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Abreu questions DOT hiring and divisions expanding capacity

New York City Council · Oct 27, 2026 · starts 0:29:58 · 45 sec

Abreu asks which positions and divisions DOT is expanding. Flynn says the hiring mix includes project development, implementation, and maintenance staff, with roughly 200 new headcount and over 100 already far along in the pipeline.

Shaun Abreu

And as part of the ramping,

Shaun Abreu

Can you give examples of certain positions you're hiring for, divisions, where are you expanding that capacity?

Mike Flynn

Sure.

Mike Flynn

So it's a mix of the folks who develop the projects, the folks who implement them, and the folks who have to maintain it because you need all of that.

Mike Flynn

But just, you know, given, I guess, an order of magnitude, there's roughly 200 new headcount, about, I think, a little over 100 of which is already pretty far along in the pipeline, and others are in progress.

Mike Flynn

It takes time, obviously, to put out postings and hire, but we're moving quickly.

Mike Flynn

And, yeah, those are distributed.

Mike Flynn

It could be, you know, we have different groups focused on different aspects, but that gives you an idea.

Shaun Abreu

Thank you.