
realize
a
total
property
tax
cut
of
30
to
35%
of
their
collective
property
tax
bills.
Now
for
the
owner
of
$150,000
home
in
the
city,
that
means
a
$1700
property
tax
cut
every
year,
the
owner
of
a
million-dollar
business
property
that
tax
cut
would
be
over
$14,000
a
year.
F
Every
year,
the
more
the
property
is
worth,
the
more
of
a
tax
cut
one
would
receive,
and
this
is
on
top
of
the
savings
of
not
having
co-pays
and
deductibles
and
a
business's
not
having
to
pay
massive
insurance
premiums
while
dealing
with
the
headaches
of
health
care
administration
for
their
employees.
Additionally,
because
we
fund
retiree
health
care,
the
city
does
New
York
Health
Act
would
serve
to
dramatically
shore
up
city
finances
for
decades
to
come
by
removing
this
cost
I
am
known.
F
There's
not
a
single
one
of
you
elected
officials
in
this
chamber
who
hasn't
had
their
ear
chewed
off
the
door
of
our
by
our
constituents
about
property
taxes.
So
the
next
time
somebody
talks
to
you
about
property
taxes,
I
suggest
tell
them
that
single-payer
health
care
is
the
best
and
biggest
way
to
cut
them.
Thank
you.
Thank.
G
G
It
allows
you
to
have
control
over
your
energy
supply
to
be
able
to
drive
how
you
want
your
energy
to
be
whether
it's
going
to
be
clean,
energy,
renewable
energy
and
that's
what
we're
encouraging
and
we
see
a
great
opportunity
for
you
to
achieve
your
energy
goals
in
your
greenhouse
gas
reduction
goals
through
Community,
Choice,
aggregation
and
just
kind
of
two
quick
things.
This
isn't
the
form
to
get
into
the
details
of
that,
but
just
just
to
know
that
this
is
just
simply
taking
the
step.
B
H
We
had
our
humble
beginnings
110
years
ago
and
we
we're
the
oldest
Greek
letter
organization
here
in
the
Capital
District
we
have
our
local
chapter,
Delta
mu,
Omega
chapter
and
in
accordance
with
our
national
programs.
The
local
chapter
have
been
charged
with
revitalizing,
a
minimum
of
1908
playground
projects.
H
H
B
I
I'm
William
Reinhart
I
lived
at
1613
New
Scotland
Road
in
the
slingin
Islands
New
York,
although
right
now
I'm
rebuilding
a
house
after
a
lightning
strike
which
everyone
in
the
Albany
County
legislature
knows
where
I
also
serve
I'm.
Also
a
member
and
one
of
the
directors
of
solarized
Albany,
County
and
I'm
here
to
speak
about
the
Community
Choice
aggregation
very
quickly.
I
I
just
want
to
say
what
we
have
been
doing
and
solarized
Albany
County
is
working
through
the
the
mechanism
of
bulk
purchase
to
lower
the
cost
of
solar
energy
for
homeowners
and
renters
through
rooftop,
solar
and
community
solar
projects.
The
reason
I
have
strongly
embraced
the
concept
of
Community
Choice
aggregation
is
really
because
what
we've
seen
is
that
the
potential
here
of
this
program
to
rapidly
ramp
up
the
use
of
renewable
energy,
not
just
solar
but
all
renewable
energy
sources
locally,
is
tremendous
and,
as
you
will
hear,
both
from
Todd
and
others
who
follow
me.
I
The
three
primary
issues
or
opportunities
here
are
to
save
energy
on
your
utility
bill
to
rapidly
increase
the
use
of
renewable
energy,
clean
energy
and
also
to
exert
more
local
control
over
your
energy
supply.
The
other
points
that
I
do
want
to
stress
very
quickly
are
in
solarized
Albany.
We
have
been
trying
to
penetrate
what
I
will
call
the
LMI
or
the
low
and
moderate-income
markets
for
solar.
I
It's
been
very
difficult
and
the
two
primary
reasons
are
the
lack
of
cash
to
pay
for
the
solar
upfront
and
also
for
others
who
may
want
to
borrow
money.
Having
a
credit
score
that
makes
you
eligible
to
borrow
is
can
be
difficult.
Both
of
these
issues
go
away
with
Community
Choice
aggregation,
so
any
homeowner,
any
renter
can
almost
any
I
should
say,
really
can
participate
in
the
program.
Save
money
right
away.
I
I
don't
want
to
make
the
claim,
as
Darrius
can
about
the
huge
property
tax
saving
you'll
get
from
Community
Choice
aggregation,
but
you
will
save
some
money,
so
it
is
a
little
bit.
Think
of
it.
