AGENCY TESTIMONY
MOIA's position on Intro 215
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Kenneth Lo explains MOIA's stance on Council Member Hanif's Intro 215, which proposes creating a centralized office for translation and interpretation.
- MOIA does not support the bill as it is currently written
- The office agrees with the ethos and intent of the bill, recognizing that some centralization of resources would benefit city agencies
- MOIA is open to discussing options for expanding language services with the City Council
- The office views its work as a 'language lab' to explore potential resources and practices that can be shared with city agencies
Kenneth Lo
0:24:38
Thank you, sir.
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Out of this.
0:24:39
No.
0:24:40
After that, dramatic pause.
0:24:44
And for a moment, the the hot seat was a little got to be a little look forward.
0:24:51
When the rest left you.
0:24:52
I was talking about the the growth of our team and how that informs our position on council member Heneepsville, intro 215, And I was speaking about the practical experience we've had, trying to grow our internal translation team, and the past discussions that we've had with New York City Public School's office of language access about their translation and interpretation unit.
0:25:22
And as as a result, we do not support the bill as it is written.
0:25:27
We are certainly in agreement with a lot of the ethos of it and the intent And we do agree that some centralization of resources would benefit city agencies, and we're open to discussing more with counsel about options for the city to expand language services.
0:25:47
In many ways, our work at Moira, we've considered it to be a language lab where we can explore potential resources and practices and assess how they may be shared out with city agencies.
0:25:59
And and this is also one of those arenas So we do look forward to exploring what would be the most appropriate set of solutions to advanced language access and language services across city agencies.
