New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people to help advise his incoming administration on policy and appointments, and to help him chart a new course for city government. 

Mamdani held a news conference Monday with some of the people he hopes will bring new energy and ideas to city government which he says he feels has grown sluggish and stagnant. 

"New Yorkers have placed a great deal of hope and expectation in this new course that they have elected us to chart. It is a hope that City Hall can deliver results that make material, tangible changes in the lives of working people across these five boroughs," Mamdani said. 

Experienced government veterans and insiders like Rodney Harrison, Kathy Wylde, Dan Nigro, Ruth Messinger and more have all agreed to serve on these committees, among many others. 

2 new transition committees to send a message to his base

The Mamdani team will have the expected committees on transportation and public safety, for example, but he will also have two committees that have not been part of other mayoral transitions, including one on worker justice and another on community organizing. 

"These are two critical parts of what it means to be a New Yorker today. We have workers across the city who have to deal with conditions that should frankly ashame us," Mamdani said. 

Professor J.C. Polanco of the University of Mt. Saint Vincent said the two committees also show his base, the Democratic Socialists of America, that he is still committed to the ideals that got him elected, especially after asking Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to remain at the NYPD, and finding common ground with President Trump. 

"If you are a card-carrying member of the DSA, you're concerned today that maybe the guy that rose to the mayor's position with your support is turning on you. So it's important that he says to them, I'm still one of you, I got your back," Polanco said. 

Mamdani said 70,000 people have submitted resumes to join his administration. He said there are 17,000 vacancies in city government at the moment because nobody wanted them. 

Mamdani said his government would show "the importance of turning what people say no to into that which they say how to." 

Among those vacancies: 

• The NYPD has about 2,600 open spots
• The Department of Education needs about 2,500 teachers
• There are 1,600 openings in the Correction Department

"A love for hard work, a deep belief in the promise of New York City, and a commitment to the affordability agenda that New Yorkers are demanding unite the more than 400 experts we have appointed to our Transition Committees today. By helping us recruit top talent and develop smart policy, these committees will be instrumental to ensuring we hit the ground running on January 1st — and that our results align with the promises we've made," Mamdani said. 

"Excellence is the guiding light driving this transition, and today's committee appointees are no exception. Together, these leaders will help prepare Mayor-elect Mamdani's administration to take on the city's toughest challenges—from housing access to emergency preparedness to the day-to-day operations of city government that must be exceptional," said Transition Executive Director Elana Leopold.

Each committee is being overseen by one of the four previously announced transition co-chairs. 

The complete list of the committees and their membership is below. 

Committee on Arts & Culture

• Hiba Abid, New York Public Library
• Dr. Elizabeth Alexander, Mellon Foundation
• Suroosh Alvi, Vice
• Jessica Baker, Vodoor Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
• Alexis Bittar, Jewelry Designer
• Rocky Bucano, Hip Hop Museum
• Gonzalo Casals, Culture & Arts Policy Institute
• Carolyn Concepcion, ARTNOIR
• Colm Dillane, KidSuper
• Kimberly Drew, Pace Gallery
• Atiba Edwards, Brooklyn Children's Museum
• Kamilah Forbes, Apollo Theatre
• Lisa Gold, Asian American Arts Alliance
• Jenna Hamed, Curator and Book maker
• Kemi Ilesanmi, KG1
• Wes Jackson, BRIC
• Ruba Katrib, MoMA PS1
• Coco Killingsworth, Cultural Institutions Group
• Mino Lora, The Peoples Theatre
• Patricia McGregor, NY Theatre Workshop
• Lydia Pilcher, Cine Mosaic
• Victoria Rogers, Leadership Strategist
• Hal Rosenbluth, Kaufman Astoria Studios
• Legacy Russell, The Kitchen
• Kenny Savoca, IATSE 161
• Hannah Traore, Hannah Traore Gallery
• Diya Vij, Powerhouse Arts
• Dennis Walcott, Queens Library

