1 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wokay f Daily with 2 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: Meet your Girl Danielle Moody recording from the Home Bunker, Folks. 3 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: As of this recording right now, there is no indictment 4 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: yet of Donald Trump. But again, as of this late 5 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: afternoon recording that I'm doing, New York City police have 6 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: begun to put out barricades in New York City as 7 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: Donald Trump continues to rage truth social his broke ass 8 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: Twitter where he's typing in all caps about freedom and 9 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: justice and literally having a fucking meltdown over what he 10 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: knows is coming. And like I've said before, friends, I 11 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: want to remind us that when Donald Trump and company 12 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: like Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan, who are using their 13 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: positions to weaponize our government to go after people like 14 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: Alvin Bragg and haul them before a committee, it's the 15 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: same bullshit stunts that they pulled with Hillary Clinton and 16 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: the Benghazi committees and made her sit for eleven hours. 17 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: And Hillary Clinton never took to social media to call 18 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: her people into the streets. Why because she didn't have 19 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: anything to hide. She could sit in front of them 20 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: and they could drill her and grill her and do 21 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: all of these bullshit political theatrics, but at the end 22 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: of the day, she knew she had the truth on 23 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: her side and there was nothing to hide. And I 24 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: want folks to think about, you know, if Hillary Clinton 25 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: were so criminal and crooked, if Joe Biden and Hunter 26 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: Biden were so criminal and crooked, then why wasn't why 27 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: wasn't there any charges brought on any of these people 28 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: during the Trump administration when he was weaponizing the Department 29 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: of Justice? Where were the cases? There were none, Because 30 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: just in the same way the fucking Giuliani was laughed 31 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: out of sixty some odd fucking courts in this country 32 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: with frivolous, bullshit cases around electoral fraud, Donald Trump in 33 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: the Department of Justice would have been laughed out of 34 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: anybody's court on their frivolous claims. So you have to 35 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: understand that all of this is about a motherfucking grift. 36 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: That's all any of this is. And so right now 37 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: you have folks right that are saying that they're not 38 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: going to come. There are folks that are trying to 39 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: organize and get Trump supporters to New York City, and 40 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: folks are saying, yeah, we're not going. And why is 41 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: that because one they think it's going to be a 42 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: federal trap, or you mean that the Feds will actually 43 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: do their job unlike what they did on January six, 44 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: or the fact that Donald Trump does not have lightning 45 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,119 Speaker 1: in a bottle and he's not going to be able 46 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: to amp up his mindless supporters to put their lives 47 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: and livelihood on the line in order to stand their 48 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: ground for his criminal, fucking behavior. And just in as 49 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: I am recording this in the third Oathkeeper's trial that 50 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: has been ongoing, four of the six defendants are guilty 51 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: of all charges, including obstruction, and they are Sandra Parker, 52 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: Laura Steele, William Isaacs, and Connie megs So two defendants. 53 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: This is according to Kyle Cheney's tweet thread. Two defendants 54 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: had mixed results but were acquitted or deadlocked on serious charges, 55 00:03:55,520 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: Benny Parker and Michael Greene. B Parker deadlocked on conspiracy 56 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: to obstruct, Acquitted of obstruction and conspiracy to prevent federal 57 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: officer from discharging duties. Green acquitted of conspiracy to obstruct, 58 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: deadlocked on obstruction, Acquitted of conspiracy to prevent federal officers 59 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 1: from discharging duties. Green and Benny Parker were both convicted 60 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: of entering and remaining in restricted area, a misdemeanor. So 61 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: all defendants were convicted of at least one thing, but 62 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: split verdicts on most significant felonies, with again four of 63 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: the six being guilty on all charges, including obstructions. So 64 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: is it worth it to put your life, your livelihood 65 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: that of your family on the line for Donald Trump? 66 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 1: Doesn't fucking seem so. So you know, we will see 67 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: and we will pay close attention to what is happening 68 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,559 Speaker 1: over the course of this week. So do stay tune 69 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: and do stay on top of my social media at 70 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: d two cents across platforms Instagram and Twitter and Danielle 71 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: Moody underscore on TikTok. But coming up next my conversation 72 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: with Christine Quinn, president and CEO of Women in Need, 73 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: providing shelters to homeless families in New York City and 74 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: was the first female and openly LGBTQ speaker of the 75 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: New York City Council. And in this conversation, we discuss 76 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: the escalation of the homelessness crisis that is happening nationwide, 77 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: as well as the epidemic of rent hikes, folks. I 78 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: am very excited to be joined on WOKE a f 79 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: by Christine Quinn, who is the president and the CEO 80 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: of Women in Need, which is the largest provider of 81 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: shelter and supportive services for families homeless families in New 82 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: York City and is also the first female and openly 83 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: LGBTQ speaker of the New York City City Council. Christie 84 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: and I want to talk first about what we are 85 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: kind of seeing both in New York City but nationwide, 86 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: which is this escalation in the homeless crisis. I have 87 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: traveled to a couple of different cities, recently Washington, d C. 88 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: San Francisco. I live here in New York and I 89 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 1: got to tell you that what I'm seeing is really heartbreaking. 