QUESTION
What is delaying the $100,000,000 in federal funding and what are the challenges in accessing these resources?
1:39:09
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Jacques Jiha explains that the delay in receiving $100,000,000 from the federal government is due to stringent requirements for information not previously collected by the City, complicating the application process.
- The NYC Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) faces challenges in collecting new types of information, such as alien numbers, required by the federal government.
- Other municipalities are encountering similar problems, and complaints have been lodged against these stringent requirements.
- Despite the hurdles, OMB is actively gathering the necessary information with the aim of submitting an application to access the funds.
- The timeline for receiving the funds is uncertain, as it will depend on the federal review process after submission.
Keith Powers
1:39:09
You mentioned that we have $50,000,000, $49,000,000 that we've received from the federal government and another sounds like 100 plus that we're still waiting for.
1:39:18
I think all of us agree far too few dollars coming from a fellow government, and we are all, I think, disappointed with that reaction to this crisis.
1:39:26
However, it's a little concerning to me that we're talking about a $100,000,000 that's tied up in what sounds like paperwork and requirements that we or may perhaps the federal government is making too stringent for us or we can't fulfill.
1:39:39
Could you just give us more specificity on exactly what we're talking about that's locking up, that $100,000,000 because, obviously, that money could go to good use right now.
Jacques Jiha
1:39:47
Yeah.
1:39:47
The if you are the municipality is having the same challenge.
1:39:58
For instance, they require that to provide the alien numbers, things that we did not collect initially.
1:40:07
Only $12 could go toward the $12,12,050, I believe, can go to what being for hotel.
1:40:16
I mean, things that it's it's a number of challenges at every other municipality.
1:40:22
I believe the city controller last month and the OMB Director for cargo, this and a letter complaining about it.
1:40:31
It's it's we're all trying to.
1:40:33
We're gathering all the information that we need.
1:40:36
There's a lot of information that they requested and information that we did not collect before, okay, that we have to collect.
1:40:44
In order for us to give access to those resources.
1:40:47
But again, we're trying our best.
1:40:49
We're gonna try we're gonna go after our best, and sometimes very soon to submit the application to get the resources, but it's been very, very, very
Keith Powers
1:40:58
Based on those that information that you haven't, you know, that we haven't collected.
1:41:02
It sounds like other jurisdictions haven't collected either.
1:41:05
Do we have a belief that we're gonna going to receive that funding?
1:41:08
And what do you think an expected timeline is?
Jacques Jiha
1:41:11
We believe we will get it.
1:41:12
I don't know, because as I said, we just process of gathering all the information that we needed.
1:41:18
And once we submit the application, I don't know how how long it's gonna take them on their end.
1:41:23
To give us those resources.
Keith Powers
1:41:24
And Wood was able to get us to 49,000,000.
Jacques Jiha
1:41:27
It was a different type of Okay.
1:41:30
Where the advance of the resources offered rather than us submitted all these other paperwork that we need to do to claim.
Keith Powers
1:41:38
Okay.
1:41:39
I just because I have 30 seconds here.