Adams taps Prospect Alliance head Sue Donoghue as parks commissioner

Mayor Eric Adams chosen Prospect Park Alliance president Sue Donoghue to run the town's parks fee.
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Mayor Eric Adams appointed Prospect Park Alliance president Sue Donoghue the brand new metropolis parks commissioner.

Donoghue beforehand served as assistant parks commissioner below former Mayor Mike Bloomberg and has been credited with sprucing up Prospect Park.

Mayor Eric Adams claims parks “are a necessity.”

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Adams additionally named Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, the present Bronx commissioner and veteran within the division, as the primary deputy parks commissioner.

“Parks usually are not a luxurious, they're a necessity,” Adams stated throughout a Friday Metropolis Corridor press convention.

Mayor Eric Adams tapped Iris Rodriguez-Rosa to be the primary deputy parks commissioner.

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Comptroller Brad Lander, a former Brooklyn councilman who audits metropolis businesses, is such a giant fan on Donoghue that he confirmed up on the press convention to endorse the mayor’s alternative.