Overview
- Sideya Sherman was appointed chair of the City Planning Commission and director of the Department of City Planning, succeeding Dan Garodnick, who resigned in January.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani also reappointed Edith Hsu-Chen as DCP executive director and Eric Enderlin as president of the Housing Development Corporation.
- Sherman and the mayor emphasized priorities that include affordability, fair housing and equitable development, with Sherman framing land use as a tool to keep New Yorkers in their communities.
- Under Garodnick, the city advanced the City of Yes zoning changes and multiple neighborhood rezonings, and the administration has begun shaping a next phase aimed at increasing affordable housing.
- Sherman previously served as the city’s chief equity officer, led the Taskforce on Racial Inclusion and Equity, spent more than a decade at NYCHA and held roles at the Municipal Art Society and LISC.