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Overview of the racial justice ballot measures

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Sherman provides an overview of the groundbreaking racial justice ballot measures passed in 2022, highlighting their focus on shifting the direction of government towards racial equity and justice.

Introduces three core values: justly valuing all talents and contributions, ensuring conditions for thriving, and embracing vigilance, remedy, and reconstruction
Emphasizes the measures' focus on systemic change rather than addressing single issues
Discusses the opportunity to rethink and reshape how the city serves New Yorkers

Sideya Sherman

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And with that said, I'm pleased to update the council.

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As highlighted in my testimony before the council last September, the new preamble of the city charter introduces a groundbreaking set of foundational values designed to guide the operation of city remain and inform and shape how the city carries out its do duties, obligations, and authorities.

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This preamble cast a vision for a multiracial democracy where we affirm that diversity is our strength, acknowledge the harms of the past, and boldly commit to building an equitable future for all.

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The preamble urges us urges governments uphold 3 core values that we justly value all talents and distributions that we ensure the conditions of thriving for every person and embrace vigilance, remedy, and reconstruction.

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In crafting these ballot proposals, the former racial justice commission spent months engaging the public in examining the root causes of inequity.

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From our perspective, 3 the 3 resulting proposals were decidedly focused on shifting the direction of government rather than addressing any single issue area.

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With that charge, we have oriented our work around these foundational values and the broader vision of our city for example, presenting a monumental opportunity for us as public servants to rethink and reshape how we serve New York workers.

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As MOERJ leads implementation of these new charter amendments, we endeavor to translate these values into actionable measures, ultimately in institutionalizing progress across agencies and establishing new norms within city government.

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