2026-09-24 - Health and Human Services Committee

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Single item: a resolution (2026-048) urging Yale University to defend its institutional autonomy and not settle with the federal administration. The full Board later adopted it on 10/19. See Yale Autonomy Resolution.
The First Ward alder who sponsored it said the Department of Justice accused the Yale School of Medicine in May of violating federal civil rights admissions law and that Yale was negotiating a settlement. He argued that a settlement would put academic freedom, free speech, diversity and Yale jobs held by New Haveners at risk, and pointed to Harvard, which went to court instead. He also noted that settlements at other universities came with large payments, citing Brown and Northwestern.
Public comment was strongly in favor. Speakers included students, faculty, graduate workers, union members and residents. Themes were preserving diverse admissions and culturally competent medical training, protecting research from political interference, concern for immigrant and marginalized students, and opposition to Yale negotiating privately with the administration.
Some speakers also called for Yale to pay more to the city given its tax-exempt holdings, and for fair union contracts. No testimony against the resolution appears in the captions.
Committee members spoke in support. The committee moved the resolution to the full Board; the chair declared the ayes had it by voice vote and no tally was recorded.

Agenda

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Sources

Agenda: https://legistar2.granicus.com/newhaven-ct/meetings/2026/9/4863_A_Health___Human_Services_Committee_26-09-24_Meeting_Agenda.pdf
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3HZVc9qG6g (Board of Alders YouTube channel)
City legislative calendar: https://newhaven-ct.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx

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01:38There we go.

02:02Good evening and welcome everyone. We

02:04now call this meeting to order.

02:08Board of New Haven is health and human

02:10services service committee will meet in

02:12person on Thursday September 246

02:166 p.m. in the border office chamber 165

02:20to act on the following item-

02:232026-048

02:34of the church

02:39This item is on file is available for

02:41public inspection in the office of

02:43legislative service

02:45treatment agent for order of St. Peter

02:50Michael Smart city. If you need any

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02:55please contact 3943946

03:05in accordance with the city of New

03:11Testim.

03:19This meeting can be viewed and the board

03:22of alluce

03:27my colleagues

03:3015

03:32Frank Douglas Ward two

03:35>> war 12

03:36>> Theodore Ward one

03:41electronic device off and silent please.

03:45Uh

03:47we will take uh

03:51testify.

03:53Please keep it short. Keep it the three

03:55minutes opportunity to testify but make

03:58it brief to the three minutes.

04:02Thank you. I'll now call the maker of

04:04this resolution or the theater.

04:17Chair Sitting, members of the Health and

04:19Human Services Committee, colleagues,

04:22thank you for considering this

04:23resolution today. I will share my

04:25testimony in three parts and try and be

04:27brief. First, I will provide some

04:29context on the negotiations. Second, why

04:32I wrote this resolution and why I

04:34believe it is a crucial step for our

04:36board to take. Finally, I will highlight

04:38some of the money we received and hand

04:41it off to the one

04:48First on May this year, the Department

04:52of Justice issued findings accusing Yale

04:54School of Medicine of violating federal

04:56civil rights admissions process. The DOJ

05:00alleged that Yale intentionally

05:01discriminated against white and

05:03Asian-American applicants in favor of

05:05black and Hispanic applicants, pointing

05:07to differences in grades, test scores,

05:09and admission rates among racial groups.

05:12In late June, the New York Times

05:14reported that Yale was negotiating a

05:15settlement with the Trump administration

05:17in response to these findings and that

05:19the investigations had expanded to Yale

05:21College and Law School. Following the

05:23news, a coalition of Yale students,

05:25faculty, and staff, alumni, and even

05:28community members came together to call

05:30on the university not to settle. Senator

05:32Blumenthal

05:34joined us this summer. Senator Bloom

05:37reported two settlement offers to the

05:40Trump administration

05:44disclos

05:47the specifics of any settlement remain

05:49unknown which in itself is deeply

05:51concerning to be clear DOJ has not filed

05:55a lawsuit against Yale

05:57Yale says that entering discussions with

05:59the government is a standard process in

06:02situations like this let's call this

06:04what it is this is political

06:08administration using the power of the

06:10federal government to attack diversity

06:15over their admissions policies programs

06:18and institutional decisions. Many legal

06:20experts have challenged both the

06:22substance of the DOJ's findings and

06:24Yale's decision to negotiate before the

06:26government has filed a lawsuit. If we

06:29take a look at how universities and

06:31other universities have fared, those

06:33that have reached agreements have made

06:34significant concessions affecting

06:36admissions, academic freedom, and free

06:38speech. Trump has consistently gone back

06:41from order. One deal is never the end.

06:44Harvard, by contrast, took the

06:46administration to court and has won

06:48several

06:50while continuing to defend its

06:51independence. Harvard has preserved its

06:53rights, dignity, and community format.

06:56That is the context in which this

06:58resolution tonight. Now, why the

07:02resolution? I wrote this resolution

07:04because I believe a settlement the Trump

07:06administration could significant

07:07consequences for Yale, New Haven, higher

07:10education across the country. As 41

07:12older, I believe I have a responsibility

07:14to speak up. We all know that Yale is

07:17engaged. It's the city's largest land

07:19owner where 15,000 students attend live

07:24and study and work in our city. For

07:26youth programs, community grants,

07:27property ownership, research,

07:28healthcare, and countless other ways,

07:31Yale has a massive.

07:33So, the choices Yale makes have a

07:35massive impact on our city. If the Trump

07:37administration imposes ideological

07:39witness tests on academic departments or

07:41programs, that could put Yale jobs at

07:43risk. jobs held by the New Haveners. If

07:46Y further limits free speech and

07:48expression on campus, that will limit

07:50the freedom of tens of thousands of New

07:52Haveners on land, our city. If Yale

07:54settles, it will only embolden this

07:56federal administration to continue

07:58lobbying Yale, other universities, and

08:00all sorts of institutions, including

08:03cities across the country. This is a

08:05consequential moment for higher

08:06education and democracy in America, and

08:09Yale must stand strong. I said earlier

08:12that Yale is a major part of New Haven.

08:14It is also an institution embedded in

08:16our city. Throughout this second Trump

08:19term, New Haven has protected our most

08:21vulnerable residents and our city's

08:23values. Even when doing so came with

08:25significant financial or political

08:27risks. We have sued over access to food

08:30existence. We have fought back against

08:32federal immigration enforcement. We have

08:34done everything we can to stand up for

08:35our residents. It is disappointing that

08:37Yale, an institution that should stand

08:39with city be a partner in this fight, is

08:42preparing to cut a deal with an

08:44administration whose actions have raised

08:46serious concerns among so many in our

08:48community. Students, faculty, staff,

08:51alumni, and behavior residents, many of

08:53whom are here tonight, are sending an

08:55unmistakable message. Don't settle.

08:58Yale's administration has its own

08:59responsibilities and considerations, but

09:02my responsibility as author is to listen

09:03to the people I represent. And as a

09:05board, we have a responsibility to

09:07listen to our residents. This resolution

09:09is the most formal statement the city

09:11can make on this matter and I believe we

09:13must make our position clear. Finally,

09:16the written testimony and proud to share

09:18Senator Richard Blumenthal class of 73

09:20and Congresswoman Rosa Deloro have both

09:22submitted supporting the res. I'm

09:25grateful to these federal leaders for

09:26their engagement and commitments

09:28alongside us. They understand the danger

09:30of this federal administration. Their

09:32insight should be taken seriously.

09:34A quick note to those testifying, please

09:37specify whether you're in favor or

09:39against the resolution. Thank you all so

09:41much again who are here tonight.

09:43Together we can

09:45see and I'm so excited to hear what you

09:47all have to say.

09:52[applause]

10:03I'll callify

10:15and

10:25>> [clears throat]

10:34[clears throat]

10:39>> Thank you.

10:45>> State your name and address for the

10:46record, please.

10:48>> Uh, Quesa Dual 821 State Street.

10:52Cynthia Sutanto, 821 State Street.

11:02>> Uh, good evening, Chair Singh, members

11:04of the services committee. Uh, this is

11:06my fifth year as president city as an

11:10undergraduate and now as a law student

11:12here tonight because I'm worried about

11:13what a potential settlement could mean

11:15for the future of the university and the

11:17future of the city. allowing the federal

11:19government particularly this

11:21administrative not saying who gets hired

11:23and who gets admitted not only the city

11:27as a whole

11:30of the university

11:36potentially separating that connection

11:37would

11:43student

11:44community working as a tax repairer at

11:46the library I've had the opportunity to

11:49interact with maybe about a thousand or

11:52so maybe residents. I can't think of one

11:55person

11:57would like to be approved by aurances

12:01university has given so far bearing and

12:03far from comforting even less

12:05considering that administration

12:08also compromising

12:11more less pressure. this lack of

12:14transparency in terms of this off the

12:17table in these negotiations

12:23to favor of this res.

12:27[clears throat]

12:28>> Good evening chair and members of the

12:30human service. I'm a first year student

12:33at law school but also spent my

12:35undergrad. So I've had the great

12:36privilege of calling new haven my home

12:38for the last four to five years.

12:41One of the most rewarding parts of my

12:42time at Yale has been engaging with New

12:45Haven's immigrant and refugee

12:46communities.

12:48In three years, I worked with the

12:50integrated refugee

12:52as well as Haven

12:54run by immigrant and refugee women that

12:56was recently shut down. As a do as the

12:59do as the daughter of it is a great joy

13:02for me to be able to resources to not

13:04only support organizations that were

13:06often underresourced but also connect

13:08with communities and make New Haven such

13:10a wonderful and diverse place to live.

13:13Consistently we've seen that the Trump

13:15administration opposes nonprofit

13:18causes they believe are

13:21really integral to what makes a

13:23community.

