AGENCY TESTIMONY
Community education and engagement through Ready New York program
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The testimony highlights the city's ongoing efforts in community education and engagement through the Ready New York program. This initiative focuses on preparing New Yorkers for various emergencies, including flash floods.
- Describes the Ready New York program's focus on educating residents about potential hazards and emergency preparedness
- Mentions daily community outreach efforts in various locations such as schools, houses of worship, and community meetings
- Emphasizes the program's goal of helping residents create emergency plans and prepare emergency supplies
Heather Roiter
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We would like to continue the discussions with the sponsor to further explain the nuances of emergency planning as well as work deeper on education and partnerships in communities.
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As discussed with this testimony, there is significant outreach and community engagement that's already being done and will continue to be strongly pushed throughout all communities in the city.
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Through the Ready New York program, we educate New Yorkers about hazards that they may face in New York City and prepare for all types of emergency by writing an emergency plan, choosing a meeting place, and gathering supplies, for your home, and to prepare a go bag in case they need to leave their home in a hurry.
0:14:19
Emergency management goes out to meet communities in various locations every day of the year, schools, houses of worship, town halls, community meetings, and more.
0:14:28
And we always stress the necessity for everyone to have an emergency plan for including 2 meeting places, one which should be a 20 4 7 location of and of awareness and comfort to them.
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This is especially important for people who live in basement apartments or low lying areas.