New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams unveiled a team of deputy mayors Monday, five women who will be behind the city’s most important work.
Adams’ team said that two of the new deputy mayors were the first of Asian descent in the city’s history.
Topping the list as first deputy mayor is Lorraine Grillo, who has been Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID “recovery czar” as well as the CEO of the School Building Authority and commissioner of the Department of Design and Construction. Grillo has served the city for more than two decades, and Adams will be the third mayor in a row to appoint her to a high-level position.
In addition to Grillo, Adams appointed Anne Williams-Isom as Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services; Meera Joshi as Deputy Mayor for Operations; Maria Torres-Springer as Deputy Mayor for Economic and Labor Development; and Sheena Wright as Deputy Mayor for Strategic Initiatives.
Joshi is a former taxi and limousine commissioner. Torres-Springer was previously Commissioner of Small Business Services. Williams-Isom was previously the second official in the Administration for Children’s Services. Wright is the executive director of the United Way of New York City.
Last week, Adams appointed Keechant Sewell as the city’s first female Police Commissioner.
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