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Aldebol asks about NGBV vacancy turnover

New York City Council · Sep 30, 2026 · starts 0:38:54 · 1 min

Aldebol follows up on NGBV's 79 staff lines and 59 filled positions, asking how much vacancy is due to turnover. Sethi says turnover has been low and many staff have been with NGBV for 10 or more years because of the mission.

Shirley Aldebol

Thank you, Chair.

Shirley Aldebol

I have a couple of follow-up questions.

Shirley Aldebol

Both Speaker Menon and Councilmember Fadies asked about restructuring and staffing.

Shirley Aldebol

You said that there were 79 lines currently, 59 filled, attributed

Shirley Aldebol

you know, the vacancy rate to a backlog of hiring, how much of that is attributed to turnover?

Saloni Sethi

So honestly, our office has, you know, it's had some turnover, but not very much.

Saloni Sethi

We've had, what I'm always, what I'm always personally really surprised by is how many folks in our office have been with NGBV for 10 plus years, including some folks that have been with NGBV before it was NGBV or even in office.

Saloni Sethi

So I think it really does speak to kind of the, you know, people coming to this because it's passion work and to the sort of the meaning that they find in the work.