November 25, 2025

Once your name is called, please approach the podium and address the council members. The first speaker is Ali Muhammad present Good evening, good evening. I leave Muhammad court towers Came to talk about the election, but I'm going to talk about the special election first, but I'm going to talk about Last week I was watching Facebook and I seen the picture where the mayor was having a party and I was watching Everybody partying and I was saying to myself a 10 year old just got killed on Leslie Street and we down here partying I just say killed a whole party. But what is the man doing in the middle party? It's a party time that a 10 year old got killed you talking about his dog. So I mean what's going on? Let me tell you about that street. I used to live there 50 years ago two blocks two Buildings down was my first business in 71 when I was a senior week where high school Then in 72 one block up Wayne right I was married that was my match home I had 20 friends that we between 17 and 19 years old. We the nation song. We were all married It was a thriving neighborhood. It was a different neighborhood, but I can understand you going on at the party But what are you standing there and then he got five or six detail around him Everybody know Leslie Street is a hotspot take that detail and put them somewhere else Rockman Muhammad the deputy manager Gail was not gonna make it that her help was not gonna make it But you've been wrong a whole lot lately That woman the makeup was perfect. The hair was did every day the outfit was laid to the bone She did it. She did it. I mean sometimes she wore me out and then I want to give props to Oscar James That read a campaign with no money not even the storefront with all volunteers. He did a wonderful job But what happened pastor? I hear you pastor Pat I hear you talking in my ear because you know, we used to talk in the ear I leave don't you want to say something to our meaning them? No, I want to say that I mean in them. I'm gonna say this to her that Some of the acts that she had on the day of her vote was criminal first. Let me tell you who I am Five years ago, I made a complaint to the OIG of HUD in the FBI. I can't say FBI federal investigators So see anybody anybody up there? I never talked about them Only time I talked about Pat because we was on a house and thought together but Pat don't have a criminal mind. He just do Personal, you know like he get tight records of loyalty here do things that he don't he know better from doing Another y'all. They never asked me in five years not about one of y'all and Then this new young lady come right in and she breaks statue a new of the statue 1934 15 what y'all don't understand and what you don't understand is that Elections are federal serious situations. They are very serious They are thought of and then I put a statement up here I said Ingress is not the law is not a defense for criminal activity. So you can't say you didn't know in here Affidavit of what I seen personally where I leave my homocene Not nobody else what I seen I seen I seen is in here Also, there was things that happened like in Lisa Parker spot on science Where there was problems in the chief of staff? They called a sheriff and the sheriff removed them but Lisa Park went to the election board and election board said you're back So you're gonna be alright with them because the baraka's a bunch of criminals. They're corrupt So you're gonna fall right on in with them. You're gonna be good with them and stuff like that In this time we gonna have some money and this time we not gonna live on Bob, but I want to congratulate Gail Cheney field because she rocked mom Muhammad said she was not gonna make it and that girl walked strong and Oscar James I was always on the opposite side of Oscar self for Oh to you did a wonderful job I said I'm a lake him blessed if thanksgiving to everybody I mean Thank you for your comments next speaker. I care about appearing Good evening. Good evening council president and members of the City Council My name is for Kara Bradley and I stand before you today as a committed community outreach worker Someone who has walked every block served every neighborhood and poured out my heart into this city. I Have always believed the community work is not a job. It's a calling a responsibility for me. It's my identity Everything I do is rooted in teachings of the late commander kill bash here May he rest in power who taught me that when you wake up in the morning your thoughts must be intentional positive and disciplines Through PC ITI training I was shaped into the trauma-informed community center outreach worker that The trainer elevated me and prepared me to do this work the right way with integrity respect Many outreach workers do not have this level of training and even among those who do some may be further along in their journey But my time is coming and when it comes it will be with integrity in tech because I refuse to compromise it for anyone I show up everywhere in the city Southward Westward I love helping people I stand with singers children families recovering citizens and those who feel forgotten I do not get paid for any of the work that I do But I show up because I care because mayor Raj Debaraka gave a call to action saying all hands on deck Nonprofits boots on the ground and I answer that call I have worked closely with Clinton Hill Community Action And I am deeply grateful for the experience it shaped me and it definitely humbled me It gave me the space to grow and serve