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Dinowitz concludes the mayor's messaging team did not follow DORIS policy

New York City Council · Sep 22, 2026 · starts 1:15:25 · 42 sec

Dinowitz says the official DORIS guidance discourages substantive instant messages and it seems the team doing these messages did not do their job properly, then thanks the panel and turns it back to the chair.

Eric Dinowitz

Thank you for that.

Member of the Public - Shanta Smith-Cruz

And I will say the official guidance from Doris is in the policy, and the guidance does state it bold and underline that employers are strongly discouraged from creating electronic messages that are substantive in nature,

Member of the Public - Shanta Smith-Cruz

and that it is the responsibility of the agency to understand what substantive messages are.

Eric Dinowitz

Okay, I understand the amount of time, but it seems like...

Eric Dinowitz

Like the team that was doing these instant messages didn't do their job properly.

Eric Dinowitz

That's how it seems based on your testimony.

Eric Dinowitz

So I'll turn it back to the chair, but I want to thank you all for coming and testifying today and for your answers to the questions.

Eric Dinowitz

Thank you.

Gale A. Brewer

Thank you, Councilmember Wong and then Councilmember Morano.