When Tiffany D’Aquila told a City Council committee last year about issues of low-pay and lack of advancement encountered by Urban Park Rangers in the Parks Department, she was echoing complaints that many of her co-workers shared. Last December, she joined many of her former colleagues by leaving her post to become a Deputy Sheriff.
Urban Park Rangers are leaving their jobs at a very high rate, according to data provided by Local 983 of District Council 37, which represents the workers. Out of 317 hired since 2010, only 132 are still on the job, and of 45 rangers hired in 2010 and 2011, only four are still working. Of the 134 hired since 2014, 25 percent have already left.
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