September 21, 2023
City Hall – On Thursday, September 21, Council Member Julie Won, Chair of the Committee on Contracts, and Council Member Gale Brewer, Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Investigations, held a joint oversight hearing at City Hall called “Revisiting City Contracts Serving Asylum Seekers in New York City.” At the hearing, the Chairs, Council Members, and the general public questioned representatives from several city agencies — the Department of Social Services (DSS), the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), New York City Emergency Management Department (NYCEM), New York City Health + Hospitals (H+H), and the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (MOCS) — to bring transparency to the City’s emergency contracting process used for migrants and asylum seekers.
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