QUESTION
Why has only 1,300,000 been sought for new needs when 17,000,000 has been spent on asylum seeker legal case work through a contract?
2:32:01
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The budget for asylum seeker legal case work has exceeded $17,000,000, with an additional $1,300,000 centrally added for new needs.
- The total amount spent on asylum seeker legal case work through the contract is over $17,000,000.
- The $1,300,000 for new needs was centrally added and not a decision made by the New York City Law Department.
- The budget for this initiative has been modified to exceed $20,000,000.
Lincoln Restler
2:32:01
Asylum speak asylum seeker legal case work.
2:32:05
The preliminary plan included an additional 1,300,000 for legal services relating to the asylum application help center.
2:32:12
Could you confirm how much money has been spent to date?
2:32:18
Through this contract?
Motte Araf
2:32:21
Yes.
2:32:21
As of a week and a half ago, a total of approximately a little over 17,000,000.
Joseph Wagner
2:32:30
Right.
Lincoln Restler
2:32:31
I would you have spent I mean, and preland was already a month or so ago, 6 weeks ago.
2:32:37
But why spend 16, 17,000,000 and only seek 1,300,000 in new needs?
Motte Araf
2:32:43
That 1,300,000 was actually added centrally by RMB.
2:32:48
It's not through an action that we do at our end.
2:32:51
And actually, at this point, the budget is already above that $17,000,000.
2:32:56
I think it's been modified to 20,000,000 at this
Lincoln Restler
2:32:58
point.
2:32:59
Okay.