Committee on Community Organizing

• Sherif Ahmed, Muslim American Society NY
• Ibrahim Ahmed, Yankasa Organization
• Abdul Aziz, Bhuiyan Hillside Islamic Center
• Gianpaolo Baiocchi
• Lumuumba Bandele, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
• Marco Carrion, Consortium for Worker Education
• Catie Fireman, Astoria Food Pantry
• Joanne Grell, Community Action for Safe Apartments
• Jasmine Gripper, Working Families Party
• Sumathy Kumar, Tenant Bloc
• Juanita Lewis, Community Voices Heard
• Aji Fanta Marenah, Muslim Democratic Club of New York
• Santosh Nandabalan, New York Communities for Change
• Anthonine Pierre, Brooklyn Movement Center
• Asher Ross, Democratic Socialists of America
• Wanda Salaman, Mothers on the Move
• Waleed Shahid, Strategist and Organizer
• Jagpreet Singh, DRUM Beats
• Celina Su, City University of New York
• Katie Unger, Consultant
• Julie Xu, CAAAV

Committee on Community Safety

• K Bain, Community Capacity Development
• Jonah Boyarin, Educator & Consultant
• Jasmine Budnella, VOCAL NY
• Erica Ford, LIFE Camp
• Kassandra Frederique, Drug Policy Alliance
• Rev. Charles Galbreath, Clarendon Road Church
• Daniela Gilbert, Vera Institute
• Elizabeth Glazer, Vital City
• Shamshul Haq, Bangladeshi American Police Association
• Tom Harris, Times Square Alliance
• Rodney K. Harrison
• Susan Herman
• Rama Issa-Ibrahim, Center for Anti-Violence Education
• Joo-Hyun Kang, Organizer and Strategist
• Kevin Livingston, 100 Suits
• Jose Lopez, Make the Road
• Tamika Mallory
• Max Markham, NYU Policing Project
• Hassan Naveed, Naveed Consulting, LLC
• Justine Oldermann, New York University
• Dana Rachlin, We Build the Block
• Mariela Ruiz Angel, Center for Innovations in Community Safety at Georgetown Law
• Maurice Vann, City University of New York (CUNY)
• Alex Vitale, Author
• Jo-ann Yoo
• Ken Zimmerman, Fountain House

Committee on the Criminal Legal System

• Dan Ades, Center for Justice Innovation
• Rachael Bedard, Physician and Writer
• Ana Bermudez
• Sarita Dafarty, Freedom Agenda
• Meg Egan, Women's Prison Association
• Alice Fontier, Legal Aid Society
• Benjamin Heller, Vera Institute of Justice
• Michael Jacobson, City University of New York (CUNY)
• Zachary Katznelson, A More Just NYC
• Michael Klinger, Brooklyn Defenders
• Scott Levy, FWD.us
• Mysoone Linen
• Deb Lolai
• Janos Marton, Dream.org
• Lisa Ohta, UAW Local 2325
• Meghna Philip, Legal Aid Society
• Angelo Pinto
• Meg Reiss
• Vincent Schiraldi
• Jordan Stockdale

Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Development:

• Margaret Anadu, Vistria Group
• Deyanira Del Río, New Economy
• Mark Egerman
• Gustavo Gordillo, Democratic Socialists of America
• Jack Gross, Phenomenal World
• Darrick Hamilton, The New School
• Reed Jordan
• Stephanie Luce, City University of New York (CUNY)
• Rich Maroko, Hotel and Gaming Trades Council
• Gregory Morris, New York City Employment and Training Coalition
• Regina Myer, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
• Larisa Ortiz, Streetsense
• James Patchett, Gilbane
• Emma Pfohman, The Association for a Better New York
• Blondel Pinnock, Bed Stuy Restoration
• Jeff Lee, Romero Invenergy
• Yasser Salem, OneNYC
• Anisha Steephen, Economic Security Project
• Julie Stein, Union Square Partnership
• Kathy Wylde, Partnership for NY

Committee on Emergency Response

• Andy Ansbro, Uniformed Firefighters Association
• Anne Bink
• Jill Eisenhard, Eisenhard Consulting
• Peter Gudaitis, New York Disaster and Interfaith Services
• Ayo Harrington, NYC Volunteer Orgs Active in Disaster
• Jonathan Logan, Vulcan Society
• Kelly McKinney, NYU Langone Health
• Daniel Nigro
• Michael Partis, Red Hook Initiative
• Joe Potasnik, NY Board of Rabbis
• Chris Smith, Minister
• Jilly Stephens, City Harvest
• Doreen Thomann-Howe, American Red Cross of Greater NY
• Vincent Variale, Uniformed EMS Officers Union Local 3621
• Jeannette Torres, NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services

