REMARKS
Council Member Alexa Avilés on her Legislation for Shore Power in Redhook
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Council Member Alexa Avilés makes a statement on her legislation to implement shore power in Redhook, emphasizing its environmental and public health benefits.
- Avilés thanks the majority leader, Council Member Batcher, and Redhook community members for their support and advocacy.
- She highlights the legislation's aim to address environmental impacts and traffic mitigation concerns.
- Avilés points out the significant reduction in emissions from idle cruise ships and vehicles as a climate justice win.
- She urges her colleagues to vote in favor of the legislation to continue efforts to decarbonize the city and protect air and water quality.
Alexa Avilés
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Good morning.
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Thank you, chair.
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You took all my comments away and made them even more elegant than I would have.
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But first and foremost, I wanna thank you majority majority leader for helping shepherd this legislation through for the hearing and for being a champion alongside me.
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I also wanna thank council member, Batcher, who has been with us every step of the way, who is also deeply impacted by this legislation.
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But most importantly, I have to thank the community members of Redhook who long before my time as council member.
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Championed getting shore power in Redhook, the first on the East Coast.
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That was directly a directly evolve from their work as advocates.
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So we are at our best as legislators.
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When bills we write reflect the residents' wants and desires and needs.
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And so while this measure is far from perfect, it does begin to address an environmental impact and traffic mitigation concerns that long have gone unaddressed.
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And as you mentioned, this is a climate justice win.
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For our communities, but for our city.
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As people know, idling cruise ship emissions are equal to 34,000 tractor trailer idling trucks, and in a more recent study, a 1,000,000 idling cars.
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This will have a huge impact.
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So I just wanna thank everyone.
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I urge my colleagues to vote I and look forward to continuing to decarbonize our city, prioritize the health and wellness of our residents, and make sure that we are protecting our air and our water.
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So thank you so much.
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I vote I.
