{"id":27442,"date":"2025-11-07T06:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27442\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T06:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:03:11","slug":"pittsburgh-mayor-elect-corey-oconnor-meets-with-mayor-ed-gainey-to-discuss-smooth-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27442\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Mayor-elect Corey O\u2019Connor meets with Mayor Ed Gainey to discuss smooth transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/b8a078b6417e1f5613cc752ec07e9cde.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pittsburgh Mayor-elect Corey O\u2019Connor met with current mayor Ed Gainey today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">O\u2019Connor shared a picture on social media of the two shaking hands with the caption: \u201cI\u2019m grateful to have had the opportunity to sit down with Mayor Gainey today to discuss a smooth transition between administrations and our shared dedication to the people of Pittsburgh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">O\u2019Connor is wasting no time putting together his administration. He appointed Dan Gilman his chief of staff. Gilman held the same role for former mayor Bill Peduto.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/city-pittsburgh-public-safety-lee-schmidt-stepping-down-11-investigates-sources-say\/BJIR7ZWHBBCXXFJ4N2KQ6BCNWY\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RELATED COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Pittsburgh Mayor-Elect Corey O\u2019Connor announces choices for chief of staff, public safety director;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">RELATED COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Pittsburgh Mayor-Elect Corey O\u2019Connor announces choices for chief of staff, public safety director<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">O\u2019Connor also nominated Sheldon Williams as the director of public safety. 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