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Yeah, I was on hold,but I got disconnected.
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From Yonkers.
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The mayor of the city.
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Yeah, Wasicsko.
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W-A-S-I-C--
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No, no, no, "C,"
as in "Charles."
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"S," as in "Sam."
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"K," yeah, right. _
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Yeah, yeah,
I called before.
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From Yonkers, that's right.
Yonkers, New York.
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Because if
the governor were to act
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and maybe remove some
of these recalcitrant council members,
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then we could get the city
out of contempt
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and get some control
over the...
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Yeah, sure, I'll hold.
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Believe me,
I've been calling
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Governor Cuomo's
office nonstop,
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and they keep trying
to pass me over
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to the Westchester
Republicans.
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Like the Republicans
are gonna ride to the rescue
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of public housing
for a Democratic mayor.
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I-- That's true,
no doubt,
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but Senator Moynihan
has been known
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for taking politically
courageous stands.
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And I think that if he were
to come down to Yonkers--
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Okay, you know what?
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Tell Mario that I know
that he knows
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he's got the power
to bounce these buffoons
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for malfeasance,
misfeasance, nonfeasance--
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any of the "feasance" family.
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What if the senator
issued a statement saying
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that he supports the City of Yonkers
obeying the judge's order?
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All right, yeah,
you know, just like a--
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a paragraph saying that we're
trying to do the right thing here. Nay!
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Sure, yeah. Can I--
can I just talk to the governor?
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Can I, please?
Can I hear that from him?
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Well, because I was
under the impression
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that Mario Cuomo
was like, you know,
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some great white hope
for liberals everywhere.
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And I could really
use a little hope right now.
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S-I-C--
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No, no, "C,"
as in "chump."
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"S," as in "Sam,"
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"K," as in "kite," O.
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Right, "O,"
as in "Oh, shit,
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it's that guy from Yonkers
calling again,
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asking if he can get
any help from anybody
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in the goddamn Democratic Party
from the State of New York."
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Sure, I'll hold.
Why not?
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That's fine.
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Sure. There are two black girls
on my bowling team.
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I haven't been
in their homes,
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but I've driven
them home
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up in, uh,
Runyon Heights.
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So, it's not
about race?
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No, no.
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What is it,
then?
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It's an
economic issue.
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People are worried about
their property values.
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They're worried about
the drugs and crime
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that are in
the projects.
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Have you seen those pictures
that Councilman Spallone has?
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Yeah, I heard
about them.
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But does Mr. Spallone
speak for you?
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I think he speaks for most
of the people in Yonkers. I do.
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But why are you talking to me?
Talk to him.
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You came all the way
to report on this.
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I will, but you've become
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one of the most vocal
of the Yonkers residents.
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Well, I don't miss
a council meeting.
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I don't miss a community meeting
or a protest.
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No, you sure don't,
Mrs. Dorman.
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I joined "Save Yonkers"
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because of this Judge Sand
and what he's trying to do.
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He wants to take
low-income housing
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and put it all in one place
in East Yonkers.
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That's seven,
eight hundred people--
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and just drop them
right here.
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So, if the housing
gets built,
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will you move
from here?
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I love this house.
I have always loved our little house.
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It's on my favorite block
in the whole city.
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It's true. I always
said to my husband,
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"Buddy, if I can't have a brick house
on Saint John's Avenue,
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I don't want a house."
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It is beautiful.
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It is. Thank you.
It really is.
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I fell in love with it
the first time I saw it.
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Do you think the families
that might move into these houses--
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do you think they
might see those houses
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the same way
as you see yours?
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Well, if they did,
then Mr. Spallone
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wouldn't have those pictures
to show everyone, right?
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If they did, then they
wouldn't need to move
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out of the projects
in the first place.
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They'd take care
of their homes.
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I just think
you shouldn't
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take people with
one lifestyle
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and, uh, put them
smack in the middle
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of a place with
a different lifestyle.
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Come on. Come on.
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So we've been staying
up in Mulford Gardens,
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um, with some folk, but
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that's my grandmother by my husband,
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and he died,
so we can't stay there long.
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Other family here
in Yonkers?
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My parents, they live
all the way in Jersey.
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I live here now.
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Well, with the baby,
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you're on our
priority waitlist.
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But right now, you know,we have nothing open anywhere--
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not School, not Schlobohm,
not Mulford Gardens--
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- You don't have anything?
- Not in Yonkers.
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Um, we do have a room
in emergency housing
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in Yorktown Heights
if you want that.
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Yorktown Heights?
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Where's that?
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Shh.
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- Who lives here?
- Nobody.
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- Who owns it?
- I don't know.
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It's been on
the market forever.
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I've been coming here
for, like, a year.
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Look. Look
at this view.
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- Wow.
- Right?
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I mean...
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This is where
I imagine myself,
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right up here.
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You, me,
a couple of kids running around.
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I mean, I could walk
to work from here.
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Kids ask, "Where's Dad?"
And you point over there.
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You're like,
"Council meeting's on tonight. See?
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Lights are on.
He's in his office."
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Unless, of course,
I'm in Congress already,
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in which case, you'd point somewhere
in that direction over there.
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So you want to buy
something like this?
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Are you crazy?
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Yeah, probably.
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Come here.
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I mean this--
this could be
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the best house
in Yonkers.
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You know,
a little work, a little money.
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- A lot.
- Always wanted a house like this.
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- How much is it?
- I have no idea.
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You don't know?
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No, no, no.
I never called the number.
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Shit, I didn't
have you with me.
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I wasn't mayor
of Yonkers.
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- "Youngest mayor in America," right?
- Mm-hmm.
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No, I was just
a councilman.
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I hadn't done anything
to deserve a home like this.
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You know, I was-- I was against
the housing and I won?
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And now I'm
for the housing,
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and I'm getting
my ass kicked for it,
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so maybe I had it
coming to me.
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But I think for the
first time in my life,
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I am on the right
side of something,
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and I am all alone.
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I'm not getting any help
from the council, the party--
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Cuomo, Moynihan--
none of them.
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Why won't the governor just
remove Spallone and the others, you know?
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He-- he won't even
get on the phone with me,
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much less lose votes
over this thing.
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But the thing is,
people just want a home, right?
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It's the same
for everybody.
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This whole mess
is over 200 homes
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in the city of tens of thousands
of homes, and so what?
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I mean, we lost
our fucking minds over this shit.
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We're about to
bankrupt the city,
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and, I mean, at some point
people come to their senses
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and I win.
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And I come out of this
looking better than ever.
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Maybe I come out of this
and give D'Amato
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a run for his money,
you know?
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I don't know.
Senate might be too big of a jump,
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but congressional seat
at least.
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Right?
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Yeah, it could be
a beautiful house.
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- I know, right?
- Mm-hmm.
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You're gonna call on it?
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Yeah.
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Well, maybe
it's cheaper than we think.
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Maybe it's haunted.
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- Maybe it's on an Indian burial ground.
- No!
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Oh, shit, maybe it's
on Oscar Newman's list
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of alternate sites
for public housing units.
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Ma, we ain't taking no.
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Now, this is what they call
an "intervention."
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So, I'm 47
years old,
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raised both of you
out of diapers and piss pants,
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and now you intervening
in my life?
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You need some help.
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Pat and Phyllis
come over most every day.
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- And Tasha here--
- What about when I'm in school?
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The government will pay
for a home health aide to come help out.
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We just have to fill out
the application.
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The same government that turned down
my disability paperwork?
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- You finally got that, though.
- Because of Pat.
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But you got it,
and we'll get this.
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Ma, you'll still
be able to go out,
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and we'll still be here with you.
Come on.
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Carmen. Carmen, Carmen?
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Carmen!
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Your mom called from the DR.
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She wants you
to call her back when you can.
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Thank you.
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Anita, it's Carmen.
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Felipe?
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Emergency Financial Control Board
of Yonkers is now in session.
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In light ofthe pending fines
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proposed bythe US District Court,
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the resolution
before the board
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is to freeze all hiring
and discretionary spending
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by the City of Yonkers.
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Madam Chair,
if I may?
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Instead of tying
the city's purse strings,
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how about the board
ask Governor Cuomo
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to step in
and do something about it?
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Mr. DeLuca, this is
the City of Yonkers' problem.
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"You have
the responsibility
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to yourself
and to your city's future
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to express
your reasoned concern
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to the four people
you elected
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who have brought you
to this precipice.
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If the council does not purgeits contemptuous behavior,
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you face the prospectof no municipal services
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whatsoever.
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No policeman
when you call for help,
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no firefighterwhen your house is burning.
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No garbage pickupas the trash piles up on the curb.
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No senior citizen services,
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no water as the tap runs dry.
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The question is,
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can you reasonably acceptthese consequences,
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which loom as a direct result
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of your city council's
refusal to uphold the law?"
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Shh. Shh.
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It's okay.
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We got this, little man, huh?
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All right.
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Shh.
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All right.
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Okay.
Let's just check it out.
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Shh.
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I swear to you, Javier, you're gonna
regret the day you were born
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if Felipe doesn't come back.
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Right now, motherfucker.
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You're not gonna do
that to him or to me.
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00:12:52,302 --> 00:12:54,529
Listen to me.
Listen to me, Javier,
251
00:12:54,531 --> 00:12:56,230
because I'm gonna
tell you in English.
252
00:12:56,232 --> 00:12:59,317
English, yes.
Do you know why?
253
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Because, Felipe,
he is a US citizen,
254
00:13:02,372 --> 00:13:04,038
and you cannot kidnap
a US citizen.
255
00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,541
Because if you do,
I am going to have you rot in--
256
00:13:06,543 --> 00:13:08,242
Idiot!
257
00:13:08,244 --> 00:13:09,744
Javier?
258
00:13:17,971 --> 00:13:20,338
Please hang up.
259
00:13:20,340 --> 00:13:22,590
There appears to be a
receiver off the hook.
260
00:13:32,101 --> 00:13:34,318
This is what they call
"Upstate," isn't it?
261
00:13:36,322 --> 00:13:38,489
Upstate New York?
262
00:13:38,491 --> 00:13:40,408
Hmm. I guess.
263
00:13:42,111 --> 00:13:45,029
People say this is where
the Ku Klux Klan at.
264
00:13:47,450 --> 00:13:49,116
I mean, people say that.
