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Prioritizing HPD divisions for additional staffing
2:15:35
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72 sec
Acting Commissioner Tigani responds to Council Member Restler's inquiry about which HPD divisions are most urgently in need of additional headcount. Tigani outlines the agency's recruitment priorities across various departments.
- HPD is actively recruiting for vacant positions across multiple teams, including asset management, neighborhood planning, development, and enforcement
- The agency has developed new as-of-right construction tools and is focusing on improving preservation efforts
- Tigani emphasizes the importance of staffing up and ensuring programs are working well, particularly in preservation
Lincoln Restler
2:15:35
And commissioner, can you just highlight are there any divisions that you would say are most urgently in need of additional headcount?
2:16:37
I think that one of the benefits of me channeling the chair today is that you didn't get to hear any of the questions that I had planned.
2:16:43
So I will call you separately to bother you about all of those.
Ahmed Tigani
2:15:41
You know, I think right now what we are trying to do is continue to recruit for the position, the vacant position we have.
2:15:47
So we're continuing to recruit talented members of our asset management team, talented members for our neighborhood planning team, our development team, enforcement across the board.
2:15:58
If you go to Jobs NYC you'll see that we're trying to push the envelope on all of that front.
2:16:04
I had mentioned before that we have spent the last couple of years building as of right new construction tools.
2:16:10
A lot of that work, the UAP work of getting the paperwork online, four sixty seven ms conversion.
2:16:19
So we want the as of right tools to move, but specifically on preservation we really do plan on making a big push and a priority this year.
2:16:27
So we continue to think about ways that we put more money and work into that, both staffing up and making sure that our programs are working well there.
2:16:46
Very fortunate.
2:16:47
This is great.