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Testimony by Sharon Brown, Member of the Public

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Sharon Brown testifies on various issues including homelessness, public bathrooms, anti-Semitism, and housing solutions in New York City. She emphasizes the need for immediate action to house the homeless and provide public restrooms to maintain the city's appeal to tourists.

Advocates for "street to housing" programs for homeless individuals, including military veterans
Calls for public bathrooms to improve dignity and maintain tourist appeal
Urges funding for Jewish organizations to combat anti-Semitism
Proposes renting apartments for homeless individuals instead of relying on long-term shelter stays

Sharon Brown

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Hello.

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My name is Sharon Brown.

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Before I start, remember Israel defend Israel, release the hostages, let Yahweh's people go.

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Okay.

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First and foremost, the homeless, military, military veterans, and regular homeless, they need to get street to housing or wherever they are unhoused they need to get into housing.

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There should be funding for housing, all the programs that they're speaking about.

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It does not get people directly off the streets into housing.

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We need that now.

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They need full transportation, they need dignity, housing for all, dignity for all.

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We are killing our tourist industry if we don't have bathrooms for everyone, bathrooms for all.

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People have to go inside of somewhere to purchase something if they want to, use a bathroom.

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That's going to scare away the tourists.

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We're losing dollars because we're being inhumane.

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If we don't give the person on the street a bathroom that's homeless and why would a tourist want to buy from us when they have to step over someone and then they also have to pay in order to use the bathroom.

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It's inhumane, bathrooms for all.

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We

Annabel Palma

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need

Sharon Brown

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to fund Jewish organizations to help fight anti semitism.

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We need to make sure that they are safe in the city and when we are safe here in the city then it will reverberate around the world because this is the capital of the world.

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We can handle issues that are will be a beacon light to the, everyone around the world.

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We need to rent enough housing for the number of homeless people that we have.

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So if there are if people go out on the street or they go to shelters or wherever and they have an overall count of how many people they see are homeless, They need to rent apartments for them, give them keys, put them in there, and then let them come and go as they please instead of funding shelters that keep them there for years on end and never fix anything.

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So street to housing, please.

Nantasha Williams

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Thank you so much for your testimony and I hope you all enjoy the rest of your day.

Sharon Brown

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Thank you very much.

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