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DOC staffing for reviewing 6-A program cases

1:27:24

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Council Member Sandy Nurse inquires about the staffing dedicated to reviewing 6-A program cases. Deputy Commissioner Nell McCarty provides details on the current staffing structure and recent improvements.

  • Three people are currently reviewing 6-A cases, up from one part-time person last year
  • The reviewers have other responsibilities in addition to 6-A case reviews
  • An assistant commissioner, executive director, and director of reintegration oversee the process
Sandy Nurse
1:27:24
And how many people are working reviewing and working on those types of cases?
Nell McCarty
1:27:29
Yes.
1:27:30
Thank you for that question.
1:27:31
So we have an assistant commissioner assigned to our reintegration unit.
1:27:35
Underneath that assistant commissioner is an executive director of reintegration as well as a director of reintegration.
1:27:42
Last year, for example, at this time we had one person part time reviewing individuals for six a.
1:27:47
At this time we have three people reviewing individuals or candidates for six a.
Sandy Nurse
1:27:54
Three people so three people assigned to just review cases, is that what they do fully?
Nell McCarty
1:28:00
They have other responsibilities, but this is part of their responsibility.
Sandy Nurse
1:28:03
So three people, okay.
1:28:07
Okay, those are my questions.
1:28:09
Questions.
1:28:10
I'll turn it back over to Chair Brannan.
Justin Brannan
1:28:12
Great.
1:28:13
Thank you all very much for your testimony, and we look forward to working with you going forward.
1:28:17
Thank you.
Francis Torres
1:28:18
Thank you.
James Conroy
1:28:19
Thank you.
Justin Brannan
1:28:20
We're gonna take a
Tiffany Cabán
1:28:21
I'm sorry, Chairs.
1:28:25
This is council member Quan.
1:28:26
I'm so sorry.
1:28:27
I I just I passed along a couple of questions to the chairs.
1:28:29
I don't know if it's possible to ask them on my behalf.
Justin Brannan
1:28:32
Oh, we just yeah.
Julian Colón
1:28:32
We just got please.
Justin Brannan
1:28:33
Yep.
1:28:34
Yep.
1:28:34
Yep.
1:28:34
We just got them now.
1:28:35
We'll ask.
Sandy Nurse
1:28:36
Sorry.
1:28:36
Thank you.
Faisal Zuber
1:28:37
We don't we don't
Justin Brannan
1:28:38
have quorums, so council member Caban can't ask her questions, but we're gonna ask them for her.
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