13:25The Trump administration's potential cut

13:27public service and DEI could threaten

13:30longstanding partnerships between the

13:32Yale community.

13:35Marginalized communities and minority

13:37students interests can't be marketing

13:38chips in a settlement with the Trump

13:40administration. So I urge you to vote in

13:41favor of this resolution.

13:43>> Thank you. [snorts]

13:53>> [applause]

14:06>> State your name and address for the

14:07record, please.

14:08>> My name is Ellen Koopo.

14:13Um, dear Chair Sang and honorable

14:16members of the Health and Human Services

14:17Committee. Um, I'm a lifelong resident

14:21of New Haven, um, and a proud vice

14:24president of Uni Paranormal 34. I'm

14:27speaking in favor of this resolution

14:30because Yale must not

14:35violence in our community. Young must

14:42with equity, inclusivity, and justice

14:45non

14:48history is state initiatives that

14:51perpetuate the challenges that working

14:54people of color daily. A deal Trump will

14:58likely

15:00challenges. We're all concerned about

15:03the signs sending in a future

15:05settlement. Gale has already used the

15:08Trump administration's attacked

15:11to justify students, workers, and their

15:15families and our community. We've

15:17already been hit hard by the cost of

15:20living in the Trump administration

15:24and our family.

15:27In local 34, we had members who worked

15:30for Yale uh but who have been evicted

15:33from their homes, forced to use food

15:35pantries.

15:40Yale says they're struggling too because

15:44of an in the hiring

15:49layoff budget. Our workers report their

15:53jobs are not getting filled with current

15:55staff overworked and hearing the

15:57pressure to fill in the gaps with AI

15:59automation. Local 34 and local 35 are in

16:03contract negotiations. Gale right now.

16:07Gail is offering wages below projected

16:12that we will fall further and further

16:18justification

16:21not truth. They estimate tax will cost

16:2630 million which is a lot to you and me

16:31but that's not much to you. Last year,

16:34Yale made $4.5 billion in the endowment

16:38returns. None of this austerity is

16:42necessary.

16:54is low and responsibility to be a good.

17:00So as we tell Yale not to settle, we

17:04must also say blaming the federal

17:08government for university.

17:11Federal government is harming us enough

17:15already.

17:18[applause]

17:23We have

17:26Montilla and Selma Mari.

17:44>> State your name and address for the

17:46record, please. My name is Michelle

17:47Mania and I live at 301 George Street.

17:50>> My name is Monesa and I live at 12

17:53Street.

17:55>> Um, good evening chair Singh and members

17:57of the Health and Human Service

17:58Committee. My name is Michelle Mia and

18:00I'm a second year MD PhD student at the

18:02Yale School of Medicine.

18:04>> My name is M. I'm also

18:09>> We're here to present a student

18:10perspective, but it's one that's shared

18:12by more than 180 of our peers.

18:19sent a letter to school leadership and

18:21the president of Yale with a simple ask

18:24refuse to settle with the federal

18:26government. You may have seen that the

18:27DOJ recently investigated admissions at

18:30the school of medicine. Findings

18:32questioned black and Latino medical

18:34students place. For us, a settlement

18:36represents an agreement with the

18:38conclusion of theation

18:40accusations

18:42threaten

18:49that produces talented, engaged, and

18:51skilled in our city.

18:54>> We spent the past few weeks

18:57across our school as students were

19:01directly affected by changes in federal

19:03funding. I've been told that my program

19:05look very different

19:08students.

19:09We don't take those risks lightly and

19:11yet we're still here today telling you

19:14to refuse this. Critical and community

19:17research has always been at risk and

19:19already experienced disruptions grant

19:21terminations across the country.

19:25We've seen actors outside the

19:26administration step up through federal

19:28intersecting

19:43research.

19:47As a firstg low income student, I fear

19:50that the repercussions of this we have a

19:53future on the medical field and that

19:55people like me may not have the

19:57opportunity to be a part of the next

19:58generation.

20:00Studies have shown time and time again

20:02that diversity in the medical field

20:04leads to better health outcomes for all

20:07patients and that there's a deep need

20:09for culturally competent that not only

20:12threats the future of medical school but

20:14the future of

20:19and I'll say it again

20:25under members of our community

20:28and and to defending holistic

20:30admissions.

20:32We are committed to our city's mission

20:33and values and to the principles and

20:36practices down and we are committed to

20:40student voices across and beyond campus.

20:43We ask you of others challenging moment

20:47and commit to the same.

20:49Thank you for your money.

20:57Next we'll have Morrison and

21:03Morrison.

21:26>> [clears throat]

21:29>> Okay.

21:31>> Next.

21:32>> Zack Pan.

21:34Zack Pan.

21:42>> [laughter]

21:50>> Go ahead. State your name for the

21:51record.

21:54>> 261 Park Street.

21:56>> Brian Joe, 170 Ellsworth Avenue.

22:05Good evening. My name is Sali. I'm the

22:08one DTC coach. I'm a senior at Yale, a

22:11student.

22:14I worked at Yale as a

22:18star

22:20[clears throat]

22:20assistant and I'm here working.

22:29I support this resolution because it to

22:32stand up at a moment when the universe

22:34access is being tested and for me this

22:37is also about something

22:40who are

22:43pay time for those questions matter in

22:46light of Y's own committee on trust in

22:48higher education

22:50identify

22:52and university governance as central

22:54sources of distrust

22:57working class undergrads like me gout

23:00wing firsthand. This April some

23:03delivered more than

23:06students calling for fair wages on

23:08campus and greater monetary contribution

23:11from

23:13as

23:14receiving financial aid. I know how

23:17circumstances shape our ability to

23:19participate in this university and I've

23:21seen

23:24haven that's why I wrote this country

23:28students has the resources to make

23:31different choices

23:36in fiscal

23:38while committing $150 million

23:41initiatives in recent years. We brought

23:43those statements in a post and asked for

23:46meeting with Scott Stroel's chief

23:48academic officer. We were asking him to

23:52sit down academic lives who his office

23:56directly oversees him.

23:59Instead, he directed us to a dean who

24:02does not.

24:04My trust rose further when I see leaders

24:07negotiate with administration over

24:16the undergrads about that history.

24:21That is why this resolution matters to

24:22me

24:26of color be able to access

24:29some supports this resolution because it

24:32should defend autonomy and a commitment

24:34to access and it should rebuild trust by

24:36negotiation with the students workers

24:38and New Haven residents who make this

24:40university.

24:43>> Good evening

24:46services. My name is Brian. I'm a second

24:48year medical student. I stand here in

24:50solidarity and also my class neighbors

24:55resolution in May. The department of

24:57justice accused my medical school

24:59discriminants and people who look like

25:01me are its main exhibit. The letter says

25:03an Asian similar academic credentials

25:06based on a black applicant. It lines

25:10by race as a test scores were the sole

25:12measure of compassionate doctor. I've

25:15seen this before medicine. And I studied

25:17Asian history and my identity and civil

25:20rights as trans

25:24students all walked up together to

25:26demand an education that my parents here

25:33and yet today

25:35achievement

25:37the model story needs among Hian

25:42Cambodian and communities and humans

25:45also against our black and brown

25:47neighbors whose struggles made our

25:50I refuse for my story to be weaponized

25:52in

25:54that enable community with

25:58my friends

26:00medical schools. It's how medicine

26:03should work. Black newborns are more

26:05likely to survive when

26:07doctors from underserved communities are

26:09more likely to go back.

26:11Patients trust doctors who understand

26:13their language, their neighborhoods, and

26:15also their own history with medicine. It

26:17is not compassionate or effective care

26:19when predominantly white and Asian

26:21medical students treated mostly black

26:23and

26:25our faculty, our providers and students

26:27should all serve. This obligation is

26:30especially true given the history of

26:32school which is complicated by eugenics

26:35research that help develop racist

26:36policies.

26:39Today policy and segregation still

26:41define our city. The life expectancy

26:43differs by 15 years between

26:46a diverse country was part of the larger

26:48promise that Yale owes to our city

26:51paying its fair share hiring locally

26:53funding social services creating good

26:55effective unionized jobs and fully

26:57funding our schools along with local

26:59housing. Yale is now pointing to the

27:01government tax as to pull back from the

27:04city and cut back on its workers. But

27:06settling administration is not going to

27:08protect us. It only changes that works.

27:12Yale has the welcome to fight back and

27:14should invest the resources in New Haven

27:17and accessible and equitable healthare

27:18system with diverse providers. Please

27:21pass this resolution and tell you don't

27:23settle. Don't cut. Stand with the people

27:25OF

27:27[applause]

27:31[applause]

27:38Amy

27:40McL.

27:59State your name and address for the

28:00record.

28:02>> My name is Kenzie Morrison. I live at

28:04996 and a half state street. Uh I've

28:07been working at the library

28:10for almost four years now. Uh and I'm

28:13here to speak on connection between what

28:16spoke on as well connection between our

28:18city budget and the deration of duty

28:20that Yale has

28:23provide for that lives on

28:26and we see that every day's

28:36right

28:41hand in

28:42of the most uh you know funded

28:44universities that we ever have and it's

28:48a 44 billion university and it takes a

28:51massive massive tax break that comes

28:53[clears throat] out of our pockets. Our

28:55city has been subsidized

28:58wealthiest institutions last year alone

29:01even after

29:05struggling

29:07from the

29:10city

29:13most

29:21paid and I've had co-workers to

29:25afford to live

29:29and work for you know job library here

29:33pays

29:3691 so I can't really blame them for for

29:39leaving that

29:43percentage of the city budget percent

29:50so much more with

29:54We cut these social services because

29:56it's been cut by been cut by

29:59you know we have

30:03those efforts don't you know we have to

30:06make more do more work and more stressed

30:10just trying to make up for what is lost

30:16earlier just have a leazison who had an

30:19office in our

30:21last

30:23Now we no longer have that empty. So the

30:27same we lost

30:32brother.

