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DATE: Thursday, April 21, 2022
LOCATION: Online meeting, 6:30 PM
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AGENDA
1. Discussion of the status of the site of the Flatbush African burial ground and the role of the community board
2. Other business
A
First
and
foremost,
the
task
force
is
really
going
to
be
focused
on
gathering
community
input
and
then
creating
this.
You
know
liaison
bridge
between
the
community,
our
elected
officials
and
agencies
during
the
process
of
which
this
parcel
of
land
moves
through
the
city
process
to
be
adopted
by
an
agency
or
if,
for
other
means,
it
goes
national
how
the
community
board
will
function
under
that
remains
to
be
seen.
A
I
just
want
to
recognize
that
we
have
a
representative
from
an
elected
official.
I
see
joseph
cochran,
who
is
the
legislative
liaison
for
council
member
farah
lewis
is
here.
Let
me
just
take
a
quick
look
to
see
if
there's
anyone
else,
I
see
joelle
du
soviet,
representing
councilmember,
rita
joseph
welcome,
and
if
I'm
missing
you,
because
I
don't
recognize,
recognize
your
name
just
throw
it
in
the
chat,
so
just
a
brief
history.
A
So,
as
you
know,
there
was
a
housing
and
preservation
and
development
task
force
that
basically
operated
throughout
the
pandemic.
Collecting
feedback
from
the
community
about
affordable
housing
that
was
proposed
to
be
put
on
the
site
that
was
under
the
auspices
of
borough
president
eric
adams,
who
is
now
our
mayor
and
former
council
member
matthew,
eugene,
I'm
sure
several
people
on
this
call
attended
some
of
those
meetings.
A
A
A
A
There
was
insufficient
time
for
the
engagement
process
and
then,
lastly,
there
was
difficulty
in
separating
the
memorialization
and
the
affordable
housing
dialogue.
So
the
rfp
has
been
rescinded.
The
there
will
be
no
housing
on
that
parcel
of
land,
so
we
can
go
ahead
and,
in
a
sense,
start
fresh
and
really
focus
on
community
and
local
groups
and
their
interests
in
memorialization.
A
A
B
We
really
want
to
engage
in
that
same
vein,
to
make
sure
that
whatever
the
memorialization
will
be
it'll
be
community
derived,
it
will
have
decision
makers
emanating
from
the
descending
community
and
that
we
are
building
a
process
that
could
be
a
model
going
forward
for
how
the
city
and
other
agencies
in
particular
and
elected
officials
engage
community
in
design
community
design
systems.
We've
worked
with
a
lot
of
different
schools
to
do
some
on
the
ground
petitioning
work.
We
have
clean
ups
to
just
be
present
on
the
space.
B
We've
involved,
the
arts
community
as
well,
and
we
have
some
plans
for
going
forward
that
we
would
like
to
work
together
to
make
sure
that
they
come
to
fruition
to
really
bring
the
best
of
what
could
be
possible
with
that
space.
I'll
step
aside
for
anybody
else
from
the
coalition
who
might
want
to
speak.
A
B
Well,
we
are
working
on
a
couple
of
things.
Some
projects
involve
partnering
with
schools
such
as
brooklyn
college,
to
do
some
play
space
like
internships
that
would
help
to
develop
community
engagement
programs
that
would
do
a
walking
tour
that
would
utilize
that
space
as
one
of
the
stopping
points
to
just
create,
like
a
cultural
heritage
site
working
on
getting
federal
recognition
on
the
national
register
for
as
a
landmark
space
also
at
the
city
level,
state
level.
B
Avoid
some
of
the
correctness
and
then
going
forward
to
just
really
thinking
what
supportive
services
could
be
provided
in
an
open
space
that
could
serve
the
needs
of
the
present
and
future
community
to
come.
But
obviously
all
of
that
has
to
be
in
conjunction
with
the
community
figuring
out
what
they
would
like
to
see.
C
Actually,
tomorrow,
sorry,
tomorrow
being
earth
day
this
coming
saturday,
we
will
be
continuing
our
efforts
of
talking
about
the
environment
and
the
importance
of
it
along
with
the
history
of
the
site.
