>> WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY TO
OUR POLITICS, I'M BAKER MACHADO
DEMOCRAT CARLOS AND CHAKA
REPRESENTS NEW YORK CITY
COUNCIL
DISTRICT 38 HAS BEEN A BROOKLYN
COUNCIL MEMBER EVER SINCE 2014
AS THE STATE'S FIRST MEXICAN
AMERICAN ELECTED OFFICIAL I'M
IN THREW HIS HAT IN THE RAIN TO
RUN FOR MAYOR OF NEW YORK
AS WELL HERE TO TALK ABOUT HIS
PLAN IS CARLOS MENCIA CUT
HIMSELF. CARLOS GOOD TO HAVE
YOU HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF
PEOPLE HOPING TO BE MAYOR A LOT
OF NAMES OUT THERE THERE IS
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE YOU WANT
TO PUT YOURSELF THERE AS WELL.
>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS DEMOCRACY
IN ACTION. SO
MANY VOICES. BUT I'M EXCITED TO
BE A VOICE THAT'S GOING TO
BRING NEW REPRESENTATION AND
NEW BLOOD. AS THE FIRST MEXICAN
AMERICAN AND FIRST OPENLY GAY
LEGISLATOR
FROM BROOKLYN. I WANT TO BRING
PROGRESSIVE POLITICS, A BOLD
TO REALLY BRING EQUITY TO THE
RECOVERY THAT WE'RE ALL WANTING
TO SEE HERE IN THE CITY OF NEW
YORK.
>> THE CURRENT MAYOR BILL DE
BLASIO ALSO RAN A PRETTY
PROGRESSIVE PLATFORM
AS WELL WHERE DID THE CURRENT
MAYOR FAIL IN YOUR MIND.
>> YOU KNOW THE CITY HAS
BEEN ASKING FOR PROGRESSIVE AND
BOLD POLICIES FOR A WHILE
THAT'S WHAT ELECTED ME IN THIS
BIG WAVE IN 2013.
WHEN WE GOT TO WORK WE FOUND
OUT THAT THIS MARE WAS ALL TALK
AND NO
TRUE LEADERSHIP. I AS THE
COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING AN
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. REALLY
HAVE BEEN FIGHTING HIS
ADMINISTRATION. SINCE THE
BEGINNING WE HAVE BEEN WANTING
MORE VOICE IN OUR ROOMS OF
DECISION DECISION-MAKING WE
WANT BUDGETS THAT ACTUALLY
SUPPORT IMMIGRANT AND LOW WAGE
WORKERS AND NOW THAT COVID HAS
EXPOSED SOMETHING THAT WE
ALREADY KNEW WAS THERE. NOW IS
THE TIME TO
ACTUALLY TRANSFORM OUR
GOVERNMENT NOT JUST IN
LEADERSHIP, BUT IN ACTUAL
POLICY THAT BRINGS THE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS. THE PEOPLE
HAVE
BEEN FEEDING OR OR CITY LIKE OR
DELIVERY WORKERS THEIR THEIR
WAGES ARE
STOLEN AND SO NOW IS THE TIME
TO MAKE TRANSFORMATIONAL
POLITICS HAPPEN.
>> CARLOS YOU WE ALSO KNOW THAT
THERE IS A SYSTEMIC RACISM
PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY AS WELL
AND WE REALLY GOT TO SEE THAT
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
LAST SUMMER. DURING THE PROTEST
DURING BLACK LIVES MATTER.
THIS OBVIOUSLY IS AN ISSUE VERY
PERSONAL TO YOU.
HOW DOES THE CITY COME BACK
THIS ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO ITS
RACIST PAST AND WHAT DO WE DO
TO REALLY SOLVE THIS ISSUE.
>> WE HAVE TO BRING
COMMUNITY FIRST YOU'RE THINKING
ABOUT BUDGETS AND LAST YEAR IT
WASN'T JUST NEW YORK CITY THIS
WHOLE COUNTRY.
WENT TO THE STREETS AND THE
CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A BUDGET
I VOTED NO
BECAUSE IT DID NOT DEFUND THE
NYPD DID NOT LISTEN TO THE
PEOPLE
THAT WERE WE'RE ON THE ON THE
STREETS FIGHTING FOR A JUST
BUDGET THAT WOULD DEFUND A
BLOATED IN MY PD
AND BRING RESOURCES RESOURCES
THAT HAVE BEEN. FOR A LONG
TIME DEFUNDED LIKE HEALTH CARE
HOUSING EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
>> CARLOS ALSO THE CORONAVIRUS
HAS REALLY EXPOSED. BIG FISHERS
WHEN IT COMES TO
HOUSING IN THIS IN THIS CITY
ALSO SMALL BUSINESSES OUT
THERE GORGEOUS HANGING ON BY A
THREAD, IF THEY'RE EVEN BEING
ABLE TO HANG ON AND ALSO MANY
BUSINESSES HAD TO CLOSE BECAUSE
OF
THE PANDEMIC WHAT CAN YOU DO
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WHAT'S
YOUR PLAN FOR THAT.
>> YES SMALL BUSINESSES ARE
VITAL TO OUR CITY AND WHAT
PEOPLE
DON'T REALIZE. AND WHAT WE NEED
TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT
THE ENERGY THE BACKBONE OF THE
ECONOMY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
IS AN IMMIGRANT IS AN EGG OR
IT'S AN
IMMIGRANT ECONOMY AND SO SO
MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT SO MANY THINGS
THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS SUPPORT
THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.
HU ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT
ARE BUILDING THE WHAT WE HAVE
DONE IN THE CITY COUNCIL IS
ACTUALLY BRING THE ABILITY FOR
RESTAURANTS TO COME OUTSIDE.
AND AND
DO THEIR WORK OUTSIDE, BUT WE
CAN BRING ARTISTS INTO THIS
CONVERSATION WE CAN
IMMIGRANT WORKERS LIKE THOSE
ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING
TO BE CLOSING IN OUR
INNER LEGISLATION BUT ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT. THIS IS A REAL
ESTATE BATTLE. AND THE REAL
ESTATE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN
RUNNING THE CITY OF NEW YORK I
DO NOT TAKE ANY DONATIONS FROM
THE REAL ESTATE COMPANY
WHICH IS WHY I'M ASKING PEOPLE
TO GO