Like
the
tax
cut,
you
have
a
chance
to
give
a
tax
cut
and
I
would
say
it's
gonna
be
a
bigger
tax
cut.
Then
Trump's
tax
cut
for
most
Americans,
so
I
want
to
encourage
you
to
look
carefully
at
this.
I
I
am
available
to
talk
to
any
of
you
about
before,
but
if
you
want
to
talk
and
I
will
be
contacting
several
of
you
as
well
others
of
the
steering
committee
working
on
the
Capitol
district
program
will
we
will
be
available.
We
can
fill
you
in.
There
is
going
to
be
an
information
session
on
the
12th
at
the
Unitarian
Church
between
5:30
and
7:30,
and
we
will
also
be
coming
back
to
the
Common
Council
caucus
to
talk
further
and
I
look
forward
to
those
conversations.
I
J
J
The
snug
program
trauma
intervention,
at
least
a
good
does
now
I
think
we
were
ahead
of
our
time
and
the
reason
this
is
important
is
because
we
see
the
mass
shootings
at
the
schools
and
that
get
sort
of
publicity,
but
it's
the
everyday
violence
that
sometimes
gets
forgotten
and
that's
where
we
need
a
concentrate
so
again,
I
I
appreciate
every
council
member
co-sponsoring
this
I'm
very
appreciative
of
that
and
on
another
note,
I
support
the
Community
Choice
aggregation
and
also
for
the
health
care
for
all.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
K
Good
evening
my
name
is
sandy
Stubing
and
I
live
at
44
Summit
Avenue
here
in
Albany.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
I've
just
moved
into
Kathy
faith,
Ward
and
I
want
to
mention
her
by
name
because
I'm
very
appreciative
of
the
Community
Choice
aggregation
resolution
that
you
have
put
forward
before
I
make
my
brief
remarks
on
that.
I
want
to
say
that
I
fully
support
the
New
York
Health
Act
and
the
gun,
violence
initiative,
and
so
I
want
to
be
on
record
for
supporting
those
things
as
well.
L
K
K
One
of
the
things
that
isn't
mentioned
too
often
about
CCA's
is
that
actually
renewable
energy
employment
is
how
much
employment,
how
many
jobs
that
we
can
get
from
the
renewable
energy
industry.
According
to
environmental
advocates,
there
are
85,000
jobs
right
now
here
in
New
York
in
7500
businesses,
so
it's
also
an
unemployment
and
job
provider.
K
K
If
this
body
chooses
to
enact
a
CCA
I
encourage
you
to
use
green
grass
roots
organizations
here
in
the
city
to
help
you
get
the
word
out
because,
as
miss
Fahey
said
in
the
Channel
13
News
spiel
that
she
was
on
there,
there
is
going
to
be
a
big
education
piece
for
the
public
and
I
encourage
you
to
use
organizations
such
as
mine
to
get
the
word
out.
So.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
M
Good
evening
my
name
is
Alice
Brody
I
live
Oakwood
Street
in
opening
and
I'm
here,
an
additional
person
to
call
for
support
for
the
New
York
Health
Act.
Currently
there
are
tens
of
thousands
of
New
Yorkers
who
do
not
have
access
to
health
care
as
a
last
resort,
they
will
go
to
their
local
public
hospital.
M
We
are
the
only
highly
developed
country
in
the
world
whose
single-payer
system,
whose
health
care
system
is
based
on
profits
rather
than
healthcare,
and
even
the
Affordable
Care
Act
created
some
progress
in
terms
of
expanding
access
to
health
care
to
more
Americans.
It
failed
in
many
ways
in
terms
of
still
being
profit
driven.
M
What
I
am
here
to
ask
for
and
what
every
other
developed
country
in
the
world
has
is
affordable
access
to
health
care
for
everyone
in
a
single-payer
system,
and
this
is
something
that
if
we
can
actually
pass
in
both
the
assembly
in
the
Senate
in
New
York
in
New
York
State,
and
get
overwhelming
support
for
the
New
York
State
act.
We
will
be
able
to
play
a
leading
role
in
the
country
to
advocate
for
this
and
get
other
states
to
join
us.
M
B
M
B
C
N
4840,
what
is
essentially
a
single-payer
health
bill
going
through
the
point
through
the
state
legislature
and
I
know
you
have
a
resolution
in
support
of
it.
We
have
24
County
legislators
signed
onto
this
Proclamation.
As
you
know,
in
the
county,
we
can't
do
resolutions
on
these
things.
We
were
forced
to
do
proclamations,
so
a
majority
of
the
Albany
County
Legislature
has
signed
on
to
this
and
I
wanted
you
to
know
that
and
I
wanted
to
put
it
in
the
record
if
I
can
and
also
I'm.
