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Gennaro seeks grand vision, compares BCR to Oz

New York City Council · Sep 30, 2026 · starts 0:48:43 · 2 min 23 sec

Gennaro says he wants a higher-level answer about BCR's management role, funding, and coordination. He envisions BCR as the 'Oz' of coastal resilience to which all other projects answer.

James F. Gennaro

Yeah, I'm not getting a lot from that.

James F. Gennaro

And so, you know, it just, let's, you know, your answers are very detailed, and I appreciate when people go to the micro level and, you know, make sure that they're,

James F. Gennaro

But I think we want to, you know, we want to go like above the treetops a little bit.

James F. Gennaro

And, you know, I want to hear how, you know, sort of like the overall management role that the Bureau is going to have regarding...

James F. Gennaro

Managing or at least keeping track of stuff that's going on as well.

James F. Gennaro

well as the Bureau's vision for, you know, incentivizing projects and funding projects and figuring out.

James F. Gennaro

So, you know, I envision, you know, the Bureau, and that's what I want to accomplish with this bill, I envision the Bureau having like

James F. Gennaro

the grand vision.

James F. Gennaro

So you would be like the Oz of coastal resilience and everyone else that's doing whatever they're doing along the Yellow Brick Road, you know, everybody answers to Oz.

James F. Gennaro

And so that's what I'm kind of looking for.

James F. Gennaro

And to the extent to which

James F. Gennaro

that is achievable or that's what you're trying to do.

James F. Gennaro

That's what I sort of want to hear about, you know.

James F. Gennaro

Not so much the details of this and that, but sort of like the big grand, you know, it's like the city is, you know,

James F. Gennaro

And, of course, so, like, the city is doing resilience.

James F. Gennaro

And I know there are, you know, federal partners and stuff.

James F. Gennaro

You can't really boss them around and tell them what to do, you know.

James F. Gennaro

So, like, the hat study and everything, okay, fine.

James F. Gennaro

But the Bureau kind of like knows all, supervises all, or does whatever it can to influence.

James F. Gennaro

the city along the lines of its grand vision.

James F. Gennaro

And so maybe if the deputy commissioner could sort of speak to that.