Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani along with his transition crew. Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.
Picture By Dean Moses
Zohran Mamdani is now hiring.
The mayor-elect’s transition crew on Thursday launched a web based hiring portal searching for potential staffers to use as he builds his Metropolis Corridor administration.
“As we begin the transition to a new era, this resume portal will allow us to roll up our sleeves, hit the ground running, and enact the agenda that got Zohran elected,” mentioned Elana Leopold, the transition’s government director, in a press release.
On the Wednesday morning press convention, the place Mamdani introduced his transition crew, he pledged to workers his administration with figures who could make his affordability-focused platform a actuality.
“My team and I will build a City Hall capable of delivering on the promises of this campaign,” Mamdani mentioned throughout the Nov. 5 occasion. “We will form an administration that is capable and compassionate, driven by integrity, and willing to work just as hard as the millions of New Yorkers who call this city home.”
Given Mamdani’s lack of government expertise — he has served 4 years as a Queens Meeting member — he’ll face critical scrutiny over how he runs a metropolis authorities of greater than 300,000 workers and manages its $115 billion funds.
The portal, launched on Thursday, permits candidates to submit their resumes and point out their “subject matter expertise” in areas similar to local weather, housing, and schooling. The shape additionally permits potential metropolis authorities staff to point their expertise, whether or not in venture administration, coverage, or communications.
Grace Rauh, government director of the nice authorities group Residents Union, complimented the transition’s transfer to launch a hiring portal in a Thursday social media submit.
“This may seem basic, but it’s actually a strong sign that Mamdani intends to bring in new talent to city government and (perhaps most importantly) make it easy to apply for city jobs,” Rauh mentioned.
The portal comes after Mamdani introduced the 5 ladies main his transition on Wednesday — a bunch of skilled bureaucrats, three of whom held management roles in previous Metropolis Halls.
Its co-chairs embody Maria Torres-Springer, former first deputy mayor to Mayor Eric Adams and a veteran of three mayoral administrations; Lina Khan, former Federal Commerce Fee chair below ex-President Joe Biden; Melanie Hartzog, CEO of the nonprofit New York Foundling and a former deputy mayor; and Grace Bonilla, president and CEO of the United Approach for New York Metropolis and former head of town’s Human Assets Administration.
Whereas Mamdani has but to announce most of his picks for high management roles, similar to first deputy mayor and Division of Training chancellor, he has indicated that he needs to maintain present NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Nonetheless, it stays unclear whether or not Tisch, who was appointed by Adams final fall, intends to remain on previous the top of the outgoing mayor’s time period on December 31. Mamdani has not responded to any questions relating to whether or not he straight mentioned the supply with Tisch.
How Mamdani will fill out the highest ranks of his administration is certain to be one of many many issues mentioned amongst New York’s political class as he heads right down to the annual SOMOS convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Thursday.
In keeping with a schedule launched by Mamdani’s transition crew, he’ll arrive in Puerto Rico by 6 p.m. Thursday to carry a press convention and host a welcome reception alongside New York State Legal professional Normal Letitia James and District Council 37 President Henry Garrido.
