Overview
- Garodnick told staff he will leave the Department of City Planning in the coming weeks and will remain temporarily to support a transition.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Leila Bozorg as deputy mayor for housing and planning but has not yet selected a new planning director.
- During four years leading DCP, Garodnick advanced the City of Yes and five neighborhood rezonings that the agency says unlocked about 130,000 housing units.
- The Daily News reported his exit followed not receiving a deputy mayor post, a characterization a Mamdani spokesperson denied.
- Shortly before announcing his departure, Garodnick closed DCP’s urban design division, a move that some planners questioned.