With 38 days till he takes workplace, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani mentioned Monday that he has appointed over 400 individuals throughout 17 committees to function “critical advisors,” offering each hiring suggestions and coverage steering forward of his Jan. 1 inauguration.
Mamdani introduced the committees and their members on Monday in Central Park’s Conservatory Backyard, stating that they are going to play a central position in making ready his administration to handle town’s affordability challenges, together with housing and childcare, amongst different urgent points.
The committees, comprising leaders from authorities, labor, nonprofits, academia, and enterprise, will advise on coverage improvement, implementation, and greatest practices for companies, in response to the transition workforce.
The size of the appointments coincides with what Mamdani described as a “once-in-a-generation” alternative to rebuild public belief and ship for working-class New Yorkers, asserting that 70,000 individuals have submitted purposes to work within the new administration by an open portal, with a mean applicant age of 28.
“Too often there is a distance between the intent of what City Hall does and the impact it has,” Mamdani mentioned. The brand new committees, he added, are designed to assist the administration be taught immediately from the communities most affected by authorities motion.
Mamdani’s transition committees, with over 400 appointees throughout 17 committees, fall in between the sizes of current mayoral transitions. Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams’ transition included greater than 700 individuals throughout 20 committees and was led 9 co-chairs, making it considerably bigger than former Mayor Invoice de Blasio’s 60-person workforce. As compared, when Michael Bloomberg took workplace in 2002, he had 56 individuals to his transition committee.
Candidates might be evaluated on their work slightly than political connections, Mamdani mentioned, including that the committees will assist outline the metrics used to evaluate candidates from the 70,000-person pool.
The Mayor-elect cited deep dysfunction within the metropolis’s present hiring course of, together with 17,000 vacancies, extended delays, and candidates who wait months or perhaps a 12 months for last approval after being advised they had been certified. He mentioned these delays depart companies understaffed and degrade important providers. Hiring reform, he mentioned, will start instantly on Jan. 1.
Dedicated committees
The 17 committees span practically each side of metropolis governance, together with housing, social providers, youth improvement, financial and workforce improvement, public security, transportation and infrastructure, the prison authorized system, well being and psychological well being, arts and tradition, immigrant justice, enterprise operations, and authorities effectivity.
Two committees, Employee Justice and Group Organizing, are new for any mayoral transition, mentioned Mamdani, who famous their creation displays longstanding failures and the necessity to combine employee protections and group management into the core of metropolis coverage.
Many employees, he mentioned, proceed to face wage theft, predatory debt, unsafe workplaces, and systemic neglect, whereas group organizing has too usually been handled as separate from policymaking slightly than important to understanding the implications of metropolis choices.
Every committee might be overseen by the transition’s 4 co-chairs, Lina Khan, Grace Bonilla, Maria Torres-Springer, and Melanie Hartzog. Transition Govt Director Elana Leopold mentioned their oversight will make sure the administration is “staffed with top talent and ready on day one.”
Anne Marie Grey, govt director of Open New York and co-chair of the Housing CommitteePhoto by Adam Daly
Through the press convention, Mamdani reiterated his marketing campaign commitments to freeze rents for greater than 2 million rent-stabilized tenants, improve density close to transit, and cut back city-imposed limitations to building — points he mentioned he raised immediately with President Donald Trump throughout their current Oval Workplace assembly.
Anne Marie Grey, govt director of Open New York and co-chair of the Housing Committee, mentioned Monday that town wants an “all of the above” method that protects tenants whereas dramatically growing housing provide.
Notable appointees to the transition committees embody Atiba Edwards of the Brooklyn Kids’s Museum on the Arts & Tradition Committee, Farah Gardner, govt director of the Day Care Council of New York, who joins the Youth & Training Committee, whereas Garrett Hamilton, economist at The New Faculty and chief economist for the AFL-CIO, will serve on the Financial and Workforce Growth Committee. Bhairavi Desai, govt director of the New York Taxi Employees Alliance, is a part of the brand new Employee Justice Committee.
