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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public, on Support for Deliveristas and Concerns about City Policies
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Christopher Leon Johnson testifies in support of Deliveristas and expresses concerns about policies implemented by Jessica Tisch, which he believes are discriminatory. He calls for the City Council to condemn these policies and take action to support delivery workers.
- Criticizes policies as potentially endangering undocumented Deliveristas
- Requests continued funding for Worker Justice Project and Street Vendor Project
- Advocates for the installation of a Deliverista hub outside City Hall
- Urges support for a bike ride in solidarity with Deliveristas and calls for the abolition of "Cop City"
Christopher Leon Johnson
4:54:22
Thank you.
4:54:23
I'll go.
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Hello chairs Brandon, chairs Rousseau Salam.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson, and I'm here to support the Deliveristas.
4:54:30
I'm here to support these two nonprofits here.
4:54:32
Shout out to the Streetman Project for giving me his pen at the small business fair and the WorkDocs profit giving me his pen at the fair too.
4:54:38
Alright.
4:54:39
So I wanna make this clear that, look, this these policies that Tish just that Tish has done on behalf of her mother is really racist and discriminatory against the de la Ristas.
4:54:49
What this does is put these guys and gals in danger with immigration because a lot of you guys don't have papers and all it's gonna do is open them up to ICE.
4:54:57
And I'm calling the city council to make a statement with all the members that really care about these deliberistas on this in this situation to really condemn, Jessica Tisch for what she's doing on behalf of her mother.
4:55:09
She's not doing this on behalf of street safety because if it was for street safety, it'll be for everybody, but she's doing this on behalf because her mother complained.
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So I'm calling the city councils who really condemned Jessica Tisch for doing this to up to these, Delaristas.
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I am calling the city council to, find a way to demolish that newsstand right outside City Hall and install that Delarista hub on behalf of the Work Justice Project.
4:55:32
Why are you not guys not doing this, Jeff, for?
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I I don't get what's going on here.
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At the same time, I'm calling to the city council to make sure that the Worker Justice Project and the treatment of the project still keep their funding in at the f y '26 cycle because there's a lot of internal stuff that's going on and I believe they should keep they still keep their funding for what they do for the city of New York.
4:55:50
And another thing is that tomorrow at 06:00 at Union Square, there's gonna be a critical mass bike ride down the down from Union Square to City Hall and I hope that you, mister Justin Brandon, show up or send one of your staff in the show and show your in solidarity to the the Laristas that are getting harassed by NYPD.
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And one more thing is that we need to abolish Cop City.
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For the f y '27 cycle, we need to find what the abolish Cop City because the and the street vendors are being are gonna be harassed more with the help of the NYPD.
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And another thing is that we have to stand with our.
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We have to stand with all the in the city.
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They shouldn't be discriminated because they run a bike down the street.
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They're essential workers.
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I know I know I know you had to go.
4:56:34
They're essential workers.
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They deliver pills.
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They deliver medicine.
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I have family that's sick, and I don't want anybody, even my worst enemy, to not be able to get medicine because the de risdi get arrested because they don't some don't know the language barrier or the and some might resist and they might be oh, why I can't get my pills because the person that lived on pills got arrested by the NYPD.
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So thank you so much.
4:56:58
Thank you.