Tune in to hear 5BORO:

• NY1’s Inside City Hall: NYC has estimated 23,000 vacant positions across agencies: report
• WNYC The Brian Lehrer Show: NYC’s Municipal Staffing Shortage
• BronxNet Open BxRx: 5BORO: “Solving the NYC Staffing Crisis Report”

5BORO in the news:

• amNY: Adapt to fill the gap: NYC should embrace remote work, hire recruitment czar to fill 23,000 municipal vacancies, report says
• Crain’s NY: Adams’ allies recommend higher pay, hybrid work to fill city job openings
• New York Times: New York’s Difficulty in Filling Job Vacancies Has Hurt City Services

5BORO highlighted by our elected leaders:

• NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: Understaffed, Underserved: Impact of Staff Vacancies on Agency Performance
  Lander: The City should take steps to modernize its hiring and retention practices, by implementing recommendations in the Comptroller’s office’s Title Vacant and the 5BORO Institute’s Solving the Staffing Crisis.
• NYC Council Finance Chair Justin Brannan on NYC’s budget hearings
  Brannan: Several people today mentioned the @5boroinstitute report on how best to address retention, recruitment, and internal workforce policies to address the city’s staffing shortage. You can read the report here: