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Chair asks about PACE contract 1,229% and ACS contract

New York City Council · Oct 27, 2026 · starts 0:39:41 · 47 sec

Won asks about a PACE contract in Queens with a goal of 31 hires showing 1,229% progress and an ACS contract showing 18.67%. She asks what the figures represent and whether they are typos.

Phil Wong

Thank you, Chair.

Julie Won

13 of the contracts that were held by the Department of Social Services for the Pathways to Access Careers and Employment and Wellness Comprehensive Assessment, Rehabilitation and Employment, so PACE and We Care programs,

Julie Won

which provide employment services to cash assistant clients.

Julie Won

In OCH's fourth quarter report, a PACE contract in Queens with a goal of 31 hires shows the progress of 1,229%

Julie Won

and an ACS non-secured detention contract with a goal of 12 shows 18.67%.

Julie Won

What do these figures represent?

Julie Won

How many people were actually hired under this contract?

Julie Won

And is that a typo?

Julie Won

Because the math ain't mathin'.