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Public Advocate concludes with remarks on funding priorities and additional concerns
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Public Advocate Williams concludes his address by emphasizing the importance of proper funding for education and youth services. He touches on broader issues related to city funding priorities and the impact on young people.
- Williams calls for the mayor to take a stand against negative developments in Washington by allocating appropriate funding
- He highlights that while the NYPD was not defunded, many education and youth services were
- The public advocate stresses the importance of investing in preventative services for young people to address quality of life issues proactively
- Williams acknowledges the difficulty of budget decisions but emphasizes the need to prioritize young people's needs
Jumaane Williams
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I do look forward to working with the Department of Education, the mayor's office of the city council to ensure the city students have the support and services they need and learn to learn and be successful.
0:12:22
I also hope this is an opportunity for the mayor to step up, against what's happening, in Washington as the chair alluded to.
0:12:30
Hasn't said much, but I do know money speaks even louder, and so if he is opposed to some of the things, this is an opportunity for us to step up and protect our young people.
0:12:38
I also just wanna mention that, you know, the NYPD was never defunded, but most of the services were.
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Education, young people's services were defunded.
0:12:47
We've never had a conversation about the impact of that but we have an opportunity here to really make some folks whole and as I hear the NYPD speaking about their plans to deal with quality of life issues.
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I know with services like this that we're talking about here today, we can do some stuff on the front end and not have to ask NYPD to do stuff on the back end.
0:13:08
Those need to be fully funded and structured even though we have a difficult time and I wanna make sure I mention I understand how difficult it is, but we have to make the best decisions for our young people so they can be safe and grow to be good adults.
0:13:21
Thank you so much.
0:13:22
Peace and blessings.
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Thank you commissioner from here.