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Concerns about DDC's community engagement for the Borough Based Jail Program
3:22:26
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Council Member Marte expresses concerns about the Department of Design and Construction's (DDC) performance in community engagement for the Borough Based Jail Program, particularly in Chinatown.
- Marte criticizes DDC for underperforming in notifying the community and elected officials about contracts and designs
- He highlights the complexity of the Chinatown facility and the need for better stakeholder communication
- Marte emphasizes the importance of informing vulnerable populations, such as seniors living near the facility
- He calls on DOC and other agencies to ensure their counterparts work effectively with the community and stakeholders
Christopher Marte
3:22:26
I know it's DDC that's mostly managing construction and the community engagement portion of it.
3:22:33
I just wanna let DDC know and state it for the record is that they've been underperforming.
3:22:40
They have dropped the ball in notifying the community and notifying elected officials about contracts, designs that have been shared with the press before they're even given out to community boards.
3:22:51
And so we look to DOC and other agencies that are part of this project to make sure that your counterparts are working with the community and working with stakeholders to know what's happening.
3:23:03
This is going to be the most complex facility out of the four slated for the Borough Based Shell Program, and there's a lot of major stakeholders.
3:23:13
There's even seniors that live right next to the facility that have an average age of 90 years old in trunk pack, and the information is not being communicated to them about what's happening, when it's happening, and what they can expect in a day to day basis.
3:23:31
Thank you
Ronald Day
3:23:32
for your question.