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Council member inquires about Office of Neighborhood Safety staffing and headcount
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Council Member Althea V. Stevens begins a series of questions about the Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) staffing and headcount. The discussion reveals discrepancies between budgeted and actual headcounts, with confirmation from DYCD officials about the accuracy of the numbers provided.
- Actual headcount for ONS is confirmed to be 23 as of January, with a budgeted headcount of 48 for fiscal year 2026
- The Cure Violence Program within ONS has an actual headcount of 11
- Some positions are planned to be filled in FY '26, explaining the current vacancies
Althea V. Stevens
2:06:05
That's it?
2:06:06
Okay.
2:06:07
Great.
2:06:07
So we're gonna call this the lightning round because I have a whole bunch of questions and we still have another agency.
2:06:15
Let's keep the answer short.
2:06:16
Alright.
2:06:17
So we are going to go into O and S.
2:06:22
Is Darryl coming back up?
2:06:23
Yes, is.
2:06:23
Yep, let's go.
2:06:27
Okay the neighborhood safety has a budget head count of 48 in fiscal twenty twenty six but a current actual head count of 23 as January.
2:06:37
Has there been any change to the actual headcount since January?
2:06:40
According to the to the reporting provided to counsel from DYCD, the Cure Violence Program with ONS has an actual headcount of 11.
2:06:48
Is this accurate, a headcount for the program?
Alan Cheng
2:06:52
Yeah, the headcounts are accurate.
2:06:54
I did allude earlier that we are getting some of those in FY '26, so that's why they're not on board.