Category: Testimony
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Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Oversight – Waste Equity and Environmental Justice
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Thank you to Chair Sanchez and members of the committee for holding an oversight hearing on waste equity and environmental justice. These issues are personal for BP Reynoso, having grown up in Williamsburg’s Southside, directly impacted by the dangerous streets and dirty air from hundreds of waste trucks going to and from the area’s many waste transfer stations daily. In…
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Committee on Women and Gender Equity Testimony on Resolution 0208-2026
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Thank you, Chair Farías and for holding this hearing today. I am providing this testimony on behalf of Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. Our office supports Resolution 208, which asks the NYS legislature to amend the public health law to mandate anti-bias training for medical students and residents. It has…
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City Council Committee on Immigration Oversight: Examining the Executive Order 13 of 2026 Report of Audit Findings and Recommendations
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Thank you, Chair Encarnación and members of the committee for holding this hearing today. My name is Isabel Ortega-Romero, and I am here representing Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. New York City is home to 3.1 million immigrants (38% of the City’s population).1 This city was and continues to be…
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City Council Committee on Small Business Testimony on Intro 578
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Good afternoon, Chair Thomas-Henry and thank you for holding this hearing today and for your advocacy on behalf of NYC’s industrial businesses. I am representing Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso to provide testimony on Intro 578, which would reform the City’s Industrial Business Zone (IBZ) Boundary Commission. While BP Reynoso…
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City Council Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Oversight Hearing: Waste Valorization and the Circular Economy
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Good afternoon, Chair Sanchez and thank you for holding this hearing today. I am representing Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. While the topic of waste valorization is important, we are concerned that the City Council has not scheduled a hearing on DSNY’s Final Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP). The Council…
