Council Member Paladino votes no on several items, defends middle class

Okay, the following.

I vote no on intro 786A.

I vote no on 797A.

I vote no on 905A.

And I just want to say something about that before I move on to my no vote on 943, the horse carriage ban.

You know, everybody.

We hear a lot about the very, very rich and the very, very poor.

But nobody thinks an inch about the middle class.

How is COPA going to affect the middle class?

Yes, the people who have the front yards and the back yards, as it was referred to by a colleague here in this room.

I'm proud of my front yard and I'm very proud of my backyard.

And I know how hard my husband had to work and how I had to work in order to have that front yard and that backyard.

I still do not own that front yard and backyard outright just yet.

My husband is 74 years old, and he still drives a truck for a living.

So please, let's get off this bandwagon of black and white issue.

This is an every person issue that struggles every single day, paycheck to paycheck, to make ends meet.

And I am voting no against COPPA because nobody's got the right to hand over my property to a non-for-profit to decide how.

And when, but mostly how, I should go about the sale of my house that I broke my back for so that my kids could have some sort of inheritance.

And if we want to look at government-owned property, we better start with NYCHA.

And all the money that's being invested and how these people live in squander.

And for those of you who don't know, my office works very closely.

Can I have just two seconds more?

I have to be consistent.

I just want to say.

Please mute her mic.

Thank you.

I've been very consistent today.

All right.

Councilman, can you tell us your vote?

I'll go over it one more time.

Intro 786A is a no.

Intro 797A is a no.

Intro 905A is a no.

Intro 943, the horse carriage ban, is a no.

Transparency, transparency, transparency, Rezo 695 and Rezo 650, no.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Rustler.