Additionally on Monday, Mamdani mentioned he’ll proceed making the case for federal assist “to anyone across the city or across this country,” arguing that New Yorkers deserve leaders who prioritize residents over political self-interest. The mayor-elect mentioned he was “heartened” that the president expressed common curiosity in serving to NYC on Friday.
With no date set, Mamdani mentioned he appears to be like ahead to assembly with Mayor Eric Adams within the coming weeks — praising the cooperation of Adams’ workers and noting that their dialogue will give attention to guaranteeing a clean transition.
The Mamdani administration’s 17 transition committees:
HousingYouth & EducationTransportation, Local weather & InfrastructureArts & CultureCommunity OrganizingCommunity SafetyEconomic Growth & Workforce DevelopmentEmergency ResponseGovernment OperationsHealthImmigrant JusticeCriminal Authorized SystemLegal AffairsSmall Companies & MWBEsSocial ServicesTechnology Employee Justice
Committee Members
Committee on Arts & Tradition
Hiba Abid, New York Public Library
Dr. Elizabeth Alexander, Mellon Basis
Suroosh Alvi, Vice
Jessica Baker, Vodoor Cosy Harbor Cultural Middle & Botanical Backyard
Alexis Bittar, Jewellery Designer
Rocky Bucano, Hip Hop Museum
Gonzalo Casals, Tradition & Arts Coverage Institute
Carolyn Concepcion, ARTNOIR
Colm Dillane, KidSuper
Kimberly Drew, Tempo Gallery
Atiba Edwards, Brooklyn Kids’s Museum
Kamilah Forbes, Apollo Theatre
Lisa Gold, Asian American Arts Alliance
Jenna Hamed, Curator and Guide maker
Kemi Ilesanmi, KG1
Wes Jackson, BRIC
Ruba Katrib, MoMA PS1
Coco Killingsworth, Cultural Establishments Group
Mino Lora, The Peoples Theatre
Patricia McGregor, NY Theatre Workshop
Lydia Pilcher, Cine Mosaic
Victoria Rogers, Management Strategist
Hal Rosenbluth, Kaufman Astoria Studios
Legacy Russell, The Kitchen
Kenny Savoca, IATSE 161
Hannah Traore, Hannah Traore Gallery
Diya Vij, Powerhouse Arts
Dennis Walcott, Queens Library
Committee on Group Organizing
Sherif Ahmed, Muslim American Society NY
Ibrahim Ahmed, Yankasa Group
Abdul Aziz, Bhuiyan Hillside Islamic Middle
Gianpaolo Baiocchi
Lumuumba Bandele, Malcolm X Grassroots Motion
Marco Carrion, Consortium for Employee Training
Catie Fireman, Astoria Meals Pantry
Joanne Grell, Group Motion for Secure Residences
Jasmine Gripper, Working Households Social gathering
Sumathy Kumar, Tenant Bloc
Juanita Lewis, Group Voices Heard
Aji Fanta Marenah, Muslim Democratic Membership of New York
Santosh Nandabalan, New York Communities for Change
Anthonine Pierre, Brooklyn Motion Middle
Asher Ross, Democratic Socialists of America
Wanda Salaman, Moms on the Transfer
Waleed Shahid, Strategist and Organizer
Jagpreet Singh, DRUM Beats
Celina Su, Metropolis College of New York
Katie Unger, Advisor
Julie Xu, CAAAV
Committee on Group Security
Ok Bain, Group Capability Growth
Jonah Boyarin, Educator & Advisor
Jasmine Budnella, VOCAL NY
Erica Ford, LIFE Camp
Kassandra Frederique, Drug Coverage Alliance
Rev. Charles Galbreath, Clarendon Street Church