So
I
just
wanted
to
update
members
of
the
community
board
and
those
as
on
this
call
the
reference
to
what
we're
doing
as
part
of
the
coalition's
mission.
Thank
you.
A
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you,
ladies
for
the
information.
I
am
curious
as
to
does
your
organization
have
any
feelings
at
this
time
about
building
affordable
housing
or
monuments,
or
anything
like
that,
because
that's
really.
What
I
I
want
to
know
is
what
the
community
is
interested
in
going
forward.
Thank
you.
A
E
B
B
What
we
obviously
rather
know
that
affordable
housing
is
an
important
issue,
just
that
is
not
the
appropriate
site
for
it.
What
we
can
do
is
still
use
the
space
to
teach
history
to
do
projects
that
make
sense
for
the
community
to
engage
in
what
not
doing
something
different
than
what
hpd
did,
which
was
always
looking
at
it
through
the
lens
of
housing,
which
just
makes
sense
because
that's
their
their
permit
their
purview
of
what
they
do.
B
But
what
we're
saying
is,
let's
see
how
we
can
use
the
space
to
do
historical
teaching
to
do
art
to
do
supportive
services
and
provide
open
space
that
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
in
this
community
to
begin
with,
and
so
that
that's
the
direction
that
we'd
like
to
go.
But
obviously
it
needs
to
have
a
real,
robust
communication
process
in
order
to
really
determine
what
the
best
course
of
action
is
going
forward.
D
F
Hi,
as
chair
brown
said,
I'm
talisha
zaneville,
and
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know,
I
am
a
licensed
architect
based
here
in
the
cb14
district.
So
I
was
just
wondering
is:
is
a
part
of
having
the
coalition
here
so
that
we
can
see
how
the
community
board
can
work
together
with
the
coalition
in
the
the
use
of
the
african
burial
ground,
and
the
you
know
like?
F
A
I
spoke
a
little
bit
about
the
the
previous
examinations
of
the
parcel
of
land,
the
first
being
the
new
york
city,
slash
hpd,
driven
task
force
that
engaged
with
the
community.
I
think
they
engaged
with
about
240
residents
and
their
report
is
on
our
website
under
projects
african
barrel
ground
task
force.
A
You
can
read
the
report
there
there's
also
another
report
from
a
company
called
hpi
that
was
tasked
at
looking
at
the
parcel
of
land
and
who
the
possible
descendant
community
could
be,
and
that
report
is
linked
out
from
the
task
task
force
report.
So
tonight
is
about
organizing
ourselves
hearing
about
work.
That's
done
previously,
having
a
discussion
and
then
figuring
out
next
steps,
and-
and
I
said
this
earlier
in
the
meeting
before
you
arrived
talisha,
but
some
of
the
limitations
of
the
task
force
that
was
led
by
hpd.
A
The
report
says
that
number
one
there
was
insufficient
community
input
number
two
in
insufficient
time
for
the
engagement
process
and
then
three
there
was
an
inability
to
separate
the
memorialization
from
the
affordable
housing
dialogue.
So
now
that
the
affordable
housing
dialogue
has
been
removed,
the
mayor
has
stated
that
they
will
not
build
housing
on
this
parcel.
We
can
focus
on
memorialization
and
community
input
and
engagement.
F
F
I
think
that
it's
important
for
us
to
as
a
task
force
to
also
include
urban
planners
in
this
conversation
as
much
as
we
can-
and
there
are
a
couple
of
actually
local
local
to
new
york
city
groups
that
I
can
think
of
that
we
might
want
to
consult
with
talk
with
and
open
up
a
dialogue
with,
because
they
do
deal
with
specifically
black
space
black
spaces
around
new
york
city.
So
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that.
Thank
you
for
the
explanation
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
tonight.
A
A
I
see
that
district
manager,
sean
campbell,
has
her
her
hand
up
and
also
just
a
reminder.
There
is
someone
on
the
call
that
is
not
muted
a
few
people.
So
if
you
would
just
go
ahead
and
mute
yourself,
there's
a
516
number
star,
six
singing
it
yourself
star
six
to
unmute,
go
ahead.
