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DOT's efforts to attract talent and its reputation as a desirable workplace
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Commissioner Rodriguez highlights DOT's ability to attract talented employees and its reputation as a leading agency in public space management and transportation safety.
- DOT attracts graduates from CUNY, SUNY, and other colleges
- The agency manages 25% of the city's land and impacts every individual's life
- DOT is recognized globally for reimagining public spaces and achieving low pedestrian fatality rates
- The agency has partnerships with CUNY to recruit engineers, especially from diverse backgrounds
- DOT employs nearly 6,000 people responsible for maintaining 25% of the city's land and ensuring safe movement of people and vehicles
Ydanis Rodriguez
3:22:28
And also DOT's agency, again, in the last, I can say from my previous role, right, having previous commission in my time right now, definitely attract great talented people.
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People graduating from CUNY, SUNY, I believe college, they want to come at DOT.
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So the reward that people get, yes, we can sometimes compete compete with a, you know, some offer on the private sector.
3:22:55
But when someone come and work in DOT, an agency that manage 25% of the land, that touch the life of every individual.
3:23:03
From parking, no standing, the meter, revocable concern, creating more than a million square school feet or more public safety pedestrian plaza.
3:23:16
I can tell you that DOT is a place that is a matter of, you know, we continue having the support as we've been getting from the council and and and working with OMB and this administration back.
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I was in Morocco Three Weeks ago.
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And I can tell you upfront, any part of the globe, DOT is the leading agency.
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Remagining our public space.
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There's no another city that had the lowest numbers of pedestrian fatality as we have in New York City.
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When we compare apple to apple.
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So we cannot compare and say daylighting in this particular place in Jersey that only had 200,000 people.
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When New York City have 8,600,000 people, the more density one.
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When last year we received 64,000,000 tourists.
3:24:02
So I feel again that, you know, we continue inviting New Yorkers like we already had good campaign in our voice shelters, New York colleges, working, you know, during my time.
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I also signed signed a memorandum agreement between New York City Department of Transportation and CUNY.
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Where now we have a better pipeline recruiting engineer from city college that graduated the larger numbers of black engineers in the nation to come and work at DOT.
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So I feel that with the work that we've been doing, leadership, with the support that we have from mayor Eric Adams, definitely you know.
3:24:33
There's always gonna be challenging.
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We're filling out the vacancy.
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But I'm proud we where we are today.
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Close to 6,000 men and women responsible for the maintenance of 25% online.
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Guarantee a safe and efficient movement of people and vehicles.