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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Hannah Jang, Community Outreach Advocate from Korean American Family Service Center
4:33:23
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Hannah Jang, representing the Korean American Family Service Center, testifies in support of bills addressing late payments to nonprofit organizations. She emphasizes the critical nature of these reforms for organizations serving vulnerable populations, particularly immigrant survivors of gender-based violence.
- Jang highlights the financial strain on nonprofits due to delayed contract registrations and fund releases.
- She stresses that payment delays jeopardize the delivery of essential services to underserved communities.
- The testimony underscores that the proposed reforms are about equity, sustainability, and respect for the nonprofit workforce.
Hannah Jang
4:33:23
Thank you to the committee chair and council members for the opportunity to testify today.
4:33:28
My name is Hannah Jang and I serve as the community outreach advocate for the Korean American Family Service Center.
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For over thirty six years, KFSC has been providing culturally and linguistically affirming services and programs to empower immigrant survivors of gender based violence.
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As someone who has personally experienced gender based violence, comes from an immigrant family, and now works at a culturally specific organization supporting immigrant survivors, I want to emphasize how critical these bills are.
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Too often non profits, particularly those serving youth, children, and undeserved communities are forced to operate under enormous financial strain while waiting for city agencies to register contracts and release funds.
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These delays jeopardize our ability to deliver life saving services.
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For too long, nonprofit organizations including many of our culturally specific service providers have shouldered the city's essential work without timely contracts or payments.
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The resulting cash flow crisis threatens the very services that vulnerable New Yorkers including immigrant survivors of gender based violence rely on every day.
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These reforms are not just about efficiency, they're about equity, sustainability, and basic respect for the nonprofit workforce that sustains our communities.
4:34:36
Thank you for your time and leadership on this critical issue.