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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Miss Lopez Martinez, Director of Pa'lante Green Cleans
6:35:20
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6 min
Miss Lopez Martinez, director of Pa'lante Green Cleans, testified about the importance of worker cooperatives in New York City's economy and advocated for support to fight unemployment and promote economic growth. She emphasized the role of cooperatives in providing economic activity, businesses, and employment to the city, especially in the wake of the pandemic.
- Highlighted the need for more land trusts and public banks to support cooperatives
- Stressed that cooperatives are part of a parallel economy that contributes to New York City's growth
- Requested recognition and support from New York City to prevent potential economic decline
UNKNOWN
6:35:20
Okay.
6:35:21
My name is miss Lopez Martinez.
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I am the I am the director of a trust.
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I am the director of a corporate of a corporation organization.
Francesco Brindisi
6:35:47
And
UNKNOWN
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the name is Palanti Green Cleans.
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And I want to advocate for a bigger workforce in order to fight unemployment and have Okay.
6:36:44
So my name is miss Lopez Martinez.
6:36:46
Just so I'm a worker.
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I am the proprietor of a corporation, and the name is Palanti Green Cleans.
6:36:55
It's a cumbersome.
6:36:56
And a migrant as well.
6:37:19
Okay.
6:37:21
Offer cleaning services, and we were founded on 2014.
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And we also offer solutions to the problem that's in the market right now about unemployment.
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And we also offer help with the workforce because we need more employment.
6:37:46
Okay.
6:37:56
And we also offer services implemented towards cost and production.
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So the cooperative industry has accomplished to give growth to New York by providing economic activity and businesses and employment to the city.
6:39:02
I believe we Okay.
Justin Brannan
6:39:05
Okay.
6:39:05
Could you just summarize so we can move on?
UNKNOWN
6:39:07
Yes.
6:39:08
I believe it is important that you know that corporations exist and that because of the pandemic, we had to close a lot of small businesses and that we are here to advocate for the growth and that We believe that we need to establish the future of New York and that we're a part of it and that corporations are important in the topic of having land trust.
6:40:00
We need more land trust, and we need more public banks to make sure that all the different trusts have the the funds that they need to operate and contribute to the growth of New York City.
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We want you to know two important things, and they are that cooperatives do exist and that we are part of the economy.
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This is a parallel economy, and we grow in a parallel way, and that have overcome a growth experiment in New York City, and that we need you to know that we exist and that we need the support from New York City to not have the decline that could happen if we don't get the support that we need for the growth of New York City.
Justin Brannan
6:41:31
Got it.