Q&A
Inquiry about security personnel across CUNY campuses
1:08:45
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Council Member Julie Menin inquires about the number of security personnel working across CUNY campuses and whether there has been an increase since October 7th. Chancellor Rodriguez confirms an increase but cannot provide exact numbers per campus.
- Menin requests a breakdown of security personnel numbers for each campus
- She asks for a comparison with security personnel numbers from 2-3 years ago
- Chancellor Rodriguez confirms an increase in personnel, including additional hires to handle potential emergencies
Julie Menin
1:08:45
Okay.
1:08:47
A little bit more time.
1:08:48
So next series of questions.
1:08:50
What is the number of security personnel that you have currently working across all the different campuses?
Felix Matos Rodriguez
1:08:58
I I I know the number for each campus.
1:09:00
We can give you a breakdown of that loan.
Julie Menin
1:09:02
Yes.
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In addition to by the end of the week, I would like to get a breakdown of the number of security personnel that you have at each of the campuses and how that differs from the number of security personnel 2 to 3 years ago.
1:09:16
So we can see have you and the the question is very, very, very basic.
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Have you increased the number of security personnel since October 7th?
Felix Matos Rodriguez
1:09:25
And the answer to that is very easy.
1:09:27
Yes.
1:09:27
I cannot give you the exact number per campus.
1:09:29
Yeah.
Julie Menin
1:09:29
We'd like to see We
Felix Matos Rodriguez
1:09:30
have done and I and I'll and I'll say two things to that.
1:09:33
Yes.
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We have, even before, October.
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And also, one of the things that we did this year is to hire additional personnel, hoping that we didn't have a situation like another encampment.
1:09:48
Right?
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But to be able to have additional personnel already with us on the campuses that knew the campus that we could deploy if we have, a large emergency.
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So that