Committee on Government Operations

• Hector Batista, City University of New York (CUNY)
• Francesco Brindisi, Office of NYC Comptroller
• Dominic Campbell, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University
• Cynthia Conti-Cook, Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
• Nathan Gusdorf, Fiscal Policy Institute
• Charlette Hamamgian, Office of NYC Comptroller
• Shafeka Hashash, Economic Security Project
• Danielle Kavanagh-Smith
• Carol Kellermann
• Bob Linn
• Zara Nasir, The People's Plan
• Albert Pulido, New York State Executive Chamber
• Helen Rosenthal, Former NYC Council Member
• Marc Shaw
• Marla Simpson, Independent Budget Office
• Ajeet Singh, Illinois Dept of Health Data Modernization Strategy
• Faiza Ali, NYC Council
• Laura Kavanagh
• Aliya Latif, Office of NYC Comptroller

Committee on Health

• Tahir Amin, Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK)
• Natasha Anushri Anandaraja, Public Health Practioner
• Yvonne Armstrong, 1199 SEIU
• Oxiris Barbot, United Hospital Fund
• Mary Basset, Harvard University Chan School of Public Health
• Elisabeth Benjamin, Community Service Society
• Barbara Caress, Baruch College
• Ebone Carrington, Manatt Health
• Demetre Daskalakis
• Traci Donnelly, The Child Center of NY
• Torian Easterling, Brooklyn Community Collaboratives
• Jen Gaboury, City University of New York (CUNY)
• Nancy Hagans, New York State Nurses Association
• Musaub Khan , Physician
• Michael Kinnucan, Fiscal Policy Institute
• Eric Linzer, NY Health Plan Association
• Patrick
 McGovern, Callen Lorde
• David Perlstein, St. Barnabas Hospital
• Ken Raske, State and Government Affairs Greater New York Hospital Association
• Ashna Shome, CIR/SEIU
• Dr. Carla Smith, NYC LGBT Community Center
• Wendy Stark, Planned Parenthood
• Rabbi Abby Stein
• Bruce Vladeck, Academic
• Marlene Zurack

Committee on Housing

• Nicholas Bloom, City University of New York (CUNY)
• Dr. Dedrick Blue, Church of Seventh Day Adventists
• Rafael Cestero, Community Preservation Corporation
• Bea De la Torre, Trinity Foundation
• Charlie Dulik, Housing Conservation Coordinators
• Emily Eisner, Fiscal Policy Institute
• Carolee Fink, COO M Squared
• Moses Gates, Regional Plan Association
• Lisa Gomez
• Annemarie Gray, Open New York
• David Greenberg, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
• Adriene Holder, Legal Aid Society
• Olivia Leirer, New York Communities for Change
• Allison Nickerson, LiveOn NY
• Manny Pastreich, 32BJ SEIU
• Carlina Rivera, New York State Association for Affordable Housing
• Brian Scott, Pastor
• Alina Shen, CAAAV
• Iziah Thompson, Community Service Society
• Jed Walentas, REBNY
• Matt Wambua, Merchants Capital
• Cea Weaver, Tenant Bloc
• Barika Williams, Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development
• Paul Williams, Center for Public Enterprise

Committee on Immigrant Justice

• Jesus Aguais, Aid for Aids
• Fahd Ahmed, DRUM Beats
• Farihah Akhtar, CAAAV
• Imam Shamsi Ali, Jamaica Muslim Center
• Dr Debbie Almontaser, Emgage
• Mohamed Q. Amin, Caribbean Equality Project
• Natalia Aristizabal, Make the Road
• Murad Awawdeh, New York Immigration Coalition
• Adama Bah, Africana
• Melissa Chua, NYLAG
• Rosa Cohen-Cruz, Bronx Defenders
• Stephanie Delia, Little Haiti, BK Inc.
• Yasmine Farhang, Immigrant Defense Project
• Emira Habiby, Center for the Integration and Advancement of New Americans, Inc.
• Marwa Janini, Arab American Association of NY
• Amaha Kassa, African Communities Together
• Jason Klein, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
• Peter Markowitz Cardozo
• Yesenia Mata, La Colmena
• Jocelyn McCalla, Haitian-American Foundation for Democracy
• Christine Mendoza, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
• Ruth Messinger
• Frankie Miranda, Hispanic Federation
• Bitta Mostofi
• Annetta Seecharran, Chhaya CDC
• Rachel Timoner, Congregation Beth Elohim

