tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post4226814290116648398..comments2023-10-30T05:45:18.219-04:00Comments on Bronx News Network: Bronx Council Member Spends Big…On Sister’s Org…With Tax Payer’s $Bronx News Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03022201181076163457noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-28212267305126202802008-04-18T10:06:00.000-04:002008-04-18T10:06:00.000-04:00In addition to the obvious issues raised by this b...In addition to the obvious issues raised by this behavior are the unseen side effects. <BR/><BR/>Our agency, West Bronx Housing and Neighborhood Resource Center receives discretionary funding from Councilmembers Joel Rivera, and Oliver Koppell. <BR/><BR/>Without this money we would lose valuable staff time, and be unable to assist the increasingly large number of people that ask for help each year (1,000 in FY'06, over 1,200 last year).<BR/><BR/>Because of this crisis the agencies that administer the funding are double checking every grant they have, and so we are all being scrutinized much more closely.<BR/><BR/>This is good in theory, but what it ends up translating to is more funds spent producing the new paperwork and less time spent with clients.<BR/><BR/>So because some folks got greedy, everyone gets additional work. <BR/><BR/>The cost to taxpayers, not only includes money directly taken, but also money in the form of added levels of oversight, and administration, as well as costs of prosecution. <BR/><BR/>SallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com