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Fact-checking and historical research in the truth-telling process
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Council Member Williams and Linda Tigani discuss the approach to fact-checking and historical research in the truth-telling process for Local Law 91.
- Historians and archivists will be involved to provide context and verify information when possible
- There will be a balance between storytelling and fact-checking
- The process will involve categorizing and tagging stories for public access on CORE's website
Nantasha Williams
2:52:29
And I apologize if I missed it, but when is your new projected deadline for the RFP to be released?
2:52:35
Towards the March at the April.
2:52:38
Okay.
2:52:40
So the additional funds that you may require, you're not seeking for those funds to be in this upcoming fiscal cycle.
2:52:50
This is for f y twenty twenty seven.
2:52:53
Correct.
2:52:54
Okay.
2:52:56
And a question that I had that I feel like is somewhat answered but just to make sure while people might be truth telling, I'm wondering like what level of due diligence is being done on the back end to kind of like fact check.
2:53:10
Not to say that people are gonna like straight up lie and like I don't wanna be pessimistic, but I'm just wondering is there gonna be like a a fact checking component, but I suppose that is where the historians would come in.
Linda Tigani
2:53:23
That's where the historians come in and the archivists come in and what I what I wanna offer is that there is certainly a time and place for fact checking as well as a time and place for storytelling.
2:53:34
And what we are trying to navigate right now is how how and when to do both or one or the other.
2:53:42
People are gonna come and tell their stories and open their wounds of intergenerational trauma.
2:53:47
And if we cannot we cannot back that up with data, actually the local law says whether it is disputed or not, we would still be accepting it.
2:53:57
Right?
2:53:58
And so there is a for some, there will be a second step of the process where we take people's stories and if they're okay with us diving in deeper, then we will do that back end research.
2:54:09
I also want to note that the other there's a critical part to the research to the legislation that states that these stories and the work that we're gonna do has to live on our website.
2:54:22
So as we're taking it in, we are trying to figure out how do we categorize it and tag it and then make it available to the public, and what does that community member or family need in terms of support and confidence to tell their story.
2:54:38
And I think that's where this question comes in, how do we make sure we're telling a robust story?
2:54:44
We think that we will need archivists and historians.
2:54:48
We may need other folks, but we're just starting this process.
Nantasha Williams
2:54:54
Okay.