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Chair Avilés Inquires About New Program Creation

New York City Council · May 28, 2026 · starts 5:06:05 · 40 sec

Chair Alexa Avilés asks if any new programs will be created with the baseline funding and the process for community engagement in program design.

Luisa Linares

Will any new programs be created?

Luisa Linares

No.

Luisa Linares

Yeah, we're absolutely looking forward to you know having those conversations in the foreseeable future about you know, but I think the biggest important thing for me has been, you know, we've mentioned meeting with all of our providers.

Luisa Linares

It was like a week-long marathon meeting of hundreds of providers, specifically to understand not just what the needs are, but like are the programs that we are currently administering having an impact in the communities, and how are we measuring that?

Luisa Linares

So those conversations for future programming are important for us to have.

Luisa Linares

It just requires a little bit more community engagement and stakeholder input.

Luisa Linares

Yeah.