REMARKS
Council Member Mercedes Narcisse Speaks in Support of the How Many Stops Act
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse, sharing insights from her nursing background, emphasizes the importance of unity, transparency, and technology in building trust between police officers and the community.
She strongly voices her support for the How Many Stops Act.
Speaker 5
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My vote today I wanna emphasize the unity.
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My vote will reflect the core value that we we are one city.
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United and not divided.
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This act is a stark toward is a stark towards is a stark towards ensuring that every resident, regardless of where they live or what they look like, can trust that their right are being respected and protected.
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I have respect for my police officers.
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I'm very close.
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A whole immense respect for them.
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I wanna work close with my police officers.
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And the division, the word that I'm hearing, is heartbreaking.
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So the commitment that we are here, we committed to, is transparency.
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I will give you an example as a nurse.
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As a nurse where I recall vividly that when I had to do paperworks, when we had to change the technology, We did not know.
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But when we change to technology, it become much easier.
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And if I'm doing the right thing, I don't have to concern about putting it because we want to make sure that the great police officers, that doing their work, that is not intertwined with those that don't want to do that work.
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Giving a report, according to all the statistic we're seeing, we're seeing that folks are being suffered in their community.
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There's no trust between police officers and community anymore.
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So if we can make one step towards transparency, I think it's a time to do it now.
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So I before I'll stand, because I had there's so many questions coming to me, and I did not want to make any mistake.
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I'm saying, like, maybe there's something that I did not see in the bill.
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But when I review it and ask question and go over and over, and I say, if I have to make one step toward transparency, to make sure the great police officers that doing their work can be outstanding as they are.
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And those that don't want to do the work, then we can see it.
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So it is about trusting, building trust between officers and communities.
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And as far as the mayor, like the public advocate mentioned that we can talk.
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We can have the understanding of what we're doing because the city of New York is a great city.
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And we can still hold people accountable if they're doing something wrong.
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And right now, I'm so happy to be part of the team, the criminal justice, team to make sure that we have the transparency that we need in our community.
Speaker 2
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Thank you, Kelsey.
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Next, we'll hear from Kelsey over Paladino.
