Brendan Fogerty, NYC Fire Captain
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transcriberbNew York City Committees on Oversight and Investigations & Civil Service and Labor
Gale A. Brewer, Chair
September 9, 2022
https://councilnyc.viebit.com/player.php?hash=U2mDNKAEkDJA
Source:
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/Calendar.aspx
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TRANSCRIPT
3:31:14
BRENDAN FOGERTY: Hello everyone, my name is Brendan Fogerty. I was a captain for the New York City Fire Department. I served for 20 years and I went from being essential to being disposable from the mandates. And my religious exemption was denied. And I received those threats of termination and I retired. I would love to go back to my job.
I normally get nervous when I speak in front of, in places like this, and I always say this prayer:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
We're going to be on the right side of history. The people who are against us are against civil rights and religious freedom. We deserve to have our jobs back.
I could fill this, this crisis you have of people who can't figure out how to, how to close this gap, get rid of the mandate, OK? We'll get our jobs back. That'll narrow the gap. Get rid of the mandate so you can attract more people who actually have values in their lives and will come and work in this city, OK?
I never took this job to be rich, I took it to be secure, OK? I knew I wouldn't get rich. But I was told it was a secure job. I have four children and a wife. And then they say, it's over. I would have been better off becoming a Met or a Yankee. But I gave up that dream in fourth grade. Alright? Fifth grade MVP right here, Good Shepherd Little League. I had a shot. Not anymore, OK? I gave my best years to this city. Twenty years, from 21 to 41, and then they take it away at the peak of my earning career. I made it to captain. I went through that process. You should be ashamed of yourselves! You should be ashamed of yourselves! [Time alarm sounds] Eric Adams [Mayor of New York City] is going to be on the wrong side of history. The people who looked by are the same people who thought slavery was OK.
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you very much.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: The same people who thought—
GALE A. BREWER: OK thank you.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: segregation in Shea Stadium was OK.
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you very much, sir.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: You segregated us. I was allowed to work in this city—
GALE A. BREWER: OK
BRENDAN FOGERTY: But I wasn't allowed to eat in a restaurant!
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: In this city!
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you, thank you very much.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: I was allowed to work through the pandemic but I wasn't allowed to eat in a restaurant!
GALE A. BREWER: OK, Thank you.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: I could wear the uniform, go to a burning building, but not eat here!
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you very much.
BREDAN FOGERTY: What's wrong with you people? Trust the science!
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: You guys are fu*ked up!
[loud applause and cheers]
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you. Quiet! Quiet please. [loud applause continues] Quiet! Quiet. Quiet please.
MALE VOICE: Quiet down please, quiet down please.
GALE A. BREWER: Quiet. Quiet please.
[END]
> Transcriptions by Transcriber B (home page)
Gale A. Brewer, Chair
September 9, 2022
https://councilnyc.viebit.com/player.php?hash=U2mDNKAEkDJA
Source:
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/Calendar.aspx
[screenshot]
TRANSCRIPT
3:31:14
BRENDAN FOGERTY: Hello everyone, my name is Brendan Fogerty. I was a captain for the New York City Fire Department. I served for 20 years and I went from being essential to being disposable from the mandates. And my religious exemption was denied. And I received those threats of termination and I retired. I would love to go back to my job.
I normally get nervous when I speak in front of, in places like this, and I always say this prayer:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
We're going to be on the right side of history. The people who are against us are against civil rights and religious freedom. We deserve to have our jobs back.
I could fill this, this crisis you have of people who can't figure out how to, how to close this gap, get rid of the mandate, OK? We'll get our jobs back. That'll narrow the gap. Get rid of the mandate so you can attract more people who actually have values in their lives and will come and work in this city, OK?
I never took this job to be rich, I took it to be secure, OK? I knew I wouldn't get rich. But I was told it was a secure job. I have four children and a wife. And then they say, it's over. I would have been better off becoming a Met or a Yankee. But I gave up that dream in fourth grade. Alright? Fifth grade MVP right here, Good Shepherd Little League. I had a shot. Not anymore, OK? I gave my best years to this city. Twenty years, from 21 to 41, and then they take it away at the peak of my earning career. I made it to captain. I went through that process. You should be ashamed of yourselves! You should be ashamed of yourselves! [Time alarm sounds] Eric Adams [Mayor of New York City] is going to be on the wrong side of history. The people who looked by are the same people who thought slavery was OK.
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you very much.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: The same people who thought—
GALE A. BREWER: OK thank you.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: segregation in Shea Stadium was OK.
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you very much, sir.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: You segregated us. I was allowed to work in this city—
GALE A. BREWER: OK
BRENDAN FOGERTY: But I wasn't allowed to eat in a restaurant!
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: In this city!
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you, thank you very much.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: I was allowed to work through the pandemic but I wasn't allowed to eat in a restaurant!
GALE A. BREWER: OK, Thank you.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: I could wear the uniform, go to a burning building, but not eat here!
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you very much.
BREDAN FOGERTY: What's wrong with you people? Trust the science!
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you.
BRENDAN FOGERTY: You guys are fu*ked up!
[loud applause and cheers]
GALE A. BREWER: Thank you. Quiet! Quiet please. [loud applause continues] Quiet! Quiet. Quiet please.
MALE VOICE: Quiet down please, quiet down please.
GALE A. BREWER: Quiet. Quiet please.
[END]
> Transcriptions by Transcriber B (home page)
