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Expectations for the hearing and introduction of next speaker
0:04:45
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Council Member Nurse concludes her opening remarks by outlining the structure of the hearing and introducing the next speaker. She emphasizes the goal of understanding city agencies' efforts to close Rikers Island under Mayor Adams' leadership.
- The hearing aims to understand how city agencies under Mayor Adams are making efforts to close Rikers.
- The hearing will include testimony from council members with bills on the agenda, a panel of witnesses from the commission, and agency representatives responding to questions.
- Nurse introduces Council Member Rivera as the next speaker to give an opening statement on her bill.
Sandy Nurse
0:04:45
I will note that we did invite the new deputy mayor, Mastro, who has Rikers under his portfolio to come and share his perspective on how he plans to approach the law to close Rikers, but I suspected he did not want to come before the council after deciding to help facilitate Trump's mass deportation pipeline.
0:05:04
So today we seek to understand how our city agencies under the leadership of Mayor Adams are making efforts to close Rikers.
0:05:11
We will hear from council members who have bills on the agenda today, then we will hear from a panel witnesses from the commission, and then the agencies will be responding to questions.
0:05:20
I'm now going to turn it over to council member Rivera to give an opening statement on her bill.