{"id":2607844,"date":"2026-05-28T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-announces-nycs-commission-on-government-efficiency\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:27:36","slug":"mamdani-announces-nycs-commission-on-government-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-announces-nycs-commission-on-government-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani announces NYC&#8217;s Commission on Government Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmamdani-announces-nycs-commission-on-government-efficiency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2607844&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York City Mayor zohran Mamdani announced plans to create a local version of the Trump administration\u2019s \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency,\u201d called the Commission on government Efficiency (COGE). the commission will review the city\u2019s 340-page charter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-supervisors-vote-to-start-firing-4000-unvaccinated-lasd-police-officers\/\" title=\"L.A. County Supervisors Vote to Start Firing 4,000 Unvaccinated LASD Police ...rs\">develop proposed amendments<\/a> to cut costs, improve efficiency, and modernize city government, and then hold 10 public hearings across all boroughs to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >collect resident input<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani appointed Patrick Gaspard, a former Obama administration official, as chairman, with additional committee members and an executive director recommended from Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s office. The declaration comes shortly after Mamdani dismantled Eric Adams\u2019s Charter Revision Commission, citing Hochul\u2019s state budget authority to remove it.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York City Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11802\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> announced a plan to recreate a Big Apple version of the Trump administration\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11686\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>, called the Commission on Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"286\">New York\u2019s<\/a> COGE will examine the city\u2019s charter and figure out ways for Mamdani\u2019s administration to cut costs, improve efficiency, and modernize the city\u2019s government, the mayor\u2019s office announced.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4584886\/three-narco-terrorists-killed-in-two-separate-lethal-kinetic-strikes-on-drug-boats\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Three \u2018narco-terrorists\u2019 killed in two separate \u2018lethal kinetic strikes\u2019 on drug boats<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4584828\/massie-fishing-trip-mtg\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Massie goes on fishing trip with MTG after losing Kentucky primary election<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4584598\/socialism-not-a-system-that-works-hugo-gurdon\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Socialism isn\u2019t a system that works: Hugo Gurdon<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNew Yorkers deserve a government that works as hard as they do \u2013 and a government as careful with their money as they are,\u201d Mamdani said in a statement. \u201cFor too long, bureaucracy has stood in the way of delivering the housing, transit, child care and public services our city needs. The Commission on Government Efficiency will take a hard look at how City government functions and identify the reforms we need to deliver faster, smarter and more effectively for working people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After reviewing the entire 340-page charter, the commission will propose amendments to make the city run more efficiently. The COGE will then hold 10 public hearings throughout each borough of New York City to hear direct feedback from residents on its proposed amendments to the charter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani named Patrick Gaspard, an adviser and former Obama administration official, as the commission\u2019s chairman. There are 14 other committee members, and Mamdani proposed a 15th, Ann Cheng from Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kathy-hochul\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3278\">Kathy Hochul\u2019s<\/a> (D-NY) office, to serve as the committee\u2019s executive director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/4583669\/mamdani-protesters-angered-stance-israel-jews\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4583669\">MAMDANI FACES PROTESTERS AT GRACIE MANSION ANGERED OVER STANCE ON ISRAEL AND JEWS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNew Yorkers deserve and need a government of the possible \u2013 one that can urgently build infrastructure, promote small business growth, and make the city more livable with accessible childcare and affordable groceries,\u201d\u00a0Gaspard said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani\u2019s announcement of COGE, which made no mention of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1412\">Elon Musk\u2019s<\/a> DOGE, came just days after the mayor nullified former Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-adams\/\">Eric Adams\u2019s<\/a> Charter Revision Commission, which Adams stacked full of his own allies just before leaving office. Hochul\u2019s passed New York state budget gave Mamdani the authority to dismantle Adams\u2019s commission, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/politics\/2026\/05\/its-time-zohrans-charter-revision-commission\/413803\/\">which aimed to<\/a> create open primaries in the city and fight antisemitism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zohran Mamdani launches NYC \u201cCommission on Government Efficiency\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2607845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/zohran.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[80396,39114,56552,7332,44954],"class_list":["post-2607844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-commission-on-government-efficiency","tag-government-efficiency","tag-mamdani","tag-nyc","tag-public-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/zohran.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607844"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607848,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607844\/revisions\/2607848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2607845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}