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Council Member Lee inquires about partnerships to address needle issues near schools
2:17:40
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Council Member Linda Lee asks a follow-up question to Richardson Benjamin, the PTA president of P.S. 28 Mount Hope, about partnerships with groups working on the needle issue and the parks department.
- Benjamin mentions reaching out to Senator Gustavo Rivera's office, the borough president's office, the council member's office, and Community Board 5.
- He expresses frustration that despite promises to clean up the area, the issue persists during school hours.
- Benjamin states that despite meetings with management, no significant changes were implemented.
Linda Lee
2:17:40
Okay.
2:17:41
Great.
2:17:41
Thank you.
2:17:41
And, just really quickly, a follow-up question is, have you been in touch with and partnering?
2:17:48
So when when you see a lot of you know, according to yourself, I mean, I know the parents have concerns, but have you been partnering with some of the groups that work on this or the parks department?
2:17:59
Yeah.
2:17:59
Just sorry.
Richardson Benjamin
2:18:00
I I think before it started, senator Gustavo was then time the senator around, so we called him to reach out to his office.
2:18:11
And I reached out to the borough president office, and then I reached out to the council member office, but we also reached out to community board five so that we can deal with this issue.
2:18:21
But they promise that they'll clean up the place, but sometimes during school hours, it happened.
2:18:26
So I wasn't seeing any changes.
2:18:31
I wasn't seeing any changes.
2:18:33
So this partnership, they tell us they will do it.
2:18:35
We went, sat down with the management.
2:18:38
Nothing was even done.