District
manager,
sean
campbell.
G
Eventually,
I
I
appreciate
all
of
the
work
that
I
think
the
coalition
has
put
together
a
really
beautiful
and
powerful
vision,
but
I
appreciate
that
alison
martinez
has
been
sort
of
has
at
least
alluded
to
an
awareness
of
it.
It
has
to
broaden
even
further
and-
and
there
are
people
who've
been
involved
in
this
space
who
have
different
points
of
view.
G
But
but
none
of
the
points
of
view
are
going
to
get
anywhere
until
this
is
organized
sort
of
bureaucratically
into
a
place
in
city
government
from
from
which
it
can
move
forward,
and-
and
I
also
think
that
part
of
the
task
force.
So
that's
one
thing-
the
task
force
like
step.
One
of
the
task
force
is
how
what
agency
is
going
to
hold
hold
on
to
this
and
then
secondly
and
fund
it,
because
funtine
is
going
to
be
important
and
then.
G
Secondly,
I
think
the
task
force
talisha
just
said
something
that
made
me
think
it
would
be
very
useful
for
us
to
begin
to
collect
resources,
and
I
was
thinking
about
our
lunch
and
learn
series.
That's
on
our
website
and
some
of
the
city
planners.
We
engaged
with
about
community
inclusion
and
and
yes,
absolutely
planners
that
have
experience
in
black
space
development
and
then
two
other
organizations
that
have
developed,
culturally
and
historically
sensitive
locations
could
be
brought
into
the
conversation
too,
and
that's
something
else.
G
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
I'm
a
little
confused
because
I
thought
that
my
understanding
of
this
task
force
was
one
to
gather
information
from
as
many
stakeholders
as
possible
throughout
the
area,
but
to
come
into
it
with
an
open
mind
as
to
where
we
might
be
going
and
when
I
had
mentioned
the
possibility
of
affordable
housing,
and
then
you
said
that
the
mayor
took
it
off
the
table.
Does
that
mean
that
we
do
not
have
a
wide
open
options
that
we
are
somewhat
limited,
that
affordable
housing
is
not
to
be
considered?
D
G
But
I
think
to
their
credit,
they
heard
the
community
on
the
sensitivity
of
the
location
and
pulled
back
and
quashed
the
rfp
for
housing.
And-
and
so
you
know
that-
has
taken
housing
out
of
the
conversation
off
the
table
for
for
this
land,
but
it
also
has
left
left
the
project.
Nowhere
because
it's
not
with
hpd
anymore,
if
it's
not
going
to
be
housing.
D
C
May
I
also
add
glenn
is
that
the
housing
is
off
the
table
based
mostly
on
the
descendant
community
members
of
the
descendant
community.
Do
not
want
housing
built
on
top
of
their
ancestors
and,
along
with
the
coalition
and
other
groups,
we've
come
together
in
unison
to
say
that
we
don't
want
any
housing
being
built
on
top
of
our
ancestors.
C
I
think
the
second,
the
main
part
of
your
question
is
where
we
go
from
here,
is
that
members
of
the
community,
especially
the
descendant
members
of
the
community,
want
to
come
together
and
have
been
communicating
with
each
other
independently
as
to
what
the
next
steps
are.
So
there
are
a
number
of
ideas
that
individual
groups
are
having
discussions
on.
I
think,
with
the
community
board
14
establishing
this
task
force
to
be
part
of
that
community
or
engage
with
the
descended
community.
A
H
Thank
you
so
much
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
chime
in
that
I'm
the
chair
on
the
subcommittee
of
landmarks,
public,
sightings
and
dispositions,
and
before
I
was
chair
of
this
committee,
I
was
against
the
project
that
the
former
member
that
covers
council
district
40
proposed
for
housing.
I
was
against
it
because
I
believe
that
we
should
keep
the
parcel
of
land
for
what
it
is
and
its
purposes
and
what
it
represents
so
memorializing.
H
What
it
represents
is
something
that's
very
important
for
many
people
in
this
community
and
I
feel
that
we
should
move
forward
with
that
which
is
some
of
the
purposes
for
this
task
force.
