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Council Member Shekar Krishnan introduces intro water safety crisis and legislation
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Council Member Shekar Krishnan addresses water safety crisis and introduces new legislation while honoring late activist David Lopez.
- Krishnan welcomes interns Clara Bonfuly and Sarah Sanders for the day and summer
- He announces the introduction of two pieces of legislation to address the city's water safety crisis
- Krishnan offers condolences for David Lopez, a human rights activist and housing justice advocate
- He shares personal memories of Lopez's impact on his career and community organizing
- Krishnan expresses continued commitment to carrying forward Lopez's work
Shekar Krishnan
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Thank you so much, majority leader.
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First, I want to welcome Clara Bonfuly and Sarah Sanders, our interns who are here with us today too, for today's day and for the summer.
0:57:36
Quickly just say that there's a we face a water safety crisis in the city as a speaker mentioned before as well, and we're introducing 2 piece of legislation on this issue today.
0:57:45
But more personally, I also wanted to join my colleagues in expressing my deep condolences for David Lopez.
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David was a human rights activist, Agaredo, for housing justice, a poet and historian of community struggle.
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He was a founding member and longtime board member of Los Juarez.
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David was an inspiration for so many myself included from my very 1st days as a lawyer, and we fought many battles together over the year right here in these chambers.
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David was as passionate about his community on the south side of Williamsburg as he was for Puerto Rico.
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As I told him just a few days before we lost him a couple weeks ago, I still hear his voice and words of wisdom in my head as a council member.
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He taught me and so many others so much about organizing, about how to fight, but to fight smart and effectively.
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His spirit lives on and so many of us he mentored.
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Rest while, David, you've earned it.
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Now we carry the work forward.
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My condolences are always with your son, David Lopez Junior, your extend your family, and your extended family at Los Suez Palante.