QUESTION
How is NYC Aging addressing the fiscal cliff caused by the expiration of federal pandemic funding?
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NYC Aging is replacing federal pandemic funding with city funding to support various services and programs.
- Federal pandemic-related funding must be used by the end of the current calendar year.
- A significant portion of this funding is being replaced by city funding for services including home care management (HCM), nutritious meal services (Norths), and waste management services.
- The Department for the Aging expects to utilize all budgeted pandemic-related funding within the stipulated timeframe.
- The source of future pandemic funding in subsequent years will come from the city's tax levy, with plans to match previous federal funding ‘dollar for dollar’.
- Collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is ongoing to ensure there are no service reductions due to the funding transition.
Crystal Hudson
1:48:18
And then moving on to end of federal pandemic funding.
1:48:23
The expiration of federal pandemic related funding is an area of concern, especially if the city does not find other funding to replace it.
1:48:30
An NYC Aging's preliminary plan for fiscal 24, there's $44,400,000 budgeted in pandemic budget codes.
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And for fiscal 25, there's 68,200,000 in such codes.
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Additionally, the preliminary plan reflects funding and pandemic codes of 4,300,000 and fiscal 26 and 27.
1:48:52
What services or programs are being supported by this pandemic funding?
Jose Mercado
1:48:58
So a lot of the pandemic fund is being replaced by city funding.
Crystal Hudson
1:49:03
Okay.
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Do you know how much of it?
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How much is a lot?
Jose Mercado
1:49:06
So we have, for example, our HCM Oh, wait.
1:49:09
So we have funding in HCM that's being replaced by city funding.
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We also have funding in the Norths that's being replaced by city funding.
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We also have some funding in the waste that's also being replaced by city funding.
Crystal Hudson
1:49:19
Okay.
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It's our understanding that all federal pandemic related funding must be used by the end of the current calendar year.
1:49:28
Is that correct?
Jose Mercado
1:49:29
That's correct.
1:49:30
So for that's the reason why a lot of our fundings being replaced Right.
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Switched.
1:49:33
That's why.
Crystal Hudson
1:49:34
Right.
Jose Mercado
1:49:34
So that's happened actually in in November plan that would think it is or jam I think it's jam on November.
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I can't remember enough top 10, but that's the switch was happening.
Crystal Hudson
1:49:45
And do you expect to use all of your budgeted pandemic related funding within the applicable time frame?
Jose Mercado
1:49:49
So the last for the for the July through December, that's when we actually all that money's been spent.
1:49:56
And Been spent.
1:49:57
Right.
1:49:57
And that's where the tax levy has been switched off.
Crystal Hudson
1:49:59
Got it.
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What's the source of the budgeted pandemic funding in the out years?
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You since the tax levy?
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:50:08
Yeah.
Jose Mercado
1:50:08
It's all being replaced.
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A text load because a lot of things expires.
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So
Crystal Hudson
1:50:13
Okay.
1:50:13
And it's being used for all the same things, same purposes?
1:50:17
Yep.
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How are you dealing with the fiscal cliff caused by the expiration of this funding?
Jose Mercado
1:50:27
A lot of it's being worked on with the o and b, with the cliffs, so to basically find city tax levy.
Crystal Hudson
1:50:35
Okay.
1:50:35
And it sounds like you're not really concerned that any services would be would need to be reduced.
1:50:43
Right?
1:50:43
Everything has been replaced all for dollar?
Jose Mercado
1:50:45
Vowel for dollar.
1:50:45
Yeah.
1:50:46
Except for, you know, without your picks, which we discussed earlier.
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Right.
1:50:48
Okay.
Crystal Hudson
1:50:58
Okay.
1:51:00
Okay.