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From YouTube: Monday, June 18, 2018, Albany Common Council Meeting
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Featured Legislation - Resolutions Passed - 44.62.18R (Applyrs), 45.62.18R (Love), 47.62.18R (Kimbrough), 9.31.18R (Fahey), 32.52.18R (Conti), 33.61.18R (Doesschate), 42.61.18R (Igoe), 43.61.18R (O'Brien
A
First
of
all,
we'd
like
to
apologize
to
the
public
for
being
late.
There
was
a
committee
meeting
earlier
that
took
a
little
bit
longer.
So
that's
why
we're
late,
but
can
a
clerk
we
like
to
call
order.
The
Albany,
Common
Council,
meeting
Monday
June
20
June
18
2018
mr.
Flynn.
Can
the
clerk
please
call
the
roll
mr.
Darnay.
B
A
A
Now
we
proceed
to
the
next
item.
As
our
public
comment
period,
each
person
has
up
to
five
minutes
to
speak
about
anything
he
or
she
wishes.
Please
do
not
direct
the
councilmembers
directly,
because
our
council
members
cannot
answer
or
respond
to
your
public
comment.
They
can
choose
to
do
so
at
a
later
date
in
the
agenda,
but
you
do
have
five
minutes
to
speak
upon
any
subject,
as
you
wish
so
hearing
that
can
a
clerk,
please
call
the
first
speaker,
Marlon.
C
Good
evening,
members
of
the
council,
members
of
the
public,
my
name-
is
Marlon
Anderson
resident
at
214,
larch,
Street
and
center
square
neighborhood.
A
city
of
Albany
community
advocate
I'm
here
in
my
apparel,
as
community
advocate
in
the
city
of
Albany
I,
was
requested
by
a
member
of
the
community
to
advocate
their
concern
so
I'm
here
in
their
stead
representing
them.
There
is
a
new
business
in
the
center
Square
neighborhood
african-american
business
at
216,
Lark
Street.
C
It
is
a
restaurant
that
provides
soul,
food,
it's
a
thriving
restaurant
that
has
a
thriving
clientele
of
support,
but
there
is
concern
that
has
been
raised
to
me
by
the
owners
of
the
shop
concerning
the
ongoing
issues
they're
having
their
customers
are
having
and
they
are
having
with
the
Albany
parking
authority
and
I
would
say
why
they
are
complete
agreement
of
any
legal
issues
that
may
be
had.
There
is
one
an
issue
with
these,
shall
we
say
over
aggressive
enforcement
that
is
between
taking
place
by
the
Albany
parking
authority
upon
their
customers.
C
No
anything
but
people
who
are
coming
to
support
a
legitimate
business
are
being
essentially
harassed
by
the
Albany
parking
authority
as
they
try
to
come
there
and
I.
Don't
feel
that
that's
right
and
I
don't
feel
they
should
have
to
suffer
that
I.
Understand
that
there's
laws,
there's
issues
of
traffic
issues,
but
there's
a
difference
between
enforcing
the
law
and
being
over
aggressive
to
the
point
on
nearly
harassing
a
business.
That
is
basically
just
standing
up
on
his
feet
and
I'm
calling
upon
the
members,
mr.
Conti,
who
represents
that
district
yourself.
Mr.
Krantz
mr.
C
Koster
cama
council
president,
who
was
president
of
the
Albany
Black
Chamber
of
Commerce,
to
come
and
speak
to
these
individuals
about
their
concerns.
They
have
requested
me
to
speak
and
I
decided
to
come
down
so
again.
Mr.
Conti,
mr.
president,
I
think
you
need
to
speak
to
these
individuals
about
their
concerns
and
someone
needs
to
speak
to
the
Albany
parking
authority
about
their
over
aggressive
enforcement
of
traffic
laws
in
front
of
this
business,
because
it
is
an
antagonizing,
this
situation
and
it's
only
a
matter
of
time
before
something
wrong.
C
As
said
and
something
happens,
and
it
is
going
to
be
purely
the
parking
authorities
for
because
they
are
asking
for
what
they
are
going
to
get
so
again.
I
really
would
like
for
representative
Conte
and,
if
possible,
the
president
of
the
council
to
speak
to
these
individuals
about
their
concerns
because
they
are
burgeoning
business
in
the
area
and
I,
don't
feel
that
they
need
to
be
going
through.
What
they're
going
to
it
this
time,
and
neither
do
they
so
I-
have
come
in
their
stead.
I
am
here.
C
C
Time's
up
one
minute:
okay!
Well,
basically,
another
member
has
requested
my
presence
as
well
so
I
have
came
in
this
dead.
The
issue
of
the
building
of
the
protesters
as
anybody
any
lawyer
worth
their
salt
knows.
That
is
a
constitutional
issue.
You
cannot
essentially
impede
the
exorcism
of
your
constitutional
right.
That's
it!
The
government
cannot
impede
the
exorcism
of
your
constitutional
rights,
that's
a
no-win
situation
and
that's
should
in
no
way
be
supportive.
It's
a
constitutional
issue
and
it
can't
be
supported.
C
D
Mr.
president,
Common
Council
leaders
and
other
members
of
the
Common
Council,
my
message
to
you
tonight
falls
under
the
headline.
This
is
what
you
need
to
know.
I
want
to
publicly
express
my
disappointment,
chagrin
and
frustration
towards
the
effort
of
lack
thereof
made
by
the
so
called
stakeholders
associated
with
the
peg
access
oversight
board
to
advance
the
work
of
community
media
in
Albany.
What
does
it
mean
to
be
a
stakeholder
on
the
oversight
board?
