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Council Member Gennaro's opening remarks and acknowledgment of testimony

0:38:26

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68 sec

Council Member James F. Gennaro opens the session by thanking the commissioner for their comprehensive testimony. He acknowledges the presence of other council members and expresses his intention to limit his questioning due to the number of scheduled testimonies.

Recognizes the importance of hearing from stakeholders
Mentions that the hearing will last for hours
Prepares to go through the commissioner's statement

James F. Gennaro

0:38:26

Thank you commissioner for your comprehensive testimony.

0:38:29

I certainly appreciate it, and I'm gonna be going through your statement at a moment as we normally do and and and pose some pose some questions.

0:38:37

I wanna recognize that we're joined by counsel and a wrestler.

0:38:41

Appreciate his presence here today.

0:38:44

Let's take a sip at all.

0:38:53

Just go back through your statement.

0:38:56

I have prepared questions, but it's for me, I'm going to try to limit my questioning because we have so many people scheduled to testify.

0:39:08

And, of course, one of the main benefits we get from these hearings is hearing from stakeholders And we have a whole bunch of people who wanna testify.

0:39:19

So we do wanna get to them because this theory is gonna go on for hours, but I have to do my due diligence and pose some questions to you.

0:39:30

I made notes in your statement.

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