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Discussion on historical overtime spending and budget allocation
6:06:30
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Council Member Yusef Salaam and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg engage in a brief discussion about historical overtime spending and budget allocation practices.
- Salaam points out that historically, actual overtime spending has surpassed $3,000,000
- Questions why only $82,000 was budgeted when historically the amount has been exceeded
- Bragg acknowledges the discrepancy and commits to examining the issue
- Mentions the need to balance fiscal constraints with the necessity of completing important work
Yusef Salaam
6:06:30
Gotcha.
6:06:31
So the question is why only budget 82,000 when historically we've gone over that number?
Alvin Bragg
6:06:40
Yeah.
6:06:40
I mean I guess the answer may be hope springs eternal.
6:06:42
I mean you know I mean this is obviously something that happens in other parts of law enforcement as well.
6:06:48
What I can commit to the chair that's behind me today is to examine it.
6:06:52
As you say, we are where we are in the year.
6:06:55
We have the balance of the year left, and we'll be examining this and taking this seriously.
6:07:00
We're mindful of fiscal constraints, but also when work has to get done, it has to get done, and we are trying to balance our commitment to public safety and really important work.
6:07:15
Was actually talking with staff about this before I left, getting some itemization and some detail, and I would say just one example that was given to me is very important work.