Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced his first official picks for his upcoming administration Monday, tapping seasoned government veteran Dean Fuleihan to serve as his first deputy mayor and his longtime adviser Elle Bisgaard-Church to be his chief of staff. (City & State profiled Bisgaard-Church here .)

While the exact duties of the first deputy mayor vary somewhat depending on who is in the seat, Fuleihan will officially be tasked with managing the day-to-day operations of city government. Some deputy mayors are more empowered than others. And some stay in the role longer than others. Eric Adams’ first first deputy mayor, Lorraine Grillo, left the administration after just a year, for example.

“Dean's steadiness, his managerial competence and his clarity of vision will support me as

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