Q&A
Assessment of city agencies' compliance with Local Law 30
0:46:12
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Council Member Alexa Avilés inquires about city agencies' compliance with Local Law 30. MOIA representatives explain that while agencies are generally compliant, they are working towards true language access beyond basic compliance.
- MOIA is focusing on moving agencies beyond compliance to true language access
- They are embedding values and approaches into guidance for language access implementation plans
- MOIA encourages agencies to utilize various tools, including bilingual staffing, CBO partnerships, and language service contracts
Alexa Avilés
0:46:12
So are there I guess what I'm hearing is, as as per your own assessment and the criteria that you're currently operating under that all city agencies are compliant?
Young Kwon
0:46:28
Generally, yes.
0:46:30
And we do want to move agencies forward.
0:46:34
We are not looking for compliance.
0:46:36
We are looking for agencies to move towards a true language access, not just the compliance set by local law 30.
0:46:46
Ways we do that is embedding some of our values and approaches into our guidances on language access implementation plan.
0:46:55
One of the changes this year on our guidance is that under our operational operation of Language Services section, we we required agencies to look at bilingual staffing, look at CVO Partnership, and also language service contracts.
0:47:14
We think that we need to utilize all the tools in our toolbox in order to make sure that language access is being met.
