Zohran’s Tech Czar Is Undaunted

Zohran’s Tech Czar Is Undaunted

New York City’s new chief technology officer, Lisa Gelobter, on TikTok, “bureaucracy hacking,” and why her department can pull off what DOGE could—or would—not.

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This winter, a few months into my pregnancy, I began making a spreadsheet to collect information about my local childcare options. I didn’t get very far into manually pulling details about fees, class sizes, and addresses before I gave up, relegating the process to my endless to-do list as something to tackle sometime between now and infinity. Enter the administration of Zohran Mamdani. And with it, the mayor’s new chief technology officer, Lisa…