QUESTION
Is the city analyzing and making progress on reducing underutilized leased space?
1:17:27
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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services has launched a citywide space savings initiative to optimize the city's footprint in light of remote work schedules, aiming to assign agency-specific targets by the end of the fiscal year.
- The initiative involves engaging all city agencies to assess their current footprint, headcount, and desk needs.
- The goal is to reduce underutilized leased space and improve efficiency.
- Progress is being made towards analyzing and potentially reducing underutilized space rented by the city.
Lincoln Restler
1:17:27
And We've seen the city workforce shrink by tens of 1000.
1:17:35
You all are pursuing a dynamic remote work pilot that that I'm certainly excited about that I hope will improve retention rates for city workers.
1:17:43
But we haven't yet seen a reduction in the city leased space.
1:17:48
And, you know, rather than cutting, spending on electric vehicles, Keith, or other necessary investments, I would think this is an area where we could reduce underutilized space that we're spending a lot of money to rent out.
1:18:01
Is that something that we're that is in the process of being analyzed?
1:18:04
Is there any progress that you can report on that effort?
Dawn M. Pinnock
1:18:07
Absolutely.
1:18:08
We have launched a city wide space savings initiative where we've engaged all agencies The goal of the exercise is really to optimize the city's footprint given the fact that we do have remote schedules now in place.
1:18:20
Our goal is that by the end of this fiscal year, we'll be in a position to assign agency specific targets based on agency's current footprint, headcount, and need for desks.
Lincoln Restler
1:18:30
Okay?
1:18:31
We are eager to understand progress on that front.
1:18:35
And I think, you know, as you help us understand some of the the current staffing levels at city agencies and how that's changed over time.
1:18:43
We wanna be looking at those same agencies about whether they need as much lease space as as they do.