Christopher Leon Johnson testifies supporting ban, calls it 'great land grab'

Ready?

Yeah, hello, my name is Christopher Leon Johnson.

I support Intro 943.

I wanna say this right now, there's a special place in hell for Jim Gennaro because he is one of the biggest adversaries when it comes to this bill, and many others.

I know I can't, I'm trying to be under quorum.

I'll say this right now that look, let's keep it 100% that this bill

is going to target two properties, the 52nd Street location and 30th Street location.

Now, I understand that a lot of people say it's not a land grab.

It's a land grab, but it's a great land grab because if that means that this type of land grab will save lives, I'm for it 100%.

I'll say this right now that TWU is a powerful union.

They are a corrupt union.

I got them this morning.

They're a real corrupt union.

They have a lot of elected officials under their thumb, including the spy ones.

I know a lot of you guys turn limited.

And they're going to do whatever they got to do to make sure this bill dies in the city council.

I hope that you guys have the balls to fight against them.

Reynoso lost.

The borough president lost against Claire Valdez.

If she could defeat him, you could defeat John Samuelson and John Chicharillo in the city council.

I'll say this right now that when it comes to amendments, you have to make sure that the people that do the horse carriage drivers are protected.

And the only reason why he's pissed off, John Chicharillo is angry about, he's saying about casinos.

Everybody in the industry knows he gambles.

He gambles a lot in Atlantic City.

It's because those casinos and the cleaners, they're under 32BJ and HTC.

And he knows if they go to become a cleaner or a host at a casino like Resource World,

he's going to lose his members.

So won't we just say, like, won't he push for making people bus drivers and bus drivers and conductors?

Why is he not doing that?

Oh, he don't care because he knows that once that happens, he's scared of getting voted out of office.

So I'll say this right now.

I support the bill 100%.

Like I said, I know this is targeting 38th Street Hub, 38th Street by Javits Center, and on 52nd Street by the West Side Highway.

But this is the great land grab.

I support this bill.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

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