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Chair Encarnación asks how agencies request training support

New York City Council · Sep 22, 2026 · starts 0:35:47 · 32 sec

Chair Encarnación asks whether agencies have been instructed to alert MOIA if they need support or training. Ali confirms that agencies can raise needs through MOIA and the IRC, and that training is required for public-facing city employees and contracted employees.

Elsie Encarnación

And so will agencies, have they been instructed, like if they need additional support or they find that they need

Elsie Encarnación

help making sure that this happens throughout their agency as far as trainings, for example, that's something that they will alert MOIA and MOIA will bring to the IRC and then...

Faiza Ali

That's right.

Elsie Encarnación

Okay.

Faiza Ali

That's right.

Faiza Ali

And training is required for all public-facing city employees, contracted employees, and others.

Faiza Ali

And so that is something that we will continue to work with individual agencies on.