Q&A: NYC Chief Tech Officer Matthew Fraser speaks with amNY about MyCity portal, city’s tech strategy

Matthew Fraser is making history as New York City’s first Black chief technology officer, appointed by Mayor Eric Adams to oversee all things digital across the municipal government.

Upon his appointment as CTO at the start of 2022, Fraser consolidated several technology-related city agencies into the newly-formed Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI). The agencies he merged to create OTI include the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), the Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (MOCTO), NYC Cyber Command (NYC3) and several others.