N
First
vice,
president
of
the
Albany
Central
Federation
of
Labor,
we
also
passed
a
resolution
this
time
for
the
same
bill
for
the
New,
York,
Health,
Act
and,
and
we
passed
it
unanimously
and
I
want
to
put
that
into
the
record.
Also
so
I
urge
you
to
support
the
resolution
by
mr.
Conte
I
believe,
and
you
know,
I
urge
a
unanimous
vote
from
you.
Thank
you.
Thank.
C
O
Good
evening
my
name
is
Diana
right.
I
live
here
in
Albany
at
36,
Summit,
Avenue
and
I
am
here
tonight
to
encourage
you
to
pass
the
CCA
resolution.
I'm
not
going
to
repeat
what
everybody
else
said,
because
I'm
in
support
of
that,
but
I
wanted
to
highlight
the
fact
that
the
city
of
Albany,
along
with
a
lot
of
other
places
in
this
country,
there's
a
huge
inequality
of
energy
costs
for
low-income
residents,
and
this
plan
would
help
to
equalize
that
in
inequity.
O
I
know
that
as
a
landlord
I
know
that
a
lot
of
my
tenants
tell
me
that
they
can't
pay
the
rent
because
they
have
to
pay
their
energy
bill
and
they
don't
want
their
power
shut
off.
So
I
know
that
that's
a
big
problem
I
also
know
that
it
would
help
to
make
living
accommodations
more
affordable,
because
there's
not
a
lot
of
affordable
housing.
I
had
an
apartment
for
rent
for
550
and
I
had
50
applications,
because
there's
not
enough.
There's
not
enough.
O
C
P
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name-
is
Ilana
Klein,
29
grand
Wood
Street
off
New
Scotland,
and
we
would
look
like
to
say
first
and
foremost,
Ramadan
Mubarak.
We
are
in
the
holy
month
of
Ramadan,
the
Islamic
month
of
Ramadan
and
also
happy
pride.
I
was
very
ecstatic
that
the
resolution
passed
last
meeting.
P
Well,
I've
got
news
for
certain
individuals
in
this
country.
You
cannot
force
patriotism.
You
cannot
force
people
to
stand
for
a
flag.
We
should
be
making
a
foot
flag
in
the
country
that
people
want
to
stand
for.
We
have
someone
at
1600
Pennsylvania
who
I'll
quote
tweets
from
the
past
two
memorial
days:
happy
Memorial
Day.
P
Those
who
died
for
our
country
will
be
very
happy
and
proud
how
well
our
country
is
doing
today,
best
economy
in
decades
those
unemployment
numbers
for
blacks
and
Hispanics
ever
in
women,
818
years,
rebuilding
our
military
and
so
much
more
nice
I
would
like
to
wish
everyone,
including
all
haters
and
losers,
of
which,
sadly,
there
are
many
truly
happy
and
enjoyable
Memorial
Day.
This
is
someone
who
does
not
care
about
this
country
who
does
not
care
about
our
servicemembers,
who
does
not
care
about
one
Memorial
Day
stands
for.
P
You
can
watch
people
happy
Veterans,
Day,
Merry,
Christmas,
happy
Kwanzaa,
but
Memorial
Day
is
a
day
to
honor.
The
dead
Donald
Trump
at
least
twice
on
video
has
been
shown
not
putting
his
hand
over
his
heart
for
the
anthem
and
he
wants
to
kick
people
out
of
this
country
who
refuse
to
stand
for
the
anthem.
P
That's
not
patriotism,
that's
not
democracy,
that's
fascism
and
it's
unacceptable
in
this
country.
Mr.
president,
I
know
at
the
beginning
of
every
meeting,
as
is
tradition
in
just
about
any
government
setting,
you
ask
people
to
stand
for
the
flag
to
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance.
I've
got
no
issue
with
that.
I
personally,
as
you
probably
see,
will
not
stand
for
the
but
I'm
asking
you,
mr.
president,
to
put
three
three
little
words
in
into
your
introduction.
P
P
In
that
case,
or
in
other
words,
bigotry,
I
cannot
pledge
allegiance
to
a
country
where
that
is
acceptable
to
discriminate
against
another
person
based
on
religion
based
on
race
based
on
ethnicity,
based
on
color,
based
on
country
of
origin
based
on
language
based
on
sexual
orientation,
based
on
generate
day
based
on
gender
expression.
A
few
years
ago,
I
wrote
I
pledge
allegiance
to
no
flags
but
to
a
world
without
borders
and
to
the
humanity
for
which
it
stands.
