QUESTION
What challenges does the New York City Independent Budget Office face in tracking asylum seeker costs, and how can transparency be improved?
4:56:27
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The New York City Independent Budget Office highlights significant challenges in tracking costs related to asylum seekers, including a lack of detailed procurement information and an opaque system.
- Emergency procurements often lack transparency, making it difficult to understand procurement details.
- Data from agencies is either not shared or is hard to understand, posing challenges in tracking costs.
- Identifying which service providers are selected and the services they offer to asylum seekers is problematic.
- The system's opacity hinders understanding of the criteria used in provider and service selection.
Justin L. Brannan
4:56:27
IBIO has done their own analysis of the cause of the asylum seeker response.
4:56:33
What challenges has IBIO found in tracking the cost related to asylum seekers and and what does IBIO see as a potential solution for greater transparency?
Louisa Chafee
4:56:46
Thank you for that question.
4:56:47
We see challenges almost identical to those just outlined by the controller.
4:56:52
It's very hard to see the procurement details, emergency procurements are used, often with agencies that do not transmit or where the data is hard to understand.
4:57:05
It's hard to understand which providers are being selected, what services are being provided, who's receiving those services, as asylum seekers enter and exit the system.
4:57:15
It's hard to understand the criteria.
4:57:18
It's basically a very opaque system.