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Hudson presses DCAS on total city workforce and response rate

New York City Council · Oct 16, 2026 · starts 0:20:56 · 1 min 29 sec

Hudson asks the size of the total city workforce; Outar says 370,000 employees, later clarifying the survey went to 169,000 excluding DOE and H&H with about 10% responding, and promises to follow up with exact figures.

Crystal Hudson

Okay, what are the total number of city employees that would make up the entire universe?

Kadian Outar

So the total number of employees, sorry, I'll just pull that for you right now.

Kadian Outar

Sorry, just got a couple of different reports.

Kadian Outar

So the survey was issued in 2025.

Kadian Outar

The total number of employees that we have is 370,000.

Crystal Hudson

370,000?

Kadian Outar

Yes, 370,000 employees.

Kadian Outar

And so the point in time may be slightly different in terms of the number of employee folks that were employed with the city at the time that the survey was released versus I'm looking at our tentative workforce profile report for fiscal year 2025.

Kadian Outar

So the numbers may be a little bit different.

Kadian Outar

And so based on that, we will see that the respondents would be roughly...

Crystal Hudson

It's like 4.3%?

Kadian Outar

Exactly, around 23%, 25%.

Kadian Outar

So we'll definitely be able to get back to you in terms of an exact number.

Kadian Outar

We'll be able to look in our system to determine how many individuals received the survey and then how many people responded to it.

Crystal Hudson

Okay.

Crystal Hudson

Thank you.

Crystal Hudson

Thanks, Chair.