30:35We also

30:41colleagues did that

30:44regain consciousness. Thank you.

30:47I'm involved that struggle. Uh we ran

30:51214 programs

30:54and [clears throat] one-on-one

30:55assistance and outreach events. Imagine

30:59what we could do fully funded. You know,

31:01imagine what we could do fully staffed.

31:03Our gone from 71 to

31:0825 years. So we're we're having

31:12back to 71 people and we're doing all of

31:15this this small capacity right

31:21now is using this endowment tax as an

31:24excuse to further impose austerity onto

31:27that has already been a lot and they

31:31also run programs with students how to

31:35like prototype the first product all of

31:37that I have I just checked out

31:43and this should be

31:47Trump is making them neighbors by ICE as

31:51well

31:53[clears throat]

31:55and

31:57across the street from Yale to find

32:02contribute.

32:17I can guide

32:20that I really would like to do but

32:22instead

32:25it lack of funding by the tax break.

32:40My name is about 367 Elm Street and I've

32:45been proud to vote in the last two New

32:47Haven elections and I'm grateful

32:49especially [clears throat]

32:51but also all the holders here. There are

32:53two points that I want to make. The

32:54first was about values. I think this

32:57committee but also holders in general

32:58have shown a lot of courage

33:02in your actions and your advocacy

33:15and fight

33:19as as a city is so important and

33:23grateful that this and hopeful people

33:26that we passed. It follows a long

33:29history of standing up to what is wrong

33:33and doing what is right. The second

33:35point I wanted to make as another

33:36Asian-American student and someone who

33:39when I applied to Yale checked the box

33:42that said I was scared that you know

33:46maybe that would be but at the same time

33:48I understand fully that this

33:51investigation what's happening right now

33:53has with helping something to do with

33:56helping it's about a wedge issue pitting

34:00different groups against each other And

34:05that makes it so much so much more

34:10support

34:11because this is a way to push back

34:13against this very cynical effort to pit

34:17American groups against each other. So

34:19there's a job I want to make grateful um

34:22especially for Alder Gor introducing

34:25this but also all of your leadership on

34:28fighting for what is right in the city.

34:29Thank you. Thank you.

34:33>> [applause]

34:38>> Myers and Justin.

34:43Justinfield

35:00178

35:03here with New Haven Rising. Haven Rising

35:06joins many across the region, country

35:08and world in expressing our

35:10disappointment that Neo is currently

35:12negotiating for Trump administration as

35:15many across the world are choosing to

35:17find

35:19Trump's extreme agenda. The New York

35:21Times has flagged criticism

35:26as an example of the cost of

35:28capitulation.

35:30As a trans person,

35:33I'm particularly upset about the fact

35:35that he will collaborate with that puts

35:37my very existence at risk of course my

35:40neighbors. In that vein, the federal

35:42government's attack on higher education

35:44is a chance for y'all to take an

35:46important first step in addressing its

35:48own history. Students, faculty, and K12

35:51teachers of the anti-ugenics collective

35:54have done extensive research into the

35:56history of eugenics at the to this day.

35:59The words Institute of Relations are

36:02inscribed school of medicine. 100 years

36:05ago, the Institute of Human Relations

36:07sponsored eugenics research programs

36:10that contributed to systems of racism,

36:12sexism, and homophobia that continue to

36:14affect black, brown, and queer people

36:16living in the city. The institute also

36:19produced research that in the words of

36:21scholar Laura L. Lever contributed to a

36:25legacy of racebased discrimination in

36:27housing, disparities and wealth that

36:30resulted from those differences. A set

36:32of eugenesis policies which we now

36:34globally know as red.

36:37We experience the scars of red lining

36:39every single day. The life expectancy in

36:42Prospect Hill is over 10 years longer

36:45than bordering.

36:47Yale shows deference to the bullying

36:49tactics of the racist federal

36:50government, but it has not respected our

36:52local and state governments efforts to

36:55address inequality in the future despite

36:58increases in its voluntary contribution

37:00to

37:02the Yale University and the other

37:04hospital refused to contribute anywhere

37:07close to their 100 million tax. In 2016,

37:11in response to legislation clarifying

37:13Y's tax responsibility for buildings

37:16with commercial activity, Y threatened

37:18to scale back work in genome analysis

37:21and to mitigate.

37:24Why does Yale oppose good efforts to

37:26improve [clears throat] our city yet is

37:28willing to appease a federal government

37:30that is actively hostile?

37:33The university still has the

37:34opportunity, however, to make the right

37:36decision. The right decision is

37:38protecting economy and refusing to

37:40negotiating

37:45fair and just deal with campus workers

37:47and community to address this history

37:51and move us forward.

37:59>> Hi, I'm Justin. I'm the 900 Chapel

38:01Street. Um, good evening chair and

38:04members of the committee. My name is

38:05Justin. As I just said, I'm a war seven

38:08voter analyst and an Haven and rising

38:11member. I'm here to urge you to support

38:13Alder Theodore's resolution. It's no

38:15surprise that the alder asking Yale to

38:17have us find is both a Yale student and

38:19a lifelong resident of New Haven

38:22graduate.

38:24As um as other universities have settled

38:26with the Trump administration for up to

38:28$200 million, Yale proves yet again that

38:31exploit privileges at every level of

38:34government

38:36and provides yet another slap in the

38:38face to res.

38:39While Yale considers Washington, it has

38:42gone to extreme length as payments. I

38:45want to draw your attention to the fact

38:47that along with the controller's office,

38:50the Connecticut Commons of

38:51Municipalities and Yukon has assembled

38:54an historic citizens assembly to solve

38:57Connecticut's reliance on aggressive

38:58property taxes services. 100 randomly

39:02selected citizens of the assembly have

39:04met to find they have done so academic

39:08buildings

39:10exempted from the property taxes they

39:12were the university to fix. In fact $4.4

39:17billion in tax exempt property for the

39:192022 valuation

39:22current $30 million annual voluntary

39:24payment works out to about 6.8 8 mills.

39:28Every other homeowner, landlord, and

39:30pizza shop in this city pays 39.96

39:34mills, which

39:36bills are set to rise again.

39:39Next year's

39:41tax

39:46charters

39:502016 lawmakers consider changes to

39:52Yale's exemption. The bill passed the

39:54finance committee 2022 yield position

39:58that the changes were unconstitutional.

40:0111 law professors publicly disagreed

40:03till it died in

40:06the lawyers and lobbyists are willing to

40:07pay out the corrupt cabal of

40:08billionaires ransacking our government

40:10to keep research dollars flowing. They

40:13are not to pay their host city the same

40:15rate everyone else. Yeah, pay the mill

40:19rate. with this is the wrong government

40:22for the wrong reasons capitulating to

40:24Washington

40:26power

40:28to avoid taking everyone else should

40:31voluntarily the bill right now. In the

40:33meantime, Harper should fully fund pilot

40:35and move to change these exemptions.

40:37Every member of the board of alers

40:39wishing privately.

40:42Thank you.

40:47>> [applause]

40:52>> and Jacob M.

41:14So state your name and address for the

41:16record and continue. My name is Jacob

41:20Mai. I live at 30 Nash Street.

41:25And so to begin, as I said, my name is

41:29Jake Mai. I'm a W nine resident, a fifth

41:32year graduate researcher in

41:33immuninoiology at Yale and a proud

41:36member of Unite Hero local 33. And

41:39speaking in favor of the resolution, I

41:41believe Yale must refuse to trade away a

41:43strong research teaching environment to

41:46win favors.

41:51I studied the evolution of

41:54its

41:56stretch DNA that cut and pasted itself

41:58around

42:00the host organ [clears throat]

42:03became essential without rag animal from

42:06a shark to human diverse antibodies that

42:09protect us from infection

42:11rag's evolutionary history and steps a

42:14road map for understanding how

42:17occur

42:20it also Each of us have designed new

42:21proteins for new medicines and

42:25could have predicted studying an matter

42:28child of cancer engineering. That's how

42:32fundamental science works. Discoveries

42:34that matter most often come from

42:36questions people chase because of

42:38curiosity, not because

42:42only works if scientists and not

42:44politicians decide which questions are

42:46worth asking and who gets to ask them.

42:49Since I was a kid, I dreamed of doing

42:51research that helps understand the world

42:53and build new technology. This year,

42:55I've watched this dream get harder and

42:57harder as my colleagues have their

42:59grants terminated and are forced to

43:01leave the US to do science abroad.

43:04Yale is a successful research

43:07institution because of academic freedom

43:08and a research environment composed of

43:11vastly diverse community experts. Gale

43:14is risking the foundations of the

43:16success by considering a settlement with

43:18the Trump administration. The Trump

43:20administration has taken strong stance

43:22against research and education and

43:24clearly does not have good intentions

43:26for academia. Settling with the DOJ

43:28would be a blow to academic freedom not

43:30just at Yale but at Preston for further

43:33attacks on universities across the US. Y

43:36has resources not only to stand Trump

43:39but also to deeper in our city. The

43:42university still refuses to contribute

43:43to the city their full $110 million tax

43:46break offering billions on their end

43:49every year. We will do more to further

43:51protect research autonomy including

43:54settling contracts including the

43:56contract 34 and 35 that secure academic

43:59freedom and the safety of the very

44:01workers who made the crowd research

44:03community possible whose work is

44:06critical to success.

44:08>> Thank you.

44:12street

44:14and the members of the human services

44:17committee

44:21resizer.

