Following an explosion of outrage from the LGBTQ community, Mayor Eric Adams backtracked from an apparent plan to hire anti-LGBTQ former Bronx Councilmember Fernando Cabrera to lead the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health.
Politico New York reported on February 3 that the mayor was looking to hire Cabrera to fill the role of the rebranded office that was previously known as ThriveNYC under the de Blasio administration. Sally Goldenberg, who wrote the story for Politico alongside Amanda Eisenberg, said in a follow-up Twitter post that three sources told her Cabrera “was absolutely selected” and “already met with employees at the agency he’s been considered for.”
