TESTIMONY
Lincoln Restler welcomes the NYC Board of Elections and discusses the NYC Board of Elections' fiscal budget for 2025 and their preparedness for upcoming citywide elections
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NYC Council Member Lincoln Restler discusses the NYC Board of Elections' fiscal budget for 2025 and their preparedness for upcoming citywide elections.
- Lincoln Restler welcomes the BOE team to the gov ops hearing, acknowledging Executive Director Mike Ryan and Deputy Executive Director Vinny Ignizio.
- The BOE's fiscal 2025 preliminary budget is $144,800,000, including personal services funding to support 517 budgeted full-time positions.
- Discussion topics include BOE's operations, budgeting practices, staffing, and reviewing the fiscal 2024 preliminary measures management report.
- Focus on the BOE's preparedness for upcoming citywide elections in April, June, November 2024, and June 2025.
Lincoln Restler
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Well, I would now like to welcome the BOE team to to the gov ops hearing today.
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Thank you for joining us Executive Director, Mike Ryan, deputy executor Vinny Ignizio, who we are very pleased is a former member of this body.
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So it's always good to have you back here.
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Vinny, We appreciate you both testifying today, and I just wanna give a special shout out to your general counsel who's somebody who have a great deal of admiration for Emily Patel.
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Thank you for being with us as well on the whole BOE team.
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The BOE's fiscal 2025 preliminary budget totals $144,800,000, including 68,000,000 in personal services funding to support 5 17 budgeted full time positions.
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BOE is responsible for conducting all federal, state, and local elections in the city of New York.
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Today, we look forward to discussing BOE's operations budging practices, staffing, and reviewing its fiscal 2024 preliminary measures management report.
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We hope to learn more about the BOE's preparedness for 4 for city wide elections in the next 15 months.
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April, June, November 2024, June 2025.
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I'd like to thank Mr.
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Ryan and Mr.
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Ignizio again for joining us today.
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Before I turn it over to the committee council to administer an oath and swear you both in, just like to ask.
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We we've been asking folks to keep their testimony to approximately 5 minutes, and we have your full testimony in the record.