Q&A
MOIA's response to allegations and accountability measures
1:09:39
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Council Member Aviles presses MOIA representatives on their response to allegations of DOC violations and their approach to ensuring accountability. MOIA representatives struggle to provide specific answers about their engagement with advocates and accountability measures.
- MOIA representatives couldn't recall if they had met with advocates who shared the FOIL results
- Council Member Aviles urges for immediate meetings with advocates and more intensive engagement
- MOIA is asked about specific accountability directives for DOC, NYPD, and Department of Probation
- Commissioner Castro notes that MOIA's charter mandates are specific and limited, but they often go beyond what is mandated
Alexa Aviles
1:09:39
Excuse me.
1:09:40
So it's our understanding that Moya has never taken a meeting with advocates who shared these foil results, and have asked for meetings to discuss.
1:09:49
Is this accurate?
Lorena Lucero
1:09:54
I do I can't answer because I just don't remember.
1:09:58
But I'll I'm we're happy to meet with them.
1:10:00
I mean, I'm happy to meet with anybody.
1:10:03
So if you tell me after the hearing, I'm happy to do the outreach myself.
Alexa Aviles
1:10:06
We would this should be alarming enough to both remember and prioritize because it is not the only stories that we've heard of of collusion.
1:10:17
And here, you have direct proof of a culture of collusion with no accountability.
1:10:23
So I would absolutely 100% urge an immediate meeting with those, with those particular advocates and also commit to a more intensive engagement around a culture of collusion that has figured out how to evade the laws?
1:10:40
In particular, how will Moya, put forward accountability for flouting these laws?
1:10:47
And what has been the direct message to, in particular, the Department of Corrections and NYPD, and will put into Department of Probation around following these laws?
1:11:07
No no specific accountability directives.
Manuel Castro
1:11:12
I would just say that our charter mandates are very specific and very limited.
1:11:18
We often go above and beyond what is mandated of us.
1:11:23
But, of course, again, our our our ability to, to do this work is, again, limited to those charges.