Chris Chatterjee supports the idling law and says it is working
Chatterjee, using another participant's Zoom link, says idling harms children and that buses and garbage trucks often run engines unnecessarily. He says the law is working and that delayed fines are a bureaucratic problem, not a reason to change the law.
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Great.
Great to have you.
I can't hear anything.
I guess I'll just start speaking.
Sure.
Thank you for taking the time, Mr.
Gennaro, if you can hear me.
Yes, I don't know what to say.
Yeah, no, a lot of the companies, you know, they idle on the roads.
They really shouldn't be doing it.
You have no idea how many children walk by and breathe these emissions.
So I think the law is doing a great job.
And, you know, a bus company, a bus could just be sitting there waiting for...
You know, say a Broadway show to end, they could be there for 30 minutes, people are taking selfies, they're just late to arrive, they're lost.
Meanwhile, the bus is idling the whole time.
So, I mean, it's ridiculous to, it's ridiculous what I've seen out looking for these violators.
Same thing with the garbage truck industry, they go into the
They could go into the building.
They could take the elevator down.
It could take forever to get the garbage out.
Meanwhile, the truck's idling the whole time.
So it's just ridiculous.
They need to cut the engine.
It's better for everybody.
They've started doing so.
Action Environmental.
I've noticed has been off lately.
Academy has been off lately.
Pandemic, you know, but we still got to get the word out.
And I know it takes a long time for them to get the fine, but, you know, that's just city bureaucracy, government bureaucracy.
That's not a law change.
That's, you know, bureaucratic hurdles.
I think we're, you know, the law is good as is.
And, you know, it's working.
I've seen it work.
Every year it's getting better and better.
So it's just amazing to see.
Thank you very much, Mr.
Hartman.
I don't think you can hear me, but, you know, my voice will be on the record, and I'm glad you got an opportunity to testify.
And it was...
I'm not Hartman.
I'm Chatterjee.
Yeah.
You're who?
Chatterjee.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I guess we didn't...
Yeah, his hand is also up, but I don't know if he wants to talk.
Oh, okay.
It seems like, yeah, we have many people as Chris Hartman.
But so I don't know what that's about.
I probably used his link.
I used his link.
Oh, I used his link.
Okay.
Well, thank you very much for your testimony.
You're welcome.
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Yeah.
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