Mamdani Names Dr. Ayesha Delany-Brumsey to Lead New Office of Community Safety

Mayor Mamdani announced Tue May 5 the appointment of Dr. Ayesha Delany-Brumsey as commissioner of the new Office of Community Safety, the operational lead for the administration's mental-health crisis response push (B-HEARD expansion, gun-violence prevention, alternative-response). Delany-Brumsey previously held senior behavioral-health roles in the de Blasio administration; she joins under Deputy Mayor Renita Francois who oversees the broader public safety portfolio. The Office is operating at $260M against the $1.1B campaign pledge — the appointment is the first concrete operational step since the office's January launch and tightens accountability ahead of the May 12 executive budget. Delany-Brumsey's behavioral-health background signals a continuation of the alternative-response framing rather than a pivot to the more law-enforcement-coded model some council members have pushed.

• in-progressComprehensive public safety reform
• in-progressExpand B-HEARD (mental-health crisis response)
• keptBody-worn camera footage release within 30 days
• in-progressClose Rikers Island

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