CLEVELAND — The city of Cleveland’s community development director has stepped down.

Alyssa Hernandez left on Nov. 14, according to a City Hall spokesman. In a statement and an email to department chiefs and senior staff, city officials did not say why she departed. News 5 has reached out to Hernandez for comment.

“Director Alyssa Hernandez has stepped down from her role, effective immediately,” Bradford Davy, the chief of staff to Mayor Justin Bibb, wrote in an email to staff last Friday evening. “Our administration is grateful for Alyssa’s service and her leadership in advancing the city’s housing and neighborhood development priorities.”

Joy Anderson, a longtime city employee, is serving as the department's interim director. The city has already posted Hernandez’s job, with a salary

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