my community more deeply for that. I see. Thank you But despite my dedication I had faith mistreatment jealousy Retaliation that no outreach workers should ever have to experience I was treated unfairly at the community for food hub actually without reason without explanation and without respect I walked out a little peacefully because my kid because characters who you are when no one's watching in Integrity and secondary is the foundation that is worth without integrity you have nothing to offer People I was mistreated to be treated simply because another woman's affiliation was someone from my past Someone I trusted but who sent people after me who tried to sink our things and to me who misdirected The residents at the Riviera hotel who even used her connections to put false charges on me without my knowledge And yet I still forgave her I forgave her but I will never allow anyone to misgod my steps Forgiveness does not mean protection forgiveness does not mean silence and forgiveness does not mean letting someone continue to mistreat me or harm The community I have never disrespected anyone who did not need to be disrespected back It is my light that bothers people is my work ethic my dedication in the respect I received from the community that irritates their demons despite all of this blackballing the false narratives The tips to destroy my reputation I continue to show her I still show up. I still help families I still advocate I still work with families never bias never choose a side because of the code of conduct Meaning serve the community with fairness and humility remain trauma-informed respectful and unbiased Protect the community never harm it hold myself accountable even when others do not Stand in integrity even when it costs me never abuse power Always walk with compassion courage and truth. This is the outreach. This is what outreach looks like to me I stand before you today because I believe accountability matters our reach workers are the bridge between the city and its people We are when we are missing treated pushed out or silence for doing right things in the community suffer Nook deserve outreach workers who are supported respected and protected not punished for answering the call sir I am grateful for my experience the good the bad and ugly No one will do my life because I was built for this I know community because I am the community and despite what I have space I'm a consumed to serve with love and technician. Thank you for your time in your service and allow me to speak

Thank you for your comments next speaker Kim Gatti Good evening council members and congratulations to Councilwoman Amina Bay. I'm Kim Gatti 10 67 and a half Bergen Street Southport environmental Alliance, so I'm coming to speak to you on two issues The first one is see dent a towing company 2025 I parked my car in front of the Popeyes to pick up food for my staff I was informed not even ten seconds after I walked in that my car was being told So I came out the drive informed me that I had to pay $475 if they told my car away, they told me this is the receipt from see the then take towing I Only to have the driver tell me that that was the wrong email because somehow $700,000 was taken from this company and now I had to send an additional Today I have not received a penny from see dent a towing and now I'm going to Have a lawsuit and charge them a daily fee like they charge the residents a daily fee when they store our cars But the issue is this is racism for black and brown individuals who live in the South border the city of Newark and Irvington I Took my car and drove down to the North Ward and the East Ward Park the same way like I'm running in to get some food. I didn't see a tow truck for an hour an practices that we are allowing contractors to do at the expense of So I'm calling for this August body to do an investigation on see dent a towing My second issue and I know I got to speak fast On page 37. There's an ordinance our North fossil free ordinance a F and a G I understand that it was deferred this morning But I do want to speak a little bit about the importance of this ordinance and I do want to thank ICC Earth Justice and Pacific environment our partners who helped us write this ordinance Norcas have a fossil free future meaning that we will not be dependent upon dirty energy For our community, you know, the asthma rates are high in this city cancer rates are high Children and elderly are dying each and every day from the environment to degradation We suffer from just because of the color of our sin or the zip code we reside in so I had this conversation With this body so what this ordinance would do is it aims to reduce emissions and improve air quality Around the industrial areas and you think about the Dayton Street neighborhood of the mighty South or and the port, right? So this would reduce that also if this ordinance is adopted It will help advance the city's environment to justice vision and contribute to New Jersey climate goals while aligning With the port of New York and New Jersey master plan and net zero roadmap So port authority this time is getting it right there on board So now as a city we need to begin to support those initiatives, right? Also, this will address the equitable infrastructure investment Historically disinvested neighborhoods like the South Ward and the East Ward of the city of Newark for infrastructure upgrades grid modernization and access to clean energy technologies to address the existing disparities again that we are exposed to black and brown individuals in this great city of Newark And so I'm hoping and I understand it was deferred was on communications I'm thankful the council president reached out to me looking forward to a meeting with the BA Next week so that we can address energy justice because the premise of energy justice is that access to clean safe reliable and Affordable energy is a human right it should not be some people are afforded this it's a human right Who is my ports and policy analyst so that she can educate and inform you with the additional information Regarding the North fossil free ordinance. Thank you. Peace and blessing