90 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: I'm seeing full tent cities being created in parks and 91 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: on sidewalks, people that are clearly living on the brink 92 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: and in despair. So I wanted to get your thoughts 93 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: first on what you are seeing here in New York City, 94 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 1: but also why this is becoming such a crisis nationwide. 95 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: So in New York City, over the past two years, 96 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: we have seen fifty percent increase in family homelessness. You know, 97 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: some of us, I think, in the greater society got 98 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: lulled into a sense of homelessness being headed in the 99 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: right direction, if you will, during the pandemic, But that 100 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: was because jurisdictions like New York and others put eviction 101 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: moratoriums in place that gave us a false sense of progress. 102 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: So things are as, unfortunately, as bad as they have 103 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: ever been. Why is that? A couple of reasons? One, 104 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: what are the root causes of homelessness? I mean there's 105 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: a few. One domestic violence, right, eighty percent of WINS 106 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: moms are survivors of domestic violence. We as a society 107 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: have yet to take INTI mid partner violence as seriously 108 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: as we should, and have yet to come up with 109 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: real strategies to deter it from happening and to really 110 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: help those who are the survivors. Move on to people 111 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: getting evicted. Fifty two percent of WINS moms are working, 112 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: but they can't pay the rent. So you can put 113 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: out whatever job numbers you want, whoever the president is, 114 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: and I'm happy that the recent ones are good for 115 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: President Biden, but that doesn't really address those who are 116 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: living if they're lucky on minimum wage. Three While good 117 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: paying jobs aren't reaching women of color in urban settings. 118 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: We have rent in urban settings, and New York is 119 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: maybe the highest numbers, but not an exception. We have 120 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: rents escalating, escalating, escalating, And what used to be an 121 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: apartment affordable to somebody who's now in shelter. That was 122 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: an apartment that was affordable to a working class person. Right, 123 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: So you're seeing this crisis trickle down. Hate to use 124 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: that term in the worst of all possible ways. Now, 125 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: the overarching reason why this problem is so vast is 126 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: no one, not in New York, and I would argue 127 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: not anywhere in the country. No electric leader a real 128 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: significance has said I'm gonna end the crisis of homelessness. No, 129 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: they all try to manage it so it's not on 130 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: the cover of the newspaper. Manage it so tourists don't 131 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 1: see the homeless. Push them are out, move them out. 132 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: That's different than having a real conversation with constituents and 133 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: saying we have a crisis here. You know, we have 134 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: more children in shelter in New York City than there 135 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,599 Speaker 1: are seats in the Barclay's Arena where the Nets play. 136 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: That's a sin. So we need to be real with 137 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,439 Speaker 1: voters and say we have a problem that's been out 138 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: there for decades. We're gonna need a decade at least 139 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: to solve it. But we're going to solve it. We're 140 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: not just going to get it to a place where 141 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: you don't see it, you know. And I love that 142 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: you that you bring up that point, because I think 143 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: for a lot of people, even quote unquote well meaning progressives, 144 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: that so long as you don't see your homelessness, as 145 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: long as you're able to ride the subways and you know, 146 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: go to and from work, as long as you're able 147 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: to walk down your street and you don't see homeless people, 148 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: then you feel fine. And we don't ever ask ourselves, well, 149 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: what happened to that person that was that I used 150 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: to pass on my run or that I used to 151 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: see on the subway. And I think it's it's twofold, 152 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: and I want to ask you about this, which is 153 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,439 Speaker 1: one every time I'm on Instagram, I get messages about 154 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: how rents in every city or skyrocketing right that you know, 155 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 1: we saw just for a moment during the pandemic in 156 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: twenty twenty and twenty twenty one, people fleeing cities and 157 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 1: going too, you know, whether it's in New