AGENCY TESTIMONY
Department of Transportation staffing shortages and revenue impact
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The testimony addresses the staffing shortages in the Department of Transportation, particularly in parking enforcement services, and their impact on city revenue. The workforce is facing a troubling 12% vacancy rate.
- Shortages are increasing the burden on remaining workers, leading to higher overtime demands and stress levels.
- Vacancies are causing delays in maintaining and repairing parking meters, directly affecting the city's ability to collect parking revenue efficiently.
- These positions require only a driver's license and no civil service exam, making the high vacancy rate particularly concerning.
Henry Garrido
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Department of Transportation, how are you, is another example where parking enforcement services workers, DOT parking, are essential to maintain the city's parking meetings, a critical source of revenue for the city of New York.
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However, the workforce currently facing troubling 12% vacancy rates.
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This shorter increase increases the burden of remaining New Yorkers leading to higher overtime demands and heightened stress level.
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The impact extend beyond the workers themselves because on field positions being delays in maintaining repairing parking meters, which directly affect the city's ability to collect parking revenue efficiently.
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Given that these positions are in the labor class and are required only a driver's license and no civil service exam, this vacancy rate is both avoidable and unacceptable.