Elders and the leaders who fill this chamber. My name is Sarah Crispin a private national reserving not a public citizen Reserving all of my rights and I appear today as a private living woman honoring my indigeneity to earth a steward of my family and a committed member of Newark's future and Before anything else I want to honor what is true Newark is grieving because a 21 year old was taken a child was taken a Houseless neighbor went missing and a baby fell from a 20-story window. These are not isolated incidents loosened from alignment with the people they are entrusted to serve and Yet in this room. I see the individuals who have held north together when systems failed the organizers the elders The parents the advocates who show up twice a month every month the ones who feed shelter protect bury rebuild and speak truth at personal cost right now the people carry the moral authority in this city and to the council let the record reflect your authority as Exists only through fiduciary duty under oath do care transparency and correction of harm More nor occurs now than ever understand in a stand jurisdiction notice liability and a difference between public procedure and private right That shift is already changing the ground beneath your feet public silence does not erase fiduciary breaches and Ignoring harm does not preserve immunity Every failure to act becomes a matter of record oversight and accountability. I'm not here to petition I'm here to document establish my standing and activate the remedies the law requires of trustees The statement is notice and this record is evidence. So accountability shall follow City council meetings are fiduciary business meetings. Your duty is not symbolic. It is legal constitutional and equitable When residents come here in pain seeking safety housing resources of justice It is because no remedy pathway has been made available to them. That is neither sustainable and nor lawful that is why we are establishing a community trust a private indigenous rooted public private remedy structure a Lawful bridge for jurisdiction community authority resource pooling and direct accountability This trust will empower the leaders in this room to do what they've already been doing with formal Private sector power behind it. You'll receive the formal notice soon tonight I've placed this on the record simply so the transition from crisis to remedy can begin and This is a side note additionally for the record our private vehicle a home while we were houseless Containing ceremonial tools was seized without verified cause with clerical errors on the VIN plate and name This is constructive fraud fiduciary breach and administrative misconduct We're placing it on the record tonight and will follow with private notice in the appropriate jurisdictions our intent is correction not conflict and Finally to the residents of nork who hold economic stability The upper middle class the Asian diaspora are leasely melanated neighbors who are watching This city's survival has long been carried by black and brown families Your participation is now required if you have means you have responsibility Norke's future depends on shared stewardship and material contribution if you've been waiting for a way to contribute meaningfully That moment has arrived. We are building these lawful trust structures through which hi, baby through which you can invest directly into community safety community ownership and community remedy and Just a brief for those who may not know what a trust is a trust is a community centered structure that protects people's resources and Responsibilities is a stable framework for organizing resources supporting families protecting communities Creating long-term stability coordinating neighborhood efforts and bringing solutions that last in the private sector. So I will close with this Norke is transforming and the leadership that will guide this next chapter is not seated on the dice It is sitting in the chairs in this audience and the people who have never abandoned the system or the city even when systems did I stand with them we stand with them we stand beside them and our allegiance is to the people We invite this council into what must come next We're inviting collaborators to come on remedy to contact us at info dot speak sovereignly Sovereignly at gmail.com for anybody who's interested in joining this trust I have paperwork for you to look at. Thank you. Thank you for your comments next speaker Ashey, we stand on the not be land divine territory of n-o-r-k This is not City Hall. This is the people's palace on top of my ancestors graves and today the people call witness Papa leg by guardian of the crossroads open the gates Open the gates of for truth open the gates to expose bad business open the gates for ancestors who knows extractions Open the gates for justice to flow Papa leg by keeper of the keys. The gates are open. I say as a