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Mayor’s office awarded $3.4M Bloomberg innovation grant; committee asks for oversight and priorities
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee approved forwarding to the full board an ordinance authorizing the mayor to accept a $3.4 million Bloomberg grant to create an Office of Innovation, while the BLA flagged a $1.1 million matching requirement and the committee requested reporting on priorities and outcomes.
The committee voted to forward to the full board an ordinance authorizing the mayor to accept approximately $3,400,000 in grant funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies to stand up an Office of Innovation and to create five new position authorities.
Sophia Kittler of the mayor’s office said the three‑year grant (Oct. 1, 2021–Aug. 31, 2024) funds an eight‑person innovation team—five positions paid by the grant and three existing civic‑innovation staff…
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