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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public, on Resolution 854
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Christopher Leon Johnson testifies in support of Resolution 854, emphasizing the importance of street safety for construction workers and delivery workers. He criticizes a council member for their absence and lack of support for the bill.
- Johnson connects the resolution to protecting construction workers and delivery workers (deliveristas) from speeding vehicles
- He mentions a recent visit to 50th Street to pay respects to victims of construction accidents
- Johnson calls out Council Member Inna Vernikov for her absence and lack of support for the bill
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Ready?
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Hello.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson.
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I'm here to support your bill.
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Resolution intro eight fifty four, and I'm gonna explain why.
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But first off, we gotta say rest in peace to Rebecca, Diana, and Dana Sad, Sada who passed away in, Inner Vernicole District.
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I wanna know why where was Inner Vernicole?
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Where she's at?
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Why she's not here?
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Why she's not saying anything about this?
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Is she a speed what what is she a speeder herself?
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Safety safety in the streets is not Democrat or Republican.
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This is human rights.
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It's all about human rights.
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Let's keep that %.
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Now I wanna show my support with this bill, this resolution, because, today, I just came from Fiftieth Street with a political candidate.
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I can't be political.
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I I can't say that person's name, but one of a public advocate.
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And we was there, showing our respects to the people that passed away in, construction accidents and same time that I I feel that construction workers and deliristas, they're not safe in the streets because there's a lot of people that speed in the new in the city of New York, especially in Manhattan, and nothing ever happens.
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This this resolution, I hope this gets passed in the state senate with Andrew Gondaras that it will protect these deliristas on workers' project.
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It will protect the construction workers under the CLC of labor unions.
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It will protect these people.
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It will it will protect them.
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I believe that these these two bill these bills resolution will protect these, deliveristas and construction workers.
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They matter most to they matter mostly mostly to mostly to more than just not to say more, but the same as people that just regular people that just get hit by cars and stuff like that.
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But it will protect it will protect the labor.
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It will protect labor.
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But before I get off here, I'm a ask I'm gonna say, you know vertical, where are you?
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Why are not here?
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Why are not supporting this bill?
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What what's what's wrong?
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I mean, that's that's my honest opinion.
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Ina, if you don't care about people, need to be voted out.
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That's why you're getting chomped by Ari Kagan and and other girl on the other side.
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But if you don't care about if you don't care about street safety, Ari Kagan need to get you get you out of the door.
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So that's all I gotta say.
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Ari Kagan, hope you do the right thing.
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Appreciate it.
Yusef Salaam
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Thank you.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Thank you.
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That's it?
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Yep.
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That's it.
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Alright.
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Cool.
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Thank you.