Mayor-Elect Eric Adams Announces Several Administration Appointments

CBS New York

December 23, 2021

Mayor-elect Eric Adams announced a number of appointments to his administration Thursday.

Those appointments include:

• Jacques Jiha as director of the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget
• Preston Niblack as commissioner of the Department of Finance
• Gary Jenkins as commissioner of the Human Resources Administration
• Dawn Pinnock as commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services
• Maxwell Young as communications director
• José Bayona will serve as the executive director of the newly-created Mayor’s Office of Ethnic and Community Media. The office aims to promote city services and programs in particular to communities where English is not the primary language.
• Sherif Soliman as director of the Mayor’s Office of Policy and Planning

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