D
Being
a
stakeholder
means
that
the
particular
member
would
bring
to
the
table,
something
that
would
benefit
moving
channel
Albany
forward
and
strive
to
be
a
great
community
media
outlet.
For
example,
the
studio
is
housed
in
the
lower
level
of
the
Albany
public
libraries
Washington
Avenue
branch.
We
were
given
the
space
free
of
charge
and
as
a
service
to
the
community,
I
offer
kudos
to
the
Albany
Public
Library
Board.
For
allowing
this
to
happen.
Aside
from
that,
the
remaining
stakeholders,
the
Albany
City
School,
District,
oven,
a
community
development
agency
college
of
st.
D
rose
and
the
new
school
Center
for
media
have
not
been
productive
members
on
the
board.
Let's
take
this
one
case
at
a
time,
the
City
School
District
representative
did
not
faithfully
execute
his
duties
several
years
ago
when
the
wrong
equipment
was
purchased
and
to
make
sure
the
school
district
had
the
proper
equipment.
The
equipment
was
never
accounted
for
and
is
missing
in
action.
D
He
also
did
not
produce
an
internship
or
mentoring
program
connecting
the
TV
studio
with
the
media
arts
program
at
a
Brooklyn,
and
he
has
not
seen
fit
to
video
record
the
school
board
meetings,
so
the
proceedings
can
be
shown
on
public
access.
What
a
miserable
failure
it
has
been
having
the
school
district
as
a
stakeholder.
D
On
top
of
this,
the
person
assigned
as
the
stakeholder
sat
idly
by
or
as
I
would
say,
sat
there
is
a
lump
at
last
Monday's
peg
board
meeting
when
the
new
studio
coordinator
asked
for
the
mailbox
key
I
personally
returned
the
key
to
this
liaison
in
December
and
luckily
had
written
confirmation
of
the
handoff.
Once
I
successfully
defended
myself,
he
admitted
he
had
the
key
and
produced
at
the
next
day.
Next
on
the
list,
the
new
school.
Well,
aside,
from
helping
the
channel
get
started
seven
years
ago,
not
much
else
has
been
accomplished.
D
In
fact,
the
representative
says
she
won't
assign
a
student
intern
to
help
the
studio
coordinator,
because
we
don't
meet
their
standards
well,
what
a
commentary
that
is,
and
then
she
does
nothing
to
improve
the
relationship
over
these
years.
The
channel
Albany
server
is
located
at
the
new
school.
It
is
dusty,
which
is
a
death
knell
for
any
such
equipment.
The
server
keeps
crapping
out
cutting
into
programming
for
many
days
and
limiting
our
effectiveness
as
a
public
access
channel.
D
Cutting
ties
with
the
colony
based
profit-making
new
school
would
not
hamper
our
progress
as
a
community
media
channel
one
bit,
College
of
Saint
Rose
at
least
tries
to
do
something
with
camera
training
courses.
It's
not
perfect,
but
we
bought
equipment
for
them
and
they
use
it
for
the
intended
purpose.
Could
a
stronger
bond
be
developed
with
you,
Albanese
Media
Center,
probably
Albany
Community
Development
Agency
has
an
appointee
who,
once
touted
a
conflict
of
interest,
existed
because
the
agency
provides
the
funding
for
the
studio
coordinator
instead
of
showing
up
and
abstaining
from
boat,
so
a
quorum.
D
Could
be
present,
he
chose
to
be
derelict
in
his
duties
as
a
stakeholder,
since
the
Common
Council
altered
the
funding
stream
from
ACTA,
so
the
funds
can
be
directly
placed
in
our
line
item
in
the
city
budget.
His
presence
is
really
no
longer
needed
and
he
should
resign
from
the
board.
Instead
of
not
attending
he's
dead
wood
and
holding
back
progress
on
the
board.
I
want
to
emphasize.
The
active
representative
is
not
needed,
but
should
be
booted.
D
One
major
problem
the
board
has
had
over
the
past
years
was
gaining
a
quorum
in
order
to
properly
conduct
business.
Removing
the
four
of
the
five
stakeholders
would
bring
the
board
down
to
seven
members
and
a
quorum
would
be
easier
to
muster.
These
stakeholders
are
busier
than
the
proverbial
one
one-armed
paper,
hanger
and
they're
busy,
with
their
paying
jobs
and
personal
lives,
and
one.
D
It
is
evident
by
their
actions
over
the
past
several
years.
These
five
stakeholders
really
do
not
want
to
be
involved
with
Community
Media
television.
Last
Monday
I
asked
the
mayoral
and
Common
Council
appointees
to
taste,
take
stock
of
these
serious
matters
and
support
reconstituting
the
board.
Accordingly,
the
Common
Council
should
amend
the
enacting
legislation
if,
after
seven
years,
the
pig
operations
cannot
stand
its
own
without
stakeholders
to
show
the
way.
Then
we
have
bigger
problems
than
you
all
here
realize
I'm
macaron
itch,
and
this
is
what
you
need
to
know.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
B
E
Hi,
can
you
hear
me
okay,
thank
you
I'm,
here
to
speak
about
the
language
in
ordinance.
Thirty
to
sixty
to
eighteen
are,
but
before
I
do
so
that
I
I
don't
make
any
foolish
assert
asians.
I
if
it's
okay,
I
have
a
question
about
some
about.
Some
simple
wording
in
the
men.
Amended
text
is
a
term
that
is
household
living
as
it
refers
to
methadone
dispensaries
and
I
was
wondering
what
is
meant
by
household
living.
Does
that
mean
a
residential
neighborhood.
A
Ma'am,
as
I
said
earlier,
you
might
have
not
been
here.
