CM Justin Sanchez questions OMB on 21 sanitation workers for the Hub and Hunts Point Produce Market
Sanchez raises maintaining 21 sanitation workers for Third Avenue Hub given new charter schools and the opioid crisis, and asks about the Hunts Point Produce Market contract deadline. Solomon offers to work with DSNY on Hub staffing. DiStefano reports $130 million in city capital and $505 million in grants for the produce market.
and making sure that we have the actual tools to make sure that once we're fully in containerization, that New Yorkers are then not just bombarded with sanitation trucks all over their streets because there's no place to put them.
Speaking of sanitation workers, the previous administration had put in a one-time funding for 21 sanitation workers in the heart of the hub, Third Avenue.
It is the second most visited place in the city of New York after Times Square on a daily basis.
The current administration just approved a third charter school within three blocks, adding over 1,000 new students.
And so really understanding where the conversation is with maintaining these 21 sanitation workers to ensure that as we're continuing to build out the hub, that we actually have the ability to
clean the hub, given that in addition to all of that, it is the center of the opioid crisis in the city of New York.
Yeah, so I appreciate that, Council Member.
I think that we'll work with the department to figure out what the overall resources are that are devoted.
We understand that that was a particular area of focus that the department had in the past.
We'll understand fourth levels and understand how we could work towards that goal.
Thank you.
That's super important.
Thank you.
Do we have time for one more question?
Quick, quick.
And finally, the Huntsville Produce Market.
This administration has made a concerted effort to really talk about food insecurity and food access with the expansion of the community grocery stores.
However, the produce market, which feeds much of the eastern seaboard, is in the middle of a contract negotiation in which if they don't get it signed with the city by June, we lose our produce market.
So has there been any conversation with adding more additional funds to the produce market and being able to make sure that we don't lose a vital critical resource for our city?
I'm happy to look into that further and talk to EDC about that.
Yeah, yeah, okay.
There's $130 million in city capital in the Huntsville produce market, and we're expecting
$505 million in other grant resources, including $230 million from USDOT.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay, Lewis followed by Brewer.