Q&A
Council Member Yeger inquires about potential union jobs from proposed legislation
3:34:36
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Council Member Kalman Yeger engages in a brief Q&A with Logan Clark from the Independent Budget Office regarding the potential number of jobs that could be created by the proposed legislation expanding security guard funding for non-public schools.
- Yeger highlights that the high-end estimate could result in 548 'good union jobs'
- Clark clarifies that these would be 548 new security guard positions eligible for reimbursement at prevailing wage rates
- Yeger emphasizes the potential for creating union jobs, while Clark notes he can't confirm if all positions would be unionized
Kalman Yeger
3:34:36
Thank you.
3:34:38
Mister Clark, on using the high end number that you have, if if every single school that could be possibly eligible would take advantage of it, that means New York City would get 548 good union jobs.
Logan Clark
3:34:54
It would be 548 new security guards that would be eligible for reimbursement
Kalman Yeger
3:35:00
at a prevailing
Logan Clark
3:35:01
wage at a prevailing wage.
Kalman Yeger
3:35:03
Yes.
3:35:04
Good union jobs.
Logan Clark
3:35:06
I can't speak to whether or not they're all unionized, but they are at a prevailing wage rate.
3:35:11
And so at the union wage or above.
Kalman Yeger
3:35:15
Alright.
3:35:15
Thank you.
