Mayor Eric Adams turned the page on the first year of his administration Tuesday morning, officially naming Sheena Wright and Camille Joseph Varlack his next first deputy mayor and chief of staff, respectively, at a City Hall news conference.
Wright, deputy mayor for strategic initiatives, and Joseph Varlack, a senior advisor to the mayor, will be taking over for Adams’ current First Deputy Mayor Lorraine Grillo and Chief of Staff Frank Carone, who will leave office at the start of the new year.the understanding they would only serve in their senior positions for its first year to get things off the ground
“Lorraine came in with the level of expertise and the level of knowledge and really provided the security that we needed as we transitioned into this new level,” Adams said. “No matter who we were, when you want to do something you’ve never done before, you better have someone there that has done it before. And Lorraine brought that.”
Adams credited Grillo and Carone with brokering a deal to bring a new life sciences center to the Kips Bay section of Manhattan, reigniting efforts to make long-needed repairs to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, working to reform the city’s capital process and building his administration. “Sheena, I’ve known for many years, she’s been a steady hand, cool head and [has] a passion for the work that is needed in this city,” Adams said. “She knows how to bring business, nonprofits and government together to simply get stuff done. Government has always had knowledgeable people who did not have the creativity to solve the problems that we are facing. And she brings that commitment and creativity to our city.
Camille Joseph Varlack speaking at announcement that she’ll be Mayor Eric Adams’ next chief of staff. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022.Adams said Joseph Varlack displayed the “calm, strategic, general like” demeanor that he was seeking in Carone’s replacement.
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