City Staff Ideas Challenge
#nycspeaks2022 Share your ideas for bold actions the Mayor should take
Make telework an option for positions where teleworking works. Working from home can reduce the city budget for office space, office equipment, office supplies, insurance, utilities and many more. Teleworking should be seriously considered as a way for NYC to save money while NYC has such a large amount debt. Mass transit is terrible, it shouldnt take someone the same amount of time to get around NYC on mass transit than it takes to drive to the outskirts Pennsylvania or Connecticut.
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Teleworking for public employees has been proven effective multiple times over at all levels of government, including here in NYC during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. During that time, city employees were constantly praised for keeping the city running from home. When the drive to return to normalcy picked up, suddenly our performance was called into question. Most recently, our current Mayor worked from home while isolating with COVID, and touted his own performance from home - so we know that this is possible and can be effective.
Personally, I enjoy working in person with my colleagues and working in the field with city partners. However, we all have times in our life when working from home would provide balance, convenience, and safety. It is possible to have a common sense telework policy where we can achieve all of these things and still be productive. It's time to make this a reality for city employees, as it already is for many in the private sector.
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