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https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/migrant-crisis-spurred-nearly-3- million-overtime-hours-for-two-nyc-agencies-costing-taxpayers-139m/
New York CityÆs biggest overtime hogs for a second straight year are
mostly rank-and-file workers responsible for tackling the Big AppleÆs $6 billion-plus migrant crisis, The Post has learned.
Fifty-one of the 100 city employees who racked up the most OT during the
fiscal year ending June 30 work at the Departments of Social Services and Homeless Services, and their duties include assisting migrants, an
examination of city payroll records shows.
Each worker accumulated at least 1,851 hours in extra pay.
Leading the way was Kashwayne Burnett, a DSS bookkeeper who worked 3,303
hours of overtime in the agencyÆs Manhattan office. That comes to roughly
14 hours a day, seven days a week. The 10-year veteranÆs $164,760 in
overtime pay more than tripled his $60,445 base salary.
Bardhan Pijush, a DSS caseworker, was second with 3,137 extra hours,
followed by Gavin McAuley, a DHS housekeeper who clocked 2,664 hours of
OT.
In the previous fiscal year, 47 employees at both departments were among
the 100 who worked the most OT, a huge leap from fiscal 2022 when only
three workers made the list.
The migrant crisis ôhas been a major drainö on all municipal resources,
but the DSS and DHSÆs overtime hours and payouts are ôabsolutely
staggering,ö City Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) told The Post.
ôWe simply canÆt continue down this path,ö he said. ôIt has to end, and taxpayers are sick of it.ö
DSS and DHS staffers have been especially stretched thin by the more than 226,900 asylum seekers and other border crossers whoÆve reached the Big
Apple since April 2022 û and many have seen their workloads soar because
of it.
As of Friday the cityÆs migrant-crisis tab was $6.5 billion, and 53,800 migrants were still in city care at taxpayer-funded shelters as of Dec.
15, city officials said.
Both agencies in fiscal 2024 racked up a jaw-dropping 2,959,114 hours of overtime combined, totaling more than $139.4 million in payouts, records
show.
ThatÆs a staggering 67% increase from the 1,770,634 overtime hours worked
by DSS and DHS staffers in fiscal 2021, which predated the migrant crisis, while agenciesÆ workers earnings for extra shifts have nearly doubled
since then, from $72.3 million.
ItÆs also a 10% increase from fiscal 2023, when the agenciesÆ staff
combined to rack up 2,690,659 additional hours, totaling $123.1 million in overtime earnings.
New York taxpayers are still on the hook for picking up the tab for the
Biden administrationÆs border blunders, warned Ken Girardin, director of research for the nonprofit think tank Empire Center for Public Policy.
ôThe bill is still running ù weÆre going to see bills like this for at
least another year,ö he said.
When asked about the surge in OT to help migrants, DSS spokesperson Neha
Sharma said the agency is ôextremely gratefulö to its staffers who,
ôdespite truly unprecedented challenges, have stepped up and worked long
hours to provide necessary support for our newest arrivals and long-term
New Yorkers in need.ö
ôIt is because of our remarkable staff that the City of New York can
continue to do more than any other level of government to support asylum seekers while providing robust services and support to vulnerable New
Yorkers,ö she said.
Burnett and Pijush did not return messages. McAuley could not be reached
for comment.
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Alison070299
10 hours ago
US taxpayers have already spent hundreds of billions of our tax dollars to support the invaders. If they stay in US, we'll be spending hundreds of billions for decades. Trillions spent on illegals. In actuality it would
be cheaper for taxpayers to deport them. This is why they must be
deported. Never vote Democrat again.
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