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Gentlemen,

how many times in the last year has the City of Yonkers been in this courtroom

at the brink of a crisis of its own making?

Three. Four.

This case was decided over two years ago.

This court issued its remedy order 18 months ago to vote in favor

of the overall remedy, as the Yonkers City Council has finally managed

to do, is insufficient,

Yonkers must approve a plan to build specific houses in specific locations.

Its Yonkers officials continue to ignore this court's order,

and by 430 Thursday, do not approve 200 units of public housing

to be built at specific locations east of the Samuel River Parkway.

I will find the City of Darkness in contempt.

In addition, I will impose a daily fine beginning at $100 the first day

and doubling every day thereafter until Yonkers is bankrupt.

This is the moment of truth.

Gentlemen, your honor, I.

I'd like to request a recess so I can confer with my client.

We all. It's approaching lunchtime.

Why don't we reconvene at 2:00?

Court stands in recess. Until then.

All rise.

As you can see, we've worked his last nerve.

You have any slack here?

Gentlemen, enjoy your lunch.

You too.

Go to hell!

Help him!

We appeal again.

Go to the Supreme Court. Win or lose, we take our shot.

Councilman Longo, what the fuck?

I know, but there's got to be a way out of this.

He's got the judge's shovel.

It's so far up my ass, he's.

He starts fining us 100 bucks and doubles it every day.

When do we start hurting the entire city?

Operating by getting just under 300 million.

So you're working backwards?

We exceed that on.

Day 22.

Clear enough, guys.

And three weeks.

The city of Yonkers goes bankrupt.

Council members, please give us.

His choice.

At last they see the light.

Sanders breathing fire.

Now they're singed.

They cross the Triborough a little north of the Bronx.

It becomes a lot less real. It's okay.

It's like a bad dream to these guys.

And they'll tell each other it'll all be okay.

Somehow.

Good.

White folk in Yonkers can be slapped in the back.

Don't you be courageous to stand up to those blacks.

Jewish lawyers, goddamn liberal judges.

What a.

I know just this case.

Every time I worry, I'm getting too cynical.

Isaiah. I'm not even keeping pace.

What do you think of the new mayor, kid?

Today.

All right. Okay.

This is gonna eat him up.

I want. The.

Nomads on the left and right.

In the street.

Space.

Come in here.

They're all in the street.

I know, but if I pretend to yell at them about that, they will ride on the.

Haven't even.

Tried it.

I still don't understand why we can't appeal the Second Circuit decision.

You can, but you don't really have a leg to stand on.

And there are no constitutional grounds.

But we could appeal technically and lose.

Maybe the full circuit isn't as liberal as the three who handed down this decision.

Maybe judges Pratt and Minor were Reagan appointees.

We lost on the merits here and now.

You guys need to make a good faith effort

to comply with and come up with a plan you can live with and stick to it.

I think the judge is pretty much went into the four school side.

You know, the school 30 site is right behind my house over by Nevada Avenue,

and I already got a site in my district. Don't look at me.

I hate the old Whitman School. You know. I got news for you.

All right, we're going to lose Nevada Avenue or we got no deal.

If I have to, I could live with a small site down on Midland

over by Sarah Lawrence, but not, you know, in my backyard.

You did not just.

That is actually my backyard.

Look, this train's left the station.

Well, your lawyers were just trying to prevent a riot.

If we do it now, early in the term, it'll get hot for a while,

but it'll cool down before the next election.

Jesus, this is a bitch.

Hey, what they pay is a big bucks for him, right?

She said we can stay here till the baby comes.

Oh, she's already asleep.

Never been over this way before.

Yeah, well, they build Mulford a long time back

when they opened and it was all white people.

When Gabby moved in, it was still mostly white people.

You. We don't need more than one room in the baby.

Come.

We ain't gonna be here for a.

What are you doing?

You ain't gonna help out at all.

I like making stuff

like this.

Yeah. Okay.

Check this out.

Whoa! Man.

Oh, yeah. Boy.

Oh, look at.

My dad.

Good job.

Please be seated.

Mr. McComas.

