Council Member Morano asks who signs off on paying facilities with violations
Morano asks who signs off on continuing to pay for facilities with dozens of violations. Dalton says she is ultimately responsible and will ensure standards are met.
When the city decides to continue paying for a facility with dozens of outstanding violations, who signs off on that decision?
I mean, ultimately, I'm responsible for the system and happy to be responsible for that system.
There's probably a more technical answer to exactly when that we actually we do that.
But as I said, with with more.
Visibility, which I'm glad to have had the opportunity to take a look at that information.
I'm going to go in and make sure that they are meeting our standards.
One final question, if I may, Chair.
And no doubt that you prefer the two-minute timer to the five-minute timer as well.
But you report that serious violence inside shelters has been declining, which is great, very encouraging.
I want to give DHS credit when the numbers show improvement.
There's another question that's important to the people I represent.
When you evaluate shelter safety,
Do you measure only what happens inside the building, or do you also measure what happens in the surrounding community, in the surrounding blocks?
Yeah, thank you.
Again, I'm not 100% sure who was in the room at various points, but I mentioned earlier that I spent a good deal of time in preparing for this testimony to integrate all of the NYPD 911.
Data along with our incident reporting.
system complaint data, not just to look at what was happening inside the shelter system, but to look at the surrounding area, particularly as we open new shelters.
And so as soon, and I'm very anxious to do this, no matter what it says, it's important to know, as soon as we can get that data fully aligned so that we're certain it's accurate.
We'll do that analysis.
I had done it, but we just have some concerns about the way it's been integrated, and I can't be confident in the results.
All right, but you'll get it to us when you can.
Yes, it's a really important analysis, and it has to be done with care.
And other people should check our work so that you can see it being independent as well.
Thanks very much.
Thank you.