QUESTION
What is needed for the New York City Department of Sanitation to continue certain operations without relying on excess staff?
0:59:16
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44 sec
The commissioner explains that continuing certain operations depends on having a surplus number of sanitation workers.
- Sanitation recently hired workers anticipating the programs would continue
- With the current surplus staff, the operations can continue running
- But without excess staff, the commissioner cannot continue the operations
- To avoid relying on surplus staff, a higher budget allocation would be needed
David Carr
0:59:16
You think you'd still be able to do something like you did at the North Shorelight rail.
0:59:19
You you recently did a one in my district and neighbor Travis, you you don't see that those operations are being impeded by being zeroed out.
Jessica Tisch
0:59:27
It will depend on attrition and hiring of sanitation workers.
0:59:32
When I have a surplus number of sanitation workers as I do today because we hired sanitation workers last year, anticipating that those programs were going to continue in perpetuity.
0:59:45
I can continue to run the service.
David Carr
0:59:48
We have to depend on a higher head count in order for you.
0:59:50
Right.
Jessica Tisch
0:59:50
But if I do not have an excess, I cannot.
David Carr
0:59:54
And and what would we need to get you in this final budget adoption in order to continue without that kind of dependency.