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Commissioner Rodriguez on utility coordination and borough commissioners
1:18:51
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Commissioner Rodriguez elaborates on the coordination process with utility companies and acknowledges the presence and importance of borough commissioners at the hearing.
- Rodriguez explains the need to coordinate with utility companies between milling and paving
- He highlights the complexity of managing various utility services that operate underground
- The commissioner introduces the borough commissioners present at the hearing, emphasizing their role in connecting with local communities
- Council Member Carr expresses gratitude for the work of borough commissioners Caruana and Bray
Ydanis Rodriguez
1:18:51
And and if you don't mind, councilman chair.
1:18:53
Mister Mike.
1:18:55
And I as you as a question and made a comment, I think that this is one of the thing that I always say that I love the most to be from the council, to be in the agency, asking all the questions to be inside the entity.
1:19:06
And to be able to make decision, as you say, from milling to paving.
1:19:12
We had to give the space for those utility company.
1:19:16
Connect, Verizon, you know, those who bring any utility service that we New Yorkers use, you know, are most of them are happening on the ground.
1:19:26
So DOT had to coordinate with those utility company to say, let's go the milling now.
1:19:32
But let's leave the street open for them to do some work so that they don't have to come back and cut the street.
1:19:38
So it's a lot of coordination.
1:19:39
I want to acknowledge also when I come to this hearing in all my time, I look I always come with my borough commissioners.
1:19:47
So here we have Rosanne, you know, also Jennifer from Manhattan, and Anthony from The Bronx, and also Nicole from Queens.
1:19:55
So the reason why I want for them always to be in the room And Keith.
1:19:59
And Keith, I'm sorry, Brooklyn.
1:20:01
Sorry, Keith.
1:20:01
I love you too.
1:20:03
It's because I know that the council member are the one that have the ear of the community.
1:20:08
So as we ask broader question for citywide, but anything that is local, it is our borough commissioners and their team that are the immediate connection beside that you always have access to all of us.
David M. Carr
1:20:19
I know.
1:20:20
We have great relationships with our borough commissioners.
1:20:22
Borough commissioner Caruana and Bray are are amazing to work with.
1:20:26
Really grateful to have them.
1:20:27
And I'm I'm sure their counterparts and our other sister boroughs are as well.
1:20:30
Thank you.