TESTIMONY
Testimony: Aldo Alfolores on Timbale Terrace and Music Education
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Aldo Alfolores, an author, artist, and Latin music educator, testifies on the significant impact of the Timbale Terrace project. He emphasizes its dual focus on affordable housing and music education in Spanish Harlem, highlighting music's role in community building and the importance of preserving artistic legacies.
Speaker 21
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My name is Aldo Alfolores, and I'm an author artist and Latin music educator.
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Producer of 100 years of Latin music in New York over YouTube.
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And what I wanna say is affordable housing can save lives while music can heal the soul the body, and the mind bringing communities together.
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It's Hana Medbach, because we know it, has always been a community of Porta Weekends, African Americans, immigrants, and many of the diverse ethnic groups living here today.
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And he has always been a poor working class community that born in music art and poetry to these streets.
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In fact, the history of rap music in New York begins and can be traced to the opening of the first rap music record shop on my sentence Hernandez in 1927 and on 14th Street And Park Avenue.
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For the past 100 years, these streets have been steeped in our syncopated rhythms, drums, chants, and songs.
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From classical to popular music.
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The the combined building is a direct partnership with this community.
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It is a united effort between affordable housing and music education and presentation that will directly impact not only youth, but many families also hear and coming to Spanish Harlem who need and deserve affordable housing.
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Reagan almost took music out of our public schools back in the 19 eighties leaving this huge gap in the instruction of children and the building of character to a few patchy and inconsistent organizations gathered throughout the city.
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Here, we have an opportunity to bring a cohesive and consistent stream of music, history, and education back to this diverse community alongside affordable housing for you think families.
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As of the lifelong resident of Enbacio, an author, an artist, an activist, I am for an appeal especially on this significant day of love to approve the building and creation of this musical center within this complex of affordable housing to raise our pride and cohesion as our community.
Speaker 22
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Time as
Speaker 21
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our community.
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And artistic legacy.
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Thank you.
Speaker 1
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
Speaker 2
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Okay.
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Brian Dickerson?
Speaker 1
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I would also like to recognize council member Felise is joining us online virtually.