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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public, on Veteran Issues and City Council Behavior
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Christopher Leon Johnson provides passionate testimony supporting Intro 685 and criticizing council member Sandy Nurse's behavior. He discusses issues faced by veteran street vendors, including harassment and unfair ticketing, while comparing their treatment to that of illegal vendors.
- Expresses frustration with the lack of attention to veteran street vendors in areas like Roosevelt Avenue and Times Square
- Calls for council members, especially Bob Holden, to personally visit these areas and address the issues
- Criticizes the perceived preferential treatment of illegal vendors over veteran vendors by law enforcement
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Hello.
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My name is hello.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson.
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I'm here to support your bill, Bob.
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Intro six eighty five.
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I wanna know why Sandy Nurse, who's on the committee, I think she should be rude because the way she her behavior today was disgusting.
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She came in looking all condescending and didn't even ask not this man a question.
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He asked she didn't she didn't even stay, like, at least fifteen minutes for the hearing.
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So and then she didn't she didn't even jump on the bill.
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Is it is it because that it doesn't say homeless sex offenders are are part of the bill?
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Is that the reason why?
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Because we all know that city nurse love to stand with known pedophiles like Akim Browder and Douglas Powell.
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Is that the reason she's not jumping on the bill?
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I wanna know why.
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What's going on here?
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Now let's make this clear that he's right about how they harass the veterans out.
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They they love harassing veterans with the with the tickets.
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They don't harass they they love to harass the veterans because they they easy they easy seat.
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They know these guys don't fight back, but they would've dared to harass those illegal vendors that usually not supposed to be legally not supposed to be here under Trump at Corona Plaza and all over Roosevelt Avenue.
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Now the big issue is the big issue is that the city council starting with you mister Holdeny start going to Roosevelt Avenue, not sending us not sending Phil, not sending Alicia, not sending Daniel.
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You yourself needed to go to Roosevelt and call the stuff out on the heart of Corona Plaza and walk to Roosevelt and see what's going on.
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They don't get harassed because of council members like Sandy Nurse, who's a piece of I'm not gonna say the word, piece of crap council member, She is the one of the main engineers in the city council with the help of the Mayday Space and Starbar that are protecting these guys and gals.
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You don't come out there, Bob.
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Everybody you don't you never you know not one time during the rallies at Roosevelt.
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Say Roosevelt, Hiram Musmarat been out there with the people trying to say, we need to get rid of these guys and gals.
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These guys are getting harassed first.
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They always get harassed by the NYPD.
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When you go to Times Square, they get the biggest stick up the butt because they always get tickets all the time while the Jennifer Raj Kumar crowd who are mostly Indians, Hindus, and Arabs, they all they never get a razzed.
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They stand out twenty four hours.
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They stink.
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They smell.
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You can see the flies come out the cart.
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They never get a rash.
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They never get tickets, but veterans always get tickets.
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So he's right about this.
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The NYPD does nothing about it but give these guys a ticket.
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Oh, we're we're tough on crime.
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We're tough on crime with the vendors.
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Let's get this guy a ticket.
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Instead of giving the Mestizo the ticket, the legal the ticket, the the migrant the ticket.
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And, Bob, you do nothing about it.
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What's going on here?
Robert F. Holden
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Topic of this hearing.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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You do that's the topic of hearing, man.
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It's about homeless veterans because some of the veterans are homeless Alright.
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And they get hassled a lot.
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But, Bob, you need to go to Rosebud.
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You need to go to Times Square and start talking to these veterans in person, job center, and see what's going on here because he's right.
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And it's wrong for you to cut this guy off and say that's not on top.
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It is a topic.
Robert F. Holden
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Minute.
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So I
Christopher Leon Johnson
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get for time.
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It is on top.
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It is on top
Robert F. Holden
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of brother.
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Thanks.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Thank you.
James Hendon
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Thank you.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Thank man.
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We support our veterans here, unlike Sandy Nurse.