"Shihata spent more than a decade as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, where she worked on major racketeering and public corruption cases, including serving as a lead prosecutor in the R&B singer R. Kelly's racketeering and sexual misconduct trial, which resulted in a 30-year prison sentence in September 2021 after Kelly was convicted on all nine charges he faced."
"Speaking at City Hall on Feb. 12, the mayor framed her nomination as a central piece of his administration's push to restore trust in government and root out corruption across city agencies. 'There will be zero tolerance for self-enrichment or corruption in my City Hall,' Mamdani said. 'But words are not enough. They must be backed up by action and accountability.'"
Mayor Zohran Mamdani nominated former federal prosecutor Nadia Shihata to lead the city's Department of Investigation. Shihata spent more than a decade as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York and worked on major racketeering and public corruption cases, including serving as a lead prosecutor in R. Kelly’s racketeering and sexual misconduct trial that produced a 30-year sentence. Mamdani presented the nomination as central to restoring trust in government and vowed zero tolerance for self-enrichment or corruption. If confirmed by the City Council, Shihata would oversee probes of corruption, fraud, waste, and abuse across city government and contractors.
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