44:24[snorts] I'm speaking in the resolution

44:26tonight because I care deeply about

44:27research independence and the talented

44:30diverse community work and study.

44:33I did my PhD in molecular biohysics and

44:35biochemistry and studied DNA repair

44:37pathways that are implicated in numerous

44:40cancers such as breast, ovarian,

44:42pancreatic and prostate cancer. My lab

44:45was O'Neal's medical campus and my

44:47research benefited so much because of

44:48the experts at the school of medicine.

44:52Seeing yellow

45:00and I'm even more researchers and

45:02university workers.

45:05The Trump administration has spent an

45:07enormous amount of time and energy

45:08trying to defund and dismantle univers

45:14how much more difficult this

45:16administration has made the lives of

45:18people who are just trying to do

45:19research that humanity poor. Academic

45:22freedom was a hallmark of American

45:24universities administration

45:27research and teach

45:30baselessly defunds research and targets.

45:34If y settles it will not only be seeding

45:36theity of Yale but also empower the

45:40Trump administration

45:43rights. Yale has a huge endowment yet

45:46refuses to pay their fair share of the

45:48city of New Haven

45:50to settle with Trump further by actually

45:53protecting university and community

45:57should contract with local 33

46:01researchers protect them in this hostile

46:03research. He should also contract locals

46:0634 and 35 to protect the workers from

46:10many attacks.

46:12Y has the resour resources to settle

46:15good contracts and give more to the

46:17immediate. It's time for Y to do what's

46:19right. Refuse to settle protected

46:21workers and fair share to the city to

46:24pass resto

46:34and

46:36Ramos.

46:53>> [clears throat]

46:58>> um 8290 Wall Street. Um good evening

47:02chair Singh and members of the health

47:04and human service committee. My name is

47:05Anna Mustayas and I am a professor at

47:08Yale University in the program of

47:09ethnicity, race and migration. I am here

47:12tonight in support of this resolution

47:14because what Yale does at this moment

47:16matters

47:18as it largest employer and landlord. I'm

47:21especially concerned about negotiating a

47:23settlement the Trump administration with

47:26many of our students, faculty, staff,

47:28and their families are already

47:29experiencing

47:32federal immigration enforcement. The DOJ

47:35investigation of Yale's admission

47:36practices raises a question on this. Who

47:41gets to belong here in New Haven and who

47:43gets to decide who has access to a Yale

47:47education? As someone who came here from

47:49San Luca, Puerto Rico to attend Yale

47:51College many decades ago, I have a Yale

47:55educator. I still remember walking to

47:57Wilbur Cross High School as part of

48:00Latina program

48:03alongside other working.

48:06I also how many of us were able to

48:09imagine futures that even part of our

48:11imaginaries before coming here. We want

48:14other students to have those same to

48:16come from those economically racially

48:18diverse backgrounds and contribute to

48:20making Yale in better places. The Trump

48:23administration's approach to Yale

48:24college admission is not socially or

48:26racially as Y would have us believe it

48:31is directed at people like my

48:34not because we did not deserve to be at

48:38the process but quite the opposite

48:41[clears throat] because

48:44We became critical thinkers unwilling to

48:48accept that negotiations with the DOJ

48:52conducted in good faith. That's why I am

48:56concerned about any

48:58federal government overly

49:06assured us that the university will

49:07protect these principles. But we still

49:09know very little about what's being

49:11requested, what he is considering, where

49:14negotiable boundaries.

49:17At a moment itself has become precarious

49:20for for so many is in a position to

49:22demand that Yale uses its considerable

49:25institutional power to protect the

49:27people study and work here

49:30independence.

49:32If an institution with resources that

49:34has national stature that can defend

49:38autonomy, universities with fewer

49:40resources will

49:42I urge the board of others to support

49:44this resolution and to be clear that

49:46what does this moment matters not only

49:49but for

50:00singing and members of the committee.

50:03Young

50:06and I speak in favor of the resolution

50:08for a number of reasons. Firstly, legal

50:11experts have confirmed that the DOJ

50:13claim that Yale School of Medicine

50:15disease against white and Asian students

50:17is baseless.

50:19Our response would be to trust the legal

50:21experts and to protect Yale's integrity

50:23by being willing to defend it in court

50:25if necessary. This is what former

50:28president Peter

50:32Trump adjacent

50:36rather than going to court and this is

50:38what recently they want their usually

50:42that's whatever does in other words

50:45President McInness claims that he

50:48engages in negotiations is incorrect and

50:51it is a losing strategy that is the

50:53second issue we don't know what is being

50:56negotiated frequency decisions that

50:59massively impact our future is a big

51:01problem in itself. What we do

51:05that did set under similar

51:07circumstances.

51:08The University of Virginia for example,

51:11the result was not the end of government

51:13interference, but the opposite. The

51:16settlement does not only allow for

51:18continued financial extortion, but

51:21affirms the federal administration's

51:22right to interfere with university

51:24affairs for years to come. Any

51:27resistance

51:29university considered to punish women

51:33very disturbingly hireed

51:37in negotiations with the federal

51:39government

51:41of Virginia left it position that is not

51:47there are more issues but I have one

51:49final point speaking as a historian

51:53global of the extreme right The goal of

51:57the DOJ investigations is not to prevent

52:00racial discrimination, but to prevent

52:02it. That is not an opinion. It is a fact

52:06confirmed by this

52:10Trump administration statements. A year

52:13to go along with that is shameful and

52:15willation

52:18if it happens. But this is relevant

52:20beyond Yale. It is very clear that the

52:23attacks freedom are notated

52:26attacks by the Trump administration on

52:29vulnerable community

52:31actively under

52:36every person of color in this country

52:37living here

52:40knowledge

52:42are all part of the same playbook

52:45rapidly moving the US towards

52:46authoritarianism.

52:48A lot is at stake here and what happens

52:51at Yale directly affects.

52:55So I hope you will remind Yale this

52:57responsibility

53:00to defect democracy.

53:02Thank you very much.

53:03>> Thank you. [applause]

53:10[applause]

53:30and

53:42I'm left here.

53:48Thank you.

53:50For the record, please.

53:53>> Yeah. Thank you, Ting. Um, 302.

53:57[clears throat]

53:57Um, thank you also to the other members

53:59of the Health and Human Services

54:01Committee. I unequivocally support Alder

54:04Theodore's resolution urging President

54:05McInness and the Yale Corporation to

54:08reject a settlement with the federal

54:10government.

54:12Students on campus are afraid. Alder

54:15Theater referenced the summer's panel of

54:18incoming students, student athletes,

54:21international transportal students,

54:24first generation, and low income

54:25students. And they shared one feeling in

54:28common. They feared what a settlement

54:30might mean.

54:33As we've seen at other universities

54:34where cultural centers could be at risk,

54:37so could their right to study what leads

54:40them, their right to protest, the

54:42privacy of their emissions and

54:44disciplinary records. These potential

54:47compromises are dangerous in themselves,

54:49but relationship with New Haven is also

54:52at risk. I volunteer for New Haven

54:55nonprofits that support victims of gun

54:57violence. There's spread [clears throat]

54:59thin now more than ever. At a moment

55:03when the Trump administration has

55:04slashed federal grants dedicated to

55:07violence prevention, these organizations

55:10have to lay off staff and are working

55:12harder for less. Those resources could

55:16help what they've lost. Yet they know

55:20that settlements at other come with

55:23enormous treasury payments. Brown paid

55:2750 million. Northwestern 75 milliona

55:32over $200 million.

55:36It's not hard to imagine a Yale

55:38settlement in this range. How big might

55:41our blank check?

55:44I want that money to go.

55:47I want it to be used to defend the

55:49community violence intervention programs

55:51the city provides on. I want the people

55:54doing that work to stay employed. I hope

55:57this

55:58>> Thank you.

56:00[applause]

56:07>> R Madison,

56:10that right

56:15>> college

56:24and Jada is next.

56:30>> My name is Huge and I live at 24.

56:35Good evening and members of the health

56:38and human services committee. Thank you

56:39so much for this opportunity to speak.

56:42I'm here to speak in support of this

56:43resolution. I grew up in New Haven. I

56:46attended cross high school with all the

56:48adults and I'm currently a senior at

56:51Yale and chair of the rooster square

56:53community management team. I'm

56:55continually in awe as it navigates

56:58difficult interactions with the Trump

57:00administration

57:02has time and again demonstrating it

57:05strength as its and protest residents.

57:08It's now Y's

57:12a settlement with the Trump

57:13administration is as seen again a

57:16slippery slope's potential settlement

57:18[laughter] would have far between the

57:20past both in New Haven and on the

57:22president said

57:26I see this as an opportunity for to

57:28stand on its belief in principles

57:30beliefs and principles and demonstrate

57:34that it has for both students and

57:36payment.

57:38I urge the committee to pass resolution

57:40and I urge the students, faculty,

57:43employees and New Haven.

57:50>> My name is Jaden and I live at York. Um,

57:54good evening Singh and members of the

57:56health services.

57:58As I said, my name is Jaden and I'm a

58:01junior at Yale University. I came to

58:04speak in support of this resolution. My

58:06family has deep roots in Oakland and

58:10city neighborhood. Um, as I was growing

58:13up, I watched

58:16lived in that neighborhood make

58:17decisions that taught me to ask one

58:21question about any deal that shapes a

58:22community who was in the room making

58:24these decisions. I've come to love

58:27Newman as my own. Through my work with

58:29community partners here, I've seen

58:31awards.

58:33So I asked that same question about

58:35settlement with the DOJ and the answer

58:38worries. Those walks happened behind

58:41closed doors and the people who live

58:43here have

58:45yet this city where 14,000 work

58:51the people Yale employs and educates

58:53neighbors and their families live in

58:55every part of the city

58:57who Yale admits

58:59information and how it secure

59:03New Haven's families.