Juan con tanaka great spirit your sin the source we as aboriginals of this land Inversions all frequencies that harm we talk to Yale Yassin means all my relations in Lakota from the unborn to the ancestors from the Delaware nation to this very moment We are all connected all bad business must go and all debts must be paid I say as we call in crazy horse Lakota warrior who kept his word when the government broke theirs As we call in go your life gay aka Geronimo Apache warrior lied to again and again They never let him be buried in his homeland research learn what broken promises become I say the Ashkenazi big banker big business for the mob right We let him be buried there his own people said this debt is too great He is a mirror for today's developers. I say We call in Samuel Carter who was a youth This leaf had the gift of channeling the spirits and he called to justice With the with the cup of authentic truth. I say Conductor of the underground railroad never stopping Fighting extraction I say we call in Nina Simone a high priestess who sang Mississippi We call in a Mary Baraka who blew up America I say as I call in my grandpa Josito Morgano who was a business owner here in Newark and a Octavia Butler and also the candy lady, which is my great-grandmother another business owner to the baby who fell 20 stories Because slumlords choose profits over safety to every child lost the drill music violence domestic terror born of systemic neglect To every unborn child taken by poverty's cruelest machinery Planned Parenthood to the youth that transitioned since November 8 They've been bleeding off about they've been eaten off our blood for years. It's over So since the conception of Newark settlement, there's been bad business. Let the record show to the developers You are the new land ski you buy land for pennies build towers for millions Displaced grandmothers who raised who raised this city you erase culture while calling it progress To the Ashkenazi development corporations, right? Your names are our in property records luxury high rises standing where our elders homes once stood Tax abatements while schools crumble. This is bad business. We see you Your portfolios grow fat on our displacement. Your returns are calculated in our suffering You trade our sovereignty like stock options. You conduct rituals and darkness. This is bad business We see you to the labor unions and you neglect our wages while living in suburbs You claim to represent us, but you serve the machine you build the towers that remove us This is bad business to City Hall the municipal management the dishonorable Ross Barack Or the son of a Mary who blew up Newark council president You hold fiduciary duty fiduciary means trustee. You are all trustees of our lives safeties and sorority You are in reach when you allow this bad business to continue our shake

Tonight I have so much to say and just to let you know This is the first time you're hearing a lot of my concerns will be to your colleagues But the strong sometimes can't always be strong Because a year ago I was evicted and you know Some people are happy about it. Some people don't understand it The helper needs help, but I'm gonna still help even in my own situation For my council members. I sent emails before you came today On the ordinance 20 colon 4-4 1a I brought it to the meeting and I sent emails On how you can help an individual who's dealing with a slumlord who doesn't want to relocate The state legislation has it with a municipal level can help the tenant But unfortunately, some of us don't qualify for the affordable that keeps being built For the affordable that keeps being built We're not trying to attack you. I'm trying to get you to understand that we all don't qualify I got one eviction so I can't get an apartment So I testified two weeks ago at the Senate level to let them know because they're trying to pass a bill To keep certain court filings a private record But remember during a pandemic when they wanted to close people's evictions that weren't paying I paid But because of those evictions not being public record everybody start looking at court filings So soon as somebody take you to court, you can't stop it But I have a lady who's bragging cuz she didn't want me to be there So she went to go sue me for garnishment different things One of them is legislation and policy where council members create review and vote on ordinances But my own councilman ain't even reach out but last meeting want to tell me about all the affordable buildings that are here No one's obligated to help me but at the same time you're put in office to help the residents here We just keep doing the same agendas of the tax abatement So when I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind, but it's not even about me I'm just a voice who's not afraid to share her business to the public There are millions of people in the city going through this now They don't qualify for programs you have 110 William Street fake promising help. They're not helping I'm not going to take away from those who they do help but everyone doesn't qualify So you have a population of individuals that you need to assist But I just feel like I just want to say thank you Because lately every time I come here I get a parking ticket So thank you for changing it to event meter Thank you for not checking the meters. They're all not the same They're different hours different times, but this is causing hardship Just like it was talked about earlier with the toeing some of us don't even have 250 or 