So
I
fully
support
coming
in
and
being
supportive
to
our
new
member
council
member
joseph
and
making
this
a
landmark
or
a
piece
of
historical
land.
So
if
this
is
something
that
the
task
force
would
want,
the
council
member
would
want
the
community
community
board
would
want
I'm
here
to
be
supportive
towards
that.
Thanks.
A
Thank
you
councilmember.
I
have
a
quick
question
about
the
status
of
the
linear
descendant
community
and
then
the
those
who
identify
as
the
descending
community.
So
my
understanding
is
the
linear
descendant
community
is
been
very
difficult
to
backtrack.
They
put
a
notice
on
ancestry.com
looking
for
ancestors
of
jacob
johnson
and
miss
eve.
A
I
I
can
answer
that.
Please
thank
you
hi
good
evening,
I'm
chantel.
So
to
answer
your
question:
no,
we
have
not
located
or
had
contact
with
the
like
direct
descendant
and
on
behalf
of
the
coalition.
Yes,
we
would
identify
as
ourselves
as
the
descendant
community,
as
well
as
other
supporting
organizing
groups
that
identifies
that
as
well.
J
J
A
So
I
I
can
only
hope
that
the
mayor
would
engage
with
the
task
force
or
the
coalition
and
other
communities
groups
that
are
identifying
themselves
as
the
descendant
community
right
now
again,
it's
something
that
we
can.
You
know
again
we're
at
this
organizational
meeting.
I
hear
that
this
is
a
priority
and
we
knew
it
was
a
priority
once
the
new
mayor
took
and
the
new
borough
president
took
their
posts
so
we'll
get
to
work
on
that.
B
I'll,
just
chime
in
and
say
that
we
have,
the
coalition
has
had
continued
conversations
with
the
community
affairs
unit
and
through
other
channels
with
the
mayor's
office
and
outside
of
the
letter,
and
that
memorialization
was
appropriate.
They
have.
The
mayor
has
not
send
any
firm.
Memorialization
would
mean
necessarily
so
what
we
are
left
to
do
then,
at
this
point,
the
way
that
the
coalition
has
looked
at
is
we
then
focus
on
engaging
community
so
that
when
that
time
comes
when
the
mayor
is,
has
a
position
that's
ready
to
be
shared?
B
We
have
the
backing
of
the
community
support
so
that
we
can
go
there
and
say
these
are
what
your
constituents
are
saying.
These
are
the
things
that
they
have
considered.
These
are
the
visioning
processes
that
we
have
engaged
in,
and
these
are
the
results.
I
will
add
that
we've
also
been
talking
with
rita
joseph
councilmember,
rita
joseph's
office.
I
actually
had
a
meeting
today
with
her
chief
of
staff,
where
this
was
discussed.
B
B
A
K
Thank
you
good
evening,
everyone.
This
is
a
conversation
that
we've
been
having
with
you
guys.
I've
been
attending
all
of
your
meetings,
I'm
always
here
to
listen
and
learn
and,
as
my
colleague
said,
we
might
when
we
move
this,
it
will
probably
fall
on
the
cultural
affairs.
It
might
fall
on
the
parks.
Councilmember
lewis
also
chairs
the
subcommittee
on
landmark
in
historical
sites.
So
that's
someone.
We
would
definitely
need
to
have
a
conversation
with.
I
know
from
what
I
understood
when
I
spoke
to
the
mayor.
K
He
was
on
board
antonio,
our
boat
president
is
just
waiting
on
us
when
you
guys
decide
on
what
we're
doing
so.
We
can
move
into
one
unit,
so
we're
working,
I'm
meeting
with
all
the
groups
and
I'm
at
you
met
with
sam
today.
So
we
know
that
what
you're
what
you,
what
your
grievances
are.
So
I
carry
them
with
me
at
city
hall.
To
also
say
this
is
what
my
district
want.
K
A
E
E
E
I'm
just
trying
to
have
an
idea,
because
the
my
understanding
of
this
meeting
was
to
determine
from
a
practice
standpoint
what
agencies
are,
how
we
as
a
board,
would
help
community
members
navigate
the
conversations
between
the
different
city
agencies
and
what
would
be
the
best
fit.