59:05New Haven has already stood up for its

59:06immigrant neighbors and for and for

59:09families who rely on this resolution

59:12asks

59:14that New Haven has. So I ask

59:19you question [applause]

59:26and Cheryl Bergman.

59:47206 Allen Street.

59:50Good evening, Chair Singh and members of

59:53the Health and Human Services Committee.

59:56My name is Morning Zhao. I'm a first

59:58year undergraduate student at Yale and I

1:00:01grew up in a rural uh in a rural part of

1:00:04Northern California in a community with

1:00:07far fewer resources and opportunities

1:00:10than

1:00:12I'm not here against Yale. I'm here

1:00:15because I want the community back home.

1:00:20This is exactly why I think it's

1:00:22important to say this. The decision to

1:00:25settle with the Trump administration

1:00:26doesn't even it lands hardest on the

1:00:30students who already have the

1:00:34where I'm from. There were no pipelines

1:00:37into research or internships, no

1:00:40clinicians labs, no in-class

1:00:42partnerships with local universities.

1:00:45To get any research experience at all, I

1:00:48had to cold email with professors myself

1:00:50one after another until one finally said

1:00:54yes.

1:00:56I got lucky.

1:00:58But that shouldn't be the standard for

1:01:00success. Students in better resource

1:01:02areas get handed doors while I had to

1:01:05build mine from the ground up. And most

1:01:07kids in my family don't even have the

1:01:09opportunity to.

1:01:11Growing up in these conditions doesn't

1:01:13simply build character in some

1:01:15inspirational way. It just means fewer

1:01:18people from places like mine make its

1:01:22like this at all.

1:01:24I also want to address something else. I

1:01:27don't feel the minority assumption

1:01:29attached to Asian-American students.

1:01:31That stereotype erases the economic and

1:01:34diversity of Asian-Americans. It assumes

1:01:36a kind of privilege that wasn't my

1:01:38experience may overlook exactly the kind

1:01:41of impact describing today.

1:01:45So I ask and members of the health and

1:01:49human services committee to consider the

1:01:50students

1:01:53communities like me. Please pass this

1:01:56resolution.

1:01:57Please don't settle.

1:02:12My name is Joe Bergman. I live at 476

1:02:15Gale Avenue

1:02:17section of New Haven. I'm here tonight

1:02:20to speak in favor of older Theodore's

1:02:22resolution before the board. New Haven

1:02:25is my home in the deepest sense. I have

1:02:28lived here for 50 of my 73 years. My

1:02:31husband [clears throat]

1:02:33and lifelong

1:02:35and I raised our two daughters here,

1:02:37sent them to public schools and taught

1:02:40them to value and serve their community.

1:02:43We are grateful they have chosen to

1:02:45build their lives here.

1:02:49Aldo and I spent our years at university

1:02:53retiring after 439

1:02:56respectively.

1:02:58We were founding members and leaders of

1:03:00local 34 majority female and technical

1:03:03workers union established in 1983.

1:03:07At the time, work performed mostly by

1:03:10equipment was paid at 59 cents for every

1:03:12dollar a man earned. When challenged to

1:03:15address the low salaries and previous

1:03:20president

1:03:22said comparable worth societal problem

1:03:25not one sol

1:03:29inequity became a central issue in first

1:03:32contract negotiations and comfortable

1:03:34work equal pay for equal work became a

1:03:38primary goal after years of organizing a

1:03:4110-week strike

1:03:43for first contract at Yale in January of

1:03:461985. The agreement required Yale to re

1:03:52job descriptions and restructure so

1:03:55positions be valued by their duty rather

1:03:58than gendered.

1:04:00It also created a stepped salary system

1:04:03that allowed employees to advance within

1:04:05their labor grade without depending on

1:04:08students. These reforms recognize

1:04:13substantial pay

1:04:17employees and established comparable

1:04:19worth at Yale and I are proud of the

1:04:22economic standards

1:04:24first contract those that have followed

1:04:27established at Yale and across the

1:04:29region impact on the local economy has

1:04:32been substantial. I raise this history

1:04:36because Yale has often said one thing

1:04:39but can be compelled to do another on

1:04:43the one hand engraved above

1:04:46that monumental entrance to old campus

1:04:49is motto lux

1:04:54and truth

1:04:56that has adorned seals in 1736

1:05:00for centuries Yale has

1:05:04while acting against it. Yale has

1:05:07changed course only and others exposed

1:05:11its hypocrisy by bringing the truth to

1:05:14light. We New Haven residents and

1:05:17members of the now four night care will

1:05:21have gone to battle against Yale know

1:05:24that Yale acts only when a bright

1:05:27spotlight exposes its conduct and puts

1:05:31its name at risk. Yale's reputation is

1:05:35its

1:05:37corporation

1:05:39body composed of leaders

1:05:42and businesses in the United States and

1:05:45across the world and be pressured to act

1:05:48for New Haven's benefit not from

1:05:51goodwill but from concern for their

1:05:54reputation.

1:05:56I therefore this award to adopt older

1:05:59resolution adding to the growing

1:06:02pressure to reject negotiations with the

1:06:05Trump administration and protect our

1:06:08community from the harm such compromises

1:06:11will

1:06:13Thank you very much

1:06:17[applause]

1:06:25and Trent K.

1:06:31So Trent is not here. So Kate Johnson.

1:06:35Kate Johnson.

1:06:44Hi, my name is Greg Gonzalez. I live at

1:06:46Fer Place just down the street. Um, I

1:06:50came here in 2008

1:06:53college and I've been here ever since

1:06:55graduate student and I was a faculty

1:06:56member in infectious disease

1:06:58epidemiology.

1:07:00I'm also a member of the board of health

1:07:02supporting

1:07:04health director.

1:07:06Let's talk about New Haven's bravery

1:07:08first. As official

1:07:12authority in our country, taking the

1:07:15Trumpution to court and rallying our

1:07:17city in resistance, it makes me deeply

1:07:19deeply proud of the city. Now, what does

1:07:22Yale's craven desire to settle the Trump

1:07:25administration mean for us?

1:07:27What drove me to come here tonight

1:07:29resolution is what mean? The

1:07:33university's potential capitulation

1:07:36tells me you're on your own against

1:07:38administration at this point, right? It

1:07:41weakens our collective in our great not

1:07:44only but our country. And it is a deep

1:07:46[laughter] betrayal of our city and our

1:07:50country's democratic

1:07:52if we all need to unite city.

1:07:57Please support this resolution and tell

1:07:59Ya if it doesn't

1:08:02do that. They may be willing to

1:08:05collaborate but the residences of the

1:08:07city of will not.

1:08:14>> Um good evening chair and members of the

1:08:16health and human services. Tonight I

1:08:19resolution as a senior at the university

1:08:22I'm deeply involved in programs. Through

1:08:25this work, I've seen firsthand how

1:08:27important it is for students to have the

1:08:28ability to organize, express their

1:08:30views, and participate.

1:08:33Last spring

1:08:35to make our concerns heard responsibly

1:08:38significant restriction on our ability

1:08:39to organize and to express our son from

1:08:42across campus. We are forced to

1:08:44congregate on this institution

1:08:46censorship and intimidation action.

1:08:49Whatever one's views on the issues being

1:08:51debated, I believe that the ability to

1:08:53symbol speak and disagree is fundamental

1:08:56to

1:08:57I believe that would further jeopardize

1:09:00students right

1:09:03spaces where students can challenge

1:09:05institutions, debate difficult questions

1:09:07and advocate for fear that their speech

1:09:10organized.

1:09:12I urge you all to not settle with the

1:09:13Trump administration to stand up for

1:09:15democracy. Thank you for

1:09:18[applause]

1:09:24>> Did I get it right?

1:09:28[laughter]

1:09:45Sarah 56.

1:09:48>> Good evening, Chair Singh and members of

1:09:50the Health and Human Services Committee.

1:09:52I am here tonight in strong support of

1:09:54Alder Theodore's resolution. As a

1:09:56five-year resident of New Haven, a

1:09:58former student at Yale College, and a

1:10:01current post-graduate fellow at Yale

1:10:02Law, I am deeply concerned about the

1:10:04potential effects of this stuff. Such

1:10:07agreements officials dangerous leverage

1:10:10over university admissions,

1:10:12curriculum, and research.

1:10:16My own research is in the human rights

1:10:18field. My research

1:10:21freedom is a clear tactic of

1:10:23authoritarian.

1:10:25If Yale compromises economy under its

1:10:28political pressure, it both threatens

1:10:30Yale's research and human rights field,

1:10:32a subject scrubbed from federal

1:10:34documents websites, and the strength of

1:10:38American

1:10:40Thank you.

1:10:44[applause]

1:10:50[laughter]

1:10:58>> And Isaac,

1:11:06[clears throat]

1:11:07excuse me. addressing your testimony.

1:11:10>> My name is Richie Haven. I live at 302

1:11:14Street.

1:11:15Good evening, Chair Singh and members of

1:11:17the Health and Human Services Committee.

1:11:19I'm a sophomore at Yale. I live here in

1:11:22Connecticut and I spent this past summer

1:11:24organizing here in

1:11:271988. Former Yale President Bart

1:11:33which is now the Cornell Scott Hill

1:11:35Center about what a city is cities

1:11:40are they're not natural phenomena but

1:11:43intentional products of human

1:11:47in all of our private decisions finally

1:11:50give way to one.

1:11:53I choose not to live alone but among

1:11:56others. When you choose to live among

1:11:59others, your choice is not being yours

1:12:01alone. Right now, Yale is making a

1:12:05public choice in his office settlement

1:12:09after settlement with no binding

1:12:11guarantee to protect international

1:12:13students free expression right to admit

1:12:16its

1:12:19name for this kind of retreat.