One
planet,
regardless
of
God
indivisible
with
with
equality
and
compassion
for
all.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
L
Our
governor
is
really
fond
of
pointing
to
DC
and
saying
all
of
the
problems
emanated
from
there
and
I
think
that
kind
of
obscures
the
fact
that
we
can
take
action
at
the
state
level
and
I
think
building
momentum
for
that
action
really
starts
at
the
municipal
level
and
that's
a
big
reason
why
I
think
it
would
be
great
if
this
body
could
support
the
New
York
health
act
and
I.
We
can
point
to
Washington
and
say
that
that's
the
source
of
all
problems.
L
We
do
have
an
opportunity
in
this
state
to
alleviate
a
lot
of
suffering
and
I
hope.
This
body
takes
the
opportunity
to
get
behind
an
act
that
would
do
just
that
and
I
think
it
will
also
put
pressure
on
DC
to
expand
Medicare
to
all
Americans,
regardless
of
age,
because
if
we
start
doing
these
things
at
the
state
level,
there
will
be
reverberations
in
DC
on
the
Community
Choice
aggregation
I
know
it's
been
tried,
many
many
other
places,
and
it's
been
wildly
successful.
L
S
Good
evening,
members
of
the
public
members
of
the
council,
I
am
Marlon
Anderson
resident
a
2-14
lark,
Street
community
advocate
and
former
candidate
for
mayor
in
the
city
of
Albany
I'm,
coming
here
to
speak
basically
last
time,
I
was
here:
I
addressed
the
council,
the
newly
minted
council
about
their
role
in
the
future
of
this
city
and
how
a
leadership
is
primary.
In
that
role.
S
I
was
heartened
to
see
after
being
informed
by
my
connections,
about
the
event
that
was
taking
place
here
today
and
I'm
glad
to
see
that
some
of
what
I
said
is
being
enacted.
Well,
Councilwoman,
the
players
and
Councilwoman
Johnson
did
with
I'm
glad
to
say.
The
support
of
many
of
their
peers
in
the
council
is
what
is
needed
to
find
solutions
in
the
city
of
Albany.
We
really
don't
need
the
continuance
of
the
status
quo.
We
don't
need
the
continuance
of
the
business
of
the
problem.
S
We
need
the
business
of
the
solution
and
the
business
of
the
solution
is
the
business
of
every
elected
official.
Be
it
local,
be
it
national
leadership
means
you
are
in
the
business
to
create
solutions
and
the
way
solutions
are
gonna
be
found
is
through
leadership.
While
events
like
today
was
well
welcomed,
we
need
more
engagement,
especially
in
the
issue
of
gun
violence
on
a
community
level.
I
would
love
to
see
and,
as
you
know,
I
have
a
bit
of
experience
on
the
issue
and
organizing
and
things
that
nature
issue,
but
I
would
love
to
see.
S
Something
has
never
taken
place
in
this
city
be
done
on
the
pressing
issue
of
gun
violence.
I
would
like
to
see
the
entire
Common
Council
come
together
and
put
together
an
event
in
the
communities.
Most
effective
and
I
don't
mean
just
to
counsel
people
from
that
community
or
to
counsel
people
that
look
like
the
people
that
community
I'd
like
to
see
the
entire
comic
council
come
together
and
come
to
that
community
and
bring
the
light
and
bring
the
focus
and
Media
to
the
problem,
because
that
is
how
the
problem
will
be
solved.
S
If
you
get
a
concentrated
focus
and
United
focus
on
the
issue,
the
business
of
the
problem
is
not
gonna
solve
anything.
Snug
is
not
gonna
solve
it;
going
to
the
streets
is
not
gonna,
solve
it.
Having
cookouts
with
hot
dogs
and
hamburgers
and
kumbaya
events.
That's
not
gonna
solve
it.
That's
the
business
of
the
problem,
but
the
business
of
the
solution,
which
is
leadership,
leading
stepping
to
the
problem
and
saying
we
are
here,
one.
S
Bringing
the
people
there,
that
is
how
you
will
address
it.
So,
as
I
said,
I
am
giving
a
salute
to
the
two
counsel:
people
who
step
forward
and
organize
and
got
together
but
I'm,
saying
in
furtherance
of
getting
towards
the
solution.
I
would
ask
the
council
to
unite
perhaps
behind
the
leadership,
will
councilman
of
players
and
Councilwoman
councilman
Johnson
and
address
that
problem,
because,
like
it
or
not,
why
you're
blind
yourself
to
the
issue
people
are
continuing
to
die
on
the
streets
of
Albany.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
B
T
Hi,
my
name
is
Tina
Lieberman
and
I
live
at
30
Aspen
circle
in
Albany
I'm,
here
to
speak
in
favor
of
Community
Choice
aggregation
and
before
I
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
I'd
like
to
say
also
for
the
record
support
the
New,
York
Health
Act
and
the
gun,
violence
prevention
regulations
I'm
here.
