NEW YORK CITY-Former Port Authority executive Anthony Shorris has been named first deputy mayor of the city by Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, GlobeSt.com has learned.
Shorris will be the second highest-ranking official at City Hall, according to the New York Daily News. He's “a seasoned city government hand and veteran troubleshooter,” the paper says.
Shorris has a long history of having served the city. He worked as executive director of the Port Authority under Governor Eliot Spitzer, deputy schools chancellor from 2001 to 2003 and as finance commissioner and deputy director of the city budget office under Mayor Ed Koch.
Currently, Shorris is toiling in the private sector, serving as SVP and chief of staff at NYU Langone Medical Center. The seasoned civil servant will work closely with De Blasio, the incoming mayor said at a press conference.
"The term is first deputy mayor, which means very clearly this will be the person I turn to in order to run the day-to-day operations of government,” de Blasio said. “He will have my imprimatur to make sure my agenda is implemented each and every day.”
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
