Q&A
Council Member Louis asks about working with existing agencies
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Council Member Farah N. Louis acknowledges Tanesha Grant's lived experience and asks how to work with existing agencies like NYPD and ACS while still pursuing systemic change. She emphasizes the need to 'work with what you got' while striving for improvements.
- Louis recognizes the challenges and systemic barriers in the current system
- She asks for practical advice on collaborating with existing agencies
- The question highlights the tension between immediate action and long-term reform
Farah N. Louis
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Miss Grant?
Tanesha Grant
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I'm here.
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Hey, Jill Lewis.
Farah N. Louis
2:35:08
Hey, girl.
Carlos Ortiz
2:35:09
Thank you.
Farah N. Louis
2:35:09
A quick question because I know we have to end soon.
2:35:12
I'm listening to everything you're saying, and I wanna thank you for joining us, for your vulnerability, as well as everyone else that came here earlier to testify.
2:35:23
Like you, I'm a black woman.
2:35:25
And like you, we gotta learn how to hustle, right, to get to where we need to be.
2:35:30
And you went through a lot, so you definitely have that lived experience.
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I wanted to know if you could share with us briefly and quickly, how do you work with what you got?
2:35:41
You heard from the agencies today, NYPD and ACS.
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While we're trying to make strides to change the system and to break down the systemic barriers that cause these ongoing issues, share with us how do we work with what we currently have as we continue to work diligently to make those changes?
2:36:02
Because these are the agencies that are currently working on it, and we can't deny that.
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You can't beat a dead horse.
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Right?
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You gotta work with what you got.
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You all hustle.
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I'm a hustler.
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How do we work with what we got?