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Council Member Sandy Nurse questions DOC on capital project waivers
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Council Member Sandy Nurse engages in a Q&A session with Assistant Commissioner Faisal Zuber from the Department of Corrections regarding capital project waivers. The discussion focuses on the types of projects for which waivers have been requested, particularly perimeter fencing, and the impact of Rikers Island's impending closure on these requests.
- DOC has been applying for waivers for various capital projects, but recent requests, especially for fencing, have been rejected due to the planned closure of Rikers Island.
- Council Member Nurse requests a follow-up with information on waiver applications from the past two years.
- The conversation reveals challenges in obtaining approvals for capital improvements at Rikers Island given its planned closure.
Sandy Nurse
0:30:25
Thanks chair.
0:30:26
Before I ask a few questions on behalf of the speaker, I just want to clarify.
0:30:32
So what can you give, for the record, the types of capital projects that you've applied for a waiver to DCAS about, just so we can understand the size of them?
Faisal Zuber
0:30:42
So we generally get waivers for every kind of capital project going forward.
Sandy Nurse
0:30:47
Have you won any of them?
Faisal Zuber
0:30:49
I'm sorry?
Sandy Nurse
0:30:49
Have you been able to move forward with any of them?
Faisal Zuber
0:30:51
In the past we have, but recently, for instance we'll take fencing for example.
0:30:58
When we request waivers for fencing, we are told that because of the impending closure of Rikers, those waivers, despite receiving them, they're not eligible anymore and they're not
Sandy Nurse
0:31:09
Perimeter fencing?
Faisal Zuber
0:31:11
I'm sorry?
Sandy Nurse
0:31:11
For what type of fencing?
0:31:12
Outside, exterior, or
Faisal Zuber
0:31:14
I believe it's perimeter fencing.
Sandy Nurse
0:31:16
Okay.
0:31:17
What other types of large capital that you've been rejected for?
Faisal Zuber
0:31:22
Right now it's just been that and it's been recently, but I would have to look into it further.
0:31:26
It
Sandy Nurse
0:31:26
would great.
0:31:27
In the follow-up, can you give us maybe like the last two years of things that you've applied for waivers on?
Faisal Zuber
0:31:34
Of course, we get that.
Sandy Nurse
0:31:35
Big and small.
0:31:36
Thank you.
0:31:39
Questions on behalf of the speaker?