Stringer sues de Blasio over emergency contracting order
REGISTER NOW New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is suing Mayor Bill de Blasio over the use of COVID-19 procurement-related emergency powers. In the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, Stringer called for a return of regulations that require oversight by his office on city spending. On March 17, 2020, as the pandemic escalated, de Blasio issued the executive order which suspended the city charter. His office has since registered nearly $7 billion in coronavirus-related contracts. “Mayor de Blasio’s ongoing suspension of procurement rules continues to expose th...
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