Brooks-Powers asks about local hiring and MWBE commitments for 2028 Olympics
Brooks-Powers notes Citi Field will host nine Olympic soccer matches in 2028 and asks whether the city will require local hiring, MWBE, local procurement, and security cost commitments before funding. Kreamer says planning has not started but lessons will apply.
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Etad Park in Queens will host nine Olympic soccer matches in 2028.
Before committing city funds, will the city require local hiring, MWBE, and local procurement
commitments and a clear share of security costs borne by the organizers?
So this administration for this World Cup was committed to making sure that the benefits reached all five boroughs of New York City, including women-owned, minor-owned businesses, et cetera.
And so while the planning for 2020 has not started, the lessons learned from this World Cup will be applied for that.
And it's something that we will definitely look into and we'll seek to achieve.