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Council Member Sandy Nurse introduces the hearing and acknowledges attendees
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Council Member Sandy Nurse opens the hearing by acknowledging the council's commitment to moving forward with closing Rikers Island. She recognizes the speaker's prioritization of the issue and introduces the structure of the hearing.
Sandy Nurse
0:16:46
Thank you so much, and thank you for acknowledging that the council is there and is committed to moving this forward, especially the fact that our speaker has made this a priority, has said so very clearly, and has helped us move this this forward.
0:17:01
So just for the members who are here, I just want to acknowledge council member Khamban here.
0:17:07
We're going to hear from this panel first, then we have different agencies.
0:17:10
So we'll talk to the commission and if you have questions about the commission just ping me.