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Mamdani's Anti-DOGE City Savings Plan Includes Firing McKinsey, Not Hiring Them
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani-budget
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani-budget
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14 Comments
NorskSud@piefed.social · 122 pts · 148d
Ah precious consultants..
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 148d
I bet they paid kickbacks for those contracts.
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 29 pts · 148d
I should go into consulting. Make millions, do a shit job, walk away. Repeat.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 93 pts · 149d
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 83 pts · 149d
Straight male here.
Mamdani's policies make me hard!
Brkdncr@lemmy.world · 66 pts · 148d
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
pcn@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 148d
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.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 148d
Dealing with government contracts, a lot of governments prefer to outsource some activities when the private market can provide these services. The idea is that it makes it easier to fire individual non-performers.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 148d
The real idea is that it shift liability for issues from the politicians to private companies who aren't beholden to anyone.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 148d
Not really. Politicians have a lot of control over those contacts and they are written to benefit the government.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 148d
Of course they do but reality shows us that they point the finger at the company and the media goes along with it. There always needs to be the facade of plausible deniability.
lefaucet@slrpnk.net · 60 pts · 149d
Hell yes! Imagine how much snow can be cleared and potholes can be filled with that "consulting" money
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 148d
Damn, Mamdani still be bringing that campaigning rizz even in office
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 144d
what's a better campaign than having your time in office be a constant stream of praise?