Mark Peters, Commissioner of the Department of Investigation. Image credit: CityLand
The Department of Investigation threatened to initiate a lawsuit unless the Law Department opened access to previously withheld documents and computers. On July 26, 2016, the Department of Investigation issued a press release announcing the Law Department’s compliance in producing documents and computers relevant to DOI’s investigation into the sale of the Rivington House, a non-profit nursing home, to luxury condominium developers. The press release was issued less-than two weeks after DOI issued a report on how the City’s procedural failures in handling deed-modifications facilitated the sale of the Rivington House. For CityLand’s previous coverage on the DOI report, click here.
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Mark Peters, Commissioner of the Department of Investigation. Image credit: CityLand
On Tuesday, June 2, 2015, the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School hosted the 126th City Law Breakfast. The speaker was Mark Peters, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation.
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Mark Peters, Department of Investigations Commissioner.
On January 18, 2014, Mark Peters was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigations. Prior to this appointment, Commissioner Peters was a partner at the law firm of Edwards Wildman, and had earlier served as Chief of the Public Integrity Unit from 2001-2004 and as Deputy Chief of the Civil Rights Bureau from 1999-2001 at the New York State Attorney General’s office under Eliot Spitzer. Commissioner Peters was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in the West Side of Manhattan. He attended Horace Mann High School and received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. At Brown, Peters wrote for the daily newspaper and majored in medieval history. (read more…)
Mark Peters, New York City Department of Investigations Commissioner
On Friday, May 9, 2014, the Center for New York City Law, at New York Law School hosted a City Law Breakfast, featuring Mark Peters, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation, as the guest speaker. Commissioner Peter’s speech was entitled, “Corruption Fighting in New York City: The Next Step.” The special sponsor for this CityLaw Breakfast was Guidepost Solutions. (read more…)
The Center for New York City Law,
Dean Anthony W. Crowell &
Professor Ross Sandler
cordially invites you to a City Law Breakfast presenting
Mark Peters
Commissioner, Department of Investigations
speaking on
Corruption Fighting in New York City: The Next Step
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DATE:
Friday, May 9, 2014
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