Our Team

Miesha
Smith

Deputy Borough President

Jonah
Rose

Chief of Staff

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Jonathan
Weinberg

General Counsel

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Marielle
Ali

Director of Community Affairs

Tyler
O’Day

Director of Communications

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Emily
Bachman

Director of Land Use and Planning

Junior
Martinez

Director of Constituent Services

Esther
Caroline

Director of Policy

Caroline
Wekselbaum

Director of Budget and Capital Projects

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Deirdre
Lyles

Director of Human
Resources

Kiara
Royer

Director of Special Events
and Strategic Initiatives

Serena
Deni

Director of Scheduling

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Benjamin
Platt

Director of Intergovernmental Affairs

Alejandro
Coriat

Director of Borough Organizing

Jon
Houston

Senior Advisor

Staff

Community Affairs

Dawn
Billings

Community Affairs
Administrator

Porfirio
Figueroa

Deputy Director of Community Affairs,
Community Liaison
CBs 11 & 12

Andrew
Chang

Community Liaison
CBs 1 & 2

Yiyi
Wang

Community Liaison
CBs 3 & 4

Bracha
Rosenberg

Community Liaison
CBs 5 & 6

Sowaibah
Shahbaz

Community Liaison
CBs 7 & 8

Nyles
Robinson

Community Liaison
CBs 9 & 10

Land Use and Planning

Hector
Rivera

Topographic Associate

Céleste
Royo

Deputy Director of Land Use

Policy

Daniel
Alam

Economic Development &
Technology Policy Analyst

A. Tara
Basu

Education Policy Analyst

Jesse
Lang

Deputy Director of Policy

Communications

Mia
Stein

Speechwriter

Anthony
Hidalgo

Digital Director

Liam
Horan

Press Secretary

Budget

Nelson
Andino

Deputy Director of Capital Projects & Budget

Maytee
Cariño

Capital Projects & Budget Analyst

Scheduling

Jude
Rollison

Scheduling Assistant

D’Andre
Ward

Borough President
Driver

Phoenix
Padmore

Borough President
Driver

Special Events and Strategic Initiatives

Tyrone
Bowman

Special Events Coordinator/ Proclamations

Raymond
Santana

Strategic Initiatives Coordinator

Northern Manhattan Office

Xzavier
Medina

Constituent Services Liaison

Kevina
Lonesome

Constituent Services Liaison

Tia
Turns-Ashcraft

Constituent Services Liaison

Operations

Cleopatra
Browne

Receptionist

Ingrid
Grant

Budget/Purchasing Manager

Nanda
Sohan

Human Resource Analyst

Kimberly
James

Timekeeping/Payroll Manager

Debbie
Timothy

Internship Program Coordinator

Eduardo
Sencion

Facilities
Coordinator

Borough Historian

Harold
Holzer

Manhattan Borough Historian

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