AGENCY TESTIMONY
Call for applying racial equity lens to city government operations
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Linda Tigani concludes her testimony with a strong call for City Council to apply a racial equity lens to all city government operations, particularly in budget negotiations.
- Urges consideration of how investments counteract racism and its history
- Asks whether policies or investments will reduce, perpetuate, or exacerbate racial inequity in service delivery
- Emphasizes the need to reverse family and community breakup and reduce over-marginalization of New Yorkers of color
- Stresses the importance of basing policies on needs expressed by impacted communities
- Calls for alignment with the foundational principles in the preamble of the New York City Charter
Linda Tigani
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In closing, I wanna urge the city council to fulfill its mandate to apply a racial equity lens to near city government operations and reflect on the following questions in the final negotiations over the city's budget items.
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How does this investment counteract racism in the history of racism, if at all?
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Will this policy or investment reduce, perpetuate, or exacerbate racial inequity and service delivery.
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Will it reverse the breakup of families and communities, or reduce the over marginalization and criminalization of New Yorkers of color?
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Is the policy or investment based on needs and goals expressed by impact of communities?
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And finally, does the investment reflect the foundational principles expressed in the preamble of the charter of the city of New York.
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Thank you.