NYC Comptroller Lander Urges Mayor Adams to Update Capital Projects Dashboard

 

Lander’s call comes after State Comptroller Tom Dinapoli reported City Hall failed to monitor progress of infrastructure budget & deadlines

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement after State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli published a report detailing Mayor Eric Adams’s infrequent updates to the NYC Capital Projects Dashboard:

“We cannot maintain our infrastructure if we do not know whether projects are running on-budget or on-time. That means fixing what is broken—including the capital project dashboard so that we can hold City agencies accountable and improve project delivery.

“To improve the transparency into building and repairing schools, parks, bridges, roads and resiliency projects, I pushed for the City’s creation of a comprehensive capital projects tracker. At the time of its release last year, I was grateful to Mayor Adams and his team for delivering on their commitment. But as Comptroller DiNapoli’s report lays out, a dashboard is only as good as the data that powers it, and this one is already woefully out of date. It fails to include the details we need to see which projects and City agencies are behind schedule or overbudget. The Administration’s failure to update the dashboard or include all of the necessary information has rendered it even less useful than its soon-to-be phased out predecessor, the City’s Capital Projects Detailed Data.

“Making the City’s capital project dashboard a legitimate performance management tool is just the first step the City needs to take to better manage its infrastructure. We need an all-hands-on-deck approach to reform capital project delivery— from how we assess the City’s state of good repair, as evidenced by our recent audit of the City’s Asset Information Management System report, to legislative reforms in Albany that modernize how the City designs and builds its infrastructure.

“Building capital projects on time and on budget will save the City money, create good jobs, nurture flourishing neighborhoods, support a thriving economy, and build a resilient future in the face of climate change. The only way we can achieve a better built environment is to better manage the City’s projects — and it starts with this dashboard.”