Mayor de Blasio ditches NASA's contract for overhaul of 911 system after costs skyrocketed

[hrmjustin]

JUAN GONZALEZ

Mayor de Blasio is grounding NASA.

Consultants from the space agency were hired two years ago by de Blasio’s predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, to solve mounting technical problems with the city’s $2 billion overhaul of its 911 system.

But now our new mayor is scrubbing NASA’s $13.2 million contract for the project, and he wants city officials to take over mission control themselves, the Daily News has learned.

De Blasio’s surprise move comes after his top aides spent two months probing why the massive 911 system overhaul is years behind schedule and nearly $1 billion over budget.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/exclusive-city-ditches-nasa-contract-911-system-article-1.1928865

[tk2kewl]

1. I hope Ann Roest is up to the task

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fdoitt%2Fhtml%2Fabout%2Fcommissioner.shtml&ei=f_QJVPrLI42qyAS9y4DIAg&usg=AFQjCNFChu4oA8uSEOnny20QXcDOC6i2Ow&bvm=bv.74649129,d.aWw

[hrmjustin]

2. Agreed!