PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public
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Christopher Leon Johnson testifies in support of bills introduced by Council Member Sandy Nurse to protect small business owners and improve education and outreach on property taxes. He also advocates for supporting short-term rentals and suggests introducing tax rebates for property owners who offer short-term rentals.
- Criticizes the city council for being influenced by the hotel trades union regarding short-term rental regulations
- Suggests that the city should allow homeowners to offer short-term rentals
- Calls for tax rebates, cuts, and exemptions for property owners who provide short-term rentals in New York City
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Good morning.
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Good morning, council member Brandon.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson, and I'm here to support the bills that, council member Sandy Nurse has introduced to, protect the, the small business owners when it comes to, notified of educating and outreach on the property tax.
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This is my opinion is that, the homeowners, any homes, and we'll say, people who need these protections and they need these outreach is because, everybody knew that the city has one of the highest taxes in the country when it come to property tax, and they need to be, educated on where is that money is going to and why they're paying it while the same time that the city council need to support, the bills that were introduced by, council member, Farrah Lewis and the speaker, Adrian Adams, when it comes to, short term rentals for Air Bib.
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I know that the city council scared the hotel trace of commission, hotel trades union.
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So but they need to support that bill while the same time, I hope that city nurse who likes to always, put bills to get around things.
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She needs to, introduce a bill to not only, give tax rebates to any property owner that delivers short term rentals for, people that wanna rent out of at homes or condos or co ops.
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So I I hope that the city council, yeah, they they do outreach for people that, pay property tax.
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They need to do outreach, to protect the people that are doing short term rentals.
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They should be they shouldn't be allowing people's own own homes to do short term rentals.
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Instead, there's letting hotel trades union, run the show.
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But like I said, I hope saying there's issue of a bill to, start, giving tax rebates, their tax cuts, and tax exemptions to any property owner in New York City.
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Every property every property owner in New York City that, that do short term rentals, in the city.
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We need short term rentals because I already got 4 hour
Jacob Capistran
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job.
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Expired.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Alright.
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But thank you so much.
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Thank you.
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Enjoy your day.