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Ensuring continuity in planning and operations for major NYC projects
1:15:26
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Council Member Farías presses for details on how the EDC plans to maintain continuity in planning and operations for major projects like Hunts Point, especially during administrative transitions.
- Questions about the existence of strategic plans and timelines
- Concerns raised about maintaining funding, budgets, and community commitments
- EDC representative assures that the project is a priority and will continue through administrative changes
Amanda Farías
1:15:26
is there like a strategic plan, strategic vision, is there points during a calendar that we have?
1:15:32
I know we're coming coming closer.
1:15:35
Our goal is to wrap up all of the negotiations and agreements by end of year at Hunt's Point to move the project along, but is there, like, a physical piece of paper that has a timeline that will then be transferred over?
1:15:48
Or I'm just worried I'm more so worried about the continuity of planning and this isn't just Hunt's Point continuity, we're looking at BMT, we're looking at Industry City, like all of these other areas that we have large plans, large contracted negotiations, and and strategic plans for that we need to make sure continue on and someone is focused on maintaining the funding or keeping to the budgets that are allocated and the commitments to community.
Michelle Lamberti
1:16:18
Yeah.
1:16:18
Sure.
1:16:19
And I I definitely hear your concern, council member.
1:16:22
I think we we share the concern in making sure that the project goes forward.
1:16:26
I can say for now that the set points in time at least are really like the RFQ process, the RFP process, and hoping to have that done obviously by the end of the year by we'll see what happens with the administration.
1:16:42
But making sure that we can do as much as possible as quickly as possible, which is what we will continue to do.