As
a
member
of
the
Community
Choice
aggregation
steering
committee,
it's
a
volunteer
group
that
formed
to
investigate
Community,
Choice
aggregation
and
inform
the
public.
T
There
are
currently
12
members
on
this
steering
committee
from
various
stakeholder
groups,
grassroots
groups,
faith-based
groups,
and
we
also
have
some
representatives
from
municipalities
in
the
Capital
District.
We
would
love
someone
authorized
by
the
city
of
Albany
to
join
our
steering
committee,
and
that
is
part
of
the
resolution
offered
by
councilmember
Fahey
I'm.
Also
here,
as
a
new
member
of
the
sustainability
advisory
committee,
I
speak
as
an
individual,
not
on
behalf
of
the
committee
as
a
whole,
because
I'll
be
presenting
to
the
sustainability
Advisory
Committee
on
this.
T
This
coming
Thursday
at
their
meeting
and
we'll
be
discussing
community
choice,
aggregation
there,
as
well
as
at
the
caucus
for
the
Common
Council
next
week.
I'm
here,
because
I
wholly
support
the
Common
Council
passing
a
resolution
to
investigate
community
choice,
aggregation
now
and
to
eventually
pass
a
law
that
will
let
the
city
pursue
competitive
bids
for
renewable
electricity
for
all
residents
and
businesses
in
the
city.
T
It's
an
opt-out
program,
which
means
everyone.
Every
resident
and
business
in
the
city
of
Albany
would
get
this
green
energy
lower-cost
option,
but
they
can
opt
out.
Anyone
can
opt
out
and
I'm
emphasizing
green
energy,
because
that's
the
only
reason
our
steering
committee
formed
sure
we
want
to
save
people
money
and
their
electricity,
but
we
also
really
need
to
move
toward
renewable
energy
in
our
society
and
to
reduce
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
That
is
our
our
purpose
to
not
just
save
people
money,
but
also,
let's
move
selves
in
the
right
direction.
You
have.
T
T
U
Aggregation
I
have
been
the
sustainably
divides
of
committee.
Member
of
the
past
four
years
and
I've
seen
the
city
really
taking
bold
steps
to
implement
the
Albany,
2030
vision
and
really
to
reduce
the
greenhouse
gas
greenhouse
gas
emissions
for
the
city
and
I
think
the
community
is
aggregating,
is
a
potential
solution
for
the
city
residents
to
really
participate
in
these
types
of
this
types
of
initiatives.
So
I
support
the
resolution
and
I
hope
that
the
Common
Council
will
take
us
forward
to
for
the
city
residents
to
be
able
to
participate
as
well.
Thank
you
thank.
C
V
Good
evening
my
name
is
Peter:
Warren
I
live
at
881,
Warren
Street,
don't
have
a
brick
on
Warren
Street.
Just
so
you
know
I'm
here
as
a
city
resident
as
a
member
of
the
Capital
District
Democratic
socialists
to
speak
in
support
of
a
resolution
on
the
floor
about
the
New
York
Health
Act,
everybody
I've
known
everybody
I
know,
has
a
horror
story,
but
our
health
care
system,
dysfunctional,
inefficient,
bureaucratic,
they've,
been
denied
coverage
that
was
needed.
V
My
own
personal
Horror
Story
is
from
a
long
time
ago
spending
as
much
time
dealing
with
paperwork
from
insurance
companies
and
providers,
as
I
did
with
my
dying
mother.
So
this
is
very
personal
for
me,
I
think,
you'll
all
agree
and
I'm
sure
everybody
in
this
chamber
also
has
or
knows
about
people
with
similar
horror
stories.
V
Serious
heart
and
encouragement
and
courage
to
all
of
us
activists
who
are
fighting
in
the
trenches
for
the
New,
York,
Health,
Act
I,
think
also
you'll
give
encouragement
to
other
counties
in
the
area
and
throughout
the
state
to
pass
similar
resolutions
and,
as
they
say,
a
stone
starts
an
avalanche,
possibly
hopefully
I.
Think
starting.
This
avalanche
could
start
right
here.
I
urge
the
council
to
support
this
resolution
and
pass
it.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
W
So
I
was
just
looking
up
a
few
numbers.
New
yorkers
use
an
average
of
about
885
watts
all
the
time.
So
each
of
us
has
you
know:
10
bright
light
bulbs
going
all
the
time
that's
about
our
average
electricity
consumption
and
so
in
the
city
of
Albany.
With
about
a
hundred
thousand
people,
that's
about
88
megawatts,
so
we
spend
about
you,
know
10
cents,
a
kilowatt
hour
on
the
energy
part
of
our
our
electrical
bill
round
numbers.