So
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
from
the
practical
standpoint.
A
G
I
don't
know
about
that,
but
but
it's
really
the
city's
call
call
on
best
agency,
but
I
think
that
this
has
already
been
a
fruitful
meeting
in
sort
of
identifying
a
a
kind
of
live
wire
path.
In
that
we've
got.
You
know
a
mayor
who
had
been
borough.
President
who's,
you
know
it
who
had
been
working
on
this,
and
so
it's
on
his
radar
already.
We
who
actually
was
rumored
at
one
point
to
want
to
hold
his
inauguration
there.
We
have
a.
G
We
have
a
council
member
who's,
the
chair
of
landmarks,
public
sightings
and
disposition
committee,
who
would
have
a
lot
of
poll
in
being
able
to
bring
that
through
committee
and
and
we
have
and
that
committee
sort
of
corresponds
to
or
or
you
know,
dovetails
with
dcla
and
lpc
remember.
This
was
already
a
historically
landmarked
location
prior
to
the
to
the
negative
deck
on
ps,
one
ps90,
so
that
seems
to
cre
there's
some
segways
there
that
might
be
fruitful.
G
I
I
would
caution
a
little
bit
on
parks,
I
mean
it's
the
department
of
parks
and
recreation
and
we
I
they
don't
have
budget
to
fix
their
swing
sets.
So
I
mean
I
just
that
worries
me
in
terms
of
that,
being
the
the
proper
mission
fit
or
whether
or
not
that'd
be
shoehorned.
Having
said
that,
you
know
there's.
On
the
other
hand,
we've
identified
this
space
way
back
when
we
had
a
planning,
fellow
as
potential
green
space.
G
So
so
maybe
there's
something
to
be
said
for
deep
for
department
of
parks,
but
I
mean
I
think,
dwayne.
The
answer
to
your
question
is
kind
of.
There
isn't
really
quite
an
answer
to
your
question.
I
think
it's
a
both
and
or
either
or
but
it
has
to
get
somewhere
and
I
don't
usually
throw
agencies
under
the
bus,
but
I'm
going
to
tell
you
the
story
that
when
I
contacted
hpd
to
say
this
is
no
longer
on
your
desks.
G
Where
is
it
they
said
I
should
reach
out
to
and
they
named
a
person
at
ciu
in
the
mayor's
office.
Well,
that
person
hadn't
been
at
cause
even
in
the
previous
mayor's
office.
So
that
worries
me.
It
worries
me
that
the
city
doesn't
have
this
in
a
on
a
on
a
desk,
but
I
think
those
are
really
good.
I
think
we
got.
E
Thanks
for
that
yeah,
I
just
I
see
a
message
in
the
chat
from
houston,
but
I
I'm
just
thinking
like
how
do
we
as
a
board,
help
act
as
navigators
to
you
know,
because
we're
supposed
to
be
navigators
and
for
our
community
to
get
access
to
the
different
city
agencies.
So
where
are
we
and
what
the
city
agency
would
ideal
city?
I
see.
I
see
that
alison
you
put
in
the
chat
that
dcla
is
the
preference
of
the
committee.
C
C
We
want
to
make
sure
that
the
history
is
preserved
and
that
the
future
generations
are
aware
of
it.
Regardless
to
how
the
community
may
be
changing
that
the
history
is
remembered
and
memorialized
and
not
forgotten,
so
I
will
hold
my
question
and
give
it
back
to
allison
to
add
on
to
it,
since
she
had
a
conversation
with
the
agency.
B
Well
also,
the
reason
why
dcla
also
makes
sense
is
that
they
already
have
a
property
management
portfolio,
so
we
wouldn't
be
starting
from
scratch.
They
and
they
understand
cultural
sensitivity.
That
work
is
part
of
their
vision
of
how
they're
proceeding
forward
in
terms
of
procedures
and
community
engagement.
B
It's
also
an
easier
agency
for
us
to
do
grant
funding
support
from
for
projects
that
would
directly
benefit
that
stewarding
that
that
property.
