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Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit
Posted Monday, June 16, 2025 8:37 pm
BY CRYSTAL LEWIS
Although the city has increased the number of corruption prevention trainings given to municipal employees in recent years, the number of workers alleging retaliation for whistleblowing or who have received whistleblower protection is surprisingly low, according to findings discussed at a recent City Council committee hearing.
The number of complaints alleging corruption and criminal activity received by the Department of Investigation has slightly increased in recent years, from more than 12,300 complaints received in Fiscal Year 2022 to more than 14,600 complaints in FY 2024, DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber testified during Friday’s hearing of the Committee on Oversight and Investigations.
But since FY 2009, the number of city workers who reported to DOI that they had allegedly been retaliated against for reporting corruption has steadily declined, from 52 in FY 2009 to just five in FY 2024.
Council Member Gale Brewer, who chairs the Oversight and...
American Psychiatric Centers, doing business as Comprehensive Psychiatric Services, agreed to pay $2.75 million to resolve allegations it submitted false claims for psychotherapy services to govern...