York, going 158 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: to Upstate, going to the suburbs, you know, but leaving 159 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: the cities, and so rents kind of came down a 160 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: little bit. But like to your point, they were also 161 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: on a moratorium of increase. Well, that ship has said, 162 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: because you're seeing rents be increased six, seven, ten percent 163 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: in some places, which means that not even for the 164 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: working class, but whatever is left of the middle class 165 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: is being squeezed out of cities because they can't afford 166 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: the rents. And so you know, Mayor Adams has spoken 167 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: about this, but hasn't really done anything right. Usually sides, 168 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: you know, on the sides of the landlords as opposed 169 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: to the tenants. And so in that issue, when we 170 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 1: see rents that are escalating to places that have become 171 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: so unaffordable. There are rents around here where I live 172 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: in Brooklyn that you're talking about are four five thousand 173 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: dollars a month. You know, you need to make a 174 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: significant six figure salary, a high six figure salary for 175 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,080 Speaker 1: that too for that not to phase you. So how 176 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: do we deal with these issues both and which is 177 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: that one people who are on the bubble of working 178 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 1: class to middle class right, are being squeezed out in 179 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: a way where their rents are more than thirty three 180 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,079 Speaker 1: percent of what their checks are. And then for those 181 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: who say that they're well meaning and want to care 182 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: for people who are less fortunate, but at the end 183 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: of the day just really don't want to see them, right, 184 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: So you don't have the push to politicians to say, 185 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: my constituents want this issue solved in a humane and 186 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: empathetic way. Absolutely, And you know, this issue of not 187 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: being seen is particularly vexing when you're working on the 188 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: issues of family homelessness, because it is not that we 189 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: want children on the street, but it's a crime to 190 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: have your child on the street. So no, I mean, 191 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: I've had intelligent people say to me, oh, I didn't 192 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 1: know there were children who were homeless. It's like, you know, 193 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: but you don't know what you don't see. So that 194 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: really and what's one of the reasons that win When 195 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: I got there seven years ago, we really ramped up 196 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: our efforts at you know, public relations, media, etc. Not 197 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: because you know, I'm a girl who doesn't mind being 198 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: on television, but because if people don't know, they don't 199 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: push the politicians. If people don't know, they don't hold 200 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: people accountable, and that really really matters too. You know, 201 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: I think you raised an issue that really is so important. 202 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: The left, so to speak, has a whole bunch of 203 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: issues they care about, rent control, rent stabilization, affordable housing. 204 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: But you'll see a New York City council or assembly 205 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: member who's on the top of the most left endorsement 206 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: list get an endorsement on Tuesday and on Wednesday stand 207 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: up and say I don't want to shelter in my neighborhood. 208 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: You can't be. We shouldn't allow people to get away 209 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: with that, and we shouldn't allow the left to get 210 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: away with that, because who should be at the top 211 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: of our progressive agenda but women of color and children 212 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: of color. And that is who is homeless in New York. Now, 213 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: as it relates to the real estate industry, you know, 214 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: and housing, I take a little bit of it, maybe 215 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: an unconventional tact. Let's dialogue with the real estate industry. 216 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: They build housing, what are they need? And want to 217 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: build housing that is affordable to my clients, but also 218 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: to the you know, mythical teacher and firefighter who are 219 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: living in New York City. So let's have those conversations. Now. 220 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: Clearly what they want is subsidies. Okay, I can, I 221 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: can yield that they should get some subsidies. Should they 222 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: get the depth of the subsidies they want? No, but 223 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: let's have that debate. But I've had conversations with real estate. 224 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: May not phrase them in the right way, but basically 225 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: they're saying, you know what, if somebody comes from shelter 226 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: and they've not lived and are building this nice, will 227 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: they know how to live? Okay? Whatever, let's address the 228 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: right way to say that somebody's moving to a new 229 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: neighborhood and they don't know anybody, and they may have 230 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: been in shelter for two years, given how long it takes, 231 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: and they haven't paid you know, a content or whatever 232 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: for a while. They may need I believe people need aftercare. 