Chair Krishnan on conversations with OMB and mayor about DOI funding
Krishnan asks about conversations with OMB and the mayor. Shahada reports she has spoken plainly about DOI's situation, believes City Hall understands the importance of DOI's mandate and the budget challenges, and is confident additional funding will be addressed in the adopted budget, though she has no specific numbers to share.
So now, at this point, how have the conversations been?
I think you indicated there's been some positive conversations, but how have they been with OMB and the mayor so far?
To the extent you can share any sense of what trajectory you might be looking at from the executive budget.
So I don't have any specific numbers to share with you.
What I can say is that I'm confident that the mayor's office understands the situation we're in.
I've spoken plainly about it here at the council, and I've spoken about it in the same way with the mayor's office.
I believe they understand the importance of DOI's mandate and mission and the challenges we are facing.
And I'm confident that they will address it in the adopted budget, but I don't have any specifics to share.