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TEM MAIS RATO NO BRASIL OU NOS EUA? | Zema em NYC - Ep.1
531 statements · 1 politicians · June 9, 2026 · 37 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 531 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Social Policy, Urban planning, People experiencing homelessness, Housing and Urbanism.
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I think there are going to be a lot of surprises ahead.
So far it has been just the tip of the iceberg.
Please, a large cappuccino.
I want to take a photo with this huge rat here.
I think he came here from Brasília, you know. There are more of them in Brasília than anywhere.
I think the ones from there are even bigger and fatter than this one.
They say there are no rats here, right?
Everyone's honking, impatient.
Stressed.
And what I like here in the United States is that you go from 12 straight to 14.
People here don't like tempting fate like Brazilians do; often they just don't take the risk.
I'll be spending Monday here; I'll be in New York Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
I haven't counted, but we'll have more than 20 engagements over these four days.
And this week I'm satisfied.
because there will be a lot of walking, we'll be able to do almost everything on foot.
Here in New York it's easy to walk, the city is very flat in the first place, wide sidewalks, the streets are very well numbered, so you get around here quickly from one side to the other.
Only when the distance is too great to take the subway or a taxi.
But from what I've seen here, our appointments... It will be possible to go everywhere on foot.
Sometimes it's a 15, 20-minute walk, but it's nothing that justifies taking a car.
For this first appointment here, we've already been walking for about 15 minutes, and we still have another 5 or 10 ahead.
And the best thing is the walk, it gets the body moving, and the traffic is very bad here; taking a taxi or an app-based ride doesn't help much.
And we'll be showing our proposals here, which are very good.
- Neutral
About: implement policies adopted in Minas Gerais throughout Brazil
It has already been done in Minas Gerais; it worked.
- For
About: implement policies adopted in Minas Gerais throughout Brazil
And now it's time to do it in Brazil too, and it will work.
Our hotel here in New York doesn't have coffee.
And we're going to have coffee now at a fast-food place.
There's a good little coffee, espresso, at Burger King, at McDonald's.
There are some places where people, even to make the rent more profitable, started to serve breakfast, because only serving lunch and dinner ends up eliminating the possibility of earning in the morning.
There's the McMuffin, there's a little croissant that I really like.
It comes with egg, with bacon; it's filling enough.
Let's see if we find one along the way.
- For
About: authorize areas of large cities to host tourist attractions and street activities
I am totally in favor of some spots in big cities being authorized to do what is done here in Times Square: become a tourist attraction, a place where people end up gathering.
- For
About: increase enforcement and penalties against graffiti
I am against graffiti/tagging, which is what remains.
- For
About: increase enforcement and penalties against graffiti
In Brazil, unfortunately, no one is punished.
- For
About: remove homeless people who cause disturbances in public areas
Against homeless people.
- For
About: remove homeless people who cause disturbances in public areas
who cause trouble for pedestrians, for those who live and work in those areas.
- For
About: prohibit installation of illuminated signs on certain blocks
Now prohibiting putting up these illuminated signs, especially if it's for a few blocks, nothing against it.
Yeah, I saw this shop here that serves croissants, just coffee.
It was closer.
McDonald's can wait for another time.
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