Chair Encarnación asks whether state representatives sit on IRC
Chair Encarnación asks whether state representatives sit on the IRC. Ali says no state representatives are on the IRC, but the city communicates with state partners informally through MOIA, City Hall, and the Attorney General's office.
Does the IRC interact with the state or is there any state representatives that are on the IRC?
There aren't any state representatives that are on the IRC, but we do continue to work with our state partners in communicating the impacts both on the ground and any policy changes.
And does that happen formally through the IRC to state partners, or is it informally through the members of the IRC?
Yeah, it's informally through the members of the IRC.
Much of the work that MOIA does in collaboration with the Office of New Americans, and then the direct communication that our City Hall office has with the governor's team, along with the attorney general.