REMARKS
Procedure: Closing Statements and Adjournment
1:51:37
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In the closing statement, Council Member Althea Stevens expresses her enthusiasm for the discussed programs, highlighting the importance of the adult literacy RFP, the Father Initiative, and crime prevention efforts. She emphasizes the need for streamlined services and collaboration to maximize the impact and efficiency of these programs. The hearing concludes with instructions for submitting written testimony and an adjournment announcement.
Speaker 2
1:51:37
Thank you for your testimony.
1:52:28
Okay.
1:52:28
If there's no one else that would like to testify remotely, I would like to note that written testimony which will be reviewed and full by committee staff may be submitted to the record up to 72 hours after the close of this hearing by emailing it to testimony at counsel.nyc.gov, and I will turn it to the chair for closing statements.
Speaker 1
1:52:52
I would like to say that I'm really excited that we were able to do this hearing today just because these are programs that I think definitely can supplement a lot of the work that we continuously fight about, but don't get a lot of attention.
1:53:04
I definitely wanna make sure that we continue to push and talk about the dealt literacy.
1:53:10
I'm very concerned about the RFP that was just released and and wanna make sure that we can get that to a place.
1:53:16
That makes the most sense and most equitable and can serve as many people as possible.
1:53:22
The father initiative is another initiative that I really want us to make sure that we're uplifting, and people know about this program to ensure that fathers across the city has support and access.
1:53:34
And we wanna continue to just make sure that, especially when we're talking about community safety and awareness and crime prevention, that we're not duplicating services and that we're doing things that are more streamlined and more collaborative and making sure that things are always making sense.
1:53:49
And so I know that DYCD is making great efforts to be more collaborative and streamline processes, but let's continue to push that work and have that conversation.
1:53:59
And with that, this hearing is adjourned.