TESTIMONY
Testimony by Luis Davimen Dossa: A Vendor's Experience and Support for the Brooklyn Bridge Bill
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3 min
Luis Davimen Dossa, a vendor and member of the Street Vendor Project (SVP), shares his testimony in support of the bill allowing vending on the Brooklyn Bridge. Highlighting his work creating 360 video souvenirs for tourists, Dossa paints a personal picture of how vending on the Brooklyn Bridge supported his family and provided memorable experiences for visitors.
Originally from Venezuela, Dossa expresses gratitude towards the United States for providing opportunities and appeals to the City Council for continued support to ensure his and other vendors' ability to work and thrive in New York City.
Speaker 11
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Good afternoon.
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My name my name is Luis Davimen Dossa, and a member of the SVP, First of all, I wanted to say thanks to god for everything and also to you, miss president, Julie Manning, to give me the opportunity to raise my voice and this committee's meeting, and to give me the opportunity to present my testimony and the day of today, whatever.
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Okay?
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And by the way
Speaker 8
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okay.
Speaker 53
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Okay.
Speaker 11
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Okay.
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I support the the the project and the bill, and because this bill will allow us for us to work and to sell in the in the bridges, especially the Brooklyn Bridge.
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My main job was to build or to or to or to these tiny videos, right, that would show that to recent in New York.
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These videos are 360 video.
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I'm not sure you know this video, miss I mean, So I was I was making these videos in the Brooklyn Bridge so that people can have a good memory when they were visiting New York.
Speaker 40
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Okay.
Speaker 11
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So the people we're being we're getting, like, a very good memory in New York.
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Thanks to the videos that I was making, and I was able to help my family, to support my family financially, And thanks to these videos I was making there when I was working at the Brooklyn Bridge, I was able to eat my own food to pay for my own food and to also pay my bills.
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As you know, I'm an immigrant of the Republic of Venezuela, And and I'm very grateful to this great nation as the United States of America to help me because I know you help me, and you're trying to make my life a little better for me and my family.
Speaker 47
3:34:34
Okay.
Speaker 53
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That are metatimonio, the alarm data.
Speaker 11
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Okay.
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And once again, I g ten q to you, miss miss President, miss Manning, and also to all the committee members here in the New York City Council to give me the opportunity to present my testimony and I want you to listen to everything has saved to all of you.
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And in what way you can help me, and I wanted to give this testimony to all of you and God bless you all.
Speaker 1
3:35:09
Mhmm.
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Okay.
3:35:10
Thank you.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you, Okay.
3:35:15
Thank you.
Speaker 11
3:35:22
Okay.