QUESTION
How is the Program to Eliminate the Gap (PEG) affecting the Women Forward NYC initiative and its funding for asylum seekers?
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The Women Forward NYC initiative retains its $43,000,000 funding despite agency budget reductions, and $11,000,000 is allocated for asylum seekers' legal services in the preliminary budget.
- The Program to Eliminate the Gap (PEG) does not affect the Women Forward NYC initiative's $43,000,000 funding.
- Funding for sexual reproductive and chronic health care, as well as domestic violence initiatives, remains intact.
- Despite a hiring freeze and budget reductions in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the initiative's funding and objectives are not compromised.
- For asylum seekers, $11,000,000 is allocated to support work authorization applications and other legal services in the preliminary budget.
- This funding aims to assist asylum seekers in becoming self-sufficient and reducing their reliance on the city's shelter system.
Farah Louis
3:39:12
So in January, the administration unveiled women forward, an action plan that includes a $43,000,000 investment aimed at making New York city a national leader to become the most woman forward city in the country with the portion of investments for woman forward NYC supported through city dollars.
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To dismantle barriers in sexual reproductive and chronic health care along with reducing domestic violence How is the peg affecting women forward?
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Also second question, women forward is a cross section partnership.
3:39:45
Collaboration on health tech and business, particularly for DOH MH, how does the hiring freeze reduction in DOH and MAGE from $11,600,000 in FY24 to $5,200,000 in FY20 5 impact the efficacy to sustain the mayor's commitment to women sorry, to gender equity.
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My last question is regarding asylum seekers.
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As reduction in asylum seekers population continues to grow in our city, we have a great need for legal services to provide these services, to enable many asylum seekers to separate themselves from the city's shelter system reducing their cost to the city.
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I wanted to know in the preliminary plan how did how does your team expect to include any funding in fiscal 25 for asylum seekers' work authorization applications and other legal services.
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And why is it only an FY 24, but not FY 25?
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Thanks.
Jacques Jiha
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Yeah.
3:40:49
In terms of the woman forward initiatives, I believe we added CD43,000,000 in the budget.
3:40:56
This is a citywide, as you know, it's a divide initiatives and involve many agencies.
3:41:03
I'm gonna get back to 2 because I don't remember exactly, but for the last 1, the South Africa, I believe we added $11,000,000 in the preliminary budget.
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To support the applications of the SLM secure application helps center, you know, that provide legal services for asylum seekers in our care.
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And I don't remember this.
Farah Louis
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So that the legal services is included with the authorization for Yes.
Jacques Jiha
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Of all legal services.
Farah Louis
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Now regarding woman forward NYC, I wanted to ask how is the peg affecting woman forward NYC?
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Because It does not on any of the agencies, including DOH MH, that now has a reduction.
Jacques Jiha
3:41:46
That is different, but this is an initiative.
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The initiative is funded $43,000,000 a day wide.
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But so reduction in H and at GWH or any other place, I've learned to do with that partnership.
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It's
Farah Louis
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So it wouldn't impact the actual initiative.
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Got it.
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Alright.
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Thank you.