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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Sharon Brown on Department of Buildings and NYCHA Accountability
6:03:52
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Sharon Brown testified about the need for accountability in the Department of Buildings, NYCHA, and Section 8 housing. She proposed a system where these entities must submit periodic reports on repairs and tenant complaints, with funding contingent on performance.
- Suggested withholding funding or replacing staff if repairs are not completed
- Proposed allowing tenants to use rent money for repairs if agencies fail to act
- Emphasized the importance of addressing issues like fire escapes and balconies
Sharon Brown
6:03:52
My name is Sharon Brown, Rose of Sharon Enterprises.
6:03:56
Before I begin, remember the hostages, release the hostages, let Yahweh's people go, defend Israel.
6:04:04
Okay.
6:04:05
The Department of Buildings was here.
6:04:09
I believe that funding for the Department of Buildings, NYCHA Section eight, and all of these different things should come with them having to submit periodical reports of when they are making the repairs and doing the things that the tenants are complaining about.
6:04:29
So there needs to be some accountability.
6:04:32
So the things, the list of things that the tenants have been complaining about, they should have to submit a report to the city council and the things that are not getting done by their own submissions and the tenants saying that they did it or they did not do it, they can correspond as well the the tenants.
6:04:55
If they do not do the repairs, their funding should be withheld, held up, or there should be some kind of punishment, or it should be pulled.
6:05:06
Maybe people should be replaced.
6:05:09
There should be something within their funding that if they are not getting the job done, these people will be replaced periodically.
6:05:17
You should look into what they're doing.
6:05:20
It would be accountable for them to have to submit something and if they are not coming up to standard as they have not been for many years, that they would be replaced immediately and so or the tenants could get the monies and contract someone out instead of having to pay rent.
6:05:40
The tenants can pull the monies instead of owing them and actually get some of the repairs done themselves if need be or some some kind of organization can help them get the funding because fire escapes
Kenny Margarito Alvarez
6:05:56
Thank you, Tampa Spies.
Sharon Brown
6:05:57
Balconies, etcetera.
6:05:59
These things need to be taken care of.
6:06:00
Thank you very much.