Q&A
Discussion of promotional video for Bronx Logistics Center
1:45:22
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3 min
Council Member Restler presents a promotional video for the Bronx Logistics Center created by DCAS, which Commissioner Molina claims to have never seen before. The video features Deputy Commissioner Jesse Hamilton and other officials promoting the site.
- The video shows Hamilton and other officials praising the Bronx Logistics Center's potential benefits for the city
- Molina expresses surprise at the video's existence and claims DCAS did not produce it
- Restler insists the video was created by DCAS's Real Estate division, not the communications team
- Molina requests to see the full version of the video and promises to look into it further
- Restler expresses concern about DCAS promoting a privately-owned site, which he sees as inappropriate and potentially inflating the property's value
Lincoln Restler
1:45:22
on the video?
1:45:22
Let's see.
1:45:23
Because I I I I find this whole thing just confounding.
1:45:25
Can we try again on this video?
1:45:26
We'll see how confident we are technologically today.
1:45:30
Hold your order.
1:45:31
Hold.
1:45:31
Okay.
1:45:32
No.
1:45:33
Alright.
1:45:33
I'll keep going.
1:45:34
No.
1:46:06
This thing doesn't work.
1:46:07
We'll send well, I
Louis Molina
1:46:08
I can tell you that I have a lot of confidence in our marketing and communications team, so we did not produce this video according to my colleagues.
Lincoln Restler
1:46:17
This video was produced by DeCast.
Louis Molina
1:46:19
I was told it was not.
Lincoln Restler
1:46:21
Okay.
1:46:21
We were I I I don't know who's given you this information, but this was a decast video created by decast 4 decast to promote this site.
1:46:29
Did you wanna clarify?
1:46:30
Do you wanna say who?
Louis Molina
1:46:31
I'm I'm I'm being informed that decast did not produce this video.
Lincoln Restler
1:46:35
So decast started it but didn't produce it?
1:46:38
We were told explicitly this was created by Mister Charles Gross, who works for Jesse Hamilton, to promote the Bronx Logistics Center of America.
Louis Molina
1:46:46
Understanding is that the DCAS communications team did not produce this video.
Lincoln Restler
1:46:49
No.
1:46:49
The DCAS Real Estate division did, which is even stranger.
1:46:52
Right?
1:46:53
So it's not that's we're finding over semantics.
1:46:56
Decast created the video.
1:46:57
Mhmm.
1:46:58
That's clear.
1:46:59
I'm sorry that you don't have a chance to watch it today.
1:47:01
We'll send it to you later.
Gale A. Brewer
1:47:05
So
Lincoln Restler
1:47:08
You recently had a meeting about this site.
1:47:10
Which agencies would be utilizing the Bronx Logistics Center?
Louis Molina
1:47:13
Well, agencies under consideration when we were reviewing the site would be to station agency vehicles.
1:47:21
As well as possibly vehicles that may be towed.
Lincoln Restler
1:47:24
Could you specify which agency?
Louis Molina
1:47:26
So we were considering the Department of Sanitation, the NYPD.
1:47:33
And those are the 2 sort of what I would call large agencies that would possibly use the site.
Lincoln Restler
1:47:38
Okay?
1:47:39
And and these
Louis Molina
1:47:40
are very, very preliminary conversations.
Lincoln Restler
1:47:45
Okay.
1:47:50
Do you know if so OMB has not provided authorization for this.
1:47:53
Do you know if they support the purchase or leasing of the site?
Louis Molina
1:47:57
I I have been made aware that OMB is not funding or entertaining this is an option.
Lincoln Restler
1:48:02
Okay.
1:48:02
Well, that's good to hear.
1:48:05
Could you clarify how much the owners of the Bronx Logistics Center had spent lobbying the city, including deputy commissioner Hamilton, to advance this?
Louis Molina
1:48:16
I do not have information regarding what expenses is were borne by the ownership group of Brock Logistics Center.
1:48:22
I don't have that information.