Your honor, the City of Yonkers understands the gravity of the situation.

After considering for the past four hours, the mayor and council

majority here have agreed to meet in a special session tomorrow

to approve a plan of 200 units of public housing at specific sites.

In addition, Your Honor.

Now what?

Cisco, himself a member of the board, would like to address the court.

Very well, Mr.

Mayor.

Thank you, Your Honor.

You run

a majority of the youngest city council supports

making the housing commitment and negotiating a building plan.

And I just wanted was sure you that the city will obey the law.

Well, I appreciate that, mayor.

With Cisco, I do, but let me say this.

We have been here before with Yonkers four years ago.

And six years ago, we came to the brink for settlement in this case,

before the city council bought the building.

Even a single unit of low income housing might have that.

Council must approve a housing plan that includes specific named

site locations where the 200 units will be built

and a construction timetable, and do so by 10 a.m.

next Monday.

Yes, Your Honor.

Mr. McHenry, the report is expand

on compliance immediately following the council vote.

Yes, Your honor.

Yonkers officials agreed to comply with the federal desegregation

order after the judge

finds that with Bank of the city, we are making these concessions

in order to save the city from enormous fines and contempt.

But even if they're talking about building those here,

I think we would double crossed by the council in there today.

They promised the people they wouldn't get in.

And they called it.

And city officials can still identify specific and pick up a place other than

I think we'll have a resolution by Monday.

One way or the other.

Now, there are some proposed sites that are still on the table,

but the ball is squarely in the city court.

I'm Virginia Kim Cable. Virginia.

Chicken's overcooked again, isn't it?

Burning a good sport.

The New York Knicks take on the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Buddy, you get into that big trouble on the road this year.

No. It's fine.

It's great actually when only so marginally was right.

About the housing.

Yeah about the housing.

You said we had to build it.

And guess what?

We got to build it.

Yeah, yeah.

To the appeals are wasted money,

and there's no getting around this goddamn judge.

I didn't know all that.

When you run against him

right.

Maybe I didn't want to know.

You know what?

We can get past this.

We can.

I just got to get everybody on board.

Convince the rest of the council that this.

The law is the law.

I think you're going to be great. Hey.

Yeah, I think so.

I just want to say.

You weren't there.

You don't know how angry this judges. Oh. He's angry.

He ain't the only one.

I'm for taking this to the Supreme Court.

Appealing all the way.

Councilman, we don't have a chance before the Supreme Court.

We need to offer them a housing plan.

A housing plan?

Sure. Here's my housing plan.

No low income housing.

If they can afford a house, great.

If not, we're past that, Hank.

That argument was heard, and it lost.

If we don't offer a plan,

the judge is going to hold the city, all of us, in contempt.

He can find us.

Jails this judge and the Pope.

We're talking due process.

Sit down. Hank.

Let's agree on something we can all support. I ain't support none.

Not supporting nothing.

Oh, God.

Well, as we've been intimating, Mr.

Skelos just doubled the number of housing units coming to his district.

Gaping asshole.

Thanks to the grandstand.

The shit out of this.

No, daddy.

No, no, no,

she was here this morning, but I think she went to Rome.

But she went to work this afternoon.

Work?

I think she went to work day.

He'll be back by home.

If I see you.

I sure will.

All right.

Love to mama.

I don't like them.

Give us.

Break out there.

I'm making money.

As long as young.

And put the camera.

Dancer boy in the blue.

You fucking love every goddamn day.

Shit!

For one second.

You know, good.

Pants.

Motherfuck! Over here.

To be the look on. He got his fucking hand in his pocket.

This goddamn nuts. So.

Don't pick it up and go again.

Oh, you motherfucking pick it up.

Pick my shit!

Oh, no!

Damn! I.

Come back!

Come! I said to the girl I want one.

No, with you calling them.

But at least they're going to come with. Me?

That's my girl.

And the Bronxville bomber.

Thanks for coming.

Down, Vinny.

Yeah.

No, I just,

I felt like I.

I just need to talk to

someone that wasn't myself.

Stoli and tonic with a twist on this.

