PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Lee on Johnson, Member of the Public
2:26:59
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123 sec
Christopher Lee on Johnson testifies about the need for NYCHA tenants to unite and fight for their rights, criticizing certain organizations and individuals he believes are not truly advocating for tenants' interests. He emphasizes the importance of tenant power over government accountability measures.
- Criticizes the organization "Residents Preserve Public Housing" and its leader Marcus Jenkins, alleging connections to developers and politicians
- Calls for NYCHA tenants to come together and reject leadership from individuals he sees as compromised
- Expresses skepticism about politicians like Carlina Rivera, suggesting their efforts are unrealistic
Christopher Lee on Johnson
2:26:59
Good afternoon.
2:27:00
My name is Christopher Lee on Johnson.
2:27:01
Thank you, chair banks for having us here in today.
2:27:04
I heard a lot from the federal monitor 2 cold weather monitors about the HUD situation.
2:27:12
I understand this was done on the Trump era and is is real good.
2:27:17
We need this accountability from the from the government to make sure that Nitro is doing their job.
2:27:25
But the power really relies with the tenants.
2:27:28
The power really relies with all these tenant the tenets of Nitro.
2:27:33
These tenets of Nitro have to come together and unite as 1 and fight back against what's happening to them.
2:27:41
And this starts with making sure that you don't align with organizations that are down with Koda LES like the organization that's called residents preserve public housing.
2:27:54
That's one of the big organizations that's so called fighting for the so called allegedly, so called fighting for the tenants, but they're not.
2:28:01
Their lead their lead person, Marcus Jenkins, is a member of Cody Elias.
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Cody Elias gets a lot of money from developers.
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How is a person that is a district leader, that is working, that is part of a political club, that is own reason he's he's in the state of He's a district leader because of that political club with help of Paul Newell is advocating for the night your tenants.
2:28:25
The people nights you gotta get together, but I tell people this, you gotta you guys gotta come together and tell Markie Jenkins to get out the way.
2:28:32
Markie Jenkins is down where Collie Rivera.
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Collie Rivera is a developed a Yemeni politician.
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A Yemeni politician, actually, she's fighting for like, echoing she's fighting for the people with this with it's not it's unrealistic.
2:28:47
So people gotta stand out, we you can have all this account over what you want, but like I said, the power falls with the tenants, and people gotta stop, listen to the resident prefers to preserve public housing and Marcus Jenkins.
2:28:58
So you tell that come together, get all these throws out the way.
2:29:02
Thank you.
Chris Banks
2:29:02
Thank you for your testimony.
