MOCA Director Wisdom: municipal strategy and new website
Wisdom describes developing what may be the first municipal strategy to combat antisemitism in the US, tracking for release by end of summer. She also launched a new website for public contact, noting the previous office had no website or way to be reached without existing connections.
As I mentioned in the beginning of my testimony, our office is deep in the throes of our listening tour, having met with scores of Jewish New Yorkers from across the religious and political spectrum.
We are using these sessions in part to develop what may be the first municipal strategy to combat anti-Semitism in the United States.
We're tracking to have this released by the end of the summer.
Any New Yorker who's interested in joining a listening session or otherwise connecting with our office can reach out via the contact form on our website, which is at newyorkcity.gov, combat anti-Semitism.
On this note, the administration strongly believes that government should be accessible.
Under the previous iteration of this office, there was not a website or way to contact the office unless you had an existing connection.
Therefore, it was a priority for us to develop a website where New Yorkers could get in touch with us while also demonstrating details of some of the day-to-day work of our office.
The website will continue to be updated over the coming months and years, and we look forward to further developing and formalizing all of our communications practices.