Another one of those?

Yeah.

No, no.

What's going.

I just,

Just feeling a little lost.

Adrift.

Maybe just being being up so suddenly.

Right.

Well, you work at the photography shop, right?

Yeah.

Family is good, you know, like

it's different.

It's like

when you're out of office,

it's like your candle goes out,

you know, and everyone just moves on in the next candle.

People stop calling,

and reporters stop, trying

to reach you. And.

It's back to your life.

Yeah.

Like you're reading the paper and you're watching

TV, so, you know, it's cool.

You know what?

I think you might have been the lucky one

in this situation, because this housing shit is

the judge alone?

Long ago. Oh, fuck. Nicholas.

You should get ass cancer or shit.

Well, I definitely would prefer you in that seat than him.

What? What are we going to do?

They redistricted us

12 seats down to six.

You know, some of us were going to fall.

Yeah.

It hurts to.

You tell yourself it's not personal, but.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Yeah I know.

My family phenomenal relationship with my kids.

I love them to death.

But all the time I'm thinking

like God there's

a whole part of my life that's not going to be there anymore.

It's just politics. Vinnie.

It's addictive.

It's what it is.

Once you get that taste in your mouth.

That.

I can die.

I can think some pretty dark shit

when they make you walk away.

You all right?

You all right?

How's nine okay.

Stressed.

Yeah. Me too.

You're always so stressed.

Giving me your stress.

I want to stress.

All right, just get Nevada Avenue off the goddamn list.

All right, that's all I'm asking.

Well, look at the fucking seminary, then.

Saint Joseph's. Yes. What?

Didn't we already objected to that in the earlier court file?

That was then. This is now. I could talk to the Cardinal about it.

I'm on the boards of Saint Patrick's and Catholic Charities.

I see them.

You really think? Let's just put it down as ten for now.

Fine. Judge, you'll talk to the Cardinal? Yes.

Okay, well, that's one side down.

Maybe that's a start.

Seven to go.

Oh my God!

You won't see the next one.

Oh, Jesus.

Mine's bigger.

Hey, you got yours yet?

My bullet. Yep. See that guy over there?

That's your new best friend, Nick.

He's going to follow you home after the meeting.

Stay outside your house and probably go back to work tomorrow.

Round the clock.

Oh, I feel so special.

You know, the other good vote.

Council members get police escorts to

everybody else.

Tomorrow we put in metal detectors.

All visitors start signing in and out.

Hey, this mayor thing,

when's the fun part started?

Okay.

Don't.

You think the simple

level warrant is simple?

What does the acting matter for you?

This isn't

about a.

Piece of paper.

There is.

Synthesis.

Fantasy.

Money.

You have at home.

And finally,

the last site would be at Midland

and Theresa Avenue's making for a total of seven agreed upon sites.

So Khan is on the line, Your Honor.

Thank you.

Your eminence.

Judge, stand here.

Good morning. How are you? Just fine. Judge.

And you? Very good.

I have here in chambers lawyers for the City of Yonkers.

And from the Department of Justice and the NAACP.

I just want to make sure we all understand each other.

Certainly judge. Oh.

The city's lawyers, Judge Mulligan among them, tell me that the archdiocese

has agreed to let the city build 16 low income housing units

at Saint Joseph's Seminary, off Valentine Street.

That's right.

Bill and I have talked about a sliver of the site

for the housing, and perhaps a bit more for a playground.

I see, Your Eminence,

if you have a problem with this proposal, a political problem.

No, no, no, I understand the proposal.

I'm prepared to do it.

It's a help to the poor and consistent with the mission of the archdiocese.

Once everything is finalized on your end,

let us know and we'll release a statement.

We'll do, Your Eminence.

Thank you. Not at all. We'll be in touch.

Done.

Wait.

Which one did you say was Hobart again?

Three. Yes.

Right there.

Yeah.

That one.

Now? Yeah.

That way I'll be able to tell when you're not here to help me.

Yeah. I got practice Tuesday at the rec.

You know, I couldn't miss it, but, I mean, I'd have to quit.

