\u201cI want to extend a sincere thank you to Deputy Mayor\u00a0Renita Francois<\/a>\u00a0for this incredible opportunity and for her leadership as we build the City\u2019s first unified, durable community safety agency,\u201d Naveed wrote on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a profound honor to work under the vision of Mayor Zohran K Mamdani to ensure that safety in New York City is proactive, coordinated, and grounded in the needs of our neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n Hassan served under Adams as the executive director for the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes for about a year and a half.<\/p>\n He claims he was fired from his \u201chostile work environment\u201d over the administration\u2019s anti-Muslim bias, claiming in a lawsuit that he faced \u201crepeated discrimination on the basis of his Muslim religion and his South Asian ethnicity.\u201d<\/p>\n Naveed and other Muslim members of the team raised concerns of the behavior after the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, but claims in the suit then-Mayor Adams brushed it aside.<\/p>\n The suit quotes Adams as saying, \u201cI don\u2019t know the difference between a Palestinian, Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, I have no idea.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued to play down any allegations, telling Naveed that Muslims were facing discrimination because they had not denounced Hamas, the suit adds.<\/p>\n![\"Hassan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hassan-naveed-former-director-new-126057762.jpg\")
Hassan Naveed is joining the Mamdani administration as the chief of staff to the deputy mayor for community safety. Ed Reed\/Mayoral Photography Office<\/p>\n![\"New](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-york-city-mayor-eric-123851754.jpg\")
Naveed claims he was fired over the Adams administration\u2019s \u201crepeated discrimination on the basis of his Muslim religion and his South Asian ethnicity.\u201d AP<\/p>\n