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Council Member Paladino's opening remarks on low attendance and importance of DAs' testimony
7:04:38
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Council Member Vickie Paladino expresses disappointment at the low attendance of fellow council members for the district attorneys' testimony. She emphasizes the crucial role of DAs in public safety and criminal justice, and criticizes the timing of their appearance late in the day.
- Paladino highlights the importance of understanding the challenges faced by DAs' offices
- She criticizes the lack of council members present to hear about the DAs' needs
- The council member stresses the significance of this testimony for informing constituents and other council members
Vickie Paladino
7:04:38
Good afternoon and, thank you everybody for staying.
7:04:41
Three chairs for, for Queens because it looks like we're the only ones here.
7:04:46
Okay?
7:04:47
I mean and let me Oh, wait.
7:04:49
No.
7:04:49
No.
7:04:49
Sorry, Gail.
7:04:50
Okay.
7:04:51
Don't take offense.
7:04:51
One okay.
7:04:53
But I do wanna make a point.
7:04:55
And the point is you guys are so important.
7:04:59
And the fact that you are on at this hour of the day is really too bad because this is an extremely important part of our public safety and our criminal justice.
7:05:12
It's twofold.
7:05:13
And, the fact that there are no council members here to listen to acts exactly what goes on in your offices so that we could bring it back to our constituents.
7:05:25
The council members could understand how how desperate you are and how much you need justifiably so.
7:05:34
When we sit here and we ask questions or our or our constituency has questions, they don't understand the nuts and the bolts of what goes into this.
7:05:45
They do not understand the weeds that you are tangled in.