AGENCY TESTIMONY
Plans and budget requests for FY 2025
1:26:56
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3 min
Linda Tigani outlines CORE's plans and budget requests for fiscal year 2025, emphasizing the need for additional resources to fulfill its charter mandates.
- Will request additional funding to close the CORE funding gap and complete the launch of charter mandates
- Plans to expand the team to 12 members, hiring 5 new staff in FY 25
- Seeks to add a data system lead to manage data collection, tracking, and compliance
- Aims to grow research, policy, general counsel, and legislative teams
- Requests funds for commissioner per diems and expense reimbursements
- Projects an increase in budget to $1,329,093 for FY 2025 and $1,335,741 for FY 2026
- Notes that current projections do not account for full staff development or commissioner costs
Linda Tigani
1:26:56
To build on this foundation and fulfill its promise to the electorate, it will be imperative for court to receive adequate funding.
1:27:04
Now I would like to turn to fiscal year 2025.
1:27:09
Year 2025, I will request additional money to close the core funding gap and complete the launch of our charter mandates.
1:27:17
In fall 2024, we expect the admin registration's preliminary racial equity and city wide racial equity plans to be released.
1:27:25
Following the release, Cor will have 30 day days to review and provide public comment.
1:27:30
Core commissioners are expected to finalize community equity priorities.
1:27:35
Concurrently, CORE staff will launch guidance for New Yorkers on how to file a complaint with CORE.
1:27:41
We will expand to a team of 12 members hiring 5 people in FY 25 to support each area of our work.
1:27:51
To support the expanded integration and use of data, Core will ask for a data system lead need to manage the collection, tracking, maintenance, compliance, and development of our use of data.
1:28:04
Core we'll need to expand our team beyond the allocated 5 lines.
1:28:08
To fulfill our mandate, we need to grow our research and policy team along with general counsel and legislative team to support the 2nd charter mandate.
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The assessment of the administration's preliminary racial equity and citywide ratio equity plan.
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Charter mandate 3, which is a subsequent tracking of the final plan.
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And charter mandate for to address complaints about agency conduct that may have the effect of exacerbating racial disparities and make recommendations to agencies to address such complaints where appropriate.
1:28:43
New staff be requested to carry out Charter's man to Charter mandates 2, 3, and 4, and to partner with counsel to leverage racial equity impact assessment tool to sufficiently respond to requests from the Speaker of the Council And Council Committee on matters related to racial equity, Charter mandate number 5.
1:29:03
In fiscal year 2025, Core will launch robust community organizing and engagement practices to ensure that community voices are at the table.
1:29:13
We will need additional funds to increase payments to community groups for their time and for the time and resources they're contributing to Kors work.
1:29:21
We will also need to pay commissioners per diem for their time and reimbursements for their expenses related to work conducted for the commission.
1:29:30
Projected funding for fiscal year 2025 does not include a budget to pay commissioners as mandated by law.
1:29:39
Our fiscal year 2025 budget will increase to 1, 300 $29, 093.
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And in fiscal year 2026, we are expected to be baselined at $1, 335, 741.
1:29:55
Increases in fiscal year 20252026 are results of collective bargaining and meta nudential adjustments.
1:30:03
It does not account for the development of course staff, workflows, or for commissioner costs for DMN reimbursements.