REMARKS
Disconnect between city government job shortages and available CUNY students
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer highlights a significant disconnect between the numerous job vacancies in city government and the pool of qualified CUNY students who could fill these positions.
- Emphasizes the current shortages across various city government departments
- Expresses frustration that CUNY students, who are diverse and well-qualified, are not filling these vacant positions
- Calls for better understanding and coordination between CUNY and DCAS to address this issue
- Stresses the importance of hiring CUNY students to meet the city's workforce needs
Gale A. Brewer
0:58:35
The reason I ask is, as we sit here today, there are many shortages in city government.
0:58:40
Like, that's a different hearing.
0:58:42
But then you have all this CUNY, these wonderful CUNY students, so many of which I know, should be getting many of these city jobs.
0:58:49
So there's there's a disconnect.
0:58:50
If you understand what I'm saying.
0:58:51
In other words, every here and I go to, we can't do house, and we can't do this, we can't do that, we don't have inspectors, we don't have this, we don't have people to do the jobs.
0:58:59
Right?
0:58:59
That's a big talk.
0:59:01
And yet here are all these great CUNY students who could fill those jobs.
0:59:05
So as you're talking, it's a little bit nebulous to understand how the 2 go together.
0:59:12
So I guess I'm trying to say between CUNY and DECAS.
0:59:15
It's not just a DECAS as a list.
0:59:17
CUNY, there should be more understanding of how because if I was, you know, in charge and we all hope that more CUNY students could get these jobs.
0:59:26
Because they are diverse and it's the greatest institution.
0:59:29
So it it's just not clear that, you know, because when you're talking, there are just so many opportunities, but it is hard to understand the and, obviously, funding.
0:59:38
Now, the ones that CUNY that you're mentioning We could always use more funding, but is there adequate funding to be able to meet the needs?
