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Call for solutions and transparency from city agencies
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Council Member Stevens concludes her opening statement with a strong call for solutions and transparency from city agencies regarding the late payment crisis. She emphasizes the need for substantial reforms to address the systemic issues affecting nonprofit service providers.
- Stevens stresses that payment delays are not just administrative inconveniences but threats to service continuity and community well-being.
- She acknowledges some steps taken by the city but insists they are insufficient.
- The council member demands real solutions to ensure nonprofits are paid fairly, promptly, and adequately for their vital work.
- Stevens expresses frustration at the need for a hearing to address issues that could have been resolved through collaborative problem-solving.
Althea Stevens
0:15:49
All of this points a deep troubling picture.
0:15:51
When a city fails to pay nonprofits on time, it doesn't just violate the contract, it violates the trust of our partners and more importantly put New Yorkers at risk.
0:15:59
These delays are not just an administrative inconvenience, they are threat to services continuous workforce stability and community well-being.
0:16:08
The city has taken steps like the work of the task force to get nonprofits paid on time but we know this is not enough.
0:16:15
Today we need answers, we need transparency, and we need a real plan to reform this broken system.
0:16:21
To the agencies representing and joining us today, we appreciate your service but we're looking for more than just explanations.
0:16:27
We're looking for solutions that will ensure that nonprofits are paid fairly, promptly, and substantially for the vital work that they do for the city.
0:16:36
And I will say it again, I've said it time and time again, we are thought partners and it's unacceptable that we have to have this conversation at at hearing what I've said time and time again.
0:16:45
I'm just as much of an expert as the people sitting at this dais and it's unfortunate that we have to have this conversation here and we couldn't come up with solutions because these people couldn't get paid for years.
0:16:54
We're talking about going into the summer where nonprofits still haven't been paid for summarizing from last year.
0:16:59
This is unacceptable and we look forward to having a fruitful dialogue.