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2 A P P E A R E A N C E S :
3 Mayor:
4 Alexis Blane
5 Office of the Mayor:
6 Benjamin Furnas
7 Corporation Counsel:
8 Sharon Cantor/ Amrita Barth
9 Office of Management and Budget:
10 Yvonne Quintian
11 Comptroller:
12 John Katsorhis
13 Bronx Borough President:
14 Martha Camille Sabio
15 Brooklyn Borough President:
16 Tonya Cantlo- Cockfield
17 Manhattan Borough President:
18 Rosura Mendez
19 Queens Borough President:
20 Allan Swisher
21 Staten Island Borough President:
22 Lashay Young
23 Clerk:
24 Gregg Alleyne and Alexandre Stamoulis
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2 Speakers
3 Frank Rafaele
4 Marta Wolaver
5 Chase Noelle
6 Billy Barlow
7 Laura O’Dea
8 Maribel Araujo
9 David Cerron
10 Kimia Mahallati
11 Robert Carnevale
12 Millicent Souris
13 Shaniyat Chowdhury
14 Andrew Field
15 Nicholas Padilla
16 Mackenzie Wagoner
17 Jordan Wolff
18 Mary Mullally
19 Yarden Flatow
20 Candy Brokaw
21 Kellie QUarton
22 Perzy Jr
23 Courtney Brokaw
24 Belvy Klein/Aaron Broudo
25 Ari Kellman
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2 THE CLERK: Hello, this is Gregg
3 Alleyne, clerk for the FCRC. Before we
4 get started with today’s proceedings,
5 I'd like to confirm that everyone can
6 hear me clearly.
7 AUDIENCE: Yes.
8 THE CLERK: Today’s hearing is being
9 held via Microsoft Teams conference
10 call, and we ask that all attendees
11 announce their name for the record each
12 time they speak on the call, for ease of
13 transcription. If you are not speaking,
14 we ask that you mute your microphone to
15 avoid background noises during the call
16 --
17 MR. STAMOULIS: If I may just
18 interrupt for one moment. This is Alex
19 Stamoulis, I'm helping administer with
20 the call. I ask that you please mute
21 yourself unless you are a member on the
22 committee. I'm hearing a lot of
23 background noises. Again, I ask if you
24 are not a member of the committee,
25 please mute yourself.
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2 THE CLERK: Just to reiterate, we
3 ask that you mute your microphone to
4 avoid the background noises during the
5 call. Only one person should be
6 speaking at any given time, so either
7 myself or Alex will direct, should there
8 be any conflict.
9 FEMALE SPEAKER: Okay, so you want
10 me to mute, okay, I'll mute.
11 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you.
12 FEMALE SPEAKER: Okay.
13 THE CLERK: Chair, we're ready to
14 begin.
15 MS. BLANE: Thank you. Good
16 afternoon, thank you all for being here.
17 My name is Alexis Blane, Chair of the
18 FCRC. The Franchise and Concession
19 Review Committee Remote Public Hearing
20 will now come to order. Will the Clerk
21 please call the roll?
22 THE CLERK: Mayor?
23 MS. BLANE: Here.
24 THE CLERK: Office of the Mayor?
25 MR. FURNAS: Ben Furnas, here.
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2 THE CLERK: Comptroller?
3 MR. KATSORHIS: John Katsorhis,
4 here.
5 THE CLERK: Corporation Counsel?
6 MS. CANTOR: Sharon Cantor. Present
7 for the calendar item number 1, Parks
8 item.
9 MS. BARTH: And Amrita Barth.
10 Present for calendar item number 2, the
11 DoITT item.
12 THE CLERK: Office of Management and
13 Budget?
14 MS. QUINTIAN: Yvonne Quintian,
15 here.
16 THE CLERK: President, Borough of
17 the Bronx?
18 MR. SABIO: Mirtha Camille Sabio,
19 present.
20 THE CLERK: President, Borough of
21 Brooklyn?
22 MS. CANTLO-COCKFEILD: Tanya Cantlo,
23 here.
24 THE CLERK: President, Borough of
25 Manhattan?
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2 MS. MENDEZ: Rosura Mendez, present.
3 THE CLERK: President, Borough of
4 Queens?
5 MR. SWISHER: Allen Swisher,
6 present.
7 THE CLERK: President, Borough of
8 Staten Island?
9 MS. YOUNG: Lashay Young, here.
10 THE CLERK: Representative from the
11 Department of Parks and Recreation?
12 MR. HAN: Alexander Han, here.
13 THE CLERK: Representative from the
14 Department of Information Technology and
15 Telecommunications?
16 MS. RICHARDS: Tanya Richards, here.
17 MS. BLANE: Thank you all. Welcome
18 to this Remote Public Hearing of the
19 Franchise and Concession Review
20 Committee. The hearing being conducted
21 today has been publicly advertised in
22 accordance with the New York City
23 Charter and Concession Rules of the City
24 of New York. We want to be sure that
25 anyone desiring to be heard, has an
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2 opportunity to do so. Due to the
3 anticipated volume of testimony for
4 today's hearing, we are asking all
5 persons wishing to speak to register
6 their name, affiliation, indicate which
7 calendar item they wish to testify on
8 and whether they are for or against said
9 item, and send that information to the
10 clerk via e-mail. Let me repeat that.
11 We are asking you today, if you wish to
12 speak today, to register your name and
13 affiliation and to indicate which
14 calendar item you wish to testify on and
15 whether you are for or against that
16 item. Please forward any information to
17 the clerk --
18 FEMALE SPEAKER: What's the e-mail?
19 MS. BLANE: If you give me just a
20 moment. Please send that information to
21 the clerk via e-mail at
22 [email protected] I'm
23 going to spell that out twice,
25 A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-E dot S-T-A-M-O-U-L-I-S
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2 at --
3 MALE SPEAKER: You got to be kidding
4 me --
5 FEMALE SPEAKER: We can't understand
6 this --
7 (Whereupon, people are speaking
8 simultaneously.)
9 FEMALE SPEAKER: We can't hear you.
10 FEMALE SPEAKER: We can't understand
11 you.
12 MR. STAMOULIS: Unfortunately,
13 people are not muting themselves, people
14 will not be able to be heard clearly. I
15 ask again that everyone mute themselves.
16 We will repeat that e-mail address
17 several times and if you are unable to
18 e-mail, you will have an opportunity as
19 best possible, when time is allotted,
20 all right.
21 FEMALE SPEAKER: I don't think it's
22 the people un-muting, it's the people
23 entering the call.
24 MR. STAMOULIS: I'm going to --
25 MS. BLANE: Well, I can hear all of
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2 you very clearly. We are doing our
3 best, if you will work with us, we will
4 repeat information as often as we need
5 to, so that everybody gets the
6 information. Okay, e-mail address --
7 MALE SPEAKER: Can you say it and
8 spell it --
9 MS. BLANE: I will start over again.
10 Please mute yourself. Great, thank you.
11 I will say it and spell it
12 [email protected], I'm
13 going to spell it out twice, A-L-E-X.
14 MALE SPEAKER: Can you say it and
15 spell it.
16 MS. BLANE: Sir, please mute
17 yourself. I will start again
18 A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-E. S-T-A-M-O-U-L-I-S @
19 mocs M-O-C-S. N-Y-C. G-O-V. Okay, one
20 more time with the spelling
21 A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-E. S-T-A-M-O-U-L-I-S @
22 mocs M-O-C-S. N-Y-C. G-O-V.
23 [email protected], that
24 is the e-mail to which we request that
25 you send information stating that you
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2 wish to speak, please include your name,
3 affiliation and which calendar item you
4 wish to testify on and whether you are
5 testifying for or against it.
6 MALE SPEAKER: After Alexandre is a
7 dot?
8 MS. BLANE: -- we will use that to
9 create a queue -- yes. We will use that
10 information to create a queue of
11 speakers, I'm sure you all already
12 realized there are many. After that we
13 will also be accepting testimony from
14 anyone who is unable to register by
15 e-mail, after those who have registered
16 have been heard.
17 MR. STAMOULIS: We're about to have
18 --
19 FEMALE SPEAKER: How do you spell
20 the word after "@"?
21 MS. BLANE: M-O-C-S --
22 FEMALE SPEAKER: Is that C as in
23 cat?
24 MS. BLANE: -- dot N-Y-C -- yes --
25 dot G-O-V.
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2 MR. STAMOULIS: We're about to have
3 another batch of callers to join the
4 call, so please stand by, we're just
5 going to repeat that information one
6 more time as to the e-mail address. For
7 all our new callers, you have joined the
8 FCRC public hearing and we are currently
9 midway -- currently starting the
10 hearing. I ask that you mute yourselves
11 upon joining the call; if you wish to
12 testify, please provide your name,
13 affiliation and the item on which you
14 wish to testify on, via e-mail, to
15 [email protected], that
16 e-mail again is
17 [email protected] and
18 it's spelled A-L-E-X-A-N, N as in Nancy
19 -- D-R-E. S-T-A-M-O-U-L-I-S @ mocs
20 M-O-C-S. N-Y-C. G-O-V. If you are
21 unable to register, we will be taking
22 all testimony or as much testimony as
23 possible for those unable to register
24 after all those who have registered have
25 been heard. Thank you very much for
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2 your time and consideration.
3 THE CLERK: Please note that we have
4 received written testimony for calendar
5 items number #1 and 2, which has been
6 circulated to the committee. In
7 anticipation of the high volume of
8 testimony for calendar item #1, calendar
9 item #2 will be heard first in order to
10 expedite the hearing process and provide
11 as much time as possible for testimony
12 on calendar item #1.
13 MS. BLANE: Please be aware, this
14 hearing is scheduled to end at 4 p.m.
15 Each speaker will be allotted
16 approximately three minutes. When you
17 testify, please re-state your name and
18 affiliation, if any. We will do our
19 best to make sure everyone has an
20 opportunity to speak, but if the hearing
21 ends before you are able to testify
22 orally, you may also submit written
23 testimony to the clerk, which will be
24 made part of the record and shared with
25 the committee. Any written submissions
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2 must be given to the clerk by close of
3 business today via e-mail to
4 [email protected]. Let me
5 spell that out; this is for written
6 submissions to the clerk by close of
7 business today. Those should be
8 directed to Gregg G-R-E-G-G-.alleyne
9 A-L-L-E-Y-N-E-@M-O-C-S. N-Y-C. G-O-V.
10 We will repeat that e-mail address at
11 the end of the hearing for those who
12 have not had time to testify.
13 Will the Clerk please call the
14 second calendar item.
15 THE CLERK: New York City Department
16 of Information Technology and
17 Telecommunication, Calendar Item No. 2:
18 In the matter of the intent to seek
19 Franchise and Concession Review
20 Committee approval regarding a proposed
21 amendment to a cable franchise agreement
22 between the City of New York and Verizon
23 New York Inc. That will, among other
24 things, 1) extend the term of Agreement
25 for an additional three years, 2)
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2 require deployment of cable service at a
3 minimum of 500,000 residential dwelling
4 units not previously eligible for
5 standard installation, with at least
6 125,000 of such units being in certain
7 currently underserved Community
8 Districts, and 3) require deployment of
9 cable service to New York City Housing
10 Authority residential dwelling units not
11 previously eligible for cable service,
12 pursuant to schedules in the Amendment.
13 MS. BLANE: We will take testimony
14 from the public, but first I'd like to
15 ask the members of the Committee if they
16 have any statements.
17 MS. CANTLO-COCKFIELD: Yes, this is
18 Tonya Cantlo, from the Brooklyn Borough
19 President office. I have a statement.
20 Can you hear me?
21 MS. BLANE: Please proceed.
22 MS. CANTLO-COCKFIELD: Okay, thank
23 you. On behalf of the borough
24 president, I have submitted, as I
25 outlined in my digital divide report, to
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2 reducing the digital divide for the more
3 than 800,000 New Yorkers, who live in
4 households without internet, including
5 more than 100,000 school children, which
6 is why as a Franchise and Concession
7 Review Committee, considers an extension
8 of the expiration date of the Verizon
9 franchise agreement. I urge FCRC to
10 consider the impact this extension can
11 have on New York City public access
12 centers, which would otherwise be
13 negotiated with Verizon, as well as
14 Altice, Charter and RCN, to upgrade the
15 resources that come in exchange for
16 their very profitable use of the
17 Brooklyn public rights of way. With the
18 pending vote on and subsequent
19 discussion on quick extension, as a
20 member of the FCRC, I also realize the
21 important role that public access
22 resources had and are playing in the
23 virtual pivot in our communities, as an
24 important, if not overarching aspect of
25 this conversation. It is imperative
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2 that we work with cable franchises to
3 provide free or local broadbands to all
4 low income New Yorkers, models after
5 efforts such as Spectrum Internet Assist
6 and Altice Advantage Internet. With the
7 pandemic affecting all aspects of public
8 life, including healthcare, education
9 commerce, housing and the cultural art,
10 public access has been able to weather
11 the impact on millions of city residents
12 because of the terms negotiated more
13 than a decade ago. With an eye on the
14 future and the unforeseen challenges
15 contained where in, it is vital that
16 public access centers continue to have
17 the resources they need to amplify
18 community board voices, to support
19 freedom of expression and help New York
20 City thrive. That concludes my
21 testimony.
