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Council Member Susan Zhuang Explains Her Vote Against Overriding the Mayor's Vetoes
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Council Member Susan Zhuang explains her vote against overriding the mayor's veto, voicing support for the How Many Stops Act.
She focuses on public safety as a priority in her district, her support for the NYPD, and her personal experiences with hate crimes.
Zhuang stresses the importance of acknowledging the sacrifices of police officers and supports increasing the NYPD's budget rather than requiring more paperwork from officers. She concludes her statement by supporting the Mayor's veto and translating her support into Chinese.
Speaker 2
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Join.
Speaker 13
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No.
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But I want to explain my vote.
Speaker 1
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Permission, Granson.
Speaker 13
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I want to thank you.
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My coworkers here work on this bill, but for my district, I have been knocked thousands of doors last year.
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The first priority in my district is the public safety.
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You might restrict people want to support police officers.
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You might restrict 3, 103 people have been experienced hate And as a as a as a Asian, I have experienced hate crime in my district also.
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When we talk about lives, we lost, we forget to talk about the lives we lost as a police officer.
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In 2024, December twenties, we lost 2 fathers, 2 brothers, detective Wan Jin Lu, who is a Asian detective Ramos, who is a Latino.
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Their life also lost line of duty.
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No one ever mentioned that.
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When I have been helped their families ever since, I know how much they went through.
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In their life.
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No one give them a chance to fill out their paperwork rather than require more paperwork.
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We should focus on increasing NYPD's budget to hire more police officers, which is a core to action support by the overwhelming majority out of of my constituents.
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Therefore, I'm supporting of the mayor's veto.
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And also, I want to say that in Chinese.
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Thank you.