Daniela Gilbert, Vera Institute
Elizabeth Glazer, Important Metropolis
Shamshul Haq, Bangladeshi American Police Affiliation
Tom Harris, Occasions Sq. Alliance
Rodney Ok. Harrison
Susan Herman
Rama Issa-Ibrahim, Middle for Anti-Violence Training
Joo-Hyun Kang, Organizer and Strategist
Kevin Livingston, 100 Fits
Jose Lopez, Make the Street
Tamika Mallory
Max Markham, NYU Policing Venture
Hassan Naveed, Naveed Consulting, LLC
Justine Oldermann, New York College
Dana Rachlin, We Construct the Block
Mariela Ruiz Angel, Middle for Improvements in Group Security at Georgetown Legislation
Maurice Vann, Metropolis College of New York (CUNY)
Alex Vitale, Creator
Jo-ann Yoo
Ken Zimmerman, Fountain Home
Committee on the Felony Authorized System
Dan Ades, Middle for Justice Innovation
Rachael Bedard, Doctor and Author
Ana Bermudez
Sarita Dafarty, Freedom Agenda
Meg Egan, Ladies’s Jail Affiliation
Alice Fontier, Authorized Support Society
Benjamin Heller, Vera Institute of Justice
Michael Jacobson, Metropolis College of New York (CUNY)
Zachary Katznelson, A Extra Simply NYC
Michael Klinger, Brooklyn Defenders
Scott Levy, FWD.us
Mysoone Linen
Deb Lolai
Janos Marton, Dream.org
Lisa Ohta, UAW Native 2325
Meghna Philip, Authorized Support Society
Angelo Pinto
Meg Reiss
Vincent Schiraldi
Jordan Stockdale
Committee on Financial Growth & Workforce Growth
Margaret Anadu, Vistria Group
Deyanira Del Río, New Economic system
Mark Egerman
Gustavo Gordillo, Democratic Socialists of America
Jack Gross, Phenomenal World
Darrick Hamilton, The New Faculty
Reed Jordan
Stephanie Luce, Metropolis College of New York (CUNY)
Wealthy Maroko, Resort and Gaming Trades Council
Gregory Morris, New York Metropolis Employment and Coaching Coalition
Regina Myer, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Larisa Ortiz, Streetsense
James Patchett, Gilbane
Emma Pfohman, The Affiliation for a Higher New York
Blondel Pinnock, Mattress Stuy Restoration
Jeff Lee, Romero Invenergy
Yasser Salem, OneNYC
Anisha Steephen, Financial Safety Venture
Julie Stein, Union Sq. Partnership
Kathy Wylde, Partnership for NY
Committee on Emergency Response
Andy Ansbro, Uniformed Firefighters Affiliation
Anne Bink
Jill Eisenhard, Eisenhard Consulting
Peter Gudaitis, New York Catastrophe and Interfaith Providers
Ayo Harrington, NYC Volunteer Orgs Energetic in Catastrophe
Jonathan Logan, Vulcan Society
Kelly McKinney, NYU Langone Well being
Daniel Nigro
Michael Partis, Purple Hook Initiative
Joe Potasnik, NY Board of Rabbis
Chris Smith, Minister
Jilly Stephens, Metropolis Harvest
Doreen Thomann-Howe, American Purple Cross of Higher NY
Vincent Variale, Uniformed EMS Officers Union Native 3621
Jeannette Torres, NYS Division of Homeland Safety and Emergency Providers
Committee on Authorities Operations
Hector Batista, Metropolis College of New York (CUNY)
Francesco Brindisi, Workplace of NYC Comptroller
Dominic Campbell, Beeck Middle for Social Impression + Innovation at Georgetown College
