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Staffing levels for Local Law 97 implementation
4:49:14
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Council Member Sanchez inquires about the staffing levels for Local Law 97 implementation at the Department of Buildings. Deputy Commissioners Popa and Sanabria provide details on current staffing and vacancies.
- The department has 112 positions in total for Local Law 97 and related work, with 78 currently filled and active.
- There are 15 vacancies, with 12 related specifically to Local Law 97 work.
- Eight additional positions are currently in the hiring pipeline.
- This represents a significant increase from the previous year when there were only 27-29 positions.
Pierina Sanchez
4:49:14
Excellent, and I said I had two oh the second clarifying question was 112 positions, so those are all filled?
Laura Popa
4:49:20
No we have 15 vacancies, but three of those are for the energy code, so 12 vacancies related to local I 97 work.
4:49:32
Almost all of them.
Pierina Sanchez
4:49:33
I'm very impressed.
4:49:36
Felt like when we talked about this last year, I felt a little hopeless because there was such a long way to go, so
Laura Popa
4:49:42
Right, there was 20, I think I said 27 positions.
4:49:45
It might have been 29, but that's how many we had last year.
Rita C. Joseph
4:49:48
Wow.
Mark Sanabria
4:49:48
Yeah, just for clarification, were 112 positions, 78 of them are filled and active.
4:49:53
Great.
Pierina Sanchez
4:49:56
And then you have a lot of folks in the pipeline?
Laura Popa
4:49:59
Yes, so we have eight in progress in the pipeline.
Pierina Sanchez
4:50:08
Okay.
4:50:08
Thank you.
4:50:09
Sorry note taking with one hand.