City Comptroller Brad Lander has revoked the city’s blanket prior approval for striking emergency contracts with private for-profit companies to provide migrant services amid the ongoing influx, his office confirmed on Tuesday.
The blanket prior approval, which Lander granted the city in July 2022 and ended last week, has allowed Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to contract migrant services — for housing and meals — from private vendors without each contract having to be approved by the comptroller’s office and the city Law Department.