So
it
makes
sense-
and
it's
just
in
just
in
terms
of
experience-
that
other
organizations
have
had
it's
an
easier
agency
to
work
with
than
parks
in
terms
of
trying
to,
especially
if
we're
privileging
and
putting
forward
as
primary
importance
the
descending
community
engagement.
So
it's
just
an
easier
all-around
agency
for
us
to
work
with
in
this
regard,.
K
Thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
something.
I
know
I'm
for
sure
that
the
money
allocated
for
the
original
project
is
still
sitting
in
omb,
so
I
am
having
a
conversation
with
jajia
who's,
the
commissioner
of
omb,
on
how
we
hold
on
to
that
money
to
cut
to
fund
the
project
or
whatever
our
next
steps
are,
which
I
know
is
memorializing
making
sure
it's
an
educational
space
make
sure
it's
a
space
for
the
community
to
use.
K
A
C
It's
a
really
perfect
segue
to
what
councilwoman
joseph
had
just
mentioned,
and
my
question
is
to
the
task
force
and
create,
as
this
being
our
first
meeting
together.
My
question
is:
what
forms
of
community
engagement
is
community
board
14
planning
to
do
or
wants
to
do
or
have
done
since
the
original
mayor
task
force
concluded
in
the
spring
and
what
assistance
would
you
need
in
order
to
engage
the
community
where
we,
as
the
flatbush
african
burial,
ground
coalition,
can
assist,
and
I'm
sure
other
groups
that
are
on
can
assist
in
that
community
engagement.
A
A
A
Some
there
could
be,
and
I
don't
want
to
make
any
promises
again.
This
is
just
me
brainstorming
throwing
things
out
there,
but
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
fares
that
will
be
coming
to
our
community
over
the
summer.
It
is
possible
that
there
could
be
some
joint
work
between
community
board
14
and
the
coalition
and
other
community
groups
that
are
interested
to
table
at
those
groups.
A
We
had
some
thoughts
about
tabling
other
committees
at
the
flatbush
fair,
the
church
avenue
fair.
So
those
are
some
thoughts
again.
This
is
what
the
task
force
is
for.
I'm
not
leading
the
task
force,
I'm
a
member
of
it
and
I'm
here
to
facilitate
ideas
and
and
work
with
the
community
to
figure
out
the
best
way
to
gather
input.
C
A
So
in
thinking
about
this
meeting
tonight
and
understanding
that
the
the
the
burial
ground
is
not
just
that
section,
but
the
burial
ground
goes
all
the
way
across
bedford
avenue
to
the
gas
station.
Possibly
goes
all
the
way
to
schneider
avenue
and
around
the
corner.
So
it
there's
a
multitude
of
organizations
that
should
be
involved.
So
I
do
want
to
reach
out
to
the
chair
of
community
board
17
and
see
what
their
capacity
is
to
join
us
in
this
they're
in
the
middle
of
working
on
the
land
use
project.
G
A
D
D
So
I'm
wondering
are
there
any
other
groups
of
people,
organizations
that
have
made
themselves
known?
That
may
have
a
different
perspective
that
this
being
our
first
meeting,
we
shouldn't
be
deciding
anything.
Yet
we
should
just
be
gathering
information
and
if
there
are
any
other
perspectives,
I'd
like
to
hear
them
before
we
make
any
decisions
as
to
what
we
think
the
community
as
a
whole
wants
to
see
done
with
this
space.
A
Thanks
glenn,
I
mean
I
don't
really
see
this
task
force
as
a
decision-making
body
in
the
in
the
in
that
respect,
first
and
foremost,
and
then
also
and
and
overall
community
input.
In
terms
of
you
know,
the
our
district
and
in
community
district
17
is
important,
but
first
and
foremost
it's
the
descended
community.
That
has
priority
over
visioning
the
project
and
then
their
decisions
can
be
informed
by
perhaps
other
ideas
from
other
community
groups
and
other
community
members.
C
I
can
interject
if
I
can
interject
glenn.
