NYC Mayor Eric Adams Accuses City Agencies Of Fraud

Gothamist reports:

At a news briefing announcing the consolidation of the city’s technology agencies, Mayor Eric Adams leveled a time-worn accusation at city government, typically expressed by fiscal watchdog groups and disgruntled New Yorkers. “Taxpayers are just not getting their money’s worth,” he told reporters on Wednesday, later adding without proof, “Trust me there’s fraud and mismanagement in these agencies and we need to go after them.”

Under his predecessor, Bill de Blasio, the number of full-time city employees grew to more than 337,000 — its highest level in history — as the city’s budget rose to a record $103 billion with the help of federal stimulus funds. As he settles in as the chief executive of the biggest municipal workforce in the country, Adams has painted New York City’s bureaucracy in blistering terms, accusing its agencies of dysfunction, incompetence and mismanagement.

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