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NYCEM's 90-day risk assessment process
2:27:52
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Commissioner Iscol announces a new 90-day process to assess risks and develop solutions in response to potential federal funding cuts and changing emergency management landscape.
- NYCEM will immediately commence a 90-day process to assess risks and understand necessary mitigation strategies
- The process aims to outline solutions and propose novel approaches to grow local emergency capacity
- NYCEM will work with regional partners, the private sector, and the state to fill gaps created by federal cuts
- The goal is to develop a more proactive and self-reliant emergency management system for New York City
Zachary Iscol
2:27:52
So today, I'm announcing a ninety day process that NISON will commence immediately to assess our risk as we as a city can better understand what we will need to do to mitigate and prepare for this new context.
2:28:05
NISON will use this process to outline solutions and propose novel approaches to grow our local emergency capacity.
2:28:12
This will include working with regional partners, the private sector and the state to fill gaps created by federal cuts to budgets, workforce, and the agencies we depend upon.
2:28:22
We will proactively develop an emergency management system that will lead the city's efforts to be better prepared for the foreseeable and unknown threats that lie ahead.