The NYC Department of Investigation has concluded that former Social Services Commissioner Gary Jenkins displayed a lack of transparency and delayed the disclosure of serious legal violations in the shelter system. However, the report does not take sides on whether Jenkins fired his spokeswoman due to accusations of a coverup.
A 17-month Investigation prompted by the I-Team's reporting finds former Social Services Commissioner Gary Jenkins "minimized if not misrepresented" violations in the shelter system , but the DOI report declines to take sides on whether Jenkins fired his spokeswoman because she accused him of a coverupThe NYC Department of Investigation has concluded that in the early days of the migrant influx, former Social Services Commissioner Gary Jenkins displayed"a lack of full transparency" and delayed the disclosure of serious legal violations in the shelter system .
Investigators looked into whether Jenkins had tried to conceal violations, first reported by the News 4 I-Team on July 20, 2022, involving migrant families with children left overnight at the City's homeless intake office instead of being placed in proper shelter. But former Commissioner Gary Jenkins declared he had been"cleared of any wrongdoing" and that he"communicated transparently to City Hall." DOI's Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber disputed this in an interview Wednesday with the the News 4 I-Tea
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