Cynthia Conti-Cook dinner, Collaborative Analysis Middle for Resilience
Nathan Gusdorf, Fiscal Coverage Institute
Charlette Hamamgian, Workplace of NYC Comptroller
Shafeka Hashash, Financial Safety Venture
Danielle Kavanagh-Smith
Carol Kellermann
Bob Linn
Zara Nasir, The Folks’s Plan
Albert Pulido, New York State Govt Chamber
Helen Rosenthal, Former NYC Council Member
Marc Shaw
Marla Simpson, Impartial Funds Workplace
Ajeet Singh, Illinois Dept of Well being Information Modernization Technique
Faiza Ali, NYC Council
Laura Kavanagh
Aliya Latif, Workplace of NYC Comptroller
Committee on Well being
Tahir Amin, Initiative for Medicines, Entry & Information (I-MAK)
Natasha Anushri Anandaraja, Public Well being Practioner
Yvonne Armstrong, 1199 SEIU
Oxiris Barbot, United Hospital Fund
Mary Basset, Harvard College Chan Faculty of Public Well being
Elisabeth Benjamin, Group Service Society
Barbara Caress, Baruch Faculty
Ebone Carrington, Manatt Well being
Demetre Daskalakis
Traci Donnelly, The Youngster Middle of NY
Torian Easterling, Brooklyn Group Collaboratives
Jen Gaboury, Metropolis College of New York (CUNY)
Nancy Hagans, New York State Nurses Affiliation
Musaub Khan , Doctor
Michael Kinnucan, Fiscal Coverage Institute
Eric Linzer, NY Well being Plan Affiliation
Patrick McGovern, Callen Lorde
David Perlstein, St. Barnabas Hospital
Ken Raske, State and Authorities Affairs Higher New York Hospital Affiliation
Ashna Shome, CIR/SEIU
Dr. Carla Smith, NYC LGBT Group Middle
Wendy Stark, Deliberate Parenthood
Rabbi Abby Stein
Bruce Vladeck, Educational
Marlene Zurack
Committee on Housing
Nicholas Bloom, Metropolis College of New York (CUNY)
Dr. Dedrick Blue, Church of Seventh Day Adventists
Rafael Cestero, Group Preservation Company
Bea De la Torre, Trinity Basis
Charlie Dulik, Housing Conservation Coordinators
Emily Eisner, Fiscal Coverage Institute
Carolee Fink, COO M Squared
Moses Gates, Regional Plan Affiliation
Lisa Gomez
Annemarie Grey, Open New York
David Greenberg, Native Initiatives Help Company (LISC)
Adriene Holder, Authorized Support Society
Olivia Leirer, New York Communities for Change
Allison Nickerson, LiveOn NY
Manny Pastreich, 32BJ SEIU
Carlina Rivera, New York State Affiliation for Reasonably priced Housing
Brian Scott, Pastor
Alina Shen, CAAAV
Iziah Thompson, Group Service Society
Jed Walentas, REBNY
Matt Wambua, Retailers Capital
Cea Weaver, Tenant Bloc
Barika Williams, Affiliation for Neighborhood & Housing Growth
Paul Williams, Middle for Public Enterprise
Committee on Immigrant Justice
Jesus Aguais, Support for Aids
Fahd Ahmed, DRUM Beats
Farihah Akhtar, CAAAV
Imam Shamsi Ali, Jamaica Muslim Middle
Dr Debbie Almontaser, Emgage
Mohamed Q. Amin, Caribbean Equality Venture
Natalia Aristizabal, Make the Street
Murad Awawdeh, New York Immigration Coalition
Adama Bah, Africana
Melissa Chua, NYLAG
Rosa Cohen-Cruz, Bronx Defenders
Stephanie Delia, Little Haiti, BK Inc.
Yasmine Farhang, Immigrant Protection Venture
Emira Habiby, Middle for the Integration and Development of New People, Inc.
