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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Sadie, NYCHA resident and housing advocate, on NYCHA issues and accountability
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Sadie, a NYCHA resident and housing advocate, testifies about the lack of transparency and accountability in NYCHA, highlighting issues such as contamination, mismanagement of funds, and health hazards faced by residents. She calls for better oversight, protection of public housing, and preservation of Section 9 housing.
- Criticizes the allocation of over a billion dollars in capital funds to NYCHA since 2019, despite ongoing issues with lead, asbestos, mold, and other contaminants
- Highlights problems with contractors, including violations of OSHA regulations and poor remediation practices
- Emphasizes the impact on residents' health and quality of life, particularly at Rice development
- Calls for investigation into NYCHA staff, contractors, and invoices to address gross mismanagement
Sadie
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It's Sadie.
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No worries.
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Thank you for this platform, chairman Banks.
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There's no transparency or accountability.
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As per assemblyman Epstein's newsletter from a report submitted by Comptroller Lander, Reese received over a billion dollars in capital funds since 2019 and projected another 600,000,000 from 2023 to 2042, but yet is ailed with lead, asbestos, mold, arsenic, contaminated soil, and bribery.
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Same contractors, I.
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E, three different companies due to no or low bid, undertrained, have violated OSHA regulations, water and air quality when remediating lead and other issues from my apartment and countless other residents as well.
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We have also incurred ailments, illnesses, and health conditions that can't be treated or untreated.
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As you know, Beth Israel's hospital is closed.
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There's over 71 and counting residents at Rice alone whose quality of life is violated.
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Their gross negligence has caused people their lives.
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Imagine the atrocities after other developments.
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Unlocking funds for NYCHA should not be at the tenement at the at the tenant's detriment.
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Collect the fines, investigate passport invoices, NYCHA staff, and contractors as to why gross mismanagement is afoot.
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Protect, inform, and comply with the non 64 regs.
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Reese beat PAC scorecard, section nine, six hundred and sixty seven to PAC three seventy one.
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Game over.
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I say this to give hope to those residents and developments who are in elections and undergoing conversion.
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United, we stand and divided we four.
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Preserve public housing and safe section nine.
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Thank you.