265
00:13:54,674 --> 00:13:57,091
We downstate girls,
ain't we?
266
00:14:00,179 --> 00:14:02,380
The "Doomsday Plan"
267
00:14:02,382 --> 00:14:04,966
calls for laying off
447 employees,
268
00:14:04,968 --> 00:14:06,100
almost a quarterof the workforce,
269
00:14:06,102 --> 00:14:08,135
by Saturdayin order to accommodate
270
00:14:08,137 --> 00:14:10,721
the million-dollar-a-day finesthat begin Friday.
271
00:14:10,723 --> 00:14:15,276
Madam Chair?
I do not see the need for 447 workers
272
00:14:15,278 --> 00:14:16,978
and their familiesto be hurt.
273
00:14:16,980 --> 00:14:21,065
The city's plan extends services
through November 24.
274
00:14:21,067 --> 00:14:23,618
Besides, a solutionmight come this week.
275
00:14:23,620 --> 00:14:24,819
This is really severe.
276
00:14:24,821 --> 00:14:25,870
With all due respect
277
00:14:25,872 --> 00:14:27,154
to the city manager,
the board feels
278
00:14:27,156 --> 00:14:28,572
the most essential priority
is to keep police
279
00:14:28,574 --> 00:14:30,658
and fire protection
as long as possible.
280
00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:34,128
And therefore we're making
more cuts upfront.
281
00:14:34,130 --> 00:14:37,415
The City of Yonkers
must confront reality
282
00:14:37,417 --> 00:14:39,166
in a very decisive way.
283
00:14:39,168 --> 00:14:41,886
The time forfinger-pointing is over.
284
00:14:41,888 --> 00:14:43,754
The time for punting is over.
285
00:14:43,756 --> 00:14:46,173
This board was sentfrom Albany
286
00:14:46,175 --> 00:14:49,510
to save Yonkers from itself.
287
00:14:49,512 --> 00:14:51,846
Do you wanna go to Tuckahoe,
get something to eat?
288
00:14:51,848 --> 00:14:54,098
You mean something other
than Gail Shaffer's shit?
289
00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:56,400
- This is humiliating.
- Nick, if you have the votes, then--
290
00:14:56,402 --> 00:14:58,235
Fucking Yonkers
and its weak mayor system.
291
00:14:58,237 --> 00:15:00,738
You know, even if I had control
over more of their patronage,
292
00:15:00,740 --> 00:15:03,324
I'd at least have a chance
of pulling more votes.
293
00:15:03,326 --> 00:15:05,826
But between Spallone,
Longo, and even DeLuca,
294
00:15:05,828 --> 00:15:06,861
I'm like a fifth wheel.
295
00:15:06,863 --> 00:15:08,696
How did
Martinelli do it?
296
00:15:08,698 --> 00:15:10,498
Angelo didn't have to deal
with this fucking housing nightmare.
297
00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:13,167
- I saw to that.
- Mr. Mayor?
298
00:15:13,169 --> 00:15:14,785
More good news?
299
00:15:14,787 --> 00:15:16,921
The Second Circuit upheld
Sand's contempt finding
300
00:15:16,923 --> 00:15:18,839
against the city
and the councilmen both.
301
00:15:18,841 --> 00:15:21,175
On the upside,
they capped the fines at a million a day,
302
00:15:21,177 --> 00:15:22,710
which the city
hits on day 15,
303
00:15:22,712 --> 00:15:24,628
and then it's a million
every day after that.
304
00:15:24,630 --> 00:15:27,098
So the city goes
bankrupt more slowly?
305
00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:28,466
How about
the Supreme Court?
306
00:15:28,468 --> 00:15:29,550
The Appeals Court
is counting on it.
307
00:15:29,552 --> 00:15:31,052
They're holding
the fines a week
308
00:15:31,054 --> 00:15:32,553
so we can ask
the Supremes for a stay.
309
00:15:32,555 --> 00:15:35,523
Okay. And what about Spallone,
Longo, Chema, Fagan?
310
00:15:35,525 --> 00:15:36,524
They're still in contempt?
311
00:15:36,526 --> 00:15:37,858
Each of them pays 500 a day.
312
00:15:37,860 --> 00:15:39,777
They still face jail time
beginning September 5.
313
00:15:39,779 --> 00:15:42,396
All right.
That's nice to think about.
314
00:15:42,398 --> 00:15:44,315
You know,
those four hotheads in the cooler?
315
00:15:44,317 --> 00:15:46,734
Maybe that'll
change some minds.
316
00:15:46,736 --> 00:15:48,736
What about the Supremes?
What do you think?
317
00:15:48,738 --> 00:15:51,288
Don't hold your breath.
318
00:15:53,409 --> 00:15:56,577
- All right. That's something.
- Yeah.
319
00:16:06,723 --> 00:16:08,506
Oh, here's the baby mayor.
320
00:16:08,508 --> 00:16:10,224
Wasicsko!
321
00:16:10,226 --> 00:16:11,926
Hey, hey, hey.
322
00:16:11,928 --> 00:16:13,978
No, Pete.
It's all right. Let them come.
323
00:16:13,980 --> 00:16:15,679
Hey, what can I
do for you?
324
00:16:15,681 --> 00:16:17,648
- What you can do for me--
- Come on.
325
00:16:17,650 --> 00:16:19,100
What you can do
for us is you can
326
00:16:19,102 --> 00:16:22,353
- fight the housing or resign.
- Yeah!
327
00:16:22,355 --> 00:16:24,238
I can't do either of those things, Jack.
I'm sorry.
328
00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:25,773
Yeah, that's 'cause
you're gutless.
329
00:16:25,775 --> 00:16:27,441
I'm sorry you feel that way.
What's your name?
330
00:16:27,443 --> 00:16:29,410
- Oh, like you care.
- Bobby. Bobby Amalfitano.
331
00:16:29,412 --> 00:16:31,362
- I live over on Nevada Avenue.
- Okay.
332
00:16:31,364 --> 00:16:33,614
- And I voted for you.
- We all voted for you.
333
00:16:33,616 --> 00:16:34,949
I trusted you.
334
00:16:34,951 --> 00:16:36,283
Thank you for
your vote, Bobby.
335
00:16:36,285 --> 00:16:37,668
Now explain to me
what I've done to let you down.
336
00:16:37,670 --> 00:16:39,336
Explain to you
what you've done to let me down?
337
00:16:39,338 --> 00:16:41,288
- Are you serious?
- You ran against the housing,
338
00:16:41,290 --> 00:16:43,040
and we thought
you'd fight for us.
339
00:16:43,042 --> 00:16:44,792
- We believed you.
- Mary, right?
340
00:16:44,794 --> 00:16:46,594
- Right.
- How have you been?
341
00:16:46,596 --> 00:16:49,380
We trusted you, and now 200
of these damn townhouses
342
00:16:49,382 --> 00:16:51,766
are within
walking distance of my house,
343
00:16:51,768 --> 00:16:53,551
- and I don't want it.
- I understand--
344
00:16:53,553 --> 00:16:56,020
Understand?
That's 200 families
345
00:16:56,022 --> 00:16:59,523
with who knows
how many in each house?
346
00:16:59,525 --> 00:17:02,476
- Mary, I understand your frustration.
- You don't understand!
347
00:17:02,478 --> 00:17:04,528
What would you do about it
if it were your neighborhood?
348
00:17:04,530 --> 00:17:07,398
But it's not, is it?
And if you can't fight for us,
349
00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,818
then you step aside,
just like Jack says,
350
00:17:10,820 --> 00:17:14,321
and make room for somebody
who is not afraid!
351
00:17:14,323 --> 00:17:18,325
Come on, step up.
352
00:17:22,882 --> 00:17:24,381
So I took him
to the doctor,
353
00:17:24,383 --> 00:17:25,666
and Dr. Chadha said
that the baby
354
00:17:25,668 --> 00:17:27,301
just can't be healthy
living like that,
355
00:17:27,303 --> 00:17:28,636
what with his bronchitis.
356
00:17:28,638 --> 00:17:31,172
His father had asthma real bad.
He died from it.
357
00:17:33,142 --> 00:17:34,975
"My patient, Jaron Watts--
358
00:17:34,977 --> 00:17:38,679
It is imperative that Jaron reside
in a well-ventilated home
359
00:17:38,681 --> 00:17:40,815
where his mother is able
to tend to his needs."
360
00:17:40,817 --> 00:17:42,349
Right there.
You can see.
361
00:17:48,825 --> 00:17:51,192
No, that's a three-bedroom.
362
00:17:51,194 --> 00:17:53,444
No, that's a bedroom.
363
00:17:53,446 --> 00:17:54,862
He called me at work
this afternoon
364
00:17:54,864 --> 00:17:56,497
and said he wasn't
bringing Felipe back.
365
00:17:56,499 --> 00:17:58,115
He's keeping him.
366
00:17:58,117 --> 00:18:00,167
I should've never
taken him back to DR.
367
00:18:00,169 --> 00:18:01,502
That was a mistake.
368
00:18:01,504 --> 00:18:03,254
Whatever money
I thought I could save
369
00:18:03,256 --> 00:18:04,371
gets used up
on long distance.
370
00:18:04,373 --> 00:18:08,292
And, yeah, it's better
there than here, I know!
371
00:18:08,294 --> 00:18:11,295
Dama, but, God,
I miss my children.
372
00:18:11,297 --> 00:18:12,796
I told him--
373
00:18:12,798 --> 00:18:16,383
I told him, "Javier,
if he's not back in 24 hours,
374
00:18:16,385 --> 00:18:18,469
I'm going to go down
to DR myself.
375
00:18:18,471 --> 00:18:20,104
And I'm gonna go
to your house
376
00:18:20,106 --> 00:18:22,523
and I'm gonna kill you
and all your family."
377
00:18:22,525 --> 00:18:24,141
- Oh, my God. Carmen--
- I told him,
378
00:18:24,143 --> 00:18:26,477
"People think you're crazy?
They don't know crazy.
379
00:18:26,479 --> 00:18:28,145
- I'm crazy."
- What did he say?
380
00:18:28,147 --> 00:18:29,730
He hung up on me.
381
00:18:29,732 --> 00:18:31,115
Imagine that.
382
00:18:35,037 --> 00:18:38,372
No. One thing I do know
is Felipe needs to come home.
