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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Racial equity in the context of New York City's budget
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Linda Tigani places CORE's budget request within the broader context of New York City's overall budget allocation, emphasizing the need for structural changes to address poverty and implement true institutional change.
- Criticizes the current city budget as failing to address poverty and implement structural change
- Highlights the increase in poverty rates in New York City
- Emphasizes the public's expectation for CORE to drive structural changes in affordability, access to decision-making, and fair treatment by city officials
- Calls for the timely production of the preliminary racial equity plan to inform the budget process and demonstrate commitment to equity
Linda Tigani
2:39:01
One of the many reasons people voted for CORE is because if budgets are moral documents, the New York City budget the New York City budget continues to be immoral in how it fails to address poverty and implement true structural and institutional change.
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Robinhood recently released its report on poverty, and it should come as no surprise that poverty has continued to increase in New York City.
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And if you recall last year's $112,400,000,000 budget was mostly restorative and did little to ameliorate high costs of living sorry.
2:39:37
Did little to ameliorate high cost of living experienced by New York City residents, especially those living in poverty.
2:39:43
When the public voted for CORE, they envisioned structural changes that would chart a new way of life in which New Yorkers can afford necessities, enjoy equal access to decision making, and live without fear of abuse at the hands of police and other city officials.
2:40:00
Structural change requires effort, will, and investment, an imperative explicit made by the racial justice commission when it was introduced in the city's racial equity planning timeline.
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Noting the importance of budget prioritization to the racial justice process, the commission unambiguously expressed its intent for racial equity plan to intersect with the city's process.
2:40:27
In departing from this mandate, the city is not only in violation of the city charter, but it is eroding trust in city government and undermining its capacity to ensure that all New Yorkers enjoy this opportunity to thrive.
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Finally, structural change requires accountability, and it is clear that we are in violation of the charter in failing to produce the racial equity the preliminary racial equity plan to inform the budget process.
2:40:56
Chair Williams, I cannot emphasize enough how the mayor must provide the racial equity the preliminary racial equity plan on time to communicate to the larger New York City community that structural change and equity is a must, and we must do better.