Council
members
cannot
respond
to
questions
at
this
time.
It's
just
fun
of
you
to
say
what
you
like
to
say
and
if
they
want
to
respond
later
on
in
the
agenda
and
the
future
meeting
than
they
can
so.
This
is
just
for
you
to
say
what
you
have
to
say
and
they
they
can
address
that
later.
If
they
choose
to
okay.
E
Thank
you,
I
will
and
I
apologize
if
I'm
misinterpreting
household
living
use
so
again,
I'm
here
to
speak
about
this
ordinance.
Thirty
to
sixty
to
eighteen
are,
as
it
relates
to
amending
section
three.
Seventy
five
three
item:
five
now
to
be
item
II
and
I.
Think
another
item
further
down
the
issue
I
have
with
the
language
is
that
it
doesn't
include
the
thousand
foot
rule
for
residential
neighborhoods
or
doesn't
appear
to,
although
I
would
prefer
the
distance
be
much
more
stringent
I
feel
it's
important
to
protect
our
neighborhoods
and
the
type
of
consumers.
E
These
marijuana
and
methadone
dispensaries
will
attract,
can
pose
inconsequential,
but
substantial
risks
considered
the
these
populations
being
on
the
same
buses
that
children
are
on
coming
and
going
from
school.
Consider
the
potential
impacts
to
the
children
as
these
consumers
walk
home
as
they
walk
home
from
school
or
are
playing
in
our
streets
and
X
and
experiencing
these
consumers
presents
or
interacting
with
them.
E
Now,
as
far
as
marijuana
goes,
it's
hard
enough
to
keep
kids
off
drugs
and
it's
not
recreational
in
New,
York,
State,
yet
and
I
feel
that
that
might
be
addressed
as
far
as
where
it
can
be
purchased
further
down
the
line.
But
for
now
I
would
like
to
see
these
dispensaries
kept
separate
from
the
public
way
as
much
as
possible,
limiting
them
to
industrial
areas
off
the
beaten
path,
away
from
shopping
centers
away
from
residential
neighborhoods
and
at
a
minimum.
E
The
1,000
foot
rule
should
apply
to
residential
neighborhoods,
as
it
does
and
I
mean
in
both
cases,
as
it
does
to
the
educational
and
religious
institutions
most
of
the
consumers
accessing
either
of
these
facilities,
methadone,
dispensaries
or
marijuana
dispensaries.
Many
of
them
are
eligible
for
medical
transport
and
use
those
services.
So
getting
getting
these
established
in
a
more
remote
location,
I,
don't
feel,
would
severely
impact
access
to
them
for
the
people
who
need
them.
E
So
many
of
the
consumers
could
result
in
creating
or
drawing
higher
crime
to
our
neighborhoods
as
they
pass
through
them.
To
get
to
these
dispensaries
many
as
I
sympathize
with
people,
especially
who
are
trying
to
recover
from
opioid
addiction,
some
of
them
do
have
criminal
histories
that
might
not
be
the
best
for
them
to
be
in
neat
just
walking
through
random
neighborhoods
to
get
where
they're
going
so
I
hope
you.
The
council
adds
the
at
minimum
1000
every.
E
To
the
amendments
proposed
regarding
these
dispensaries,
thank
you,
and
also,
while
I'm
here,
I'm
sure
that
most
of
the
common
council
members
are
aware
that
the
Planning
Board
is
discussing
language.
Allowing
a
plasma,
collection,
Center
and
I
feel
that
they're
too
50
foot
rule
is
not
stringent
enough
and
that
they
shouldn't
be
again
in
anywhere
near
neighborhoods
or
residential
areas,
or
anywhere
near,
for
instance,
the
Red
Cross,
who
they'd
be
in
direct
competition
with
and
I,
think
that
they
should
be
more
regulated
than
the
250
foot
straight
line.
E
Rule
that
the
Planning
Board
is
talking
about
allowing
for
in
their
zoning
regulations.
For
this
pay
for
blood
business.
I,
don't
believe
the
people
that
this
business
will
attract
and
I
was
at
a
meeting
where
they
appeared
and
requested
their
variants
or
in
language,
be
developed
to
allow
for
them
where
they
indicated
that
200
people
would
frequent
their
establishment
daily.
Their.
B
F
Good
evening,
mr.
president,
members
of
the
council,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
before
you
tonight.
In
case
you
didn't
see
my
email
that
I
had
the
clerk
on
that
just
say
of
aid
forward.
I
am
in
support
of
waiving
the
civil
service
fee
and
in
support
of
waiving
the
Poor
People's
Campaign
fine
I
penned
the
following
days
after
the
shooting
I've
had
the
post
nightclub
in
Orlando
two
years
ago
to
all
my
Republicans
set
representatives
and
senators
when
you
know
that
would
Lana
okay,
so
Mike.
F
When,
two
days
later,
you
declined
to
vote
on
legislation
that
would
protect,
prohibit
discrimination
and
employment
based
on
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity.
When
you
cumulatively,
have
attempted
to
pass
two
hundred
some-odd
laws
that
discriminate
against
the
LGBTQ
community
in
the
first
half
a
year
when
you
try
to
legalize
a
paramedics
right
to
willingly,
refuse
life-saving
CPR
to
someone
based
on
actual
or
perceived
sexual
orientation
or
gender
identity,
and
must
let
you
know
I
call
BS
on
your
quote:
prayers
and
for
the
victims
and
families.
F
That
being
said,
no
one
tells
me
who
to
be
afraid
of.
No
one
tells
us
to
be
who
to
be
afraid
of
not
before
Orlando,
not
after
oh
man,
no
I
can
tell
you
without
a
shadow
of
a
doubt.
