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Remarks

Aldebol closes questioning and thanks DCAS

New York City Council · Sep 22, 2026 · starts 1:34:14 · 1 min 59 sec

Aldebol thanks the DCAS panel for their testimony, shares her own civil service experience, and expresses hope to work together to modernize civil service.

Shirley Aldebol

Any other questions?

Shirley Aldebol

Anybody?

Shirley Aldebol

No?

Shirley Aldebol

Good.

Shirley Aldebol

Okay.

Shirley Aldebol

I told you we're in the homestretch.

Shirley Aldebol

Thank you so much for your testimony today and hope to continue to work with you to make civil service.

Shirley Aldebol

More robust.

Shirley Aldebol

I came out of civil service.

Shirley Aldebol

I was a caseworker for the city of New York many, many years ago before I went to work for the union.

Shirley Aldebol

And I was a member of the Social Service Employees Union.

Shirley Aldebol

I got to give them a shout out.

Shirley Aldebol

Social Service Employees Union, Local 371.

Shirley Aldebol

Which is another, you know, it's another job that's hard to fill and that has high turnover.

Shirley Aldebol

So we need to figure, that's something that we really have to figure out.

Shirley Aldebol

Because people burn out very quickly in some of those jobs.

Shirley Aldebol

But thank you so much again for your testimony today.

Shirley Aldebol

Thank you, Chair.

Mercedes Narcisse

And of course, I appreciate you in my office.

Mercedes Narcisse

Yeah.

Shirley Aldebol

Okay.

Shirley Aldebol

Yeah.

Shirley Aldebol

I know.

Shirley Aldebol

We should have a job fair.

Shirley Aldebol

Yeah, that's why their programs are, the high school programs are so important.

Shirley Aldebol

I'm going to reach out to SBS and the DOE and all those folks because some of them are in the house.