Tag: Testimony
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NYC Department for the Aging 2026 Annual Plan Summary Public Hearing
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Good morning and thank you to NYC Department for the Aging (DFTA) for holding this hearing. My name is Isabel Ortega-Romero, and I am a Policy Analyst at the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President. I am here today because our office deeply cares about the older adults of Brooklyn.…
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City Council Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Oversight Hearing: Vision Zero – Evaluating NYC’s Street Safety Strategy
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Good morning, Chair Abreu and thank you for holding this hearing today. I am representing Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso to provide testimony on the City’s Vision Zero strategy and the legislation being considered today. Borough President Reynoso welcomes the administration’s renewed commitment to Vision Zero and its recently released…
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City Council Committees on Women & Gender Equity and Criminal Justice Oversight Hearing: Maternal Health & Criminal Justice
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Thank you, Chairs Farías and Books-Powers and all members of the committees for holding this hearing today. I am providing this testimony on behalf of Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. Our office supports Intro 0902 and the companion Resolutions 0464 and 0498, which aim to provide more standardized and compassionate…
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City Council Committee on Land Use Oversight Hearing: The Role of Planning and Development in Mayor Mamdani’s Block by Block Housing Plan
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Good afternoon, Chair Riley and members of the Land Use Committee and thank you for holding this hearing today. I am representing Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. Working with communities throughout Brooklyn over the last five years, our office has had a front-row seat to the city’s housing crisis. The…
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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…
