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    AGENCY TESTIMONY
            Department of Transportation staffing shortages and revenue impact
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The testimony addresses the staffing shortages in the Department of Transportation, particularly in parking enforcement services, and their impact on city revenue. The workforce is facing a troubling 12% vacancy rate.
- Shortages are increasing the burden on remaining workers, leading to higher overtime demands and stress levels.
- Vacancies are causing delays in maintaining and repairing parking meters, directly affecting the city's ability to collect parking revenue efficiently.
- These positions require only a driver's license and no civil service exam, making the high vacancy rate particularly concerning.
                                
                                    Henry Garrido
                                
                            
                            
                                            
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                                        Department of Transportation, how are you, is another example where parking enforcement services workers, DOT parking, are essential to maintain the city's parking meetings, a critical source of revenue for the city of New York.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:16:43
                                        
                                        However, the workforce currently facing troubling 12% vacancy rates.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:16:50
                                        
                                        This shorter increase increases the burden of remaining New Yorkers leading to higher overtime demands and heightened stress level.
                                    
                                            
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                                        The impact extend beyond the workers themselves because on field positions being delays in maintaining repairing parking meters, which directly affect the city's ability to collect parking revenue efficiently.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:17:12
                                        
                                        Given that these positions are in the labor class and are required only a driver's license and no civil service exam, this vacancy rate is both avoidable and unacceptable.
                                    