TESTIMONY
Testimony by Anna Leon: Advocating for Her Services As a Way to Enhance Tourism
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Anna Leon testifies before the City Council, sharing her experiences and the value she brings to New York City as a photographer and videographer on the Brooklyn Bridge. With over 19 months of work, Leon highlights her role in enhancing tourism by providing memorable souvenirs for visitors. She makes a case for the proposal to allow vending on the bridge, stating that her activities contribute positively to the city and help support her family in an expensive living environment.
Speaker 43
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Your travel hotels and where they are looking.
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Commodels, photographers, and they are simultaneously.
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Thank you.
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So good afternoon.
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Thank you for letting me talk in front of you.
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Thank you to the president, Julie Manning, and all the members of the committee.
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I my name is Hannah Leon.
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I work in the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Doing videos and photographs.
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I've been doing that for more than 19 months.
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I would like to encourage you to accept this proposal because I think that I'm not doing anything wrong.
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We are good people trying to do good things, and I think that we are contributing to the tourism.
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To encourage the tourism of people here in the United in the New York City because people like to have videos of New York when they come to visit.
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And this way, I can't help support my family and I can pay my bills because New York City is a very expensive city to live in.
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So I would I would like to ask you to support this proposal because I think it's not gonna be a problem.
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I think that New York City has worse problems and worse issues than what is happening in the bridge.
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So thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 1
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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Next.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Thank you.
