Lauren Kropiewnicki is currently the Assistant Counsel for the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), Office of the Inspector General for the New York City Housing Authority (“NYCHA”). In Ms. Kropiewnicki’s current role at DOI, she assists with investigations and policy/procedure recommendations regarding NYCHA employees, tenants, and vendors. Notably, Ms. Kropiewnicki assisted her colleagues with the investigation and subsequent issuance of a report on the water-related concerns that arose in the summer of 2022 at the NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses. She also assisted her colleagues with the policy and procedure recommendations that DOI issued to NYCHA related to the micro-purchase investigation that resulted in the indictment of 70 current and former NYCHA employees on bribery and extortion charges, the largest number of federal bribery charges brought in a single day.

Before joining DOI, Ms. Kropiewnicki gained experience with investigations and EEO compliance at the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Citywide Equity and Inclusion, and worked on census, redistricting, and voting rights issues with Redistricting Online and New York Law School’s Institute for New York Elections, Census, and Redistricting.

Ms. Kropiewnicki earned her Juris Doctor from New York Law School, where she was affiliated with the school’s Center for New York City Law and wrote articles for the Center’s publication, CityLaw. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Temple University where she majored in English Literature, minored in Classical Languages and Literature with a concentration in Latin, and earned a Spanish Certificate.

Kellie serves as Counsel for Investigations for New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Division of Investigations. Kellie started at the New York State Comptroller’s Office in 2013 and was promoted to her current role in 2022. The Comptroller’s Division of Investigations conducts investigations of public corruption and fraud spanning the breadth of the Comptroller’s Constitutional and statutory authority from official corruption to vendor fraud, to retirement fraud to many other alleged crimes. As Counsel for Investigations Kellie directs and oversees complex financial investigations and provides legal guidance related to the investigation and prosecution of crimes involving public corruption, fraud perpetrated against state and local governments, and the misuse of public funds, including Medicaid and healthcare fraud. Kellie has overseen the prosecution of numerous multi-million dollar cases working with law enforcement across New York and the nation including the US Department of Justice, local District Attorney’s Offices, and all levels of state, federal and local alw enforcement.

Prior to her employment at the Comptroller’s Office, Kellie served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Economic Crimes Bureau. As such, Kellie supervised the investigation and prosecution of a wide variety of white collar crimes including tax fraud, Medicaid fraud and identity theft. Kellie worked extensively with federal and state law enforcement authorities and served as liaison in coordinating complex multi-jurisdictional financial crimes. Kellie received her law degree from Albany Law School and her undergraduate degree in finance from Siena College.

Katie Q. McCutcheon is currently the Deputy Chief Counsel and Director of Training at the New York State Offices of the Inspector General, having re-joined the office after previously serving as an Investigative Counsel for more than seven years. Prior to joining the Inspector General’s office, Katie was an Assistant District Attorney for Schenectady County where she handled a myriad of criminal matters, including financial crime prosecutions. She also previously served as Associate Counsel for the State University of New York and completed a legal fellowship program with Schenectady County Court. Katie received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Providence College, and JD from the Albany Law School. She also studied abroad in London, England at the University of Westminster.

Chief Darren Miller has served as the Deputy Commissioner and Chief of the Department’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI) since February 2020. He first joined OSI in 2015 as the Director of Operations, and he was subsequently promoted to Assistant Commissioner / Assistant Chief. The pursuit of justice and the promotion of integrity within government have been his passion for over 25 years. He is a graduate of Brown University and Albany Law School. He started his legal career as a criminal defense attorney, and then served as an assistant district attorney for seven years in his home community. He later investigated and prosecuted public corruption cases as a Senior Counsel in the New York State Attorney General’s Office. He also investigated the waste, fraud, and abuse of New York State resources as a Deputy Inspector General in the New York State Inspector General’s Office. He further has led investigations and monitoring teams on major construction projects for a private sector inspector general firm in New York City.

Under Chief Miller’s leadership, OSI combines thorough, objective investigations with proactive measures like inspections and monitoring initiatives to uphold the Department’s public safety mission with integrity and fairness.

Chief Miller is a Certified Inspector General by the National Association of Inspectors General and is currently President of the Association of Inspectors General New York / New Jersey Chapter. In 2019, he graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

Andrew Sein is a Senior Inspector General at the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”). In that capacity, Andrew oversees DOI’s Squad 5, a unit comprised of attorneys, investigators, and forensic accountants responsible for investigating corruption, fraud, waste, and abuse within a multibillion-dollar portfolio of New York City’s government. Squad 5’s areas of oversight include the Office of the Mayor, the Board of Elections, the Office of Technology and Innovation, and programs administered by nonprofit human service contractors.

Andrew has supervised and conducted a wide variety of complex investigations, including criminal investigations into bribery, embezzlement, and fraud, as well as administrative investigations into waste, mismanagement, and conflicts of interest. He and his team have issued significant public reports and many administrative referrals to city agencies that have identified corruption vulnerabilities or other compliance matters. He has been an Inspector General at DOI since 2014.

Prior to joining DOI, Andrew was a litigator at an international law firm and a law clerk to a United States District Judge in the Eastern District of New York. He holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. from Binghamton University.