22 MS. MENDEZ: Hello, this is Rosura
23 Mendez from the Manhattan Borough
24 President's Office. On behalf of
25 Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer,
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2 she wanted me to state that in the
3 matter of DoITT and Verizon, that MNM is
4 a very important part of the Verizon
5 franchise and she is also very concerned
6 about public access, television, as well
7 as access to all communities and
8 bridging that digital divide, thank you.
9 MS. BLANE: Thank you. Do any
10 additional members of the committees
11 have statements that they wish to make?
12 Will the clerk please call the next
13 person who wishes to testify.
14 MR. STAMOULIS: This is Alex
15 Stamoulis. Before we continue, I just
16 wanted to let you know, I'm admitting
17 another 20 people to the call, so we can
18 just be ready for that.
19 THE CLERK: Noted. Anthony Riddle,
20 please provide your full name and
21 affiliation for the record.
22 MR. RIDDLE: Good afternoon,
23 hopefully you can hear me. My name is
24 Anthony Riddle. I'm the senior vice
25 president for community media at BRIC
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2 Arts Media and I'm representing a joint
3 testimony from Brick Community Media,
4 Bronx Net, Manhattan Neighborhood
5 Network, Queens Public Television and
6 Staten Island Community Television. We
7 would like to thank the members of the
8 FCRC, DoITT and the Mayor's office and
9 City Council for all the hard work that
10 has gone into this agreement that is
11 before us today. The cable access
12 organizations' CAOs representing Bronx,
13 Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten
14 Island has recommended approval of the
15 Verizon franchise contract amendment and
16 fully support the goals of building out
17 broadband services to underserved areas
18 of the city.
19 The agreement between the city and
20 Verizon is a step in the right direction
21 in achieving that goal. The CAOs
22 recognizes the urgency to decrease the
23 digital divide in our city and we have
24 always done our part on a
25 micro-community basis through cross
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2 training, education and service. If
3 anything, the conditions imposed upon us
4 all by the current pandemic make it
5 increasingly clear that connectivity is
6 not a luxury, but it is instead a
7 necessity for full civic engagement, for
8 access to vital services and for public
9 education. Since our world changed
10 dramatically with the event of the
11 pandemic, government hearings must be
12 attended virtually. Our teachers
13 struggle to reach students who may have
14 neither broadband nor devices beyond a
15 cell phone in the household. And
16 seniors who may not have fully joined
17 the digital age, to seek information
18 necessary for their health and well
19 being. New York's access center have
20 always stepped in, providing critical
21 resources technical support to our
22 communities. We have provided air-times
23 for the Department of Education so that
24 the television can be used for scheduled
25 classes on a daily basis. We have
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2 provided a platform for hearings such as
3 this, to provide access and availability
4 in poor and minority communities, we
5 have provided the resources, technical
6 support and access to audiences that has
7 kept organizations alive during this
8 difficult period, where in-person
9 attendance is highly restricted or
10 prohibited, we have provided resources
11 to help health care providers throughout
12 the pandemic, we have been a source of
13 information to the many ethnic
14 communities, whose interest is not
15 covered by mainstream media. The CAOs
16 are largely funded by (inaudible)
17 franchises, including Verizon. An
18 important aspect of this Verizon
19 agreement is to propose the extension of
20 the current contract for three years,
21 from July 2020 until July 2023. Should
22 the other cable franchises be similarly
23 extended, it will mean that the CAOs go
24 for much more than a decade without
25 change and its support levels and for
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2 capital and operating funds. Capital
3 funds are needed to keep pace with
4 technical development and equipment
5 replacement, amongst other things.
6 Operating funds have been deceasing
7 sharply over the past several years as
8 cable companies move subscribers from
9 cable TV to far more lucrative broadband
10 services. Services upon which the cable
11 brands do not have to pay a fee to the
12 city or the CAOs --
13 MR. STAMOULIS: Mr. Riddle, you're
14 approaching your time limit.
15 MR. RIDDLE: Okay, thank you. Let
16 me just wrap up by saying, none of us
17 foresaw the pandemic or the role we were
18 put in, serving so many communities, New
19 York's public access centers have been
20 essential to the digital pivot that has
21 kept our communities whole. We hope --
22 it is important to us that as these
23 changes are discussed and voted upon,
24 that the FCRC, that there is also a
25 discussion of the very important role
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2 public access resources are playing in
3 the virtual pivot by our community.
4 It's imperative that the City continue
5 to stay ahead of technology changes --
6 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank for your
7 testimony.
8 MR. RIDDLE: Okay, thank you very
9 much. I will submit the whole testimony
10 for the record.
11 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you very much.
12 I'm going to submit further callers into
13 the hearing, for which I will be
14 reiterating our protocols. Thank you
15 very much and bear with me.
16 Hello, everyone, the FCRC public
17 hearing that is scheduled for January
18 11, 2021, you joined the middle of the
19 hearing. We're currently hearing
20 testimony on calendar item number 2,
21 Verizon. Calendar item number 1,
22 Rockaway, will be heard after Verizon.
23 We have a lot of public testimony queued
24 up for that item. I would ask that
25 everyone please mute your microphone, so
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2 those that are testifying can be heard
3 freely and we will be calling those of
4 you who have submitted your name and
5 detailed by e-mail specifically
6 instructed will testify first and for
7 those of you who have just joined and
8 not had a chance to register, we will be
9 doing our best to let you speak as soon
10 as those who have registered have
11 spoken. Thank you again very much for
12 your patience. We currently have 200
13 people on this call, so again I ask for
14 your patience and your kindness and we
15 work to get this hearing done, make sure
16 as many people have an obligated to
17 speak. If you are unable to speak
18 today, if we're unable to get to you in
19 time, you will be given the opportunity
20 to submit your testimony in writing by
21 e-mail; instructions on how to do so
22 will be provided at the end of the
23 hearing. Again, I ask everyone to mute
24 yourself and we will now continue with
25 this hearing.
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2 THE CLERK: Does anyone else wish to
3 speak on this calendar item?
4 MR. CRUSHNER: Yes.
5 THE CLERK: Please provide your full
6 name and affiliation for the record.
7 MR. CRUSHNER: Bruce Cushner
8 (phonetic), Deregulators.
9 THE CLERK: You can proceed with
10 your testimony Mr. Cushner.
11 MR. STAMOULIS: You have three
12 minutes to testify.
13 MR. CUSHNER: I've been telecom for
14 39 years. Deregulators are a consortium
15 of lawyers, experts and analysts. We --
16 on September 24th, we wrote a letter to
17 the mayor to basically say that the
18 franchise for Verizon should not be
19 renewed until they finish the complete
20 rollout of fiber of homes, which was
21 suppose to done by July 2014.
22 Ironically, the City has decided to do
23 pretty much what we wrote on the 24th.
24 We also wrote a second letter, most of
25 you don't know that there is a Verizon
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2 New York is a state utility, it is a
3 telecommunication fiberoptic wires a
4 title two common carrier wires that is
5 being put in and it's part of the
6 Verizon, New York 2019 annual report,
7 which is published by the state. The
8 state -- these annual reports show
9 billions dollars for subsidies of the
10 wireless division of Verizon, instead of
11 wiring New York. Between 2013 and '19
12 is when it was diverted to Verizon
13 Wireless to be built out and so there
14 was $5.3 billion that was transferred.
15 Moreover, the fiberoptic wires that are
16 being put in are being charged to local
17 phone customers that has been done for
18 the last 15 years. In fact, the average
19 customer paid $3,000, Now what's
20 wrongful, that's mild, is that nobody is
21 talking about the affordability. In
22 overseas the average person is paying --
23 in the Untied States we're paying 5 to
24 20 times more than they are for the
25 triple play or for the wireless
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2 services. The reason why this is
3 because these companies control the
4 wires and control the fees for all the
5 back hall. This has not been looked at
6 by the city at all and unfortunately --
7 so this means that in Europe they're
8 paying $30 for a 5G phone and for a
9 thousand gigs, while the United States'
10 are $90 and we're paying $150 for the
11 unlimited service. The triple pay in
12 Europe is about $30 to $40, the triple
13 play in the United States is averaging
14 at $210, so our testimony is we need
15 investigations, we need audits. We
16 brought letters to the mayor, we filed
17 with the city, we filed with the state
18 multiple times about this --
19 MR. STAMOULIS: One minute
20 remaining.
21 MR. CUSHNER: Thank you, I'm done.
22 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you very much
23 for your testimony, sir. Again, I ask
24 everyone on the call, if you are not a
25 member of the committee, to please mute
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2 yourself. Thank you very much.
3 THE CLERK: Does anyone else wish to
4 speak on this calendar item? We have
5 now heard all testimony on this calendar
6 item.
7 MS. BLANE: Thank you. Will the
8 clerk please call the first calendar
9 item.
10 THE CLERK: New York City Department
11 of Parks and Recreation, Calendar Item
12 No. 1: In the matter of the intent to
13 award a concession for the renovation,
14 operation, and maintenance of three
15 outdoor cafes, one beach shop, and the
16 operation of up to twenty satellite
17 units along Rockaway Beach and
18 Boardwalk, in Queens, for a fifteen year
19 term, to Rockaway Beach Bazaar, LLC.
20 MR. STAMOULIS: Before we continue,
21 I'd just like to submit further callers
22 to hearings and reiterate the protocols,
23 bear with me one moment, thank you.
24 Hello; for everyone who has just joined
25 the call, my name is Alex Stamoulis and
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2 this is the January 11, 2021 FCRC
3 hearing, you are currently in the middle
4 of the hearing, having finish with the
5 presentation of calendar item number 2,
6 the Verizon matter, and now moving on to
7 the presentation of calendar number one,
8 the Rockaway matter, a matter of
9 significant public interest. I
10 understand a lot of you want to testify
11 on this item, I would ask that everyone
12 please mute themselves now, unless you
13 are a member of the committee, so that
14 we can make sure that those of you who
15 would be testifying very cleanly and
16 clearly as previously mentioned,
17 speaking of this hearing, we have asked
18 all people, if you're testifying, to
19 register by e-mail with your name and
20 affiliation. If you just joined the
21 call and you're looking to testify --
22 again, I ask everyone to please mute
23 themselves, thank you. If looking to
24 testify and are unable to register, we
25 will be trying to accommodate as many
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2 people as possible, after we've gone
3 through everyone who has registered, if
4 you're unable to testify before the
5 close of the hearing at 4 o'clock today,
6 we will be providing an e-mail address
7 for you to provide your testimony in
8 writing and all written testimony will
9 be made part of the final record and
10 provided to the committee for review.
11 Thank you very much for your kindness
12 and consideration and cooperation, as we
13 work this massive hearing with currently
14 200 people on the call, again thank you.
15 MS. BLANE: Thank you. We will take
16 testimony on the Rockaway Beach matter
17 from the public, but first I ask the
18 members of the committee if they have
19 any statements?
20 MR. SWISHER: This is Allen Swisher
21 from Queens BP's office, I have some
22 short remarks.
23 MS. BLANE: Okay.
24 MR. SWISHER: May I proceed? Okay,
25 thank you. So I had the opportunity to
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2 review some of the written testimony
3 that was submitted prior to this hearing
4 and I know that we're going to hear a
5 lot more today and I just want to say
6 that I hope the Parks Department can and
7 will respond to some of the valid
8 concerns that folks have raised about
9 the selection process and the potential
10 impact of this agreement on existing
11 vendors. In the local businesses in the
12 Rockaways, particularly vendors near the
13 beach have faced incredible hardship
14 after Hurricane Sandy and were crucial
15 partners in efforts to build back and
16 now with COVID-19, these businesses need
17 all the support they can get and I hope
18 they can count on the Parks Department
19 to work as a partner, other than as a
20 potential hindrance to their success, so
21 with the new administration in place
22 under President Donovan Richards. I'd
23 invite the Parks Department to work with
24 our office to insure that this happens,
25 generally to make sure that the public
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2 feedback that they receive today is
3 meaningfully considered. Now, with that
4 being said, I also want to note that
5 after the Parks Department announced
6 there selection of Rockaway Beach Bazaar
7 to the concession agreement, I did have
8 an opportunity to speak with proprietors
9 who confirmed to me their commitment to
10 local hiring and as part of that
11 commitment, would be an effort to bring
12 back as many of the current vendors in
13 full and to give them a first look of
14 re-upping their leases and I just want
15 to state that I take them at their word
16 on that and I hope and expect to live up
17 to that commitment should Parks finalize
18 it, so thank you, I'm looking forward to
19 hearing from the public on this.
