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welcome to culturewire. today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970 s. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. how has the program changed over the years? how has the program what can the public has an artist engage with? for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. ....
and our neighbors and friends to start a new chapter in our history. we d like to introduce john miso, president of our board of trustees. he has been with us for the last few years helping us with this project. he chairs the information committee that watches over this project, including our higher goals. trustee riso thank you. so how is everybody doing today? i thought so. you know, the opening of a new education facility is always a wonderful experience. a new facility dedicated to serving students as is city college. this particular educational facility, though, has a long history and struggle, a lot of false starts and reboots and now it s here. i ve been working on this along with many other people for about 5 years and i just wanted to thank some of the people that i ve been working with and i m not going to mention everyone because there are so many people who have, are responsible for this wonderful facility. but the person i want to thank first is our hon ....
and picks people up. if the tax industry goes away, who serves the disabled community? do you think uber will do that? i don t think so. how about people that don t have a smart phone? you are not allowed us to compete. the cab companies are not allowing us to compete. uber is hiring drivers with the app. people are independent contractors but it should be able to use any app they want; we need a universal app engine need help us do this, help us get the tools to compete with these people. if you read the article yesterday, the comments, the public hates taxis, they hate the tv screens in back, they hate the mta, the puc, drivers refuse to take them to the sunset, refuse to take credit cards. where is the enforcement? why are you allowing companies to block our dispatch systems. we need the this is model because that s what they want. we have to have taxis, insurance, regulation. by the way, willie brown how many endorsements from the labor council did you get? sham ....
campus, classes have been housed in over 30 different locations. we are very happy and proud to finally have a permanent home and a beautiful modern facility to train the future generations of students. this has been a 40-year journey for the community. some of you have been with us from the start. today we join together the community, the faculty, the students, the staff, the business community and our neighbors and friends to start a new chapter in our history. we d like to introduce john miso, president of our board of trustees. he has been with us for the last few years helping us with this project. he chairs the information committee that watches over this project, including our higher goals. trustee riso thank you. so how is everybody doing today? i thought so. you know, the opening of a new education facility is always a wonderful experience. a new facility dedicated to serving students as is city college. this particular educational facility, though, has a l ....