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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Evelina Coyotzi, Street Vendor from Corona, Queens
4:55:15
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Evelina Coyotzi, a street vendor for 25 years from Corona, Queens, testified in support of the street vendor reform package, emphasizing the importance of these reforms for vendors who contribute to the community and pay taxes.
- Urged the council to approve Intros 431, 408, and 47 (likely meant 1247)
- Highlighted that street vendors are businesses like any other in NYC, but face harassment from police
- Stressed the importance of these reforms for vendors, their families, and the community
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4:55:15
Good morning.
4:55:16
My name is Evelina Coyotzi.
4:55:17
I've been a street vendor in the City Of New York for twenty five years.
4:55:23
I live in the Corona Queens neighborhood and I work in the Corona Queens neighborhood as well.
4:55:48
I'm here to ask the council to approve the package, the reform package for the following intros that are for the street vendors and they are number four thirty one, four zero eight, and forty seven and twenty four.
4:56:30
These reforms are very important for us and for me because we as a business, we do business for families, for the community, for friends, and we pay taxes as well.
4:56:53
We are the same as any other business of the New York City, but in return we receive the harassment from police.
4:57:05
And for us it is important.
4:57:07
The reforms are important.
4:57:09
Thank you very much.