Kreamer details host committee spending categories
Kreamer confirms $35 million was allocated to the host committee, which spent about $33.4 million. He says the remaining $1.5 million was used by the city for community events and branding, and describes host committee spending categories.
Sure, I can start off with the $35 million portion that you referenced, Councilmember.
So yes, you're correct, $35 million was allocated for the host committee.
They ultimately ended up spending about $33.4, $3.5 million of it.
That remaining balance, $1.6, $1.5, was used by the city instead for community events, branding, dressing the city type of activities.
For the host committee itself, the scope of work that they were asked to execute upon was largely broken out into, sorry, broken out into
four different areas.
The first is the actual cost for operating the nonprofit that was set up as the host committee.
Two is the fan zones themselves.
Three is promotional activities to get people to come and be aware and to get people to go to visit the five boroughs while they're here.
So promotional activities.
And then fourth is the operational logistics as it relates to safety, transportation, et cetera.
So those are the four categories of spending.