Chair Krishnan on executive budget concerns and forfeiture fund over-reliance
Krishnan expresses concern that the executive budget still requires workforce reductions and over-relies on asset forfeiture funds from a years-old CityTime case that will run dry in approximately two years, arguing DOI needs more baseline resources.
I remain concerned that the executive budget continues to require workforce reductions for vital positions and an over-reliance on asset forfeiture funds of a years-old city time case that will run dry, most likely in two years.
It is crucial that this city budget
brings in more funding and resources for DOI.
to correct from the years from which this agency saw a reduction in the workforce and its funding.
Point blank, DOI needs more resources and funding to operate, to do its job, and to fulfill its sacred independent mission in city government.