Marwa Janini, Arab American Affiliation of NY
Amaha Kassa, African Communities Collectively
Jason Klein, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Peter Markowitz Cardozo
Yesenia Mata, La Colmena
Jocelyn McCalla, Haitian-American Basis for Democracy
Christine Mendoza, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
Ruth Messinger
Frankie Miranda, Hispanic Federation
Bitta Mostofi
Annetta Seecharran, Chhaya CDC
Rachel Timoner, Congregation Beth Elohim
Committee on Authorized Affairs
Tahanie Aboushi, Aboushi Legislation Agency
Baher Azmy, Middle for Constitutional Rights
Richard Briffault, Columbia Legislation
Twyla Carter, The Authorized Support Society
Susan Chapman, Enterprise Chief
Catherine Christian, Liston Abramson LLP
Jerry Goldfeder, Cozen O’Connor LLP
LiJia Gong, Native Progress Impression Lab
Ramzi Kassem
Sania Khan, IN__SERVICE
Seher Khawaja, Authorized Momentum
Jacques Léandre
Donna Lieberman, NYCLU
Kapil Longani, State College of New York (SUNY)
Mandeep Minhas, Scott & Scott LLP
Afaf Nasher, Council on American-Islamic Relations, New York
Shaifuli Puri
Julissa Reynoso, Winston Strawn
Derek Sells, Cochran Agency
Zephyr Teachout, Legislation Professor
Committee on Small Companies & MWBEs
Mo Attia, Avenue Vendor Venture
Arman Chowdhury, MUNA
Jonnel Doris, Begin NY
Somia Elrowmeim, Ladies’s Empowerment Coalition of NYC
Jeffrey LeFrancois, Meatpacking District Administration Affiliation
Grace Mausser, Democratic Socialists of America
Youssef Mubaraz, Yemeni American Retailers Affiliation (YAMA)
Jamie Y. Nagi, Enterprise Proprietor
Imran Pasha
Kavita Pawria-Sanchez
Mary Pryor, Cannaclusive
Shah Rehman, BHALO/ Musvote
Andrew Rigie, New York Metropolis Hospitality Alliance
Tuulikki Robertson, Black Institute
Fernando Radhames Rodriguez, United Bodegas of America
Urgen Sherpa, Chhaya CDC
Lisa Sorin, 5 Borough Alliance
Melba Wilson, Melba’s
Committee on Social Providers
Lilliam Barrios-Paoli
Joel Berg, Starvation Free America
Catherine Chen, Asian American Federation
Dania Darwish, Asiyah Ladies Middle
Nat Fields, URI
Orlando Findlayter
Beth Finkel, AARP NY
Lisa Fitzpatrick
Sienna Fontaine, Make the Street
Saratu Ghartey, Sponsors for Instructional Alternative
Dave Giffen, Coalition for the homeless
Stephen Inexperienced, Higher Allen AME Cathedral of New York
Erum Hanif, APNA Group Middle
Judy Herbstman, Settlement Housing Fund
Wayne Ho, Chinese language-American Planning Council
Michelle Jackson, Human Providers Council
David Jones, Group Service Society
Jennifer Jones-Austin, FPWA
Lorena Kourousias, Mixteca
Vanessa Leung, Coalition for Asian American Kids and Households
Ellen Lippmann, Rabbi
Maria Lizardo, Northern Manhattan Enchancment Corp
Dr. Sharon McLennon Weir, Middle for the Independence of the Disabled (CIDNY)
Masha Pearl, Blue Card Fund
Christine Quinn, WIN
Jocelyn Rainey, Brooklyn Basis
Bobbie Sackman
Ann Maria Scalia, JCCA
Catherine Trapani, Volunteers of America – Higher New York
Committee on Expertise
Sarah Aoun
Ruha Benjamin, Ida B Wells Simply Information Lab at Princeton
Myaisha Hayes, MediaJustice
Noel Hidalgo, BetaNYC
Sam Jacobs, Meals Combat Lab
Katherine Jin, Democratic Socialists of America
Amba Kak, AI Now Institute
Enormous Ma, Turbovax
Matt Mitchell
ReNika Moore, ACLU
Alondra Nelson, Institute for Superior Examine
Martha Norrick, Spine Methods
Julie Samuels, Tech NYC
Garfield Swaby, New York Public Library
Julie Swoope Democratic Socialists of America
Haley Van Dyck
Elyse Voegeli, 18F
Maia Woluchem, Information & Society
Committee on Transportation, Local weather, & Infrastructure
Eddie Bautista, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance
