TESTIMONY
Towaki Komatsu on Issues with Public Meeting Attendance, Shelter Conditions, and Inaction by Officials
4:56:44
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3 min
Towaki Komatsu testifies about being illegally barred from a public meeting, poor shelter conditions, and city officials' inaction.
- Komatsu claims he was kept out of a public meeting through a planned email among city personnel.
- He describes being assaulted in a micro shelter, highlighting the lack of basic amenities and inadequate care.
- Komatsu criticizes the city council's engagement and accountability during his testimony.
- He questions the financial management of the shelter's $38 million contract, given the poor conditions.
- Despite seeking legal and advocacy assistance, Komatsu feels stonewalled and demands action on shelter issues and public meeting access.
Towaki Komatsu
4:56:44
Hi.
4:56:45
I'm Tawaki Komatsu.
4:56:46
I'm sitting in the seat at Scott French of HRA was sitting in earlier today.
4:56:50
After he sent an email on October 25 2017 at 8:54 AM to other city of New York personnel to collude and conspire with them to illegally keep me out of a public meeting in Brooklyn.
4:57:05
That email reads high Rachel, Molly, and commissioner Carry On.
4:57:09
I just wanted to make you aware that Mister Komatsu, who has attended several events for the mayor and pressure banks are in attendance, indicated at a autistic council team last night that commissioner Levin and commissioner Perkins held that he was planning on attending today's resource fair and expected that he wouldn't be allowed to the fair wanted to flag for you so you could let Redmond know who is very familiar with Mister Komatsu, he may ultimately not chew up, but wanted to flag as a possibility.
4:57:38
Yesterday, I was in this room 10 days ago, I talked to you, Mister Ayala.
4:57:43
Yesterday, I sent you an email earlier today.
4:57:47
I got assaulted in a micro shelter 10 days ago.
4:57:50
What did I talk to you about?
4:57:52
I talked to you about being in a micro shelter.
4:57:54
I told you you weren't doing anything about that problem.
4:57:58
I got really nasty points to my head yesterday.
4:58:01
I was bleeding all over the floor.
4:58:03
You had watching the commissioner of DSS here today, lied straight to your face.
4:58:09
I've had fair hearing.
4:58:10
She complimented OTA.
4:58:11
The fear hearings are with OTTDA.
4:58:14
OTTDA currently employs DSS's former general counsel, Martha Calhoun.
4:58:19
I also talked to Amiri Scalia, the current general counsel.
4:58:22
She basically b s me today in this room.
4:58:26
So this is a budget hearing.
4:58:28
And in terms of a quorum, this is a public meeting, a public forum.
4:58:32
Where are your coworkers?
4:58:33
Empty seats all around.
4:58:35
So one of the prerequisites for having a public meeting is having a quorum.
4:58:39
Your coworkers are nowhere to be found.
4:58:41
The woman over there, she was just having a side chat chat with I think Rita Joseph over here not paying any attention to someone testimony.
4:58:49
So with regards to the shelter that I'm currently in, it has a $38,000,000 contract.
4:58:55
It's run by VIP.
4:58:56
I don't know what that stands for, but they regularly don't have toilet paper in the bathrooms.
4:59:00
They don't have soap in the soap dispensers.
4:59:02
The meals are minimal.
4:59:04
So Where the heck are they spending the money?
4:59:08
And when I got assaulted, no first aid kit, I was chip blood dripping all over the freaking floor.
4:59:13
I asked for ice pack.
4:59:15
Sorry.
4:59:17
So what exactly are you gonna do and when to prevent people who don't have mental illness don't have a drug abuse problem, don't have any criminal background from being coerced to reside in Micah Facilities that are basically a freaking time bomb.
4:59:32
I talked to miss Holder, agent Holder who's here.
4:59:34
I specifically asked her, what can you do?
4:59:36
Maybe commence litigation against DHS.
4:59:38
She basically still walled me and referred me to Collision for the homeless.
4:59:42
Josh Goldstein of legal aid referred me to Collision for the homeless.
4:59:45
They didn't follow-up.
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That was, like, a week ago.
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And then I got a swift punch in my head yesterday.
4:59:52
So what are you gonna do?
Diana I. Ayala
4:59:53
I'm sorry to hear about your incident yesterday, and I hope that you got that checked out and your time is over.
Towaki Komatsu
5:00:01
Even though you let other people go pass their time limit?
Diana I. Ayala
5:00:03
I let you go over your pass your timeline.
Towaki Komatsu
5:00:05
So New York state New York State Supreme Court judge, Lyle Frank, please void today's hearing.
5:00:09
Thank you.
