Q&A
Discussion on the scope and impact of the proposed legislation
1:05:53
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Council Member Restler and HPD representatives discuss the potential scope and impact of the proposed legislation. The Council Member emphasizes how the bill could provide leverage in projects with any city resources involved.
- Council Member Restler explains how the legislation could provide oversight for projects with city resources, even if not directly funded by HPD
- He uses the Saint Francis project in Brooklyn Heights as an example of where the legislation could have an impact
- The discussion highlights the potential broader applicability of the proposed legislation beyond just HPD-funded projects
Lincoln Restler
1:05:53
One is, and I would like to follow-up on it.
1:05:55
But but but what this legislation would do is that if there's any city resources going in, it may not be an HPD project, that it would help it would ensure that there's much greater oversight in who's getting hired.
1:06:06
Right?
1:06:07
And so so for an example like the Saint Francis project that we have in in downtown in Brooklyn Heights, there are there is city support for the project in it's not an HPD funded project, but we would have leverage here that we don't have currently, if I understand it correctly.
Ahmed Tigani
1:06:25
Well, again, we have other there are other agencies and bodies within the administration that have already a robust and experienced regime on worker rights.
