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Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez opens FY 25 preliminary budget meeting for the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI)
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Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez kickstarts the Fiscal Year (FY) 25 preliminary budget meeting for the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), focusing on the financial planning and operational priorities.
- The OTI's fiscal 2025 preliminary budget totals $775,200,000, covering personnel and technology contracts.
- A significant portion of the budget is allocated to contractual services including data processing equipment contracts.
- The budget showcases a slight decrease from the previous fiscal year and introduces funding for projects like the Big Apple Connect public safety IT services.
- The hearing aims to examine budget changes, asylum seeker support, the agency’s capital projects, and the impact of a hiring freeze on operations.
- Gutiérrez emphasizes on preparing for artificial intelligence and ensuring effective service delivery to New Yorkers.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
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Good morning, and welcome to FY 25 preliminary budget the office of technology and innovation, OTI, previously known as the Department of Information And Technology And Telecommunications Or Do It I'm Jennifer Gutierrez, Chair of the Committee on Technology.
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OTI's fiscal 2025 preliminary budget totals $775,200,000 which includes 161,500,000 in personnel services funding to support 1504 full time positions.
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The budget also includes nearly 640,000,000 in other than personnel services, of which close to 280,000,000 is allocated to contractual services, the majority of which is allocated for data processing equipment contracts.
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And the preliminary plan OTI's fiscal 20 25 budget is 8,400,000 less than its fiscal 2024 adopted budget.
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The slight decrease of 1% is mainly driven by a reduction in technology services.
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Additionally, in the preliminary plan, OTI's budget introduces significant funding in fiscal 2025 for the big Apple Connect public safety IT services, and the build out of a technology platform to support the administration's effort on the asylum seekers crisis.
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At today's hearing, we will we will examine many components of the agency's budget, excuse me, and new projects to ensure that New Yorkers and city agencies receive the service they deserve.
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We would like to focus on a number of topics, including funding changes included in the preliminary plan, costs and services associated with the care of asylum seekers, the spending on the agency's capital projects, In addition, we will review the agency's headcount to ensure that the hiring freeze has not impacted operations, and we'll hear from OTI on the updates status of the big Apple Connect and my city portal.
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And finally, we are looking to better understand how our city is preparing safely to embrace the world of artificial intelligence.
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As always, I'm looking forward to an open conversation with the city's CTO, commissioner Math fraser on the city strategy and budget plan moving forward.
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Before we begin, there's no other member today.
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So I'd like to thank all of you, the members of the public, and the administration for joining us today.
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And I want to thank our committee staff for their hard work, including Florentine Cabore, Nia Hayat, Irene Biopsky, Charles Kim Connor, and my own staff, Anilaire and Anna Besendorf.
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I'd also like to welcome CTO Matt Fraser, w commissioner, Chantal Synatus.
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That's right.
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Synatus.
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And deputy commissioner Ed Pemberton.
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And before we hear from you all, the committee council will swear you in.