383
00:18:38,374 --> 00:18:41,458
He's only five.
He belongs here with me.
384
00:18:41,460 --> 00:18:43,827
And when Javier refuses?
385
00:18:43,829 --> 00:18:46,080
I'll have to kill
his whole family.
386
00:18:46,082 --> 00:18:48,082
A shame, too.
I kind of liked his mother.
387
00:18:52,338 --> 00:18:54,338
♪ oh, la, oh, la, ay ♪
388
00:18:54,340 --> 00:18:56,640
♪ oh, la, oh, la, ay ♪
389
00:18:56,642 --> 00:18:59,093
♪ rollin', rollin', rollin'with Kid 'n Play now ♪
390
00:18:59,095 --> 00:19:00,311
♪ rollin', rollin', rollin'with Kid 'n Play now ♪
391
00:19:01,264 --> 00:19:03,597
♪ oh, la, oh, la, ay ♪
392
00:19:03,599 --> 00:19:05,933
♪ oh, la, oh, la, ay ♪
393
00:19:05,935 --> 00:19:08,018
♪ rollin', rollin', rollin'with Kid 'n Play now ♪
394
00:19:08,020 --> 00:19:09,603
♪ rollin', rollin', rollin'with Kid 'n Play now ♪
395
00:19:09,605 --> 00:19:10,771
♪ now, Play... ♪
396
00:19:10,773 --> 00:19:12,156
♪ I don't know what it is ♪
397
00:19:12,158 --> 00:19:14,325
♪ about this beatthat we have here ♪
398
00:19:14,327 --> 00:19:15,576
♪ but it sure is funky ♪
399
00:19:15,578 --> 00:19:17,244
♪ oh, la, oh, la, ay ♪
400
00:19:17,246 --> 00:19:18,862
♪ oh, la, oh, la, ay ♪
401
00:19:18,864 --> 00:19:21,782
♪ yo, Kid,I don't know what it is ♪
402
00:19:21,784 --> 00:19:23,617
♪ about this groovethat's here making us move ♪
403
00:19:23,619 --> 00:19:24,952
♪ but it sure is funky ♪
404
00:19:24,954 --> 00:19:26,620
♪ oh, la, oh, la, ay ♪
405
00:19:26,622 --> 00:19:27,788
♪ it's time to rap ♪
406
00:19:27,790 --> 00:19:29,173
- ♪ shall we? ♪
- ♪ sure ♪
407
00:19:29,175 --> 00:19:31,458
♪ Kid 'n Playback rollin' strong ♪
408
00:19:31,460 --> 00:19:33,177
♪ we can get funkywith the best ♪
409
00:19:33,179 --> 00:19:34,762
♪ we're just hyping it up ♪
410
00:19:34,764 --> 00:19:36,463
♪ you know,just how it had to be ♪
411
00:19:36,465 --> 00:19:38,799
♪ just take a look around,boy, can't you see? ♪
412
00:19:38,801 --> 00:19:40,884
Who are them
taking little pictures?
413
00:19:40,886 --> 00:19:43,854
♪ Wiz rocks the scratch,while Herb's on percussion...♪
414
00:19:43,856 --> 00:19:45,806
We not doing nothing.
415
00:19:45,808 --> 00:19:47,808
♪ I bust a rhyme andthe dancers just jealous ♪
416
00:19:47,810 --> 00:19:49,059
♪ so get off,because you bit off... ♪
417
00:19:49,061 --> 00:19:51,478
Well, there you have it.
418
00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,981
When I showed that first batch
of pictures to the council meeting,
419
00:19:53,983 --> 00:19:56,400
there were people there
who thought I was trying to exaggerate.
420
00:19:56,402 --> 00:19:58,652
See for yourself.
421
00:19:58,654 --> 00:20:00,704
What do you expect?
422
00:20:00,706 --> 00:20:01,822
If you don't
respect yourself,
423
00:20:01,824 --> 00:20:03,707
you can't respect
anybody else.
424
00:20:03,709 --> 00:20:05,326
Councilman,
I spoke with Oscar Newman,
425
00:20:05,328 --> 00:20:06,660
and he argues that
by concentrating
426
00:20:06,662 --> 00:20:07,911
the poor
in projects like this,
427
00:20:07,913 --> 00:20:09,496
you pretty much
guaranteed the outcome.
428
00:20:09,498 --> 00:20:11,665
He said that by scattering
low-income housing--
429
00:20:11,667 --> 00:20:13,000
Yeah, I know everything
Oscar Newman said,
430
00:20:13,002 --> 00:20:14,468
and it doesn't work.
431
00:20:14,470 --> 00:20:16,053
All it takes is one
or two bad houses,
432
00:20:16,055 --> 00:20:18,172
and pretty soon
the whole block goes to hell.
433
00:20:18,174 --> 00:20:19,890
Just ask people
what happened in the Bronx.
434
00:20:19,892 --> 00:20:22,009
- Well, the Bronx--
- Oh, now you gonna tell me
435
00:20:22,011 --> 00:20:23,177
what happened in the Bronx?
436
00:20:23,179 --> 00:20:24,511
Don't bother.
I know. I was there.
437
00:20:24,513 --> 00:20:27,097
♪ ...of that funkygo-go-go rhythm ♪
438
00:20:27,099 --> 00:20:29,099
♪ you wanted a dope jam,that's what we're giving... ♪
439
00:20:29,101 --> 00:20:32,019
Oscar Newman and Sussman
and that goofy judge,
440
00:20:32,021 --> 00:20:34,154
they don't know what the hell
they're talking about.
441
00:20:34,156 --> 00:20:37,358
I mean, look at it.
Look for yourself.
442
00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:40,327
The buildings,
the trash, the drugs...
443
00:20:40,329 --> 00:20:42,029
and them mutts
want to move these people
444
00:20:42,031 --> 00:20:44,331
to our neighborhoods
in East Yonkers.
445
00:20:44,333 --> 00:20:47,701
I mean, you want this
living next to you? Huh?
446
00:20:47,703 --> 00:20:50,037
No, goddamn right
you don't.
447
00:20:50,039 --> 00:20:52,706
Yeah, write that down.
448
00:20:52,708 --> 00:20:56,293
They don't never know how to
leave nobody alone.
449
00:20:56,295 --> 00:20:58,295
Anyway, I was
talking to Mambo,
450
00:20:58,297 --> 00:21:00,631
and we're gonna go downFriday night and...
451
00:21:00,633 --> 00:21:02,716
You go to school today?
452
00:21:02,718 --> 00:21:05,352
I'll see you later, Billie.
453
00:21:05,354 --> 00:21:07,721
What you doing
home from school?
454
00:21:07,723 --> 00:21:09,223
Huh?
455
00:21:11,310 --> 00:21:13,811
I was shopping.
I been shopping.
456
00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,067
I'm not going
to school no more.
457
00:21:20,069 --> 00:21:22,453
Really?
No more school?
458
00:21:22,455 --> 00:21:24,371
And what you gonna do
instead? Shop?
459
00:21:24,373 --> 00:21:26,240
How long this
been going on?
460
00:21:28,327 --> 00:21:30,244
Girl, you tripping.
461
00:21:30,246 --> 00:21:32,880
All right, well, you leave school,
you need to find a job.
462
00:21:32,882 --> 00:21:35,582
- Ain't no free out here.
- I've been looking for a job.
463
00:21:35,584 --> 00:21:37,751
Well, there's plenty
of openings at the home.
464
00:21:37,753 --> 00:21:39,503
Working with those children
will give you a good taste
465
00:21:39,505 --> 00:21:40,971
of what it's
going to be like
466
00:21:40,973 --> 00:21:43,340
working the rest of your life
with no schooling.
467
00:21:43,342 --> 00:21:44,925
- I'm not going--
- You're not what, Billie?
468
00:21:44,927 --> 00:21:46,927
You're not working?
469
00:21:46,929 --> 00:21:49,930
You got another thing coming, baby girl.
You're gonna work.
470
00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,517
Hey! Leave me alone!
471
00:21:53,519 --> 00:21:54,568
♪ so shake it ♪
472
00:21:54,570 --> 00:21:55,986
♪ your butt, shake it down ♪
473
00:21:55,988 --> 00:21:58,355
♪ we got the best musicall around ♪
474
00:21:58,357 --> 00:22:00,524
♪ Herb's the producer,Wiz is the DJ... ♪
475
00:22:06,832 --> 00:22:10,167
Hello?
Yeah, of course I'm awake.
476
00:22:10,169 --> 00:22:12,119
I had to answer
the fucking phone.
477
00:22:15,458 --> 00:22:16,457
Yeah?
478
00:22:19,962 --> 00:22:21,211
Yeah.
479
00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,383
At midnight?
480
00:22:26,385 --> 00:22:29,269
Oh, shit, I--
481
00:22:29,271 --> 00:22:31,555
I'd hoped that they
had stayed the fines until October.
482
00:22:31,557 --> 00:22:33,891
You know?
Give me some room to maneuver.
483
00:22:38,063 --> 00:22:39,446
What?
484
00:22:39,448 --> 00:22:42,983
Why? What was
the logic in that?
485
00:22:42,985 --> 00:22:45,736
Oh, all right.
486
00:22:45,738 --> 00:22:48,155
Uh, let me get my act
together here.
487
00:22:48,157 --> 00:22:49,456
I'll call you back,
all right?
488
00:22:51,043 --> 00:22:52,876
What happened?
489
00:22:52,878 --> 00:22:55,712
The Supreme Court refused to stay
the contempt finding
490
00:22:55,714 --> 00:22:57,464
or the fines
against the city,
491
00:22:57,466 --> 00:22:59,049
which now begin
at midnight.
492
00:22:59,051 --> 00:23:01,051
Meanwhile,they lifted the fines
493
00:23:01,053 --> 00:23:03,470
on the fucking
Fantastic Four assholes
494
00:23:03,472 --> 00:23:05,589
until the court
can hear the case.
495
00:23:05,591 --> 00:23:08,642
So Spallone and them
are off the hook?
496
00:23:08,644 --> 00:23:11,929
I kind of imagined it was gonna be
the other way around.
497
00:23:11,931 --> 00:23:14,348
Oh, Jesus.
498
00:23:18,187 --> 00:23:19,353
Where are you--
where are you going?
