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Restler acknowledges Passport enhancements and asks about B2G timeline

New York City Council · Sep 23, 2026 · starts 0:30:51 · 55 sec

Restler credits Council-funded Passport enhancements and asks for more detail on B2G implementation. He asks whether procurement officers and vendors must enter data themselves or whether B2G pulls automatically from existing systems.

Unidentified speaker

Totally.

Lincoln Restler

Can I learn a little bit more about the people?

Unidentified speaker

There have been some enhancements, though, Council.

Lincoln Restler

Yes, there have, and I appreciate it, and we funded them from the Council side and pushed very hard for those resources and are excited to see them implemented.

Lincoln Restler

So can I just ask a couple questions about B2G so I understand it?

Lincoln Restler

Yes.

Michael J. Garner

So I'm going to defer to my top deputy who was responsible for implementing B2G at the state.

Lincoln Restler

100%.

Lincoln Restler

So can you, I guess, share any updates you can on the timeline for when you expect to see this implemented?

Lincoln Restler

I think if you could...

Lincoln Restler

Give us some greater insight.

Lincoln Restler

How is this data being implemented and gathered?

Lincoln Restler

Is it something that procurement officers and contractor and the vendors have to implement themselves?

Lincoln Restler

Or is the data gathered from other systems already automatically?

Lincoln Restler

Yeah, just help shine some light for us.