REMARKS
Budget concerns for NYC Commission on Human Rights
2:30:41
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Council Member Williams addresses budget concerns for the NYC Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) and emphasizes the importance of proper funding for implementing laws effectively.
- She highlights the lack of advocacy for CCHR funding during budget fights.
- Williams expresses frustration that advocates support bills giving more work to CCHR but are absent during budget discussions.
- She stresses the need for adequate funding to implement laws accurately and efficiently.
Nantasha M. Williams
2:30:41
Thank you, and thank you, you both for raising the budget, concerns.
2:30:47
And I encourage all the advocates still in the room to, like, join our work group in advocacy for budget, because when it comes to the budget fight, there are not a lot of people that are advocating for money for c c I CCHR.
2:31:01
And this is a conversation that I have with everybody, the commissioners of CCHR, I have the conversation with my colleagues, and I also, like, put a mirror in front of all the advocates who, like, are constantly supporting and promoting bills that give this agency more work, they are absent during the budget fight, and it annoys me, because, you know, like, we can't pass these laws and expect them to be implemented accurately or
Hillary Scrivani
2:31:28
efficiently if this agency does not have
Nantasha M. Williams
2:31:28
the money to do it, and efficiently if
Hillary Scrivani
2:31:33
this agency does not have
Nantasha M. Williams
2:31:33
the money to do it.
2:31:33
And every single year, we did better this year, we did better this year, but my last 3 budget cycles, this will be my 4th budget cycle, there is no advocacy from the advocates.
