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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Sharon Brown on Funding Priorities for New York City
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Sharon Brown testified on various funding priorities for New York City, focusing on Jewish community safety, anti-Semitism prevention, homelessness, and police funding. She emphasized the importance of recognizing Israel's connection to the Jewish people and advocated for immediate action on housing the homeless, particularly veterans.
- Called for funding to combat anti-Semitism and enhance safety in Jewish communities
- Urged for immediate funding to transition homeless individuals into housing, criticizing the high cost of incarceration at Rikers Island
- Advocated for increased police funding and hiring more officers, specifically mentioning the need for Jewish and Christian police officers
Sharon Brown
6:29:02
Hello.
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This is Sharon Brown.
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And before I start, remember Israel defend Israel.
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Release the hostages, let Yahweh's people go.
6:29:12
Okay.
6:29:13
I believe there should be funding for fighting anti Semitism.
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New York City is the biggest city that has the Jewish population and that's in the whole world.
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This is the second, rather, biggest population of Jews besides Israel.
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There should be funding for Jewish safety and funding for safety in their communities.
6:29:43
Now, they have things that they do in their own communities, but we see that we also have to help.
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There should be funding for teaching about Israel belonging to the Jews.
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It's not a secret.
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It's in the bible.
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It's in many different artifacts and things that show clearly it belongs to Israel, so the fight over the land is a frivolous fight, and we need to do things to clear it up, and we could do it through teaching.
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We need funds for street to home immediately.
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We need people who are homeless to get into homes immediately.
6:30:24
I'll go into that more.
6:30:25
We need to fund businesses and housing and transportation for military homeless, homeless veterans, and those who need homes.
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We need to fund this.
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They need it now.
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We have the monies.
6:30:43
Someone said they're paying 507,000 to house someone at Rikers Island A Year or whatever the figure is, that is much more than it requires for a person to have a home.
6:30:57
That's multiple people can have homes and Rikers Island should be defunded and closed down before the year of 2027.
6:31:08
I believe we need to fund the police and they need to have more police officers.
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We don't need less police officers, fund the police and we need Jewish and Christian police and we have to acknowledge that this is a Jewish Judeo Christian nation so that we can get to be that great nation that everyone wants to see and great city.
6:31:33
Thank you.
Justin Brannan
6:31:33
Thank you very much.