1:12:20[clears throat]

1:12:21He called it going suburban, privatizing

1:12:24one's choices and stepping away from the

1:12:27hard work of living among others. A deal

1:12:30struck alone in Washington, shaping to

1:12:34study and work here. Is Yale going

1:12:36suburban while still sitting physically

1:12:39in the middle of New Havening every

1:12:41citizen every day? That makes this New

1:12:44Haven's business. Yale takes a great

1:12:47deal from the state. I don't need to

1:12:49tell this committee that it pays no

1:12:50property tax to its land, that growth

1:12:53has driven up prices in neighborhoods,

1:12:55and that city services support everyone

1:12:58who works and studies at Yale. But Yale

1:13:02also enriches me by admitting an

1:13:04exceedingly diverse and vocal student

1:13:07body who became part of this story. A

1:13:10deal this administration puts

1:13:12international students and immigrant

1:13:14students is at risk. It threatens

1:13:17students like us in our ability to speak

1:13:19up when Yale does wrong. And it hands

1:13:21Donald Trump a sail.

1:13:25If university bargains this away,

1:13:28community even loses much of what Yale

1:13:30does get back.

1:13:32Jabati warned against institutions that

1:13:34go begging distant bureaucracies and

1:13:37forget this that their strength lies in

1:13:40the people around them. The city the

1:13:42lesson of a city is in its mutual

1:13:45sucker. For three centuries, Yale has

1:13:48asked a great deal of New Haven.

1:13:50Tonight, New should ask something of

1:13:53Yale. Yale owes the city its courage,

1:13:55but the city owes Yale its honesty in

1:13:58this resolution. I urge you to support

1:14:00this resolution and remind the

1:14:02university that it made its home here

1:14:05among New Haveners by choice.

1:14:12My name is Isaac Clinton. I live at 205

1:14:14along the street. I'm also a member.

1:14:19I've been lucky enough to live in New

1:14:20Haven my entire In fact, standing on top

1:14:23of each track, I think I can make out

1:14:24every home I've ever lived in and every

1:14:26school I've ever attended. It includes

1:14:28my 13 years in New Haven public schools

1:14:31in the past year at Yale. So today I'm

1:14:33here in support of this resolution not

1:14:35only as a member of the Yale community

1:14:37but also as someone fortunate enough to

1:14:40grow up experiencing the huge impact

1:14:42this university has on the city. The

1:14:44economic and physical impacts of the

1:14:46university are clear today.

1:14:49I want to focus on the importance of

1:14:51preserving the ability of the 15,000

1:14:53students who come from around the world

1:14:56thoughts and opinions of your questions.

1:14:59It is a great fortune that people from

1:15:02every background in every corner of the

1:15:04world choose our city as the place to

1:15:06learn, grow, and share their stories.

1:15:09Ass we have a responsibility to welcome

1:15:12each and every one of those people and

1:15:14perspectives into our city. Not only is

1:15:17this welcome the right thing to do, our

1:15:19city benefits deeply from the thousands

1:15:22cited young minds that spend time

1:15:24engaging in and investing in our

1:15:26communities. Our responsibility extends

1:15:29past

1:15:30as a city. We need to push to make

1:15:33decisions that will protect the people

1:15:37and know your page is behind them

1:15:39without fail stand.

1:15:42Right now our responsibility is to

1:15:44protect free speech that Yale brings to

1:15:47us. Even if the outcomes of a settlement

1:15:49are unknown, standing with students and

1:15:52faculty is our option. Dies are members

1:15:55of our community and new stand up

1:15:58administration since his first term.

1:16:00Today's resolution is an opportunity not

1:16:03only to stand up for administration but

1:16:06also to show the thousands of students

1:16:09that he will stand

1:16:13[applause]

1:16:18up and Zack

1:16:37My name is Terrence, 95 Ottabon Street.

1:16:40I'm a seven resident, fourth year

1:16:42graduate student in political science

1:16:44and a proud member of my union here in

1:16:46local 30. I'm speaking in favor of Alder

1:16:48Theodore's resolution because I believe

1:16:50Yale must stand up for academic freedom,

1:16:52free speech, and reach independence

1:16:54principles as Dr. Alillrated under

1:16:59the Trump administration's

1:17:02persistent attacks are personal. I am

1:17:05one of few public graduates

1:17:08in part because I received a federal

1:17:10fellowship of 2023 that recognized the

1:17:12potential broader impacts in research on

1:17:14multial democracy. This summer Trump

1:17:17administration suspended that fellowship

1:17:19my international co-workers immigrant

1:17:21peers peers fear whether it is safe for

1:17:23them to stand up for their research even

1:17:25be an active member of our community.

1:17:28I've watched Yale arrest my friends and

1:17:31suspense to organizations overed speech

1:17:34just to suggest preemptive operational

1:17:36Trump administration's ideological goals

1:17:38in the press. Despite this atmosphere, I

1:17:42am proud to be part of a union that has

1:17:43helped graduate and post-doctoral

1:17:44workers take a stand against

1:17:46administration, including by sending

1:17:48hundreds of public comments to the

1:17:49office of management budget this summer

1:17:51that helped stop rule that would have a

1:17:53viscerated research.

1:17:57I want Yale to join us and take a stand

1:17:59too. But defending just

1:18:04doing past

1:18:09you stores

1:18:12it means that they are struggling under

1:18:13the endowment tax increase but the

1:18:16continued millions of dollars of returns

1:18:18the endowment well outped

1:18:22and the full 100 million our city is

1:18:25even less right as the Trump

1:18:26administration spends grants critical to

1:18:28the education of welfare in our city and

1:18:30persecutes.

1:18:32There's no justification for austerity

1:18:35or it

1:18:38is precisely the time for Yale to do

1:18:40more to not just settle

1:18:44but work to settle fair.

1:18:50Thank you.

1:18:54>> My name is Zach Carini. I live at 1013

1:18:57State Street.

1:18:59I'm a fourth year graduate work. I'm a

1:19:02proud of

1:19:05I speaking in favor of this resolution

1:19:07because I believe must resist political

1:19:09pressures to compromise the integrity of

1:19:11its research and teaching students.

1:19:14My research fundamental studies of two

1:19:17dimensional conformal field theories.

1:19:19The NSF graduate fellowship.

1:19:24This grant is only available in the US

1:19:27which is available directly to workers.

1:19:30Give me the freedom to control the

1:19:32direction of my own rather than beholden

1:19:34to

1:19:40everyone.

1:19:50cut funding to the GRFP was badly hit

1:19:54and acceptance rates were cut in half.

1:19:57Many of the extreme and qualified

1:19:59students that I advised had their

1:20:01applications denied

1:20:03and I have seen the impact this changes

1:20:05had on students. Not only has it

1:20:07restricted resources available to

1:20:10dedicated but it has restricted

1:20:15the message that our government is not

1:20:17interested in the

1:20:21government

1:20:28that espouses

1:20:30has the resources to stand up to Trump

1:20:32and to step up

1:20:35university still refuses to contribute

1:20:37to the city the 110

1:20:40that they would be paying in taxes and

1:20:42their endowment grows by billions every

1:20:44year. It must

1:20:49secure

1:20:51the great workers who make the

1:20:53university

1:20:56[applause]

1:21:02and Brendan.

1:21:13name of that.

1:21:20>> My name is Alex. I'm a student who is

1:21:22calling home for the last two years and

1:21:24I'll be brief. I'm speaking in support

1:21:26of the resolution put forward by Alder

1:21:28Theodore. As the current Yale student

1:21:29body president, I have been to see New

1:21:32Havenity

1:21:33in standing up for it residents.

1:21:37neighbors in the face of lawsuits

1:21:42and again the city has made clear that

1:21:43is

1:21:48thousands of students staff alumni

1:21:51leaders

1:21:52to do the same to no avail regards to

1:21:55what a settlement can mean for

1:21:56independence Yale cannot exist without

1:21:58the thousands of new students staff

1:22:01faculty and alumni who work and study at

1:22:04and contribute

1:22:05When Yale compromises its values, it

1:22:07fails the people university and it fails

1:22:11to realize the consequences of the

1:22:12example it sets are not confined within

1:22:15its

1:22:16fought for our community. Y must too. I

1:22:19support

1:22:26Brendan Kaminsky at 242 Elm Street and

1:22:29I'm here in favor of the resolution. Um

1:22:32good evening chair Singh and members of

1:22:34the health and human services committee.

1:22:36I'm here tonight in my capacity as chief

1:22:38of staff for the college council our

1:22:41undergraduate student government but

1:22:43also directors

1:22:46a free of cost program that seeks to

1:22:48increase

1:22:51access to international relations

1:22:53education through weekly

1:22:56students. This program alone is a

1:22:59testament of just how interconnected

1:23:01your university and our city have become

1:23:04and that doesn't even count who the

1:23:06nearly 14,000 faculty and staff working

1:23:11are deeply impacted by university

1:23:13decision.

1:23:14It's clear that we're in a moment of

1:23:17grave political uncertainty, one in

1:23:20which the livelihoods of international

1:23:22students, activists, cultural centers

1:23:25and LGBT plus communities.

1:23:29Several Trump era settlements with peer

1:23:31institutions have challenged away core

1:23:34tenants of an institutional culture that

1:23:37is inclusive. Colombia conceded, quote,

1:23:42programs that promote efforts to achieve

1:23:44racebased outcomes, quotas, diversity,

1:23:48and at Brown, transgender students were

1:23:51forced to navigate a functionally

1:23:53inaccessible

1:23:55after university chose to adopt

1:23:58administration shortsighted.

1:24:02I do not want Yale following this path.

