Q&A
Advocacy for Section 3 jobs for NYCHA tenants in outreach programs
0:42:45
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Council Member Darlene Mealy advocates for NYCHA tenants to be hired for Section 3 jobs related to outreach efforts for rent arrears programs. She emphasizes the importance of providing employment opportunities to NYCHA residents.
- Mealy suggests that NYCHA tenants would be ideal for door-knocking and outreach positions
- She calls for a percentage of the $1 million allocated for outreach to go to tenant jobs
- NYCHA CFO agrees to confirm with the procurement team about Section 3 job opportunities
- Mealy proposes creating a database to track Section 3 jobs for NYCHA tenants
Darlene Mealy
0:42:45
So are those jobs coming from Nigeria, tenants?
Annika Lescott-Martinez
0:42:50
The outreach?
0:42:51
Yes.
0:42:52
I'm not certain who the outreach contractor is.
0:42:55
Why hasn't you not done yet?
Darlene Mealy
0:42:58
Nitrogenics are being so shafted with these jobs.
0:43:02
$1,000,000 contracts are coming into Nitro, and half of them are not getting any not one job.
0:43:10
So chair, I think we really should start addressing that.
0:43:13
And then you say 1,000,000, who better to be in these positions, to do door knocking, and getting the right tenants, to pull other tenants to these meetings, to get them empowered and informed.
0:43:28
Chair, I really think we we should kinda almost demand least a percentage of this 1,000,000 go to tenant.
0:43:36
That's chapter 3 jobs.
Annika Lescott-Martinez
0:43:38
Section 3.
Darlene Mealy
0:43:39
Section 3 jobs.
0:43:41
Could is that could be in this proposal or this
Annika Lescott-Martinez
0:43:45
I will clarify that the full 1,000,000 is not just for the contracts.
0:43:49
That is a part of it, but we can certainly, you know, talk to our procurement team and confirm how many section 3 jobs would come from those contracts.
Darlene Mealy
0:43:58
So we really should have a database on that.
0:44:00
Maybe we should do something in regards to that.
0:44:02
And I just wanna think I gotta tell people when when they can hear it.
0:44:08
I've been saying his name wrong all this time.
0:44:10
I'm holding.
0:44:13
Thank you, and I'm looking forward to hearing from him more.
0:44:17
And like my colleague said, whenever you call, He tried to get things done, and majority of the time he does.
0:44:22
So you have an asset there, but I know I have another problem that we're gonna address maybe after this meeting.
0:44:30
So thank you, chair.
