REMARKS
Mercedes Narcisse explains vote and introduces street co-namings
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse expresses gratitude for women's leadership in the council and introduces three street co-naming proposals honoring community leaders. She then votes in favor of several bills.
- Highlights the importance of having 34 women in the council and their legislative accomplishments
- Introduces street co-namings for Dorothy Turano, Perry Kokotas, and Rose Marie César, praising their community contributions
- Votes 'aye' on Intros 103-A, 104-A, and 532-A
Mercedes Narcisse
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Thank you.
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Thank you, madam chair, and thank you, for the speaker, the greatest speaker that I know because that's the one I work with, to have a woman leadership.
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Yes.
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34 women, and we passed so many bills.
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I see some of my colleagues who are not clapping.
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I'm gonna clap until end because I love it to have the fact that we have 34 women here and we can work together and for the men that gets it.
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Thank you.
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Today, I'm proud to introduce 3 street conaming, honoring remarkable individuals who dedicated their lives to serving our communities and really embodying the values of compassion, caring, and hard work.
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One of them is Dorothy Toronto, and I had a pleasure to work with her as well.
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She's a trailblazer.
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She served as a district manager of our community board for 38 years advocating in South Brooklyn.
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She served as, school in the school building.
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She served in the community.
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Name it.
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She was part of it.
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So I I'm so happy to be here to be able to do that.
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And I have, Per Peri Codotas from Greek, but she he plays such an instrumental role in our community.
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He opened doors of his restaurant.
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By the way, he works his way from being a a dishwasher assistant to a person that own his own business in the community.
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And when he had that business, he opened the doors for everyone, the seniors every night.
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If you don't have a meal, you know you can go to that down there on North Shore Avenue.
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So I wanna say thank you to my colleagues in advance that you're gonna vote yes for that, and then I have to say thank you to my colleague, Farah Lewis, that helped me to pat to, I mean, to put to introduce this for Mary Cesarway.
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This woman is a legacy that we I mean, that she plays such a instrumental role in everyone that come from wherever you came from.
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If you don't have a meal, she get the meal for you.
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If you don't have
Adrienne E. Adams
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a job, she looks for the
Mercedes Narcisse
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job for you.
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She traveled the way with you, and she wants to be missed.
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So I'm gonna conclude that to say thank you, madame, and I'm looking forward for my colleagues to support to say yes to those three names.
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And avodias, of course.
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Council
Amanda Farias
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member, your time has expired.
Susan Zhuang
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Thank you.
UNKNOWN
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Thank you, council member Narcisse.
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Nurse.
Mercedes Narcisse
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Love going after council member Narcisse.
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I vote I on all 03 a, 104, and 532 a.
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Thank you.
