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Clarification on the source of the $30 million for York College
1:09:36
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Council Member Williams presses for clarification on the source of the $30 million allocated for York College's groundwater flooding issue. CUNY COO Hector Batista provides the following information:
- The $30 million comes from remaining funds from other CUNY projects.
- These are resources that were available due to projects coming in under budget or funds not being fully allocated elsewhere.
- The funds were reallocated from various places within CUNY, not specifically from York College's existing budget.
- Williams seeks to understand if this reallocation means other projects are being shortchanged.
- Batista emphasizes that this is not new money, but a strategic reallocation of existing CUNY resources.
- The clarification highlights CUNY's approach to managing limited resources across the university system.
Nantasha M. Williams
1:09:36
I don't think I understood your answer.
1:09:38
So the $30,000,000, where did that money come from?
1:09:43
Did you just move line items around or did you find money like where does that money come from?
1:09:49
Like are you shortchanging one particular project to fund this one?
1:09:54
Like did you just change the purpose of the fund or is it new money, additional money, actual investment into your college?
Hector Batista
1:10:02
Okay.
1:10:03
So these are resource this $30,000,000 came from from remaining funds from other projects that that we
Nantasha M. Williams
1:10:11
At York or other places?
Hector Batista
1:10:13
Other other other places?
1:10:16
Places at CUNY.