Mamdani scrambles to secure NYC Council OK for corruption watchdog pick

Fuente: New York Post

Mayor Mamdani is scrambling to secure NYC Council support for his choice to head the city’s government watchdog agency. Hizzoner’s team is working hard to set up private sit-downs with Council members and Nadia Shihata, a former federal prosecutor he nominated as commissioner of the Department of Investigation — all while the mayor and lawmakers are locked in tense negotiations over next fiscal year’s budget, Politico reported Saturday. Mamdani’s pick came under fire Monday after Shihata revealed to Council members during a confirmation hearing that she donated $700 and some of her time to Mamdani’s mayoral campaign.