New York City’s government is bloated, wasteful, and too often driven by politics instead of performance. Under a Curtis Sliwa administration, City Hall will no longer be a piggy bank for political donors or a parking lot for patronage jobs. Instead, government will be rebuilt to serve the people efficiently, transparently, and with real results.

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1. Reforming the Mayor’s Office of Operations

Curtis Sliwa will transform the existing Mayor’s Office of Operations into a powerful new watchdog, tasked with eliminating waste, exposing corruption, and holding agencies accountable for results.

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Sliwa's Office of Operations will: 

• Conduct deep audits and random performance reviews of city agencies to eliminate fraud and inefficiency.

• Investigate political favoritism in city contracts, especially with nonprofits and discretionary funding.

• Identify and propose the elimination or consolidation of redundant agencies, programs, and commissions.

• End automatic contract renewals—all nonprofits and vendors must show measurable results to continue receiving taxpayer funding.

• Require annual budget justifications from every agency and recommend cuts to duplicative or unnecessary spending.

• Lead a government-wide review of laws, mandates, and internal regulations to eliminate red tape, contradictory policies, and time-wasting reporting requirements.

• Work with the City Council to streamline rules that prevent effective service delivery.

• Recommend the dissolution of advisory boards, commissions, and task forces that have not met or produced results in over a year—while strengthening and supporting boards that are functional and deliver real community engagement.

• Appoint a new Deputy Mayor for Government Efficiency to lead this transformation and report directly to the Mayor with weekly performance updates.

• Use executive orders and administrative powers to immediately reform city operations where legislative delays exist.

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Sliwa's Mayor's Office of Operations will also be responsible for fixing NYC’s biggest operational failure: lack of follow-through. Too many complaints, service requests, and 911 dispatches fall through the cracks due to poor coordination, lack of oversight, and zero accountability. That ends under Curtis.

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2. Fixing 311, 911, and Holding City Agencies Accountable

New Yorkers shouldn’t have to beg for basic services—or wait weeks for issues to be resolved. The 311 and 911 systems generally function, but the agencies they route complaints to often fail to act. A Sliwa administration will finally close the loop and make sure agencies deliver.

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Curtis will:

• Create a 311 Accountability Dashboard—updated weekly, showing average agency response times, open requests, and service performance by agency and borough.

• Require real proof of complaint resolution—photos, timestamps, or signed field reports—before a 311 case can be closed.

• Allow urgent complaints to be routed directly to field supervisors, bypassing slow central intake offices.

• Fix 911 dispatch coordination across NYPD, FDNY, and EMS to eliminate misrouted calls and communication breakdowns.

• Audit citywide response time delays and hold agency heads directly accountable for repeated failures or ignored complaints.

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New Yorkers don’t want another app or slogan—they want a government that answers the phone, shows up, and gets it done. Curtis Sliwa will deliver results—not excuses.

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3. Full-Scale Audit of All City Agencies

New York City’s budget is bloated, but services have deteriorated. Taxpayers deserve to know where their money is going—and why so many city systems are broken.

 

Curtis will:

• Conduct a forensic audit of every city agency to eliminate waste, redundancy, and mismanagement.

• Identify agencies that serve no real function and propose elimination or consolidation.

• Require real-time public spending transparency—so New Yorkers can track how every dollar is spent, line by line.

• Create a searchable online portal showing contracts, grants, and spending by agency, vendor, and council district.

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4. Ending Pay-to-Play Corruption

City contracts and funding should go to those who serve the public—not donors, insiders, or politically connected nonprofits.

 

Curtis will:

• Put in place strict vetting and limits on lobbyists and donors in city contracting to guarantee fairness and accountability.

• Enforce strict anti-nepotism and conflict-of-interest laws to prevent friends and family from benefiting off city deals.

• End the nonprofit racket by cutting off city funding to groups that fail to deliver results or exist solely for political gain.

• Reform the Department of Investigation (DOI) to root out construction fraud, political nepotism, and cronyism in procurement and contracting.

• Ensure DOI has the staffing, independence, and mandate to investigate not just low-level waste—but systemic corruption at the highest levels of city government.

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5. Eliminating Bureaucratic Bloat & Refocusing Government on Core Services

NYC government has grown too big, too slow, and too distracted from what matters. Curtis will put it back on track.

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Curtis will:

• Eliminate unnecessary bureaucratic positions and shift funding back to core services like police, fire, EMS, sanitation, and infrastructure.

• Reduce the number of deputy mayors, consultants, and high-salaried political appointees who produce no value for taxpayers.

• Consolidate redundant agencies and focus government on what people actually need—clean streets, safe neighborhoods, and working services.

 

Conclusion: Restoring Integrity and Accountability to NYC Government

For too long, City Hall has been run by insiders and career bureaucrats who care more about politics than performance. Curtis Sliwa will change that. He’ll make government efficient, responsive, and focused on results. No more waste. No more excuses. No more corruption. Just a government that works—for you.