QUESTION
Council Member Williams Asks DYCD About Coordination of Crime and Safety Prevention Initiatives
1:16:38
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Council Member Nantasha Williams inquires into the coordination of crime and safety prevention programs under the Neighborhood Development Areas (NDAs) initiative. Deputy Commissioner Mike Bobbitt confirms the distinction in contracts and discusses the integration efforts following the merge of the Office of Neighborhood Services into DYCD. He highlights ongoing discussions aimed at enhancing collaboration between Community Safety initiatives and NDA programs, emphasizing a unified approach to combat community-specific concerns.
Speaker 8
1:16:38
I just because I know some providers lost their unconscious like you mentioned WAG in Far Rockaway, and I know there were other providers that were indulging in different work around like crime and safety prevention.
1:16:56
So I'm just Jenna, these are all different contracts.
1:16:58
Right?
1:16:59
Like, this isn't this isn't the same as, like, a CMS or other types of contracts that would come out.
1:17:04
This is very specific to this NDA program focused on safety and crime prevention.
1:17:12
The proper name.
1:17:13
Right?
Speaker 3
1:17:14
That that's true.
1:17:15
Against the
Speaker 8
1:17:15
crime prevention program.
Speaker 3
1:17:17
That that's true counsel, ma'am.
1:17:19
But I but I wanna add something.
1:17:22
When the priorities were identified and the programs were defined.
1:17:28
And when we went to procure for this, that all preceded when the office and neighborhood services was integrated into BYCD.
1:17:36
So since that has happened and consistent with what the chair was saying earlier, like the left hand wants to know what the right hand is is is doing.
1:17:44
Ebony and her team have been meeting with the ONS team.
1:17:47
So when we think both about existing CMS work, and also there's an array of strategies where we're trying to grow similar work.
1:17:55
We just I mean, we just had 2 meetings 2 weeks ago and 3 weeks ago.
1:17:58
We have another meeting next week where we wanna pull these providers into not that they aren't already, but a stronger coordinated discussion with CMS providers.
1:18:10
When they are in neighborhoods that overlap work that that's happening in CMS?
Speaker 8
1:18:14
So you
Speaker 3
1:18:14
are just showing that Oh, we're we're actively talking talking about it.
1:18:17
And then what's the 2 of the 3 do and one doesn't.
1:18:20
Right?
Speaker 8
1:18:20
If some of these providers have multiple contracts.
Speaker 3
1:18:22
Yes.
1:18:23
That's true.
1:18:23
So because of the nature of this work, we want them to wrap arms around whoever else is in the community.
1:18:30
So if they're CMS funded providers, they should be part of their planning.
1:18:34
And so for the one that's in a neighborhood that isn't one of like the target precincts right now.
1:18:39
We still want them to use the same methodologies because that could later on become part of the CMS work or related work.
1:18:46
So we are in cross pollination discussions about this.