499
00:23:19,355 --> 00:23:20,687
Wait, wait.
500
00:23:20,689 --> 00:23:22,573
I need you.
Come here.
501
00:23:24,026 --> 00:23:25,492
I need you now.
502
00:23:30,699 --> 00:23:33,200
Don't leave me.
503
00:23:33,202 --> 00:23:35,035
I'm not gonna leave you.
504
00:23:36,839 --> 00:23:39,456
No matter what happens,
all right?
505
00:23:43,546 --> 00:23:44,878
Okay?
506
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,464
I'm not gonna
leave you.
507
00:23:53,389 --> 00:23:54,388
Let me get it.
508
00:23:54,390 --> 00:23:56,723
No, I'll get it.
All right.
509
00:23:56,725 --> 00:23:58,775
You guys wanna
get the mattress?
510
00:23:58,777 --> 00:24:01,812
I'll get the chairs.
511
00:24:01,814 --> 00:24:03,230
Thank you.
512
00:24:14,293 --> 00:24:17,327
Hey.
513
00:24:17,329 --> 00:24:19,079
What you think,
little man?
514
00:24:19,081 --> 00:24:22,749
Better than that
welfare motel, right?
515
00:24:22,751 --> 00:24:24,801
Yeah, you know it.
516
00:24:24,803 --> 00:24:27,804
Oh.
517
00:24:27,806 --> 00:24:31,308
Oh, yeah, that's right.
You're a superstar.
518
00:24:31,310 --> 00:24:32,926
That's right.
519
00:24:48,827 --> 00:24:50,944
- Hi.
- Thanks for coming.
520
00:24:50,946 --> 00:24:52,446
Of course.
521
00:24:52,448 --> 00:24:54,948
You, uh, you
got any coffee?
522
00:24:54,950 --> 00:24:57,751
- I even have doughnuts.
- Great.
523
00:24:57,753 --> 00:25:00,837
Foosball?
524
00:25:00,839 --> 00:25:02,122
Protesters have gathered here
525
00:25:02,124 --> 00:25:04,958
at the Grinton Will Libraryto demand its reopening.
526
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,127
It was closed byMayor Wasicsko
527
00:25:07,129 --> 00:25:09,463
in compliance withthe state control board's
528
00:25:09,465 --> 00:25:12,132
emergency managementof the city's finances.
529
00:25:12,134 --> 00:25:13,600
It's bad enough
that the mayor
530
00:25:13,602 --> 00:25:15,302
is not listeningto people about the housing.
531
00:25:15,304 --> 00:25:16,637
And now he wantsto close our library?
532
00:25:16,639 --> 00:25:18,639
Yeah, right.
Yeah, I'm closing it.
533
00:25:18,641 --> 00:25:19,890
Enough is enough.
534
00:25:19,892 --> 00:25:21,975
This is Cristina Andrada,
535
00:25:21,977 --> 00:25:24,311
reporting livefrom the Grinton--
536
00:25:24,313 --> 00:25:25,979
Now enough is enough.
537
00:25:25,981 --> 00:25:28,615
Everything up until now was just
a walk in the fucking park.
538
00:25:28,617 --> 00:25:31,652
You threaten to lay off
600 workers, nobody blinks.
539
00:25:31,654 --> 00:25:35,622
Talk about bankrupting
the entire city? No worries.
540
00:25:35,624 --> 00:25:37,374
You close one library
and senior center?
541
00:25:37,376 --> 00:25:40,243
Did they think this
was all make-believe? Christ.
542
00:25:40,245 --> 00:25:41,662
Well, you know what?
He's right.
543
00:25:41,664 --> 00:25:43,830
When he's right, he's right.
544
00:25:43,832 --> 00:25:45,916
I am wrangling
four fucking votes
545
00:25:45,918 --> 00:25:48,335
or I'm gonna die trying.
546
00:25:48,337 --> 00:25:51,004
- Hello?
- Yeah, get me Longo.
547
00:25:51,006 --> 00:25:52,839
And it's Sanchez,
who goes to Rodrigo.
548
00:25:52,841 --> 00:25:54,675
Rodrigo back to Sanchez,
549
00:25:54,677 --> 00:25:56,009
who forwards the ball up to Sussman.
550
00:25:56,011 --> 00:25:57,844
Sussman, the lone
Jewish import
551
00:25:57,846 --> 00:26:00,147
on the team in Brazilian soccer,
and Sussman shoots.
552
00:26:00,149 --> 00:26:02,983
Then he scores!
It's unstoppable!
553
00:26:02,985 --> 00:26:06,236
Sports fans, there's no defense
for the Hebrew Hammer.
554
00:26:09,992 --> 00:26:11,491
I was gonna play him
for the housing plan
555
00:26:11,493 --> 00:26:12,659
till I saw his bank shot.
556
00:26:12,661 --> 00:26:15,028
He skunked me 7-0.
557
00:26:15,030 --> 00:26:18,248
Yeah.
I play to win, gentlemen.
558
00:26:27,092 --> 00:26:28,875
No, tonight.
559
00:26:28,877 --> 00:26:30,544
I want a vote tonight.
560
00:26:30,546 --> 00:26:32,546
Fuck Fagan
and Spallone already.
561
00:26:32,548 --> 00:26:36,216
Fuck them both.
They're lost balls in tall grass.
562
00:26:36,218 --> 00:26:38,719
I got me, Oxman,
and Cola. That's three.
563
00:26:38,721 --> 00:26:41,555
And I either pull Longo or Chema
and I ram it through.
564
00:26:41,557 --> 00:26:43,807
I'll shove the layoffs
and the closings in their faces
565
00:26:43,809 --> 00:26:47,561
and rub their fucking noses in it
until they cave.
566
00:26:47,563 --> 00:26:48,729
Yeah.
567
00:26:50,232 --> 00:26:53,400
Look, I need to round up
these guys now.
568
00:26:54,820 --> 00:26:55,869
I'm almost scared
to say it,
569
00:26:55,871 --> 00:26:57,654
but this is actually
going pretty well.
570
00:26:57,656 --> 00:26:59,239
Get the politicians
out of the room,
571
00:26:59,241 --> 00:27:00,741
the lawyers
get reasonable.
572
00:27:00,743 --> 00:27:03,126
Hey, I'm a politician.
Well, sort of.
573
00:27:03,128 --> 00:27:04,628
You're a city manager.
574
00:27:04,630 --> 00:27:06,546
You're, uh-- you're
only half a problem.
575
00:27:07,966 --> 00:27:09,883
Uh, maybe somebody
ought to tell the mayor
576
00:27:09,885 --> 00:27:11,585
what we've been up to.
577
00:27:11,587 --> 00:27:14,304
No. Now, what
we need to do
578
00:27:14,306 --> 00:27:16,089
is call Chemo
and Longo at home,
579
00:27:16,091 --> 00:27:17,140
get them down here,
580
00:27:17,142 --> 00:27:18,425
and see if
they'll sign off.
581
00:27:20,596 --> 00:27:22,262
Okay.
582
00:27:22,264 --> 00:27:23,597
Neither of them?
What the hell?
583
00:27:23,599 --> 00:27:24,765
Are they playing
ball together?
584
00:27:24,767 --> 00:27:25,899
I got Oxman
and I got Cola.
585
00:27:25,901 --> 00:27:27,150
I need three
to make a quorum.
586
00:27:27,152 --> 00:27:28,602
Just find these mooks.
587
00:27:28,604 --> 00:27:30,270
Hold on.
588
00:27:30,272 --> 00:27:31,405
- Hello?
- Yeah?
589
00:27:31,407 --> 00:27:33,273
- Nick, It's Jim.
- Yeah, Jim.
590
00:27:33,275 --> 00:27:34,991
Look, I found them.You won't believe this.
591
00:27:34,993 --> 00:27:36,359
They're at Pickelle's house.
592
00:27:36,361 --> 00:27:37,861
What? They're where?
593
00:27:37,863 --> 00:27:40,163
At Pickelle's house.
594
00:27:40,165 --> 00:27:41,448
Well, did anybody
think to maybe call
595
00:27:41,450 --> 00:27:43,417
the goddamn mayor
of the city?
596
00:27:43,419 --> 00:27:44,451
Christ Almighty!
597
00:27:44,453 --> 00:27:46,086
Fucks!
598
00:27:48,624 --> 00:27:50,841
- Where to, boss?
- Wherever the fuck
599
00:27:50,843 --> 00:27:52,592
the government of Yonkers
is at the moment.
600
00:27:53,929 --> 00:27:55,512
Yeah, well,
I can't believe
601
00:27:55,514 --> 00:27:57,214
I might have to change
my vote after all this.
602
00:27:57,216 --> 00:27:58,682
I mean, how am I
supposed to do that?
603
00:27:58,684 --> 00:27:59,633
- On your left.
- Thank you.
604
00:28:01,470 --> 00:28:02,469
I'll call you back.
605
00:28:04,473 --> 00:28:06,973
Is this your conspiracy?
606
00:28:06,975 --> 00:28:08,942
Just trying to get the train
back on track, Nick.
607
00:28:08,944 --> 00:28:10,644
Yeah, right. Okay.
608
00:28:10,646 --> 00:28:12,813
Well, I'm done being mad,
all right?
609
00:28:12,815 --> 00:28:14,865
How's it going?
You got something?
610
00:28:14,867 --> 00:28:16,533
I thought so.
We just called the judge.
611
00:28:16,535 --> 00:28:18,535
He refused to hear
any compromise plan.
612
00:28:18,537 --> 00:28:20,654
Sand just shot us down.
613
00:28:20,656 --> 00:28:22,239
You know, he
even surprised me.
614
00:28:22,241 --> 00:28:24,407
He just does not want to hear
about change or compromise,
615
00:28:24,409 --> 00:28:26,493
not until after the city
complies with his order.
616
00:28:26,495 --> 00:28:28,495
You know, look.
617
00:28:28,497 --> 00:28:30,330
I thought about it,
you know. I just--
618
00:28:30,332 --> 00:28:31,832
I don't see what
I can do here, you know?
619
00:28:31,834 --> 00:28:34,050
- I promised my constituents--
- Shit, people.