No, no no, no.

I'll make do on Tuesday.

Yeah.

Can you wait on me?

All right.

Jesus Christ, did you read this quote from Fagan about the judge?

Fine, fine.

You'd be so little help.

I would never agree to moving like that.

I put the bed together.

What else do you need to know about?

If my father heard you talk like that, I kill you twice.

Yeah.

He's already mad at me moving in with a guy and a ring on my finger.

I'll win him over like any other constituent.

You'll see.

You should come to bed.

Tomorrow is going to be a long day.

Tomorrow is going to be hell.

That's

that's that's the only plan that makes sense

to me.

So, you know, I'm not like the wind.

So a kowtowing to some judges off the friggin wall.

I'm not wearing panties.

I swore an allegiance to you and the voters.

And I'm going to keep that on the news to you.

And I got a message for Judge Sands.

Not success will not take me away.

Come get me.

Yeah.

Well, one wing got away from my right.

Tell me about it.

They confiscated four guns at the door.

It's going to come to court.

We're here

to take testimony from the citizens of Yonkers

regarding the housing site plan.

Those who signed up taken

to the podium of the public.

What I'd like to know is,

whatever happened to majority rule.

No matter gun

fighter wins you for your.

It's about these public housing people bringing rocks and crime

into our neighborhood and ruining our property values.

You promised us an appeal.

You promised you wouldn't settle.

You have succeeded in raping the world voters

arresting.

You people campaigned on this issue.

I knocked on doors for you.

And you and Fagan, you said I will go to jail.

I will.

I'm going to find out.

We're going to find out what deal was done.

I think you're going to regret the day you went into

politics.

Excuse the council counsel

to use.

I'd like to remind the speakers

to be respectful of the people at this.

Right. Now.

Yet? Officials say approval of eight

East Yonkers housing sites by the council is inevitable.

Despite the near unanimous objections of Yonkers residents,

hundreds of whom turned out tonight to register their displeasure.

They're really going to build a

paper said that the luring and plaque site is still on the list.

And that's just a couple of blocks from us.

I mean, these people, you need to tell council members

they don't live the way we do, and they they don't want what we want.

The council and our neighborhoods tonight

and this

body, that's the last damn meeting.

I'm going to miss you. Mark my words.

City hall.

Majority rules in America.

But it can't rule contrary to the.

Is time.

We'll call this vote.

Man one stone.

This guy Smith.

No time for life. Yes.

Go! Yes.

Yes. Mr.

chief.

Mr.. Yes. Mr..

Yes. In the last two days, the.

I never thought I could get this bad.

You hear those people?

Jesus Christ.

What if we appeal to the Supreme Court? What if we say we're going to.

There were no grounds, Nick. The lawyers said so.

Fuck the boys.

Fuck the lawyers. Yeah. You got a law degree, right? Yeah.

I got too much pride to use it.

Seriously?

Fuck the fucking lawyers.

I don't see how you guys can sit here

going over it again and again and again.

I just want to go home.

All right.

I'm right behind you.

I need to decompress. Okay.

Quiet and exhausted. All the things.

Look at it.

I'll see you later, okay?

What's wrong with you?

Fuck the lawyers.

Never the lawyers only. Fuck you.

Yesterday, they sent this a bill for another $160,000 for last month.

Which means we've already spent 115 million fighting this thing.

Yeah, well, what's another couple hundred thousand?

Come on. Nick.

We accepted the consent decree.

We gave up our right to appeal.

You go to the Supreme Court now, you piss off Judge Sand all over again.

All right.

So, so.

So we don't appeal the low income housing part of the plan.

That's done fine, but we can still appeal the affordable housing part.

Kelly. Right.

That's the next 800 units that we're going to have to build after these sites.

What would you think your chances of a judge stand of the

good and angry people of Yonkers, New York?

Oh, wait a minute.

Are you shitting me? Mailbox in stone. Yeah.

I've never seen anyone do that.

Me neither.

Actually.

Well, I don't recommend it.

Where does this go?

Then this extra.

Extra?

Yeah. You know, they always give you extra pieces.

