A key official in charge of the city's problem-plagued 911 system upgrade has resigned.
Paul Cosgrave, commissioner of the Department of Information, Technology and Telecommunications, will retire on Dec. 31. "He made a commitment to the mayor to stay through the duration of his second term, and he's doing that," DoITT spokesman Nick Sbordone said. Under Cosgrave's watch, the 911 project, one of the biggest public safety efforts of the Bloomberg era, has ballooned in cost from $1.3 billion to $2 billion - and portions are two years behind schedule.
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Paul Cosgrave, commissioner of the Department of Information, Technology and Telecommunications, will retire on Dec. 31. "He made a commitment to the mayor to stay through the duration of his second term, and he's doing that," DoITT spokesman Nick Sbordone said. Under Cosgrave's watch, the 911 project, one of the biggest public safety efforts of the Bloomberg era, has ballooned in cost from $1.3 billion to $2 billion - and portions are two years behind schedule.
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