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Council Member Chris Banks expresses strong support for hotel licensing bill to combat illegal activities
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Council Member Chris Banks voices his strong support for Intro 991-B, emphasizing its importance in combating illegal activities in hotels within his district. He highlights how the bill will address issues related to sex work, human trafficking, and public safety concerns in the community.
- Banks specifically mentions the problem of "hot sheet hotels" in his district being used for illegal sex work and trafficking.
- He acknowledges Council Member Menin's leadership on this issue and the bill's potential to improve community safety.
- Banks emphasizes the bill's role in addressing complaints from families about illicit activities near schools and improving overall quality of life.
Chris Banks
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Thank you.
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Good to see you commissioned and to your staff.
0:51:32
I just wanted to voice my strong support for this particular legislation.
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The 42nd council district is a unique district, and particularly, we've been known to have many things in it.
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Unfortunately, one of the things that the district has become known for is the use of the hot sheet hotels and motel.
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And these particular hotels have been used by sex workers who use these establishment establishment as a base of operations to conduct their trade.
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Public safety is important.
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I wanna thank council member Menin for unwavering leadership on this issue that will serve to make our community safer.
0:52:22
I support intro 991 because it will bring an additional level of safety where legal sex work has been identified by the NYPD in many district.
0:52:33
In my district, and as having been fueled by those who traffic and exploit young women at times with dangerous consequences, including violent incidents, which include homicides.
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This bill will serve as another tool to help combat the illegal trafficking of young women and the violence that this trade brings with it.
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It will show the families who complain to my staff day in and day out day in and day out about having to observe the signs of the illicit activities that had taken place at these establishments while taking their children to school in the morning, which sometimes is being done to improve the quality of life in their community.
0:53:16
I'm proud to strongly support intro 991 and the safer communities, this sensible legislation will create.