No, they don't always skip.

We gotta do this right off the bat.

We're going to be falling through the slats.

So serious.

It's very funny.

We got to assemble this I. It's dangerous.

I just chill out.

You want me to call my father?

You know how to do shit, right?

No, you ain't gotta call nobody.

Well, you don't think I know how to be a daddy?

No. As soon as this boy come out.

I'm going back to school. School?

You? Yeah. Me.

West Chester CC in the spring.

I mean, I want to I want to quit now, but

I need the cash so I can step back and do it right.

Yeah.

What you going to study?

So I'm going to give me high.

I don't know, maybe computers or some shit.

You know.

You know, definitely not construction. Me?

Is that you?

Is that what?

It's okay.

Philip, I missed you.

That he and his father had this thing together.

It's a good thing I got to pick it up.

Good boy.

Well, he home now.

Did you do?

It's better for them there. Have you here?

But I ain't killing myself.

I'm working at this.

Well, four hours a day, and I still can't keep up.

Rent.

Electricity is cheaper than New York.

But not that cheap. And food for the long grass.

Almost as much as I make here in a week.

Philip. I know all your kids

love your place in New York is by.

So I settle what I settle.

You raise my son here.

You didn't hear what I said.

I heard what you said.

I can't believe you saying. Which part?

The part about the money.

Because I don't see you working 12 hours a day to put food in his mouth

and a roof over his head. Not my fault,

Not my fault.

With my phone,

You going to leave it with a maid, And you go back to America?

That's my fault.

The maid knows them a lot better than you do.

Anyway, my mother is just down the street.

I said I will call you. To what?

I have to see you.

Padre took.

If we walk Contigo.

No, entonces. No questions here. Not at

Philippe.

Yes. All right.

Thank you.

Excuse me, excuse me.

Just.

Thank you, thank you.

Michael.

At the store.

I mean, I just thought it just this time I come to the side door.

I can get in as it's all wrong here, officer.

I got to get in there. Okay? I got to be in court tomorrow.

Depending on what they do tonight, I'm ready to argue, but they have to be home.

I gotta tell you.

Really?

Doing something.

Good job, officer, really preserving the peace.

Thank you.

Okay, I guess I'll just have to use the front door.

I'm sure.

All right.

In this game.

Not play this game. For.

Look, I know it sounds bad out there.

I know what's in your ears,

but the vote tonight was specifically requested by judge.

Sent out.

He's not yet asking that we name more sites

or even have a full plan for affordable housing.

What he is asking is that the council affirm

that we're still committed to the Affordable Housing Partnership.

And we have to be committed.

We agreed to it.

Understood.

Good.

Job by.

The. Council is now in session, Mr.

Burke.

He's going to be out.

This is my first meeting.

Is for.

Nick.

And this one?

We moved him away for.

Mr. mayor, I think this is meant for you.

Thank you, Mr..

I just want to hear.

This I this.

Please sit down. This.

Don't you?

Has. I'm not leaving.

I can't believe I'm

going to

be just.

Let's get him out of here.

Now you there.

As in the

first

sentence, repeal the affordable housing portion

of the judge's order to the Supreme Court for the Supreme Court,

as all of that, you town.

I. Would know

Judge Cola. No

Minardi, no Longo, no

Councilmember Fagan. No.

Council member.

Cheema. No.

Council member.

I may abstain.

I have a right on this one.

Upstaging and gentlemen.

Thank you, mayor.

I. You six.

You have to do anything.

Next game.

You always guys,

I have something to tell you.

This isn't going to be easy for any of us.

I have to go back to New York City.

What? No fair.

You can't.

Philippe.

This is best for you to be here.

Well, I earned what I can there.

Okay.

Do you understand?

There 50 protesters from Saint John for starvation.

Reason. Because Cardinal John O'Connor of the South.

For your right to the grateful to Saint Joseph Seminary in Dublin.

The group of champs.

The bitter archdiocese agreement to give some of the seminary's

land to the City of Yonkers for public housing project Catholics

all over the city, especially the permission of Saint John

the Baptist, to withhold their donations from the church and

all who needs to remember

who the people are, for whom is are trying.

