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Status of the gender and racial equity advisory board
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Council Member Farah Louis inquires about the status of the gender and racial equity advisory board established by Local Law 30 of 2021. Ronald Porcelli, unable to speak directly about the board's status, discusses the close working relationship with the Commission on Gender Equity and its importance to the NYC Unity Project.
- Porcelli cannot provide direct information on the board's status
- Highlights the instrumental partnership with the Commission on Gender Equity
- Explains that both the Unity Project and the Commission on Gender Equity are part of the Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice
Farah Louis
1:08:40
Thank you for that.
1:08:41
Local law 30 of 2021 established a gender and racial equity advisory board to advise the mayor and council on issues relating to gender and racial equity and the provision of covered healthcare services and healthcare services in hospitals.
1:08:57
The board is required to deliver a report with the result of its review of protocols that hospitals use to address inequity and recommendation measures to address gender and racial equity in hospitals?
1:09:09
I'm aware they're not here, but if you could answer regarding an interagency response or what you're aware of, what is the status of the board?
Ronald Porcelli
1:09:18
So I cannot speak to that directly.
1:09:21
What I would say is Commission on Gender Equity, we work very closely with them.
1:09:27
They have been absolutely instrumental partners in furthering the work of the NYC Unity Project, in marketing that work, in educating the public in that work, in doing outreach.
1:09:38
So we are absolutely instrumental partners.
1:09:40
I am not on that particular board that you speak of but that is definitely something that I can engage with CGE on.
1:09:47
I would also say that CGE is the Unity Project sister office.
1:09:51
We are within the same family, the Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice.
Farah Louis
1:09:55
Thank you for that.
1:09:58
I don't know if you have one more question.
1:09:59
We have a robust testimony.
1:10:01
Yeah ask the final question.