The six new appointees will help oversee the Trust’s planning , operations, and development decisions. On April 14, 2021, Mayor de Blasio announced new appointments to the Trust for Governors Island Board of Directors. The appointments are Donnel Baird, Alice Blank, Lisa Garcia, Grace Lee, Michael Oppenheimer, and Matthew Washington. The appointed members have a combined wealth of knowledge and backgrounds in the fields of green technology, climate science, environmental justice, architecture, business, government, and … <Read More>
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RECAP: Recent Land Use Related City Appointments
Over the past two months, several appointments have been made in various land use related agencies in New York City. To catch up on the recent appointments, click on the stories below.
Mayor de Blasio’s Land Use Appointments Carousel Continues
Mayor de Blasio has re-structured the City’s land use administrative hierarchy to further his affordable housing agenda. On July 22, 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio nominated Margery Perlmutter to serve as Chair of the Board of Standards and Appeals. This was the Mayor’s latest appointment to City land-use positions, all of which will bear heavily on the Mayor’s expansive affordable housing agenda, a ten-year plan designed to preserve some 200,000 units of affordable housing.
What to Make of Mayor Adams’ Last-Day Charter Revision Commission
By Stephen Louis
On December 31, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams, on his last day in office, appointed a new Charter Revision Commission (CRC), a body that reviews the New York City Charter and recommends changes to the voters. The press release announcing the creation of the CRC said it would especially focus on whether open primaries and non-partisan elections would make city government more inclusive, accessible, and democratic.
Day One, and Shortly Thereafter: A New Mayor’s Guide to a Successful Transfer of Power
By Stephen Louis
On January 1, 2026, Zohran Mamdani will become the Mayor of the City of New York. He will be busy from Day One. But to implement his policies, both big and small, what does he have to do on Day One, or shortly thereafter?
New York May Finally Have an Ethics Commission That’s Here for Good and To Do Good
By Elizabeth Fine & Pei Pei Cheng de Castro
New York State needs a strong ethics system to guide state government officials and hold them accountable. Yet, for the past 100 years, this goal has proven elusive. The State has tried more than 12 different ethics board formulations. None survived the test of time.
It seemed that the State had found a winning formula with the 2022 Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (COELIG), … <Read More>