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The city Department of Probation is understaffed, overworked and plagued by a revolving door of top officials under Commissioner Juanita Holmes, according to multiple veteran officers and the union leader representing rank-and-file employees.
As of June 1, the department was operating with just 750 staff members, despite having 974 budgeted positions, according to a City Council analysis set to be made public at a hearing Monday. That’s a 23% vacancy rate at the public safety agency that supervises thousands of New Yorkers navigating the criminal and family court systems…