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Council Member Carl Wilson flags afterschool RFP changes that could affect longstanding Manhattan program
Summary
At his first Community Board 2 meeting in office, Council Member Carl Wilson said the city’s budget process is nearing a vote and raised concerns that a new DYCD afterschool request for proposals appears to remove Manhattan Youth, a longstanding provider, from the procurement — a change he said he has been pushing back on in hearings.
Council Member Carl Wilson, speaking at Manhattan Community Board 2 in his first meeting in his official capacity, described his early involvement in the city budget process and raised a concern about afterschool services procurement.
Wilson said he has participated in executive committee hearings as the city moves toward a budget vote and highlighted afterschool programming as a central concern. “The biggest takeaway and one of the big things that I've been pushing back on in the budget, it relates to afterschool programming,” he said, explaining that the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) issued a new request for proposals that, according to Wilson, “actually eliminated Manhattan Youth,” a longstanding local afterschool program.
Wilson framed his remarks as part of ongoing budget negotiations and said he expects a budget vote near the end of the month; his comments were introductory in tone and he invited ongoing conversation with board members about youth services procurement and continuity of local providers.
Why it matters: Changes to DYCD contracting and RFP language can affect the continuity of afterschool services and the organizations that provide them. Wilson raised the issue as an item to watch in the budget process; the board did not take formal action during the meeting.