620
00:28:34,052 --> 00:28:35,585
I just talked
to Gail Shaffer,
621
00:28:35,587 --> 00:28:38,171
and the control board
has agreed to suspend the layoffs
622
00:28:38,173 --> 00:28:39,923
if we vote
to comply tonight.
623
00:28:39,925 --> 00:28:41,224
And the judge did say
624
00:28:41,226 --> 00:28:42,175
we wouldn't have
to pay the fines
625
00:28:42,177 --> 00:28:43,677
for yesterday and today
626
00:28:43,679 --> 00:28:45,929
if the ordinance
is approved before midnight.
627
00:28:45,931 --> 00:28:47,347
And that's
a million-eight right there.
628
00:28:47,349 --> 00:28:49,266
Look, there's five of us.
629
00:28:49,268 --> 00:28:51,818
That's a quorum, right?
630
00:28:51,820 --> 00:28:53,854
So we go back
to the City Hall
631
00:28:53,856 --> 00:28:56,323
and we do our goddamn jobs.
632
00:28:56,325 --> 00:28:58,024
We govern.
633
00:28:58,026 --> 00:29:00,026
The fines may have
been overturned,
634
00:29:00,028 --> 00:29:02,162
but Judge Sand could still order you jailed
for contempt, Councilman.
635
00:29:02,164 --> 00:29:05,949
- What do you say to that?
- Judge Sand has me arrested, I'm ready.
636
00:29:05,951 --> 00:29:07,284
I don't go anywhere
without one.
637
00:29:07,286 --> 00:29:10,120
Way to go, Ed.
638
00:29:10,122 --> 00:29:12,339
There you have it
from Councilman Ed Fagan,
639
00:29:12,341 --> 00:29:14,124
who says he's not changing
his vote against the plan
640
00:29:14,126 --> 00:29:16,126
and he's not spending
any more time this weekend
641
00:29:16,128 --> 00:29:18,962
talking about it.
642
00:29:18,964 --> 00:29:20,297
What else--
what else could he do?
643
00:29:23,218 --> 00:29:24,684
It's a no-brainer.
644
00:29:24,686 --> 00:29:25,936
The Supremes leave
you guys dangling,
645
00:29:25,938 --> 00:29:27,137
it looks worse
changing the votes.
646
00:29:27,139 --> 00:29:28,772
That would look like
it was about the money.
647
00:29:28,774 --> 00:29:30,524
Yeah, now you could say
you came around
648
00:29:30,526 --> 00:29:32,392
because of the layoffs
to the other city employees.
649
00:29:32,394 --> 00:29:33,944
It scans way better.
650
00:29:33,946 --> 00:29:38,114
Come on, Nicky,
what's it gonna take for you? Huh?
651
00:29:38,116 --> 00:29:39,449
Pete, what about you?
652
00:29:41,153 --> 00:29:43,203
Look, I can't vote for this
as it stands now, right?
653
00:29:43,205 --> 00:29:45,038
There's got to be some
room for negotiation.
654
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,990
Negotiation with who,
Judge Sand?
655
00:29:46,992 --> 00:29:48,575
Nicky, get a grip.
656
00:29:48,577 --> 00:29:50,160
Our backs areto the wall here.
657
00:29:50,162 --> 00:29:51,745
Hank was never gonna vote for
any plan, anyway.
658
00:29:51,747 --> 00:29:52,913
We're better off
without him here.
659
00:29:52,915 --> 00:29:54,214
Yeah, Fagan neither.
660
00:29:54,216 --> 00:29:55,799
It comes down
to you two guys.
661
00:30:41,263 --> 00:30:43,763
Vote no! Vote no! Vote no!
662
00:30:43,765 --> 00:30:47,017
Vote no! Vote no! Vote no!
663
00:30:52,057 --> 00:30:53,773
Jesus Christ.
What do you think?
664
00:30:53,775 --> 00:30:55,141
You think Nicky and Pete
are gonna feel that?
665
00:30:55,143 --> 00:30:56,693
They're going to
melt into that noise?
666
00:30:56,695 --> 00:30:58,979
Oh, yeah.
That's gonna blow them down.
667
00:30:58,981 --> 00:31:01,031
All right, get me
the police commissioner.
668
00:31:03,452 --> 00:31:05,452
It's bad.
669
00:31:05,454 --> 00:31:07,487
Fucking idiots.
670
00:31:07,489 --> 00:31:09,072
Do you want a cup of coffee
or something?
671
00:31:09,074 --> 00:31:12,626
Does it look like I need
a cup of coffee right now?
672
00:31:12,628 --> 00:31:14,077
Yeah?
673
00:31:14,079 --> 00:31:16,296
Oh, for Christ's sake.
674
00:31:17,332 --> 00:31:18,915
How's it going?
675
00:31:22,337 --> 00:31:24,387
Joe, hey, look,
is it possible
676
00:31:24,389 --> 00:31:26,506
that we can get
the noise level down out there?
677
00:31:26,508 --> 00:31:28,842
It's just-- it's important it
not sound riotous.
678
00:31:28,844 --> 00:31:30,677
And I don't need
Pete and Nicky to get cold feet.
679
00:31:30,679 --> 00:31:32,062
There's no meeting
going on.
680
00:31:32,064 --> 00:31:33,563
If there was,
I'd have a reason.
681
00:31:35,350 --> 00:31:37,350
Okay.
682
00:31:39,354 --> 00:31:41,655
Vote no! Vote no! Vote no!
683
00:31:41,657 --> 00:31:42,856
Vote no! Vote no!
684
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,837
I call to order
the meeting of Friday,
685
00:31:57,839 --> 00:32:00,957
September 9, 1988.
686
00:32:00,959 --> 00:32:02,876
Let the record reflect
that this meeting
687
00:32:02,878 --> 00:32:07,180
has been called
to order at 11:57.
688
00:32:07,182 --> 00:32:09,215
We'll now take
a 15-minute recess.
689
00:32:09,217 --> 00:32:11,551
I thank you
for your patience.
690
00:32:11,553 --> 00:32:13,136
What is he doing?
691
00:32:13,138 --> 00:32:15,605
What is he doing?
692
00:32:15,607 --> 00:32:17,057
Hank! Hank!
693
00:32:20,896 --> 00:32:25,482
All right. Now tell them
to go shut the fuck up.
694
00:32:25,484 --> 00:32:27,283
You got it.
695
00:32:30,238 --> 00:32:31,204
- Justice!
- When do we want it?
696
00:32:31,206 --> 00:32:32,489
Now!
697
00:32:32,491 --> 00:32:34,124
- What do we want?
- Justice!
698
00:32:34,126 --> 00:32:36,042
- When do we want it?
- Now!
699
00:32:36,044 --> 00:32:37,627
- What do we want?
- Justice!
700
00:32:37,629 --> 00:32:39,079
- When do we want it?
- Now!
701
00:32:39,081 --> 00:32:40,880
What do we want?
702
00:32:40,882 --> 00:32:42,632
Hey, man!
Fuck you, pig!
703
00:32:45,220 --> 00:32:46,886
Ladies and gentlemen?
704
00:32:46,888 --> 00:32:48,388
Ladies and gentlemen,
705
00:32:48,390 --> 00:32:50,673
the council meeting
is in session.
706
00:32:50,675 --> 00:32:53,676
So, if you persist,
I'm going to have to ask you to move
707
00:32:53,678 --> 00:32:56,396
300 yards
from the premises
708
00:32:56,398 --> 00:32:58,648
so that the council
can conduct its business.
709
00:32:58,650 --> 00:33:01,184
Fuck you!
Go fuck yourself, you motherfucker!
710
00:33:01,186 --> 00:33:04,320
Get him out of here.
Get that guy out of here.
711
00:33:12,948 --> 00:33:15,749
- 630 layoffs.
- Jesus Christ.
712
00:33:15,751 --> 00:33:18,785
That's right.
The cost is real, guys.
713
00:33:18,787 --> 00:33:20,787
There's no more
bullshitting ourselves.
714
00:33:25,460 --> 00:33:26,843
He's right, Pete.
715
00:33:26,845 --> 00:33:28,628
We're about to go
from martyrs to murderers.
716
00:33:28,630 --> 00:33:32,799
We're about toeconomically murder 630 families.
717
00:33:32,801 --> 00:33:34,467
Oh, look at this.
718
00:33:34,469 --> 00:33:36,970
Oh, my God.
719
00:33:36,972 --> 00:33:38,054
I mean,
these are people
720
00:33:38,056 --> 00:33:41,141
I shared backyard
barbecues with.
721
00:33:41,143 --> 00:33:42,475
I attended
their weddings,
722
00:33:42,477 --> 00:33:43,693
the christenings
of their children
723
00:33:43,695 --> 00:33:46,479
not as their councilman,
but as their friend.
724
00:33:46,481 --> 00:33:48,815
I'm gonna be sick.
725
00:33:52,988 --> 00:33:54,704
What do you think
about all this?
726
00:33:54,706 --> 00:33:55,905
To be honest,
I can't believe
727
00:33:55,907 --> 00:33:57,574
this is happening
in Yonkers.
728
00:33:57,576 --> 00:33:59,292
After all
we've been through,
729
00:33:59,294 --> 00:34:01,995
to have a day like this
and a night like this?
730
00:34:01,997 --> 00:34:03,797
- I mean, I just don't...
- Give 'em hell, Hank!
731
00:34:03,799 --> 00:34:06,466
You bet I will.
You bet I will!
732
00:34:06,468 --> 00:34:08,251
I'll fight
for the city.
733
00:34:08,253 --> 00:34:10,553
Vote no! Vote no! Vote no!
734
00:34:10,555 --> 00:34:12,922
Vote no! Vote no! Vote no!
735
00:34:31,359 --> 00:34:33,026
Traitor!
736
00:34:33,028 --> 00:34:35,745
You're all
going to rot in hell!
737
00:34:35,747 --> 00:34:38,698
I'm calling this recessed
meeting back to order.
738
00:34:39,868 --> 00:34:42,702
I want to thank everybody
for their patience.
739
00:34:42,704 --> 00:34:44,370
I want to remind everybody
740
00:34:44,372 --> 00:34:47,423
that this is the most
important council meeting
741
00:34:47,425 --> 00:34:49,792
I think that the City
of Yonkers has ever had,
742
00:34:49,794 --> 00:34:52,045
- and I'm going to demand that--
- You chickenshit!
