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Chair asks to quantify; Harry says exceeding goal

New York City Council · Oct 27, 2026 · starts 0:40:28 · 1 min 36 sec

Won asks Harry to quantify the 1,229% figure. Harry says the vendor is exceeding its goal because goals are formula-based and hiring needs vary; he does not have exact math on the spot.

Douglas Harry

So the goals are based on the contract value for those types of contracts.

Douglas Harry

And we did confirm those numbers.

Douglas Harry

They are just hiring many, many people.

Douglas Harry

And so we're proud that those vendors have been able to help.

Julie Won

So can you quantify many, many, many?

Julie Won

What is many, many, many that it comes out to be?

Julie Won

1,229%.

Douglas Harry

I forget the...

Douglas Harry

I don't have the exact math, and forgive me, I can't do the math on the spot right here.

Douglas Harry

However, across all of the contracts, you have about 1,200 community hires employed to date.

Douglas Harry

For those contracts, the non-construction contracts, it's a little over 1,100.

Douglas Harry

If 31.

Douglas Harry

Was the goal on that?

Douglas Harry

You know, maybe a couple hundred folks have been hired on that, but don't quote me on the exact math there.

Julie Won

Okay, because the contract amount is $15,685,874, and the hiring goal was 31, and the community hiring goal percentage progress is 1,229%.

Julie Won

So.

Douglas Harry

They are exceeding their goal.

Douglas Harry

And that's because they just have, based on the, and again, the way that community hiring works is we set the goal based on a formula, essentially.

Douglas Harry

But we know that the way that employers hire is not necessarily rooted based on some contract value formula.

Douglas Harry

It's rooted on based on their needs.

Douglas Harry

So that employer had a higher need.

Douglas Harry

We're glad they were able to work with the public workforce system to hire community hires for those jobs.