Linda Tigani
2:14:26
So I'll say first, it's pretty exciting to be a walking ballot measure come to real life.
2:14:32
And so people are really excited to talk to core.
2:14:35
And I hear often, oh, I remember voting for this.
2:14:38
And I would say for some of the younger folk that I talked to, this is actually the first thing that they feel like they voted for.
2:14:46
And they saw come to life, which is I think pretty substantial note for just their civic engagement as well.
2:14:55
The second thing I'll say, and it is both, I think, a blessing and maybe a little bit of a challenge.
2:15:02
Folks read our community equity priorities, and they say, this is great.
2:15:06
This is exactly what we would say.
2:15:09
And so then they don't fill out the response form because they think, oh, you guys got it.
2:15:15
And so we just we're doing our work to remind people even if you agree, you know, we do wanna make sure that we are properly collecting responses from the public, and so we either have it an email.
2:15:28
Well, what we have an email is I saw your community priorities and they really align with our work.
2:15:34
We wanna set up a call to meet with you we've also heard, thank you so much for including this community equity priority, and we've heard that around priority number 16, which is to reduce the jail population, as well as individuals of all ages that are in jail or court monitoring.
2:15:55
And we've also heard this from CUNY, from CUNY students across the city Thank you so much for uplifting CUNY.
2:16:03
And really speaking to the tuition costs, a barrier to receiving our education, which then becomes a barrier to receiving employment that will allow us to thrive rather than just survive.
2:16:18
So we do get a lot of really positive feedback, and we're just push for people to complete the form, which at this point, the average completion time is about 10 minutes.
2:16:29
I think people feel so connected to it which is great because that means we did our job right.
2:16:34
You know, we really heard what folks were saying.
2:16:38
And the is yet another process for community to engage with.
2:16:43
I will also say while they're excited about the topics that addressed in the equity priorities.
2:16:49
They continue to raise.
2:16:51
How are you going to get this done?
2:16:53
And are you funded to do this.
2:16:56
So they are raising both real operational questions to not only me, but as well as the core staff because they're really excited to see this happen.
