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Kim Yu discusses historical knowledge and technological improvements in city contracting
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Kim Yu, Director of the Mayor's Office of Contract Services, acknowledges the importance of institutional knowledge and previous reform efforts. She explains that while they value past work, the scale of contracting and procurement in New York City has grown significantly.
- Yu emphasizes the multi-pronged approach they are taking, including investing in technology
- She mentions that the current technology is vastly different from previous administrations
- Yu acknowledges that there are still issues with the technology, but they are working to address them
Kim Yu
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Thank you Councilmember Lee.
1:53:04
I appreciate that so much and I'm a firm believer institutional knowledge.
1:53:09
It is the key to success and as I mentioned in my testimony, it is not lost on me all those who sat in the chair before me and all the strides that they've made to get us to where we are, good and bad, it is just the truth of the matter is the contracting and procurement activity of the City Of New York has just grown.
1:53:34
It is exponentially larger than it has been in prior years and prior administrations.
1:53:41
And so that's a bit of a look back.
1:53:46
You know, city government is blessed with so many public servants who also embody that institutional knowledge and know the playbooks and know what has worked and what has not worked.
1:53:58
But forward looking, one of the things that I believe is different that we've really, you know, really tried to invest in, it's gonna be a multi pronged approach.
1:54:10
One of the things that I would like to sort of lift up and push is we've really tried to invest in the technology in addition to the process and in addition to the people.
1:54:22
So the technology, we are not unaware that there are not issues.
1:54:29
We have expanded the technology to meet the challenges and the needs of contracting in the city of New York, and like all technology, it's had some issues.
1:54:39
But where we are now with the technology relative to where we were even in the prior administration is vastly different.