PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public
2:38:42
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178 sec
Christopher Leon Johnson provided testimony on various topics discussed in the hearing, including Roosevelt Island governance, bike storage, public bathrooms, and gender identity options on city forms. He expressed support for allowing Roosevelt Island residents to vote for their board and emphasized the need for transparency in implementing bike storage facilities. Johnson also raised concerns about access to public bathrooms in city facilities and advocated for more inclusive gender options on official forms.
- Highlighted the importance of allowing Roosevelt Island residents to elect their governing board
- Stressed the need for clear guidelines on who can use bike storage facilities in city buildings (employees vs. public)
- Criticized the practice of locking public bathrooms in city facilities and called for more accountability from DCAS
- Supported the inclusion of an "X" gender option on city forms, advocating for better recognition of transgender individuals
Christopher Leon Johnson
2:38:42
Good afternoon, chair wrestler.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson on the record, but so I know this is the Roosevelt Island part.
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I just came late.
Lincoln Restler
2:38:51
So just to clarify, this con this hearing is not related to idling.
Christopher Leon Johnson
2:38:55
Alright.
2:38:55
Cool.
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So well, I I agree with this guy with Roosevelt Island.
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Why are the people in Roosevelt Island not able to vote for their own board?
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If they lived there, which is one of most expensive districts, in the in the bureau, in Manhattan, I think it should be in Queens.
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Queens get the money.
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They should be able to vote for the board.
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I think every neighbor should vote for the board.
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That should Roseble Island.
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So I wanna get this clear about this first thing about the bike storage.
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This is the thing.
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Right?
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We need this everywhere, but the problem is that we need more transparency of how this is gonna be installed.
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And because you could put it there all you want.
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But if you let who's gonna be for the employees or the public, this is the question.
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If you don't have this here, then it's no point.
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Now the second thing about the bathrooms, I know this is the big topic about the bathroom.
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It says I have 2 minutes left.
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I'm gonna talk this.
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Right?
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Now there are certain places in the city.
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Right right here, there's a city facility that we could actually use the bathroom.
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But the big problem is is that I think you chair wrestler I don't know if DeCast was here, Mister Molina.
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You should ask have another hearing about this and ask him, like, why does he allow the decast police to to decide of who gets to use like, can he lock the bathrooms and stuff like that?
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And that's the problem is that you can have it all you want.
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But if you allow the decast police to lock the bathrooms, it just It's just ridiculous.
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And the problem is that nobody's gonna fight a cop.
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They still they still peace officers, but it's just the thing is, like, they allowed us to happen.
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So like I said, you have to have another hearing with Mister Molino, why he wasn't here?
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Why he wasn't here today?
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I don't know why he wasn't here.
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Mister Molina wasn't
Lincoln Restler
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His deputy executive commissioner was here who oversees real estate and and Yeah.
Clifton Smith
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Was the
Lincoln Restler
2:40:38
same thing.
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She was the right person to testify to the issues.
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Really pleased with their testimony.
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Yeah.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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I understand.
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But is this one thing that, like, that need to start happening more as, like, who gets to decide, who who gets to lock the bathroom until the public.
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Anytime you go on a public restroom, like, in a city, in a safe home, like, oh, it's not open.
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Like, we mean it's not open.
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Like, you have a you have a staff who pay good money to to fix these bathrooms, why why it's not open.
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I think it's because they don't want they don't want people going in and use it all the time.
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So it's one thing we gotta fix in this city.
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We gotta fix this like this bureaucracy crap that they do with the bathrooms.
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And one more thing, the end result, but the with the letter x, I stand by trans community.
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I don't know.
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This is 2024.
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I don't know why that the last city council didn't think of this before putting the x on applications.
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If you wanna identify yourself as trans transgender, then feel free.
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You should be able to identify yourself as a trans of transgender.
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I mean, there's more than one gender now.
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So let me make that let me get off here.
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5 seconds left.
Lincoln Restler
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I wanna commend you for commenting on so many bills in just 3 minutes.
