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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Addressing the funding imbalance for Brooklyn DA's office
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Gonzalez highlights a significant funding imbalance faced by the Brooklyn DA's office compared to other boroughs. Despite handling the highest number of cases, the office faces unique financial challenges.
- Brooklyn is the largest borough with the highest number of arrests and felony prosecutions
- The DA's office is required to spend millions on commercial rent, unlike other boroughs
- Gonzalez emphasizes that this funding gap forces them to 'do more with less'
- He calls for city leaders to address this ongoing financial crisis
Eric Gonzalez
4:55:32
And while we work to modernize, we continue to battle a funding imbalance that no other DA's office in this city faces.
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Brooklyn is the largest borough.
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We handle the highest number of arrests.
4:55:43
We have the most felony prosecutions, and yet we are the DA's office that is required to spend tens of millions of dollars on commercial rent, while my colleagues operate mostly in city owned buildings and are rent free.
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Every year, we ask the city leaders to address this funding gap.
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And every year, we're forced to do more with less.
4:56:11
I've detailed this more in my written testimony, and we've been briefing council staff, but this crisis is growing in our budget.