PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Cathy Kross, Resident of Roosevelt Island
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Cathy Kross, a 36-year resident of Roosevelt Island, testifies in support of Resolution 132, which calls for granting Roosevelt Island residents the power to vote for members of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) board. She emphasizes the importance of giving all 12,000 island residents a voice in decisions affecting their quality of life.
- Kross expresses frustration with being ignored by island leadership for many years
- She represents senior citizens who feel it's time to have a say in island governance
- Her testimony highlights the long-standing desire for democratic representation on Roosevelt Island
Cathy Kross
2:43:59
Thank you.
2:44:01
I really wanted to let you know that we've lived here myself and my family and my extended family have lived here for 36 years.
2:44:11
It's a wonderful place to live, but during those 36 years, we had been ignored by the the people who run the island.
2:44:21
And Sadly, people get hurt because that is happening.
2:44:28
So it's important to me that everyone on the island had to say all of the 12,000 people who live here have an opportunity to vote and express how they feel about various issues that are quality of life and very important.
2:44:46
I'm gonna sit and keep this short.
2:44:47
I just want you to know that I think I represent a lot of the I'm obviously a senior citizen, and I represent a lot of the people who, after many years of being ignored, feel it's time to have a say.
2:45:04
Thank you.
Lincoln Restler
2:45:05
Thank you, miss Cross, for your eloquent and thoughtful testimony.
2:45:11
You don't compare to you you've got a ways to go to catch up with some of the earlier witnesses we had, miss Smith, and miss Short, had, I think, over 40 years on Roosevelt Island.
2:45:23
So you gotta but you'll get there soon enough.
Cathy Kross
2:45:24
Hopefully, I'll get there.
2:45:25
Yes.
Lincoln Restler
2:45:26
There you go.
