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Council Member Cabán introduces legislation for DSS receipts and expresses solidarity with Amazon strikers
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Council Member Tiffany Cabán introduces legislation requiring the Department of Social Services to provide receipts for public benefits applications. She also expresses solidarity with striking Amazon workers and criticizes the NYPD's response to the strike.
- Intro 1148 would require DSS to provide detailed receipts for public benefits applications
- Cabán condemns Amazon's labor practices and supports the Amazon Teamsters strike
- She criticizes the NYPD's actions at the Amazon Teamsters picket line, including alleged violence against peaceful protesters
Tiffany Cabán
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Thank you.
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Today, I'm introducing legislation intro 1148, which would require DSS to provide receipts to applicants for any public benefits and services.
1:23:02
These receipts would include information like the date of the application, what documents the applicant provided, whether the app is complete, and if not, what other information the applicant must supply.
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For years, our essential agencies have been starved of the resources they need due to chronic underfunding and understaffing by this administration, leaving them ill equipped to serve our constituents effectively.
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This very simple measure will ensure accountability, transparency, and peace of mind for New Yorkers who rely on these life affirming benefits.
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These aren't just bureaucratic processes.
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They are lifelines for our neighbors who deserve to have their basic needs met.
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It's our responsibility as a city to uphold the dignity of every applicant and ensure they receive the respect that they deserve.
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And so I encourage my colleagues to sign on.
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I also wanted to say solidarity with the striking workers at Amazon and New York City and all of the boroughs.
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Amazon has proven itself to be an abusive and exploitative employer with a track record of serious labor violations.
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And after months of worker led organizing and negotiations, Amazon refuses to come to the negotiating table in good faith.
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Today, the Amazon Teamsters took a historic step by striking and demanding what they deserve, a fair workplace and good faith negotiations.
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I also wanna say that in response to that bravery, the NYPD chose to defend Amazon's corporate greed instead of protecting working New Yorkers, and I condemn their use of the SRG and violence at the the Amazon Teamsters picket line where workers were peacefully and lawfully striking.
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The NYPD blocked the picket line.
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They threw punches at picketers, and they made violent arrests of protesting workers.
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I condemn both Amazon and the NYPD for denigrating the rights of workers under federal labor law to organize, strike, and collectively bargain in good faith and, again, solidarity to the workers.