1:24:05One in which some of our most vulnerable

1:24:07students are sacrifice in the interest

1:24:09of negotiating a settlement that

1:24:11satisfies a hostile political agenda.

1:24:14And I say this not only as a concerned

1:24:16student, not only as a leader in Yale's

1:24:19undergraduate student government, not

1:24:21only as the director of a program that

1:24:23supports public high school, but also as

1:24:26a young man proud of

1:24:29heritage who recognizes that diversity

1:24:31is more than just

1:24:34that

1:24:37enduring

1:24:40welcoming and inclusive for all who step

1:24:42foot on campus.

1:24:45I thus urge you all to support Alder

1:24:47Theodore's

1:24:49and join me imploring Yale to not use

1:24:51his students as

1:24:54to formally abandations

1:24:56with the Trump administration.

1:25:01[applause]

1:25:07Anyone

1:25:10like to testify?

1:25:16[clears throat]

1:25:25>> Of course. Joseph, 516 Orange Street.

1:25:28Uh, thank you very much, Chair Singh and

1:25:30members of the Health and Human Services

1:25:32Committee. I've lived in Newton, been

1:25:33part of the Yale community for the last

1:25:35five years. uh very gratefully and uh

1:25:38I'm here to support um Alderman

1:25:40Theodore's resolution. Um a lot of us

1:25:44remember uh what we learned just less

1:25:46than two years ago the 2000 documents

1:25:49that were obtained by journalist

1:25:54information that was that old

1:25:56compromised individual privacy that

1:25:58secretly worked with outside police the

1:26:00FBI and a division under the department

1:26:03of homeland security and um even

1:26:06publicly admitted working with the

1:26:08Connecticut intelligence center which a

1:26:09lot of us know are is a center that's

1:26:12widely criticized for targeting not just

1:26:14peace activists but communities of color

1:26:16like the

1:26:18fact that just a few hundred meters that

1:26:20way it deployed militaryra drones

1:26:23against the people that so this along

1:26:27with all the other testimony there's

1:26:28very little to say uh to clarify that

1:26:31the decisions that Yale chooses to make

1:26:33with federal authorities will affect the

1:26:35privacy the speech the lives of the

1:26:37people across the city um department is

1:26:40accusing the school field of of

1:26:42violating title six and seeking a

1:26:43voluntary resolution. Uh, of course,

1:26:46allegations of breaking the law should

1:26:48be taken seriously and resolved

1:26:49according to the law. But again, as many

1:26:51people have quoted, professor will tell

1:26:53you, it's not about this. It's about

1:26:54whether or not you're going to have an

1:26:56agreement, just like all these secret

1:26:57agreements that we saw the result of

1:26:59these last two years, which is going to

1:27:01be involved with the executive branch to

1:27:03do far far more what a court would

1:27:06require by law. And city pressure is not

1:27:08weakening our university negotiation

1:27:11position. If anything, city pressure

1:27:13will strengthen our negotiation

1:27:15position. Will the Trump admin see Yale

1:27:17as a team of very very very small group

1:27:21decision makers? Or can Yale come and

1:27:23say, "Hey, it's not just us who have to

1:27:25make this decision. We have to deal with

1:27:27the city, the host city, the faculty,

1:27:29the students, the workers, the alumni

1:27:30staff to say these are the limits of

1:27:32what our community will accept." I hope

1:27:34that the city in this moment will make

1:27:36sure that

1:27:38thank you

1:27:43and members of the health committee. My

1:27:45name is Su and I will let

1:27:49I'm here tonight as a president of and

1:27:52as a faculty member of Y University. I

1:27:55teach in the women's gender and

1:27:56sexuality studies department and I'm

1:27:59here because I'm one of the many

1:28:00concerned faculty who have sent

1:28:03individual emails to President McKinnus

1:28:06pleading her not into any negotiations

1:28:09or a settlement with the Trump

1:28:11administration. It would mean a lot to

1:28:13me and many of us um for New Havens to

1:28:18join us in our own home resolution

1:28:22government's attacks on higher education

1:28:25and on the freedoms to learn to think to

1:28:28write to speak and to teach our students

1:28:33and have a historically complicated and

1:28:35difficult relationship. I'm very well

1:28:37aware of this but many of us faculty

1:28:40live in New Haven and really deeply care

1:28:43about

1:28:44I have to tell you have said this

1:28:47already that is the largest employer and

1:28:49land owner in New Haven that the

1:28:52settlement will have a huge impact on

1:28:55itself. I also want to emphasize that as

1:28:59some of my colleagues have done that

1:29:00past presidents of Y have successfully

1:29:03similar allegation about

1:29:07and president has the full capacity to

1:29:10do the same. Finally, it matters to me

1:29:13and many of us that Yale refuses to

1:29:16enter settlements with an administration

1:29:18that has had and continues to have

1:29:21extremely racist, anti-immigrant,

1:29:24sexist, homophobic and politics. This

1:29:28means that government's policies are

1:29:32resource

1:29:38rejects any

1:29:41directly against state

1:29:44that seeks to harm [clears throat]

1:29:47and students and inevitably the city

1:29:50that is a part of. Thank you for your

1:29:52conservation.

1:29:54[applause]

1:30:09>> [cough and clears throat]

1:30:19>> Thank you. For the record, please

1:30:22continue your testimony. Brian Barry,

1:30:252011 Mson Street.

1:30:28Chairman Singh and members of the

1:30:29committee. I am here today as a New

1:30:31Haven resident, a secondyear law

1:30:34student, and as a senator on behalf of

1:30:36the Yale Law student body testifying

1:30:38today support of the resolution

1:30:45at the prospect of university

1:30:50not only about how

1:30:54devastated at the message they were

1:30:56convey

1:30:58before coming to New Haven.

1:31:00I had never lived outside of Arizona.

1:31:03A year ago, I moved across the country,

1:31:05miles away from my family to attend Yale

1:31:08Law School. I was proud of that choice.

1:31:11My classmates also chose Yale because we

1:31:14believe in what Yale University

1:31:16professes stand

1:31:20to think the unthinkable,

1:31:22discuss the unmentionable, and challenge

1:31:24the unchallengeable.

1:31:27Those words come directly from Yale's

1:31:29freedom of expression policy which

1:31:32describes protecting that right as the

1:31:34university's obligation and its central

1:31:37function.

1:31:38Freedom of expression is what makes the

1:31:40legal possible is what allows us law

1:31:44students to learn disagree with one

1:31:46another but still remain incredibly

1:31:49close community. Any agreement with the

1:31:52Trump administration that threatens the

1:31:54independence of male law schools

1:31:56teaching research missions or expression

1:31:59would detrimentally harm the education

1:32:02and security law students.

1:32:05The words that Yale says matter as do

1:32:09other words Yale has chosen to use for

1:32:11its departments and programs. Words like

1:32:14diversity, equity, inclusion, and

1:32:17accessibility.

1:32:19These are not merely buzz words. They

1:32:21communicate something important

1:32:24all students. No matter who you are,

1:32:26what you look like or where you come

1:32:28from, we belong here together.

1:32:33But ultimately, this is so much bigger

1:32:35than the words Yale uses. It's about

1:32:38whether the people who rely on those

1:32:40promises can continue to rely on the

1:32:43university faced decision.

1:32:47That question does not stop at those

1:32:49gates. This university

1:32:55students, workers, patients, and

1:32:58neighbors are part of this and we all

1:33:01made a choice. We chose Yale and we were

1:33:03proud to do so.

1:33:06We asked President McKinnus and Yale

1:33:09University to choose us too and reject

1:33:12any settlement with the Trump

1:33:13administration.

1:33:15We urge you to stand also

1:33:31education as a former.

1:33:35I believe that Trump wants me to believe

1:33:39that I know not the best way to phrase

1:33:40it, but I think Trump wants me to

1:33:43believe that

1:33:44is a bad thing.

1:33:46I think Trump is pitting us against each

1:33:50other and Trump

1:33:54as a whole

1:33:56wants us

1:34:02at what.

1:34:04But I don't

1:34:06I know what it's like to be in a place

1:34:07with

1:34:09more importantly like to live in New

1:34:11Haven. A place of diversity. a place of

1:34:15a place of community.

1:34:19They know how important it is to be

1:34:21surrounded by those who are not only

1:34:23different from

1:34:25those those

1:34:27who can

1:34:29despite being different from each

1:34:32understanding.

1:34:34I love New Haven. It is my home.

1:34:38New has given me so much. It's not

1:34:40[clears throat]

1:34:41like me. is because everyone is

1:34:44different from me.

1:34:46is because despite we can come together

1:34:50and agree on things like this stand up

1:34:53to the Trump

1:34:55[clears throat and cough]

1:34:57and make sure

1:35:00I call upon you

1:35:02to stand up against

1:35:07and I call upon continue to defend those

1:35:12who are different

1:35:13and those who need our protection.

1:35:15action

1:35:17as per this resolution.

1:35:20[applause]

1:35:30>> Theodor, I'll give you

1:35:33like sure.

1:35:40>> Thank you, Chair. I didn't hear this

1:35:43brief, but This has been an amazing

1:35:47turnout and display of commitment and

1:35:50passion from so many different parts of

1:35:54the university community and our city.

1:35:56We had representatives from

1:36:01some housing. We had law school, the med

1:36:04school, over a dozen undergrads,

1:36:07professors, um, and then people in the

1:36:10New Haven community have a direct

1:36:12connection to Yale. This is something

1:36:14that is bringing our city together right

1:36:16now. It's something that our residents

1:36:17care about. I know how deeply my

1:36:20constituents care about this. And this

1:36:22is what we as a city can do at this

1:36:24moment. We need to take a stance here.

1:36:26We need to push all do right in this. Um

1:36:30I really think it's a consequential wall

1:36:32for the university for the city and for

1:36:35institutions of higher education.