743
00:34:52,047 --> 00:34:55,048
I'm going to demand
that everybody
744
00:34:55,050 --> 00:34:58,351
in, uh, the audience be
respectful of the councilmen
745
00:34:58,353 --> 00:35:00,136
as they conduct
their business.
746
00:35:00,138 --> 00:35:04,224
And I have directed
your police commissioner to ensure that.
747
00:35:04,226 --> 00:35:06,359
Mr. Longo, do you wish
to speak on the item?
748
00:35:06,361 --> 00:35:09,812
- Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor.
- Oh, God, no!
749
00:35:09,814 --> 00:35:13,483
Uh, this is, uh...
750
00:35:13,485 --> 00:35:15,235
This is not
a very pleasant time
751
00:35:15,237 --> 00:35:17,620
for anyone who
serves in government.
752
00:35:19,291 --> 00:35:20,490
Ladies and gentlemen,
please.
753
00:35:21,660 --> 00:35:22,909
For anyone who--
754
00:35:22,911 --> 00:35:24,544
for anyone who serves
in the government
755
00:35:24,546 --> 00:35:25,578
in the City of Yonkers.
756
00:35:25,580 --> 00:35:27,580
Or for anyone who lives
in this city!
757
00:35:27,582 --> 00:35:30,583
Ladies and gentlemen, please.
758
00:35:30,585 --> 00:35:32,835
It seems to me
that we have
759
00:35:32,837 --> 00:35:35,922
no alternative
at this point
760
00:35:35,924 --> 00:35:40,677
but to adopt the ordinance
as is and contin--
761
00:35:40,679 --> 00:35:44,180
Longo, you piece of garbage!
762
00:35:45,567 --> 00:35:47,517
We did not vote
the consent decree because--
763
00:35:47,519 --> 00:35:49,686
It was fine the day
before, you stinking bastard!
764
00:35:49,688 --> 00:35:51,988
We fight! No way!
765
00:35:53,775 --> 00:35:57,360
Nicky, you no-good...
766
00:36:01,032 --> 00:36:02,999
Roll call vote,
Mr. Clerk.
767
00:36:08,590 --> 00:36:11,007
- Mayor Wasicsko?
- Yes.
768
00:36:11,009 --> 00:36:13,626
- Vice Mayor Spallone?
- No.
769
00:36:13,628 --> 00:36:15,628
Majority Leader Cola?
770
00:36:15,630 --> 00:36:16,963
Yes.
771
00:36:16,965 --> 00:36:19,799
- Minority Leader Longo?
- Yes.
772
00:36:19,801 --> 00:36:22,435
- Councilman Fagan?
- No.
773
00:36:22,437 --> 00:36:26,306
- Councilman Chema?
- Yes.
774
00:36:26,308 --> 00:36:29,309
- Councilman Oxman?
- Yes.
775
00:36:29,311 --> 00:36:32,562
Five ayes and two nays.
The ordinance passes.
776
00:36:38,820 --> 00:36:40,958
How could you
do this to us?
777
00:36:43,291 --> 00:36:45,992
- Stay back.
- Shame on you, Mayor! Shame on you!
778
00:36:56,755 --> 00:36:58,588
What's the matter
with these people?
779
00:37:00,725 --> 00:37:03,849
- Mr. Mayor, you need to go!
- It's okay, sweetie.
780
00:37:06,348 --> 00:37:08,231
Jesus Christ.
781
00:37:10,101 --> 00:37:12,769
Come on, you guys.
782
00:37:20,195 --> 00:37:23,613
The clerk
will call the roll.
783
00:37:23,615 --> 00:37:26,833
The clerk
will call the roll.
784
00:37:26,835 --> 00:37:30,119
The clerk will callthe roll.
785
00:37:35,043 --> 00:37:37,260
It's okay.
It's all right.
786
00:37:45,687 --> 00:37:48,021
Ma?
787
00:37:48,023 --> 00:37:49,605
It's me, Mom.
788
00:37:49,607 --> 00:37:51,858
Yeah, I'm in here.
789
00:37:57,032 --> 00:37:58,448
Where's the health aide?
790
00:37:58,450 --> 00:38:00,400
She's supposed to start
this week, right?
791
00:38:00,402 --> 00:38:04,237
I waited all day yesterday,
and she never showed up.
792
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:05,788
So I called her agency,
793
00:38:05,790 --> 00:38:10,126
and they said
she couldn't find the apartment.
794
00:38:10,128 --> 00:38:11,878
What?
795
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,964
I think someone's
telling stories somewhere.
796
00:38:14,966 --> 00:38:17,917
Well, are they sending someone else,
somebody with a map?
797
00:38:17,919 --> 00:38:21,337
They said so,
but nobody so far today.
798
00:38:21,339 --> 00:38:25,174
See, these places are certified
by the government.
799
00:38:25,176 --> 00:38:27,510
They got to
follow the rules.
800
00:38:27,512 --> 00:38:28,928
Where's their number?
801
00:38:28,930 --> 00:38:30,396
In the kitchen.
802
00:38:30,398 --> 00:38:32,315
I'll call them.
803
00:38:36,855 --> 00:38:39,939
Ain't no way.
I'm not going back there.
804
00:38:39,941 --> 00:38:43,659
Not with that boy.
Nah, I'm quitting.
805
00:38:43,661 --> 00:38:45,862
You took the job.
You can't just walk away.
806
00:38:45,864 --> 00:38:47,613
Do you like doing
this every day?
807
00:38:47,615 --> 00:38:49,832
I do what needs doing.
808
00:38:49,834 --> 00:38:52,418
How many people in the world
you think get up every day
809
00:38:52,420 --> 00:38:55,004
and do what it is
they like doing?
810
00:38:55,006 --> 00:38:56,339
Some.
811
00:38:56,341 --> 00:38:57,457
And how many
of those people
812
00:38:57,459 --> 00:38:58,875
do you think
live in Schlobohm?
813
00:38:58,877 --> 00:39:01,594
Or School Street?
That's what a job is, Billie.
814
00:39:01,596 --> 00:39:03,963
I don't care.
I'm not going back there.
815
00:39:03,965 --> 00:39:05,631
I'm not washing that boy.
816
00:39:05,633 --> 00:39:07,016
Him in the tub,
817
00:39:07,018 --> 00:39:09,051
banging his retarded
fucking head against the wall,
818
00:39:09,053 --> 00:39:10,887
water going everywhere,
him screaming.
819
00:39:10,889 --> 00:39:13,723
This is the real world, girl.
820
00:39:13,725 --> 00:39:15,608
Live with it!
821
00:39:17,645 --> 00:39:19,145
You live with it.
822
00:39:19,147 --> 00:39:20,696
What did you say?
823
00:39:22,984 --> 00:39:26,736
- Nothing.
- Mm. That's what I thought.
824
00:39:28,490 --> 00:39:30,490
Call for American
Airlines flight 953...
825
00:39:30,492 --> 00:39:31,908
What is taking so long?
826
00:39:31,910 --> 00:39:34,827
...now boardingat gate six.
827
00:39:36,381 --> 00:39:37,964
Boarding callfor flight 953...
828
00:39:37,966 --> 00:39:40,583
What are we going to do
if he doesn't come?
829
00:39:40,585 --> 00:39:42,335
Just calm down.
830
00:39:42,337 --> 00:39:43,336
I don't know.
831
00:39:43,338 --> 00:39:45,087
My God...
832
00:39:47,642 --> 00:39:48,758
Felipe!
833
00:39:51,312 --> 00:39:54,931
American Airlines
passenger Mary Jane Donahoe,
834
00:39:54,933 --> 00:39:57,016
please report tothe information desk.
835
00:39:57,018 --> 00:39:58,351
- Give me a kiss.
- Thank you.
836
00:40:00,321 --> 00:40:04,106
American Airlines
passenger Mary Jane Donahoe...
837
00:40:04,108 --> 00:40:05,525
Are you okay?
838
00:40:07,078 --> 00:40:09,529
I'm sorry. This is not
the court's problem.
839
00:40:09,531 --> 00:40:12,865
Your Honor,
you saw what it took
840
00:40:12,867 --> 00:40:14,534
to get the consent
of the city council
841
00:40:14,536 --> 00:40:17,537
to even a general statement
of compliance with the court.
842
00:40:17,539 --> 00:40:20,256
I am asking you,
in the name of all that is holy,
843
00:40:20,258 --> 00:40:23,543
to please name a replacement location
for the housing units
844
00:40:23,545 --> 00:40:27,547
that were formerly sited
at the St. Joseph's Seminary.
845
00:40:27,549 --> 00:40:29,882
Been quite a year
for you, Mr. Mayor.
846
00:40:32,053 --> 00:40:34,470
Uh, yeah,
you could say that.
847
00:40:34,472 --> 00:40:37,857
And now you're facing a reelection campaign
just around the corner.
848
00:40:37,859 --> 00:40:39,976
Two-year terms.
What fun.
849
00:40:39,978 --> 00:40:42,528
Well, my best wishes
to you going forward, Mr. Wasicsko.
850
00:40:42,530 --> 00:40:44,030
Thank you, Your Honor.
851
00:40:44,032 --> 00:40:45,898
But let's keep
those sentiments to ourselves.
852
00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:47,867
You know,
your endorsement doesn't exactly
853
00:40:47,869 --> 00:40:50,119
bring out the vote
in the City of Yonkers.
854
00:40:50,121 --> 00:40:52,488
Justice is not about popularity.
855
00:40:52,490 --> 00:40:55,791
No, it's not,
but politics is.
856
00:40:59,581 --> 00:41:01,297
Please?
857
00:41:01,299 --> 00:41:05,551
Well, since the Yonkers City Council
again refuses to act
858
00:41:05,553 --> 00:41:07,053
and Mayor Wasicskohas asked that I take
859
00:41:07,055 --> 00:41:09,388
the decision out
of the city's hands,
860
00:41:09,390 --> 00:41:12,225
I am formally picking
the Gramercy location
861
00:41:12,227 --> 00:41:15,678
as the replacement for
the St. Joseph's Seminary site.
862
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,597
Thank you, Judge.
863
00:41:17,599 --> 00:41:19,565
Your Honor, if I might?
864
00:41:19,567 --> 00:41:21,350
Mr. Newman.