20 MS. BLANE: Thank you. Do any other
21 members of the committee wish to make a
22 statement? Hearing none, the Department
23 of Parks and Recreation indicated that
24 they wish to make a brief statement on
25 this concession item prior to public
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2 testimony. Will the representative from
3 Parks please speak now.
4 MALE SPEAKER: Thank you very much
5 and good afternoon. Today, New York
6 City Parks brings before the FCRC, the
7 license agreement that has been
8 negotiated with Rockaway Beach Bazaar
9 LLC, for the operation of various food
10 and beverage concessions at Rockaway
11 Beach, beginning in the summer of 2021.
12 The prior license agreement for this
13 concession has expired and in
14 re-soliciting, Parks received several
15 proposals. It was a highly competitive
16 solicitation. In this case Rockaway
17 Beach Bazaar LLC had the highest rated
18 proposal. Rockaway Beach Bazaar
19 currently operates at nearby Jacob Riis
20 Beach under an agreement with the
21 National Park Service and has been there
22 for approximately five years. Their
23 proposal includes several improvements
24 and enhancements planned for this
25 concession, including a year-around
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2 service at Beach 97th Street, free WiFi
3 on the boardwalk and the addition of new
4 locations that have been requested by
5 residents and vendors alike. For
6 example, stakeholders have requested an
7 inclusion of a new food concession in
8 the Arverne neighborhood of the
9 Rockaways and this one location where
10 our new concessioners plans to expand.
11 Importantly, Rockaway Beach Bazaar is
12 committed to inviting and has already
13 extended invitations to the sublicensees
14 from the prior season to return in order
15 to maintain the existing ambiance. In
16 evaluating the proposals, the selection
17 committee used the following criteria,
18 which was defined in a request for
19 proposals and in accordance with all the
20 FCRC rules. The first is to propose
21 capital improvements, investment and
22 designs, the second is the planned
23 operations, the third is operating
24 experience, the fourth is the fee offer
25 and the fifth is financial capability.
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2 While the solicitation was competitive
3 when considering all of these criteria,
4 Rockaway Beach Bazaar had the superior
5 proposal. New York City Parks looks
6 forward to partnering with our
7 concessionaire and continue to provide
8 high quality services for the public at
9 Rockaway Beach. Thank you for your
10 time.
11 MS. BLANE: Thank you. Will the
12 clerk please call the next person who
13 wishes to testify.
14 MR. STAMOULIS: Before we begin
15 testimony, I'm going to admit the final
16 batch of callers in and reiterate the
17 protocols. I will not be admitting any
18 more callers to the hearing after this
19 point, so if you are intending to leave
20 the call, please be aware of that fact
21 and please submit any further testimony
22 by writing, thank you.
23 THE CLERK: Each speaker will be
24 allotted three minutes. Please provide
25 your full name and affiliation for the
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2 record.
3 MR. RAFAELE: Thank you very much.
4 My name is Frank Rafaele affiliation
5 Rockaway Glow (phonetic).
6 MR. STAMOULIS: I would ask everyone
7 on the call who is not Mr. Rafaele to
8 please mute yourself, we are currently
9 taking testimony, it is being timed and
10 you will have an opportunity to speak at
11 the earliest possible convenience.
12 MR. RAFAELE: Thank you very much.
13 I appreciate it. My name is Frank
14 Rafaele and I submitted these remarks as
15 well to the FCRC for their review. I am
16 a former New York City Parks employee
17 from the 1990's, when I worked as an
18 assistant for Parks commissioner Henry
19 Stern. I'm also a former and very
20 positively known concessionaire and I
21 recently held various food and beverage
22 contracts with New York City Parks and
23 produced millions in revenue and a great
24 experience for New York City visitors
25 and residents. I'm also a member of
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2 Rockaway Glow a response to this RFP.
3 We were not the highest rated proposer,
4 but we believed that we would've been,
5 had it not been for the personal bias of
6 two of the three members making up a
7 full 66.67 percent of the concession
8 committee and if we were the highest
9 rated of proposal, we would've reaped an
10 extra $3 million in the City of New York
11 and would have kept local operators
12 directly to this concession. As the
13 e-mail that I sent mentions, the overall
14 majority of concessions of this RFP had
15 -- indisputable and undeniable bias
16 against Rockaway Glow and there was no
17 way that a fair process could have been
18 carried through. The serious bias stems
19 from a multimillion dollar legal matter
20 that I have been dealing with that
21 directly relates to the New York City
22 Parks concession office and actually
23 directly relates to Alexander Han, whose
24 was on the concessions committee and who
25 also Director of Concession for New York
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2 City Parks. This legal matter is also
3 known to Sofia Filippone another member
4 of the three-person concession
5 committee, who also works in New York
6 Parks office and who works under the
7 direct supervision of Alexander Han;
8 even though she is listed as head of
9 this committee, she reports directly to
10 Mr. Han's. Over a year ago, I have
11 shown through whistle-blower complaints
12 the Parks concession office and directly
13 to Alexander Han via e-mail that the
14 actual Parks contributed --
15 MR. STAMOULIS: One minute
16 remaining.
17 MR. RAFAELE: -- a fraudulent
18 conveyance and a loss of three separate
19 multimillion-dollar license agreements
20 for a company that I was the founder of.
21 I also publically testified this in
22 front of this hearing and in front of
23 the New York City Council and Alexander
24 Han and members of the concession was
25 also there and they saw it. Our
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2 proposal should have been evaluated in
3 the unpartial, impartial and unbiased
4 way and this case it did not happen and
5 New York City lost $3 million. At the
6 interview I was asked by the concession
7 committee, who is on the concession
8 committee and they wouldn't respond,
9 they said simply Parks employees and now
10 I know why this is not the normal
11 protocol. We request the reassurance of
12 this RFP with an emphasis on the review
13 of the submitted proposals by an
14 impartial and unbiased concession
15 committee, free of current biases and
16 conflicts. We believe the law, as I
17 mentioned in my e-mail in more detail
18 for the FCRC committee, is on our side
19 and we believe the that FCRC --
20 MR. STAMOULIS: I'm sorry, Mr.
21 Rafaele, you're out of time.
22 MR. RAFAELE: -- and if needed an
23 Article 78 petition in New York City
24 Court will agree with us. Thank you
25 very much and I appreciate the
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2 opportunity to present.
3 THE CLERK: Martha Wolaver, please
4 provide your full name and affiliation
5 for the record.
6 MS. WOLAVER: My name is Martha
7 Christian Wolaver and I'm unaffiliated
8 with any particular organization, but
9 I'm a resident of the Rockaways. And
10 I'm calling because I was informed that
11 the Rockaway Beach Club, the previous
12 contract holders of the boardwalk.
13 Had not been granted their -- a
14 renewal of their contract, that instead
15 it had been rewarded to the Rockaway
16 Beach Bazaar. And I'm calling in as a
17 concerned citizen to say that the beach
18 club is an organization has been based
19 in and responsive to the Rockaway
20 community from its inception, they have
21 been here to support and employes
22 residents, including after Sandy, when
23 they participated in the rebuild with no
24 immediate profit for themselves and they
25 have largely been very instrumental in
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2 revitalizing this area and in drawing in
3 many other businesses, inspiring them to
4 be able to open and making sure that
5 there would be enough of a market for
6 them to open because the Rockaway Beach
7 Club has made the boardwalk a special
8 destination. We are aware that there is
9 a COVID related budget shortfall that
10 the city is suffering from and this
11 feels like a really, essentially an
12 attempt to make up a small portion of
13 the shortfall on the backs of working
14 class New Yorkers, both those who are
15 currently employed by Rockaway Beach
16 Club, as well as those who have been
17 able to partake in these concessions
18 because they are reasonably priced.
19 There is no way, given how much
20 boardwalk concessions typically raised,
21 that Rockaway Beach Bazaar can have any
22 other objective then to significantly
23 raise rent and/or prices on the goods
24 sold on these concessions and so their
25 assurances that they would like to give,
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2 offer first refusal to the current
3 concessionaires, is pretty transparent.
4 Their word is not necessarily so
5 trustworthy nor is it an actual
6 contract. The only contract is one that
7 the Parks Department is able to award
8 and that one should go to the Rockaway
9 Beach Club. It will be so harmful to
10 this growing community and it will
11 really further contribute to the feeling
12 that New York City is -- community that
13 is solely for the affluent. These
14 vendors from Rockaway Beach Club have
15 nurtured these businesses and this
16 community and they should be granted the
17 opportunity to continue to bolster the
18 community and it's economic development
19 in a sustainable and realistic way.
20 Especially after they stuck it out this
21 summer during COVID --
22 MR. STAMOULIS: One minute left.
23 MS. WOLAVER: -- And they were
24 operating at a huge loss and it can only
25 be surmised as one of the big reasons
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2 they did that was to continue to support
3 their employees and the people of this
4 community and to give New Yorkers a safe
5 way to socialize outside in
6 unprecedented times please don't take a
7 step of pricing out these a meanly
8 valuable and deeply valued pillars of
9 the community for some extra revenue
10 that amounts to a drop in the bucket for
11 what New York City actually needs to
12 make up a shortfall, it will do much
13 more damage and cause much economic pain
14 there as well, thank you.
15 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you for your
16 testimony.
17 THE CLERK: Chase Noelle, please
18 provide your full name and affiliation.
19 MR. NOELLE: Hey, my name is Chase
20 Noelle. I'm a resident of the Avrene on
21 the Rockaways and I'm calling to testify
22 against the new contract. My
23 affiliation is I'm an employee of
24 Rippers and I can just tell you on
25 firsthand that these businesses are here
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2 to serve the community, you know, I
3 watched them and being myself a member
4 of the community, you know, supporting
5 the locals, providing a safe place for
6 kids to hang out. I think we're aware
7 that the peninsulas and the underserved
8 community and the food and the drinks
9 are priced appropriately, so we can go
10 to a place that we can afford and I
11 think we all know that Brooklyn Bazaar
12 that these guys are trying to price us
13 out, how are they going to make up for
14 that money? Well, they're going to
15 charge a bunch of rent and they're going
16 to charge $11 for food, you know, it
17 makes New York City look bad, it's going
18 to inconvenience the community. They
19 helped, like what the previous lady
20 talked about, how they helped build up
21 the community after the Sandy, you know,
22 don't turn your back on that, we know
23 that these are good people. I can tell
24 you firsthand these are good people,
25 their heart's in the right place. The
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2 National Park, you guys are here to
3 support the people, let's not be money
4 grubbing, like she said, it's a drop in
5 the bucket, so you not really going to
6 like, make up your ends you lost during
7 COVID and I think a lot of people feel
8 really strongly about this. I just hope
9 you guys do the right thing. That's the
10 end of my testimony.
11 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you very much
12 for your time.
13 MS. WOLAVER: You're welcome.
14 THE CLERK: Billy Barlow, please
15 provide your full name and affiliation
16 for the record.
17 MR. BARLOW: Hi, my name is Billy
18 Barlow. I am a New York City resident
19 and I am a restaurant consultant, I
20 worked in Manhattan, in Queens. I got
21 20 years of industry experience and I'm
22 here to testify against the Parks
23 Department intent to award a concession
24 agreement to Rockaway Beach Bazaar LLC,
25 by awarding the concession agreement to
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2 Rockaway Beach Bazaar, one group is
3 going to control the staff amount of
4 beach concessions from Beach 86, all the
5 way to their current operation at Riis
6 Bathhouse. I believe that one group
7 having witness essentially a monopoly on
8 beach concessions is not in the best
9 interest of the public, as the previous
10 person stated, the Bazaar charges much
11 higher prices at the -- well, the tenant
12 at the Riis Beach concessions charge
13 much higher prices then Caracas or Low
14 Tide or Rippers do. The current
15 tenants, Rockaway Beach Club, they're
16 made up of Rockaway residents as
17 managers and employees. They've been
18 valuable to the public and their
19 business has offered a product that is
20 affordable to many different economic,
21 you know, made of economic classes, if
22 you're someone like me that works in
23 restaurants, you can afford to go there
24 and if you got a family, you can afford
25 to go there. All three of these
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2 businesses provide a great atmosphere.
3 When Brooklyn Bazaar was first leasing
4 Riis, I was part of a company that was
5 considering subleasing space at their
6 concession and we declined to bid on a
7 space because of their business model--
8 MR. STAMOULIS: One minute
9 remaining.
