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Politics

COGE, not DOGE: Mamdani replaces Adams-era charter commission with his own government efficiency panel

By Adam Daly
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Posted on May 28, 2026

Move over, Elon Musk: Mayor Zohran Mamdani has something to say about “government efficiency.”

The mayor on Wednesday moved to dissolve a charter revision commission appointed at the end of Eric Adams’ tenure and replace it with the Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE) — a name that echoes the federal Department of Government Efficiency that the trillionaire Musk led early on in the second Trump administration.

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COGE, not DOGE: Mamdani replaces Adams-era charter commission with his own government efficiency panel

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