FYI. This article informs you the various agencies you can contact if you wish to report.
https://www.thecity.nyc/civic-newsro...cials-in-check
A number of agencies, boards and committees look out for corruption and malfeasance in municipal life but their investigation and enforcement powers vary.
As mayor, Bill de Blasio faced down major ethics and corruption investigations, yet avoided courtroom consequences in every instance.
Now, his successor says he wants to play by the book.
Mayor Eric Adams has brought on a federal anti-corruption prosecutor, Brendan McGuire, to serve as his legal counsel and, before Adams was sworn in, chose two deputy comptrollers to join a City Hall team created to root out “waste, fraud and abuse,” he said in late December.
He has good reason to get ahead of the critics. In a short time, the new mayor has taken heat for a number of appointments. He chose Philip Banks as deputy mayor for public safety, despite Banks’ being implicated — though never charged — in an FBI bribery and fraud investigation.
Adams also picked his brother as his head of security with an initial salary of $210,000 a year, and scrapped his choice to lead the city Economic Development Corporation after THE CITY reported he had failed to disclose previous lobbying.
“They got off to a very bad start with a combination of the mayor’s brother and the appointment of Banks,” said Richard Briffault, Columbia Law School professor and the former chair of the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board between 2014 and 2020. “He points out that [Banks] was never indicted. That’s hardly an endorsement.”...
At the start of a new administration, it’s worth knowing who and what has the ability to keep City Hall, elected officials and our city agencies in line — as well as the limitations of their powers.
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