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Chair Stevens Questions Family Preparedness Flyer Translations

New York City Council · May 28, 2026 · starts 5:35:34 · 2 min 29 sec

Chair Althea Stevens asks if there are plans to translate the family preparedness flyer into additional languages like Russian and Urdu.

Luisa Linares

Okay, chair.

Luisa Linares

Thank you.

Luisa Linares

Okay, we're gonna do some rapid questions and responses, which we have till four o'clock, uh then we lose our translators, and we can't have that.

Luisa Linares

Uh so for family preparedness and family separation.

Luisa Linares

Um, during our round tables, uh, some of our CBOs shared, you know, that they are supporting community members preparing for their family separation, preparing families for possible separation.

Luisa Linares

And I know that Moya has a flyer posted online.

Luisa Linares

It is currently available, I think, online in eight languages.

Luisa Linares

Is there um is there are there plans to expand the amount of languages that it is available for in?

Luisa Linares

Yes, so right now um I I think it's also available in Russian and we are working on um the Urdu uh translation right now so it could be available in its top 10 we're always um open to feedback as well if there are additional languages that you might be in encountering in your neighborhood and if I may chair on the RLC um because I just got that other number just I wanted to make the note that the data that I provided was until the end of March so there's more work that happened on the DOE side as well as with the rapid response to your collaborative one of the the the main contract um there have been about 137 screenings I will just note that although those numbers seem low there are those are very comprehensive complex cases that require um you know very dedicated and experienced attorneys just wanted to say that uh because they're very traumatic cases too that although they seem low they're actually pretty significant and in retrospect but thank you for letting me add that no I I appreciate that I want I want um and and it it was really about making sure and understanding that people knew about these services and knew how to get connected and that they were availing themselves when they needed support um and so other than the flyer and and things like that what other resources can CBOs look at loyal at Moya to for um family separation I can I can um take this commissioner um so part of the outreach campaign which we do do with our outreach team that's one bucket um the the commissioner mentioned this at the top, but we also uh created, we had a Moya um legal hotline bank with ONA um back in um April, I think April 21st, when we received about 227 calls.