I
am
Not
Afraid
of
Islam
I'm,
not
afraid
of
black
or
brown
people.
You
know
who
I'm
afraid
of
white
men.
If
you
think
that's
racist
I
will
not
apologize.
F
In
particular,
there
are
people
in
Washington
like
Christian
men,
some
of
whom
I
assume
are
good
people.
A
few
are
very
fine
people,
but
they're
the
ones
attacking
our
community.
You
don't
get
to
say
based
on
a
reactionary
response
by
someone
who
appears
to
be
Islamic,
that
it
was
terrorism.
I
have
a
quote
that
I've
had
a
couple
years
back
when,
when
a
crime
is
committed
by
a
black
person,
it's
gang
violence
when
a
crime
is
committed
by
a
Hispanic
person.
It's
drug
violence.
F
F
B
G
Good
evening,
I'm
here,
probably
for
a
reason
that
none
of
you
have
heard
about
and
I
call
it
civil
injustice.
My
brother
died
on
March
13th
of
this
year.
His
funeral
was
on
the
24th,
he
had
been
cremated
and
the
luncheon
was
at
grandpa's
72
restaurant
at
1818,
Central
Avenue.
It
used
to
be
Carmine's
the
bartender
there,
briankerr
astrati
chemistry,
canister
re
asked
me.
G
If
I
could
post
my
bippy
could
post
my
brother's
pictures
on
a
poster
board
so
that
people
who
know
my
brother
Wendy
went
there
on
Saturday
nights
could
see
the
pictures
I
said
yes,
the
luncheon
was
there
after
the
lunch
and
I
went
to
take
the
pictures
and
Brian
said:
I'll
leave
them
for
other
people
who
knew
him
at
night
can
come
in
and
see
them.
I
hesitated
and
Brian
said
no
I'll
make
sure
you
get
them.
I'll
guard
them
with
my
life.
From
that
day,
on
Brian
has
refused
to
return
those
speakers
to
me.
G
I
went
to
the
police.
Excuse
me,
they
said
it's
not
a
criminal
act,
there's
nothing.
They
can
do.
I
went
to
the
mayor's
office.
I
went
to
the
governor's
office,
the
district
attorney.
They
tell
me
there's
nothing.
They
can
do
so.
I
guarantee
you
if
no
one
can
help
me
I'm
taking
matters
in
my
own
hands,
and
you
see
my
name
in
the
paper.
Thank
you.
H
Good
evening,
council
and
president
I've
never
spoken
to
a
city
council
meeting
and
I'm,
not
a
professional,
protester
or
activist
or
organizer,
but
I
wanted
to
speak
to
why
I've
been
part
of
the
Poor
People's
Campaign,
a
national
call
for
a
moral
revival.
Over
the
last
six
weeks,
I
have
been
10
years
in
New,
York
and
10
years
of
those
years
have
been
living
in
a
single
room,
occupancy
room
six
feet
by
11
feet
with
no
kitchen
I
work
as
a
gardener,
freelance
gardener.
H
My
rate
has
gone
actually
down
since
2007
I've
recently
moved
to
Troy
and
since
I've
been
here,
I've
been
able
to
participate
in
the
Poor
People's
Campaign
actions
every
week,
which
has
been
nothing
short
of
amazing
and
I.
Just
wanted
to
speak
to
why
I've
been
doing
that
outside
of
myself.
My
grandfather
was
moved.
He
was
a.
H
He
was
a
quarry
worker
and
after
a
routine
surgery,
he
was
moved
from
his
hospital
room
to
a
skilled
nursing
facility
by
his
insurance
company
and
he
died
because
the
insurance
company
didn't
want
to
pay
the
rate
of
him
staying
in
the
hospital.
So
the
this
insurance
company
killed.
My
grandfather,
my
friend
Michael,
who
is
an
ex
of
mine,
has
progressed
HIV
and
AIDS
even
receiving
public
assistance.
He
had
to
move
after
he
had
to
move
from
Los
Angeles
because
he
couldn't
afford
any
rent
there,
where
he
could
have
a
private
toilet.
H
H
I've
been
part
of
the
Poor
People's
Campaign
for
all
these
people,
for
everyone
else,
for
my
neighbors,
for
my
community
and
I
would
urge
people
to
try
to
understand
that
the
issues
that
the
Poor
People's
Campaign
is
dealing
with
the
issues
of
systemic
racism,
poverty,
ecological
devastation
in
militarism
are
issues
that
are
if
we
don't
look
at
them.
If
we
don't
deal
with
these
evils,
they
will
move
into
our
private
door.
These
are
public
issues,
and
if
we
do
not
confront
them,
they
will
they
will
come
to
you.
H
I'm
happy
to
be
part
of
the
Poor
People's
Campaign,
a
national
call
for
moral
revival
as
just
a
citizen.
This
is
my
first
time
doing.
Any
sort
of
activism
like
this
and
I
want
to
say
how
important
it's
been
for
me
to
be
part
of
a
movement
that
that
considers
a
future
where
we
can
live
and
not
suffer.
I
I
I
I
Nobody
is
legally
responsible
for
them
for
the
area
between
the
sidewalk
and
the
curb
and
then
in
the
curb
or
then
when
you
step
off
of
the
curb
the
city,
town
or
village
is
responsible
if
it's
a
city,
town
or
village
street.
If
it's
a
these
counties,
if
it's
a
County
root
number,
the
county
is
responsible.
If
it's
a
state,
the
state
is
responsible.
If
it's
the
federal
route
number,
the
federal
government
is
responsible
and
everybody
just
wants
to
pass
the
buck
to
somebody
else.
