Comptroller and public advocate ask Mayor Adams why NYPD watchdog agency dropped to only 3 employees

City officials are concerned about a lack of staffers in an important office that holds subpoena powers to investigate police practices and policies.

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander reported just three employees on staff in August at the Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD (OIG-NYPD). His headcount includes Inspector General Jeanene Barrett herself. The findings also point to steeper attrition rates compared to other offices in the OIG-NYPD’s parent agency, the NYC Department of Investigation (DOI).

On August 19, Lander and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams penned a letter to Mayor Eric Adams raising “serious concerns about the sharp staffing decline” based on the findings. The two citywide officials originally introduced the bill that established the OIG-NYPD while serving on the Ci