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Funding requests and challenges for CUNY's capital projects
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz seeks clarification on CUNY's funding requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for capital projects, and Executive Vice Chancellor Hector Batista explains the ongoing process and challenges.
- CUNY is in constant communication with OMB about funding needs
- The university is demonstrating its improved capacity to complete projects on time
- Challenges include ensuring projects don't get pushed to outer years and aligning resources with ready-to-go projects
Eric Dinowitz
1:34:26
And to be clear, those are additional funds you have asked OMB for?
Hector Batista
1:34:33
Yeah.
1:34:33
I I wanna just make one clarification.
1:34:37
The numbers that I that I raised for you were were commitment plans.
Eric Dinowitz
1:34:41
Okay.
1:34:42
The and and these are funds that you have requested from OMB?
1:34:46
Or have you for for both state of good repair and new projects, they've all been requested.
Hector Batista
1:34:52
Yes.
Eric Dinowitz
1:34:53
And they have essentially denied you your request.
1:34:57
Is that
Hector Batista
1:34:58
Well, I mean, we're we're in
Eric Dinowitz
1:35:00
I don't wanna say that.
Hector Batista
1:35:00
We're in constant communication with ONB about what we've done is we really have presented to ONB how CUNY is now meeting its obligation of completing projects on time.
1:35:15
We have the capacity.
1:35:17
We have the ability.
1:35:18
So we hope that by showing OMB that we have that capacity and ability under the new system we've created, that we would be a lot more successful and and get additional resources.
1:35:30
But so it's a constant conversation.
1:35:32
I think the challenge is is making sure that when we have projects ready to go, that they don't get it doesn't get pushed out to outer years, and then which has been one of the challenges as we stated in our previous hearings that you had Right.
1:35:45
In your committee.