233 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: It's a big transition what they're going for. So let's 234 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: set up that aftercare. But I don't want WIND to 235 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: run it. I want the settlement house in the neighborhood 236 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: near where they live to run it, or the community 237 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: based group in the neighborhood near where they live to 238 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: run it. So if there are paying bill issues that 239 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: landlord can call that neighborhood group and we can work 240 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: to help. And interestingly, you know, the real estate folks 241 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: have said that would really be of interest to them. 242 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: I said they should sell, they should help fund it. 243 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: Those conversations are ongoing. But you know, people, you know, 244 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: I don't always know that people want to help. But 245 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: there are people who want to help and don't know 246 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: how to help. But there are other people who should 247 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: help and need to be don't want to help to help, 248 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: and that has not happened enough in the Adams administration 249 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: or to date in the new Hoco administration. People need 250 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: to be told I want to switch gears now because 251 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: there's there's another issue. I mean, there are many, but 252 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: there's another issue that you know, when people think about 253 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: New York City, and folks who live in New York City, 254 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: they think about freedom, right, they think about living in 255 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: this diverse place where you can walk down the sideway, 256 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: you hear seven eight different languages, you see and hear 257 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: all types of people, and people come here for the 258 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: freedom of that experience. What we've seen, though, Christine, over 259 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: the past couple of months right in particular, that have 260 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: made headlines there's an escalation in hate crimes towards the 261 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: LGBTQ community. There was a member whose home whose apartment 262 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: building was vandalized and was harassed at a at a 263 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: drag story time followed home building vandalized. Most recently, there 264 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: was an LGBTQ flag in front of a restaurant in 265 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: Soho that was taken and burned. Right the person, a woman, 266 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: was just arrested on charges. When people see things like that, 267 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,159 Speaker 1: they're not shocked when they hear about it in a 268 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 1: red state right or in a red area right. When 269 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,439 Speaker 1: they hear about these things in New York City, I 270 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: think a lot of people, not just the people in 271 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: New York City but nationwide, are like, oh my god, 272 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,400 Speaker 1: this is really this is scary because if this can 273 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: happen in New York right, then this can happen anywhere. 274 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: What are you making, you know of what seems to 275 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:06,479 Speaker 1: be an escalation towards the LGBTQ community in cities that 276 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: have long time been safe havens. So it's the LGBTQ 277 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: plus community. We've seen it in the Asian American community 278 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 1: and in the Jewish community recently. Yep. And you know, 279 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: before I got elected to the City Council. In nineteen 280 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: ninety nine, I ran the New York City was then 281 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: called the New York City Gay Lesbian Anti Violence Project. 282 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: It's now just called the Anti Violence Project. And one 283 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: of the things we documented was that as our community 284 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: got more power and visibility, the attacks would escalate, and 285 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: as there was coverage in the press and the media. 286 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: At that time. I'm a million years old, but at 287 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: back time, you know, ellen coming out something like that happens, 288 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: violence goes up. Or elected officials and people of stature 289 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: say anti LGBTQ plus things or anti Asian, etc. Violence 290 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 1: goes up because people who hate are always tragically a 291 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: step away from acting out. So when something happens that 292 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: angers them, it pushes them. When they, you know, see 293 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 1: a congress member say something anti LGBTQ plus, it pushes 294 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 1: them over the line to act out violently. And what 295 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 1: happens with some types of hate and actually LGBTQ plus 296 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 1: Asian and anti Semitic or evidence of that, those haters 297 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: will go to the places they think those communities are 298 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: and lash out in those areas. And that's what we're seeing. 299 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: And I believe I don't know this, but I believe 300 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 1: based on my experience in ADP and my experience working 301 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: on hate crimes and city council, I believe the haters 302 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:08,479 Speaker 1: are enraged that Donald Trump is not president yep, and 303 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: that they've lost their king, and that is part of 304 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 1: what is fueling them and that they're seeing in New 305 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: York more LGBTQ elected officials than ever before, more LGBTQ 306 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: elected officials in higher positions than ever before. After having 307 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 1: had twelve years of eight years of the lesbian speaker 308 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: and four years of the gay speaker, these people are 309 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: pissed off. You know, we're rising while they're falling. So 310 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: I think that is part of it. Now, what is 311 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: the response every time there is a hate crime, doesn't 312 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 1: matter who it's against, we need to speak out, We 313 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: need to condemn it. We need to stand with every 314 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 1: community and the highest level people, the mayor, the governor, 315 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: the senators, etc. Etc. Need to do that. One. Two, 316 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 1: the police department needs to engage and I really applaud 317 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,439 Speaker 1: them for apprehending this woman so quickly. And whether we 318 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: like all the cameras out there or not, wake up people. 