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Council Member Restler bids farewell to Commissioner Donoghue
4:05:09
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Council Member Lincoln Restler expresses gratitude and appreciation for Commissioner Sue Donoghue's leadership of the Parks Department. He acknowledges the challenging budget dynamics she has faced and commends her for bringing clarity of mission, strong values, and creativity to the department.
- Restler notes this is Donoghue's last budget hearing as commissioner
- He praises her leadership despite difficult circumstances
- Restler mentions his constituents also appreciate her work
Lincoln Restler
4:05:09
Thank you chair Brennan and chair Krishnan for your great leadership and commissioner Donahue.
4:05:14
I'm sorry to say that this is the last time we get to give you a hard time.
4:05:17
But I am grateful for your leadership.
4:05:20
I know you're gonna really miss him.
4:05:32
hard time.
4:05:34
But I will be take a moment to just say I think you've really done a great job leading the Parks Department and my sense is that despite some incredibly challenging dynamics with the budget office, that you've brought clarity of mission, great values, smart leadership, and creativity to the department, and I appreciate it.
4:05:58
And I think my constituents do very much too.
4:06:01
But I do think that you've been dealt a really tough hand over these three plus years, and you know I've talked to folks in Brooklyn Parks that have talked about the never being this short staffed in decades, forty plus years.
Jackson Chabot
4:05:22
Really.
4:05:22
Really miss weekends.
4:05:23
Yes.
Sue Donoghue
4:05:26
Think But I live in Brooklyn,
Rick Rodriguez
4:05:27
so I might
Shekar Krishnan
4:05:28
as well.
4:05:28
Is that too honest to laugh?
4:05:31
I mean, especially when Shaker gives me a
Kevin O'Keefe
4:05:30
There we go.
4:05:30
You got to.