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Community partnerships and neighborhood hubs in Manhattan
5:17:14
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Alvin Bragg outlines the Manhattan DA's office's approach to community partnerships and the establishment of neighborhood hubs to address various public safety issues.
- The office has established a template for community hubs, starting in Chair Salaam's district
- Hubs bring together local leaders, city agencies, and coordinate service delivery
- Teams conduct regular walk-throughs to observe issues in real time and speak with community members and businesses
- Hubs identify individuals needing services and make referrals to appropriate city agencies or service providers
- The model has expanded from its initial launch to include hubs in Midtown and the Village area
- The Village Interagency Task Force focuses on improving quality of life and safety issues in and around Washington Square Park and surrounding areas
Alvin Bragg
5:17:14
I noted earlier, kinda community partnerships, and several of my colleagues, all of my colleagues perhaps, talked about the work that we do in connection with with our communities.
5:17:23
We have, in Manhattan, really a very good template for hubs that we have done, first starting in chair Salaam's district.
5:17:36
I know he knows our Barbara Askins, head of Hundred And 20 Fifth Street Business Improvement District.
5:17:42
But really coming together with local leaders, city agencies, and coordinating delivery of services and figuring out which which tool to pull out of the toolkit to address a particular issue.
5:17:59
So focusing on a range of public safety issues including retail theft, substance use, the mental health crisis, and more.
5:18:06
This hub model deploys teams to conduct regular walk throughs to observe issues in real time and speak with local community members and businesses on the ground.
5:18:16
They identify specific individuals in the area who may need connections to services, such as housing or medical care, and make referrals to the appropriate city agency or service provider.
5:18:27
So for that, I thank you as well because you're funding of those city agencies, whether it's Department of Buildings, which is taking down illegal scaffolding, Department of Health and Department of Homeland Services that's going out and conducting with individuals, and obviously my office and the NYPD.
5:18:44
Following the success of that launch on January, we have moved further south, and we have one in Midtown.
5:18:52
And just last week, we joined the city once again to announce a third such hub, the Village Interagency Task Force, which is gonna focus on improving quality of life and safety issues in and around Washington Square Park, the West Fourth Street subway station, and surrounding areas.
5:19:09
So we're encouraged by that work.