New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani has already met twice with President Donald Trump at the White House.
Perhaps the mayor took from those meetings a few ideas that look Trumpian, at least on the surface.
Mamdani on Thursday announced the creation of COGE, the Commission on Government Efficiency, the name of which mimics DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency — a cost-cutting initiative with which Trump, at the beginning of his second administration, entrusted X owner Elon Musk, then a staunch political ally of the president.
“This morning we are introducing COGE — the Commission on Government Efficiency,”Mamdaniwrote. ”This Commission will find ways for our city to work smarter, faster, and more effectively for working people. New Yorkers deserve a city government as careful with their money as they are.”
This morning we are introducing COGE — the Commission on Government Efficiency.⁰⁰This Commission will find ways for our city to work smarter, faster, and more effectively for working people. ⁰⁰New Yorkers deserve a city government as careful with their money as they are.
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor)May 28, 2026
According toPolitico, Mamdani’s COGE will replace a commission created by former New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Widely viewed as hostile to Mamdani’s administration, the Adams commission — formed on Dec. 31, 2025, the final day of Adams’s term — continued its work until Wednesday, when Mamdani, acting on new powers given to him last week by the state legislature, officially terminated it.
Adams called his panel the Charter Revision Commission, which provides important insight into how Mamdani’s new commission will operate.
Indeed, although the names and acronyms sound similar, COGE will not work as DOGE did.
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