Monitors overseeing failing NYC agencies racked up $111M tab

The city has shelled out at least $111 million on monitors and special masters overseeing agencies ordered to fix high-stakes failures — from horrific living conditions in public housing and jails to alleged racist practices at the NYPD, FDNY and Department of Education. The Post examined 11 ongoing cases in which most of the pricey outside overseers have amassed fortunes after being appointed by judges and government entities to ensure city agencies correct years — and sometimes decades — of malfeasance. They include: $36.9 million lawyer that Mark S. Cohen…

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