A New York Democrat councilman criticized the new communication policy of New York Mayor Eric Adams ( D) as a “boondoggle.”
Councilman Lincoln Restler ( D), who represents the 33rd District, which includes Greenpoint, Northside Williamsburg, South Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights, and Downtown Brooklyn, among others, blasted being instructed by two agencies to “fill out a Google doc” in response to concerns about high lead levels at a local park, Restler told the New York Daily News.
Restler told the shop,” I reached out to the management in the Parks Department and the Health Department and they told me to fill out a Google doc.” When I reached out to City Hall, the office instructed me to fill out a Google form. This is an uncomfortable, governmental boondoggle”.
Adams and his administration recently released a new website for elected representatives and councilmembers to fill out in order to contact the department heads of organizations like the New York City Council, City University of New York, the Commission on Gender Equity, and many senior officials in Adams ‘ management.
The form consists of questions such as,” City Agency you are requesting to engage”,” Elected Official’s Office you represent”, and” What type of request is this”?
” We recognize collaboration is essential, but we do n’t want to be tied up in pages and pages of needless bureaucracy”, Councilwoman Shahana Hanif told Politico in an interview.
According to Spectrum News NY1, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has instructed councilmembers to dismiss the president’s new law in response to Adams ‘ new plan.
Adams noted that the web form is the same method he used when he was the chairman of the Brooklyn district, and that it was” not new.”
” This is not new. For 10 years, I had the same system”, Adams explained. ” One stops me on the street, they say,’ Mayor, I would like to join with you.’ I give them a website. They fill out that website. I determine who will fix that problem when I look over in the night.
