between 2014-17 when it was paid $27.5 million to reduce violence at the jail complex on Rikers Island—only to report “bogus” numbers as the problem worsened
Ah precious consultants…
I bet they paid kickbacks for those contracts.
I should go into consulting. Make millions, do a shit job, walk away. Repeat.
I’m surprised NYC outsourced its entire IT. If it were a town of 25k that might make sense, but not one of the largest governments in the world.
They are big enough to hire OS devs and run their own Linux distro
It’s not entirely outsourced by any means. There is a lot of it. The article is discussing one department that was outsourced, many others are not.
Regarding running their own Linux distro, that probably would be neither cheap or really helpful (which of their vendors would support that vs. some other distro in practice?) but yes, there is a sizeable IT footprint required for such a large place.
Hell yes! Imagine how much snow can be cleared and potholes can be filled with that “consulting” money
Straight male here.
Mamdani’s policies make me hard!
