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Council Member Abreu Discusses Housing Stability and Support For Legal Action Against Mayor
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In his speech, Council Member Abreu reflects on personal experiences and a career advocating for tenant rights to emphasize the urgent need for legislative action to enhance housing stability. Drawing from past promises to address bureaucratic obstacles that disadvantage the economically vulnerable, Abreu casts a vote to uphold those commitments, urging council members to follow suit to fulfill their collective promise to New Yorkers.
Speaker 12
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Thank you, Majority Leader.
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Last May, when this council first passed legislation to keep more of our families housed, and eliminate the bureaucratic practices that emiserate and humiliate New Yorkers for the crime of being poor.
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I spoke about my own experience.
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I talked about what it feels like to be evicted from your home as a child.
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I spoke about the people I represented in my career as a tenant rights attorney.
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And I promised New Yorkers that we were going to do something revolutionary.
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We were we were going to start helping people before their lives fell apart.
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Nearly a year later, that promise has not been realized.
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So today, I am casting a vote to make clear that my word means something.
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That this council's word means something.
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In this chamber, we follow through on our promises.
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And for that reason, I encourage my colleagues to Vodai.
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Thank you, Maciarly.
Speaker 1
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Thank you, council member, Breo.
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Would anyone else like to speak?
