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Council Member Yusef Salaam's opening remarks for fiscal 2026 public safety budget hearing
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Council Member Yusef Salaam opens the fiscal 2026 executive budget hearing for the committee on public safety, welcoming participants and outlining the key topics to be discussed. He introduces himself and explains the purpose of the meeting, which is to review the budget proposals for the police department and the mayor's office of criminal justice.
- Salaam expresses interest in discussing changes to NYPD's budget, including recruitment, overtime, equipment funding, and subway and street safety.
- He mentions the recent update to the 2019 points of agreement regarding the closure of Rikers Island and his intention to discuss this document.
- The council member acknowledges and thanks the public safety staff, financial analysts, and his personal staff for their contributions.
Yusef Salaam
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Thank you chair.
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Good morning.
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Welcome to the fiscal twenty twenty six executive budget hearing for the committee on public safety.
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I am council member Youssef Salaam, of the committee on public safety.
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Today we will discuss the fiscal twenty twenty six executive budget for the police department and the mayor's office of criminal justice to understand the administration's budget proposal for two agencies that play a central role for public safety.
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I'd like to welcome the leadership of these two agencies.
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Today I'm interested in learning about changes in NYPD's budget specifically for recruitment, overtime, budgeted structure, equipment funding, subway, and street safety.
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Additionally, the mayor's office of criminal justice recently released an update to the twenty nineteen points of agreement, which is a list of commitments that must be met in order to be able to properly and safely close Rikers Island.
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I intend to ask about the methodology and publication of this document and clarify many of the updates that are directly impacted by the policies and actions of the mayor's office of criminal justice.
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The committee would also like to discuss these and other budgetary changes and their impact on public safety.
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I also want to thank our public safety staff for their hard work, our financial analysts Owen Kotowski and Casey Leschke, policy analysts Benjamin, Chad Benjamin, counsel Jeremy Whitman, and senior counsel Josh Kinsley.
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I also want to thank my staff Wilma Brown, Wafazl Hussein, and Lerman Mays.
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I would also like to welcome commissioner Tisch and her team who we will hear from first.
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I'm going to now pass it back to my co chair Justin Brennan.