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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Sharon Brown, Member of the Public
3:09:20
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Sharon Brown testified about NYCHA's unpreparedness at hearings and their failure to provide data or make proper repairs. She criticized NYCHA's cycle of ineffective responses to both the council and tenants, highlighting issues with leak repairs and rent arrears.
- Brown argued that NYCHA's lack of preparation at hearings is a tactic to avoid addressing issues.
- She pointed out that NYCHA's improper repair methods, such as patching walls instead of replacing pipes, lead to recurring problems.
- Brown emphasized the unfairness of tenants having to pay rent arrears for apartments that have not been properly repaired for years.
Sharon Brown
3:09:20
Hello.
3:09:20
I'm Sharon Brown.
3:09:22
Before I get started, remember Israel, defend Israel, release the hostages, let Yahweh's people go.
3:09:28
Okay.
3:09:28
So, NYCHA, when they come to the hearing, they are completely unprepared, unaware of what's happening in the building with the money spent and everything.
3:09:39
Every question that was asked they don't know and this seems to be a way to throw it off for another time so they don't have to deal with it.
3:09:48
So they know there's a meeting coming up and no one has any kind of figures or any kind of data or information and this is ongoing and it's just a cycle, they keep doing the same thing over and over.
3:10:02
The way they're dealing with the council is the same way they deal with the tenants.
3:10:08
They tell them they're gonna make the repairs or whatever, they go into a cycle and nothing ever gets done.
3:10:15
So all they have to do to you is keep coming here unprepared and that you yell at them, you tell them what they need to do and nothing ever gets done.
3:10:24
So they the things that they want to talk about that they made the repairs, but they say they've made certain repairs, a hundred here, a thousand there since this time, but they don't have anything any data to show you.
3:10:38
I wonder if they actually handed in anything to show the repairs that they've made thus far.
3:10:45
When they make repairs for the leaks in the apartments, what they're doing is improper.
3:10:52
If the leak is coming back that means that they have to change the pipes.
3:10:56
So what they're doing now is patching up the wall, they're probably putting a little sealant on the pipe and then the pipe is rebursting again, they have to purchase new pipes or at least a portion of pipe maybe they screw out or something they could put them in.
3:11:14
They are in a cycle of causing rent arrears by failing to make the repairs, then they save money
Chris Banks
3:11:23
Thirty seconds to wrap it up.
Sharon Brown
3:11:25
They make the tenants pay for an apartment that has not been repaired for many years and then the tenant winds up either getting evicted or having to pay for living in squalor that the the NYCHA is responsible for.
3:11:43
It's not fair to the tenants to have to pay the arrears as if they lived in a completely repaired apartment.
Chris Banks
3:11:51
Thank you so much for your advocacy and your testimony.
Sharon Brown
3:11:54
You're welcome.
3:11:55
God bless.