Mayor Zohran Mamdani will appoint Faiza Ali as commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) on Tuesday, amNewYork has learned — bringing into his administration a long-time ally and a City Council veteran to lead the office at a critical moment for immigrant New Yorkers.
Ali, the daughter of Pakistani immigrants and raised in Brooklyn, most recently served on Mamdani’s transition committee on government operations. At the Council, she rose from community liaison in 2014 to director of the Community Engagement Division, before serving as first deputy chief of staff to former Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. She reportedly left that role voluntarily the day before the first stated meeting of the year, as Council Speaker Julie Menin took over and implemented staffing changes.
