REMARKS
Council Member Lincoln Restler Explains His Vote to Override the Mayor's Vetoes
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Council Member Lincoln Restler supports overriding the vetoes, thanking Speaker Adams and the Public Advocate for their leadership.
He highlights the disproportionate racial impact of level 1 stops and the urgent need for reform, emphasizing solidarity with the black and Latino communities and the importance of today's reforms for greater NYPD oversight and ending jail torture.
Speaker 2
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Russell.
Speaker 37
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Permission to explain my vote.
Speaker 1
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Permission granted.
Speaker 37
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Thank you, Matt, a majority leader.
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I'd personally like to be associated with the remarks of our speaker and our public advocate.
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Thank you both for your moral clarity and leadership and courage The people of New York City are indebted to each of you and to the extraordinary campaigns that have fought over many years during many moralities and many speakerships to get us to the point today when we are overriding the vetoes of mayor Adams.
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I have been deeply disturbed by his misinformation campaign.
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And I am deeply disturbed by some of the comments that I've heard on the floor today.
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I have news that I'd like to share racism exists.
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While less than 50% of the people in New York City are black, or Latino, 97% of the people who face level 1 stops are black and Latino.
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About 90% of the people on Rikers Island are black and Latino.
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This is urgent.
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This is necessary.
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The reforms that we are are putting into law today will bring greater oversight and accountability to the NYPD, and it will end torture in our jails.
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I am proud.
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Deeply proud to vote I.