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DiNapoli Tells Adams: Workers Down 5.5%, Find Other Savings

By CRYSTAL LEWIS clewis@thechiefleader.com
Posted 2/9/22

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli has urged Mayor Adams to find ways to cut agency spending by 3 percent “without the need for layoffs or service cuts,” citing a 5.5-percent decline in the municipal workforce.

A recently released report found that the city’s full-time public-sector workforce dropped from 301,446 to 283,809 between June 2020 and November 2021, which was one effect of the coronavirus pandemic.

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