10 MR. BARLOW: -- to talk about the
11 current proposal, $300,000 for rent is
12 unrealistic, given that the Rockaway
13 concessions are five or six-month
14 businesses. $300,000 needs to translate
15 to $3 million in revenue, many busy
16 Manhattan restaurants don't meet this
17 revenue, at least Brooklyn Bazaar can
18 not hold there subtenants from season to
19 season. Rockaway Beach Club has
20 provided a consistent experience during
21 their tenure, tenure and the Bazaar
22 group will not do that. I yield my
23 time, thank you for hearing me.
24 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you.
25 THE CLERK: I just want to
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2 reiterate, each speaker will be allotted
3 three minutes for their testimony.
4 Laura, please provide your full name and
5 affiliation for the record.
6 MR. STAMOULIS: And I'm sorry, we
7 found the full name, Laura O'Dea,
8 apologies if I mispronounced that.
9 MS. ODEA: Hello, my name is Laura
10 O'Dea and I'm a Brooklyn resident. I'm
11 calling as a Brooklyn resident who
12 values the Rockaway beach in this
13 community. The small businesses like
14 Caracas are the soul of the city park
15 and that makes it a place where people
16 enjoy going in the summer. Brooklyn
17 Bazaar is, my experience, a business
18 that does not serve the community in any
19 way that New York needs. It's
20 incredibly overpriced, exclusive and
21 repetitive, taking away what is great
22 about New York. The rent proposed by
23 the Bazaar seems unforeseeable given the
24 beaches' capacity and traffic. It's my
25 understanding that other Bazaar
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2 locations have been having issues
3 staying successful recently. Replacing
4 the Rockaway Beach Club with this was a
5 disappoint as a New Yorker. Thank you,
6 I yield my time.
7 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you.
8 THE CLERK: Maribel Araujo, sorry if
9 I mispronounced the name. Please
10 provide your full name and affiliation
11 for the record.
12 MS. ARAUJO: My name is Maribel
13 Araujo. I'm a Rockaway Beach resident
14 since 2013, former Rockaway Beach
15 concessionaire from 2011 to 2020, under
16 Rockaway Beach Club LLC and Currency for
17 Rocklarations (phonetic) and co-owner
18 Caracas Arepa Bar Hospitality Group
19 since 2003. I have been the managing
20 partner of Rockaway Beach Club LLC
21 through 2012 and therefore the New York
22 City Parks Department liaison. I was
23 born and raised in Venezuela and moved
24 to New York City in 2001. I established
25 my first restaurant in the East Village
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2 in 2003, growing to three restaurants by
3 2/20/08. In 2011, we were invited to
4 participate in the founding of the
5 Rockaway beach boardwalk concession by
6 Andrew Fields. We joined partners with
7 an outstanding and eclectic group of
8 decent food operators from different
9 backgrounds and successful restaurants
10 such as Roberta, Panehog(phonetic),
11 Rockaway Taco, et cetera. We created
12 Rockaway Beach Club LLC and jumped into
13 the unknown. The concession prior to us
14 was fully run snack bars, selling highly
15 processed junk food, wrapped in plastic
16 during inconsistent business hours with
17 no live entertainment. We were given a
18 mission and opportunity to activate the
19 concessions and transform them into a
20 gustatory destination, nothing fancy,
21 just really good, in keeping with the
22 people speech -- spirit of Rockaway.
23 The city scope was at the time was to
24 create reasons for New Yorkers to start
25 enjoying and utilizing the many other
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2 parts the city has to offer and create
3 an economy around them. We put Rockaway
4 Beach back on the map for many New
5 Yorkers and consistently this was to
6 engage with the community to put
7 measures in place that would balance the
8 interest of the visitors that the
9 peninsula started to receive. We
10 carefully created a group of additional
11 food operators, worked with local
12 organizations to capture local workers
13 and provided jobs for hundreds of
14 people, most of them local, every
15 summer. While never officially calling
16 it an incubator project, it was an
17 opening for many young entrepreneurs,
18 allowing their concepts on the boardwalk
19 --
20 MR. STAMOULIS: One minute.
21 MS. ARAUJO: -- they were surrounded
22 by experienced operators who improved
23 (inaudible) in an environment of pro
24 experimentation and innovation. Some of
25 them are as follow: Super Burrito, Two
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2 Dudes, The Creole Brothers, High 97,
3 Edible Island, Riss BBQ, Ciro's
4 Pizzeria. Several of these businesses
5 have since moved off the boardwalk and
6 are thriving still in Rockaway, many of
7 them are still with us. The success of
8 them was so apparent, it inspired the
9 principle of Rockaway Beach Bazaar LLC
10 and the Brooklyn Bazaar to do the same
11 in 2016 at Riss Park. We created a rich
12 music and performances featuring diverse
13 acts from across the spectrum, musical
14 styles and a healthy mix of local and
15 out of town talent, free to anyone on
16 the boardwalk open our expense. We saw
17 how people of all colors, races and ages
18 and economic backgrounds intertwine on
19 there patios and coexisted peacefully.
20 The diversity created at each concession
21 allowed for beachgoers ---
22 MR. STAMOULIS: I'm sorry, but
23 you're out of time.
24 MS. ARAUJO: Okay. Thank you.
25 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you very much
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2 for your testimony.
3 THE CLERK: David Laprad, please
4 provide your full name and affiliation
5 for the record.
6 MR. CERRON: I'm sorry, it's David
7 Cerron, I'm an assistant commissioner
8 for concession and audits and parks.
9 I'm just responding, just in regards to
10 the assertions made by Mr. Rafaele in
11 his statement. I just want to note that
12 the agency disagrees and we strongly,
13 strongly disagree with personal attacks
14 on the integrity of the members of this
15 selection committee for this source of
16 issue.
17 THE CLERK: Thank you. Kimia
18 Mahallati, please provide your full name
19 and affiliation for the record.
20 MS. MAHALLATI: Hello my name is
21 Kamia Mahallati. I'm not affiliated
22 with Rockaway, per se, I'm actually from
23 San Francisco, California, but I spent
24 time at the Rockaways and I have good
25 friends who own businesses there, as we
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2 may be wondering why I care, even though
3 I don't live in Rockaway and that's
4 because this issue is bigger than just
5 this one contract. In San Francisco, we
6 have also suffered the traumatic effects
7 of gentrification, much like New York
8 has. I mean, the awarding of this
9 contract is yet another example of this.
10 I think we can all agree, there is no
11 denying what the sole motivation behind
12 the granting of this contract was, it
13 was about money and the delayed response
14 of this discussion coupled with the
15 quiet announcements mere days before
16 Christmas was not only unconscionable,
17 but violative of the principles unlike
18 the actual procedure of administrative
19 law. I've heard that this was a very
20 competitive selection and I think we all
21 know that competitive means money and --
22 but I think a better world is possible.
23 It is inherently unfair that Rockaway
24 Beach Club did all of the groundwork to
25 revitalize the area, through a hurricane
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2 and through a pandemic and now a
3 detached and nonlocal organization gets
4 to reap the benefit. I yield my time.
5 Thank you.
6 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you.
7 THE CLERK: Thank you; Robert
8 Carnevale, please provide your full name
9 and affiliation for the record.
10 MR. CARNEVALE: Hello, my name is
11 Robert Carnevale. I'm a nonaffiliate.
12 I'm a Rockaway resident and I have short
13 saying, that Rippers and Low Tide,
14 Caracas are our friends and families of
15 ours and they been with us for the past
16 ten years and they are the heart and
17 soul of Rockaway and it would be really
18 terrible for not, only New York, but
19 terrible for Rockaway, to see them go.
20 I really hope that you guys reverse this
21 decision. Thank you, I yield my time.
22 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you.
23 THE CLERK: Millicent Souris, please
24 provide your full name and affiliation
25 for the record.
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2 MS. SOURIS: Hi, my name is
3 Millicent Souris, can you hear me? I'm
4 at work.
5 MR. STAMOULIS: We can hear you.
6 THE CLERK: Yes, we can hear you.
7 MS. SOURIS: My affiliation, I'm a
8 customer and a friend of the Rockaway
9 beach club businesses and I've gone to
10 the Rockaways since I moved here in
11 2005. And I was there for all the work
12 going into, in the building and the
13 building visionaries that these
14 businesses had. And I used to deliver
15 food down to the Rockaways for relief,
16 for Hurricane Sandy and saw like, right
17 after Sandy, like how the utter
18 devastation that had happened in
19 Rockaway, there was no boardwalk, there
20 was nothing, you know who was there that
21 summer, all of those businesses, if they
22 could be open, you know, and they were
23 there when there were porta potties and
24 on the beach and they were there
25 whenever the City let them be opened and
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2 there was this summer when most of us
3 didn't have jobs and didn't have any
4 hope and we couldn't go anywhere and
5 they were there. You took this contract
6 away from them and you gave it to people
7 who are going to give you more money and
8 how are they going to get that money,
9 because they don't have any vision of
10 what they want to do, they want to keep
11 the same vendors there, but they want
12 them to be under their thumb, so how is
13 the money made, it's made through those
14 businesses and it's made by not
15 rewarding employees for good work and
16 it's made by charging working people
17 like me and everyone else on this call
18 more money for the same thing, so these
19 guys can make money. I yield my time.
20 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you very much.
21 THE CLERK: Shaniyat Chowdhury,
22 please provide your full name and
23 affiliation for the record.
24 MR. CHOWDHURY: My name is Shaniyat
25 Chowdhury. I am not affiliated with any
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2 organization, but I am a south Jamaica
3 resident, a former Marine Corps veteran
4 and I recently haven't been tied to the
5 Rockaways since Sandy. As a first
6 responder, during Sandy I went out there
7 and cleaned the debris left behind by
8 the superstorm and helping communities
9 and helping families sail to where we
10 are now, we still have such a long way
11 to go, but businesses on the boardwalk
12 are a typical part of that progress, so
13 the new contract, we know at the end of
14 the day that it is a business decision,
15 but if it's unconscionable and immoral
16 business decision because we want to
17 return investment, we can continue in
18 investing in the Rockaways and the local
19 businesses. Based in the big part of
20 rebuilding in the Rockaways, we see how
21 during, even after superstorm Sandy,
22 even with the COVID pandemic where the
23 Rockaways has been the epicenter of the
24 coronavirus of high case of coronavirus,
25 these businesses has stepped up.
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2 They've allowed mutual aid, when folks
3 who had no places, had no food, they
4 allowed us to really work together, made
5 sure that we were able to provide food
6 to residents in the Rockaways and that's
7 the kind of work that they're doing out
8 there, aside from the great
9 establishments that they have, it's
10 about building a family type of
11 community and we want to continue on
12 seeing that, we can't lose that, the
13 Rockaways have been hurting for way too
14 long and we need our leaders, we need
15 everyone to invest in the Rockaways and
16 see that it's not just a right business
17 decision to do, but it's the right thing
18 to do, so with that being said, thank
19 you. I yield my time.
20 THE CLERK: Thank you, I just want
21 to remind all speakers, you have a
22 three-minute time window to speak.
23 MALE SPEAKER: You sound like
24 robots.
25 THE CLERK: Andrew Field, please
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2 provide your full name and affiliation
3 for the record.
4 MR. FIELD: Hi, thanks, my name is
5 Andrew Field and I am a member of the
6 Rockaway Beach Club LLC, as well as
7 several other businesses here in the
8 Rockaways. I am an owner, operator and
9 I'd just like to pick up where Maribel
10 Araujo has left off. We saw how many
11 people of color, races, ages and
12 economic backgrounds intertwine our
13 patios and coexisted peacefully. The
14 diversity we created at each concession
15 allowed for the beachgoers and locals to
16 make a day of going up and down the
17 boardwalk, tasting the world in food and
18 entertainment. We worked hard to
19 maintain a balance between customer
20 affordability, paying our employees a
21 living wage and paying ourselves for our
22 own hard work and success. This
23 consideration was also extended to our
24 food vendors through reasonable rent and
25 administrative support. In short, we
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2 did a good job of managing the various
3 challenges involved in such a broad
4 ranging community and a location as this
5 because we genuinely care about these
6 issues. Our original license term was
7 eight years, which is almost half of
8 what has been given to the new license,
9 so we were granted two additional
10 seasons under a temporary user
11 authorization, one for delays in the
12 license finalization by the Parks
13 Department and the others post Sandy.
14 We have been through some ups and downs,
15 Sandy was devastating to our Rockaway
16 community, but we held fast and opened
17 the following season, believing that
18 three island oases we would help ease
19 some of the pain and help the strength
20 of the community bond that had been so
21 shredded by the storm and its aftermath.
