Mayor-Elect Mamdani Makes Two Key Appointments To Incoming Administration
Jahmila Edwards, a DC 37 official, will lead efforts to secure government support for Mayor-elect Mamdani’s major initiatives including fare-free buses and expanded childcare.
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Mayor-elect Mamdani makes appointments to transition team as administration faces budget deficits
Mamdani announced that Jahmila Edwards will be the head of the Mayor's Office of Intergovernmental Relations and will serve as his liaison to city and state government.
Mamdani taps top official from NYC’s largest municipal union as his government relations head
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is appointing Jahmila Edwards, a top official in the city’s DC 37 union, as his intergovernmental relations chief, sources familiar with the matter tell the Daily News. Edwards’ appointment is expected to be announced at a press conference in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning, the sources said. Mamdani, who’s set to be sworn in as the city’s next mayor on Jan. 1, is expected to unveil at least one more top hire for his inc…
The elected mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, announced on Wednesday the appointment of veteran trade union leader Jahmila Edwards as director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, a key position to weave political and financial support that will allow the execution of his most ambitious promises. The announcement was made in a Greenpoint library, where Mamdani stressed that coordination with other levels of government will be central to …
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