25 dollars to even stop the toeing So you got to understand the population you're dealing with the mayor thought I was being funny when I asked him for a ticket The only way we gonna work together if we try to talk to each other It can't just be in this room in this five minutes We got a bigger problem in DC that we need to come together with but we're not talking about that We're too busy fighting each other this side that side whatever side I just want to thank you for the time tonight because I have so much to say but five minutes is not going to I just need you to understand that some of you haven't been through it so you don't understand what we're going through and Really? Are you listening? I want to thank you. Have a good evening Guys have no clue down to Jackson, New Jersey. Hell raiser have no idea no clue People being illegally evicted and you do nothing Paying rental assistance for people that don't need it because you won't help them fight the landlord who's overcharging Be it NHA NCC when this rental money came out your LL boy LLC boys that y'all all in the bed with That people didn't even need and now they are families sleeping in their car Sleeping on the street because you have no money left and you're not asking for any I haven't seen one of you not one Advocate at all to increase the rental funding. You haven't said nothing. You ain't legislating nothing So let me get on this IT director because I'm sick of y'all hiring people Because you already know I know I'm sick of the whole thing you don't have a director in this city That's qualified for the job. So for the two of y'all that are oh, well the rest of you ain't Credentials we don't care nothing about that losing federal funding losing federal certifications not getting the things we need I don't care John James the director OEM what qualifications what qualifications? So now your boy the IT director gets indicted 13 counts Coming out of Washington DC and now he got some stuff for us Y'all down in Atlantic City shaking your butt at the party at the begotter and this boy getting taken away Came back in the panic because nobody couldn't get into nothing So you had a criminal had access to everything just like the lady who sent out all the emails with all the guys from DPW information socials salary address y'all did nothing and See, I don't understand how people keep doing these actions and nobody go to jail The lady that just stole all the money out the court system. Why she working in the police department now? Why? Why you keep passing these people around don't stand here looking at me like y'all don't know y'all know cuz they're your friends I know the LLC boys done laced your accounts. So resign Because you can't help us and you're not helping us. We don't have a voice up here I don't know what it is to be regular people Now haven't been evicted and you won't be because you got seven jobs seven checks Seven layers of protection not nobody in the city of North The insurance scam y'all put these employees through with this magna care. Why would y'all bring that welfare program to our employees? That's not gonna they not gonna cover nothing at Magna care Y'all are ridiculous and then you're gonna give him a $250 visa card. So Razz how much was your kickback? For having all the city employees go to Magna care This police officer is not gonna be able to take care of itself and God forbid if they got a family the sanitation workers the clerks That's the worst program. Y'all could have got that's like welfare well care that we get with the welfare with the Medicaid Pension payments get them paid up covance or once they expand. Thank you I'm sorry, because the last name won't come that quick. Thank you. Miss Gatti for coming up talking about the environmental But they just presented at the freeholder board last month. Yeah, cuz I go there too. I was at the hearing with Nadir on Monday Yeah, they want to expand covance. Oh, and they gonna charge my money for the garbage Y'all in fact all this thing with the reval you're doing and all the taxes going up and still don't got the 2025 budget done you rolling stuff into 2026 and yeah, let me talk about that 171 million dollar deficit that y'all are now rolling over to 2026 You better start reading and stop voting on stuff. You got four pages at the end for more Rebates more givebacks more bring your friends in if these folks don't want to come here They don't get no tax abatements and lending black town. Oh wonder why? We don't need to get tax abatements here. They're gonna come you got two new FBI buildings The CIA and the Macy, but they're coming the airport is getting ready to be laid out Ain't no norcas landed out because we not ready. I'm sick of seeing Montana. I'm sick of Roman disrespectful No respect for the community. They cut lines. They cut services off. Yeah, I do nothing Just keep giving them a contract giving them a contract every time they out here repairing I don't see no new pipes on the street. No, so they just repairing. That's what we paying for repair millions of dollars Illegal evictions y'all better read up on it. I shouldn't have to come here and tell y'all What are y'all legislative age doing? Absolutely nothing y'all have a good night But it's a lot of people that's gonna suffer for Thanksgiving Everybody's not gonna have a Thanksgiving meal and everybody doesn't have a place to lay their head and all of that is on your legs Thank you for your comments next speaker President Crump and council members and I'd like to extend extend a special