Overview
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented the pick as central to a zero‑tolerance push against self‑enrichment and corruption at City Hall.
- The Department of Investigation is a roughly 300-person watchdog overseeing about 300,000 city employees and housing the NYPD inspector general.
- Shihata spent more than a decade at the Eastern District of New York, leading organized crime and gangs and previously serving as deputy chief of public integrity.
- Her record includes serving as a lead prosecutor in the R. Kelly racketeering case, and she pledged to lead DOI with independence, fairness and transparency.
- She said she does not anticipate recusals but would follow recusal rules if conflicts arise, and she would succeed Jocelyn Strauber, who resigned in January.