I
When
we
had
a
meeting
where
we
had
some
representatives
from
different
agencies,
everybody
just
wanted
to
pass
the
buck
to
somebody
else.
Cdt
a
does
a
pretty
good
job
of
keeping
the
bus,
shelters,
shoveled,
the
homeowners
and
business
owners.
Don't
do
such
a
good
job
and
I
know
you
didn't
pass
a
new
ordinance
last
November
December
say
which
increase
the
fine
for
not
shoveling
your
sidewalk,
and
it
also
well.
It
also
meant
that
you
didn't
get
24
hours
after
you
got
a
warning
at
any
time.
I
24
hours
after
the
end
of
a
snowstorm,
people
were
legally
responsible
to
have
their
sidewalk
shoveled
and
they
didn't
get
a
warning
now
I
in
favor
of
that
ordinance.
I
think
it
was
a
good
thing,
but
you
didn't
do
a
thing
about
the
area
between
the
the
sidewalk
and
the
curb
and
that's
a
problem,
and
that's
where
the
really
heavy
snow
is
because
the
plow
just
comes
through
and
leave
it's
a
really
heavy,
a
bank
of
heavy
snow.
I
There
are
some
problems,
even
in
the
summer,
with
the
bus
stops,
especially
for
people
who
are
in
wheelchairs
or
something
one
of
the
problems.
Is
that
a
lot
of
the
bus
stops
are
just
a
sign
on
a
pole,
basically
in
the
grassy
area,
and
you
cannot
get
a
wheelchair
over
grass
if
the
area
between
the
curve
and
the
sidewalk
is
grass?
How
are
you
supposed
to
get
a
wheelchair
over
that?
I
And
in
many
places
the
curb
cuts
are
in
the
wrong
place,
and
this
could
could
result
in
the
person
in
the
wheelchair
getting
killed
by
a
car
because
of
that
there's
also
a
problem
volson
in
summer
and
winter
of
cars.
Parking
in
and
bus
stops,
and
we
talked
to
an
a
police
officer
about
this,
and
he
said
that
they
do
not
write
tickets
unless
there's
actually
a
sign
that
tells
people
not
to
park
either.
I
A
J
I'm
Dennis,
curious
and
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
extending
the
time
limit
here.
Great
I
want
to
also
second
emotion.
We
just
heard
from
Nancy
Benedict
the
clean,
safe
and
accessible
bus
stops
between
the
sidewalk
and
the
curb.
There
are
so
many
baby
boomers
out
there.
Now
they
were
born
after
World
War,
two
in
the
late
40s
and
early
50s,
and
that
now
there
are
over
60
70
years
old
and
to
say
homeowners
are
responsible
for
getting
all
that
snow
out
or
whatever's
out
there.
J
If
the,
if
that
woman,
god
forbid
her
husband,
passed
away
and
she's,
you
know
over
60
70,
80
years
old
and
she's,
the
only
one
living
there
she's
responsible
to
get
those
bus
stops
cleared
out
and
that's
it.
It
doesn't
make
sense
when
you've
got
the
CD,
ta
and
you've
got
you
know
the
city
or
the
state
or
whatever
to
do
that
work
so
I
just
want
to.
Second,
the
motion
and
also
I,
want
to
really
appreciate
the
remarks
we
heard
before
from
mark
gronic
for
his
important
topic.
I
want
to
I.
J
A
B
K
Obviously,
Albany
is
the
state
capital
of
this
state
and
so
serves
a
special
role
in
a
sense
in
the
state
as
a
place
where
people
congregate
to
lift
up
our
concerns
and
our
hopes
for
the
future
of
this
state.
So
earlier
this
afternoon
we
had
about
over
200
folks
from
around
the
state
who
were
gathered
up
the
street
in
the
Capitol.
K
The
reason
that
we
have
been
gathering
in
state
capitals
and
being
disruptive
that
is
true
is
because
the
country
and
the
state
and
the
city
are
facing
a
crisis
in
New
York
State.
There
are
three
million
people
that
live
below
the
federal
poverty
line
and
that
line,
as
many
of
you
know,
for
a
family
of
four.
If
you
make
twenty
four
thousand
five
hundred
dollars,
you
are
not
poor
by
those
standards.
So
three
million
people
in
New,
York
State,
are
by
those
standards.
K
If
we
look
at
it
more
broadly
44%
of
households
in
the
state,
according
to
the
United
Way,
don't
earn
enough
to
meet
the
basic
costs
of
living
in
the
Capital
Region
it's
about
40%,
so
we're
approaching
half
of
families
in
our
community
can't
make
ends
meet.
This
isn't
an
aberration.
It's
not
folks
down
on
their
luck.
It's
not
people
making
bad
decisions
when
we're
talking
about
almost
half
of
our
community.
There's
a
structural
problem
happening
and
we've
seen
over
the
past
really
over
my
lifetime,
I'm
31
things
getting
worse
inequality
growing
child
poverty.
K
Upstate
is
growing.
It's
at
just
really
unacceptable
levels.
When
we
look
at
militarism,
which
is
another
thing,
this
campaign
talks
about
the
billions
of
dollars
that
are
spent
on
wars
that
just
cause
destruction.
I
think
there
is
reporting,
when
we
most
recently
bombed
Syria
about
the
profits
that
immediately
went
to
a
few
contractors
that
spent
taxpayer
money
and
put
it
into
the
coffers
of
these
contractors,
and
all
it
did
was
destroy,
destroy
things.
These
are
crises
that
are
happening
before
our
eyes
and
the
Poor
People's
Campaign
is
an
effort
to
turn
the
tide.
