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Council Member Restler's concluding remarks on community board support and future strategy
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Council Member Lincoln Restler concludes the discussion by acknowledging the community boards' challenges and offering strategic advice for pursuing support and changes.
- Restler recognizes the various issues facing community boards, including technology, space, and budget transparency
- He suggests focusing on legislative changes this year rather than budget increases, given the current administration's stance
- Restler expresses hope for more cooperative leadership in the future regarding community board support
Lincoln Restler
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Yeah.
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No.
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Look.
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We really appreciate your all's testimony today.
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We appreciate your hard work on behalf of our community boards.
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I'm a former community board member myself.
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Know, I think that there are a range of issues, you know, that we have to address around technology, around space, around budget responsiveness and transparency, planning support that all need to be considered.
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And I know you all have put a lot of thoughtful work into that.
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You know, look, I think that my colleague is right to encourage you to make crisp asks in a budget process.
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I will be somewhat sanguine in saying that mayor Adams has not demonstrated a whole lot of interest in supporting just about anything budget related in three plus years, but he's got one budget left.
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And I think that, you know, we should look at I think we have a more likely chance of winning on some substantive policy and legislative changes over the course of this year.
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So in a world of limited time and resources where you guys all have far too much on your plate, my personal recommendation to you would be to focus on what we can do legislatively this year and hope that there'll be somebody more cooperative on the other side of city in the future who will care about community boards.
5:08:59
But that's just my advice for what it may be worth.
5:09:01
With that, I'd like to thank this panel.
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We appreciate you all being with us today and hope you have a good weekend.
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And we will now shift to the final panel of the day.
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We're gonna hear from four folks online and one person one person in person.
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Miss Sharon Brown, thank you for being with us as always.
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And online we have Tanisha Grant, Gary Giordano, Jeremy Laufer, and Melinda Perkins.
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We will begin with miss Brown in person, and then we will shift to the Zoom witnesses.
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So miss Brown, with that, good to see you, and thank you for being here.