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Adams, who’s been studying the management approach of his predecessors and other notable leaders, is facing an unprecedented crisis in the pandemic and ethical concerns over some of appointments.
Lewis-Martin served as deputy borough president during Adams’ tenure as Brooklyn borough president a job which essentially had her acting as his right hand and it appears her new role will give her considerable influence in City Hall as well.
Eric Adams is filling out the upper echelon of his administration, what he calls “my core leadership,” with the appointment of five deputy mayors, all of them women. That’s a breakthrough, as lots of mayors before Adams had only men around them.