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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Raul Rivera, Member of the Public
6:56:49
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Raul Rivera testified at the NYC City Council hearing, expressing distrust in NGOs and non-profits handling immigrant funding. He criticized the allocation of $6.9 billion for immigrant support and raised concerns about potential misuse of funds. Rivera's testimony veered off-topic, touching on controversial subjects related to Islam and Palestine, which led to interruptions from council members.
- Rivera questioned the effectiveness and transparency of immigrant support funding
- He attempted to draw connections between immigration, religious issues, and geopolitical conflicts
- Council members repeatedly intervened to keep the testimony on topic and manage time
Raul Rivera
6:56:49
Good afternoon.
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My name is Raul Rivera.
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I just wanna say before I read my statement that we don't trust the NGOs, the non profits.
6:57:00
There's something that's going on with all this money being handed out to immigrants.
6:57:06
The city has spent $6,900,000,000 and you cannot help immigrants with 6,900,000,000.0.
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That's very suspect.
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I think somebody should look into that.
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Also, the chair Aviles is in the back.
6:57:19
I'm not sure why she doesn't wanna sit down at the chair and and take over her
Justin Brannan
6:57:24
You have two minutes.
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Chair.
6:57:26
Raul, you have two minutes.
Raul Rivera
6:57:27
Look at what she's doing.
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You call you call you call that representation
Justin Brannan
6:57:31
This is coming out of your two minutes.
Raul Rivera
6:57:32
Yeah.
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But you you you call that representation.
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Right?
6:57:34
Well, I'm gonna yeah.
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You can look up for that $1,000,000,000 that's missing on the Thrive NYC that we spoke about.
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And, I asked you to investigate that.
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That's $1,000,000,000.
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So, I'm gonna read a quote from Doctor.
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Wafaa Sultan.
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The trouble with Islam is deeply rooted in its teachings.
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Islam is also a politically ideology that I'll restart.
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The trouble with Islam is deeply rooted in its teachings.
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Islam is also a political ideology that preaches violence and applies its agenda to agenda by force.
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I'll remind chair Aviles that it was Muslims who attacked and brought down the World Trade Centers on 09/11.
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I'll also remind the chair, Palestinians were dancing in the streets of Palestine.
Sandy Nurse
6:58:24
Sir, I'm gonna need you to stay on topic.
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Please, we're not here to disparage any religious.
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Is On topic.
Gale A. Brewer
6:58:29
This is a topic.
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Keep it on topic.
Raul Rivera
6:58:30
We're good.
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Immigration.
Sandy Nurse
6:58:31
Thank you.
Raul Rivera
6:58:31
I reclaim my time.
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Chair Aviles believes
Sandy Nurse
6:58:34
There's no reclamation.
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Thank you.
Raul Rivera
6:58:35
Chair Aviles believes that the struggle of Puerto Rico and Palestine are the same.
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I'll remind the chair, Puerto Rico does not hate America like the Palestinians do and Puerto Rico does not have a terrorist organization called Hamas.
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You support Zeron Mandani for NYC who lied to me about publicly denouncing Hamas, Hezbollah, and Sharia law.
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His campaign team said on camera that mister Mandani put out a statement.
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We demand
Sandy Nurse
6:59:03
Sir, this is not a topic and your time is over.
Raul Rivera
6:59:05
We demand he produce the soap.
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Thank you.
Justin Brannan
6:59:07
Thank you for your testimony.
Raul Rivera
6:59:09
We'll we'll submit our testimony.