REMARKS
Joseph C. Borelli explains his vote and makes disclosures
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Council Member Joseph C. Borelli briefly explains his vote on the budget, focusing mainly on personal disclosures related to his family and professional activities. He concludes by voting in favor of most items, with some exceptions.
- Borelli mentions his wife's influence as a NYC public school special education teacher
- He discloses his sons' participation in city-funded sports programs
- Borelli reveals his role as a professor at the College of Staten Island
- He votes "aye" on most items, except for preconsidered Resolutions 482, 483, 496, M57, and Resolutions 485, 486, 487, and 488
Joseph C. Borelli
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Thank you.
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I will because it's Sunday and it is you know, it's a day we all anticipated perhaps being home.
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I will refrain from my usual.
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We're spending more than Switzerland speech.
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We are.
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I will refrain from the usual budgets or priorities, and here's why I hate the budget, but why I'm voting yes speech that's become sort of standard in not just in this legislative body, but in many.
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But I do have to make some disclosures.
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Number 1, I actually listened to my wife.
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She's she's a very, very smart woman, but she teaches New York City Public School Special Ed Children.
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And she does have an influence on the work I do here every day.
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So sometimes we forget why we disclose these things.
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It's not all bad.
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Things like that are good.
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Number 2, my son has a cannon.
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You're gonna see him in the NFL.
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He actually got the only completed touchdown pass in his kindergarten division.
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As part true true story.
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True story.
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As part of the 911 flag football league, which we are funding.
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My other son got a hat trick in the Parks Department Beach Soccer tournament hat tip to commissioner and all her staff Donnie, you and all his staff, they did a great job.
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But he's part of the Staten Island youth soccer league.
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Patrick, that's not bad.
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He had a good season too.
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And finally, my favorite disclosure is that every year, about 80 young undergraduates get stuck with me for 3 hours a week where I get to indoctrinate them with my beliefs.
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Which is a wonderful thing.
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And they pay me, which is fantastic.
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So I just I'll disclose that I am a professor at the college of Staten Island.
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So speaker, thank you for your leadership here doing the the the pushing and pulling that we all expect you to do and a fine job.
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With that, I will vote a eye on all with the exception of pre considered Reso's 482, 483, 496, and M57, as well as Reso's 485, 486, 487, and 488.
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Thank you.