QUESTION
What are the staffing needs for expanding monitoring hours in jails, and what is the budget for the additional staff?
4:31:06
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The New York City Board of Correction requires 27 additional staff to expand its monitoring hours but lacks the necessary funding.
- The board chair recommended increasing the board monitoring staff's presence in jails by expanding monitoring hours to include nights and weekends.
- The Board of Correction requested funding for 27 additional staff last year to implement this vision but did not receive it.
- A restructuring has taken place due to funding cuts, but the number of required staff remains at 27.
- The budget amount for these 27 staff members is not specified, and further information will be provided later.
Sandy Nurse
4:31:06
So I wanted to talk about your headcount, vacancy rate, and the impact of that on charter mandated reports and then some of the stuff that you brought up in your testimony.
4:31:18
The board chair has recommended increasing the presence of board monitoring staff in the jails by expanding monitoring hours to nights weekends.
4:31:27
How many additional staff would the board need to expand its monitoring hours?
Jasmine Georges-Yilla
4:31:32
Thank you for that question.
4:31:34
That was actually one of our priorities last year when we tested 5 before the committee, and we requested 27 additional staff to be able to implement that sort of vision.
4:31:46
And we did not receive that funding, unfortunately.
4:31:49
And we've had to restructure due to the pegs.
4:31:52
So I would say 27 as we asked for last year, but I'd asked my direct deputy executive, director of administration to fill anything in.
Alex Stein
4:32:04
Okay.
Danielle Ortega
4:32:05
Thank you.
4:32:06
And so that is correct.
4:32:09
But we can also share the prior proposal with counsel finance.
Mala Srinivasan
4:32:14
Okay.
Danielle Ortega
4:32:14
And stuff.
Sandy Nurse
4:32:15
And do you know what the the budget that budget amount would be for those 27 staff that you were hoping to get?
Danielle Ortega
4:32:23
I'll have to get back to grab that information.
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