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[–] NorskSud@piefed.social 31 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

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..

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 hours ago

I bet they paid kickbacks for those contracts.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 6 points 2 hours ago

I should go into consulting. Make millions, do a shit job, walk away. Repeat.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 27 points 4 hours ago

Hell yes! Imagine how much snow can be cleared and potholes can be filled with that "consulting" money

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 46 points 5 hours ago

Straight male here.

Mamdani's policies make me hard!