"Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which contains the requirement that any caller using “artificial or pre-recorded voice” to a mobile phone number must have prior consent from the recipient."
The act doesn't specify that "any caller" must meet the requirement but that a "person" must. "The term “person” includes an individual, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, or corporation." The mayor is calling as a representative of The City of New York which doesn't meet this definition.
"Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which contains the requirement that any caller using “artificial or pre-recorded voice” to a mobile phone number must have prior consent from the recipient."
The act doesn't specify that "any caller" must meet the requirement but that a "person" must. "The term “person” includes an individual, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, or corporation." The mayor is calling as a representative of The City of New York which doesn't meet this definition.