Chair Salaam questions OPHC on relocation to Office of Community Safety
Chair Salaam asks about OPHC's recent relocation from the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice to the Office of Community Safety. Ramjatin says there is no shift in approach, but the move enables a more holistic citywide approach with four additional partner agencies and better governance over resource allocation.
Moving to interagency collaborations and coordination.
OPHC was recently relocated from the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice to the Office of Community Safety.
Does OPHC foresee any corresponding shifts in its approach to hate prevention?
For example,
Does that move reflect a shift in focus to engage with communities in a different way or strengthen your relationship with any particular city agencies?
The shift, there's no shift.
The shift has been, there's no shift.
The point is that this work has always been central to New York City Office of Prevention of Hate Crimes, where we are focusing on all New Yorkers.
OCS and moving to that office enables us to do more as a whole city approach, where now we are working with four more other agencies to bring a holistic approach to hate crime prevention.
And moving into this office now gives us much more lateral overview to make sure no communities are being missed, but also do we have governance to make sure that we are using resources widely to support New Yorkers.
Gotcha.