TESTIMONY
Sommay Jaijong, Owner of May Kaidee Vegan Thai Restaurant, on Zoning Changes to Allow Dancing and Promote Veganism
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Sommay Jaijong, owner of May Kaidee Vegan Thai Restaurant, testifies in support of zoning amendments that would allow dancing at small venues like his restaurant.
- Jaijong shares his journey from a small village in Northeast Thailand to owning a restaurant in New York City that showcases Thai culture and vegan cuisine.
- He argues that current zoning laws restrict dancing, preventing him from fully sharing traditional Thai music and dance with his customers.
- Jaijong believes that allowing dancing in venues with less than 200 people, like his restaurant, would facilitate cultural exchange and community building.
- He expresses a desire to offer cooking classes on vegan cuisine to promote healthier eating habits and combat obesity in New York City.
- Jaijong advocates for the zoning changes as a way to support both cultural diversity and public health initiatives through dance and vegan food education.
Sommay Jaijong
5:14:00
My name is as a matter of, and I am the owner of make a deal restaurant.
5:14:06
I am speak today support of the zoning for a common mix.
5:14:11
Opportunity to the modernized zoning derivatives to dancing.
5:14:19
We are a weekend Irish road and have been at 215 East Broadway in Manhattan since 1993.
5:14:29
On honoring at restaurants in New York and Thailand and Bangkok and restaurant and cooking school also I come from a small village in Northeast of Thailand, and the people are poor and will warrable family and culture transition.
5:14:49
At my restaurant, we have a karate machine and have guest for Saturday night party.
5:14:57
I am very proud of Thai culture and light traditional Thai music and dense under current zoning law.
5:15:07
We are not support to dense.
5:15:10
It is straight.
5:15:11
That is legal to have live music, but for my tight densed, for my kosher dancing is not allowed.
5:15:24
I want to chair the closure of my country, New York City, will be head healthy when we share on the interest in each other.
5:15:37
I support with new zoning with dancing and stitcher, entertainment, lower dancing for venues.
5:15:49
With less than 200 people, like my restaurant.
5:15:53
And also one thing I want to talking about healthy and vegan, I want to moved together, not only for dancing, but it moved for the food.
5:16:03
I want to volunteer about the cooking class for everyone want to be healthy.
5:16:07
In New York, that one really important for people.
5:16:10
And even I see people, I say fat and not unhealthy that I feel fat with that.
5:16:16
I want to do something today for like, from Thailand, but I want to do something for when people eating something, not healthy, I feel sad.
5:16:25
Then then I want to be with something.
5:16:27
I can teach people about unhealthy.
5:16:29
Thank you so much.