QUESTION
Does the School Construction Authority (SCA) have to report to the state of New York?
1:19:33
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The School Construction Authority (SCA) reports to the state, leading to more flexible operations and high-quality reporting on project budgets and schedules.
- Public authorities like the SCA require state legislation to be created.
- The SCA benefits from the ability to operate more flexibly than city agencies.
- It publishes detailed reports on project schedules and budgets, setting a high standard for reporting.
- Other parts of the city's capital portfolio are aiming to reach this level of reporting quality.
Vickie Paladino
1:19:33
So wait a minute.
1:19:35
SCA, the school construction authority for the city of New York.
1:19:41
Let me make sure I get this straight.
1:19:43
Has to report to the state Are you kidding me?
Dan Steinberg
1:19:47
Well, so the city doesn't have the authority to create its own public authorities in the sense that only the state can you know, public authorities are organizations that have certain advantages in terms of their ability to contract and and everything else.
1:20:03
And so in in order for any local government to create an authority, the state has to pass legislation.
Vickie Paladino
1:20:11
No way.
1:20:12
No.
1:20:12
Don't even tell me this.
Dan Steinberg
1:20:13
Well, so but the SCA but the s the fact that the SCA's authority is mostly to its benefit in the sense that it's it it can operate more flex visibly than than a city agency.
UNKNOWN
1:20:25
But
Vickie Paladino
1:20:25
No.
1:20:26
It's not at all.
Dan Steinberg
1:20:27
Right.
1:20:27
But but the most I'm mostly telling you this because it's a very good report that they have to publish that on the project level, that includes schedule and budget, that To be honest, the rest of the capital the city's capital portfolio had to catch up to that to that quality of reporting.