Thursday, January 20, 2022

Mayor Swagger hires Vallone, Speaker Adams loads committee chairs with Queens reps

 

City & State

 The Vallone dynasty may not have a place in the City Council anymore, but it does in the Adams administration. Former northeast Queens Council Member Paul Vallone now serves as the deputy commissioner for external affairs in Adams’ Department of Veterans’ Services. 

Queens Post 

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announced new council committee appointments Thursday with more than a dozen committees to be chaired by Queens representatives.

All but three Queens council members were named to lead committees, which focus on a vast array of issues such as land use, parks, the environment and transportation. Each committee votes on bills before they head to the full council.

Council Members Vickie Paladino, a Republican, and Francisco Moya were not named to chair a committee. Adams will not be leading a committee as she is the council speaker—as is common practice.

Moya, who unsuccessfully battled Adams in a quest to be speaker, will be chair of a new subcommittee focused on COVID Recovery and Resiliency.

“I am proud to announce our City Council’s Leadership, as well as committee chairs and assignments,” Adams said in a statement. “This is the most diverse City Council in history, and each member’s experiences and expertise will shape the important work of our legislative body,”

The committees that are being led by Queens representatives are as follows:

Civil and Human Rights: Nantasha Williams

Contracts: Julie Won

Environmental Protection: James Gennaro

Fire and Emergency Management: Joann Ariola

Governmental Operations: Sandra Ung

Health: Lynn Schulman

Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction: Linda Lee

Parks and Recreation: Shekar Krishnan

Technology: Jen Guitérrez

Transportation and Infrastructure: Selvena Brooks-Powers

Veterans: Robert Holden

Woman and Gender Equity: Tiffany Cabán

 

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

and another one from their crew is running the botantical gardens.

Anonymous said...

I guess Paul Vallone is just as qualified as Eric Adams' brother is.

Anonymous said...

Oh good. I was so worried that Vallone, like Ulrich, would be out of work and not able to provide for his family. Elected office can be so cruel. I applaud mayor Adams for taking care of these two hard working public servants.

Anonymous said...

Excuse me, but isn't Adams a democrat. What did you dummies expect. This is the way it always is. If Vallone had run for City Council in his district he would have beat Paladino, hands down. You all live in a democrat run city, you vote for them over and over and over, get used to this.

Anonymous said...

"Paul Vallone now serves as the deputy commissioner for external affairs in Adams’ Department of Veterans’ Services."
Is Vallone a veteran? If not, why did he get the post?

NPC_translator said...

“This is the most diverse City Council in history"

Indeed. And you'd get much, much better results if the Council were composed entirely of blue collar white guys.

Anonymous said...

What a fucking joke!
Paulie no-nuts could no longer get elected to anything, just look at who beat him for the judgeship, so he gets appointed to some patronage position.
Mayor Adams is starting to look like a one-termer, that's if he can stay in office for four years.

Anonymous said...

Yippie, Hochul deploys mental health teams to NYC after fatal subway shove.

Anonymous said...

"Oh good. I was so worried that Vallone, like Ulrich, would be out of work and not able to provide for his family. Elected office can be so cruel. I applaud mayor Adams for taking care of these two hard working public servants."

I seriously hope that the above statement was your deep sarcasm, otherwise save some crazy for Creedmore!