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CM Wong on audit report data and predecessor's unfulfilled request

New York City Council · Sep 16, 2026 · starts 1:29:57 · 1 min 54 sec

Wong asks what percentage of crime reports were misclassified in 2025 and follows up on a data request from his predecessor. Gerber says they'll work with Wong's office to provide the requested data, noting the predecessor's request came days before leaving office.

Phil Wong

So let's take the quarterly CAT audit.

Phil Wong

Do they have, for each command, do they have like a form number or a report number?

Phil Wong

Or no, like when was the audit last completed?

Phil Wong

Like for command, any command.

Phil Wong

Take my present, 110.

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

Right, so what will happen is CAT will do a sample across various types of categories of complaints.

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

Like I said, they'll do a deep dive on each of those complaints to see if there are any misclassification issues.

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

And then they'll do a report, and they'll say, here are, you know, what percentage of complaints were classified properly, if there are any that were misclassified, flagging those for the command.

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

So, yeah, there's going to be a report.

Phil Wong

So what percentage, say, in 2025 of those crime reports were incorrect or misclassified?

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

So, again, it's happening across multiple units.

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

So I can't, in other words, you have the DIU process, which is sort of ongoing, and you have the CAT work, and you have the ICAD checks, and you have the CIT work, how many of you will investigate your work?

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

But, Council Member, we have, you put in the letter a few days ago to us requesting various categories of data.

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

We will, of course, work with your office to get you the various pieces that you asked for.

Phil Wong

Because my predecessor asked for these audit reports, and he didn't hear it back.

Phil Wong

So I am following up with that.

Phil Wong

That is why.

Phil Wong

I send out that letter to this morning's press release.

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

I think he put in the request a few days before he left the council.

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

I think it was literally a matter of days before he left.

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

You have put in a request, sitting council member.

Member of the Public - Michael Gerber

Of course, we're going to work with you and your team, and we will get you the data that you've requested.

Phil Wong

Yeah, okay.