Mayor Eric Adams officially named Republican former Staten Island Borough President Jimmy Oddo on Thursday as the city’s new buildings commissioner, while also removing the word “acting” from the title of new Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park.
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“Our administration has always been laser-focused on finding the right people for the right jobs at the right time, and Jimmy Oddo and Molly Wasow Park are exactly those people,” Adams said in a statement. Oddo will take over leadership of Department of Buildings from Kazimir Vilenchik, who’s served as the agency’s acting commissioner since its former head, Eric Ulrich,last fall after getting ensnared in an illegal gambling probe. Adams is elevating Oddo from his current role as Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi’s chief of staff.
“Commissioner Oddo is an expert at building and running high-functioning teams, and he will bring the leadership the Department of Buildings needs to oversee our city’s buildings and protect New Yorkers who work in construction and walk on our streets,” the mayor said. The mayor announced Oddo’s new role a day after he refused to confirm the appointment during an unrelated Wednesday press conference after“Listen, you know the rule: When we appoint, we announce, and we have not appointed yet, so we don’t have an announcement to make,” he told reporters on Wednesday.construction regulations and building codes“Ensuring the safety of every New Yorker and workers alike will always be the top priority,” Oddo said in a statement.
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