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Chair Lee questions MOIA advocacy with state Office of New Americans

New York City Council · May 28, 2026 · starts 5:09:23 · 52 sec

Lee asks about advocacy with ONA and state leaders. Ali describes coordinating with ONA on the family preparedness phone bank and ongoing partnership to prevent service gaps. Lee then asks about Rapid Response Legal Collaborative service numbers.

Linda Lee

I know, can you talk a little bit about some of the advocacy you've done with the Office of New Americans and the state leaders to advocate for some of the services and the funding for legal services specifically, but

Linda Lee

anywhere you've done some of that advocacy?

Member of the Public - Faiza Ali

Yeah, this is a priority that we're actively working to address.

Member of the Public - Faiza Ali

I mentioned earlier, most recently, MOIA coordinated with ONA on our family preparedness phone bank, and we're going to continue to build on that partnership to really

Member of the Public - Faiza Ali

identify and respond to whatever additional needs may arise.

Member of the Public - Faiza Ali

I think for us, a priority is to make sure that we're preventing any sort of gaps in services that may arise and are looking forward to continuing that partnership with ONA.

Linda Lee

Thank you for that.