REMARKS
Council Member Narcisse expresses concerns about coastal flooding and infrastructure issues
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse raises serious concerns about coastal flooding and infrastructure problems in her district, particularly in areas like Bergen Beach and Kenosi. She emphasizes the severity of the issues, including sinking basements and streets, and expresses her constituents' fears about further development exacerbating these problems.
- Narcisse uses a metaphor of a full glass of water to illustrate how even small incremental changes could lead to significant issues.
- She questions how to address her community's concerns while acknowledging the housing crisis.
- Narcisse asks for help in finding solutions to these infrastructure problems.
Mercedes Narcisse
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Thank you.
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And I wanna say thank you again.
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I'm a realist.
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I'm very practical.
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I know that we are in a crisis, but for the coastal flood areas, for those that water is coming from all aspects.
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Sometimes you have a home.
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I have visited places where the whole basement sink in.
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We have streets sinking in.
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We have flood.
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Like I said before, very graphic.
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I hate to be like that, but people suffering, especially Bergen Beach area, Kenosi area.
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So now having said all that, I know it's a little increase.
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It's it's it's increment in kind of small sizes.
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Like, we're all gonna get a little bit, but we add the fork where you just like a I have a glass full of water.
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And then you said, I put a drop.
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It spill a a little bit, and then I can put another drop.
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No wing that is gonna spill.
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So now before it spill, what can we do actually?
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Like, I don't wanna because we're talking about government of the people, by the people, for the people.
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So people are crying to me to bring solution to that problem.
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And I'm sitting here, I know we're in the crisis we have to build.
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And what do I say to my community right now that the scared, I know we run over and over, I did different workshops, seminar, everything that I could, but they're afraid right now for their infrastructure is sinking in.
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So where is the government?
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What can I do?
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Because every problem have a solution.
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Now I don't have the solution, and now they getting to me now telling me that how could I be sitting in full face, in clear face, in an all aspect to sit there, and then wanna be part of a city of yes.
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So can you help me with that?
Daniel Garodnick
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Well, I I certainly understand the question, which is you have a a crippling problem as you describe it on home singing or problems in in an entire communities where people are concerned about flooding, storm water, and it this is a this is a serious issue that you're describing.