Prenatal clinic.

Is there a Doreen Henderson here? Me.

Miss Anderson, I have a call for you.

For me?

Here.

Hello.

How? You.

Yeah, man.

The apartment in Beaufort.

Boy. Always had trouble with that.

Always.

I never get to breathe.

But I had a struggle.

But we couldn't do.

Clerk will call the roll.

On the resolution approving the plan

for 800 units of affordable housing to be built

on the specified sites.

On the resolution

approving the plan for 800 units to be built

on the specified sites.

What are you doing?

I'm practicing.

I'm trying to do it

as dispassionately as I can.

Even voice and.

No show of emotion.

I just wanted to see that it's not getting to me.

You know?

Yeah.

How's it going?

I think I'm getting better at it.

Yeah, I think so.

Okay, okay.

Practicing.

Clinic.

We'll call the roll.

Clerk.

We'll call the roll.

Clerk.

Call.

Roll.

Clerk.

Roll.

Call. Yes.

Senior.

Kabasele.

Seahorse.

Shallow six.

Daniel.

Cuanto, senor?

You know, if you can't come anymore, you.

I'm going to miss you.

I know, darling,

your eyes can't get any better.

No, Mr.

Hobart, they can't.

Norma, how old are you?

I'm 47.

You're still young,

am I missing?

Just let misled look at this.

Too many people of any category together can lead to a ghetto situation.

Are you kidding me?

Your honor,

I know we're well past your deadline for approving the affordable

housing component,

but the cognitive turnaround has the council marching backwards.

And we are asking for a new vote on the consent decree.

Just saying that your decision is anti-religion or anti-Catholic.

Another Hebrew plot exposed.

Yonkers officials are obviously using the cardinals

unfortunate retreat as a transparent ploy to get out of the entire consent decree.

And please tell your mayor I said so.

And where is Mr..

While Cisco today is meeting with our trial attorneys,

apparently Cardinal O'Connor wasn't the only one with cold feet.

Of course my firm has to resign from the case.

I mean, what choice do we have?

Our integrity has been attacked.

The entire law firm has been attacked.

I've been accused of misleading the cardinal.

For God's sake, sugar.

Cardinal O'Connor

is actually saying we bamboozled him

as if we tricked him into offering land.

Yeah, it's a dirty business,

Nobody gets up clean, do they?

Gentlemen,

I ask for the council to affirm that Yonkers still supports

continuing with the second phase of the court settlement, the affordable

housing plan, and the latest council action signals the exact opposite.

So we are back to the usual precipice.

I'm sitting next Monday is the deadline for a vote in favor of enactment

of a full housing plan, including the affordable housing component.

Should you not approve a plan by then, you and the city of Yonkers

will be in contempt of court

and fines will begin.

In addition, anyone who fails to vote in favor of enactment

will be personally fined $500 a day, and in prison, they'll be released

once a week to attend a council meeting and consider changing their vote.

Gentlemen, our object is not to create

martyrs or heroes

or object just to get this housing built.

Ignite tonight. Pop.

Judge is going to give us one more chance.

This hits the fan, and we separate the men

from the talkers.

Help!

I don't think I got the votes.

The stuff they're going to be saying tonight,

shouting

things.

They're going to call me.

You know, I wish you would have lived long enough

to see me away of my first primary for council seat.

New one. The job.

Everybody want to be my friend.

Won't be like this forever, though, right?

I see, okay.

There are some things just of.

That's right.

You know I'm not a Jew.

The only.

That's why this is not all Jews.

Sus or the is Jewish.

And since last weekend, when we went into it.

He has a house. One minute you were you.

I'm sorry, but you want to, pal rich.

Where Judge Sands looks to protest.

Judge wasn't home, but, I'm sure he got the message.

You know, I don't think it's right to make this about a religion.

That's all I'm saying is look who's behind all this

mess. So.

It's going to be a wild one.

I can feel threatened.

Those are the job.

Maybe with yours.

Right.

Now, councilmembers, please take a seat.

