Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new Charter Revision Commission called the Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE). The commission will review the city charter and develop proposals to modernize government. Its expected work includes removing outdated bureaucratic barriers that slow infrastructure projects and delay services. It will also equip city agencies with authority, enforcement tools, and flexibility to deliver programs effectively. The commission will modernize government to improve efficiency and saving, reserve, and budget practices. The creation of COGE coincides with the dissolution of a former mayor Eric Adams panel that reviewed the city’s closed primary system. Mamdani said the Adams commission was disbanded to move on from the previous administration and addressed the DOGE reference by saying COGE should be what that initiative should have been.
"Mamdani's commission will be known as the Commission on Government Efficiency, or COGE, a tongue-in-cheek reference to Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his heavily derided federal initiative DOGE, which resulted in mass layoffs of federal workers and the downsizing of agencies, supposedly in the pursuit of government efficiency."
"According to a press release, the commission will be tasked with reviewing the city's charter and formulating proposals to help modernize sclerotic government. "COGE's work is expected to include moving outdated bureaucratic barriers that slow infrastructure projects and delay services; equipping City agencies the authority, enforcement tools, and flexibility they need to deliver programs effectively; and modernizing government to improve efficiency and saving, reserve and budget practices," it reads."
"At an unrelated press conference, Mamdani said he chose to disband the Adams commission rather than take over the previously formed panel because New Yorkers had "made it abundantly clear" that they wanted to move on from the previous administration. The mayor also weighed in on the clear reference to Musk's DOGE, saying his commission's name doesn't intend to emulate the Tesla CEO's project and that COGE will be what that initiative "should've been.""
"As Politico reported on Thursday, Mamdani's commission coincides with the dissolution of former mayor Eric Adams's panel, which he created on his final day in office. As part of the budget process, the state legislature passed a provision that allowed the mayor to disband the Adams panel, which was tasked with reviewing the city's closed primary system."
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