PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Michael Streeter, Member of the Public, on the Citizens Air Complaint Program
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Michael Streeter, a participant and champion of the idling program since 2019, testified about the program's effectiveness in reducing idling across New York City. He emphasized his role in recruiting and mentoring new participants, and highlighted the positive impact the program has had on reducing idling by various companies.
- Streeter strongly opposed Intro 941, arguing it would discourage participation and make recruiting new participants harder.
- He advocated for passing Intro 5 instead, which would make the program less complicated and more accessible.
- Streeter addressed concerns about people making money from the program, suggesting it's a symptom of the current setup that favors highly educated participants.
Michael Streeter
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Sure.
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Hi.
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I'm Michael Streeter.
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I've been a participant in in champion of the idling program since 2019.
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I submit a lot.
James F. Gennaro
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Is the mic on?
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Is this the mic on?
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Is it red light?
Michael Streeter
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There we go.
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Okay.
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Is that better?
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Alright.
James F. Gennaro
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Yes.
Michael Streeter
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Hi.
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I'm Michael Streeter.
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I've been a participant in and champion of the idling program since 2019.
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I submit a lot of complaints, but at the same time, I've also recruited a lot of folks.
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I've trained and mentored and spent countless hours answering questions for people trying to get started.
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Having done this for 5 years now, there are so many companies that I used to catch idling that that now barely idle or have outright stopped.
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Stroman Lion Hall used to idle in front of Key Foods on Montague Street in Brooklyn for about 20 minutes several days a week.
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And those trucks are all over the city.
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They were idling everywhere.
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And then one day, it just stopped.
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Completely.
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If you saw this the idling segment on the daily show recently with with the great Samara, that was something that came about through me, and I'm very proud of that segment and of the awareness it brought to the program.
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And even more so the positive response, people want this city program in their own city.
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If you think I'm in this for the money, why would I do all that?
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Wouldn't that put me out of business?
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The the program just had its biggest month ever in August with about 12,000 submissions.
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Complaints are up, but make no mistake.
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Idling is down because there's more of us participating in the program.
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And intro 941 will discourage participation.
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It will make recruiting new participants even harder than it already is, and it will cause many companies to revert to their bad behaviors.
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If the idea that there are are people making a lot of money do doing this, if that's the problem, first off, SO WHAT?
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BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT IS A SYMPTOM OF THE WAY THE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY SET UP TO WHERE YOU'VE GOT MOSTLY SAVANTS WITH POST GRADUATE DEGREE IS SUBMITTING THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPLAINTS So to fix that, don't pass intro 941, instead pass intro 5, make it less complicated, more exciting.
James F. Gennaro
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Thank you for your good.
Michael Streeter
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Thank you.
James F. Gennaro
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Thank you for your good testimony.
