Farishta Saifi

“I've seen employees still in their uniforms feed their paychecks into the slot machines”

“my name is Farishta Saifi. I'm a third year medical student, born and raised in Coney Island”

“it's not from a lack of access to work. There's a lack of access to education, job training”

“I am deeply aware of the serious health challenges that Coney Island faces”

“one speaker before had said that casinos build careers”