QUESTION
How is data collected and what is the effect of reticketing on asylum seekers in New York City?
2:16:37
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The New York City Mayor's Office of Asylum Seeker Operations (MOASO) employs a comprehensive data system for tracking and decision-making, offering a reticketing option to ensure asylum seekers can reach desired destinations.
- A unified data system tracks the progress of individuals within the asylum process.
- Decision-making is enhanced through data-driven insights.
- Reticketing has helped over 28,000 individuals, more than 25% of the shelter population, to connect with family or pursue goals across the nation.
- Many asylum seekers prefer to return to their initial intended destinations, including Texas, highlighting the necessity of the reticketing program.
Shahana Hanif
2:16:37
What kind of data is available right now?
2:16:41
Like, how are you Like, the the percentage that was shared about leaving the system, how are you collecting that data?
Molly Schaeffer
2:16:52
As you know, it is a vast program that we run, and so we have a data system that all of our agencies use to be able to better understand where people are in our system.
2:17:07
So we use our data system and we make to make the best data driven decisions we can and report things like how many people stay and how long they stay.
Shahana Hanif
2:17:17
And then for those who accept the reticketing option that the city is pressuring folks to take, how is the city working with other municipalities?
2:17:26
To coordinate arrival and transfer case management on things like applications for asylum, TPS, and work authorization.
Molly Schaeffer
2:17:36
So we've thank you for asking me about about reticketing.
2:17:39
It is one of the tools in our toolbox.
2:17:42
We started doing reticketing in the arrival center because we knew that a lot of people as they were coming from the buses in Texas didn't actually necessarily wanna be here.
2:17:52
That was the only way out of town.
2:17:55
And so we are really proud of the fact that we've been able to help people take the next point of their journey, connect with family or friends in other parts of the nation, and this point, I think we've reticketed over 28,000 people included, which is more than 25% of our shelter population.
Molly Wasow Park
2:18:17
I wanna really emphasize what what director Schaefer said about people not necessarily wanting to come to New York.
2:18:24
I mean, it's actually astounding to me some of the families that we've worked with in the DHS system who actually wanted to be in Texas.
2:18:30
They had families there, family members there, other things like that.
2:18:35
But they were put on a bus Mhmm.
2:18:37
Irrespective of where they wanted to be.
2:18:40
So, you know, I I heard the mention of pressuring people.
2:18:43
Actually, this is what this is the right option for a lot of people because they weren't given options when they when they crossed into Texas.
Molly Schaeffer
2:18:51
And sorry to one other point on that.
2:18:53
The majority of our reticketing actually happens at our arrival center, and we give the option to be reticketed throughout the entire stay.
2:19:00
The other thing that's really important about what Commissioner Park said is that one of our top destinations is Texas.
2:19:08
So people are being sent here, and then they wanna go directly back.