22 Just last year as COVID raged, we again
23 made the decision to open our doors and
24 did the best we could with what we had
25 to faithfully provide food and
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2 refreshment for our communities and the
3 hundreds and thousands of New Yorkers
4 that had come to the beach for fresh air
5 and space away from their cramped
6 apartments. In the in between seasons
7 we endorsed lengthy periods of
8 unconstructive boardwalk, beach closures
9 and restoration due to erosion and the
10 improper beach management, no ferries
11 and the obligatory nonsense operated
12 face when interfacing with the New York
13 City parks and the other various city
14 agencies, if you think we did it for
15 money, trust us, there was no money and
16 we were experienced enough to know that
17 beforehand, we did it for the love of
18 our responsibility to the community. We
19 are all Rockaway residents now and most
20 of us are homeowners and raising
21 families here on the peninsula. When we
22 compare our proposals to that of the
23 Rockaway Beach Bazaar, there are
24 strikingly with similar in substance,
25 notably differences mostly have to do
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2 with money. They offered a much higher
3 rent, a figure so high, we don't see how
4 it would be paid without massive retail
5 price increases and higher vendors'
6 severance and larger numbers for their
7 capital improvements schedule. Numbers
8 that seem somewhat inflated to us, based
9 on the scope of work as Parks defined
10 the criteria --
11 MR. STAMOULIS: I'm sorry, sir, but
12 you're out of time. Thank you for your
13 testimony.
14 THE CLERK: Nicholas Padilla, please
15 provide your full name and affiliation
16 for the record.
17 MR. PADILLA: This is Nicholas
18 Padilla. I'm a small business owner in
19 Greenpoint, Brooklyn, hospitality and I
20 testify against rewarding this contract.
21 In addition to all the reasons already
22 clearly articulated, I'd like to add,
23 this is a bad business decision on the
24 part of the city to award the contract
25 for these concessions to the former
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2 operators of the Brooklyn Bazaar. As an
3 owner of two hospitality establishments
4 in the neighborhood which the Bazaar
5 operated, it seen two iterations of
6 Bazaar failed spectacularly, complete
7 with local press interviews of which the
8 owners complained about New York real
9 estate pushing them out after three
10 years. Well, as any restaurant or bar
11 owner in the city can tell you signing,
12 a three-year commercial lease it is
13 wildly reckless, it's indicative of a
14 short-sighted business sense and a
15 willingness to agree to bad lease terms,
16 so it doesn't seem like a good, you
17 know, it just doesn't bode well for such
18 an important part of that community.
19 The increased cost of rent will not only
20 result in a significant increase in cost
21 to consumers, but it's also going to
22 make the new proprietors' business
23 unsustainable in the long term. Former
24 home of the last iteration of the
25 Brooklyn Bazaar is, you know, it's an
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2 absolute disaster, it's an eyesore in
3 Greenpoint, the city should support
4 businesses that are in it for the long
5 haul and then have a proven track record
6 of supporting the community. I can't
7 think of any other businesses that
8 better exemplify the ideas of hiring
9 from within the community and taking
10 care of the neighborhoods they're in and
11 Salmeca (phonetic), that's all I have to
12 say and I yield my time.
13 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you for your
14 testimony.
15 THE CLERK: Mackenzie Wagoner,
16 please provide your full name and
17 affiliation for the record.
18 MS. WAGONER: Hi, this is Mackenzie.
19 My name is Mackenzie Wagoner, I'm just a
20 community member in Rockaway, no
21 affiliation. I'm also a journalist and
22 brand strategist and I work with and
23 report on brands who join the rampant
24 struggle with brick and mortar present,
25 which is no secret to any pedestrian or
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2 visitor to New York City. A source on
3 vacancy is unprecedented, growing
4 exponentially from 2018 to 20 percent
5 vacancy, the commercial rents are now
6 dropping by nearly 12 percent and in
7 emergency effort to fill these vacancies
8 left by the nature trainer who created
9 them for example --
10 MALE SPEAKER: I'm on the phone.
11 MS. WAGNOER: Hello --
12 MALE SPEAKER: Mute your phone, sir.
13 MS. WAGNOER: -- Neiman Marcus is
14 shuttering forever. Every form of our
15 East New York is still empty, the City
16 loses millions and this is a worldwide
17 problem and the answer is the same
18 across the globe. Small special
19 businesses, small businesses are the
20 bloodline of the city. It has not only
21 been proven that demand for big box
22 retailers has been grossly overestimated
23 in New York City, but those businesses
24 will be the first to leave when push
25 come to shove. People do not want
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2 repetitive overpriced restaurants they
3 want something they can't get anywhere
4 else. They want unbelievable and
5 affordable food, they crave new
6 experience. People flock to Rockaway
7 Beach -- and the magical community
8 locals have built. People like John
9 Carlos Seljarago (phoentic) whose small
10 batch wine and unbelievable record of
11 Low Tide, turn every beach day into a
12 dance party that you can not stand to
13 leave, people like Brent Young
14 (phonetic) who makes the best burger in
15 New York that you have to travel all the
16 way to Rockaway just to eat. These
17 people offer jobs to the community, take
18 care of their neighbors and offer the
19 one thing that retails spaces that all
20 try to recreate, something special, a
21 surprise that's inedible can get
22 anywhere else magic that draws retail --
23 that draws retail new goers -- foot
24 traffic. To give the bid to the
25 Brooklyn Bazaar and not to Rockaway
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2 Beach Club would inevitably raise the
3 rent on these small, independent
4 business and short-sighted it would not
5 only, have as much basic sense, be a
6 long-term profit loss to the City, but
7 it's a definite Rockaway Beach can make
8 unmimicable community do don't turn
9 Rockaway into Soho, don't turn Rockaway
10 into Willamsburg, please do not try to
11 put lightning in a bottle, you cannot do
12 it. Thank you, I yield the rest of my
13 time.
14 THE CLERK: Thank you. Jordan
15 Wolff, please provide your full name and
16 affiliation for the record.
17 MS. WOLFF: Hello, my name is Jordan
18 Wolff and I am a resident and I'm also a
19 business owner at the Beach 97th Street
20 concession. I oppose the park decision
21 to award Rockaway Bazaar the lease.
22 Instead the leisure of given the hands
23 of the existing leasing holders the
24 Rockaway Beach Club, if New York City
25 cares about small businesses, then why
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2 are they taking business away from the
3 very people that created these
4 establishments and took on all of the
5 initial risk. The decision to accept
6 Bazaar proposal does not benefit anyone
7 in the community and the community is
8 admittedly opposed to this decision.
9 The amount of money Bazaar is commencing
10 (inaudible) is so high it would cost
11 (inaudible) of higher prices for
12 customers. It is clear that this
13 decision is misguided and needs to be
14 reexamined immediately, as a vendor I
15 would like to state that I have been
16 offered nothing from the Rockaway
17 Bazaar. I do not wish to work with a
18 new company -- (inaudible) the people
19 that my business possible (inaudible)
20 until the next 15 years, thank you.
21 THE CLERK: Thank you. Mary
22 Mullally, please provide your full name
23 and affiliation for the record.
24 My name is Mary Mullally and I'm a
25 local resident and I've spent my summers
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2 since I'm a child in Rockaway Beach and
3 I think that the concession with the
4 Rockaway Beach Club has been the best
5 thing that happened to Rockaway and they
6 stuck it out through a hurricane and
7 took great care of the pandemic and
8 they've created such a great community
9 and have worked very hard to put
10 Rockaway on the map and the thought, you
11 know, they will just hand over this
12 contract at this increased money and
13 make it so inaccessible to all the local
14 working class people that come to
15 Rockaway in summer is just outrageous,
16 so I really hope you reconsider because
17 going to have a cup of coffee at the
18 Brothers and Caracas and the music and
19 the life they bring, it's so valuable,
20 it's so important, it overrides this
21 monetary monopolization that the Bazaar
22 is about and we don't need that, we need
23 to keep it small, local and just high
24 quality, thank you.
25 THE CLERK: Thank you. Yarden
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2 Flatow, please provide your full name
3 and affiliation for the record.
4 MR. FLATOW: Hello, my name is
5 Yarden Flatow, I'm a representative of
6 both Cuisine by Claudette and Rockaway
7 Glow. We are an interested party and
8 bidder in the Parks Department contract
9 for the boardwalk, the three concessions
10 and up to 20 mobile units. My - I am a
11 local. I've literally been growing up
12 in the Rockaways. I've gone to the
13 Rockaway Beach Club. I've been to the
14 boardwalk. My main concern is that this
15 contract is absolutely crucial to the
16 momentum that the Rockaways have had, so
17 I do believe we submitted a competitive
18 proposal. We bid highly and we bid
19 competitively early, we have an
20 absolutely visionary approach for the
21 improvement and operation of this entire
22 boardwalk that I think wasn't given the
23 appropriate consideration. I find that
24 the -- I submitted a protest in writing
25 as well, but we got a response from the
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2 Parks Department that denied that
3 protest, but again I want to reiterate
4 that I find that the whole interview
5 process was inherently biased and
6 self-serving to the department. Other
7 than that, I yield my time, thank you.
8 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you for your
9 testimony.
10 THE CLERK: Thank you. Candy
11 Brokaw, please provide your full name
12 and affiliation for the record.
13 MS. BROKAW: My name is Candy
14 Brokaw. I'm a resident of New York. I
15 was going to say how amazing going to
16 the Rockaway Beach Club is with the
17 fresh fruit, the vegetables, the
18 ambiance, the happiness, not like a
19 Nathan's dirty hot dog, or packaged
20 foods, but after listening, to the some
21 of the other people speak, I'm really
22 curious how is a monopoly allowed to
23 operate to the entire stretch of
24 Rockaway Beach, is that legal? And has
25 anyone taken, this to Court to see if
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2 there is legality to allow them to have
3 them have the entire beachfront.
4 Somehow, I doubt that. Has there been
5 anyone investigating into the monopoly
6 that is being created here? Forget
7 about the food, forget about the
8 ambiance, let's look at the legal aspect
9 of this. Is there someone from the
10 Parks Department that can answer me?
11 Hello? How is it legal that one
12 organization will run the entire
13 Rockaway beach?
14 THE CLERK: Please provide your
15 testimony and it will be added to the
16 record.
17 MS. BAROKAW: Well, I think it
18 should be added to a Court record
19 because I think it should really be
20 looked into. Secondly, this is against
21 small business owners, it's also --
22 we're talking about small business
23 owners of many ethnic backgrounds that
24 are really under pressure now with,
25 between the government is trying to help
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2 minority business owners come back to
3 business. I personally know that
4 Caracas delivered food to New York City
5 hospital workers and to fire departments
6 during last March and April donating
7 their own food and time at their own
8 risk. I don't know if this Rockaway
9 Bazaar is involved with community
10 efforts as the beach club is but I also
11 don't think there should be a monopoly.
12 I yield my time.
13 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you very much
14 for your testimony.
15 THE CLERK: Kellie Quarton, please
16 provide your full name and affiliation
17 for the record.
18 MS. QUARTON: Kelly Quarton, I
19 currently run a vegetable farm upstate,
20 but in the summer of 2011, I worked the
21 boardwalk on 97th Street, it was the
22 first summer, of that and I remember it
23 fondly because it was the first summer
24 it was the first go at everything, and
25 since that summer I returned often to
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2 see how it's been going and who it
3 evolved into as it's previously been
4 stated into their own businesses from
5 carts on the boardwalk, to in the sand,
6 to brick and motar business in the city,
7 it's been built up and for the Parks
8 Department to think that sense of
9 community and what has built up will
10 transfer to a new contract is erroneous.
11 There is no way that the community the
12 Rockaway Beach Club has built up, over
13 the past ten years through two
14 hurricanes, I think people forget that
15 Irene did affect the boardwalk in 2011,
16 two hurricanes, a pandemic, rainy
17 Tuesdays and seasonal business that has
18 given everything beyond money, will then
19 step aside and let someone come in who
20 has no vested interest in the community,
21 has not been present for the past
22 decade, will come in and will easily
23 transfer a sense of community to them
24 it's absurd and I would like to ask the
25 Parks Department on the record, what
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2 they think they're getting out of this
3 contract because it seems you're
4 conflating community and construction.
5 You asked for concession contract and
6 what you're telling us in the beginning
7 of this conversation is that you're
8 interested in getting WiFi and building
9 improvements and those things don't come
10 without money. We understand that
11 that's what business is, but you're so
12 invested in that, you're missing the
13 sense that this community that has been
14 created, that has generated this economy
15 will vacate without Rockaway Beach Club
16 it doesn't transfer, you don't get to
17 bring in someone who doesn't understand
18 anything about the community and expect
19 for everyone to stay and for the
20 momentum of what has been going on out
21 there economically to continue. I yield
22 my time.
23 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you for your
24 testimony.
