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Remarks

Chair Aldebol opens hearing on municipal workforce retention

New York City Council · Oct 16, 2026 · starts 0:00:28 · 27 sec

Chair Shirley Aldebol welcomes attendees to the second hearing in a series on the NYC municipal workforce, noting last month's session covered recruitment and today's focus is civil service retention strategies.

Shirley Aldebol

Good morning and welcome to today's hearing of the New York City Council's Committee on Civil Service and Labor.

Shirley Aldebol

I'm Council Member Shirley Aldebol, Chair of this committee.

Shirley Aldebol

Today we will be holding the second in a series of hearings about the New York City municipal workforce.

Shirley Aldebol

Last month we held an oversight hearing on municipal recruitment and pathways into the civil service, and today we will be focusing on civil service retention strategies.