This is fine with you.

Please take your seat. I.

As a first order of business,

we, council

members would like to just take a few moments

earlier, the firefighters and the police officers on the scene.

We have shown sterling bravery and his passion.

His man, his.

Mother.

You want to give me a Sanka?

You officers, please eject this woman.

What?

Am I invite everyone

to come with me for the housing projects.

You can see here what public housing always leads to.

Not just here in Yonkers, but everywhere else.

And these are places on crack jungles

which entrap innocent people in the name of helping minorities.

Many of you know, I have been opposed to this plan,

but I am voting for it because.

We're voting for it because.

This is a direct attack

by the judge on the quality of life here in Yonkers.

This is

it's a typical case of the hypocrisy of the rich

and the elitist looking down on those who have to work for everything.

It is not up to this council

to judge on the constitutionality of the court order.

We through want an obligation to uphold and obey the law.

This is not about race.

This is not solely a black and white question.

This is a green issue, right?

This is a question of economics.

Roll call vote. Mr. clerk,

on the intent to adopt

the housing plan as proposed by the mayor.

Mayor by Cisco. I,

I space

no thank you.

Yes, I know,

I know, I know no.

One. No.

Yes, I have one.

How many do.

There does have to come.

A moment of truth, a moment of reckoning.

A moment when the City of Yonkers

seeks not to become a national symbol of defiance of civil rights,

and not to heap shame upon shame upon itself.

No court has strained harder with greater patience

to defer to the state and local government.

But it would be difficult to imagine

a clearer challenge to the Constitution or to a government of law.

And that presented this morning.

I therefore have no alternative

other than to find the city of Yonkers in contempt of this court

and impose a penalty of $100 a day, beginning today.

The finding will double every day thereafter.

As for you, Councilman,

I find your rationale to be a frivolous pretext.

How much hypocrisy must accompany this litigation?

I find Councilman Longo say again and swallow

to be personally and individually in contempt of this court,

and impose upon each of you a penalty of $500 a day.

Beginning today.

In addition,

if the necessary legislation is not enacted on

or before next Wednesday, August 10th,

you will report to the Federal Marshal for imprisonment until such time

as you have purged yourself of contempt by approving the housing plan.

This court stands adjourned.

All rise.

He's not sick.

Anybody going to get that?

He said. Not.

Everybody out here.

I think.

That.

Man's office.

My name is Mary Norman.

I would like to talk to you about this. This is the man.

Hello.

This is Manuel Cisco.

This is.

I didn't,

I didn't expect for you to answer.

I called, I wanted to tell you that I,

I think it's wrong of you to support the housing.

Here.

Well,

the law is the law. And,

the judge ordered it, and the court upheld it, and

the law is the law.

Well, why can't you say that?

You think it's wrong? At least let the people know that.

Because

that's not what a leader is supposed to do.

A leader is supposed to lead.

And that's what I'm trying to do.

You threw me

out of the last council meeting.

Which one were you?

I have gray salt and pepper hair,

I wore glasses, I was standing right at the railing.

Yeah, I remember you.

I promise

I'll never have you thrown out again.

Okay.

Okay.

All right.

Good bye. Now.

Who's up?

No. One room.

In I out.

Like him.

Alive.

House. Now,

please.

Fast.

Time to slow

strangers glance.

Doesn't know where you go wrong

with your hide.

We've got around to

wave my hand.

We're going to

wave your hand.

When the people find out that you like

the way.

We're going to have to.

We got to wave the hand

while we.

Wave.

God, have. Our.

Friend.

To where

I go.

Just find you.

Never tell me the dead.

That's what you get.

The trust.

Wave around to the right.

There we go. Right

the way the God

wave your hand.

To your right where God have the.

The right.

And then you go around to

wave God to

God to come up to play on the highway.

You don't take your with the hand.

When I invited you,

I will lay around

to the camera pilot, Peter Sky.

I'll be flying solo for you. Cross.

Don't let me worry away.

When you go. Had.

To wake up

I wake up

when you got.

What people like this cloud.

There you go to wake up.