Committee on Legal Affairs

• Tahanie Aboushi, Aboushi Law Firm
• Baher Azmy, Center for Constitutional Rights
• Richard Briffault, Columbia Law
• Twyla Carter, The Legal Aid Society
• Susan Chapman, Business Leader
• Catherine Christian, Liston Abramson LLP
• Jerry Goldfeder, Cozen O'Connor LLP
• LiJia Gong, Local Progress Impact Lab
• Ramzi Kassem
• Sania Khan, IN__SERVICE
• Seher Khawaja, Legal Momentum
• Jacques Léandre
• Donna Lieberman, NYCLU
• Kapil Longani, State University of New York (SUNY)
• Mandeep Minhas, Scott & Scott LLP
• Afaf Nasher, Council on American-Islamic Relations, New York
• Shaifuli Puri
• Julissa Reynoso, Winston Strawn
• Derek Sells, Cochran Firm
• Zephyr Teachout, Law Professor

Committee on Small Businesses & MWBEs

• Mo Attia, Street Vendor Project
• Arman  Chowdhury, MUNA
• Jonnel Doris, Start NY
• Somia Elrowmeim, Women's Empowerment Coalition of NYC
• Jeffrey LeFrancois, Meatpacking District Management Association
• Grace Mausser, Democratic Socialists of America
• Youssef Mubaraz, Yemeni American Merchants Association (YAMA)
• Jamie Y. Nagi, Business Owner
• Imran Pasha
• Kavita Pawria-Sanchez
• Mary Pryor, Cannaclusive
• Shah Rehman, BHALO/ Musvote
• Andrew Rigie, New York City Hospitality Alliance
• Tuulikki Robertson, Black Institute
• Fernando Radhames Rodriguez, United Bodegas of America
• Urgen Sherpa, Chhaya CDC
• Lisa Sorin, Five Borough Alliance
• Melba Wilson, Melba's

Committee on Social Services

• Lilliam Barrios-Paoli
• Joel Berg, Hunger Free America
• Catherine Chen, Asian American Federation
• Dania Darwish, Asiyah Women Center
• Nat Fields, URI
• Orlando Findlayter
• Beth Finkel, AARP NY
• Lisa Fitzpatrick
• Sienna Fontaine, Make the Road
• Saratu Ghartey, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
• Dave Giffen, Coalition for the homeless
• Stephen Green, Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York
• Erum Hanif, APNA Community Center
• Judy Herbstman, Settlement Housing Fund
• Wayne Ho, Chinese-American Planning Council
• Michelle Jackson, Human Services Council
• David Jones, Community Service Society
• Jennifer Jones-Austin, FPWA
• Lorena Kourousias, Mixteca
• Vanessa Leung, Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
• Ellen Lippmann, Rabbi
• Maria Lizardo, Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp
• Dr. Sharon McLennon Weir, Center for the Independence of the Disabled (CIDNY)
• Masha Pearl, Blue Card Fund
• Christine Quinn, WIN
• Jocelyn Rainey, Brooklyn Foundation
• Bobbie Sackman
• Ann Maria Scalia, JCCA
• Catherine Trapani, Volunteers of America - Greater New York

Committee on Technology

• Sarah Aoun
• Ruha Benjamin, Ida B Wells Just Data Lab at Princeton
• Myaisha Hayes, MediaJustice
• Noel Hidalgo, BetaNYC
• Sam Jacobs, Food Fight Lab
• Katherine Jin, Democratic Socialists of America
• Amba Kak, AI Now Institute
• Huge Ma, Turbovax
• Matt Mitchell
• ReNika Moore, ACLU
• Alondra Nelson, Institute for Advanced Study
• Martha Norrick, Backbone Strategies
• Julie Samuels, Tech NYC
• Garfield Swaby, New York Public Library
• Julie Swoope Democratic Socialists of America
• Haley Van Dyck
• Elyse Voegeli, 18F
• Maia Woluchem, Data & Society

