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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Sadie, Resident of Jacob Riis Houses
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Sadie, a resident of Jacob Riis Houses, testified about concerns with NYCHA's transparency, violations of resident rights, and issues with the PACT program. She expressed strong opposition to PACT conversions and called for audits and investigations of NYCHA.
- Criticized NYCHA for misrepresenting resident input on PACT conversions
- Raised concerns about health and environmental issues in NYCHA housing
- Called for City Council to investigate NYCHA's finances and practices
Sadie
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Hello?
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Okay.
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You hear me now?
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Okay.
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Thank you for this platform.
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My name is Sadie.
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I'm from Reese.
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And I'd like to, you know, let you know how NYCHA has constantly kept violating our nine sixty four regs, is like our bill of rights.
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So to name one is we had a hearing with you guys on October 31, I mentioned about the red and green dots with the data, how to act as though they wanted to pursue everything as if that's what we wanted, which it wasn't.
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And it was a survey which they took as a vote.
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And both times that they had this this town hall meeting with NYCHA, which is the ID.
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They ID'd us inside and outside on September 19 as well as this past February 13.
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Right?
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And when we came to the hearing to speak to you, chairman, I mentioned about the red and green and how they're constantly saying that they try to provide us with healthy homes, which is like them rebranding their lives.
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They don't care about our quality of life.
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We have constant dirty air, soils contaminated.
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Where I'm at, they're about to close Beth Israel as of March 26.
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So a lot of residents who are sick don't even know they're sick because they're constantly digging and doing things that we don't even know the other unknown harms.
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Right?
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So, also, on top of that, when you ask them for assistance, I had mentioned to Simon last week on the no.
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I trying say on February 13 at the intro meeting for Pat, he couldn't answer my question.
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But Jonathan said that he's uncertain as to what is the correct answer.
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When I said in regards to do you think the new secretary of HUD is gonna fund us?
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Because they have
Darlene Mealy
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a deficit of 80 I
Sadie
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think $80,000,000,000 in repair.
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And he said he doesn't know, but then Simon said no.
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No.
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No.
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No.
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No.
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That's wrong.
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But there's never no any transparency.
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When you ask for that assistance and for help to have them guide you as to what's going on, that's why he said it's gonna take five more sessions.
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And we're like five sessions because he realized you have to reengage or disengage.
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Us tennis are not for this at all.
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That's why we don't want any part of what's taking place.
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And when we like I said, when you ask them about how they're gonna fund section eight and section nine expired.
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The first thing
Monica Royal Horn
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that Thank you.
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Is demise.
Chris Banks
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Miss Sadie Sadie, your time has expired.
Karen Blondel
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Thirty seconds.
Chris Banks
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Can you can have thirty seconds to wrap it up if you would like.
Sadie
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Okay.
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And then also, when you ask them for your folder, they don't know where your folder's at.
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If you ask them for a ticket, the ticket is either nonexistent because, like they said, we're gonna hold up the TA president election because we want this PAC to go through.
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And that's what was said to me on the thirteenth when I went to the intro meeting for PAC when they have elections coming out of Reese.
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And tenant power, that's all I can say.
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We have to get this done.
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Please, I implore you, investigate them, audit them for the uncollected fines, as well as any, other bribery.
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They they probably got continued bribery going on.
Darlene Mealy
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You need to audit them
Sadie
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because they have no numbers.
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They keep giving you vague replies.
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Please look into them because they're not here for none of us at all.
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At this point in time, it's like, you know, premeditated murder because they're not doing a environmental impact survey on any of this.
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But they're getting paid.
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And they can't even tell you if you're gonna still have a home after everything is said and done.
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They're giving you estimates of how long it's gonna take for them to prepare your home, and they don't even aren't even certain if they're gonna be able to come back once that's done, like they did in Cabrini Green and Rise and Liberty Square.
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I want people to research and empower themselves and educate themselves as to what they're doing to us.
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Okay?
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Thank you.
Chris Banks
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I appreciate it.