PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public, on CityFHEPS and Nonprofit Organizations
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Christopher Leon Johnson provides critical testimony on the CityFHEPS voucher program and the involvement of nonprofit organizations in its administration. He expresses support for CityFHEPS but calls for significant changes to the program and criticizes the influence of certain nonprofits, particularly Vocal New York.
- Advocates for increasing the monetary value of CityFHEPS vouchers and extending their validity period
- Calls for more investigation into landlords who refuse to accept CityFHEPS vouchers
- Criticizes the role of certain nonprofits in administering the voucher program, suggesting that the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) should directly manage it
- Specifically targets VOCO New York, calling for the removal of their advocacy rights due to alleged involvement of a sex offender in their organization
Christopher Leon Johnson
2:15:45
Alright.
2:15:46
Good afternoon.
2:15:47
My name is Christopher Leon Johnson.
2:15:50
I wanna first up address the fact that, you, the chair, let a nonprofit, Boca, New York, speak for over 25 minutes while you give everybody else here, even the revenue nonprofits, only about 2 minutes to speak.
2:16:04
So we all we all know that the city council is read by local New York.
2:16:08
Now I'm here to speak to support city thefts.
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I believe that when people get city thefts, there should be an increase with the how much money you you should get for to try to get an apartment because, and there should be more, investigation into every landlord that refuses to, honor and honor a city flat voucher, while at the same time, you should give a limit from, like, years to unlimited amount of time to use your City Fed voucher.
2:16:38
And I believe that the way you could really solve homelessness is by eliminating these nonprofits from running the city program like local New York that is ran by a sex offender, CAMBA, Housing Works, and all these nonprofits take away their, rights to hand out vouchers and give it back to the government, give it back to DHS, let DHS run those vouchers.
2:17:07
Yeah.
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VOCO, New York.
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And and one more thing we need to start doing a little more is to take away all advocacy rights from VOCO, New York.
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VOCO, New York should not be the d should not be the the the de facto organization that the city council listens to to to to support, to vow to advocate for city that vouchers on the basis of the fact that they have a sex offender in a nonprofit that is named Douglas Powell.
2:17:34
Until they remove Douglas Powell as the a member of of local New York, they should not be in the power of advocating on behalf of homeless people that have vouchers, that who want vouchers and who request vouchers.
Diana Ayala
2:17:49
Time.
Christopher Leon Johnson
2:17:50
And it make sure you you gave them more time.
Amy Blumsack
2:17:52
Thank you.
Christopher Leon Johnson
2:17:52
Gave them more time.
Diana Ayala
2:17:53
You, Christopher.
2:17:53
Thank you.
2:17:54
Thank you.
2:17:55
Thank you.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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You gave him more time.
Diana Ayala
2:17:56
Thank you.
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We have another panel.