Charter Revision response (counter to Adams commission)

KEPT 2026-05-28. Mamdani-friendly counter-commission delivered. Albany ELFA+PPGG state-budget package (passed both houses Wed May 27 11:55PM) granted Mamdani lame-duck-CRC dissolution authority before Jun 1 deadline. Mamdani filed dissolution notice May 27 voiding Adams's last-day Charter Revision Commission. Thu May 28 he launched his own Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE), a Charter Revision Commission chaired by Patrick Gaspard (former DNC executive director, US Ambassador to South Africa, longtime Dinkins/Obama operative) with Ann Cheng as executive director. COGE will hold 10 citywide public hearings — first commission meeting Jun 4 at 5 PM, first public hearing Jun 9 at 5 PM; proposals to land on Nov 2026 ballot. Bloomberg/Washington Examiner framed it as a "DOGE-like" efficiency play; amNY: "COGE, not DOGE: Mamdani replaces Adams-era charter commission."