REMARKS
Council Member Vickie Paladino addresses challenges faced by veteran vendors
2:21:50
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Council Member Vickie Paladino delivers impassioned remarks supporting veteran vendors in New York City.
She criticizes the treatment of veterans trying to make a legal living through vending, contrasting it with the city's handling of illegal vendors and immigrants. Paladino pledges support for the veterans and condemns the ticketing of legal vendors.
- Paladino emphasizes the special status of veterans and their right to operate newsstands and other vending businesses
- She highlights the disparity between treatment of veteran vendors and illegal vendors in the city
- The council member offers personal assistance to veterans who receive tickets and promises to advocate for their rights through the Veterans Committee
Vickie Paladino
2:21:50
I wanna thank everybody for coming here today.
2:21:53
What we covered here is not a problem that's going to be easily solved.
2:21:59
Every single one of you came here today crying out for help.
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You're crying out for help to be able to make a living.
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An a league a a legal living.
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And the fact that you are being attacked persecuted because you are a veteran.
2:22:19
And we heard you all here today, proclaimed that some people said, what do you think you're special?
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Because you are a veteran?
2:22:26
Well damn right.
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You are.
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Special because you are a veteran.
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And the fact that we have this immigration crisis in our city, and we have illegal vendors all over.
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I'm in district 19.
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They're everywhere.
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We're a little sick and tired of it.
2:22:48
You guys deserve what you deserve and you fight like hell for that ticket that they had the nerve to give you.
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And anybody in this room that gets a ticket, you come and see me.
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Because I'm gonna tell you right now, you should not be paying any tickets.
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You are a legal license vendor trying to make a living in the city of New York.
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The fact that you are veterans, that's a cherry on top of the cake.
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Because we got people slicing and dicing fruits and vegetables in our subways, under filthy conditions.
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You guys wanna open up a newsstand.
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You've offered several different other ways you could use the newsstand.
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You are here asking for help.
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And the city of New York is turning their back on you, and the state is turning their back on you.
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This should not be allowed.
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And as part of the Veterans Committee, We will do our very best because I am sick and tired of paying $5,000,000,000 for illegals who exist in our society, allowed to do whatever they want and are veterans who put their life on the line, and a lot of you disabled mentally and physically are being treated like garbage.
2:24:16
No.
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No.
2:24:18
No.
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Thank you very much.
