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Council Member Krishnan introduces joint hearing on preventing brush fires in parks

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Council Member Shekar Krishnan, chair of the NYC Council's Committee on Parks and Recreation, introduces a joint hearing with the Committee on Fire and Emergency Management to discuss preventing brush fires in parks and related legislation.

Welcomes attendees and thanks Council Member Joann Ariola for co-chairing
Emphasizes the importance of the hearing topic
Sets the stage for discussing brush fire prevention in NYC parks

Shekar Krishnan

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Good afternoon, everyone.

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Thank you so much, sergeant.

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I'm council member Shekhar Krishnan, chair of the New York City Council's Committee on Parks and Recreation.

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And I wanna welcome you all to our hearing today, on preventing brush fires in parks and legislation we're hearing as well.

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I'd like to thank my colleague, council member Joanne Arriola, chair of the committee on fire and emergency management, for agreeing to hold this hearing jointly on an extremely important issue, for our for our city.

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