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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
4:27:39
PAUL SCHWEIT: My name is Paul Schweit. I'm a firefighter for 7 years with the FDNY. There's not much I can say that can sum up every single testimony that was given today, but I do hope that it resonates with all of the council members and I hope that a lot of the council members come back and look at the testimony and read them, because our stories cannot never give you insight into what we endured this past year.
I pride myself as a marine and a firefighter to be strong in hard times and stand up when standing's hard, and even when I stand alone. But this past year I had a son. And my son gave me the strength to do what was right in my heart.
And I hope that the council members can find it in their heart to listen to these testimonies, hear the struggles that we have gone through. This is not just about loss of pay. This is not about even vaccines. This is about enduring pain and suffering which as humans we can all attest to.
We need relief. And the council members that have helped us through this process, they need your help. We need the mayor's help. And when we're up here pleading for our lives, for our families, for future generations, it's not to take a political stance. It's to show you that suffering is real, and it's almost unbearable at times.
But the men and women in this chamber, the testimonies that you have heard, are family, and this is what New York City's about. Right here.
I don't know if you've ever heard in this chamber that the amount of camraderie and support [time alarm sounds] ever before than in this testimony right now. So please take that to heart.
Understand that we need you to sign onto the other council members plea for help to talk to the mayor to please release these mandates, help us through this struggle, to get back to work. Not only for ourselves, either, but for future generations, and for the city, to get back on its feet.
GALE A. BREWER: I want to say thank you for the last in-person person to speak, you did a great summary. And we're glad that you were the closer. And thank you very much to everyone. We're going now to the final persons on the Zoom. Thank you very much, sir.
Council member Holden has a question, go ahead.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT HOLDEN: I just want to say, this has been probably the toughest hearing to sit through as a council member. I've been almost five years now on the council, and I really feel, especially the first responders who did their jobs, you guys are the salt of the earth. And you should not have been treated this way. And the city will make it up to you. I guarantee that the mayor will come to the conclusion that we can't keep these mandates. I just feel that he's a good man. We met with him. I think if he saw this testimony, like right where I'm sitting, he would tomorrow change that and just do away with the mandates.
But this is heart-breaking, this hearing. And I just hope everyone out there watches this. And we, we, I don't know how many press reporters are here, but this word has to get out. And this has to be done. Because it's not fair. It's not right. You all went through the pandemic like us, but you were on the frontlines. And you guys are heroes. And we shouldn't treat our heroes, you shouldn't kick them in the head and say good-bye like that. Especially with what you've been through.
So I admire you all, you're patriots. And I stand with you and I'll do whatever I can to convince the mayor, because he can do this, he can lift it tomorrow. And we have to convince him. But thank you all for your testimony. Thank you.
4:32:06
[END]
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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
4:27:39
PAUL SCHWEIT: My name is Paul Schweit. I'm a firefighter for 7 years with the FDNY. There's not much I can say that can sum up every single testimony that was given today, but I do hope that it resonates with all of the council members and I hope that a lot of the council members come back and look at the testimony and read them, because our stories cannot never give you insight into what we endured this past year.
I pride myself as a marine and a firefighter to be strong in hard times and stand up when standing's hard, and even when I stand alone. But this past year I had a son. And my son gave me the strength to do what was right in my heart.
And I hope that the council members can find it in their heart to listen to these testimonies, hear the struggles that we have gone through. This is not just about loss of pay. This is not about even vaccines. This is about enduring pain and suffering which as humans we can all attest to.
We need relief. And the council members that have helped us through this process, they need your help. We need the mayor's help. And when we're up here pleading for our lives, for our families, for future generations, it's not to take a political stance. It's to show you that suffering is real, and it's almost unbearable at times.
But the men and women in this chamber, the testimonies that you have heard, are family, and this is what New York City's about. Right here.
I don't know if you've ever heard in this chamber that the amount of camraderie and support [time alarm sounds] ever before than in this testimony right now. So please take that to heart.
Understand that we need you to sign onto the other council members plea for help to talk to the mayor to please release these mandates, help us through this struggle, to get back to work. Not only for ourselves, either, but for future generations, and for the city, to get back on its feet.
GALE A. BREWER: I want to say thank you for the last in-person person to speak, you did a great summary. And we're glad that you were the closer. And thank you very much to everyone. We're going now to the final persons on the Zoom. Thank you very much, sir.
Council member Holden has a question, go ahead.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT HOLDEN: I just want to say, this has been probably the toughest hearing to sit through as a council member. I've been almost five years now on the council, and I really feel, especially the first responders who did their jobs, you guys are the salt of the earth. And you should not have been treated this way. And the city will make it up to you. I guarantee that the mayor will come to the conclusion that we can't keep these mandates. I just feel that he's a good man. We met with him. I think if he saw this testimony, like right where I'm sitting, he would tomorrow change that and just do away with the mandates.
But this is heart-breaking, this hearing. And I just hope everyone out there watches this. And we, we, I don't know how many press reporters are here, but this word has to get out. And this has to be done. Because it's not fair. It's not right. You all went through the pandemic like us, but you were on the frontlines. And you guys are heroes. And we shouldn't treat our heroes, you shouldn't kick them in the head and say good-bye like that. Especially with what you've been through.
So I admire you all, you're patriots. And I stand with you and I'll do whatever I can to convince the mayor, because he can do this, he can lift it tomorrow. And we have to convince him. But thank you all for your testimony. Thank you.
4:32:06
[END]
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