25 THE CLERK: Perzy Junior, please
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2 provide your full name and affiliation
3 for the record.
4 MR. PERZY: My name is Michael
5 Perzy. I'm a Rockaway Beach Boardwalk
6 and a resident of Rockaway Beach. I'd
7 like to pick where Maribel Araujo left
8 off -- I'm sorry, actually Andrew left
9 off. When we compare our proposal to
10 that of Rockaway Bazaar it's a
11 strikingly similar substance. The most
12 notable difference has to do with the
13 money. They offered much higher rent
14 and I figured we won't see how it would
15 be paid without massive retail, price
16 increases and higher rent for the
17 tenants, so given all stated, easily
18 corroborated by thousands of e-mails and
19 phone calls sent in by New Yorkers since
20 Thursday, numerous letters of support
21 from various civic groups, thousand of
22 signatures, attesting beachgoer support
23 from last season, why are we not being
24 allowed to continue our work? In
25 closing, I'm stating for the record, we
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2 were informed of our loss on December
3 23, 2020, two days before Christmas via
4 phone, not in writing by stipulated in
5 RFP. This is nearly a year to the day
6 after the date Parks stipulated they
7 reached a decision. Again, that's
8 stated by them in their own RFP. COVID
9 delays aside, Parks had already missed
10 their own seven codes deadlines for
11 reasons unknown. This is also after
12 Parks arbitrarily extended the deadlines
13 for submissions, despite there being
14 months to prepare proposals, affording
15 unfair advantage to those who missed the
16 deadline, very strange. The public
17 hearing was published in two local
18 papers on Thursday, January 7th, no
19 direct communication regarding this part
20 of the process was given to us in any
21 other form.
22 MR. STAMOULIS: One minute.
23 MR. PERZY: The RFP put out by the
24 city doesn't include this part of the
25 process, nor explain the right to
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2 appeals to those bidders that made it
3 through the best and final offer stage.
4 It only points out the process about the
5 nonresponsive or nonresponsible bidders.
6 With much respect and consideration for
7 the record, I'm in complete disagreement
8 with, the City's decision to award the
9 concession license to Rockaway Beach
10 Bazaar LLC and consider and create to
11 service to the community and affront to
12 small business owners all over the city
13 and a horrible mistake for the future of
14 Rockaway Beach. I'll leave the amount
15 of personal info to your imagination.
16 Thank you.
17 THE CLERK: Thank you. Courtney
18 Browkaw, please provide your full name
19 and affiliation for the record.
20 MS. BROKAW: Hello, my name is
21 Courtney Brokaw and I have no
22 affiliation except for being a local
23 resident. I'm calling to strongly urge
24 you to reconsider your decision to award
25 the concession bid for Rockaway Bazaar.
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2 The contract should be awarded to
3 Rockaway Beach Club. These are the
4 businesses and people who have been
5 working, building our community for the
6 past ten years. If you award the
7 contract to Rockaway Bazaar, you would
8 be closing our beloved businesses run by
9 local residents, which has become a huge
10 part of our community. They provide
11 local jobs, thoughtful community events
12 and contribute to the local economy.
13 The concession run by Rockaway Beach
14 Club including Rivers, Craft, and Low
15 Tide and more are all staffed and owned
16 by local community members, who
17 contributed so much to the
18 revitalization of Rockaway, they care
19 about the environment and the community,
20 they employ local youth, they are our
21 neighbors, they are our homeowners, they
22 are beloved and attracts more business
23 and more people to invest and enjoy
24 spending time in Rockaway. The
25 concessions run by Rockaway Beach Club
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2 has been through so much with COVID and
3 they were essential building back
4 stronger after Sandy. Losing them would
5 be devastating for our community morale,
6 many people came here because of them
7 and would be shattered to lose them.
8 The Rockaway Bazaar is not a local group
9 and there is famously unfair operators,
10 their reputation is fraught with stories
11 of employee mistreatment, environmental
12 disregard and mismanaged finances.
13 Their proposal is unrealistic and they
14 intend to just profit off the labor of
15 subleases, which is a step in the wrong
16 direction. It's not the support of
17 concessionaires that will be on site
18 doing the work. Your decision to push
19 on Christmas Eve it is cruel and
20 intended to keep the community out of
21 the conversation. This is a public park
22 and we should all have our say as
23 members of this community.
24 MR. STAMOULIS: One minute
25 remaining.
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2 MS. BROKAW: Please reconsider --
3 one minute, here we go -- please
4 reconsider and do what's right for our
5 community. Please deny the contract to
6 Rockaway Beach Bazaar and award it to
7 Rockaway Beach Club; I'm done.
8 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you very much
9 for your testimony.
10 THE CLERK: Belvy Klein, please
11 provide your full name and affiliation
12 for the record.
13 MR. KLEIN: Hey, everybody. This is
14 Aaron Broudo and Belvy Klein from the
15 Rockaway Beach Bazaar. We really
16 appreciate the opportunity and look
17 forward to working together with NYC
18 Parks Department and the local Rockaway
19 community, utilizing our proven track
20 record to help make the Rockaway Beach
21 boardwalk better than ever. We have an
22 11 years-plus track record of opening
23 venues, building strong teams, managing
24 vendors and programming events. Since
25 2015, we've run the beach concessions
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2 and programming at Riis Park, we proved
3 to be a safe and responsible operator
4 while helping to raise park attendance
5 to levels not seen there in decades.
6 We've done this with an emphasis on
7 super local vendor staff. Our Rockaway
8 beach operation will follow the same
9 example.
10 MALE SPEAKER: The RFP was a public
11 process, anybody could've put in offers
12 --
13 MR. STAMOULIS: I'm sorry sir, but
14 this is a testimony only for the person
15 being called to be speaking, please do
16 not interrupt, thank you.
17 FEMALE SPEAKER: Thanks Bill, well
18 done, sir.
19 MR. STAMOULIS: You have two
20 minutes, please continue.
21 MR. KLEIN: Anyone had the
22 opportunity to submit offers and they're
23 were higher bids than ours and of course
24 they were lower bids than ours as well
25 and when we submitted our bids, we went
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2 with the numbers that we thought would
3 be competitive for a 15-year lease for a
4 New York City public park --
5 FEMALE SPEAKER: Except you don't
6 know anything and you don't know how to
7 run a business --
8 MR. STAMOULIS: Again -- this is a
9 individual testimony, it is not a Q and
10 A, please do not interrupt unless, I'll
11 be forced to mute everyone.
12 FEMALE SPEAKER: You called Belvy,
13 not this guy anyway --
14 (Whereupon, people are speaking
15 simultaneously.)
16 MR. STAMOULIS: I will have to mute
17 everyone. Now, Belvy, you're ending in
18 9883, correct?
19 MR. KLEIN: Um-hum.
20 MR. STAMOULIS: I will now mute
21 everyone, I will unmute you momentarily
22 and once you finish your testimony. I
23 will unmute everyone, so Ari can speak,
24 thank you for your time --
25 MR. KLEIN: Hello?
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2 MR. STAMOULIS: Mr. Belvy?
3 MR. KLEIN: Yes.
4 MR. STAMOULIS: Give me one moment
5 to reset the timer and you may continue,
6 you have approximately one minute and 45
7 seconds remaining, continue.
8 MR. KLEIN: Just to close, I wanted
9 to say that we are very good fans of
10 what the Rockaway Beach Club has done
11 over the years. We appreciate all the
12 love and hard work they put into the
13 downtown concessions as we gratuitously
14 said we want to retain as many of the
15 previous vendors there as possible and
16 we will be offering those operators
17 first opportunity at their concession
18 locations. Nobody here is looking to
19 displace anybody. Thank you. That's my
20 time.
21 MALE SPEAKER: Point is, devil, we
22 know where you sleep.
23 THE CLERK: Ari Kellman, please
24 provide your full name and affiliation
25 for the record.
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2 MR. STAMOULIS: I will now unmute
3 everyone. I would ask again that you'll
4 be polite, considerate and respectful of
5 his time and testimony, just like
6 everyone else would be respectful of
7 yours. Thank you again.
8 THE CLERK: Ari Kellman, please
9 provide your full name and affiliation
10 for the record.
11 MR. STAMOULIS: One moment, I am
12 having a technical difficulty, but I
13 will unmute everyone shortly.
14 FEMALE SPEAKER: If I may, we can
15 unmute ourselves by pressing *6 when
16 we're called.
17 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you very much,
18 please do at this time. At this time
19 I'm unable to find the "unmute all"
20 option. I apologize for this
21 interruption and I thank you again for
22 your patience and consideration. Ari
23 Kellman, it's your turn to speak.
24 Please press *6 to unmute yourself,
25 thank you. Ari Kellman?
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2 MS. KELLMAN: Hi, this is Ariel
3 Kellman, can you hear me?
4 MR. STAMOULIS: Yes, thank you.
5 MS. KELLMAN: I'm unaffiliated, I'm
6 a native New Yorker and lifelong
7 resident, speaking on behalf of Rockaway
8 Beach Club and against awarding of the
9 contract of Rockaway Bazaar. I lived in
10 New York here my entire life and I
11 witnessed the loss of so many places and
12 some neighborhoods and so many
13 communities. I seen them replaced with
14 empty storefronts and corporations that
15 go in and out and the only thing that
16 really do manage to remain are community
17 strongholds that have so much integrity
18 put behind them and I have watched so
19 many places be on the verge of closing
20 and then be saved at the last moment
21 with hearings like this or through just
22 like, huge outpouring of support often
23 too little, to late but sometimes in the
24 neck of time. On the contract that's
25 been awarded, obviously it has been done
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2 to, in order to obtain what appears to
3 be a large sum of money now, but what
4 it's going to be loss of community and
5 integrity and ultimately you're going to
6 lose business to whoever is going to
7 come and take over these drastically
8 raised leases because I bike 30 miles
9 one way to go to Rippers and Caracas and
10 Low Tides and I bike into Riis Park and
11 then bike away because that's not where
12 I want to be. We are in a really
13 challenging time for New York City, at a
14 crossroads of finding people fleeing and
15 labeling the city as dead and otherwise
16 lacking faith in our city to rebound
17 from this crisis, but when the February
18 contract hearing last year was delayed,
19 Rockaway Beach Club stayed open
20 throughout the summer, during the
21 pandemic, helping the community, keeping
22 people employed and operating at massive
23 losses because they hoped to provide
24 support to the community during a
25 challenging time and ultimately rebound
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2 and we know that if this lease is handed
3 over to Rockaway Bazaar that they're
4 just going to jack up the leases and
5 Rockaway Beach Club won't be able to
6 stay --
7 MR. STAMOULIS: One minute.
8 MS. KELLMAN: -- for the sake of the
9 community of the people who put so much
10 heart and soul into this place and
11 frankly, for the tourism that you hope
12 continues to return to Rockaway, that
13 you will reconsider the awarding of this
14 contract. Thank you; I yield my time.
15 MR. STAMOULIS: Thank you very much.
16 THE CLERK: We have now reached the
17 scheduled end of today's hearing. For
18 anyone who has not yet had the
19 opportunity to provide testimony, we
20 remind you that you may provide your
21 testimony in writing via e-mail to
22 [email protected] that is
24 Y-C-.G-O-V. Again, that is
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3 MALE SPEAKER: I registered and I
4 was not called --
5 MR. STAMOULIS: Excuse me, sir --
6 MR. KATSORHIS: The Comptroller's
7 office would like to make a statement
8 before we close out this hearing.
9 MR. STAMOULIS: Certainly, please go
10 ahead, John.
11 MR. KATSORHIS: Thank you. John
12 Katsorhis, representing the
13 Comptroller's office. The Comptroller's
14 office would like to make a quick
15 statement on the record before the
16 hearing closes. Specifically, this
17 office would like to acknowledge the
18 significant amount of testimony that was
19 presented here today regarding the first
20 agenda item and state that we find a
21 great deal of the testimony expressed by
22 everyone today against DPR's award very
23 disconcerting. Before Parks moved
24 forward with finalizing this award, we
25 strongly urge the agency to carefully
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2 consider and satisfactorily address all
3 testimony presented here today.
4 Additionally, we would like to make it
5 clear that the Comptroller's office will
6 be following up with Parks on various
7 aspects of the testimony and we will be
8 reviewing any contracts submitted to
9 this office closely, including the
10 process used to award the concession.
11 Thank you.
12 FEMALE SPEAKER: What's your e-mail?
13 MR. STAMOULIS: We'll be continuing
14 with the conclusion of the hearing with
15 any testimony that has not been heard
16 yet and submitted in writing --
17 MALE SPEAKER: I know -- I've been
18 online for two hours.