K
K
L
Good
evening
my
name
is
Joe.
Popper
on
I
live
at
8:35,
Washington
Avenue
here
in
Albany,
I
am
an
organizer
and
a
member
of
the
Poor
People's
Campaign,
a
national
call
for
moral
revival
and,
as
my
comrade
was
just
explaining.
This
is
a
national
campaign
that,
for
six
weeks
now
has
held
nonviolent
direct
actions
in
over
three
dozen
states
in
Washington
DC,
and
what
she
just
described
is
happening
all
over
the
country.
People
who
have
never
worked
together
before
people
from
all
different
walks
of
life.
L
People
who
have
suffered
under
various
issues
are
coming
together
and
working
together
in
new
ways.
50
years
ago,
the
Poor
People's
Campaign
was
Martin,
Luther
King
Jr's
final
campaign,
and
he
came
to
the
conclusion
that
a
poor
people's
campaign
was
what
was
necessary
emerging
from
the
civil
rights
movement.
All
right
he'd
come
to
recognize
that
fighting
for
racial
justice
and
civil
and
civil
rights
had
encountered
some
limits,
and
he
would
say
things
like
what
good
is
it
to
be
able
to
sit
out
a
lunch
counter?
L
If
you
can't
afford
a
sandwich
right-
or
he
would
say
things
like
I'd-
come
to
believe
that
we
were
integrating
into
a
burning
house,
and
so
he
identified
the
interconnected
nature
of
three
major
crises
of
his
time,
which
was
racism,
poverty
and
militarism.
This
is
at
the
height
of
the
Vietnam
War,
and
the
thing
is
the
crises
that
he
identified
are
by
nearly
every
objective
measure
worse
today
than
they
were
50
years
ago.
We
have
more
people
in
this
country
living
below
the
poverty
line,
the
horribly
inadequate
poverty
line.
L
We
spend
more
money
on
our
military
and
on
things
like
immigration,
deportation
and
detention
know
where
in
this
country
is
the
minimum
wage.
A
living
wage
King
was
confronting
a
housing
crisis
and
called
for
the
ending
of
the
slums
and
a
massive
investment
in
new
housing
for
the
poor
and
everywhere
in
this
country,
including
in
Albany
New
York.
There
is
more
vacant
properties
in
vacant
housing
than
there
are
homeless
people
and
then
additionally,
something
that
wasn't
quite
on
Kings
radar
is
the
environmental
crises
that
threatens
all.
M
L
The
planet,
we
also
can
look
to
history
a
little
bit
to
know
the
kinds
of
things
that
are
necessary
to
change
these
crises
and
and
the
reality
is
again.
It's
been
50
years
all
right.
It
doesn't
matter
who's
in
the
White
House,
it
doesn't
matter
who's
controlled,
the
Senate
and
the
House
of
Representatives
or
the
governor's
office,
or
the
state
Senate
assembly
or
the
mayor's
office
here
or
the
Common
Council.
It
doesn't
matter
what
party
they're
from
or
what
their
name
is.
L
There
is
no
legislative
solution
to
these
crises
and
every
single
movement
for
justice
in
history.
Every
single
one,
labor
rights,
civil
rights,
women's
rights,
LGBT
all
started
with
direct
action,
all
right,
they
were
condemned.
They
were
criticized
by
the
people
who
didn't
want
their
lives
disrupted,
but
the
truth
is,
the
status
quo
cannot
continue
all
right
light
and
the
entirety
of
life
on
the
planet
is
threatened
by
this
and,
as
we've
heard
from
others
already,
people
are
struggling
and
living
under
these
oppressions
and
there
is
no
relief
in
sight
from
any
any
elected.
L
Official
and
I
say
this
not
to
criticize
you
all
I
know
you
all
care
about
our
city
and
you
care
about
our
state
right.
You
care
about
the
right
things,
but
to
recognize
the
depth
of
these
crises
that
there
is
no
path
out
of
this
in
the
current
structures
that
are
available
to
us,
you
have
to
understand.
This
is
why
people
would
resort
to
direct
action,
and
so
the
question
I
guess
I
want
to
leave
you
all
with
is
this
is
how
bad
do
the
numbers
have
to
get?
L
How
many
people
need
to
be
living
in
poverty
and
and
stuck
in
these
oppressions?
How
many
more
people
do
we
need
to
lock
up
either
in
our
mass
incarceration
system
or
the
immigrant
detention
system
right?
How
much
more
money
do
we
need
to
spend
killing
poor
people
of
color
overseas
right
before
it
would
be
justified
for
people
to
step
into
the
street
and
disrupt
business
as
usual
and
interrupt
the
status
quo?
So
that's
the
question.
I
leave
you
all
with,
and
lastly,
I
just
want
to
share
one
brief
story
of
how
this
is
very
visceral.
L
E
L
N
N
This
is
near
to
my
heart.
I
have
been
a
nurse
and
licensed
practical
nurse
for
21
years.
I
have
practiced
the
majority
of
my
life
in
New,
York
State
I
have
seen
what
poverty
has
done
to
the
elderly,
to
the
young,
to
the
working-class,
mothers
and
fathers
who
cannot
afford
to
pay
for
the
medication
for
their
children
or
for
themselves.
I
have
seen
death
because
of
poverty.
This
cannot
stand.
I
am
asking
you
for
solutions.
I
am
asking
you
not
to
condemn
people
who
bring
these
problems
to
your
door.
N
N
What
are
you
gonna
do
about
that?
My
mother
is
75
years
old.
She
used
to
live
at
the
oaks
and
for
Edward,
which
was
senior
housing.
