Mayor-elect Adams with 5 Deputy Mayor appointees (photo: @MTorresSpringer)
Eric Adams took office on January 1, 2022 as the 110th Mayor of New York City.
After winning the 2021 election, Adams announced his expansive transition committee and, in mid-December, began filling out his government. Here is a running list of his major appointments and nominations, some made when he was mayor-elect and some in his first weeks as mayor (they are not in chronological order):
Lorraine Grillo, First Deputy Mayor
Anne Williams-Isom, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
Meera Joshi, Deputy Mayor for Operations
Maria Torres-Springer, Deputy Mayor for Economic and Workforce Development
Sheena Wright, Deputy Mayor for Strategic Initiatives
Philip Banks III, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety
David Banks, Chancellor of New York City Public Schools
Keechant Sewell, Commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD)
Brendan R. McGuire, Chief Counsel to the Mayor and City Hall
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Chief Advisor
Frank Carone, Chief of Staff
Dawn Miller, First Deputy Chief of Staff
Madeline Labadie, Deputy Chief of Staff
Ryan Lynch, Deputy Chief of Staff
Menashe Shapiro, Deputy Chief of Staff
Tiffany Raspberry, Senior Advisor for External Affairs
Stefan Ringel, Senior Advisor to the Mayor
Andrea Shapiro Davis, Senior Advisor for Talent and Appointments
Eric Ulrich, Commissioner of the Department of Buildings (was Senior Advisor to the Mayor, January-May)
Edward Mermelstein, Commissioner, Mayor’s Office of International Affairs
Fred Kriezman, Commissioner, Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit
Roberto Perez, Director for Intergovernmental Affairs
Dan Steinberg, Director, Mayor’s Office of Operations
Rachel Atcheson, Special Assistant to the Mayor
Maxwell Young, Communications Director
Fabien Levy, Press Secretary
José Bayona, Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Ethnic and Community Media
Jacques Jiha will continue to as Director of the Mayor's Office of Management and Budget
Preston Niblack, Commissioner of the Department of Finance
Matthew Fraser, Chief Technology Officer
Melanie La Rocca, Chief Efficiency Officer
Louis Molina, Commissioner of the Department of Correction
Ydanis Rodriguez, Commissioner of the Department of Transportation
"Dr. Dave A. Chokshi will continue to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) through March 15 of 2022…Ashwin Vasan, M.D., PhD will then become DOHMH Commissioner in March and will serve as Senior Adviser for Public Health in the interim."
Aloysee Heredia Jarmoszuk will continue as Chair and CEO of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission
Gary Jenkins, Commissioner of the Human Resources Administration & Commissioner of the Department of Social Services
Lisa Fitzpatrick, Administrator of the Human Resources Administration
Joslyn Carter will remain Administrator of the Department of Homeless Services
Dawn Pinnock, Commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services
Sherif Soliman, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Policy and Planning
Lisa Flores, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services
Marjorie Landa, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Risk Management and Compliance
Jess Dannhauser, Commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services
Manny Castro, Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
Fred Dixon has been reappointed President and CEO of NYC & Company
Kevin Kim, Commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services
Nina Kubota has been reappointed as President and CEO of the School Construction Authority
Dan Garodnick, Chair of the City Planning Commission and Director of the Department of City Planning
Edith Hsu-Chen, Executive Director of the Department of City Planning
Thomas J. Foley, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Design and Construction
Jessica Katz, Chief Housing Officer
Adolfo Carrión Jr., Commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Eric Enderlin will continue as President of the Housing Development Corporation
Rohit T. Aggarwala, Chief Climate Officer and Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection
Vincent Sapienza, Chief Operations Officer of the Department of Environmental Protection
Kizzy Charles-Guzman, Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
Susan Donoghue, Commissioner of the Parks Department
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, First Deputy Commissioner of the Parks Department
Vilda Vera Mayuga, Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
Jose Ortiz, Jr., Senior Advisor for Workforce Development
Jessica Carrano, Director of City Legislative Affairs
Christopher Ellis, Director of State Legislative Affairs
Lisa Lashley, Director of Appointments
Gladys Miranda, Director of Scheduling and Senior Advisor to the Mayor
Molly Schaeffer, Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Emergency Advisor
Renee Campion will continue as Commissioner of the Office of Labor Relations
Zachary Iscol, Commissioner of New York City Emergency Management
Christina Farrell, First Deputy Commissioner of New York City Emergency Management
Andrew Kimball, President and CEO of the Economic Development Corporation
Lindsay Greene, CEO of Brooklyn Navy Yard
Anne del Castillo will continue as Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment
Clare Newman will continues as the President and CEO of Trust for Governor’s Island
Ana M. Bermúdez will continue as Commissioner of the Department of Probation
Deanna Logan, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
Elizabeth Crotty, Commissioner and Chair of the New York City Business Integrity Commission
Laurie Cumbo, Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs
Cecile Noel will continue as Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence
Abby Jo Sigal, Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Talent and Workforce Development
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez will continue as Commissioner of the Department for the Aging
Asim Rehman, Commissioner and Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings
Dr. Mitchell Katz will continue as President and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals (approved by the H+H Board)
Jessica Tisch, Commissioner of the Department of Sanitation
Jason Graham, MD, Chief Medical Examiner
Sideya Sherman, Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Equity
Anthony Miranda, Sheriff of the City of New York
Jocelyn Strauber, Commissioner of the Department of Investigation (approved by the City Council)
Sylvia Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel (approved by the City Council)
David Do, Chair and Commissioner of the Taxi and Limousine Commission (needs to be approved by the City Council)
Arva Rice, Interim Chair of The Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB)