AGENCY TESTIMONY
Introduction and overview of Local Law 30's impact
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Kenneth Lo, Senior Adviser on Language Access at MOIA, introduces Local Law 30 as a valuable tool enacted over 7 years ago. He emphasizes its importance in the context of recent immigration to New York City.
- Local Law 30 has been crucial in improving language access across city agencies
- The law's implementation is particularly significant given the arrival of over 217,300 immigrants since spring 2020
- The testimony aims to share MOIA's approach, highlight progress, and discuss ongoing challenges and opportunities
Kenneth Lo
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Local law 30 has been a remarkably valuable tool since it was enacted over 7 years ago.
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It's of particular importance now.
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It has more than 2173 100 immigrants have arrived in New York City since the spring of 2020.
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Our office has continued to coordinate the city wide implementation process of for local authority.
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And together, the agencies have done good work on improving their language access.
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Our goals in this testimony or conversation are threefold.
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First, we would like to share how Moi has approached language access since the build's enactment and specifically how it is guided the implementation of local law throughout the city.
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2nd, we would like to both highlight our areas of progress and to share what we have learned over the course of implementation, including ongoing challenges and opportunities, including with the local law 30 itself.
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Finally, we would like to speak about how Boyle looks to expand and deepen language access as a tool that can serve all New Yorkers regardless of where they come from.
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As the chair mentioned, The last oversight hearing dedicated to local authority was a while ago.
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It was actually last in 2018.
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In 2017, city council passed local authority unanimously It codified the executive order from 2008 into our city charter and administrative code and expanded the list of designated citywide languages to 10.