W
So
that's
about
a
hundred
million
dollars
a
year
and
right
now,
a
big
chunk
of
that
is
going
to
buy
gas
and
gas
and
some
coal
from
out
of
state.
But
if
we
were
thinking
about
using
that
as
a
way
of
financing
clean
energy
sources,
that's
a
900
million
dollar
investment
that
we'd
be
putting
in
the
ground
to
build
about
300,
megawatts
of
solar
and
wind
power.
W
That
would
be
about
what
the
capacity
you
need,
since
the
Sun
doesn't
always
shine,
and
the
wind
doesn't
always
blow
to
generate
the
88
megawatts
that
we
use
in
the
city.
So
what
we're
talking
about
in
all
the
things
that
are
up
tonight,
both
the
energy
and
and
the
health
care,
is
what
kind
of
a
future
do
we
want?
What
kind
of
work
do
we
want
people
to
be
doing
in
our
community?
What
work
do
we
hope
for
our
kids
to
be
doing?
W
And
do
we
want
them
to
be
out?
You
know
pumping
chemicals
into
the
ground
in
order
to
get
gas
out
of
the
ground
and
transporting
in
ways
that
may
tend
to
impact
our
health
and
we'll,
certainly
and
once
burned,
will
make
our
planet
less
habitable,
or
do
we
want
to
be
working
on
making
energy
and
clean
and
sustainable
ways
so
I?
Thank
you
very
much
for
I.
What
I
hope
will
be
your
support
for
both
Community
Choice
aggregation
and
I'm,
supporting
single-payer
health
care
in
the
state
thanks
very
much
for
your
time.
Thank.
B
X
Hi
good
morning,
everybody,
it's
recension,
actually
I'm
just
here
tonight
to
say
few
brief
words
in
support
of
the
gun,
violence
prevention
initiative,
the
recognition
that
this
is
gun,
violence,
Awareness
Month
throughout
New,
York
State.
We
had
a
press
conference
earlier
today
where
I
and
others
spoke
about
our
experience
with
gun
violence.
I
myself
lost
my
nephew
to
gun
violence
three
years
ago
and,
as
a
result,
I
feel
this.
X
You
know
this
is
an
issue
that
has
touched
my
life
in
a
very
deep
way
and
has
touched
the
lives
of
many
in
a
very
deep
way
and
on
a
larger
level,
I
think,
just
as
a
citizen
as
and
as
a
voter
and
as
a
taxpayer
I
recognize.
This
is
a
you
know.
This
is
a
our
country
really
has
a
problem.
This
is
a
problem
that
goes
beyond
individual
lives
and
residual
families.
X
Fourth
Avenue
in
the
south
end
of
Albany,
which
has
had
an
uptick
in
gun
violence
in
the
last
year
or
two
so
I
think
after
a
couple
years
of
it
being
pretty
quiet,
I
also
do
want
to
acknowledge
former
council
member
Castle
Aero,
who
did
a
lot
put
a
lot
of
effort
into
bringing
this
issue
here
today,
organizing
the
problem
to
organize
the
press
conference
and
so
forth.
So,
while
I
recognize
that
the
record
the
resolution
is,
is
a
symbolic
gesture,
it
does.
Y
X
To
state
legislature,
this,
what's
going
on
on
the
we
have
a
bill
right
now
in
the
state
legislature
that
we're
hoping
will
pass
before
the
session
ends,
which
is
known
as
Oppo.
The
extreme
risk
protection
order,
so
I
would
urge
everybody
to
look
into
that
and
throw
your
support
behind
that,
and
that's
all
I
have
to
say.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
Z
I'm
Mark
Schaefer
I
live
at
213
Jefferson
Street
in
the
6th
Ward
I
want
to
thank
member
Conti
for
his
leadership
on
the
support
of
the
New
York
Health
Act
health
care
should
be
a
human
right
at
any
country
that
considers
itself
civilized
and
democratic,
would
not
deny
people
health
care
when
they
need
it
based
on
ability
to
pay.
The
u.s.
Z
spends
more
than
other
industrial,
modern
countries
by
50
to
200
percent
on
the
health
care
sector
and
gets
worse
outcomes.
Life
expectancies
significantly
lower
in
the
United
States
that
in
many
European
countries
in
Japan,
which
spend
much
less
New
York
State.
The
federal
government
is
isn't
going
to
act
on
this
under
Trump,
but
New
York
is
the
eighth
largest
economy
in
the
world.
We
have
the
capacity
to
manage
this
implementation.
Canada
established
their
single-payer
system.
Z
First
in
one
of
the
prairie
provinces
led
by
Tommy
Douglas,
it
was
so
successful,
went
national
and
the
Canadians,
supported
by
over
90%
are
happy
with
it.
