Mayor Zohran Mamdani accepted the resignation of Department of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber Thursday, closing out an extraordinary tenure for the city’s top anti-corruption fighter that included the investigation and ultimate indictment of the mayor who appointed her, Eric Adams. “We thank Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber for her unwavering fight against corruption. We look forward to […]

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The MTA has begun exploring whether artificial intelligence can be harnessed within the transit system to detect weapons, monitor unattended items or even anticipate subway stampedes. An unspecified number of tech providers and systems integrators responded by the Dec. 30 deadline to a request for information from the transportation authority early last month, officials said. […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday promised to look into a revelation by THE CITY that the Adams administration holdover Mamdani reappointed as chief business diversity officer oversaw a unit caught cherry-picking data to inflate its success helping minority- and women-owned businesses win MTA contracts. “We expect excellence and accountability throughout our administration that extends across […]

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Members of the City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted for Julie Menin, who represents Manhattan’s Upper East Side, as their next speaker. The City Council speaker leads the 51-member body. She sets the legislative agenda by deciding which bills come for a vote before the Council, wrangling members on legislation and negotiating the annual city […]

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When Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently announced he was reappointing Adams administration holdover Michael Garner as the city’s top official promoting diversity in city contracts, he singled out Garner’s past success aiding minority- and women-run businesses in a similar role he had held for years at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). But Garner’s record of MWBE […]

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