QUESTION
How is DCAS addressing the issue of scaffolding in NYC?
0:35:06
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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) is actively working to remove scaffolding by expediting local law inspections and repairs.
- DCAS utilizes funding from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to facilitate the removal of scaffolding.
- In the current fiscal year, DCAS has allocated $9.7 million toward completing five façade repair projects.
- Efforts include improving local law compliance to minimize the need for scaffolding.
- New contracts now allow for inspections and repairs to be conducted simultaneously, reducing the necessity of scaffolding.
Lynn C. Schulman
0:35:06
Also, I see that the current year budget includes $13,700,000 for facade projects.
0:35:12
Does that include like getting rid of scaffolding?
0:35:15
Ugly scaffolding that we see all over the place.
Joseph Wagner
0:35:17
Well,
Jesse Hamilton
0:35:17
we're we're doing our best to give it a scaffolding, but I'm gonna have to pass it over to to my colleague, Joe Wagner, the deputy commissioner.
Lynn C. Schulman
0:35:28
See, we get to see all of your staff now, commissioner.
Dawn M. Pinnock
0:35:31
Absolutely.
Joseph Wagner
0:35:34
Yes.
0:35:34
That that's true.
0:35:35
Just we are doing we we are trying to get rid of all the scaffolding has been doing a local law of inspections.
0:35:46
We're trying to right now, we got some expense money to OMB has been funding us for some expense money to get some of the work done.
0:35:56
As you see in the budget, we had $9,700,000, which we have completed.
0:36:01
We will complete basically by the end of this fiscal year, 5 projects, so within Cool droops and facades, We're also basically, we're working on all our local law work to try to eliminate the shedding.
0:36:15
What we're trying to do is Also, as we're getting the reports, we're trying to do to work with a contractor.
0:36:21
Alright.
0:36:21
We got some requirements contracts now, so we don't have to put up sheds.
0:36:25
And prior years, the minute you got your local law inspection report, we were putting up sheds.
0:36:30
Now we're trying to work simultaneously with the inspection and doing the repairs at the same time.