{"id":10102,"date":"2025-10-20T23:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T23:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/10102\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T23:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T23:20:06","slug":"if-elected-nyc-mayor-cuomo-vows-to-install-chief-innovation-officer-to-advance-ai-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/10102\/","title":{"rendered":"If elected NYC mayor, Cuomo vows to install chief innovation officer to advance AI, blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City mayoral candidate and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday<\/a> that if elected his administration will install a chief innovation officer to lead the adoption of artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies across city agencies.<\/p>\n

Cuomo, who is running as an independent candidate for mayor against Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat, and Curtis Sliwa, a Republican, said the new position would help \u201censure New York City remains the global leader in business, technology, and job creation.\u201d The role would be a senior administration position, leading \u201cefforts to support emerging industries, foster public-private collaboration, and help city governments harness new technologies to improve services and efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cuomo\u2019s camp said the chief innovation officer would also be responsible for attracting investment and jobs from high-growth industries, and coordinating the work city agencies, such as efforts by the Office of Technology and Innovation and the New York City Economic Development Council<\/a> around AI and government efficiency. Last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is not seeking reelection, announced the creation of a new Office of Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology<\/a>, which is housed under OTI and is hoped to bolster the city\u2019s cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.<\/p>\n

The innovation officer would also steer coordination among business, labor, academia and community groups to ensure that innovation benefits all city residents. It would also help city agencies adopt and deploy new technologies to deliver smarter, faster and more transparent public services, according to Cuomo\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n

Cuomo also said his administration would establish an Innovation Council, comprised of leaders from emerging tech fields. The council would help to fill the chief innovation officer position by making recommendations, and advise on policy development, industry standards and consumer protections.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York has always been the city that leads,\u201d Cuomo said in a news release. \u201cWe built the tallest skyscrapers, became the financial center of the world and were the birthplace for the labor movement, the civil rights movement and the LBGTQ rights movement. The next Mayor must make sure we\u2019re also leading in the technologies that will define the next century \u2014 AI, blockchain, and biotech. That\u2019s what this position is about: Keeping New York City not just competitive, but dominant in the global innovation economy. I\u2019m excited for the future. \u201d<\/p>\n

The mayoral election is set to take place on Nov. 4, and all major general polls<\/a> show Mamdani leads by a margin of at least 11 points.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"Keely<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tWritten by Keely Quinlan
\n\t\t\tKeely Quinlan reports on privacy and digital government for StateScoop. She was an investigative news reporter with Clarksville Now in Tennessee, where she resides, and her coverage included local crimes, courts, public education and public health. Her work has appeared in Teen Vogue, Stereogum and other outlets. She earned her bachelor\u2019s in journalism and master\u2019s in social and cultural analysis from New York University.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City mayoral candidate and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that if elected his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80,5071,6227,5073,9,24,8365,56,63,65,64,5065],"class_list":["post-10102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-andrew-cuomo","tag-artificial-intelligence-ai","tag-blockchain","tag-chief-innovation-officer","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-office-of-technology-and-innovation","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-state-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}