Brewer explains vote - mental health, CUNY, libraries, oversight agencies
Council Member Brewer discloses Hunter College association. She thanks the mayor and Speaker for mental health, housing, CityFEPs, DCWP, seniors, CUNY OmniCards, libraries, and parks funding, and calls for continued attention to oversight agencies like COIB and DOI. Votes aye on all.
Brewer.
I also teach at Hunter, so I am saying that I am adopting the fact that is true and I am associated with that entity.
I want to say about the budget to thank the mayor and his staff, Speaker Menon and her staff.
I think in every community we have mental health issues that are hopefully being addressed, housing issues, FAPS, NYCHA supportive units, all in the budget to a certain extent.
And certainly Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has improved its ability hopefully to do outreach, legal services, cultural.
I really want to thank you, Madam Speaker, for the support there.
Seniors need the home delivery.
CUNY needs the Omni car.
That's exciting, as well as all the other programs, libraries, and parks.
I also want to thank everyone for helping with the 9-11 to see if there really were toxic discussions that took place.
We need to know it so that those can hopefully be addressed in the future if there are any such issues.
I finally want to just state that this budget, the only thing missing, we have to keep paying attention, is the oversight agencies, be it
COI, be it DOI, which did get more money, or any other agency that does oversight of our governance.
Thank you very much.
I vote aye on all.