Q&A
Explanation of the monitor's creation and contractual nature
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Neil Barofsky provides a detailed explanation of the monitor's creation, contractual nature, and the limitations of their jurisdiction. He clarifies that the monitorship was established through a civil contract signed by multiple governmental entities in 2019.
- The monitor's role and jurisdiction are defined by the 2019 agreement between HUD, the city, the US attorney's office, and NYCHA
- Barofsky emphasizes that they can only act within the scope defined by this agreement
- He explains that changing the monitor's jurisdiction would require amending the agreement, involving all parties who initially signed it
Chi Ossé
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How do we how can we change that though?
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How do we give you more more oversight over some of these these these pressing problems that exist within
Neil Barofsky
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So we are we are create a creature of contract.
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Mhmm.
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We were create this monitorship was created when HUD and the city and the US attorney's office for the Southern District of New York and NYCHA reached its settlement in 2019.
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And that agreement is what created this monitorship.
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So we're not like, sometimes they're quarter pointed monitors.
Chi Ossé
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Mhmm.
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You
Neil Barofsky
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know, we service monitors in a in a number of different types of arrangements.
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This is truly a a civil contract that was signed by these different governmental entities and And so when they did that, they said, this is what you do monitor.
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And anything that's they don't say this is what you do, we don't we don't do.
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We don't have jurisdiction.
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As I said, We're not blind we don't blind ourselves to other issues.
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And they are, of course, impactful because they're impactful on the residents.
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They're impactful on the overall work that we do.
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But we can't there's certain areas.
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The only way we can help is helping bring attention by by by getting introducing the tenant or or making an inquiry, which we which we do.
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And and, look, we've had some real successes in certain areas where just facilitating certain meetings, short, and attentions to issues, even though they're they're they're arguably outside of our our jurisdiction.
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But the only way really to change that is to change the agreement.
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And so the parties to the agreement, which would be the the the Department of Justice, HUD Yeah.
Chi Ossé
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Right.
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Right.
Neil Barofsky
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City and night shift would have to reform the Sure.
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Agreement.