I
really
want
to
talk
about
the
Community
Choice
aggregation
I'm,
a
member
of
Citizen,
Action
DSA,
and
also
pause,
which
is
the
affiliate
of
three
fifty.org
founded
by
Bill
McKibben
number
350
is
the
parts
per
million
of
carbon
dioxide
that
leading
climate
scientist
James
Hansen
said,
is
compatible
with
continuing
civilization,
as
we
know
it,
that's
25%
over
the
pre-industrial
level,
we're
now
at
40%
over
the
pre-industrial
level.
Z
Z
Years
of
inaction,
action
is
overdue.
The
consequences
in
terms
of
increasingly
disruptive
violent
weather,
Puerto
Rico,
the
California
drought
Sandy.
In
all
these
cases,
the
people
with
the
least
money
who
use
the
least
fossil
fuel
are
hit
the
hardest
by
the
effects.
Community
choice.
Aggregation
is
a
way
that
we
can
act
on
the
lower
level
local
level
to
address
this
problem.
It
has
a
virtue.
People
have
too
many
decisions
to
make
and
inertially
they
stay
with
what
they
have.
Z
Community
choice
allows
a
community
to
group
experts
make
the
best
choice,
which
will
be
clean
energy,
which
saves,
avoids
fossil
fuel
cost
pays
for
itself
as
well
as
saving
the
planet
and
people
who
don't
like
it
can
opt
out,
but
the
great
majority
can
delegate
the
decision
to
the
community,
it's
a
win-win
for
everybody,
except
the
big
fossil
lobby.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
AA
Hi
everyone,
my
name,
is
Julien
masa
Chetty
I
live
over
on
a
41
Morris
Street
I'm
here
with
the
capital
district's
DSA
branch,
to
express
my
support
for
the
New
York
Health
Act.
First
off.
Thank
you
to
the
council
members
for
taking
your
time
and
attention
today
to
listen
to
concerned
citizens
and
I'd
also
like
to
extend
solidarity
with
my
fellow
advocates
supporting
for
supporting
accessible,
clean
energy
and
a
safe
community
that
is
free
from
gun
violence.
AA
The
core
ethic
I
think
that
these
issues
share
is
a
drive
to
build
a
community
that
is
sustainable
and
free
from
fear.
It's
a
fact
often
repeated.
The
u.s.
is
the
only
developed
nation
on
earth
without
universal
health
care,
but
I
wonder
how
developed
nation
can
truly
be
if
we
have
the
means
to
cure
an
illness,
but
then
fail
to
do
so,
then
how
is
our
society
truly
different
than
one
in
which
modern
medicine
doesn't
exist
at
all?
AA
AB
My
name
is
Radha
Poli
I
live
at
29
Aspen
circle
in
Albany
I'm,
here
to
support
the
community
choice,
aggregation,
I,
traveled
the
world
a
lot
after
I,
retire
and
I,
see
what
other
countries
have
and
I'm
always
asked.
You
know
what
is
your
country?
What
does
your
state?
What
does
your
city
do
and
I'm
usually
lost
for
words?
You
know
with
other
countries
other
people,
you
know
it's
wonderful
to
travel,
but
you
got
you
know
on
the
gun.
AB
I
was
traveling
between
Venice
and
Munich,
overnight,
train
and
I
guess
sitting
next
to
three
policemen
from
Australia,
and
they
were
asking
me
about
gun
control
in
United
States
versus
what
they
do
in
Australia
I'm,
the
medicine
I
was
down
in
Argentina.
I
was
talking
to
you,
know.
People
about
you
know
our
system.
My
son
is
a
pharmacist
and
I.
They
have
the
system
where
you
know
the
pharmacist
respond
to
only
one
in
a
group,
my
son,
when
he
has
to
fill
out
there,
are
over
a
hundred
insurances.
AB
He
has
to
fill
out
paper
for
a
hundred
insurance
and
I
thought.
That
was
a
joke,
but
there
was
a
doctor
next
to
me.
He
says
no,
no
I
got
70,
so
your
son
as
a
pharmacy
can
have
more
I
mean
so
I'm
in
support
of
all
the
resolution
over
here.
For
you
know
something
and
I
hope
that
I
next
time,
I
can
tell
them
at
least
the
city
of
Albany
is
trying
to
do
something.
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank.
B
B
B
C
B
E
AC
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,
the
finance
taxation
and
assessment
committee
will
be
meeting
tomorrow
night
at
5:30
in
the
second
floor
courtroom.