19 MR. STAMOULIS: I understand and I
20 appreciate that, sir, and I understand
21 you sent an e-mail. Unfortunately, we
22 received many e-mails, we already
23 received over 2,000 written testimony,
24 we're trying our best to make sure
25 everyone has an opportunity --
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2 (Whereupon, people are speaking
3 simultaneously.)
4 MR. STAMOULIS: Sorry, I had to mute
5 everyone. The hearing is coming to a
6 close. We are no longer accepting oral
7 testimony at this time. If you have not
8 had a chance to testify, you can submit
9 your testimony in writing to the e-mail
10 address listed. That e-mail address is
11 also available on the agenda and on the
12 notes of public hearing. I ask again
13 that you submit any testimony that you
14 feel appropriate; it will be brought to
15 the committee and it will be reviewed --
16 MALE SPEAKER: I'd like to speak now
17 because I've been on this phone for over
18 three hours --
19 MR. STAMOULIS: I understand and I
20 appreciate that there's a lot of people
21 on this line, sorry sir, but the hearing
22 is closed. Gregg, if you could --
23 MALE SPEAKER: Where do I send it?
24 THE CLERK: Send your testimony to
25 G-R-E-G-G.A-L-L-E-Y-N-E- at --
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2 MALE SPEAKER: Say it slowly,
3 please.
4 THE CLERK: Okay, I'll start over
5 it's Gregg G-R-E-G-G-.-A-L-L-E-Y-N-E- @
6 M-O-C-S dot N-Y-C dot G-O-V. We ask
7 that your testimony be provided to that
8 e-mail by the close of business today
9 and it will be provided for the
10 committee --
11 MALE SPEAKER: What time is the
12 close of business today?
13 MR. STAMOULIS: Any time today;
14 we'll make sure it's provided to the
15 committee. Thank you very much, Gregg.
16 Do you have any further instructions?
17 THE CLERK: That was it for my
18 instructions.
19 MR. STAMOULIS: I believe we are
20 ready to close the hearing.
21 MS. BLANE: That concludes today’s
22 hearing. We ask that the Reporter make
23 the entire Remote Public Hearing Agenda,
24 which was made publicly available at the
25 FCRC website, part of the final record
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10 I, Shechinah Jackson, a shorthand
11 reporter within and for the State of New York,
12 do hereby certify that the within is a true and
13 accurate transcript of the statement taken on
14 01/11/2021.
15 I further certify that I am not related
16 to any of the parties to this action by blood or
17 by marriage, and that I am in no way interested
18 in the outcome of this matter.
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Franchise & Concession Review Committee Public Hearing January 11, 2021 100 cetera 50:11 14:15,22 15:9 56:6 57:21 coming 92:5 68:8 69:7,7 70:8 16:11 17:11,20 59:20,25 63:14 74:9 75:9,11,20,23 chair 5:13,17 19:9,18,19,23 65:15 68:14 69:21 commencing 76:4,13,18 79:11 22:12 23:4 25:22 70:25 72:10 73:14 69:9 80:5,10,11,16,19 challenges 17:14 27:6,17 28:10 74:15 76:25 79:17 81:5,20,23 82:5,19 61:3 33:6 35:5 82:10 85:23 86:8 commerce 17:9 87:16 88:4,21,24 36:16,22,24 89:16 92:24 89:9 (60) challenging 37:10,21 38:2,23 93:4,17 (68) commercial 88:13,25 39:5,23 41:10 64:12 66:5 companies 22:8 42:12 43:11 44:17 close 14:2,6 30:5 27:3 chance 24:8 92:8 45:18 48:14 85:8 90:8 92:6 commissioner 49:22,24 50:23 93:8,12,20 (9) 36:18 53:7 company 38:20 change 21:25 51:2 56:25 47:4 69:18 62:13,13 63:24 closed 92:22 94:3 commitment changed 20:9 64:11 65:3 32:9,11,17 compare 62:22 66:2,15,20,23 closely 91:9 77:9 changes 22:23 68:6,24 74:4 75:6 committed 34:12 23:5 78:24 79:12 84:4 closes 90:16 competitive 88:13,15,16 (59) committee 1:3 33:15 35:2 charge 44:15,16 closing 77:25 4:22,24 5:19 7:20 54:20,21 71:17 46:12 city's 79:8 80:8 87:19 13:6,25 14:20 84:3 (6) 15:15 16:7 27:25 charged 26:16 civic 20:7 77:21 closures 62:8 29:13 30:10,18 competitively 32:21 34:17 71:19 charges 46:10 class 41:14 70:14 club 40:11,18 37:8,24 38:5,9 41:7,16 42:9,14 39:7,8,15,18 53:15 complained 64:8 charging 57:16 classes 20:25 46:15 47:19 92:15 93:10,15 46:21 49:4,16,20 50:12 (28) complaints 38:11 charter 7:23 54:24 56:9 60:6 16:14 claudette 71:6 68:2,24 70:4 committees complete 25:19 71:13 72:16 74:10 18:10 64:6 79:7 chase 3:5 cleaned 58:7 75:12 76:15 43:17,19 80:3,14,25 82:7 common 26:4 comptroller 2:11 cleanly 29:15 85:10 87:8 88:19 6:2 child 70:2 89:5 (31) communication clear 20:5 69:12 78:19 comptroller's children 16:5 91:5 cockfield 2:16 90:6,13,13 91:5 communities (4) chowdhury 3:13 clearly 4:6 9:14 codes 78:10 16:23 18:7 20:22 57:21,24,25 (4) 10:2 29:16 63:22 21:4,14 22:18,21 computeraided (5) coexisted 52:19 58:8 62:2 87:13 1:23 christian 40:7 60:13 (10) clerk 2:23 4:2,3,8 concepts 51:18 christmas 54:16 5:2,13,20,22,24 coffee 70:17 community 15:7 78:3 81:19 6:2,5,12,16,20,24 17:18 18:25 concern 71:14 7:3,7,10,13 color 60:11 19:3,6 23:3 40:20 circulated 13:6 8:10,17,21 13:3,23 42:10,12,16,18 concerned 18:5 14:2,6,13,15 colors 52:17 43:4,9 40:17 ciro's 52:3 18:12,19 25:2,5,9 44:2,4,8,18,21 28:3,8,10 35:12,23 come 5:20 16:15 48:13,18 51:6 concerns 31:8 citizen 40:17 40:3 43:17 45:14 62:4 66:25 70:14 59:11 61:4,16,20 47:25 49:8 74:2 75:19,22 62:18 64:18 concession 1:3 city 7:22,23 53:3,17 55:7,23 76:9 88:7 (10) 65:6,9,20 67:7,17 5:18 7:19,23
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Franchise & Concession Review Committee Public Hearing January 11, 2021 103 eat 67:16 employ 80:20 environment 66:14 67:11 experimentation 51:23 80:19 51:24 eclectic 50:7 employed 41:15 everybody 10:5 88:22 environmental 82:13 experts 25:15 economic 42:18 81:11 43:13 46:20,21 employee 36:16 everyone 4:5 expiration 16:8 52:18 60:12 (6) 43:23 81:11 epicenter 58:23 9:15 13:19 23:16,25 24:23 expired 33:13 economically employees 39:9 equipment 22:4 27:24 28:24 76:21 43:3 46:17 57:15 29:11,22 30:3 explain 78:25 60:20 (5) erosion 62:9 36:6 57:17 59:15 economy 51:3 76:19 exponentially 76:14 80:12 employes 40:21 erroneous 75:10 84:11,17,21,23 66:4 86:3,6,13 90:22 edible 52:3 empty 66:15 especially 42:20 91:25 92:5 (25) expressed 90:21 87:14 education 17:8 essential 22:20 everything 74:24 expression 17:19 20:2,9,23 (4) end 13:14 14:11 81:3 75:18 24:22 45:10 58:13 extend 14:24 effects 54:6 89:17 (6) essentially 41:11 evolved 75:3 46:7 extended 21:23 effort 32:11 66:7 ending 84:17 example 34:6 34:13 60:23 78:12 established 49:24 54:9 66:9 83:9 (4) (4) efforts 17:5 endorsed 62:7 31:15 74:10 establishments except 79:22 84:5 extension ends 13:21 45:6 59:9 64:3 69:4 16:7,10,19 21:19 eight 61:7 exchange 16:15 (4) engage 51:6 estate 64:9 either 5:6 exclusive 48:20 extra 37:10 43:9 engagement 20:7 et 50:11 eligible 15:4,11 excuse 90:5 eye 17:13 enhancements ethnic 21:13 else 25:2 28:3 33:24 73:23 exemplify 65:8 eyesore 65:2 57:17 67:4,22 86:6 (6) enjoy 48:16 europe 27:7,12 existing 31:10 f 95:3 80:23 34:15 68:23 email 8:10,18,21 evaluated 39:2 face 62:12 9:16,18 10:6,24 enjoying 50:25 expand 34:10 11:15 12:6,14,16 evaluating 34:16 faced 31:13 14:3,10 24:5,21 enough 41:5 expect 32:16 29:19 30:6 37:13 62:16 eve 81:19 76:18 fact 26:18 35:20 38:13 39:17 89:21 91:12,21 92:9,10 entering 9:23 even 38:8 54:2 expedite 13:10 failed 64:6 93:8 (26) 58:21,22 (4) entertainment expense 52:16 fair 37:17 emails 77:18 50:17 60:18 event 20:10 91:22 experience 34:24 faith 88:16 entire 71:21 events 80:11 36:24 45:21 47:20 emergency 66:7 72:23 73:3,12 82:24 48:17 67:6 (6) faithfully 61:25 87:10 93:23 (6) emphasis 39:12 ever 82:21 experienced families 55:14 83:6 entrepreneurs 51:22 62:16 58:9 62:21 51:17 every 51:14
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Franchise & Concession Review Committee Public Hearing January 11, 2021 104 family 46:24 fields 50:6 71:2,4,5 (4) franchise 1:3 funded 21:16 59:10 5:18 7:19 fifteen 28:18 fleeing 88:14 14:19,21 16:6,9 funds 22:2,3,6 famously 81:9 18:5 19:15 25:18 fifth 34:25 flock 67:6 (10) furnas 2:6 fancy 50:20 5:25,25 figure 63:3 folks 31:8 59:2 franchises 17:2 fans 85:9 21:17,22 further 23:12 figured 77:14 follow 51:25 83:8 28:21 35:21 42:11 far 22:9 francisco 53:23 93:16 95:15 (6) filed 27:16,17 following 34:17 54:5 farm 74:19 61:17 91:6 future 17:14 filippone 38:3 frank 3:3 36:4,13 79:13 fast 61:16 fondly 74:23 fill 66:7 frankly 89:11 gale 17:25 fcrc 4:3 5:18 12:8 food 33:9 34:7 16:9,20 19:8 final 30:9 35:15 36:21 44:8,16 fraudulent 38:17 gave 57:6 22:24 23:16 29:2 79:3 93:25 (4) 50:8,15 51:11 33:6 34:20 36:15 56:15 59:3,5 fraught 81:10 generally 31:25 39:18,19 93:25 finalization 60:17,24 61:25 (15) 61:12 67:5 73:7 74:4,7 free 17:3 34:2 generated 76:14 (18) 39:15 52:15 (4) featuring 52:12 finalize 32:17 gentrification foods 72:20 freedom 17:19 54:7 february 88:17 finalizing 90:24 foot 67:23 freely 24:3 genuinely 61:5 fee 22:11 34:24 finances 81:12 forced 84:11 fresh 62:4 72:17 get 4:4 24:15,18 feedback 32:2 financial 34:25 31:17 57:8 foresaw 22:17 friend 56:8 67:3,21 76:16 (8) feel 45:7 92:14 find 71:23 72:4 86:19 90:20 (4) forever 66:14 friends 53:25 gets 10:5 55:3 feeling 42:11 55:14 finding 88:14 forget 73:6,7 getting 76:2,8 feels 41:11 75:14 front 38:22,22 finish 25:19 29:4 gigs 27:9 fees 27:4 84:22 form 66:14 78:21 fruit 72:17 give 8:19 32:13 female 5:9,12 fire 74:5 former 36:16,19 full 18:20 20:7 41:25 43:4 57:7 8:18 9:5,9,10,21 49:14 58:3 63:25 25:5 32:13 35:25 67:24 85:4 (7) 11:19,22 83:17 first 13:9 15:14 64:23 (6) 37:7 40:4 43:18 84:5,12 86:14 24:6 28:8 30:17 45:15 48:4,7 given 5:6 14:2 91:12 (14) 32:13 34:20 42:2 forward 8:16 49:10 53:4,18 24:19 41:19 47:12 47:3 49:25 58:5 32:18 35:6 82:17 55:8,24 57:22 48:23 50:17 61:8 ferries 62:10 66:24 74:22,23,24 90:24 (5) 60:2 63:15 65:16 68:22 71:22 75:18 85:17 90:19 (17) 68:15 69:22 71:2 77:17 78:20 (13) fiber 25:20 found 48:7 72:11 74:16 77:2 firsthand 43:25 79:18 82:11 85:24 globe 66:18 fiberoptic 44:24 founder 38:20 86:9 (30) 26:3,15 glow 36:5 37:2,16 five 33:22 47:13 founding 50:4 fully 19:16 20:16 71:7 (4) field 3:14 59:25 50:14 60:4,5 (4) flatow 3:19 fourth 34:24 go 21:23 42:8
