COGE Holds First Public Meeting Thu Jun 4, First Public Hearing Tue Jun 9 — 10 Borough Hearings Toward Nov Ballot Charter Revisions

Mamdani Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE — Charter Revision Commission, Patrick Gaspard chair, Ann Cheng exec dir) opens with first public meeting Thu Jun 4 and first public hearing Tue Jun 9. 10 borough hearings planned, charter-revision ballot questions targeted for Nov 2026. Launched Thu May 28 using new Albany-granted dissolution authority over Adams's final-day commission. National media (The Hill, Mirage) noting DOGE/COGE branding overlap; Mamdani team frames it as efficiency vs efficiency-as-cuts.

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