AGENCY TESTIMONY
Restoration of funding for various programs and initiatives
5:07:53
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Jiha details the restoration of funding for various programs and initiatives, made possible by the stabilized fiscal outlook. He highlights key areas where funding has been reinstated or expanded.
- Restoration of nearly $80 million in PEGs from earlier in the fiscal year
- Funding restored for July, August, and October police classes
- Restoration of funding for the Cultural Development Fund and Cultural Institutions Group
- Support for upstream solutions to gun violence, including job connections program and expansion of crisis management system
- Expansion of outreach efforts for 3K and pre-K programs, and increased funding for special education pre-K
Jacques Jiha
5:07:53
Achieving a stable fiscal outlook also allows us to restore nearly $80,000,000 in PEGs in this plan that were taken earlier in the fiscal year.
5:08:06
While important, the restoration we did in the January April plan represent less than 4% of the saving we achieved we achieved over fiscal year 24 25 in this cycle.
5:08:20
In this plan, we restored the July August October police classes that had been canceled as part of the November peg.
5:08:31
While with the restoration of the able class in January, all 2020 2024 classes are now funded, which put which puts more officers on the street to protect the public.
5:08:45
We also restored funding for the Cultural Development Fund, which distributes grants to more than 1,000 arts groups citywide and the Cultural Institutions Group.
5:08:57
Supporting upstream solution to gun violence is an important part of Mayor Adam's strategy to keep the city safe, a safe place to live, work, and raise a family.
5:09:07
In this plan, we funded job connections, a program that will connect 500 young New Yorkers at risk of gun violence with career readiness and green job placement.
5:09:20
We also supported an expansion an expansion of the crisis management system and added resources for the neighborhood safety alliance.
5:09:29
To further the administration commitment to early childhood education, we have expanded our outreach efforts to make sure that parents are aware of available 3 k and pre k seats in their communities.
5:09:44
We also added funding to increase access to special education pre k.