I
know
that
you're,
a
brooklyn
historian
and,
as
one
would
know
in
reference
into
the
history
of
enslaved
africans
that,
unfortunately,
our
city
and
our
country
as
a
whole
do
not
actually
have
correct
or
accurate
or
accessible
documentation
where
ancestors
can
initially
be
found.
C
C
I
don't
know
whether
or
not
having
other
groups-
and
I
understand
you
want
to
make
it
really
broad.
So
everyone
has
a
say,
but
I
believe
that
in
communities
of
color,
where
the
city
basically
has
a
tendency
of
telling
us
what
we
want
without
adding
asking
us
and
that
being
the
initial
argument
that
we
were
able
to
get
the
housing
department
or
the
department
of
hpd
to
back
off
and
that
we
have
our
current
mayor
to
agree
upon
that
housing
should
not
be
there.
C
L
L
L
The
evolution
of
the
caribbean
diaspora,
the
largest
concentration
of
west
indian
aquarium
people
anywhere
in
the
world
outside
of
the
caribbean,
is
here,
and
this
diaspora
is
one
that
needs
to
be
reckoned
with
in
terms
of
the
whole
subject
of
african
slaves,
burial,
death,
and
so
we
do
have
a
large
on
announced
descending
community
as
well.
That
was
not
announced
and
it's
another
community
group
that
has
an
idea.
L
That
is
very,
very
important
in
my
estimation,
concerning
this
property,
and
we
know
that
before
there
were
boros,
there
were
towns
in
new
york,
and
this
is
the
only
town
remaining
in
new
york
that
still
has
the
town
hall
erected
and
the
square
of
bedford,
church,
flatbush
and
snyder
was
the
downtown
or
the
administrative
area
where
the
town
hall,
municipal,
building
courts
and
everything
was,
and
so
when
we
talk
of
the
burial
ground.
If
we
know-
and
I'm
glad
that
you
mentioned
that
may
go
all
the
way
back
to
rogers.
L
In
my
estimation,
it
go
all
the
way
back
to
holy
cross
cemetery
as
a
matter
of
fact.
So
when
you
talk
about
the
dutch
reform
cemetery
on
church
in
flatbush
and
holy
cross
cemetery-
and
you
know
there
on
brooklyn
avenue
to
schenectady
and
and
and
and
we
we
know
that
the
leftwards
farms
when
they
had
the
slaves
and
they
had
the
the
workers
on
the
farm
living
in
hux.
It
was
all
from
that
area
where
holy
cross
churches.
The
bedford
ground,
is,
if
you
know
the
history
of
it
before
it
became
what
it
is.
L
We
know
that
the
burial
run
is
not
only
there;
it
could
be
from
bedford,
as
you
said,
going
across
church
avenue,
going
across
bedford,
all
the
way
back,
and
so
the
concern
that
we
have-
and
we
would
like
to
have
a
discussion
about
this.
We
agree
with
hpd
getting
out
of
the
whole
business.
No
housing,
no
affordable
housing
should
be
go
to
be
done
there,
but
what
should
be
done
there?
And
this
is
our
estimation-
you're
talking
about
slaves,
we're
talking
about
africans
and
we're
talking
about
death.
L
I
feel
that
those
two
aspects,
health
and
violence
as
a
public
health
issue-
should
be
a
concern.
So
in
we
support
the
african
burial
ground
coalition.
We
support
the
efforts,
but
we
want
to
to
come
into
the
conversation
to
use
that
property
use
whatever
this
is
gonna,
be
going
there
to
raise
the
awareness
of
what's
happening
to
the
black
people
in
disparities
in
health
and
violence
in
the
community.
L
So
we
want
to
encourage
you
and
we
want
to
get
into
this
discussion.
We
have
a
very
large
group
of
descendants
as
well,
and
a
large
group
who
would
like
to
get
into
the
discussion
of
what
happens
on
the
lot
to
promote,
not
death
but
promote
life
of
the
black
and
the
historic
people
of
this
community.
A
J
Sorry
about
that.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
I
do
realize
that
there
are
some
folks
that
just
on
this
particular
meeting
may
not
have
been
aware
of
some
of
the
reports
and-
and
that
have
been
done
relative
to
this,
and
I
would
ask
that
on
community
ball
14,
we
actually
do
have
it
on
our
website
there.
