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Status updates on Local Laws 91 and 92 implementation
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Council Member Williams inquires about the status of Local Laws 91 and 92, and Linda Tigani provides updates on their implementation.
- Local Law 91 (Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation process) is in the planning stage
- Local Law 92 (NYC Study on Reparations) is progressing faster, with an RFI issued and RFP in development
- Both laws are on track to meet reporting deadlines
Nantasha Williams
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I saw.
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Thank you.
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And I really appreciate your testimony.
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In my opening remarks, I definitely mentioned that the racial equity plans are over four hundred and thirty days late and that is truly unacceptable as we kick start our budget hearings this week.
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The first question I have is in the calendar year 2024, court received the new mandates of local law 91 and local law 92.
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Local law 91 of 2024 required court to create a truth healing and reconciliation process through which New Yorkers can publicly name and acknowledge the past, present and ongoing harms and traumas caused by and associated with slavery and its legacies in the city.
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This law required court to study the impacts of slavery and its legacies in New York City and recommend potential measures for resulting harms.
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What is the status update of these local laws?
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You mentioned a lot of it in your testimony but if there's anything you wanna add here, please do.
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And both of these laws require various reports to be published.
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What is your plan to publish reports on time and will these reports be submitted within the required timeline?
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If not, explain why they might be delayed.
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Sure.
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So starting with local law 91 which is the creation of the truth healing reconciliation
Linda Tigani
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process.
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We have started to identify groups as well as a payment pathway to provide organizations the proper funding to participate in the planning process.
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That first report, I believe, doesn't come until I think January, so we do have time.
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There's no reason to assume that that would be late.
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Right now, we are setting up a structure to bring in communities, and we are setting up a structure for truth telling.
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We have spoken to several jurisdictions as well as small teams to better understand what is a supportive and inclusive hearing and how do we navigate the multiple harms in one session.
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So right now, again, it is largely planning.
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For local law 92, which is a New York City study on reparations, that work has moved at a faster pace.
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We have issued a request for information.
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We have created a connection and are in constant communication with the executive director for the New York State Communities Commission on Reparation Remedies.
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We have started to outline what the RFP is going to look like and we are looking to release that RFP within the next month, month and a half.
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We are expecting to close the full RFP process by June so that we can have an awardee that would be submitted in the July report as a progress update of who we spoke to, what was shared, what are the recommendations to New York City to address each aspect of the reparation study outline, And then also what was the RFP, who won the award, and what is the scope of work.
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Since that money isn't coming in until July, we've decided to spend this time to do some planning and make sure that also community members can shape this work.
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So we've invested a lot of time in building with groups like New Yorkers for Reparations to ensure that they have a voice and they're able to shape this process as we go along.