Amy Chester, Rebuild by Design
Tabitha Decker, Spring Avenue Local weather Fund
Minelly DeCoo
Michael Flynn, TYLin
Ben Furnas, Govt Director of Transportation Options
Noah Ginsburg, New York Photo voltaic Power Industries Affiliation
Eric Goldwyn, NYU Marron Institute
Rhiana Gunn-Wright , Inexperienced New Deal
Chris Halfnight, City Inexperienced Council
Monika Hansen
Meera Joshi, Greenwood Cemetery
Benjamin Kabak, 2nd Ave Subway
Marc Kagan, Public Faculty Trainer at Bronx Science
Sara Lind, Open Plans
Nivardo Lopez, Gateway Growth Fee
Clare Miflin, ThinkWoven
Morgan Monaco, Prospect Park Alliance
Lauren Phillips, NRDC
Betsy Plum, Riders Alliance
Nancy Romer, PSC-CUNY
Esther Rosario, Local weather Jobs NY
John Samuelsen, TWU
Daphany Rose Sanchez, Kinetic Communities Consulting
Siddhartha Sanchez, Bronx River Alliance
Dennis Schock, Teamsters Native 831 – Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Affiliation
Peggy Shepard, WE ACT
Lise Strickler, Three Cairns Group
Tyler Taba, Waterfront Alliance
Tiffany Ann Taylor, Regional Plan Affiliation
Midori Valdivia
Laurie Wheelock, PULP
Justin Wooden, New York Attorneys for the Public Curiosity
Committee on Employee Justice
Amit Singh Bagga, Public Progress Options
Mohammed Karim Chowdhury, ASAAL
Hidalyn Colon Hernandez, NICE
Bhairavi Desai, New York Taxi Employees Alliance
Rebecca Dixon, Nationwide Employment Legislation Venture
Rafael Espinal, Freelancers Union
Kazi Fouzia, DRUM Beats
Terri Gerstein, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative
Brendan Griffith, NYC Central Labor Council
Ligia Guallpa, Los Deliveristas Unidos and Employee Justice Venture
Chaumtoli Huq, CUNY Faculty of Legislation
Elizabeth Jordan, Make the Street
Hyungwoo David Kim, Strategic Organizing Middle
Constructing and Development Trades Council of Higher New York
Sam Levine
Rebecca Lynch, Workplace of NYC Comptroller
Brandon Mancilla, UAW 9A
Theo Moore, ALIGN
James Parrott, Economist
Ai-jen Poo, Nationwide Home Employees Alliance
Lorelai Salas
Edwin Tablada
Candis Tall, 32BJ SEIU
Dennis Trainor, CWA District 1
Committee on Youth & Training
Tazin Azad
Rebecca Bailin, New Yorkers United for Youngster Care
Nyah Berg, Appleseed
Evelyn Castro, Medgar Evers Faculty
Jason Cone, Robin Hood Basis
James Davis, PSC-CUNY
Marielys Divanne, Futuro Options
Mark Dunetz, New Visions for Public Colleges
Kesi Foster, Companions for Dignity & Rights
Amy Freitag, NY Group Belief
Tara Gardner, Daycare Council of NY
Debra Ellen Glickstein, KidsRise
Karin Goldmark, GreenLink Training
Matt Gonzales, New Yorkers for Racially Simply Public Colleges (RJPS)
Sharon Greenberger, YMCA Higher NY
Brian Jones, Middle for Training & Colleges and New York Public Library
John King, State College of New York (SUNY)
Sebastian Leon Martinez YDSA
Randi Levine, Advocates for Kids
Christine Marinoni, Public Faculty Advocate
Felix Matos Rodriguez, Metropolis College of New York (CUNY)
Rashad Moore, Crown Heights Baptist Church
Michael Mulgrew, United Federation of Lecturers (UFT)
Lori Podvesker, INCLUDEnyc
Hasoni Pratts, Nationwide City League
Grace Rauh, Residents Union
Arva Rice, NY City League
Raysa Rodriquez, Citizen’s Committee for Kids
Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari, Alliance for High quality Training
Edie Sharp
Felicia Singh, Coalition for Asian American Kids and Households
Susan Stamler, United Neighborhood Homes
Hannah Towfeik, Muslim American Society (MAS)
Mary Vaccarro, United Federation of Lecturers (UFT)
Joshua Wallack
Eric Waterman, East Flatbush Village Inc.
Terrence Winston, Coalition for Group Colleges Excellence
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