PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Robin Warren, Advocate from New York Clean Air Collective
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Robin Warren from the New York Clean Air Collective testifies about the importance of the Citizens Air Complaint Program and opposes Intro 941. She shares her personal experience with the program and how it has become crucial for her family's health and well-being.
- Warren's family, including a child with respiratory issues, relies on the program as a "lifeline"
- She describes the program as labor-intensive but necessary to combat air pollution in their neighborhood
- Warren emphasizes that diverse individuals, including her Bengali husband, participate in the program to improve air quality
Robin Warren
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Thank you.
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My name is Robin Warren, New York Clean Air Collective.
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I am here.
James F. Gennaro
2:12:31
If you could speak right into the microphone and Yes.
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See if we could hear you better.
Robin Warren
2:12:34
Okay.
James F. Gennaro
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And I'll give you a couple of seconds on the clock after because you we did
Leslie Brahm
2:12:39
Thank you.
James F. Gennaro
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Yeah.
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If you had to reset it, fine.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
Robin Warren
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Thank you very much.
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My name is Robin Warren.
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New York Clean Air Collective, also a a fellow with Teradoo Climate School.
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I'm here today to help dispel a misconception about who participates in the citizens' air complaint program, and about who will be most profoundly impacted if the program is diminished as it certainly will be if intro 941 passes.
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Mine is one of many families for whom the Citizens Air complaint program has become a lifeline.
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We are a family of 4 who live in a one bedroom apartment in this city.
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We are part of the sandwich generation caring for children and looking after seniors.
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This is my family, and this is why I participate in the Citizens Air complaint program.
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Our youngest daughter was 4 when she was diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome, feeling angry and helpless about the air pollution in our neighborhood.
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We read about the citizens' air complaint program in the New York Times and decided there was something my husband and I could do.
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The very next day, my highly educated and principled husband a brown man in his fifties with a pronounced Bengali accent.
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Hit the streets with a cell phone camera at the ready and a photo of our four year old daughter.
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We learned as we went along First, by watching training videos by we act the West Harlem Alliance for Environmental Justice, then by fellow cleaner activists as we met them in the street.
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We learned that this is a labor intensive endeavor.
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That this wasn't just taking a 3 minute video.
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We learned how to post each occurrence with all of the requisite documentation in a reasonable window of time.
