Our Team
Deputy Borough Presidents
Aya
Keefe
Deputy Borough President
Keisha
Sutton-James
Deputy Borough President
Directors
Elaine
Cheung
Chief of Staff for Operations
Peter
Torre
General Counsel
Chris
Carroll
Chief of Staff for Policy, Budget, and External Affairs
Lizette
Chaparro
Director of Land Use & Planning
Manuel
Belliard
Director of Constituent Services
Winthrop
Roosevelt
Director of Communications
Amy
Slattery
Director of Budget and Capital Projects
Elka
Morety
Director of Scheduling
Mariel
de la Cruz
Director of Special Events
and Partnerships
Deirdre
Lyles
Director of Human
Resources
Kyshia
Smith
Director of Strategic Initiatives
and Organizing
Erik
Cuello
Director of Community Affairs
Staff
Community Affairs
Dawn
Billings
Community Liaison
Andrew
Chang
Community Liaison
CBs 1 & 2
Porfirio
Figueroa
Community Liaison
CBs 11 & 12
Bracha
Rosenberg
Community Liaison
CBs 5 & 6
Yiyi
Wang
Community Liaison
CBs 3 & 4
Sowaibah
Shahbaz
Community Liaison
CBs 7 & 8
Shawn
Brannon
Community Liaison
CBs 9 & 10
Land Use and Planning
Madeleine
McGrory
Senior Urban Planner
Hector
Rivera
Topographic Associate
Céleste
Royo
Senior Urban Planner
Policy
Daniel
Alam
Economic Development &
Technology Policy Analyst
A. Tara
Basu
Education Policy Analyst
Aswini “Winn”
Periyasamy
Assistant Director of Policy
Jesse
Lang
Housing and Transportation Policy Analyst
Communications
Mia
Edelstein
Speechwriter
Anthony
Hidalgo
Digital Director
Reuben A.
Torres
Deputy Director of Communications
Budget
Nelson
Andino
Deputy Director of Capital Projects & Budget
Maytee
Cariño
Capital Projects & Budget Analyst
Scheduling
Rebecca
Grigas
Scheduling Assistant,
Receptionist
Mary Ann
Mackey
Deputy Director
of Scheduling
D’Andre
Ward
Borough President
Driver
Andre
Wilkinson
Borough President
Driver
Special Events
Tyrone
Bowman
Special Events Coordinator/ Proclamations
Northern Manhattan Office
Junior
Martinez
Constituent Services Liaison
Xzavier
Medina
Constituent Services Liaison
Lori
Williams
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
Information Technology
Fernando
Garza
IT Manager
Borough History
Dr. Robert
Snyder
Manhattan Borough Historian
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