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Discussion on diversity trends in city hiring
1:06:59
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Council Member Restler expresses concern about decreases in diversity among new hires, citing reductions in Black and Asian new hires and a drop in the percentage of women hired. Commissioner Molina responds by explaining factors affecting these trends and emphasizing ongoing diversity efforts.
- 4% reduction in Black new hires, 3% reduction in Asian new hires, and women new hires dropped to 41%
- Explanation that uniform agency exams tend to trend towards male applicants
- DCAS engages with MWBE contractors and maintains a focus on diversity in hiring
Lincoln Restler
1:06:59
Thank you very much for raising that, council member Brewer.
1:07:04
A few more hiring questions.
1:07:06
I was concerned by some of the trends we saw in the PMMR in terms of citywide hiring.
1:07:12
We saw a 4% reduction in the number of black new hires, a 3% reduction in the number of Asian new hires, and the percentage of women who were new hires dropped just to 41%.
1:07:22
At a time when the federal government is rolling back efforts to increase diversity, or even to mention the word diversity, and threatening DEI practices all across the nation.
1:07:34
This should be a top priority for New York City.
1:07:37
What do you attribute to these changes and what's DCAST doing to increase diversity in new hires?
Louis Molina
1:07:43
So, I'll take the one on the gender.
1:07:46
So, given our big exams and our uniform agencies, those tend to trend more towards males.
1:07:53
So, that's where you could have seen that disparity We do have a workforce that is significantly diverse, it's well over 70%.
1:08:01
But I think, like we've talked about hiring halls, we're engaging with MWBE contractors, that's not specifically a hiring question, but sometimes workers that we're engaging with that work for MWBE's choose to may wanna take a career in the city as they learn more about our city's work.
1:08:18
So, I think our diversity and inclusion efforts are are still in the forefront and are forefront of our mind when we're thinking about bringing in all of the talent that the city has to offer, and that our our government workforce is reflective of the city.
1:08:32
Anything you'd like
Lincoln Restler
1:08:33
to add?