New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the creation of COGE, the Commission of Government Efficiency, to plan how the city manages its funds. The commission will collect information from the public on potential amendments to the city charter through a series of public hearings, with the first scheduled for June 9. Mamdani said COGE is a catchy name and that comparisons to Elon Musk’s DOGE should end there. Mamdani emphasized that government efficiency is a priority for anyone who believes in the public sector. Mamdani contrasted the approach with Musk’s use of the language to cut jobs critical to needy people, saying the focus will be on delivering efficiency rather than cutting services.
"This Commission will find ways for our city to work smarter, faster, and more effectively for working people. New Yorkers deserve a city government as careful with their money as they are. This morning we are introducing COGE the Commission on Government Efficiency. This Commission will find ways for our city to work smarter, faster, and more effectively for working people. New Yorkers deserve a city government as careful with their money as they are."
"The commission will collect information from the public on potential amendments to the city charter that will be proposed in a series of public hearings across the city, the first of which will happen on June 9, CBS News reported. Mamdani admitted on Thursday that COGE was just a catchy name, and suggested that any comparisons to Musk's DOGE should end there."
"It's just a name, and what [DOGE] should have been. You know, I think Government Efficiency these are words that somehow have been understood as if they are Republican priorities, when in fact they are the priorities of anyone who believes in the public sector, Mamdani told reporters. And yet Elon Musk took that language and used it to cut as many jobs that were as critical as possible for so many of the neediest people across the country and across the world."
"Ours is going to be a focus on actually delivering efficiency. Not as a bi-word for cutting services, but actually a sincere commitment to efficiency. While the na"
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