i'm working closely with the new infrastructure chief, alisha john baptiste who is the chief of staffo to speak as well as the other agencies in the infrastructure section for the rec and park and department of environment. and i shared with her, the importance of our hiring program and our contracting through our agency. since this was announced to tal the dwitionz at the port and we've been he # rating the various work sometimes it requires multiple contracts and hiring resource to see pull off. and we've, we saw many of them relate today safety, many of them are related to delivering capitol programs that we have stayed or federal funding for and we've been doing work quickly as an organization to make sure that we prioritize and don't get into delays because often resources is the tail of what we're trying to achieve, so we're, alisha has been very helpful in allowing us to look at a near term timeline to ensure that our work stays on track and that we do give all those things that are not essential to us. so we will continue to work in this regard and it's a great opportunity for

announced his deputy mayors and they include the women who will be overseeing public works, alisha john baptist, director short, have you ever worked with her before and if you have any initial thoughts on how this leadership and structure may affect you and the department? >> thank you, chair post. i have not worked directly with jean baptist but i know many people who have and she has a very good reputation. i have met with her briefly, since she agreed to take on the role. and i am feeling very optimistic. the new structure was based in part on recommendation paper, who was produced by spur where she was a director. and so i think the real intent is to provide greater focus for departments to have somebody really focus on their efforts. i feel very fortunate that because she does have experience with the city and experience with an operation al department, she worked at both planning and mta that she will understand some of the more unique elements of being an operation al department. so i'm very optimistic, she has a great reputation, i've heard nothing but good things from people who have