good evening to newly elected councilman councilwoman Bay Congratulations. Sorry. It's Mike's moving. So again, my name is dr Leah Owens and I serve as supports and policy analyst for South board environmental alliance Earlier this evening we heard from executive director Kim Gatti and I'm gonna provide some more details Concerning items 25 15 10 and 25 15 11 again recognizing that they were deferred In the pre meeting this morning. However, hopefully these details I'll provide will answer some of the questions and we're happy to So together these two items comprise what is called Newark fossil free future ordinance So when we say fossil free we mean free of fossil fuels Which are non renewable energy sources that release large amounts of carbon dioxide When burn contributing to climate change in air pollution Once adopted Newark fossil free future will do two critical things First amend zoning and land use code to prohibit new or expanded fossil fuel facilities example facilities include petroleum bulk stations Which are large facilities for storing and distributing fossil fuels and other Facilities are used for fossil fuel power generation So that just means that we burn fossil fuels in order to create electricity is 2026 Second the ordinance will amend finance and taxation codes to prohibit public Investments in fossil fuel facilities ensuring our dollars are aligned with clean energy However, this ordinance is not just about zoning and or finance roles rules. It's about protecting the health of Newark residents Newark already hosts seven fossil fuel facilities and one more is proposed These sites contribute heavily to emissions that produce hazardous air quality emissions from the burning fossil fuels as well as the thousands of Medium and heavy-duty trucks driving up to and away from these facilities Usually we cannot see poor air quality, but we can feel it in our bodies as asthma COPD heart disease stroke lung cancer and developmental damage in children Fine particles called particulate matter get into our bloodstreams Causing systemic inflammation that affects the heart lungs and other organs This is how pollution becomes disease and how zoning decisions become life or death issues for our community By prohibiting public investments in fossil fuel facilities this ordinance ensures our resources are directed toward clean energy Most of these fossil fuel facilities are like are located on or around the port So initiatives like the clean ports program which port Newark is a part of recipient shows us what's possible Investments in battery electric trucks and hydrogen powered equipment these projects don't just reduce emissions They create good paying jobs modernized infrastructure and strengthen our economy Swia other community-based organizations and Newark residents urged his council to act swiftly on these two agenda items Newark fossil free future is about choosing clean air healthy lungs and a future where our children can thrive. Thank you Thank you for your comments next speaker Let me say this building is the people's hall, right as the brother said earlier so I'm going to say if I am in this building I'm in this building because If I am speaking to someone that is in this building that is my right to speak to them Especially if they are in the seat of power in this building Know some people's lips are surgically attached to other people's behinds because the things they need to get or they're kissing butts With their tongues out. I don't do that stuff, right? So if I'm having a conversation it could be with the chief of staff It could be with the council it could be with anybody if it does not have to do with you keep your mouth shut Don't put your mouth in the conversation Because like our parents tell us they had a grown folks time six. Okay, that's my right as a fully grown woman I'm a whole grown woman and I can handle my business The people that I'm talking to can handle theirs. We don't need you getting in the middle of it. That's number one number two If I am talking to someone and doing business here Don't go to the chief of staff talking about oh, she's a problem and she's sitting outside my office and all of this Because I if I do it and if I say it I'm telling you and anybody else ten toes down I did it and I said it but you are elected to do a thing You were put in a position to do a thing if you say that you're going to do that thing and you don't do Don't then try to flip it. Oh, she's a problem. No You gave your word. You said you were going to do it then do it I'm not that person that's gonna be like, oh, this is someone's souls, you know, I can't say no no no no First of all, I have a right if I can talk to the true and living God and not lie to him Who do you think you are? I'm going to call you on your lives if you are not doing your job We didn't ask you to be here you chose this spot if if the heat is too much for you Leave don't go crying and whining. Oh, oh miss Sartre's is that my office? Because you told me to come and see you if you can't handle the job quit We pay your salary we are the city. This is the city's hall. That means it's the people's hall Don't lie on me and don't lie to me because you will be addressed I don't know how I feel about that because we still have some rogue police officers out here Doing what they want to do not taking reports. You have to make them take it So even though the consent decree is over. I need you all to be on your jobs Making sure that these folks are doing what they need to be doing Number