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Funding requests for residential treatment beds and medical equipment
0:35:32
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Council Member Narcisse inquires about funding requests for residential treatment beds for Rikers inmates and medical equipment for Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Katz provides updates on ongoing negotiations with OMB.
- Funding for 250 new residential treatment beds for Rikers inmates not yet included in the executive plan
- Discussions ongoing with OMB about the Just Home project for supportive housing
- Funding for new CT scanners and imaging system for Bellevue Hospital not included in executive plan
- H+H secured funding for an additional CT scanner at Bellevue through Mount Sinai funding
Mercedes Narcisse
0:35:32
Council budget response, we are talking about the one that not funded in the executive plan.
0:35:38
In the council preliminary budget response, we called on the administration to add 6,300,000.0 in the executive budget to create 250 new residential treatment beds for Rikers inmates.
0:35:50
Why was this funding not included in the executive plan?
Mitchell Katz
0:35:55
OMB, and we are continuing to talk about it.
0:35:59
We are hoping to get approval from city council for the Just Home project, which is supportive housing for this population.
0:36:11
But the additional beds, we do not yet have funding for.
Mercedes Narcisse
0:36:15
Okay.
0:36:16
We called for 5,300,000.0 to be allocated for the purchase of two new CT scanners and an interventional radiology NGO, single plan I mean imaging system for Bellevue Hospital.
0:36:31
Why was this funding not included in their executive plan?
Mitchell Katz
0:36:36
Again, all of these we're negotiating with OMB to see what they can support.
0:36:44
I would say that we were able, through the funding that we received from Mount Sinai, to enable us to take care of their patients who were previously cared for at Beth Israel, we were able to get funding for an additional CT scanner at Bellevue.