QUESTION
Are Randall's Island, Floyd Bennett Field, and Creedmoor psych facility asylum seeker facilities contracted through the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)?
0:52:56
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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) confirms they contract locations like Randall's Island, Floyd Bennett Field, and Creedmoor psych facility for asylum seekers through a longstanding citywide requirements contract.
- The sites are under a citywide requirements contract with DCAS.
- The contract in question was established about a decade ago, initially in response to Hurricane Sandy.
- The original registration of the contract dates back to around 2014.
- Despite the contract's existence, DCAS clarifies they do not manage the operation of these locations.
Shahana Hanif
0:52:56
And then Randall's Island, Floyd Bennett Field, Creedmoor, psych facility are the asylum seeker facilities contracted through DCAS?
Dawn M. Pinnock
0:53:06
Yes.
0:53:06
I'll have my agency chief contracting officer respond.
0:53:09
Sure.
Roman Gofman
0:53:09
Yes.
0:53:10
So those sites are contracted through one of our Decastitywide requirements contracts.
0:53:17
Mhmm.
0:53:17
That contract was established way before the silo secret crisis.
0:53:20
I think the initial established run of the Garner contract was about a decade ago after Hurricane Sandy, but health and hospitals in Nice summer using Garner Service through our citywide contract.
Shahana Hanif
0:53:30
You said a decade ago?
Roman Gofman
0:53:32
About yeah.
0:53:32
I think the original registration was about 2014.
Shahana Hanif
0:53:37
And then why was has chosen to administer or operate these locations, considering every other agency involved has experienced managing.
0:53:44
So again, this goes back to just the as the contract Right.
Dawn M. Pinnock
0:53:47
We're not managing that location.
0:53:49
Not right.