🔴 LIVE: "Oversight—Budgeting for Equity," Hosted by the Committee on Civil and Human Rights

Committee on Civil and Human Rights, New York City Council · February 27, 2026

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Opening: Chair introduces hearing and guests

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Councilmember Sandy Nurse, chair of the Committee on Civil and Human Rights, opened the hearing, thanked staff and introduced members present and scheduled witnesses, including the mayors Office of Equity and Racial Justice (MOERJ), the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE) executive director Linda Tajani, and Logan Clark of the Independent Budget Office (IBO). She framed the session around charter-mandated racial equity planning and the true cost of living metric.

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Hearing where Councilmember Sandy Nurse pressed the mayor's administration and oversight bodies on the long-delayed citywide racial equity plans and how those delays affect the FY27 budget; MOERJ said a preliminary plan will be released within the mayor's first 100 days, CORE and advocates warned that legal review and prior noncompliance have hampered accountability and budget alignment.

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