{"id":136084,"date":"2026-02-17T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136084\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:18:10","slug":"mamdani-to-name-ally-as-immigrant-affairs-chief-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136084\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani to name ally as immigrant affairs chief, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to appoint a close ally and former top City Council staffer, Faiza Ali, as the new head of the Mayor\u2019s Office of Immigrant Affairs on Monday, sources told NY1.<\/p>\n

The appointment comes as the city and state grapple with their response to federal immigration enforcement \u2014 and less than a week after Mamdani met with fellow mayor Jacob Frey<\/a>, of Minneapolis, to discuss that city\u2019s dealings with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n

What You Need To Know<\/p>\n

Mamdani is expected to appoint Faiza Ali to lead the Mayor\u2019s Office of Immigrant Affairs
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The move comes amid ongoing tensions over federal immigration enforcement
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She previously served as first deputy chief of staff to former Speaker Adrienne Adams
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She has a background in immigrant advocacy and was part of Mamdani\u2019s transition team<\/p>\n

As former City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams\u2019 first deputy chief of staff, Ali was involved in key city budget negotiations, the \u201cCity of Yes\u201d program and efforts to preserve New York City\u2019s sanctuary city laws.<\/p>\n

Mamdani has voiced support for the city\u2019s sanctuary status despite threats from the White House to cut federal funding.<\/p>\n

Before joining city government, Ali worked with immigrant rights groups, serving as advocacy director at the Arab American Association of New York, an organizer with Brooklyn Congregations United and in community affairs at CAIR-NY.<\/p>\n

A member of Mamdani\u2019s transition committee, Ali is also known as a close confidante and ally within Muslim American political circles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to appoint a close ally and former top City Council staffer, Faiza Ali,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[109,25,8889,128,9,24,12,63,87,129,131,130,27],"class_list":["post-136084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-app-local-state-politics","tag-app-top-stories","tag-bernadette-hogan","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-politics","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136084","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=136084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}