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Update on hiring for DOB's proactive enforcement initiative
4:00:08
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Council Member Pierina Sanchez inquires about the progress of hiring for the Department of Buildings' proactive enforcement initiative. Commissioner Oddo provides an overview of the 60 new positions and their distribution across different roles.
- 48 inspectorial positions, 3 technical positions, and 9 administrative positions
- Initial response indicates some hiring has occurred, with more detailed information to follow
- Commissioner Oddo delegates further explanations to his deputies
Pierina Sanchez
4:00:08
So the November plan included 60 new positions for the department's proactive enforcement initiative in fiscal twenty twenty six and fifty six new positions in the current fiscal year.
4:00:18
DLB plans to use these predictive analytics through this, you know, coming from this great build to better target buildings with unsafe conditions, negligent owners, and bad actors.
4:00:27
Can you update the committee on hiring?
4:00:30
I think you said 25, but can you update the committee on hiring for these positions?
4:00:34
How many have been filled?
4:00:35
And have you seen any results so far in the current fiscal year?
James "Jimmy" S. Oddo
4:00:39
So I'm gonna frame this out sort of overarching numbers in total, a breakdown of the 60 lines.
4:00:46
We will let deputy commissioner Shamash talk about some of the immediate results we've seen from the piloting various initiatives.
4:00:56
And if deputy commissioner Cinnabrio, you can give an update on the the hiring.
4:01:01
So the on the inspector of the sixties 48 inspectorial, three technical, nine in nine administrative.
4:01:15
Yigal, you wanna talk about some of the program in general?