I
was
a
nurse
at
Fort,
Edward,
nursing
home,
which
is
directly
next
door.
I
would
go
over
and
check
on
my
mother,
open
the
cabinets,
and
you
know
what
I
would
see
nothing.
N
N
Stand
with
us
don't
stand
against
us
ecological
damage,
Fort,
Edward
I
would
cross
that
bridge
every
day
and
see
the
dredging.
You
know
what
that
Hudson
River
flows
downward
I
go
to
Moreau
State
Park
this
weekend.
You
know
what
I
see
72
acres
of
our
state
land
for
sale.
What
the
hell
is
that
excuse
my
French?
N
N
Many
of
my
cousin's
I
have
an
uncle
who's.
An
admiral
in
the
Navy
have
served
proudly
for
the
United
States
of
America,
and
our
president
of
United
States
demands
that
we
sit
to
attention
just
like
the
people
of
North
Korea.
What
kind
of
country
is
this?
No,
it
will
not
stand
racism
each
and
every
one
of
you
here
tonight
know
somebody
or
have
felt
the
effects
of
racism
I
have
seen
it.
I
saw
at
the
celebration
in
Albany
on
the
streets
this
weekend
at
June,
T
15th.
Excuse
me
I'm
rolling
over
my
words.
N
N
Asking
for
solutions,
I'm
asking
for
you
to
sit
down
with
the
Poor
People's
Campaign
sit
down
with
us.
Sit
down
with
your
voters,
sit
down
with
your
your
brother's,
your
sisters,
your
mothers,
your
fathers,
and
you
say:
what
can
we
do
to
make
this
society
better?
Because
we
need
to
do
better
and
if
you
don't,
poverty
equates
death.
N
O
We
go
so
I've
over
13
beach,
Avenue
Albany,
New
York.
It's
got
a
problem
up
in
the
15th
floor.
First
with
yard
waste
right
now,
there's
30
pigs
up
on
Cottage,
Avenue
I
call
today
to
have
them
picked
up.
The
guy
says
you
can't
pick
them
up
to
Thursday
I,
see
what
Thursday
you
referring
to
on
my
yard
waste.
It's
out
there
now
for
two
to
three
weeks.
How
long
is
the
stuff
gonna
stand
out?
There,
that's
up
on
the
car
up
on
Cottage,
and
they
can't
answer
me
or
they'll,
say
to
me.
O
O
Know
what
Sergio
looks
like
so
Sergio?
We
have
a
problem
with
the
pickup
and
yard
waste.
I
do
want
to
tell
you
that
sometimes
it's
it's
out
in
the
fifteenth
war
two
to
three
weeks
and
that's
and
by
that
time
it
stinks.
The
fermentation
is
just
terrible.
The
other
thing
I
want
to
talk
about.
Are
the
streets
they're,
absolutely
terrible,
Beach,
Wellington
fountain
death,
and
it's
not
it's
not
due
to
wear
and
tear
it's.
The
contractors
come
in.
They
work
on
the
streets,
they
go
away
and
there's
no
accountability.
O
O
What
are
you
and
if
you
go
down-
and
you
can
see
where
it
wasn't
put
back
together
right
on
my
street,
when
you
come
down
there,
there's
a
dip
soap,
so
big
down
there
that
when
you
hit
it,
you
fly
up
in
the
air
and
you
come
down
and
I
have
to,
and
how
did
they
get
there?
Well,
the
water
department
broke
them
up
fixed
or
fixed.
The
leak
did
a
fabulous
job.
O
I
have
no
complaints
there,
but
now
the
street
is
sunken
in
not
one
place
with
two
other
place:
fountain
Avenue
the
exact
same
thing
with
fountain
Wellington
Avenue.
Again
there
is
no
accountability.
A
plumber
can
come
in
tear
half
the
street
up,
put
a
North
suit,
new
sewer
line
for
the
new
water
line,
whatever
never
puts
it
back
in
the
condition
that
they
find
it
in.
So
where
is
accountability?
How
do
we
get
accountability
that
anybody
that
does
work
on
our
street?
That's
somebody
from
the
city
goes
out.
O
First,
they
should
be
able
they
should
have
to
get
a
permit.
I,
don't
care
whether
or
not
we
rise
in
spectrum
or
whatever
they
should
get.
If
they're
gonna
work
and
they're
gonna
be
doing
some
tearing
up
on
our
streets,
they
should
get
us
a
permit
and
they
should.
We
should
have
somebody
from
the
city
I,
don't
care
what
it
is
go
out
and
make
sure
that
they
are
put
back
in
the
condition
that
they're
found
my
work.
My
council
person
got
two
streets,
Kent
Terrace
and
Oxford.
O
Ken
Terrace
is
as
big
as
me
to
the
quarry
Ellis
up
there,
the
streets
are
doesn't
employ
well,
really
truthfully
guys
we
have
to.
There
has
to
be
a
better
system
than
what
we're
doing
to
put
our
streets
back
together.
I
can't
be
the
only
one
complaining
out
of
the
wards.
Everyone
here
must
be
in
the
same
boat
I'm
here,
so
I
don't
have
the
solution.
I
really
true.
O
If
we
do
picking
up
yard
waste,
that's
an
easy
solution,
fixing
the
streets
getting
an
accountability
from
contractors
that
come
out
and
do
it
that's
another
thing:
I
can't
do
that
and
with
all
the
water
main
breaks
that
we're
done
in
the
city
of
Albany.
This
year
we
had
a
tough,
tough,
tough
winter,
who
accounts
to
make
sure
that
they
put
the
streets
back
that
the
Department
of
General
Services
gable.
