Monitors, special masters overseeing failing NYC agencies racked up $111 million tabBy Rich Calder and
Susan Edelman
February 19, 2022
The city has shelled out at least $111 million on monitors and special masters overseeing agencies ordered to fix high-stakes failures — from horrific living conditions in public housing and jails to alleged racist practices at the NYPD, FDNY and Department of Education.
The Post examined 11 ongoing cases in which most of the pricey outside overseers have amassed fortunes after being appointed by judges and government entities to ensure city agencies correct years — and sometimes decades — of malfeasance.
They include: $36.9 million that lawyer Mark S. Cohen collected to prod the FDNY’s costly efforts to hire more black and Hispanic firefighters; $12.8 million to monitors steering the NYPD to revamp its controversial stop-and-frisk tactics; and $8 million for a special master doling out up to $1.3 billion — the biggest payout in city history — to teachers who failed a state-required certification exam deemed biased.
Despite the massive spending, city agencies under federal and state oversight have failed to resolve the slew of problems that landed them under scrutiny.
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https://nypost.com/2022/02/19/monitors-overseeing-failing-nyc-agencies-racked-up-111m-tab/
