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Discussion on the need for a dedicated Rikers closure coordinator
1:00:16
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25 sec
Council Member Christopher Marte and Jonathan Lippman discuss the importance of having a dedicated person working full-time on closing Rikers Island. They emphasize the need for someone who is fully committed to the task and can maintain continuity in the process.
- Lippman expresses frustration with the current lack of a dedicated coordinator
- Both agree on the importance of having someone who can facilitate ongoing conversations and maintain focus on the closure
Christopher Marte
1:00:16
Thank you for being here, and I wanna say thank you for saying that we do need a czar.
1:00:20
We need someone
Jonathan Lippman
1:00:21
who Oh, absolutely.
Christopher Marte
1:00:22
Full time is talking about working on, even during their sleep dreaming of how to close Rikers Island and how to facilitate all these conversations.
Jonathan Lippman
1:00:32
Can't tell you how frustrating it is not to have someone like that because you talk, it goes in this year, out the other, and the next week, you're talking to somebody else.
1:00:40
Yeah.