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Epstein on detailed staffing breakdown for GC and OLPS

New York City Council · May 29, 2026 · starts 3:38:05 · 2 min 19 sec

Epstein confirms 20 new GC positions (17 lawyers, 3 investigators) and 29 OLPS positions (11 lawyers, 10 investigators, 8 data scientists), asking if this mix is appropriate for handling larger corporate defendants.

Harvey D. Epstein

Thank you all.

Harvey D. Epstein

So just so I'm clear, so labor and policy standards getting 27 positions and general counsel is getting 25 positions.

Harvey D. Epstein

Is that right?

Sam Levine

I believe it's 29 for labor and policy.

Harvey D. Epstein

And 20 for general counsel.

Sam Levine

Thank you.

Harvey D. Epstein

20 for general counsel.

Sam Levine

20 for general.

Sam Levine

Do you want me to go through the division breakdown?

Harvey D. Epstein

And what jobs are they?

Harvey D. Epstein

Are they lawyers, paralegals, investigators, researchers?

Sam Levine

Sure.

Sam Levine

So it's 20 for GC, I think.

Sam Levine

Lawyers.

Harvey D. Epstein

Only lawyers?

Michael Tiger

No, it's lawyers and investigators in the first fiscal year in our industry.

Michael Tiger

Fiscal years, there'll be additional clerical support staff.

Harvey D. Epstein

So how many lawyers, how many investigators?

Michael Tiger

The current plan is of those 2017 lawyers at different levels of seniority.

Harvey D. Epstein

17 lawyers, some supervisors, I assume, in that mix, and then three investigators?

Michael Tiger

Yes.

Harvey D. Epstein

And you think that's the appropriate mix?

Michael Tiger

Yeah, I think this really gives us a chance to thrive as we move forward.

Sam Levine

What we're seeing, Councilmember, unsurprising, is we take on bigger firms like Extra Space, a publicly traded firm.

Sam Levine

These are serious companies with serious lawyers, and we need to be sure that in settlement negotiations, if they don't go well, we can take them to court.

Sam Levine

Right.

Sam Levine

For that, we just simply need...

Harvey D. Epstein

You got a lawyer up.

Sam Levine

We got a lawyer up.

Harvey D. Epstein

Okay.

Harvey D. Epstein

Okay.

Harvey D. Epstein

And then you don't have out your projections because you just want to see how the staffing goes?

Michael Tiger

I'm sorry, can you say that again?

Harvey D. Epstein

So you don't, because you have 20 for this year, but you don't have projections what you're going to do next year?

Michael Tiger

I mean, I think we do have a sense.

Michael Tiger

I'm a little hesitant because, obviously, as the year progresses, there may be decisions made to move things around.

Michael Tiger

So I think we do have a general sense.

Michael Tiger

I don't think that's necessarily ready for discussion because I don't want to, like, houseify it right now.

Harvey D. Epstein

Okay.

Harvey D. Epstein

And then Office of Labor Policy and Standards, you said, what's 29, 10 investigators, we said?

UNKNOWN

Right.

UNKNOWN

So I've written it down since you asked me the question.

UNKNOWN

So we've got 11 lawyers.

UNKNOWN

There's 10 investigators and eight data scientists, and that includes the supervisory staff in each category.

Harvey D. Epstein

Great.