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LH REPORTING SERVICES, INC. 718-526-7100
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Franchise & Concession Review Committee Public Hearing January 11, 2021 115 saw 38:25 52:16 seems 48:23 76:3 60:7 (6) signature 95:22 24:13,21 26:13 56:16 60:10 (4) 27:7,14 29:13 seen 64:5 83:5 severance 63:6 signatures 77:22 30:25 31:20 32:18 say 10:7,11,14 87:13 35:19 41:24 25:17 31:5 40:17 shaniyat 3:13 significant 29:9 42:4,9 44:9 45:5 65:12 72:15 81:22 selection 31:9 57:21,24 64:20 90:18 52:8 57:12,18 85:9 93:2 (11) 32:6 34:16 53:15 58:12 59:18 54:20 (5) shared 13:24 significantly 61:9,20 63:3 saying 22:16 41:22 64:16 69:10 55:13 selfserving 72:6 sharon 2:8 6:6 70:13,16,19,20 signing 64:11 71:16 76:11 77:17 schedule 63:7 seljarago 67:9 sharply 22:7 80:17 81:2 84:23 similar 62:24 87:11,12,17,18 scheduled 13:14 selling 50:14 shattered 81:7 77:11 89:9 (49) 20:24 23:17 89:17 (4) send 8:9,20 10:25 she 18:2,5 38:8,9 similarly 21:22 socialize 43:5 92:23,24 (5) 45:4 (5) schedules 15:12 simply 39:9 sofia 38:3 senior 18:24 shechinah 95:10 school 16:5 simultaneously soho 68:9 seniors 20:16 shop 28:15 9:8 84:15 92:3 scope 50:23 63:9 sold 41:24 sense 64:14 68:5 short 30:22 55:12 since 20:9 se 53:22 75:8,23 76:13 (5) 60:25 49:14,19 52:5 sole 54:11 56:10 58:5 70:2 season 34:14 sent 37:13 77:19 shortfall 41:9,13 74:25 77:19 82:24 solely 42:13 47:18,19 61:17 91:21 43:12 (10) 77:23 (5) solicitation 33:16 separate 38:18 shorthand 95:10 sir 10:16 27:23 35:2 seasonal 75:17 63:11 66:12 september 25:16 shortly 86:13 83:13,18 90:5 some 30:21 seasons 61:10 91:20 92:21 (9) 31:2,7 43:9 51:24 62:6 serious 37:18 shortsighted 61:14,19 72:20 64:14 68:4 site 81:17 87:12 (9) second 14:14 serve 44:2 48:18 25:24 34:22 should 5:5,7 14:7 sixmonth 47:13 somehow 73:4 service 15:2,9,11 21:21 25:18 32:17 secondly 73:20 20:2 27:11 33:21 39:2 42:8,16 65:3 sleep 85:22 someone 46:22 34:2 79:11 (8) 73:18,19 74:11 73:9 75:19 76:17 seconds 85:7 80:2 81:22 (15) slowly 93:2 (4) services 1:23 secret 65:25 19:17 20:8 shove 66:25 small 41:12 something 22:10,10 27:2 48:13 63:18 67:3,20 see 55:19 58:20 35:8 (7) show 26:8 66:18,19 67:9 59:16 63:3 72:25 68:3,25 70:23 sometimes 87:23 75:2 77:14 (7) serving 22:18 shown 38:11 73:21,22 79:12 (12) somewhat 63:8 seeing 59:12 set 95:19 shredded 61:21 snack 50:14 soon 24:9 seek 14:18 20:17 seven 78:10 shuttering 66:14 so 5:6,9 8:2 10:5 sorry 39:20 48:6 seem 63:8 64:16 several 9:17 22:7 side 39:18 12:4 18:17 20:23 49:8 52:22 53:6 33:14,23 52:4 22:18 23:25 63:11 77:8 83:13
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Franchise & Concession Review Committee Public Hearing January 11, 2021 117 superior 35:4 talent 52:15 term 14:24 28:19 35:9,11,22 36:3,12 36:14 41:17,24 61:6 64:23 (4) 39:24 43:14,15 42:13,15 43:7,25 superstorm talk 47:10 45:11 47:23,24 44:12,23,24 46:25 58:8,21 terms 17:12 49:5,7 52:24,25 52:4 56:13 57:18 talked 44:20 64:15 53:17 58:25 61:5 63:25 supervision 38:7 55:5,6,7,21,22 66:7 67:16 68:3 talking 26:21 terrible 55:18,19 57:20 59:18,20 69:3 80:3 88:7 support 17:18 73:22 63:12 65:13 (28) 19:16 20:21 testified 38:21 68:12,14 69:20,21 21:6,25 31:17 tanya 6:22 7:16 70:24,25 72:7,8,10 they're 27:7 40:21 43:2 45:3 testify 8:7,14 74:13 76:23 44:14,15 46:15 60:25 65:3 tasting 60:17 11:4 12:12,14 79:16,17 82:8 59:7 65:10 76:2 77:20,22 81:16 13:17,21 14:12 83:16 84:24 85:19 83:22 89:3 (9) 87:22 88:24 (16) teachers 20:12 18:13 24:6 25:12 86:7,17,21,25 87:4 29:10,21,24 30:4 89:14,15 90:11 they've 46:17 supporting 44:4 teams 1:8 4:9 35:13 43:21 45:22 91:11 93:15 94:3 59:2 70:8 65:6 82:23 63:20 92:8 (20) (83) thing 45:9 57:18 suppose 25:21 technical 20:21 testifying 11:5 thanks 60:4 59:17 67:19 70:5 21:5 22:4 86:12 24:2 29:15,18 (4) 83:17 87:15 (6) sure 7:24 11:11 (4) 13:19 24:15 29:14 testimony 8:3 their 4:11 8:6 things 14:24 22:5 31:25 41:4 59:5 technology 7:14 11:13 12:22,22 16:16 20:18 31:20 76:9 91:24 93:14 (10) 14:16 23:5 13:4,8,11,23 15:13 32:9,14,15 33:22 17:21 19:3 36:15 40:13,14 think 9:21 surmised 42:25 telecom 25:13 23:7,9,20,23 24:20 41:24 42:4 43:3 44:6,11 45:7 25:10 27:14,23 44:25 46:5,18 54:10,20,22 62:14 surprise 67:21 telecommunicatio 28:5 30:7,8,16 47:5,7,21 48:3 65:7 70:3 71:22 n 14:17 26:3 31:2 33:2 51:18 57:12 62:5 73:17,19 74:11 surrounded 35:15,21 36:9 63:6 67:18 74:7,7 75:8,14 76:2 (17) 51:21 telecommunicatio 43:16 45:10 48:3 75:4 78:8,10 ns 7:15 53:2 63:13 65:14 81:10,13 85:17 third 34:23 sustainable 42:19 72:9 73:15 74:14 (35) television 18:6 76:24 82:9 83:14 those 11:15 swisher 2:20 19:5,6 20:24 (4) 84:9,22 86:5 them 32:13,15 12:23,24 14:7,11 7:5,5 30:20,20,24 89:19,21 90:18,21 41:3,6 44:3 50:19 24:2,3,7,10 29:14 (6) tell 43:24 44:23 91:3,7,15,23 51:3,14,25 52:7,8 41:14,16 56:21 64:11 92:7,9,13,24 93:7 55:19 56:25 57:13 66:23 76:9 t 95:3,3 (56) 57:6,12 64:9 66:9 78:15 79:2 85:16 telling 76:6 73:2,3 75:23 78:8 (19) taco 50:11 than 16:3,5 17:13 81:4,6,7 87:13,18 temporary 61:10 21:24 26:24 31:19 (26) though 38:8 54:2 take 15:13 30:15 54:4 72:7 82:21 32:15 43:6 67:17 ten 55:16 75:13 83:23,24 (11) themselves thought 70:10 88:7 (6) 80:6 9:13,15 29:12,23 84:2 thank 5:11,15,16 40:24 (5) taken 72:25 tenant 46:11 7:17 10:10 12:25 thoughtful 80:11 95:13 15:22 18:8,9 19:7 there's 92:20 tenants 46:15 22:15 23:6,8,11,14 thousand 27:9 taking 12:21 36:9 77:17 24:11 27:21,22 therefore 49:21 77:21 48:21 65:9 69:2 28:2,7,23 29:23 (5) tenure 47:21,21 30:11,14,15,25 these 22:22 26:8 thousands 62:3 32:18,20 33:4 27:3 31:16 35:3 77:18
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Franchise & Concession Review Committee Public Hearing January 11, 2021 118 three 13:16 14:25 89:14 92:7 transfer 75:10,23 ultimately united 27:9,13 21:20 25:11 28:14 93:11,13 94:4 (44) 76:16 88:5,25 35:24 37:6 38:18 units 15:4,6,10 46:25 48:3 50:2 timed 36:9 transferred umhum 84:19 28:17 71:10 (5) 61:18 64:9 71:9 26:14 92:18 (15) timer 85:5 unable 9:17 unknown 50:13 transform 50:19 11:14 12:21,23 78:11 threeminute times 9:17 26:24 24:17,18 29:24 59:22 27:18 43:6 (4) translate 47:14 30:4 86:19 (9) unless 4:21 29:12 84:10 threeperson 38:4 title 26:4 transparent 42:3 unaffiliated 40:7 87:5 unlike 54:17 threeyear 64:12 today 7:21 traumatic 54:6 8:11,12 14:3,7 unbelievable unlimited 27:11 thrive 17:20 19:11 24:18 30:5 travel 67:15 67:4,10 31:5 32:2 33:5 unmimicable thriving 52:6 90:19,22 91:3 triple 26:25 unbiased 39:3,14 68:8 93:8,12,13 (17) 27:11,12 through 19:25 unconscionable unmute 84:21,23 30:3 37:18 38:11 today's 8:4 89:17 true 95:12 54:16 58:15 86:2,13,15,19,24 49:21 54:25 55:2 (7) 57:13 60:24 61:14 today’s 4:4,8 trust 62:15 unconstructive 70:6 75:13 79:3 93:21 62:8 unmuting 9:22 81:2 87:21 (15) trustworthy 42:5 together 59:4 undeniable 37:15 unpartial 39:3 throughout 82:17 try 67:20 68:10 21:11 88:20 under 31:22 unprecedented tonya 2:16 15:18 trying 29:25 33:20 38:6 49:15 43:6 66:3 thumb 57:12 44:12 73:25 91:24 57:12 61:10 73:24 too 59:13 87:23 (4) (7) unrealistic 47:12 thursday 77:20 81:13 78:18 took 57:5 69:4 tuesdays 75:17 underserved 70:7 15:7 19:17 44:7 unsustainable tide 46:14 55:13 turn 44:22 67:11 64:23 67:11 80:15 (4) tourism 89:11 68:8,9 86:23 (5) understand 9:5,10 29:10 untied 26:23 tides 88:10 town 52:15 tv 22:9 76:10,17 91:19,20 92:19 (8) until 21:21 25:19 tied 58:4 track 65:5 twenty 28:16 69:20 82:19,22 understanding time 4:12 5:6 twice 8:23 10:13 48:25 up 22:16 23:24 9:19 10:20 12:6 traffic 48:24 28:16 32:16 37:6 13:2,11 14:12 67:24 two 26:4 37:6 unfair 54:23 41:12 43:12 22:14 24:19 35:10 51:25 61:9 64:3,5 78:15 81:9 44:13,20 45:6 39:21 45:12 47:23 trainer 66:8 75:13,16 78:3,17 46:16 58:25 49:6 50:23 52:23 83:19 91:18 (12) unforeseeable 60:9,16 71:10,11 53:24 55:4,21 training 20:2 48:23 75:7,9,12 89:4 57:19 59:19,22 type 59:10 91:6 (21) 63:12 65:12 68:13 transcript 95:13 unforeseen 17:14 72:7 74:7,12 typical 58:12 upgrade 16:14 76:22 80:24 84:24 transcription unfortunately 85:20 86:5,18,18 1:23 4:13 typically 41:20 9:12 27:6 91:21 upon 12:11 20:3 87:24 88:13,25 22:10,23 (4)
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