319 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: You can't do anything and not end up with a 320 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,360 Speaker 1: picture of yourself. You will get caught, and the haters 321 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: need to know the police department takes this seriously. There's 322 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 1: a hate crime unit and they will bring every resource 323 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: they have to bear to apprehend hate criminals out there. 324 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: We need to spread that message and I know a 325 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 1: relationship as a community is complicated with the police, but 326 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: it is important in these hate crime moments to stand 327 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: with the police. And I know historically I'm not saying 328 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 1: it's not now. I just don't know. Historically the hate 329 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: crimes unit has been very diverse and very effective and 330 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: very sensitive. So it's a good, you know, part of 331 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: the department to be working with. Now when will this stop, 332 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, but I do know that's standing with 333 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:16,439 Speaker 1: ourselves as a community and standing with other communities is 334 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 1: the main thing that makes a difference. And it is 335 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: also a place where standing there in solidarity is very 336 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: helpful in dealing with the trauma. And I just want 337 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: anybody who hears this, if you were a member of 338 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 1: a community that has been suffering hate crimes. That's the 339 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:39,479 Speaker 1: thing about hate crimes. They're not designed to hurt that 340 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: one person. They're designed to hurt the whole community. And 341 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 1: if you feel traumatized and then say what's wrong with me? 342 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: I wasn't the person who was attempted? Right? You do 343 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: feel trauma? Get it addressed quality VP's hotline, Speak to somebody, 344 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: because unexpressed trauma eats away at your soul, lessens you 345 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: as a person, and that's what these horrible people ultimately want. 346 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: You know, Christine, you say so many valuable things here, 347 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,880 Speaker 1: and I wonder as a you know, as a former politician, 348 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 1: you know, we are seeing this escalation right in violence 349 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: and hate because of the rhetoric right that we are 350 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 1: seeing across across the country. What do you think? What 351 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: what kind of response should there be to politicians who 352 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: are using their microphones, their platforms, their their social media 353 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: handles to stir and create hate, Like should they be 354 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: held accountable? Should there be some type of standard here? Absolutely? 355 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: You know, people during the presidential elections with Trump would 356 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: say to people on you know, TV, your podcast or whatever, well, 357 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: are you saying he's responsible for the violence? And everyone 358 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 1: would be like, oh, I'm not saying that. Yes, I 359 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 1: am saying that. I am saying that I've seen it, 360 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 1: I know it, I've documented it. And we need to 361 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 1: be that clear and hold people that accountable. And you 362 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 1: know what if these fools, who are you know, picketing, 363 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 1: drag story hour, opposing children learning in a fun way, 364 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: let's go to their house if where it countsil never 365 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: bocher lives. Isn't sacred their house. Yeah, we're not going 366 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: to vantilize it, not gonna ventialize it. We'll stay in 367 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 1: appropriate distance away so people can come in and out 368 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,640 Speaker 1: of the front door. But you know what, what's good 369 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: for the goose is good for the gander. And you know, 370 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: back in the day, there was a very anti gay 371 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: school board out in Queen's Cummings. Was the woman's name, 372 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: I can't remember her first name, who was chair of 373 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: the school board, and she was opposed to the rainbow curriculum. 374 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: And we went out to Queens. It wasn't pleasant. The 375 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: neighbors weren't happy to see us. But you know what, yeah, 376 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: you'd be afraid to do what we gotta do. Keep 377 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: it peaceful, keep it without you know, vandalism. I love that. 378 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: Christine Quinn, I thank you so much. Thank you for 379 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: your time and for the work that you're doing on 380 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: so many different fronts. Really appreciate you. And just before 381 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: you go. Please tell people, particularly those that live in 382 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: New York or actually want to use WIN as a 383 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: model for what they can do in their own communities 384 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: and places where they can get more information. Yeah, please 385 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 1: go to our website. It's win nyc dot org. That's 386 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 1: two ends w I n NYC dot org. Wonderful. Thank 387 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: you so much for making the time. I appreciate you. 388 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: Take care bye. That is it for me today. Dear 389 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: friends on woke app as always, power to the people 390 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: and to all the people. Power, get woke and stay 391 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: woke as fuck.