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Corruption prevention and whistleblower lectures conducted
Protect public resources from corruption, fraud, waste, and abuse and ensure that City employees and vendors act with integrity. — Investigate potential corruption, fraud, waste, and abuse, and unethical conduct to improve the integrity of City operations.
Corruption-prevention lectures more than tripled from 72 in Fiscal 2022 to 240 in Fiscal 2023, which DOI credits to a new outreach effort that brought lectures directly to Department of Sanitation garage locations, reaching over 9,300 employees who otherwise had limited access to its usual e-learning platform. The apparent drop to 120 in Fiscal 2026 is a year-to-date figure rather than a final total; DOI's own preliminary report shows it delivered 64 lectures in the first four months of the year and said it remained on track to meet or exceed its full-year target of 100.
Researched July 15, 2026 — DOI, Fiscal 2023 Mayor's Management Report, DOI, Fiscal 2026 Preliminary Mayor's Management Report
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above. The dashed marker projects a full-year estimate at the current year-to-date pace.
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| Fiscal year | Actual | Target |
|---|---|---|
| FY22 | 72 lectures | 200 lectures |
| FY23 | 240 lectures | 100 lectures |
| FY24 | 236 lectures | 100 lectures |
| FY25 | 298 lectures | 100 lectures |
| FY26 (YTD) | 120 lectures | 100 lectures |
| FY26 (projected) | ~160 lectures |
Why this is tracked
DOI began as the Office of the Commissioners of Accounts in 1873, established after the corruption of the Tweed Ring exposed how easily city money could be looted without independent checks. It was renamed the Department of Investigation in a 1938 charter revision and remains one of the country's oldest municipal law-enforcement agencies. Today it investigates fraud, corruption, and misconduct by City employees, contractors, and anyone doing business with or receiving funds from the City, including running vendor integrity screening (VENDEX) and an Integrity Monitor Program for contractors with past compliance issues.
DOI Mission and History, New York City Department of Investigation - Wikipedia, DOI Vendor Integrity
Source: Offices of the Inspectors General — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported monthly.
Definition: The number of in-person and webinar lectures conducted by DOI for City employees and vendors conducting business with, or receiving benefits from, the City. Corruption prevention and whistleblower lectures include information on how to recognize and report corruption, as well as information on the laws and rules governing behavior for City employees, vendors conducting business with the City, and vendors receiving benefits from the City.