1:36:38We need to say that this behavior and

1:36:40this bullying Washington is not okay. Um

1:36:44so

1:36:45hope you also appreciate you taking time

1:36:49to be here to listen and a huge thank

1:36:52you to everyone who came out. so much

1:36:54and this is how we will um push Yale to

1:36:59stand up. Yale needs our support. We all

1:37:02I love Yale. I care about Yale. They're

1:37:05to the people who make the university

1:37:07what it is right now and we need to keep

1:37:08speaking up. Thank you.

1:37:11[applause]

1:37:17[applause]

1:37:22testify.

1:37:48>> Try to make it very brief.

1:37:52>> [clears throat]

1:37:59>> name and address for the record, please.

1:38:01>> Uh, yeah. Yeah, thank you. Uh, Larry is

1:38:05the first and the last name is which is

1:38:07spelled I V I T I

1:38:11and I live at 1854 Dixville Avenue. Uh

1:38:18so it's like anyway

1:38:22it was the year 2000

1:38:26and

1:38:2825 when I was still

1:38:32trying to write

1:38:36a script and

1:38:39I was just diagnosed with cancer

1:38:42prior. So these young kids, students

1:38:48came down the corridor

1:38:51making fun of me and calling me a fabul.

1:38:55I called before I left the the

1:39:05guard

1:39:08and he said said

1:39:11document this. I just said, "Oh, God." I

1:39:14said, "This is it. I'm doomed." And two

1:39:18days later, I was served that if I step

1:39:22foot on

1:39:24that, I would be arrested for

1:39:26trespassing in the first degree.

1:39:31I can't even I mean it's

1:39:42uh

1:39:44many times and she took my hand and she

1:39:48said to me, "Don't you worry. I'm gonna

1:39:52take care of this."

1:39:54I talked to her assistant

1:39:57man.

1:39:59Nothing has done. They could care less.

1:40:02Um, and I with the cancer and everything

1:40:06else that I'm through, I didn't even

1:40:08know I'll make it to

1:40:12this unexpected. I didn't expect to to

1:40:15be here, but I just felt somebody to

1:40:18know if I wasn't I wasn't gay,

1:40:24they would do something about it, you

1:40:27know, and and they don't care. Um, I

1:40:30have a friend who was going

1:40:32Theater and me and my cousin this past

1:40:38can you come? I said, "I can't come.

1:40:41I'll be arrested." And he said, "You've

1:40:42got to be kidding." I said, "Does it

1:40:44look like I'm kidding?

1:40:48If I start to

1:40:51because this has been now going on two

1:40:54years, the beginning of January the 13th

1:40:57and

1:40:59I just get I'm not that give up but I

1:41:02don't know I don't know who I can turn

1:41:04to.

1:41:09>> Thanks Chris.

1:41:10>> Thank you

1:41:14regarding this resolution

1:41:22resolution.

1:41:44My name is Cynthia. I live on 33 college

1:41:47in Hampton, but um you know that I have

1:41:51been a part of the meeting community for

1:41:52quite a while. Um, I attended

1:41:54Metropolitan Business Academy.

1:42:18I believe that this is a very um

1:42:20resolution passed uh urgently and to not

1:42:24as you know academic partners.

1:42:30I could not understand how this would

1:42:32work. Um

1:42:35this happens to like happen.

1:42:45Um what's next? you know

1:42:52commission.

1:42:56>> Can you just

1:42:56>> Oh, is there anyone else in the public

1:42:59wish to testify please?

1:43:03[laughter]

1:43:05[clears throat]

1:43:07For the record, please.

1:43:13>> Hi. Um, my name is uh D

1:43:17I currently live on 38 CoAB, New East

1:43:20Haven, but I grew up born and raised in

1:43:23New Haven.

1:43:25Um,

1:43:27this is kind of a I've been listening to

1:43:30testimonies all night and um that's been

1:43:33going through my mind the whole time.

1:43:37that I'm sure nobody answer. But I guess

1:43:41I kind this question out into the ether

1:43:44forever decisions concern

1:43:49that question is

1:43:52two years of Trump's second term. Uh

1:43:56we're looking at the possibility he

1:43:58could get a year later president

1:44:03go. Even if that's not the case, that's

1:44:05still only two more years and he'll most

1:44:07likely be gone and even all said he's

1:44:11clearly age.

1:44:16So I'm wondering what what if if if

1:44:23Trump administration any of his demands

1:44:27for what? because for not going to be

1:44:30here much longer and everybody else that

1:44:32lives here is going to have to live with

1:44:33the long-term consequence is to appease

1:44:36a person who both politically and

1:44:41speaking is probably not going to be

1:44:43here much longer like this incredibly

1:44:46shortsighted short-term thinking with

1:44:50long-term ramifications and I

1:44:53desperately wish this is a microcosm of

1:44:57something I've been seeing play out

1:44:59politically

1:45:00at full life which is a series of

1:45:02decisions made for short-term benefits

1:45:05cost of long-term pain and suffering for

1:45:07countless people and whoever it is at

1:45:10Yale higherup that is making decisions.

1:45:12I guess I would urge them to think

1:45:14through to what end they negotiate with

1:45:19this mayor him to his demands when he's

1:45:22not going to be here much longer either

1:45:24way. that everybody who lives here.

1:45:25We're all going to be here and we're all

1:45:52resolution.

1:45:54Julian

1:46:01um I think I agree with all the

1:46:04arguments for here but I also think

1:46:06important to think about

1:46:09if this I think there's no if they sign

1:46:13his favor

1:46:16they are now stopped with the terms of

1:46:18that I think Trump administration can go

1:46:20back the Trump administration can make

1:46:23up the charge against them and to get

1:46:25back to the same decision they are. And

1:46:28so I think urging Yale not to make a

1:46:30mistake, not to overcommit to an

1:46:33agreement that might be administration

1:46:36that they are stuck with and that

1:46:39because of

1:46:41that we will be stuck with.

1:46:46Thank you.

1:46:48[applause]

1:46:53Everyone else in the public test

1:46:58see once

1:47:02twice

1:47:03three times. Do I have a motion?

1:47:16>> Do I

1:47:19fed

1:47:29a motion to move the resolution?

1:47:32Second

1:47:35was there moved and second

1:47:45I first like to thank all you for

1:47:48introducing this [clears throat]

1:47:49resolution. I also want to thank all the

1:47:51Yale students, the staff and the

1:47:53neighbors.

1:47:54I'm a lifelong Fair Haven resident

1:47:56representing the same ward my family

1:47:58came to in 197 from Italy. Um I

1:48:01currently work at Fair Haven School

1:48:02where 95% or more of our students are

1:48:04from your families. A few years ago we

1:48:08had a program with students from 25 plus

1:48:11countries across Latin America

1:48:16and funding cuts because of funding cuts

1:48:18from the Trump administration.

1:48:21I want to thank in the back who talked

1:48:23about the violent intervention cuts

1:48:26the laid off violent intervention

1:48:28workers over here. Um and I think that's

1:48:31just a cruel cut for a community that is

1:48:34struggle

1:48:47with the Trump administration. It's an

1:48:50act of institutional [clears throat]

1:48:51cowardice. Yale is our city's largest

1:48:53employer and land owner land owner yet

1:48:56they are on the verge of federal

1:48:57pressure dictating their policies and

1:48:59compromise the rights and security of

1:49:00their own students and staff. While New

1:49:02Haven has been in the trenches fight to

1:49:04protect our immigrant neighbors in both

1:49:06multiple residents from thisration

1:49:09is

1:49:11just fighting

1:49:14process. We did not let them roll over.

1:49:16Pass this resolution. Demand that

1:49:18President McKinnis and the Yorporation

1:49:20where I was fine. Reject this settlement

1:49:22entirely. Step up and defend the

1:49:25university in open court. Thank you, Mr.

1:49:31[applause]

1:49:52Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, we are living

1:49:56through very difficult and strange times

1:50:01and

1:50:04I think often feel like powerless and

1:50:07like there's nothing we can really do to

1:50:09change what's coming down from the feds.

1:50:15I'm I've been really proud of the women

1:50:18standing up in very meaningful ways to

1:50:20say no whenever

1:50:23I think whenever we have the opportunity

1:50:26to say what we're about and what we're

1:50:28not about to take it. I I'm not often in

1:50:32favor of

1:50:35a strategy

1:50:39and it's get distracted and

1:50:46But I think this is an opportunity to

1:50:48say clearly

1:50:50about what's happening in Washington and

1:50:52we don't support any effort to succumb

1:50:56to pressure here and so for that reason

1:50:59to support the resolution and I also

1:51:01thank our colleague from the first word

1:51:03for his leadership and organizing to

1:51:05bring people together on this issue.

1:51:07Thank you Mr. Thank you vice chair

1:51:09Miller

1:51:11and have a discussion.

1:51:14I would like to say thanks to all that

1:51:18came out and testify passionately about

1:51:21this res

1:51:23overwhelmingly and great support.

1:51:31It's New Haven standing up for doing the

1:51:33right thing and

1:51:35not to set

1:51:40and this way

1:51:46would not settle in the future.

1:51:50My colleagues

1:51:58said I

1:52:01Take a vote on the resolution for the

1:52:04board.

1:52:08All in favor?

1:52:10>> I

1:52:12I also the eyes have it. So motion has

1:52:15been made to the full board.

1:52:20>> Thank you.

1:52:22>> I have a motion to

1:52:24>> move. So a second.

1:52:26>> All in favor? I

1:52:28>> motion be made second.

1:52:34[applause]

1:52:42>> [clears throat]

1:52:55>> Sorry.

1:52:59I should have sent it to you.

1:53:01Thank you.

1:53:03safe.