Mayor Adams has appointed Rohit Aggarwala, who led sustainability efforts under Mayor Bloomberg, to lead NYC’s climate change initiatives as well as the Dept. of Environmental Protection—a newly created role that will streamline two government offices.
Rohit Aggarwala, who led sustainability efforts under Bloomberg and helped author the PlaNYC blueprint, will become the city’s new chief climate officer and commissioner of the DEP.Rohit Aggarwala, who led sustainability efforts under Bloomberg and helped author the PlaNYC blueprint, will become the city’s new chief climate officer and commissioner of the DEP.
The mayor, who announced the news on Monday at City Hall, described the new role as the creation of a new leadership team on climate change. The current DEP commissioner, Vincent Sapienza, will serve as the chief operations officer of the DEP. Kizzy Charles-Guzman, who worked on environmental issues under both Bloomberg and Mayor Bill de Blasio, will become the director of the newly created Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice.
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