QUESTION
How many Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP) officers are actively working in the Bronx?
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The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation aims to staff PEP officers equitably across the five boroughs and deploy them where needed.
- There are 59 PEP officers assigned to the Bronx.
- The number of 59 PEP officers is the same for Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.
- The stated number of 22 active PEP officers in the Bronx likely refers to staffing changes due to attrition, but the baseline staffing level is 59.
Shekar Krishnan
5:03:02
These questions are from Council member Salamanca.
5:03:07
His first question is, This was touched on before in terms of resources and the equitable allocation of resources.
5:03:14
And looking at PEP officers, question was, how come there are only 22 PEP officers who are active in the Bronx?
Sue Donoghue
5:03:24
Can you have One moment.
5:03:27
We're just gonna I wanna get those numbers by Barrow.
Christopher Leon Johnson
5:03:37
Okay.
Sue Donoghue
5:03:55
Thank you.
5:03:56
So to that question from the council member, So in the Bronx, there are staff at 59 for PEP officers.
5:04:04
What we look to do is is staff equitably across the five boroughs and be able to deploy staff where they're needed.
5:04:13
So in the Bronx, it's 59 and Brooklyn, it's 59, Manhattan, it's 59, Queens, it's 59.
5:04:18
So we look to equitably distribute across the
Pierina Ana Sanchez
5:04:21
us.
5:04:21
Okay.
Shekar Krishnan
5:04:21
I think he had here 22 ACTIVE PEP officers.
Sue Donoghue
5:04:24
That includes there are additions and changes as people leave, as there's attrition, but their baseline staffing is for 59.
Shekar Krishnan
5:04:33
Okay.
5:04:34
Perfect.
5:04:34
I would just add 5922.
5:04:37
I mean, this is so under what we need as far as PEP officers go for our parks in the Bronx alone, but really across the city too.
5:04:46
So you know, it's the the the impact of of of these cuts is is is is pretty stunning.