PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Marcella Williams, Red Hook Resident, on 150 Mill Street Rezoning
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Marcella Williams, a 34-year resident of Red Hook, passionately advocates for the proposed development, citing the need for improvement in the neighborhood. She highlights longstanding issues such as crime, lack of job opportunities, and poor quality of local amenities.
- Emphasizes the need for better supermarkets, youth programs, and health centers in Red Hook
- Expresses frustration with the current state of public housing maintenance and pest control
- Argues that the new development could bring jobs and positive change to the community
Marcella Williams
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Good afternoon, everybody.
Kevin Riley
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Good afternoon.
Marcella Williams
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Well, I've been living in RedLINK for 34 years.
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A long
Kevin Riley
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If you could speak
UNKNOWN
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right into the middle.
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There we go.
Marcella Williams
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Yes.
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Good afternoon, everybody.
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I've been living in Redhook for 34 years.
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And I remember when I first came out to Redhook, there was a bunch of shootings and killings, and you had to hide hide in your bed.
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You had to get in your tent.
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Your kids didn't wanna go outside to play.
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And I remember that it was like that for a long time when we still have a little problems out there because they have no jaws for nobody.
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The kids is running around.
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The teenagers getting high.
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They're killing one another.
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In the supermarket, the food over there, you buy some meat, it stinks.
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You get to you you buy some letters.
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In 2 days, the letters are rotten.
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The cucumbers is soft.
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You know, it's just a lot going on out there.
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And, you know, we need to improve Redhook.
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See, I'm getting personal with this right now because it's been a long, long time and why everybody is looking over us.
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Why?
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We pay rent.
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My rent just went up to $700 more, to 1200 something dollars, and I can't get a decent suit market.
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I can't the the y'all we can't get enough for our children to have some kind of training.
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And program and health centers, things that they need out there.
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So what is the problem?
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Why everybody could get what they need to get, and we can't get anything?
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So I don't think it's fair.
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I think if they wanna come in and develop something that's gonna help the community, get them back on their feet, why not?
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We got rats running all around our feet.
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You got yelling hard for them to run out your site.
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You have house and don't come into the work that they supposed to.
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Well, I put in a ticket for 2 2018.
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Still wait for Plasmin.
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Now you count to years, and they and they and they don't even know me because I don't complain.
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Couple of times, I complained.
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They're like who you are, but I paid my rent faithfully.
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So why should we have to suffer?
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Why?
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Why?
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Do our children have to go through these things?
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Just get to take your kids outside.
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You just get to even go outside sometimes.
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They need to do this development, let these people get the jobs, and let these kids do the right thing.
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Help help the neighborhood.
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Help these young men's and children.
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Thank you.