New York City’s Chief Housing Officer Jessica Katz is set to leave her post in the Adams administration by early July, she told Gothamist, leaving open a critical role tasked with overseeing the city’s response to its growing housing and homelessness crises.
Mayor Eric Adams appointed Katz — a former city housing official, supportive housing administrator and policy expert — to the role at the beginning of his first-term in January 2022.
The newly created position was a partial response to calls for a deputy mayor to coordinate the various agencies that handle housing, including the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, NYCHA and the Department of Social Services.
In an exclusive interview, Katz said she did not yet know where she’ll go next, but plans to take the summer off.
Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, partakes in the NYC Pride march on Sunday.
The grand...
Three firefighters were killed and two others injured Saturday while they tackled wildfires on the Colorado-Utah...
A 22-year-old visitor to Yosemite national park in California died after he was swept over a...
