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Council Member Sanchez inquires about basement legalization staffing details
4:26:47
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Council Member Pierina Sanchez questions Deputy Commissioner Gina Ugarte about the specifics of new positions allocated for the basement legalization program at the Department of Buildings.
- Deputy Commissioner Ugarte provides a breakdown of the 45 new positions, including inspectors, plan examiners, and administrative staff
- Clarifies that out of 30 inspector positions, 11 are for development and 19 for enforcement
- Highlights the inclusion of administrative positions, which were advocated for by the department
Pierina Sanchez
4:26:47
Sorry, mommy duties at the same time.
4:26:52
No, thank you.
4:26:52
That's that's helpful context.
4:26:56
I want to touch on, we talked a little bit about basement legalization staffing.
4:27:01
Can you tell us what the 36 new positions are for?
4:27:06
What will they be doing and do you think that they will be adequate?
4:27:11
You answered some of this already but.
Gina Ugarte
4:27:22
So of the 45 positions, we received 22 inspectors, two assistant chief inspectors, a chief inspector, supervise five supervising inspectors, three plan examiners, an administrative staff and administrative staffer, administrative staff supervisor, analysts, senior analysts, attorneys, senior clericals, and code and zoning specialists.
4:27:50
We did receive and and a lot of those administrative positions, if I might add, were advocacy on on our part as as Deputy Commissioner Sinopra and Commissioner said.
4:28:01
We do receive a lot of inspectorial and technical positions, but it does cause an adverse effect on administrative positions that aren't typically restored.
4:28:13
So we did receive some of those lines and those administrative lines are reflected here.
4:28:19
And that would total the 45.
4:28:22
And of the inspectorial positions, I can break down the for basement legalization of the 30 of the 30 inspector positions, 11 of them were for development and 19 were for enforcement.