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Chair Lee Inquires About AAPI Community Partnerships

New York City Council · May 28, 2026 · starts 4:46:03 · 58 sec

Chair Linda Lee asks how local AAPI-serving community-based organizations can partner with MOIA to build community-led legal infrastructures.

Luisa Linares

And so what are some ways that and you sort of alluded to this with the partnership aspect, but what are some ways our local AAPI serving community-based organizations can partner with you to bridge this gap?

Luisa Linares

Yeah.

Luisa Linares

Um, especially for our AAPI communities.

Luisa Linares

You know, I think meeting those requirements requires sustained investment in community-led legal infrastructures.

Luisa Linares

You know, one specific way that Moya is already working on this is really through capacity building initiatives.

Luisa Linares

You know, I mentioned in my testimony uh the legal technical mentorship program that's administered by IARC, making sure that our AAPIs led and serving organizations have access to that capacity building tool is really critical.

Luisa Linares

Yeah.