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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Elijah Diaz, Member of Brooklyn District 45, on Equitable Representation in NYC's Workforce
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Elijah Diaz, representing Brooklyn's District 45, provided testimony on the community's concerns regarding equitable representation in NYC's workforce. He expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of the proposed legislation and raised issues about community awareness and representation in the decision-making process.
- The community feels there's no significant increase in equitable treatment for gender non-binary individuals and minority populations.
- Concerns were raised about the potential compromise of the task force implementing changes by political figures like Andrew Cuomo.
- Diaz highlighted the lack of awareness in his district about the meeting and called for a town hall to address these topics.
Elijah Diaz
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Good morning council.
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My name is Elijah Diaz and today I'm here as a representative for the voices of district forty five in Brooklyn.
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I've surveyed a lot of members of my community especially around the Newkirk Plaza area and I've generated a couple of questions but since some time constrained today, I'll just get into the gist of it.
1:31:19
People wanna know, can can council member Lewis provide any data showing Sorry.
Carmen de la Rosa
1:31:27
Excuse me.
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Testimony is not questions.
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You can provide a statement if you'd wish.
Elijah Diaz
1:31:33
Okay.
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I can provide a statement.
Carmen de la Rosa
1:31:35
A q and
Silvia Montalban
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a.
Elijah Diaz
1:31:36
Okay.
Carmen de la Rosa
1:31:36
So if you could please just read your statement.
Elijah Diaz
1:31:39
Okay.
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So We will
Carmen de la Rosa
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accept it onto the record, and it should be relevant to the topic being discussed today.
Elijah Diaz
1:31:44
Okay.
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So the community feels that there's no significant increase or noticeable equitable treatment for gender non non binary individuals and minority populations.
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They feel that this legislation is merely fluff and it it there's no actual measurable increase in change for any of this legislation.
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Also, people are concerned that the task force that is supposed to be implementing these changes and making the the metrics will be compromised by by other candidates, potential elected officials like Andrew Cuomo.
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So they are very concerned about, you know, the legislation being passed, and then all of a sudden, the city council has no power or has no jurisdiction to actually represent the change that it's it's meant to.
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And the people want to hear of a town hall meeting.
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A lot of people from my district I don't think, frankly, anybody from my district even knew about this meeting, and so there's no representation.
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There's no knowledge of any of this happening.
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So the people want to hear a town hall from the council member or council members, you know, relating to these topics.
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Thank you.