REMARKS
Council Member Brewer Discusses Challenges with Smoke Shops and NYCHA Corruption
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Council Member Brewer addresses two critical issues - the closure of smoke shops located near schools and the current developments in night shift corruption. Highlighting the involvement of multiple state and city agencies in the effort to shut down smoke shops, Brewer emphasizes the necessity for a unified approach. Additionally, Brewer appreciates the Department of Education and the US Attorney for exposing NYCHA corruption, stressing the importance of protecting whistleblowers who come forward with information.
Speaker 15
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Thank you.
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I just wanna mention 2 topics.
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1 smoke shops and 1 night shift.
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Just in terms of smoke shops, I've been trying to close one in my area, which is right next to a school.
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And I just want to give you a sense of the challenges, although you may know.
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There are 2 state agencies working on this.
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There are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, city agencies working on this topic.
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PD, health, corp council, consumer and worker protection, the district attorney, the sheriff, old.
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And I would say also the Department of Education because that's where the students are unfortunately taking advantage of it.
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I wanna say that this administration should put everybody in one room in order to get these smoke shops closed.
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Number 2, on the night shift.
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I wanna thank the the DOE investigation and the US attorney.
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I will say that as we speak, whistleblower's are calling my office to say what should they do because they know of other corruption.
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And I hope that our whistleblower law is held up and that the individuals who come forth are not ostracized or penalized by anybody because it's very challenging to be a whistleblower, but I wanna thank those 2 agencies for bringing this to our attention.
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Thank you very much.
Speaker 1
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Thank you.
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Council member is wrong, followed by Nazis and wrestler.
