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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Implementation of Local Laws 91 and 92
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CORE has begun operationalizing Local Laws 91 and 92 of 2024, which focus on truth, healing, reconciliation, and reparations. The team has taken several steps to engage with the public and gather feedback on these initiatives.
- Created a cross-functional team to see both projects to completion
- Released a request for information and hosted public question and answer sessions
- Met with different jurisdictions leading truth, healing, and reconciliation work
- Received recommendations from community members for frequent updates, public hearings, and transparency in the research process
Linda Tigani
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In fiscal year twenty twenty five, VR legal and legislative team, began operationalizing local law '91 and ninety two of twenty twenty four.
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Our first action was to create a cross function team with members from each department that will see both projects to completion.
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We then convened a small working group which includes all named consultant agencies to receive periodic updates and provide feedback to shape each step.
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In fiscal year twenty twenty five, CORE along with our partners across government released a request for information pertaining to local law '91 and '92.
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While the request was open for comment, we began meeting with different jurisdictions leading truth healing reconciliation work.
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CORE hosted two public question and answer sessions with an approximate 70 members of the public.
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We have also met with community groups focused on truth healing reconciliation and reparations to receive their feedback.
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City agencies were able to join one of two question and answer sessions which were completed this week.
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We invited racial equity planners from all five city agencies Linda.
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That we expect to have a racial equity plan.
Nantasha Williams
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We were just talking about how thorough and amazing you are and how we would love for you to Stop.
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Fast forward
Linda Tigani
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to Fast forward.
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Okay.
Nantasha Williams
2:31:37
Maybe talking a little bit about your budget ask.
Linda Tigani
2:31:42
More okay.
2:31:43
Yeah.
2:31:43
Well, what I do wanna just make sure to say on record is we did get really great feedback about local law '91 and '90 '2, and this is the first time that we're getting to talk about that.
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So I I do wanna make sure that that is uplifted here.
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We spoke so we spoke to approximately 80 representatives across New York City government.
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We spoke to roughly, like, 80 60 to 80 people in the public, and they gave us some really great feedback on what they want to see.
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So they recommended, first, community member asks for frequent, consistent, and robust updates throughout the project.
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So they recommended that we not only place the key dates and milestones on our website, but that we actually provide summary updates as we move along with or without a public release.
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They would like for us to start hosting public hearings sooner and make sure that they are in person with virtual options.
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Community members requested that they be able to see the work that the researchers are doing, reading their scope of work, reading their outlines, providing feedback on their chapters, and what they're gonna be providing to the city in their final report.
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They have also asked that we provide video auto audio in written format for truth telling, and one recommendation was to pair historians with community members so that as communities tell their truth, we can pull history and data to back up what they're saying.
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Okay.
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I will move forward.
2:33:23
We have some great stuff in here, but I will move forward.