two the black agenda that everybody, you know, the group went around, you know Making sure it should have really didn't get in oh the black agenda And when you look at the things that are on that that is not what we're dealing with The black agenda is when somebody like Nadira comes down here for two years telling you that she's going to be evicted And we need you to do something about these landlords slumlords and nothing is done. That's the black agenda What happened to the 30% set aside for the black businesses that the developers have to work with what happened to that? That's the black agenda. The black agenda is making sure that we have truly affordable housing Because norg again can do what it wants and flipping it to the 80 20 instead of giving us 20 and giving them 80 The black agenda is you not giving away 1.8 million dollars due to inflation to developers who have Millions upon millions and giving it to the residents who need somewhere to live. That's the black agenda The black agenda is the community that we once had where everyone could eat and thrive Go to the doctor be taken care of take care of their kids not live in their cars. That's the black agenda Don't just create something because you don't want a certain person in office black people got to care about black people Not just words and word salad and oh we just want to sound good and look good for photo ops I'm giving out meals and we're doing this. How are the people living on a daily basis? Not well. Thank you for your comments next speaker Good evening, my name is opal. All right. I reside at Vanderpool Street in Newark and Title 10 the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection I was like to begin with the exclusion for The director and the Bureau may not exercise any penalties over any activities related to Making of voluntary contributions to the tax exempt recognized by the Internal Revenue Service by any agent volunteer or representative of such organizations to the extent the organization agent volunteer or representative thereof is Providing certain providing advice information Potential donor relating to the contribution to the organization The reason for these fees that it's required ish it required The development and implementation of cost effective fraud prevention prepay cards this guarantee loan there is a percentage say if you have a hundred saved or reloaded or you could be able to go in and just ask or not really go in but you could go and To the bank and ask for at least seventy dollars of that a hundred and that would be a loan Which the remainder of that hundred would be for your interests on that loan If this is something that could help us with our snap benefits that cover those who didn't have not received Help whatsoever to families. We would be able to maybe install a loan button on our automated Tailor machines this way be able to accompany our help. It's all thank you

My name is Michael charity and I'm a Newark resident I'm also an IT solutions developer and the owner of the Overton Social Club in the West Ward and I'm also the creator of a communications platform called I die row I Wanted to share something simple tonight like many residents I've noticed that the city struggles with getting information out clearly and consistently to the residents Important updates are scattered across websites social media Papers fliers and a lot of people never seem to get them in time. For example, I was notified about this very meeting That makes it harder for parents seniors and others That makes it harder for parents seniors and Neighbors to stay connected and it makes it tough for block associations and other residents to reach the people they serve I see this firsthand both as a resident and as a business owner in the West Ward So as an IT solutions developer, I built Caldaro as a practical fix. It lets local groups Message the residents directly no need to rely on Facebook or social media You can send a message directly to people's phones, you know, there are emails You can reach them right in their pocket something like this is very needed Emergencies that go out and the city needs the way of easily and effectively reaching the residents My name is Michael charity and I built such a platform messaging platform They'll help both the council and this the residents stay stay more informed in a timely basis You know, I think this meeting started out with they said the agenda was posted on the city's website But I know far too many people who don't even know where the website is or the name of it even to go there It's hard to navigate and find what they need So my platform kind of solves that solution and allows you to send updates residents to say hey There's a meeting coming up next Tuesday. It also sends out sends out a weekly Program of what's coming up in the week so residents can know what's going on There's also a calendar where they can go and see the information Lastly they can sign up with their email or their phone They can also get push notifications to the desktops as well All of this kind of effectively helps you communicate with the residents It would also help me as well because I'd love to know more about what's going on in the city So I just wanted to present that to you as a possible solution to the communication issues that I see with the city and In addition if you can put me in touch with any other community groups or leaders who may be in need of such solution I'd be greatly I greatly appreciate it. Thank you. All right. Thank you for your comments