Chair Schulman on Groceries to Go baselining and TNR services
Schulman asks about baselining the $10M Groceries to Go program. Martin calls it a huge program serving 4,200 people in 2025, with ongoing OMB conversations. Schulman also asks about TNR and spay-neuter services, to which Martin responds as a proud cat dad.
One is about groceries to go.
So groceries to go every year, it's financed at $10 million, and I want to know if there's any move by you guys to push OMB to baseline it because...
Every year it's $10 million, and then we have to keep pushing and pushing and pushing.
And, you know, it should just be baselined at this point.
Yeah, huge fan of this program.
This is an incredibly important program for individuals throughout the city who need access to fresh fruit, produce, and...
Food that keeps them healthy.
We've been able to help about 4,200 people over the course of calendar year 2025.
And so we're constantly in communication with OMB to figure out how to meet the needs of our people that we serve and are looking to continue those as we build it out.
Okay, we're going to, in the interest of time, I think we're going to send you a bunch of questions.
So we're going to ask you to answer those.
But one question I do want to ask, you know, that last year City Council provided $500,000.
discretionary award to Flatbush Cats to support TNR services.
So we wanted to see if the administration would consider baselining or expanding city support for TNR and low-cost spay-neuter services in future fiscal years.
As a proud cat dad.
That's good to know.
I'm just laughing because I have four cats now.
I have my two normal cats.
That explains it now.
My fiance surprised me with two new foster kittens this weekend.
So we will...
We will circle back.
Circle, yeah.