Remarks by Alejandro Levy
29 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 31:23
“So it's a few times in... in life that you have an opportunity to present something that really means a lot. New Zealand's a city, in a personal way as well, and I see that as a village, we should be very proud of this foundation. It's led by Sheila. I met her six months ago something like that and she will tell the story better than me but i will read from the proclamation that is for your foundation then you can say a few words okay of course thank you so about harvard village proclamation do i read the whole thing whatever you want All right. Bahá'u'lláh Village Proclamation, where July is…”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Just one quick question. What would be the difference, like when you have a condo or you have... residents that have like a special assessment for a specific cause. Can this be done instead of increasing the mileage? Can you create like a specialist assessment for this litigation instead of having a mileage rate increase? Or is that not feasible?”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“I just think that increasing the military rate has a tax implication moving forward to people. I'm not a tax expert, but I do believe, remember reading something about it. That was the reason for my question. But again, I'm happy to support, you know, increasing to the maximum as well.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“If we're talking about increasing mileage and we're talking about having enough funds for litigation, there are two things that I don't understand. Number one is the hyper shops are listening to this, so they know what we're doing. That's number one. And number two... That's a good point. It is a good point in terms of, you know, go and screw yourself. We're going to get you, number one. But number two isn't... Vice Mayor Wolf has mentioned that the Ritz just fought a litigation case for $10 million. I foresee this going to those numbers. Is $4 million going to be enough?”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. So this item that I'm bringing for discussion is based on a conversation that I have with Commissioner Melissa Castro and also discussion that we have here with our council members particularly. when we were discussing ways for us to promote business for Bell Harbor. One of the things that we did a couple of weeks ago was to bring on board that soccer ball that is shown in the Bell Harbor shops, that is also shown in our beach path, and that cost us $300,000 or something like that. I understand where it came from, and I understand the payments.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Yeah, it was a hundred and thirteen, but it was supposed to be multiplied by two. Anyhow, so that was the original offering. So what I thought is, you know, why don't create some sort of, I wouldn't say partnership, but like a friendship with similar or like partners. where we share some of the same exclusivity that Bell Harbor shares. So, of course, going to Coral Gables, looking at one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Miami, and what they offer to the public, I thought this could be an initiative that we can create with them, and then if it works, continue with other cities. This is…”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Thank you. You're sorry, Mayor. In terms of what the City of Leek does and what the city managers do, I fully get that. But what about promoting each other? What about promoting, for example... one of the events that we're doing here or one of the restaurants or one of the events that we do”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“And I would like to add a public comment. Do I need to say that?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
- Play at 37:29
“Sorry, guys, but why do we have an ARB? What is the function of the ARB? What is the definition of the ARB? I mean, I know what it stands for, but what are they supposed to do? Michael, aesthetics.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
- Play at 42:09
“Will that make buildings suffer economical loss while we don't do something about it? That's my only concern. Can we do something?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
- Play at 42:22
“We can't make a decision just because of one building. No, no, 100%. But I'm just saying, like, is the Balmoral spending $20,000 a day? That's a shitload of money. Excuse my language.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Oh, sorry. Is there any legal reasons why we shouldn't be collecting the assessment? Or is there a legal reason we should be collecting the assessment?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
- Play at 1:10:26
“I remember there was a conversation, I think in one of the retreats, we talked about this particular company wanted to stop doing some work on public holidays. What happened with that? Because that was one of the comments that George made, that they wanted to stop work on, for example, January 1st and some other public holidays.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. So talking to a few residents, I'm becoming more active with our fitness room, which is great, and I invite everybody to come over and see it, especially now that so many buildings, you know, some of their facilities are closed. It was brought to my attention that perhaps we should look at increasing the operating hours for the fitness facility. I had a chat with Sylvia the other day, and she mentioned that perhaps what we can do is to send a survey to see what time will be good for our residents to come to the gym. So I would like us to explore increasing the operating…”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
- Play at 1:22:55
“So, yes, that was a conversation with Silvia to see what time, what is the area we should be opening. I think that we should do a pilot program. to see if there is participation. I know at least one member of the council who will come. Maybe if I can force David to come, he will come too. On a serious note, why don't we do a pilot program? Let's do it for August. And then we do it on one of the busiest months, you know, at the season start, which I'm sure is going to get busier now that, you know, for example, buses building, you know, it's not going to have a gym or the one next door doesn't…”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“I think at that point, that takes time, right? And it's also a lot of people are on holidays. You know, people are away. I don't know how many.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
- Play at 1:25:42
“I feel like every time that we're trying to do something, you know, we always try to be late as much as we can.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“I understand. But we say August is not the right month. No, not to point what you say. Okay, so let's do it in September. Let's do it in November. So let's do it next year when the new building is open.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
- Play at 1:27:36
“So, as we're approaching the summer months, or we are already in the summer months, one of the things that I believe is very important for the community to know how to do CPR, hemorrhage, maneuver, and be able to provide help when needed. I can tell you that the other day I was at the park and one of the mums asked me as a Hatzala member, who can give us a course on CPR for our nannies and for herself? And I said, listen, I'm happy to help. I'm happy to give one. But if we can provide something for the broader community, we have new moms, we have new nannies, and I think it's an important…”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
- Play at 1:29:28
“We can do it at the same time. Honestly, it takes, you know, for friends and family, it takes maybe two hours as a course. You know, if someone wanted to more specialize and have a car from the HAA, American Heart Association, you know, that's a four-hour course and it's a commitment. And the course is valid for two years. And I know there are members in the community that will take it. I mean, Had Salad does it regularly, and it's one of our most demanded requests to give CPR courses to the community.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
- Play at 1:32:22
“I was thinking if our police can do it, why not?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
- Play at 1:54:48
“17 years old, adorable guy. He came and said, you know, like, I don't play basketball. I don't know anything about basketball, aside from the Knicks won the game, the MFA. Yeah. Anyhow, long story short, the guy mentioned, and I spoke to Silvia, thank you, about the quality of the surface. Apparently it's not very good, so I don't know anything about it, but I just wanted to voice what these young men mentioned and to acknowledge him and encourage every single person in that age group to come. It's actually great to see them. So that was one of my comments, so thank you, Simon. On the second…”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
- Play at 31:26
“Just one question. So for my own education, those roads are private, correct, inside the community. So why are we going to decide on what they can do or not do on those roads? Because it's still an ordinance of the city. So we're modifying an ordinance.”
Local Planning Agency · May 19, 2026
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“The main complaint that I heard is that the parking on the street, not the parking in the houses. I'm lost. I'm not sure what we decided on. We decided on them being able to park on the street. No, no.”
Local Planning Agency · May 19, 2026
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“Chief, thank you for being here. Absolutely. I just want to acknowledge in front of everybody the amazing job that you do. Your staff is top of the range. I don't think there's anybody better than you guys. I personally have the opportunity to be in Station 2 as a student paramedic. And what I learned one day is beyond any school can teach me. So thank you for everything you do for all the residents, for us. for the community. Thank you.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026