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Office space challenges and request for a standalone building
5:02:52
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DA Katz describes the current office space situation for the Queens DA's office and reiterates a long-standing request for a standalone building to improve efficiency and collaboration.
- Explains that the DA's office is currently scattered across five locations within a few blocks
- Notes that two of these offices are in private buildings, while three are in city-owned buildings
- Emphasizes the benefits of having a single, standalone building for improved case collaboration and communication
Melinda Katz
5:02:52
We are also paying rent, just so you know.
5:02:54
We have three, we are scattered.
5:02:56
I have five offices within a few blocks of each other in Queens County.
5:03:01
2 of them are private.
5:03:03
Three of them are city.
5:03:04
I say that only because the DA's office of Queens County has come before the council for, I don't know, twenty, thirty years, not me, but the one previously, and asked for a standalone building for the DA's office.
5:03:18
And there's a lot that happens while we corroborate with each other and collaborate with each other and we talk to each other.
5:03:23
And it helps our cases as we move through.