Pre-RFP Testimony
September 18, 2025 Council hearing on the future RFP.
DYCD's own framing of the consultation process — and the line between shaping a model and selecting a provider.
← All hearings & public events
Watch the hearing on Legistar ↗Download official transcript (PDF) ↓Official transcript on Legistar ↗Watch the full hearing
Official NYC Council video, hosted by councilnyc.viebit.com.
What DYCD told the Council before the RFP
- 14
- stakeholder sessions held before the RFP was released
- 272
- attendees across those sessions
- D75
- access issues discussed — students with the most intensive support needs
- Transit
- transportation barriers raised by families
- Arts
- concerns about arts and enrichment programming
- Expansion
- planning for new sites receiving afterschool for the first time
Families helped shape the model. Families were not included in the actual provider-selection process.
The September 18 hearing is what DYCD points to when it says it consulted stakeholders. It is also the record that proves stakeholder consultation ended before any decision about who would run programs at which school was made.
See also: May 28, 2026 Council Budget Hearing — where DYCD acknowledged on the record that parents were not part of provider selection.