Council Member Narcisse abstains on COPA, votes aye on rest

Narcisse.

Permission to express my food, please.

Permission granted.

All right.

Today, I want to say congratulations to my colleague, Sandy Nurse.

But I'm having such a struggle with 905.

I could not even sleep, believe it or not, on this.

I'm against private investors to buy their homes.

I would love to see that we create a path for folks to hold their home.

And sometimes I'm wondering if it's a violation of the people's constitution, because we're taking their home without giving them compensation.

I'm sitting here, I'm saying that, how are we doing that?

Because when I'm looking at some data, so we have a background court standard, limited ability to even sue, and

NYHC data showing that 11% of subsidized affordable housing providers collect less than 80% of the rent roll, fueling financial distress and non-paying, I mean.

eviction, filing, while we know what's going on around us.

So I'm sitting here,

still wonder, can we keep, we want to keep the house in the person that own the home.

Keeping it in the community, if the people in the community actually going to go in those homes when they get fixed.

I got a problem there too.

So yesterday, the federal court approved $60 million settlement yesterday for the city.

So because we're not doing our part and people should not be losing their home like this.

And especially the people that are struggling the most, the black and brown communities.

I'm not saying non-profit are not good.

They have some good one.

But I'm wondering about future generation.

What are we leaving on the table?

That's all I'm saying.

I have to relate with, not popular with Muranos today.

Thank you.

Out of that, I'm going to abstain on 905, and I will vote aye on the rest.

Thank you.