Mamdani Appoints Budget Guru Dean Fuleihan as First Deputy Mayor

Democratic Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani appointed a seasoned bureaucrat to manage New York City’s day-to-day operations and roughly $120 billion budget.

Dean Fuleihan, who has served in government for more than 40 years, was tapped by Mamdani to serve as first deputy mayor, according to a press release from the mayor-elect’s office on Monday.

Dean Fuleihan and Zohran Mamdani during a press conference at Roosevelt House at Hunter College in New York on Nov. 10.

Photographer: Lev Radin/Sipa/AP Photo

Fuleihan, 74, rose from budget analyst in the state Assembly to serve as senior budget negotiator for former state Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. He moved to city hall after former Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed him as the city’s budget director. Later, he served ...