865
00:41:21,352 --> 00:41:23,519
I realize our
options are limited here,
866
00:41:23,521 --> 00:41:25,571
but there's a number of problems
on the Gramercy location
867
00:41:25,573 --> 00:41:26,772
I feel I have
to bring up.
868
00:41:26,774 --> 00:41:28,741
- Bring up again.
- Again.
869
00:41:28,743 --> 00:41:30,860
First off, because
only seven sites
870
00:41:30,862 --> 00:41:33,696
are apparently all that's ever
going to be available to us,
871
00:41:33,698 --> 00:41:36,032
as many as 48 townhouses
will have to be built
872
00:41:36,034 --> 00:41:37,500
- on the Gramercy site.
- And?
873
00:41:37,502 --> 00:41:39,785
And my research shows
that crime increases
874
00:41:39,787 --> 00:41:41,921
with the number of units
in a housing project.
875
00:41:41,923 --> 00:41:44,790
I've tried to limit that number
to a maximum of 24 per site.
876
00:41:44,792 --> 00:41:46,459
Now we're looking
at twice that.
877
00:41:46,461 --> 00:41:48,461
Oscar, you're fighting
the last war.
878
00:41:48,463 --> 00:41:51,264
But consider this,
because of the configuration of this site,
879
00:41:51,266 --> 00:41:53,599
putting that number
of townhouses here
880
00:41:53,601 --> 00:41:55,468
will require an internal
road system be built
881
00:41:55,470 --> 00:41:57,470
at a significantly
increased cost.
882
00:41:57,472 --> 00:42:01,474
Well, as I've said, any increase in cost
beyond the HUD guideline
883
00:42:01,476 --> 00:42:02,975
is going to haveto be borne by the city.
884
00:42:02,977 --> 00:42:04,226
Here's my real worry.
885
00:42:04,228 --> 00:42:05,811
On the Gramercy site,
886
00:42:05,813 --> 00:42:07,980
I can't make
the townhouses disappear
887
00:42:07,982 --> 00:42:09,949
into the fabric
of the middle-class neighborhoods.
888
00:42:09,951 --> 00:42:11,117
It's too isolated.
889
00:42:11,119 --> 00:42:12,785
And my concern
is that isolation
890
00:42:12,787 --> 00:42:14,870
will allow
a criminal element to flourish
891
00:42:14,872 --> 00:42:17,907
that the public housingresidents alone can't control.
892
00:42:17,909 --> 00:42:19,492
Oscar, you're
fearmongering,
893
00:42:19,494 --> 00:42:21,961
and it reflects
your ideological baggage.
894
00:42:21,963 --> 00:42:24,380
I got to tell you this is--
it's basically racist.
895
00:42:24,382 --> 00:42:25,998
What's so
difficult about this?
896
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,000
The smaller the site,
the greater the contact,
897
00:42:28,002 --> 00:42:29,218
the more the
middle-class neighbor
898
00:42:29,220 --> 00:42:31,220
is going to exert
their values and control.
899
00:42:31,222 --> 00:42:33,673
Simple as that.
900
00:42:33,675 --> 00:42:36,342
We are going
to build these houses.
901
00:42:36,344 --> 00:42:39,228
The judge and the council votehave seen to that.
902
00:42:39,230 --> 00:42:44,400
But let me ask,
do we want this to succeed or not?
903
00:42:47,689 --> 00:42:49,188
She just knows.
904
00:42:49,190 --> 00:42:51,190
Knows if I'm late,if I take the day off,
905
00:42:51,192 --> 00:42:52,441
if I go home early.
906
00:42:52,443 --> 00:42:55,077
I really don't get it.
Just tell her.
907
00:42:55,079 --> 00:42:56,779
She's not gonna let me quit
no matter what,
908
00:42:56,781 --> 00:42:58,364
not unless I go
back to school.
909
00:42:58,366 --> 00:43:00,833
So what are you gonna do?
910
00:43:00,835 --> 00:43:03,202
I got to get my ass
fired somehow.
911
00:43:03,204 --> 00:43:04,620
Ladies, ladies.
912
00:43:04,622 --> 00:43:06,756
Hey, Hot Stuff.
913
00:43:06,758 --> 00:43:10,009
Hot, this is Billie.
914
00:43:10,011 --> 00:43:12,044
John my real name.
915
00:43:12,046 --> 00:43:14,347
Anyone for a beer?
916
00:43:14,349 --> 00:43:16,132
I'll take mine
in a glass.
917
00:43:16,134 --> 00:43:17,967
Glass, huh?
918
00:43:20,304 --> 00:43:22,388
- Meeka, you?
- A bottle is fine.
919
00:43:35,536 --> 00:43:37,570
I talked to
Miss Clarkson myself.
920
00:43:39,157 --> 00:43:40,322
You should've asked her
921
00:43:40,324 --> 00:43:42,742
to send a Jamaican
health aide.
922
00:43:42,744 --> 00:43:45,494
Those old Jamaicans
don't scare.
923
00:43:47,081 --> 00:43:49,665
I'm sure she's
just running late.
924
00:43:51,219 --> 00:43:53,419
Nobody's coming, child.
925
00:44:08,069 --> 00:44:12,238
♪ I hold you in my arms ♪
926
00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:15,741
♪ as the band plays ♪
927
00:44:15,743 --> 00:44:19,361
♪ what are those wordswhispered, baby ♪
928
00:44:19,363 --> 00:44:23,949
♪ just as you turn away? ♪
929
00:44:23,951 --> 00:44:27,086
♪ I saw you last night ♪
930
00:44:27,088 --> 00:44:30,456
♪ out on the edge of town ♪
931
00:44:30,458 --> 00:44:32,625
♪ I want to read your mind ♪
932
00:44:32,627 --> 00:44:34,960
♪ to know justwhat I've got ♪
933
00:44:34,962 --> 00:44:38,514
♪ in this new thingI've found ♪
934
00:44:38,516 --> 00:44:42,301
♪ so tell me what I see ♪
935
00:44:42,303 --> 00:44:45,721
♪ when I look in your eyes ♪
936
00:44:45,723 --> 00:44:49,475
♪ is that you, baby? ♪
937
00:44:49,477 --> 00:44:56,982
♪ or justa brilliant disguise? ♪
938
00:45:04,826 --> 00:45:06,709
What is it
with Yonkers?
939
00:45:06,711 --> 00:45:09,044
It's like that--
that game where you--
940
00:45:09,046 --> 00:45:11,997
you hit the animal that--
where it keeps popping up?
941
00:45:11,999 --> 00:45:13,883
- Whac-A-Mole?
- That's it.
942
00:45:13,885 --> 00:45:17,002
Every time I resolve one problem,
another one jumps up.
943
00:45:17,004 --> 00:45:19,588
But this-- insisting on two
apartment walk-ups
944
00:45:19,590 --> 00:45:23,259
rather than single-family homes
is just so shortsighted.
945
00:45:23,261 --> 00:45:26,095
Mr. Smith, does the city
housing authority agree?
946
00:45:26,097 --> 00:45:29,682
Yes, Your Honor. We've bought
Oscar's "Defensible Space" theory.
947
00:45:29,684 --> 00:45:30,850
We believeit's the way to go.
948
00:45:30,852 --> 00:45:32,485
Well, then what
is HUD's objection?
949
00:45:32,487 --> 00:45:35,938
Cost. They think it'll be more expensive
to build the townhouses.
950
00:45:35,940 --> 00:45:37,273
And it may well be.
951
00:45:37,275 --> 00:45:39,325
But the idea of walk-ups
just flies in the face
952
00:45:39,327 --> 00:45:42,027
of everything I've tried
to bring to this project.
953
00:45:42,029 --> 00:45:44,697
There can be no
interior public areas.
954
00:45:44,699 --> 00:45:47,116
No stairs to a second unit.
Nothing.
955
00:45:47,118 --> 00:45:49,869
And every family must have
its own front and rear yards,
956
00:45:49,871 --> 00:45:52,705
and the front entry
must be directly off the street.
957
00:45:52,707 --> 00:45:54,540
Why the hell
can't they see that?
958
00:45:54,542 --> 00:45:56,592
Cost can be a prohibitive
hurdle, Oscar,
959
00:45:56,594 --> 00:45:57,760
even for the government.
960
00:45:57,762 --> 00:45:59,044
Public housing residents
961
00:45:59,046 --> 00:46:01,514
are no different thanany other renters.
962
00:46:01,516 --> 00:46:03,682
They will jealously guard
and maintain what's theirs.
963
00:46:03,684 --> 00:46:07,102
Problems arise when projects have
nebulous public areas
964
00:46:07,104 --> 00:46:09,638
that are like a
sort of no-man's-land.
965
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:11,557
That's the place
that gets trashed.
966
00:46:11,559 --> 00:46:13,392
That's the spacethat gets used for
967
00:46:13,394 --> 00:46:15,277
loitering and drug dealing.
968
00:46:16,397 --> 00:46:20,399
You know, every year
HUD spends millions
969
00:46:20,401 --> 00:46:22,868
repairing the vandalism
done in the public areas
970
00:46:22,870 --> 00:46:25,404
of the high-rises
and the walk-ups.
971
00:46:25,406 --> 00:46:27,122
It's a given.It's in the budget.
972
00:46:27,124 --> 00:46:28,741
- And?
- And...
973
00:46:28,743 --> 00:46:31,076
I'm just wondering
if an argument can be made
974
00:46:31,078 --> 00:46:34,747
that the townhouses
would be cheaper in the long run.
975
00:46:34,749 --> 00:46:36,549
I mean, withoutthe public areas,
976
00:46:36,551 --> 00:46:38,050
we don't havethe additional cost
977
00:46:38,052 --> 00:46:39,251
of maintenanceand security.
978
00:46:39,253 --> 00:46:44,006
It's an argument
we could offer.
979
00:46:44,008 --> 00:46:45,674
♪ P for the peoplewho can't understand ♪
980
00:46:45,676 --> 00:46:48,677
You guys want
a shot with me?
981
00:46:48,679 --> 00:46:51,180
♪ S for the wayyou scream and shout ♪
982
00:46:51,182 --> 00:46:52,932
♪ one by oneI'll knock you out... ♪
983
00:46:52,934 --> 00:46:55,267
...my father used to
beat me bad when I was little.
