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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public
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Christopher Leon Johnson provides testimony advocating for funding allocation to the Worker Justice Project and the Street Vendor Project, emphasizing their work with veterans. He stresses the importance of protecting and supporting veterans, acknowledging their service to the country.
- Calls for $1,000,000 in funding for veteran-related projects
- Suggests prioritizing veterans in 2025 and creating a hub outside City Hall
- Expresses gratitude to Chair Holden for his eight years of service on the council
Christopher Leon Johnson
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name is Christopher Leon Johnson, and I'm in The Bronx right now.
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This came from a, Women's Economy event.
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I wanna make I wanna call tell the city the city council I wanna tell the city council to, please allocate money to the Worker Justice Project and to the street vendor project because they are the two organizations that work with veterans.
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They have veterans in the committee and the organization that deliver food and deliver deliver food and deliver, pizza deliver food and deliver our and serve our people with mangoes and stuff like that.
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And, yeah, serve and our mangoes and stuff like that.
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While at the same time, the city council needs to protect our veterans, serve our veterans.
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We need to love our veterans for what they do.
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That at the same time, they need to really fire up their veterans.
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You're saying fire veterans veteran affairs matters in 2025.
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And I'm just kinda I'm kinda busy right now in The Bronx.
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Well, yeah, like I said, they've the funding for the workmanship project and the strip in the project, protect our veterans, house our veterans.
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Thank you, chair Holden, for serving us for the past eight years as the council member.
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And I know this is your final, budget hearing, your budget, pre budget hearing of the for your tenure, and I'm I'm gonna miss you, bro.
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So I'm kinda busy right now, but like I said, protect our vendors, protect our street vendors, protect our the, protect our veterans, allocate, make sure they get full $1,000,000 in funding.
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We need to do a recent hub outside city hall.
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Like I said, this year, federalists be prioritized over everybody else because they serve our country.
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I I know you might not like their politics.
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You might love their politics, but they served our country.
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They did something that I I'm too scared to do.
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I know a lot of us scared to do, and they served our country.
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And you know what mean?
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And so god bless our veterans.
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God bless our veterans twenty twenty five.
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And, yeah, I'm in I'm in The Bronx right now.
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So yeah.
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But thanks for help hopefully here, mister Holden.
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So thank you.
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Take care.
Robert Holden
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Thank you, Chris.
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I'm gonna miss you too.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Alright.
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Same to you, bro.
James Hendon
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Appreciate it.