Commissioner Ali closes testimony affirming immigrant New Yorkers as central to city's story
Ali concludes by emphasizing MOIA's mission to ensure immigrant New Yorkers can fully participate in civic, economic, and cultural life. She thanks public servants and community partners, and affirms immigrants are central to the city's story.
Finally, I want to thank the city's dedicated public servants, many who are in this room and make
these hearings run, and our community partners for their continued support and responding every day to the needs of both recently arrived and longstanding immigrant New Yorkers.
Immigrant New Yorkers are not separate from the story of this city.
They are central to it.
They are workers, parents, students, business owners, neighbors, and caregivers who sustain the city.
every day.
I look forward to working with the council to ensure that our policies and investments and our institutions reflect that reality while continuing to strengthen the communities that are in fact the backbone of our city.
Thank you.
Thank you, Commissioner.
And I just want to say thank you to you also, because even when you were back in the day in the council,
when I was at KCS, you were so instrumental in helping a lot of our immigrant communities and nonprofit organizations be that bridge to us accessing folks in government.
So I think it's very crucial.
It's a very crucial role that you played and still play even more so now in this role.
So thank you.