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Brad Lander: “The projection is that doing that over the next year will…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Decision NYC Interview: Brad Lander's Vision for New York City Comptroller

Published | Video Starts at 20:13

… plan that's underway right this year to only hire one new city employee for every three who leave. We already, the mayor reported, have brought headcount down by 7,000 and The projection is that doing that over the next year will bring it down by another 5,000. That's actually a really good check in a Time like this, obviously there are things you must hire for if you're going to provide remote education and in person education, you might need two teachers where you've only had one before. (20:13–20:19)

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Asserts that the hiring plan will reduce city headcount by an additional 5,000.

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