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Debate on whether MOCS's challenges are due to management or structural issues needing charter reform
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Commissioner Carl Weisbrod engages Michelle Jackson on whether the Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS) already possesses the necessary power under the mayor and if procurement failures are primarily management issues rather than structural ones.
Jackson argues that charter status would grant MOCS more consistent and clear authority across different administrations and mayoral priorities, making it less dependent on individual mayoral directives or inter-agency cooperation for systemic reforms.
She contends that because MOCS oversees billions in city spending, embedding its role in the charter is a crucial structural reform that has not yet been tried.