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MOIA's partnerships with ethnic media for immigrant outreach
4:00:27
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Council Member Alexa Avilés inquires about MOIA's partnerships with ethnic media to ensure critical messages reach immigrant New Yorkers in their native languages. Commissioner Manuel Castro discusses the agency's approach to media engagement and outreach.
- Castro confirms that MOIA has not specifically used ethnic media partnerships to communicate about the reconciliation bill.
- The commissioner emphasizes the importance of MOIA's partnership with immigrant and ethnic media, highlighting ongoing roundtables.
- Castro mentions a healthcare-focused roundtable held about a month and a half ago and commits to continuing these events in the future.
Alexa Avilés
4:00:27
Has Moya explored partnerships with ethnic media to ensure that critical messages are reaching immigrant New Yorkers in their native language, particularly about the harms that are being proposed in this bill?
Manuel Castro
4:00:42
Specifically about this this bill, no.
4:00:45
Although, as I said earlier, our partnership with immigrant and ethnic media is is very important, which is why we hold these ongoing roundtables.
4:00:56
About a month and a half ago we held one dedicated to healthcare, and we'll continue to hold these moving forward.