QUESTION
What is the update on the Callahan consent decree and its impact on the migrant situation?
2:18:04
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There is ongoing litigation in the Callahan consent decree regarding the migrant population.
- The New York City Law Department is working with litigants and the Legal Aid Society to protect the city's interests.
- Efforts are being made to ensure the city is properly protected and not found in contempt of any actions taken.
- Specific details on the direction and outcomes of the ongoing litigation are not being discussed at this time.
David M. Carr
2:18:04
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2:18:08
Okay.
2:18:10
With respect to some of the areas where I think you're working that you could actually have a significant financial impact on the city is your ongoing work with the Callahan consent decree in particular how it pertains to the current migrant situation.
2:18:25
So I know the position of the administration has been to take the Calham consent decree's application away from the migrant population.
2:18:34
My position is that it never replied And I was just wondering if you can give us an update on where things stand with that.
Judge Sylvia Hinds-Radix
2:18:41
Of course, you know, there's ongoing litigation in Callahan.
2:18:47
And our position now is we are we are we've we've been working with with litigants, and we've been we've been working with the well, of course, the legalist society who's who's defending this matter.
2:19:08
We we are hopeful that we we can reach a a situation where we're able to project the city's interests more affect effectively than than what we saw in in the in the Callahan consent decree.
2:19:26
Since there's ongoing litigation and we're working, we we there's been direction from the court and and other councils that we don't we're not gonna be discussing where we're going at this time, but I'll I'll tell you we have spent a significant amount of time and legal expertise and and across our law department.
2:19:50
In order to ensure that the city is protected and that we we do it properly, that we're not that we're not that we are not found in contempt in any actions that we take and and those are the things that we're we're looking at.
David M. Carr
2:20:04
Understood.