QUESTION
What is the status of the city-wide racial equity plan's release scheduled for April 26th?
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The Chief Equity Officer indicates the city-wide racial equity plan's release timeline has been adjusted due to when The Mayor's Office of Equity was established.
- The adjusted release timeline has been shared publicly and will be posted on their website.
- They are working with the Commission on Racial Equity to exchange information during the planning process.
- City agencies have received briefings on the plan.
- Kickoff training for the plan's implementation has begun.
Carmen N. De La Rosa
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Section 3403 of the charter as added by local law 121 of 2022 states that the mayor and the administration must issue a biannual city wide ratio equity plan with the goal of eliminating ratio equity.
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According to the charter, the city wide ratio equity plan is due tomorrow April 26th and should be made available to the public and submitted to both the speaker and the council and to the commission on ratio equity.
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Does MOERJ have any involvement in the development of this plan?
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And if not, is anyone in the mayor's office working with with you all on this?
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Do we know if it's on track to be released by tomorrow?
Sideya Sherman
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Sure.
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So we're we're leading that planning effort.
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Okay.
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And based on the timeline that our office was established, Our timeline for releasing the report was moved.
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And so we shared that publicly, and we'll make sure that that's on our website.
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And we we also are working with the commission and ratio equity, who is our accountability body, to make sure that we're exchanging information as we go through that process.
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So agencies have received a briefing.
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We have kickoff training, and we look forward to keeping the council apprised.
