TESTIMONY
Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public on Criticizing the Public Advocate's Role in Open Data and Proposing COPIC Reforms
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3 min
Christopher Leon Johnson criticizes Jumaane Williams, the Public Advocate and Chair of the Committee on Public Information and Communication (COPIC), for neglecting open data and transparency in New York City.
- Johnson accuses Williams of focusing on other priorities over open data and transparency.
- He suggests removing Williams from the chairmanship of COPIC and making COPIC an independent agency.
- Johnson argues this change is needed for more effective advocacy for open data in the city.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Hello.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson.
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So Thank you chair gutierrez and having this hearing.
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Now I wasn't here for earlier.
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I was busy covering this rally about con anti being such being gets congested pricing.
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I know this I'm gonna do the hearing, but Jennifer, I think you should be a good suggested pricing.
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But that's the we could talk about the record about that.
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Now about that.
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We talk a little bit about that.
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So but I wanted to open data.
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Now, where is our public advocate?
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Where is our so called public advocate?
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Johnny Williams about this stuff?
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He should be in every public hearing, every hearing about Open Data.
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You know why?
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Because Giovanni Williams is the chair coped.
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And everybody in the city had to know about Copic.
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Copic oversees all the date, oversees all of the data in New York City.
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Now this public advocate, he makes sure that he make sure that this is not mentioned about his office.
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All he cares about is being woke and defending the cops and create crippling the NYPD instead of being more transparent to the people say, I'm the chair coptic, and I came out the data.
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So This is my advice of Mister Gutierrez.
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You're you're the chair of the Technology Committee.
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You need to introduce a bill into the city council with the help of the ethics committee with Sandra Ong, to remove Giuliani Williams as the chair of Copic, and make Copic a separate agency that the mayor's office and the city council got point someone that's independent, that's non elected official because Giuliani Williams is not doing his job as a chair of Copic.
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He is a horrible chair of Copic.
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He does not care about open data in New York City.
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You have this the the the people here that actually represents OTI cares about data than the public advocate.
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Where's our public advocate about this?
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Where's our where's our so called public advocate?
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I bet if the if the oh, if the a conflict was about default with you love default the cops.
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Or OTI, he'll make a big deal.
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But because it's only about data data data and, like, metro metro stuff, he doesn't give it them.
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So we have to get rid of your money, Williams, at the the chair tactic.
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We have to get rid of this position.
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Hey, about the whole position.
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Emergency with OTI.
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Emergency with the department of OTI.
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Please.
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Because Giuliani is not here.
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Where's Giuliani?
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Where anybody in this office right here that's a representative new pub NYCPA the New York State public app goes, please raise your hand.
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I don't see no way raising their hand here.
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You know why?
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Because they don't give it them.
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All the kebabs, defund the cops, equipment to cops, and protecting liars like Yusuf Salom, who relies on cops all the time.
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That's all he cares about.
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He doesn't he doesn't give a damn about no no open data.
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He doesn't give a damn about anything.
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It's all about defunding the cops.
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A protecting WLP, protecting the work agenda, and that's all we care about.
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So where is our public advocate?
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We gotta get rid of the public advocate position.
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Because the public advocacy business didn't do nothing.
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If people people need people in the open data movement, open data movement need to stop calling to stop out.
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And I know you you just work with Albany that's funded by Mark Gorton.
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They need to start calling this stuff out too, but we all know why because Mark Gorton funds transportation alternatives He funds open plans.
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He funds arrives the lines.
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He funds rebate Albany, and Jumani Williams is for congestion price saying, he's for the bike pro lobby, so he's not gonna say anything about this stuff.
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So get rid of Jomani William.
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Not angry.
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He's never like, I'm not telling me rule.
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Get rid of Jamari Williams.
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He's capital trans all he's capital all these nonprofits.
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He doesn't give a damn about no no no no open open data.
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It's all gotta say.
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Thank you so much.