984
00:46:55,269 --> 00:46:57,236
For real?
985
00:46:57,238 --> 00:46:59,488
Well, he wasn't
my real father.
986
00:46:59,490 --> 00:47:02,241
I mean,
my real father walked out
987
00:47:02,243 --> 00:47:04,276
before I was born,
988
00:47:04,278 --> 00:47:06,328
but I called him
my father.
989
00:47:06,330 --> 00:47:09,198
I didn't find out till
a couple of years ago he wasn't.
990
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,784
He walked out, too,
when I was 12.
991
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,120
I would never
do that to my son.
992
00:47:15,122 --> 00:47:17,122
You have a son?
993
00:47:17,124 --> 00:47:20,292
Yeah. He's named Noel.
994
00:47:20,294 --> 00:47:24,046
- He was born on Christmas.
- Oh.
995
00:47:24,048 --> 00:47:26,465
I don't see his mother
no more, though.
996
00:47:26,467 --> 00:47:28,100
She wanted to
get married.
997
00:47:28,102 --> 00:47:30,302
I told her I was too young
for that stuff.
998
00:47:30,304 --> 00:47:32,438
She thought
I was older.
999
00:47:34,392 --> 00:47:36,642
So, can I kiss you?
1000
00:47:36,644 --> 00:47:38,060
Huh?
1001
00:47:38,062 --> 00:47:40,145
♪ sweeter than honey,sugar and spice ♪
1002
00:47:40,147 --> 00:47:42,314
♪ told her my namewas MC Schoolly D... ♪
1003
00:47:42,316 --> 00:47:45,317
You mind if I kissed you?
1004
00:47:45,319 --> 00:47:47,486
♪ she said, Schoolly D,I know your game ♪
1005
00:47:47,488 --> 00:47:49,989
♪ heard about youin the hall of fame ♪
1006
00:47:49,991 --> 00:47:52,491
♪ I said, Mama, Mama,I tell you no lies ♪
1007
00:47:52,493 --> 00:47:55,160
♪ 'cause all I want to do isto get you high, and, uh ♪
1008
00:47:55,162 --> 00:47:57,162
♪ lay you downand do the body rock ♪
1009
00:47:57,164 --> 00:47:59,798
♪ took a walk to the corner,got into the car ♪
1010
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:02,134
♪ took a little tripto a fancy bar ♪
1011
00:48:02,136 --> 00:48:04,637
♪ copped some brew,some "J" some coke ♪
1012
00:48:04,639 --> 00:48:07,139
♪ tell you now, brother,this ain't no joke ♪
1013
00:48:07,141 --> 00:48:09,308
♪ she got me to the crib,she laid me on the bed ♪
1014
00:48:09,310 --> 00:48:11,810
♪ I fucked her from my toesto the top of my head ♪
1015
00:48:11,812 --> 00:48:14,313
♪ I finally realizedthe girl was a whore ♪
1016
00:48:14,315 --> 00:48:18,067
♪ gave her ten dollars,she asked me for some more ♪
1017
00:48:18,069 --> 00:48:20,069
Deluxe Homes of Berwick,
Pennsylvania,
1018
00:48:20,071 --> 00:48:22,855
has the low bid
for the first 142 units.
1019
00:48:22,857 --> 00:48:25,691
The good news is that
they'll be built out of state.
1020
00:48:25,693 --> 00:48:27,526
That eliminates
any potential trouble
1021
00:48:27,528 --> 00:48:29,662
like threats,
protests, vandalism.
1022
00:48:29,664 --> 00:48:33,248
So the prefab units
will be trucked into Yonkers?
1023
00:48:33,250 --> 00:48:36,201
And then literally bolted onto
the foundations here.
1024
00:48:36,203 --> 00:48:38,587
The bad news is
the bid came in
1025
00:48:38,589 --> 00:48:40,873
five million more
than what we have.
1026
00:48:40,875 --> 00:48:44,460
Under HUD's guidelines
we have 11.3 million available.
1027
00:48:44,462 --> 00:48:46,845
Deluxe came in at 16.1.
1028
00:48:46,847 --> 00:48:49,131
That's about
$33,000 a unit.
1029
00:48:49,133 --> 00:48:53,268
Mayor Wasicsko has raised the shortfall
possibility with HUD, as have we.
1030
00:48:53,270 --> 00:48:56,689
Also, Senator Moynihan
has started working back channels for us,
1031
00:48:56,691 --> 00:49:00,309
and Jack Kemp has told him that
he will find a way to make this happen.
1032
00:49:00,311 --> 00:49:03,062
Believe it or not,
we have a pretty good relationship
1033
00:49:03,064 --> 00:49:04,863
- with Secretary's office.
- With such open lines,
1034
00:49:04,865 --> 00:49:07,399
you would have thought the last War
of the Walk-ups could have been avoided.
1035
00:49:07,401 --> 00:49:12,321
Well, Your Honor, sometimes
the magic works, sometimes it doesn't.
1036
00:49:12,323 --> 00:49:15,741
The important thing is
HUD made the right call despite themselves
1037
00:49:15,743 --> 00:49:17,659
and we're finally on track.
1038
00:49:17,661 --> 00:49:19,244
It's all a technical
problem now, right?
1039
00:49:19,246 --> 00:49:20,245
The politics is done.
1040
00:49:23,334 --> 00:49:24,800
Which is why I'm here today
1041
00:49:24,802 --> 00:49:26,919
to announce that I am running
for Mayor of Yonkers.
1042
00:49:28,172 --> 00:49:31,340
Never before
has the opportunity been so right
1043
00:49:31,342 --> 00:49:33,759
to bring about meaningful
political reform...
1044
00:49:33,761 --> 00:49:36,595
And I will restore
the government of Yonkers
1045
00:49:36,597 --> 00:49:37,763
to the people's government!
1046
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:41,433
Yonkers is at a crossroads.
1047
00:49:41,435 --> 00:49:43,352
Together we can
return Yonkers
1048
00:49:43,354 --> 00:49:45,020
to a city
of gracious living.
1049
00:49:45,022 --> 00:49:47,239
I am asking
that you return me
1050
00:49:47,241 --> 00:49:48,690
to a second term
as your mayor.
1051
00:49:48,692 --> 00:49:51,160
And this mayor,
who has been shortsighted
1052
00:49:51,162 --> 00:49:53,829
in handling the whole thing,
1053
00:49:53,831 --> 00:49:57,082
he has shown
absolutely no compassion
1054
00:49:57,084 --> 00:50:00,002
for either the homeowners
or the people of Yonkers.
1055
00:50:02,123 --> 00:50:05,374
And I also ask that you reject
the four councilmen
1056
00:50:05,376 --> 00:50:07,676
who caused our city
to be held in contempt
1057
00:50:07,678 --> 00:50:10,846
and any candidate
who would support it.
1058
00:50:10,848 --> 00:50:12,214
Let's clean up City Hall.
1059
00:50:13,350 --> 00:50:17,186
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
1060
00:50:17,188 --> 00:50:19,188
Clean sweep! Clean sweep!
1061
00:50:19,190 --> 00:50:21,440
Clean sweep! Clean sweep!
1062
00:50:21,442 --> 00:50:23,609
Clean sweep! Clean sweep!
1063
00:50:31,285 --> 00:50:34,203
"Dear Jaron,
1064
00:50:34,205 --> 00:50:35,370
you are my son
1065
00:50:35,372 --> 00:50:37,156
and I love youmore than anything...
1066
00:50:39,326 --> 00:50:43,495
but you've been bornin a hard place.
1067
00:50:43,497 --> 00:50:46,965
And you and your mamaare alone now.
1068
00:50:46,967 --> 00:50:50,669
I didn't plan it this way.
1069
00:50:50,671 --> 00:50:53,672
Truth is, my daddy saysI didn't plan anything--
1070
00:50:53,674 --> 00:50:55,674
that it's becauseI didn't have a plan
1071
00:50:55,676 --> 00:50:58,477
that you and meare in this mess.
1072
00:50:58,479 --> 00:51:00,813
But I know that isn't true.
1073
00:51:00,815 --> 00:51:02,681
I loved your daddy,and I wanted you
1074
00:51:02,683 --> 00:51:03,899
to be a part of that love,
1075
00:51:03,901 --> 00:51:06,401
to come from that love.
1076
00:51:06,403 --> 00:51:09,855
And I don't haveany regret about that.
1077
00:51:09,857 --> 00:51:11,440
People who saythat isn't a plan
1078
00:51:11,442 --> 00:51:13,859
don't know my heart.
1079
00:51:13,861 --> 00:51:18,864
What I didn't planwas for being alone so fast.
1080
00:51:18,866 --> 00:51:20,866
I knew whathaving a kid meant,
1081
00:51:20,868 --> 00:51:23,869
that it was all kindsof responsibility.
1082
00:51:23,871 --> 00:51:27,789
But I thought I'd bedoing it with your daddy
1083
00:51:27,791 --> 00:51:31,877
and every day would bea little bit better.
1084
00:51:31,879 --> 00:51:34,213
I thought if I couldget a place of my own
1085
00:51:34,215 --> 00:51:35,714
and a family of my own,
1086
00:51:35,716 --> 00:51:39,635
that everything elsewould come with that.
1087
00:51:39,637 --> 00:51:43,889
I'm not sure where I'm goingor even where I am.
1088
00:51:43,891 --> 00:51:47,226
This was supposedto feel like home for us.
1089
00:51:47,228 --> 00:51:49,895
- This isn't home..."
- Excuse me.
1090
00:51:49,897 --> 00:51:52,314
"...and I don't knowwhat comes next.
1091
00:51:52,316 --> 00:51:54,733
I know that I can't stay herewithout falling down,
1092
00:51:54,735 --> 00:51:57,286
and I know I can't go home.
1093
00:51:57,288 --> 00:51:58,987
I can't listen to my fathertell me his lessons,
1094
00:51:58,989 --> 00:52:03,542
and I don't know how to learnthe lessons my own self.
1095
00:52:03,544 --> 00:52:06,211
I'm just here waiting.
1096
00:52:06,213 --> 00:52:08,163
I'm waiting,and I'm not sure
1097
00:52:08,165 --> 00:52:10,916
what it isI'm waiting for."
1098
00:53:51,363 --> 00:53:53,450
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