On March 14, 2013 the NYCERs Board of Trustees adopted resolutions approving the NYCERS administrative and loan operating budgets for FY-2014. The administrative budget was $44.6M with an added $7.6M for fringe benefits. The loan budget was $1.7M with $.3M for fringe benefits. The loan budget is totally paid by the active members through fees for loans. The executive director, Diane D’Alessandro, provided a two and a half page justification for these expenditures.
2011
In September 12, 2011 posting, I wrote about the fiasco surrounding the NYCERS disaster recovery (DR) site at Long Island City (LIC). At the time there was a five year delay in opening the DR site.
2012
In her February, 2012 justification for the FY-2013 NYCERS administrative budget D’Alessandro referred to the DR site issue as follows:
“The build-out of the business continuity site is nearing completion. Once the construction phase is finalized, the installation of the secondary data center will commence. This final phase will extend through FY-2103. Upon completion, the secondary data center will be equipped with a mainframe computer and have the capability for site-to-site data replication and data updating allowing for the eventual elimination of the Sterling Forest backup site. In an emergency, the LIC will have the capacity to house approximately 300 staff working on a two shift model. During normal business, the facility will be utilized for document management, training and IT testing and backup functions.“
In a July 13, 2012 posting, I commented on D’Alessandro’s failure to address the then six year delay in opening the LIC DR site and all the other problems surrounding this project.
2013
Part of the FY-2014 administrative budget is a $2.9M non payroll (OTPS) cost for maintaining the LIC DR site. In her FY-2014 budget justification D’Alessandro makes only the following mention of the LIC site:
“With the completion of the secondary data center at Long Island City (LIC), NYCERS will shift its focus to restructuring the Adams Street data center. Proposed upgrades will improve the utilization of space and enhance cooling, heating and air flow systems. This effort will provide greater energy efficiency, expanded storage capacity and improved functionality.”
From this terse comment you might assume that the DR site is fully functional. You will notice, however, that there is no mention of the actual completion date of the site, the award of a certificate of occupancy or the passage of fire inspection for the LIC site. There is also no mention of maximum occupancy for the site and there is no mention of a full operational test of the site. Remember the original 2006 lease renewal comes up in FY-2016, just two years away.
Given the history of this project it is quite possible that the site is not operational at all in spite of D’Alessandro’s attempt to give that impression. Of course it now seems that replacing the air conditioning unit in the computer room at Adams Street is the new hot item. At least, it appears that is what she is talking about. "Restructuring" and "Upgrades" are not words loaded with a lot of information.
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