TESTIMONY
Testimony by Oscar Garcia, New York City Football Club Fan, on Community Impact of NYCFC
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Oscar Garcia, a longtime New York City Football Club (NYCFC) fan from Keystone, testifies in support of an NYCFC-related project. He emphasizes the club's commitment to community engagement and its potential positive impact on future generations. Additional points include:
- Garcia highlights NYCFC's focus on people over profits, citing their treatment of fans and community involvement.
- He mentions the club's efforts to teach soccer to local youth.
- Garcia expresses his belief that NYCFC's community-oriented approach sets them apart from other sports franchises.
Oscar Garcia
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Cheer Riley and members of the council.
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Thank you for having me here.
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My name is Oscar Garcia.
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I'm from Keystone.
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So this project is close to my heart, and I'm also a New York City football fan.
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As well as a 6 month ticket holder since the beginning.
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And New York City football club has shown from the beginning that there are a sporting a sporting venture, not a business venture.
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So they care about people more than profits.
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Because like since from the beginning, how they treat us and what they've done to the to the community as well as so many kids that have come out of come out of the economy, which is like this.
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The farm for the teams.
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Correct?
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Guys like Justin Hag from Bushwick, James Sanson Rye, And of course, they've engraved from the Bookietown Bronx, which is very proud.
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And these kids, if New York City wasn't here, I don't think the school would have been found.
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So New York City is is going moving forward creating and stopping pay for play.
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Which is all our parents know how much does it cost to bring a kid in New York City.
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Queens, especially if they wanna play soccer, how expensive it is.
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New York City is gonna eliminate that.
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I believe that they will.
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So this is for our kids, for our grandkids, not just for us now, and I I see it in the community how this has all changed.
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They mentioned Friday night, I mean Saturday night lights.
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Flushing high school just started in Just recently, we never had that in Queens where kids don't have to pay to go learn how to play soccer, promo professional team.
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So that's where I support this the most.
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Never mind that I'm a fan, that soccer is my religion, football is my religion.
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Never mind that.
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But just that we have a New York City football team riding football team riding on their community, that's gonna help our kids, our grandkids, great grandkids.
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Because they're here to stay.
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And I cannot say that about any other football French any other sports franchise like Dundee.
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Thank you very much.