The Backseat Hypocrisy of NYC’s Progressive Leaders While the mayor of America’s largest city might reasonably require secure transportation, there’s no compelling justification for any other New York City official to travel with a taxpayer-funded chauffeur in a metropolis renowned for its public transit system. Yet on a sweltering July morning in 2022, barely six […]
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CorruptionHow Manhattan’s Community Boards Shield Public Spending from View Your tax dollars are disappearing into a black hole of secrecy in Manhattan. Since 2021, twelve community boards have hidden $382,716 in public spending behind a simple yet troubling label: “N/A (Privacy/Security).” They’ve marked both payee names and purposes as “N/A,” turning public expenses into private
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CorruptionWhen Transparency Takes a Vacation Amid the swaying palms of Puerto Rico, New York City officials and their growing entourages continue their annual ritual of luxury networking at taxpayer expense. The SOMOS conference, nominally about Hispanic legislative priorities, has devolved into New York’s premier Caribbean junket – where politicians and their staffs strike poolside deals
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CorruptionPart 3 of “NYC’s Creative Accounting Chronicles” – Following “Fiscal Follies: Unveiling NYC Officials’ Creative Accounting Circus” and “NYC’s Financial Circus Continues: Board of Elections’ $29M Car Service Splurge“ Introducing Our Latest Discovery Welcome to New York City’s most impressive disappearing act yet. Following our previous exposés of fiscal acrobatics and car service extravaganzas, we
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