On Monday, four of Mayor Eric Adams’s eight deputy mayors announced they would resign.
In a City Hall tarnished by accusations of cronyism and corruption, the four departing deputy mayors stood out as well-regarded technocrats with decades of public service experience.
It is unclear if their departures will lead to an exodus of the commissioners serving under them. Nor is it clear how Mr. Adams will replace them, or govern, moving forward.
Here is a look at the four officials who resigned.
Maria Torres-Springer, First Deputy Mayor
When Mr. Adams named Maria Torres-Springer, 48, as first deputy mayor in October, longtime city government hands breathed a sigh of relief.
In a City Hall racked by upheaval, Ms. Torres-Springer’s long, distinguished résumé promised managerial competence. Her prior positions included deputy mayor for housing, economic development and work force; commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development; and president and chief executive of the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
She played a pivotal role in developing the City of Yes zoning proposal, which the City Council passed in December, and which is designed to create up to 80,000 units of new housing in a city desperately short of it.
Two months later, she announced her resignation.
James Whelan, the president of the Real Estate Board of New York, worked with Ms. Torres-Springer under Dan Doctoroff, when Mr. Doctoroff was Michael Bloomberg’s deputy mayor for economic development.
“She is an exemplary public servant in every sense of the word,” Mr. Whelan said.
Meera Joshi, Deputy Mayor for Operations
Meera Joshi, 55, joined the Adams administration from the beginning, part of a cohort of well-regarded managers who were seen as a counterweight to the loyalists whom Mr. Adams placed in other high-level positions.
Before serving as the deputy mayor overseeing the nitty-gritty of city operations — including the departments of sanitation, parks, transportation and buildings — Ms. Joshi had served as a deputy administrator in former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s Department of Transportation and as New York City’s chief taxi regulator.
Carl Weisbrod, a longtime government with a résumé dating back to the Lindsay administration, described Ms. Joshi as “deeply devoted to making the city a better place.”
He described her departure, and that of Ms. Torres-Springer, as “a big loss” for New York City.
Anne Williams-Isom, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
Anne Williams-Isom, 60, the former chief executive of the Harlem Children’s Zone, also spent more than a decade at the city’s Administration for Children’s Services.
Her deep well of experience proved essential to the city’s management of the migrant crisis, which saw an influx of more than 200,000 asylum seekers strain New York’s shelter system.
“Anne is one of the leading social service experts in New York, no question, and she was a terrific partner in government,” said Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker who now runs the city’s largest provider of family shelters. “It’s a huge loss. I’ve never seen anyone in that position as smart, committed and effective as she was.”
Chauncey Parker, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety
Chauncey Parker, 64, a former prosecutor, is a highly regarded but low-profile public servant who has spent roughly 40 years working in law enforcement and public safety.
He started as a state and then federal prosecutor and eventually held a series of operational, policy and administrative positions at the city, state and federal levels. His focus has long been on developing and maintaining partnerships among different government agencies to reduce crime and attack its causes.
Self-deprecating with a calm and measured demeanor, he has a reputation for integrity. He was appointed deputy mayor of public safety by Mayor Adams in October, after Philip Banks III resigned from the post in the face of a federal corruption investigation. Before that, he worked under Mr. Banks for several months as an assistant deputy mayor.
“He’s a person who tries to find solutions and bring people together,” said Bridget G. Brennan, who has headed the city Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for decades and worked closely with Mr. Parker.
He also has served as the commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and for three decades, while holding other positions, was the executive director of a program that invests in federal state and local efforts to drive down drug trafficking in New York and New Jersey.
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