A
B
P
P
Q
The
the
law
buildings
and
codes
committee
met
last
Thursday
to
continue
our
conversation
on
Oregon's
30,
5118
pertaining
to
the
vacant
building
registry.
We
will
be
meeting
next
Tuesday
the
26th,
to
continue
that
again
with
mr.
Magee
and
hopefully
after
vote
tonight
for
Rick
Lajoie.
He
should
be
back,
and
that
was
the
other
resolution
that
we
did
take
up
was
the
appointment
of
Rick
Lajoie
as
a
director
of
buildings
and
codes,
and
it
was
reported
out
of
committee
unanimously.
Thank.
R
S
M
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,
the
Finance
Committee
met
on
June
5th
and
it
considered
resolution
30
3.60
1.18
Arne,
reported
out
with
a
positive
recommendation.
This
is
simply
a
closeout
of
the
books
for
2016
and
some
transfers
that
are
necessary
for
the
council
to
approve.
We
were
not
over
budget
for
2016.
We
also
looked
at
the
fourth
quarter
report
for
2017,
which
is
essentially
the
end
of
the
year
reported
for
2017,
and
we
have
about
a
500,000
dollar
surplus.
M
However,
that
includes
at
least
one
voluntary
pilot
from
the
entities
that
have
promised
pilots,
but
there
is
an
issue
with
these
entities
reneging
on
their
promises,
so
we
may
have
no
surplus
from
2017
when
all
is
said
and
done,
but
again
we're
not
over
budget
with
regard
to,
and
then
we
also
considered
heard
a
report
from
treasurer
dairies
Ja'afari
regarding
the
first
quarter
of
2018
and
right
now,
things
seem
to
be
on
target.
However,
there
continues
to
be
a
continuing
issue
with
the
private
pilots
and
we
will
be
continuing
to
monitor
these
quarterly
reports.
A
B
A
T
T
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,
first
I
would
like
to
thank
the
Civil
Service
Commission,
for
you
voted
unanimously
to
approve
this
legislation
to
waive
the
civil
service
exam
fee
for
City
veterans.
This
resolution
comes
before
the
Common
Council
to
ask
for
your
support
and
eliminating
a
barrier
to
good-paying
civil
service
job
opportunities
for
our
city
veterans.
We
as
a
city
should
be
ready
and
willing
to
help
the
men
and
women
who
returned
home
from
defending
our
country
to
get
employed
as
they
return
to
civilian
life.
T
Let's
give
them
a
chance
to
qualify
for
good
civil
service
jobs
without
worrying
about
where
to
get
the
money
to
pay
for
this
resolution
will
ensure
that
our
veterans,
who
will
be
willing
to
put
their
lives
on
the
line,
will
be
able
to
re-enter
the
workforce
and
enjoyed
the
same
job
opportunities
that
we
as
surveillance.
Take
for
granted
thanks
to
their
service.
Simply
put
inability
to
pay,
should
not
be
a
barrier
for
veterans
to
get
a
good
job.
With
your
support,
we
can
make
this
a
reality
in
our
city
at
the
same
time.
T
S
U
U
B
S
N
U
U
R
U
U
A
T
B
T
The
Reverend
dr.
King
jr.,
planned
50
years
ago,
what
was
to
be
one
of
the
largest
and
boldest
movements
that
the
country
had
ever
seen
the
poor
people
campaign.
The
goal
was
to
address
the
needs
of
the
most
vulnerable
amongst
us
in
pursuit
of
economic
justice.
Unfortunately,
dr.
King's
untimely
death
led
to
premature
end
to
this
movement.
T
T
Instead
of
working
with
them,
our
city
has
issued
fines,
as
elected
officials
sworn
to
uphold
the
Constitution,
we
shouldn't
say
idle,
as
the
poor
people
campaign
is
penalized
for
exercising
their
right
to
participate
in
our
political
process,
voicing
the
opinion
and
assemble
peacefully.
Now,
as
a
history,
teacher
I
understand
that
First
Amendment
is
not
absolute
and
that
Public
Safety
must
be
obtained.
T
The
poor
people
campaign
engaged
in
direct
action
to
interrupt
the
status
quo
in
Albany
in
order
to
make
change
and
to
demonstrate
have
been
civil
and
they
have
been
nonviolent
and
I've
not
threatened
the
safety
of
the
public
to
issue
a
fine.
Despite
these
realities
runs
counter
to
the
First
Amendment
poverty
and
inequity
remains
pervasive
issues
in
our
nation,
our
state
and
our
city.
T
Rather
than
penalizing
poor
people's
campaign
for
the
approach,
the
city
should
be
facilitating
a
dialogue
with
the
campaign
to
come
up
with
ways
to
address
poverty
and
inequity,
at
least
a
minimum
at
the
local
level.
Fellow
councilmembers
asks
for
your
support
of
this
resolution,
which
will
reaffirm
the
First
Amendment
rights
of
the
poor
people
campaign,
while
acknowledging
the
legitimacy
of
the
issues
of
poverty
and
inequity
acts
for
your
support
and
recognition
of
the
fact
that
these
demonstrators
were
trying
to
follow
the
footsteps
of
dr.
King,
a
man
whose
actions
were
considered
controversial
and
our
Orthodox.
T
A
A
B
U
S
R
V
U
A
P
You,
mr.
president,
this
concerns
a
pilot
for
a
limited
profit
housing
company
that
is
eligible
by
statute
for
an
exemption.
It's
commonly
called
mitchell-lama
housing
cooperative,
it's
for
low
to
moderate
in
income
individuals.
It
is
regulated
through
the
New
York
State
Division
for
Housing
and
Community
Renewal.