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Council Member Shahana Hanif Explains Her Vote to Override the Mayor's Vetoes

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Council Member Shahana Hanif discusses her reasons for voting to override the mayor's vetoes.

Speaker 2
1:08:32
Honey.
Speaker 25
1:08:33
Permission to explain my vote,
Speaker 1
1:08:35
permission granted,
Speaker 25
1:08:38
ity Brandon Rodriguez, Leilin Polanco, Khalil Bravo, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi's police records.
1:08:48
Black among brown New York bushyder on live habitat nominal and white PD delinquuity hash.
1:08:53
Agent of Shochutta, bitter person.
1:08:59
Councilorbito Chate, Polisie, Jabab, Di Momulok, Babusta, Jononirapater, Patadono, Opari, Opari Hardu.
1:09:14
I emphatically voted I to override the Maersk mist guided vetoes of both intro 549 and intro 586, I think speaker Adams Public advocate Williams, criminal justice chair, nurse, public safety chair, Salam, and the Jill's actually coalition CPR all directly impacted New Yorkers for their clear principled leadership on these critical bills.
1:09:35
As co chair of the progress of caucus.
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I'm proud that our membership has championed these bills as core priorities of our legislative agenda.
1:09:42
Solidary confinement is torture.
1:09:44
It causes people to physically and mentally deteriorate and exacerbates violence.
1:09:49
The council must do more to end senseless debts in our jails.
1:09:54
Regarding intro586, the NYPD must provide the public with basic data on who it stops and why.
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Doing so is not a distraction from police work.
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It is police work.
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The NYPD's long history of disproportionately stopping Black and Brown New Yorkers necessitates increased transparency.
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With these vetoes, mayor Adams has shown that his regressive policy positions align with Republicans, COBRA, and the PBA.
1:10:18
The failure of his misinformation campaign shows that these positions do not align with the majority of New Yorkers.
1:10:26
I am proud to stand with the diverse and representative council that overwhelmingly believes that humane conditions in jails and common sense police accountability measures are essential to public safety.
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