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Chair asks how many of 37 staff work on community hiring

New York City Council · Oct 27, 2026 · starts 1:14:34 · 58 sec

Won notes NYC Talent previously testified to 37 staff and asks how many work on community hiring. Harry says the core team is eight, with additional data, external, and operational support.

Julie Won

Okay.

Julie Won

In February?

Julie Won

Of this year, New York City Talent testified that it

Julie Won

We had 37 staff and three apprentices and a fiscal year 27 program budget of approximately $2.7 million.

Julie Won

How many of your 37 staff work on community hiring?

Douglas Harry

Yeah, so I mentioned that we have, or my colleague mentioned the team of eight right now, but we do have other staff, like particularly around data, that help support the reporting and data collection.

Douglas Harry

And so we, there's the core staff of a team of,

Douglas Harry

eight right now, but we also have other staff that help support both from the data side, some of the external side, and some of the general operational side.

Douglas Harry

And so our office, you know, community hiring is one of the real core initiatives of our office, and so there's a lot of support, but it's a core team that supports it as well.