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Council Member Salaam's closing remarks on unity and hearing purpose

1:09:45

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Council Member Yousef Salaam makes closing remarks to restore order and emphasize the purpose of the hearing, focusing on unity and respect.

  • Salaam calls for regaining order in the chamber
  • He emphasizes the need for mutual respect and understanding
  • Salaam relates the hearing to broader issues of national unity and the ideals of the United States
Yousef Salaam
1:09:45
Council member, thank you, council member Paladino.
1:09:49
I would like to pass thank you, council member Paladino.
1:09:53
I would like to pass
Vickie Paladino
1:09:54
cut anybody else off, do you?
Yousef Salaam
1:09:55
Thank you.
Vickie Paladino
1:09:56
You don't cut anybody else off at these hearings, do you?
1:09:59
But Paladino gets cut off.
Yousef Salaam
1:10:02
I would like to regain order of this dais and in this chamber.
1:10:07
Thank you, council member Paladino.
1:10:11
I would just like to recognize for the record that this is the United States of America.
1:10:18
We have been living in a divided states of America, and we're trying to get back to what the ideals of what this country is about.
1:10:28
We haven't gotten there yet.
1:10:31
This hearing is an attempt to restore balance.
1:10:38
That's what this hearing is about.
1:10:40
And we have to make sure that we respect each other and hear each other.
1:10:46
So I'd like to pass the microphone to council member de la Rosa.
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