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Budget and staffing for school safety agents discussed
1:53:17
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about the budget and headcount for school safety agent and assistant school safety agent positions. NYPD officials provide current figures and discuss the status of the new assistant school safety agent title.
- Authorized headcount for city-funded school safety agents is 4,015, with 3,612 currently filled
- The assistant school safety agent title was approved, but salary and labor matters are still under discussion
- Budget for new positions cannot be established until salary and benefits are determined
Rita Joseph
1:53:17
What is the budget and the actual headcount for school safety agent and assistant school safety agent positions?
1:53:23
Do you have plan to hire more school safety agents?
Jessica Tisch
1:53:28
Do you want to go through the numbers?
Kristine Ryan
1:53:32
So the authorized headcount for city funded school safety agents is 4,015.
1:53:37
Right now we have 3,612, so there's four zero three vacancies.
1:53:42
The DCAS, the State Civil Service Commission at the January approved the Assistant School Safety Agent title, but discussions are still ongoing between OLR and OMB around the salary and other labor matters, so we don't yet have the use of that title.
1:53:57
And how much is that going to cost us?
1:53:59
We need to know what the salary is determined and the benefits and any differentials before we can establish the budget.
Rita Joseph
1:54:06
Does the training differ for assistant agents from school agents?