Morano asks Dalton about capital project timelines
Morano asks how long a roof repair would take in Pennsylvania; Dalton says she shares the concern, a new DHS administrator is reviewing the process, and they will look to expedite.
Before I turn it back to Chair Hudson, Commissioner Dalton, I do want to take advantage of your Pennsylvania perspective for something.
You know, one of the few areas that I think all 51 of my colleagues agree on is that we're frustrated at the pace of New York City capital projects.
And I'm just still trying to wrap my head around the fact that
It's going to take three years to fix a leaking roof.
When you were in Pennsylvania, how long would it take to fix a roof there?
Not three years, I'm betting.
Yeah, I do not have roof estimates from Pennsylvania.
But I, oh, look, that's working now.
There you go.
See?
Yeah.
However, I share the concern about how long things take and our responsiveness.
We have a new DHS administrator, Risa Henderson, and she and I both are looking at the process.
There's, of course, a citywide process that has a planning procedure that is required and funding procedure that is required.
But then there's also the piece on our side.
How are we managing those dollars?
How are we prioritizing them?
How are we procuring?
And we're looking at that entire process from bottom to top to see what we can do to expedite.
We don't like to see our buildings in disrepair and our people struggling under those.
Well, let us know how we can help.
I think, you know, not speaking for the mayor or the speaker, but I can tell you everybody up here and all the members of my committee, we're committed to doing everything in our purview to making sure that we can help reduce that timeline.
Chair Hudson.