There
was
a
lot
of
work
that
was
done
prior
to
leading
up
to
where
we
are
now
and
several
of
the
the
community
activists
are
actually
a
part
of
this
group
here.
J
A
Thank
you
very
much,
miss
smith
and
we
did
put
those
links
in
the
chat.
Thank
you
so
much
anya
for
doing
that.
I
appreciate
it
we'll
just
take
the
last
minute.
Thank
you
anya.
I
didn't
know
you
did
that
bang
allison,
you
had
your
hand
up
and
then
we'll
we'll
go
ahead
and
say
our
and
adjourn
this
meeting.
B
Yes,
I
would
just
add
that
we
can
use
this
opportunity
to
create
what
would
essentially
be
like
an
open
air
museum.
We
could
use
the
fencing
to
do
art
to
do
qr
coding
to
involve
to
use
the
space
in
that
way
to
do
some
of
the
programming
that
you
would
like
to
address
any
other
existing
currently
existing
community
concerns.
B
It's
just
that
we
need
to
as
long
as
we're
privileging
and
making
sure
that
we're
putting
forward
the
importance
of
descending
community
leadership
and
also
decision
making
and
engagement.
Then
that's
where
we're
going
to
get
the
most
robust
response
and
least
amount
of
pushback,
because
it's
coming
from
an
appropriate
source.
But
those
are
some
of
the
things
I
would
just
add
before
we
leave
out.
A
Okay,
it's
a
it's
a
legacy
hand
thanks
alrighty,
I
it
is
7
32.
We
we
should
wrap
it
up.
I
think
this
was
a
a
good
conversation,
a
good
start.
I
appreciate
everyone
who
attended
here
tonight
and
offered
your
advice,
the
legacy
of
your
work.
I
hope
that
we,
this
task
force,
can
be
a
good
support
in
terms
of
just
getting
through
this
process
and
again
it
was
a
pleasure
to
meet
you
all.
G
Joanne,
I'm
going
to
stop
you
from
ending
the
meeting
one
last
time
to
say
that
I've
put
youth
conference
information
in
the
chat,
because
wednesday
is
our
15th
annual
youth
conference
samantha.
Please
get
the
word
out
to
your
students
over
there
at
e
hall.
We
would
love
to
see
them
we're
going
to
have
over
50
organizations
and
a
lot
of
great
information,
job
opportunities
and
that
sort
of
thing
the
link
is
in
the
chat.
M
M
And
from
what
I'm
hearing
so
far
in
this
meeting,
we
have
a
lot
of
things
that
we
need
to
correlate.
I
want
to
suggest
a
meeting
between
this
group
agm
and
anybody
else
interested
in
this
event,
this
aspect
of
our
community,
because
it
under
harry
had
leadership.
We
made
a
whole
lot
of
inroads
that
in
being
discussed-
and
it
appears
as
though
we
tried
what
I
hear
now-
is
you're
trying
to
get
that
done
again.
M
These
things
were
already
done,
so
we
need
to
sit
down
together,
compare
notes
and
move
on
from
where
we
are
now
we're
in
a
lot
better
position
than
what
a
hearing
discuss
here
tonight.
We
are
in
a
lot
better
position,
so
we
need
to
meet
together
soon
and
I
don't
know
how.
But
whenever
the
arrangements
for
harriet's
homegoing
is
announced
I'll
be
passing
it
on.
I
don't
know
I'll,
send
it
to
this
address,
or
this
number
or
samantha,
maybe
absolutely
samantha's
number,
but
we'll
be
in
touch,
and
it's
sad.
M
But
it's
it's
something
we
had
to
deal
with.
This
is
life
and
we
got
to
move
all
we
had
to
keep
going
forward.
So
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
and
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you
as
a
group
doing,
and
I
hope
we
could
get
together
and
do
a
lot
more.
This
has
it
we
reached
a
far
away
already.
We
still
have
a
long
way
to
go,
but
we
could
do
it
together.
We
will
do
it
together.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity.