Staff announces transition to DOE hearing

Good afternoon.

We should be moving to education shortly.

As you walk in, please find your seat.

Quietly, please find your seat.

Just a reminder, no food or beverages are allowed in the chambers, and no one may approach the dais.

Thank you.

Quiet down, please.

Quiet down.

Please find your seats.

Please find your seats.

Thank you.

I see some of your folks, but I don't know.

Retinues want us to monitor everybody where they move.

If everyone can please just find their seat, please find your seat.

We are getting ready to begin.

But Marie knows what she's doing.

She met with us yesterday.

My uncle was your constituent.

He passed away.

His funeral was Saturday.

I didn't get to tell you.

The funeral was Saturday.

Last Saturday?

No, this Saturday.

That's why I've been MIA.

Monique has been giving us...

She thinks she's so powerful, but you know what?

He lived on 86.

Morris.

Morris.

He lived on 86.

The face looks like somebody that's been seen.

You've probably seen him around.

Oh, so the funeral is when?

It passed.

It was this Saturday.

You passed?

You keep saying pass Saturday.

I said pass Saturday.

You said no.

And I'm going to say, okay, last Saturday.

Last Saturday.

He's at my mom and he's very upset with the hospital.

They didn't do a good job.

Yeah?

What did he have?

Heart problems?

No, he had a stroke.

He had a stroke.

He had a stroke?

Yeah, he had a stroke.

Wow.

No, no, I'm not here.

I'm moving myself.

Wait, it's empty?

Yeah.

Oh, you have an education.

Okay, you can put me here.

You can put me here.

Oh, what's going to happen?

I can have a council member.

Hi, council member.

Today's my birthday.

You want to give me a gift?

That's the only reason.

No, it's not my birthday.

But I was sitting here first.

I was standing there, and I'm about to sit, and then he said, but your name was not here.

So how I took your seat?

How do I take a seat?

Okay.

Listen, Kingsborough's in your district.

Kingsborough's in your district.

And now she apologized.

Oh, it's no problem.

I love that.

No problem.

Oh, so cute.

I love to see my black women.

I love you guys.

Why would I be upset?

No, but I said you was upset.

But I just wanted to make sure.

I'll just explain.

You know?

I said, let me explain.

I know.

And then she apologized.

She was so sweet.

I love that.

My staff reached out to your team.

I do love it.

I do.

My staff reached out to your team to meet up.

Okay, Farrah, because you be trying to play me.

Last time I was supposed to meet you and Althea, me and Althea ended up meeting up.

I know, I did hear about that meeting.

I was like, oh, Farrah met with you?

You know I get jealous.

You get jealous for what?

Yeah, when y'all be eating up your shit.

Oh, no, because I love Haitians.

I don't have to be jealous about that because you guys love me.

So I'm never jealous about that.

Okay.

But no, when y'all meet up without me.

Oh.

So should they reach out to see if we could all coordinate the time together?

Okay.

You know what?

There's a meeting that we're having.

The Haitians be mad at the Haitians in my area, so they love me.

I know they love you.

They don't have no problem with you.

I know.

Yeah.

I just stay out of the drama.

You have to represent everything.

Y'all got a lot of stuff.

Okay?

How do you say, like, lots of drama in Creole?

I'm feeling.

I'm feeling.

And I want to stay away.

Who?

How do I stay clear?

I want to stay away from the drama.

What drama?

I want to stay away from the drama.

Me too.

Do what I mean.

Just say, I want to do like Mercedes.

I'm a people problem.

I'm a people problem.

I'm a people problem.

Yes, I know.

That situation is messy.

It's not only Haitian that's messy.

I don't know.

That's not my problem.

I'm not in the state.

I'm not.

It's not only Haitian that messy, by the way.

Did Solene tell you what he said?

What the bar said?

No.

Oh, that they need capacity training?

No, and he was like, oh, the Haitian community keeps asking me for stuff.

I was like, I said no comment.

I'm a Haitian, okay?

So I love that.

I'd be like, I don't know.

We just say no problem.

I'd be like, I don't know.

Whatever.

That's not me.

It is cool.

And they already have a picture.

I told them I would, like, show them, but they didn't ask me for it.

They didn't ask me for capital this year.

That?

The mic.

Oh, the mic?

Oh.

I'm not to ask you.

So, like, next year I would.

Thank you.