Committee on Transportation, Climate, & Infrastructure

• Eddie Bautista, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance
• Amy Chester, Rebuild by Design
• Tabitha Decker, Spring Street Climate Fund
• Minelly DeCoo
• Michael Flynn, TYLin
• Ben Furnas, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives
• Noah Ginsburg, New York Solar Energy Industries Association
• Eric Goldwyn, NYU Marron Institute
• Rhiana Gunn-Wright , Green New Deal
• Chris Halfnight, Urban Green Council
• Monika Hansen
• Meera Joshi, Greenwood Cemetery
• Benjamin Kabak, 2nd Ave Subway
• Marc Kagan, Public School Teacher at Bronx Science
• Sara Lind, Open Plans
• Nivardo Lopez, Gateway Development Commission
• Clare Miflin, ThinkWoven
• Morgan Monaco, Prospect Park Alliance
• Lauren Phillips, NRDC
• Betsy Plum, Riders Alliance
• Nancy Romer, PSC-CUNY
• Esther Rosario, Climate Jobs NY
• John Samuelsen, TWU
• Daphany Rose Sanchez, Kinetic Communities Consulting
• Siddhartha Sanchez, Bronx River Alliance
• Dennis Schock, Teamsters Local 831 - Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association
• Peggy  Shepard, WE ACT
• Lise Strickler, Three Cairns Group
• Tyler Taba, Waterfront Alliance
• Tiffany Ann Taylor, Regional Plan Association
• Midori Valdivia
• Laurie Wheelock, PULP
• Justin Wood, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest

Committee on Worker Justice

• Amit Singh Bagga, Public Progress Solutions
• Mohammed Karim Chowdhury, ASAAL
• Hidalyn Colon Hernandez, NICE
• Bhairavi Desai, New York Taxi Workers Alliance
• Rebecca Dixon, National Employment Law Project
• Rafael Espinal, Freelancers Union
• Kazi Fouzia, DRUM Beats
• Terri Gerstein, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative
• Brendan Griffith, NYC Central Labor Council
• Ligia Guallpa, Los Deliveristas Unidos and Worker Justice Project
• Chaumtoli Huq, CUNY School of Law
• Elizabeth Jordan, Make the Road
• Hyungwoo David Kim, Strategic Organizing Center
• Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York
• Sam Levine
• Rebecca Lynch, Office of NYC Comptroller
• Brandon Mancilla, UAW 9A
• Theo Moore, ALIGN
• James Parrott, Economist
• Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance
• Lorelai Salas
• Edwin Tablada
• Candis Tall, 32BJ SEIU
• Dennis Trainor, CWA District 1

Committee on Youth & Education

• Tazin Azad
• Rebecca Bailin, New Yorkers United for Child Care
• Nyah Berg, Appleseed
• Evelyn Castro, Medgar Evers College
• Jason Cone, Robin Hood Foundation
• James Davis, PSC-CUNY
• Marielys Divanne, Futuro Solutions
• Mark Dunetz, New Visions for Public Schools
• Kesi Foster, Partners for Dignity & Rights
• Amy Freitag, NY Community Trust
• Tara Gardner, Daycare Council of NY
• Debra Ellen Glickstein, KidsRise
• Karin Goldmark, GreenLink Education
• Matt Gonzales, New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools (RJPS)
• Sharon Greenberger, YMCA Greater NY
• Brian Jones, Center for Education & Schools and New York Public Library
• John King, State University of New York (SUNY)
• Sebastian Leon Martinez YDSA
• Randi Levine, Advocates for Children
• Christine Marinoni, Public School Advocate
• Felix Matos Rodriguez, City University of New York (CUNY)
• Rashad Moore, Crown Heights Baptist Church
• Michael Mulgrew, United Federation of Teachers (UFT)
• Lori Podvesker, INCLUDEnyc
• Hasoni Pratts, National Urban League
• Grace Rauh, Citizens Union
• Arva Rice, NY Urban League
• Raysa Rodriquez, Citizen's Committee for Children
• Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari, Alliance for Quality Education
• Edie Sharp
• Felicia Singh, Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
• Susan Stamler, United Neighborhood Houses
• Hannah Towfeik, Muslim American Society (MAS)
• Mary Vaccarro, United Federation of Teachers (UFT)
• Joshua Wallack
• Eric Waterman, East Flatbush Village Inc.
• Terrence Winston, Coalition for Community Schools Excellence