REMARKS
David M. Carr explains his vote on budget resolutions
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Council Member David M. Carr expresses gratitude for the budget process and announces his voting intentions on various resolutions. He thanks key figures including Speaker Adams and Minority Leader Joe Borrelli, as well as numerous staff members for their work on the budget.
- Carr wishes everyone a happy pride
- He specifically thanks Speaker Adams for support to Staten Island, Southwest Brooklyn, and Minority Leader Joe Borrelli for advocacy
- Carr announces he will vote no on preconsidered resolutions 482, 483, 496, 57, and resolutions 485, 486, 487, and 488, while voting aye on the rest
David M. Carr
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Carr.
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A permission to explain my vote.
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Permission, Vincent.
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Thank you, majority leader.
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I just want to wish everyone a happy pride, of course, since we're here today.
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But in particular, I just want to give some thank you for this year's budget, of course, I WANT TO THANK SPEAKER ADAMS FOR ONCE AGAIN PROVING HERself A FRIEND TO STAN ISLAND Southwest BROOKLAND AND MINORDA LEADER JOE Borrelli FOR ALL OF HIS ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF MY DISH and our home borrow.
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But so much of what we accomplish here is also the work of staff.
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And having been a former staff for myself, I would be remiss I didn't thank some of them by name.
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Of course, the speakers chief of staff Jeremy John for his open door and his willingness to work with my office and myself Tanisha Edwards for her diligent advocacy always across budget cycles.
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Richard Lee, Emeritus, Mike Tumi, Jimmy Ray, is Carolina Gill, and so many others that were named by other colleagues today, Peter Spencer from the minority leader's office, and then from my own staff, Giuseppe Dezario and Lauren Santaneo.
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And with that said, I'll be voting no on pre considered resolutions 482, 483, 496, and then 57.
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As well as resolutions 485, 486, 487, and 488, and I on the rest.
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Thank you.