Here
we
will
be
considering
resolution
33
point
61
point
18
R,
which
is
the
closeout
transfers
for
2016,
and
we
will
have
the
budget
director
present
for
of
that
discussion
and
to
answer
any
questions,
and
then
we
will
also
be
having
a
reports
on
the
first
quarter
of
2018
and
also
the
treasurer's
report
for
the
fourth
quarter
of
2017,
and
the
treasure
will
be
there
to
answer
any
questions.
People
might
have
at
that
point.
AC
AD
Camera
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
met
on
Tuesday
May
29th
at
200
Henry
Johnson
Boulevard,
to
announce
the
year
40
for
CDBG
home
preliminary
awards
and
have
a
discussion.
We've
scheduled
a
follow-up
meeting
for
June
11th
to
find
a
little
bit
finalize
those
awards.
Thank
you.
Thank.
D
B
AE
C
AE
C
E
B
D
Q
Thank
You
mr.
president,
I
want
to
thank
chief
T,
my
colleague
Dorsey
our
players
and
also
Derek
Johnson
for
holding
a
press
conference
earlier,
as
it
relates
to
gun
violence,
Awareness
Month
I
said.
Despite
the
progress
our
city
has
made
an
address
in
gun
violence
over
the
past
decade.
For
far
too
many
people
in
Albany
gun,
violence
remains
an
unacceptable
fact
of
life
in
certain
parts
of
our
city,
one
does
not
have
to
search
too
hard
to
find
someone
who's
affected
by
gun
violence.
Q
It
is
also
important
that
we
as
a
council
work
with
our
communities,
our
Police
Department,
our
neighborhood
associations
and
any
other
key
stakeholders
to
develop
concrete
policies
that
will
make
gun
violence
a
thing
of
the
past,
because
everyone
in
Albany,
no
matter
where
they
live,
has
the
right
to
safe
streets
and
a
wonderful
quality
of
life.
Thank
you
thank.
B
D
D
You
I
just
wanted
to
thank
all
of
you
for
co-sponsoring
the
legislation
and
also
the
members
of
the
public
who
came
out
in
support
of
our
press
conference
at
5:30
and
councilmember,
former
councilmember
dominic
castle,
ro
and
ruth
for
their
support
with
the
press
conference,
and
I
just
felt
compelled
given
so
many
people
share
a
councilmember
Derek
Johnson
who
partnered
with
me,
talked
about
his
brother
who
lost
his
life.
The
mayor
talked
about
her
sons.
B
B
B
C
A
Okay,
Thank
You
mr.
president,
really
quickly
and
first
I
want
to
thank
the
individuals
who
came
to
begin
speaking
to
us
about
Community,
Choice,
aggregation,
I
know
it
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
questions
along
the
way
here,
as
we
begin
to
explore
this,
but
I
think
it's
just
important
to
emphasize
that
this
is
very
much
in
line
with
Albanese
2030
climate
action
plan
and
our
sustainability
goals
that
we
we've
set
for
ourselves
here
in
the
city.
It's
also
coming
out
of
the
governor's
revs
program.
A
That's
reforming
the
energy
vision
and
the
ideas
to
return
control,
more
control
to
our
communities
and
residents
for
the
types
of
energy
that
we
use,
and
this
is
coming
out
of
the
Public
Service
Commission,
the
authorization
to
do
these
community
aggregate
aggregate
from
2016.
We
already
have
a
few
aggregates
up
and
running.
There
was
a
pilot
program
in
2016
down
in
the
Westchester
area
and,
and
it
involves
many
a
group
communities
and
my
understanding
is
that
a
good
portion
of
those
community
communities
actually
chose
a
hundred
percent
renewable
energies.
A
A
The
best
way
I
could
I
I'm
beginning.
You
know,
I
have
a
lot
of
questions
and
there
will
be
a
lot
of
questions
for
all
of
us
about
this
whole
process,
but
the
best
way
I
get
begin
to
wrap
my
head
around.
It
is
like
its
am
a
type
of
buying
in
bulk
to
get
the
best
price
and
to
get
the
benefits
that
you
want.
All
of
us
know
when
you
pick
out
a
certain
credit
card,
you
want
those
airline
points
or
those
hotel
points
we're
going
to
be
able
to
begin.
A
My
understanding
is
we're
going
to
be
able
to
do
some
of
that
when
we
form
our
aggregate,
our
capital
region,
Community,
Choice
aggregate.
So
we
have
folks
coming
in
at
our
next
caucus
on
the
13th
to
begin
talking
about
this
in
more
depth,
and
we
can
begin
to
ask
more
questions
about
it
and
there'll
be
a
lot
of
opportunities
along
the
way
before
any
we're,
also
in
the
process
of
introducing
a
local
law
that
we
will
give
consideration
to
also
so
with
that
I'm
introducing
it
and
we're
holding
holding
it.
Thank
you.